Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, April 24th - 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:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
No sale report.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 1,811
Last Reported: 2,297
Last Year: 2,710
Compared to last week: Trend not applicable on steers and heifers due to weights not matching up week to week. The undertone for steers and heifers was unevenly steady. Demand was good.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 2,855
Last Reported: 3,210
Last Year: 0
No recent test of market for an accurate comparison of steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates May 8th Special Pair and Fall bred females, all Breed Bull Sale and Regular Sale.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 1,229
Last Reported: 1,265
Last Year: 1,717
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower on a light test. Steer calves and heifer calves mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality fair to average with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 632
Last Reported: 1,129
Last Year: 1,162
Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 3,834
Last Reported: 3,087
Last Year: 4,382
Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 975 lb sold unevenly steady with a lower undertone, however thin fleshed and fancy steers sold up to 10.00 higher. Steers 1000 lb to 1150 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers under 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good on heifers and cattle thin enough to go to grass. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 2,711
Last Reported: 3,685
Last Year: 3,686
Compared to last week steer calves 400 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and feeder steers over 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher while 850 lb steers sold 5.00 lower. Heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 1,252
Last Reported: 1,338
Last Year: 1,458
Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales among the calves and feeders to set a trend but, sentiment favored the higher side. Particularly among the 700-800 pounders. Thin fleshed turn out cattle also did well on active trade. High to average yielding boner cows brought 6.00-8.00 higher on good demand. Trade was moderate to active.
Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX
This Week: 494
Last Reported: 1,958
Last Year: 1,657
Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend; a higher undertone was noted. Receipts were curbed by the severe thunderstorm that swept through the area night before sale dumping rain and hail.
Midwest:
New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
No sale report.
Southeast:
Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 1,481
Last Reported: 1,878
Last Year: 1,630
Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 8.00-10.00 higher, Very good demand for slaughter classes.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 1,956
Last Reported: 2,502
Last Year: 1,789
Compared to last Thursday both the feeder and slaughter markets were stronger with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 450-600 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply, while the 600-650 lbs steers were sharply higher with strong demand. Yearling steers appeared higher, however there were limited comparisons. The feeder heifers were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher, except for the 350-500 lbs heifers who were sharply higher with a good supply and strong demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher with good demand.
