Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, January 9th - Updated weekly on Friday
Reported by the USDA Market News... “Click” links to view entire report
North Central:
Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT
This Week: 3,585
Last Reported: 2,741
Last Year: 4,126
Compared to last sale (12-18-25): Steer calves under 450 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however sharply higher undertones were noticed. 450-550 lbs sold 25.00-30.00 higher, steers 550-649 lbs sold 15.00-20.00 higher, steer calves over 650 lbs were too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Heifer calves under 650 lbs all sold 35.00-50.00 higher, heifers over 650 lbs were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 6,340
Last Reported: 2,930
Last Year: 5,507
For the first sale in 2026, steers 650-800 lbs. sold10.00-16.00 higher, steers over 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Heifers in all classes sold unevenly steady. Demand was very good. Sale barn was full of buyers today. Many large load lots today.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 3,715
Last Reported: 3,319
Last Year: 4,445
First auction of the New Year. No recent test of market for an accurate comparison of steers and heifers but a higher trend should be noted. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Several loads of replacement quality heifers with even higher demands.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 3,365
Last Reported: 1,708
Last Year: 1,653
Compared to last sale on Dec. 18: Feeder steers 15.00 to 25.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Steer calves 20.00 to 35.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 30.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. A total of 327 cows and bulls sold with 52 percent going to packers.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 1,748
Last Reported: 1,543
Last Year: 1,150
Compared to last sale December 18th: Feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand moderate to active. Quality average to good.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 4,354
Last Reported: 3,072
Last Year: 911
Compared to 3 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifer 500 lb to 950 lb sold 9.00 to 30.00 higher with most advance on thin fleshed, reputation, and fancy cattle. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 3,962
Last Reported: 2,894
Last Year: 2,931
Nice big run of cattle today. Steer calves 600 to 750 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 700 lbs sold 25.00 to 30.00 higher while heifers over 750 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with good demand.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 2,791
Last Reported: 2,227
Last Year: 3,343
Compared to two weeks ago: The first sale of the year brought higher numbers and better quality than before the holiday break. Though there were few comparable sales among calves and feeders to determine a trend, sentiment followed the board upwards. Average to high yielding slaughter cows sold 10.00-16.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. Trade was active on good demand.
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction - San Angelo, TX
This Week: 911
Last Reported: 510
Last Year: 0
No market trend due to auction not recently covered.
Midwest:
New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week: 2,262
Last Reported: 1,203
Last Year: 735
Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 20.00 to 30.00 higher with 400-550 lb steers trading sharply higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. A really high quality offering to start off 2026 with a long list of reputation consignments working their way
through the ring.
Southeast:
Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 2,066
Last Reported: 725
Last Year: 647
No comparison due to Christmas Holiday.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
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