Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, June 11th - 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: 2,462
Last Reported: 879
Last Year: 2,281
Compared to last sale (6-04-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested last week to develop any market trend. Quality this week was mixed from plain to attractive with lots of variation noticed. Demand for fall calves was mostly good. Demand for replacement heifers was mostly good with several ranchers and order buyers in the stands looking for heifers to turn out.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 5,200
Last Reported: 849
Last Year: 6,497
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900 lbs and heavier, steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers too lightly tested last week for comparison. Good to very good demand for this large offering of backgrounded yearlings, many offered in full loads and multiple load lots, and for weaned fall calves.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 730
Last Reported: 2,510
Last Year: 0
Market report for today's Special Bred Female and Pair sale: The auction opened with bred cattle and concluded with over 1,100 head of weigh-up cattle. First to sell were 16 baby calves by choice, ranging from $425 to $1,600. Pairs were in good condition with calves tagged to match. Fall-bred females calving August through September consisted primarily of black and black-white-faced offerings bred to black Angus bulls.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 1,937
Last Reported: 1,684
Last Year: 2,212
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower except lean cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 393 cows and bulls sold with 55 percent going to packers.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 737
Last Reported: 1,267
Last Year: 753
Compared to last week: Not enough to test in all classes. Demand was good with few receipts.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 1,971
Last Reported: 1,529
Last Year: 2,541
Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, however load lots of fancy steers sold steady. Not enough steers under 800 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold from 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Not enough heifers under 700 lb for a market test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold lower, however quality was not as good as last week.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
No sale report.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 1,294
Last Reported: 2,159
Last Year: 1,074
Compared to last week: Considering last weeks shorter turn out, there were few comparable sales on steers to determine a trend. However, demand for feeder steers seemed weaker while steer calves seemed to gain higher interest. Heifer numbers had a higher turn out this week, with a good reception. Heifer calves weighing 450 lbs up to 650 lbs. brought 10.00-30.00 higher. The slaughter market remained strong with average to high yielding beef cows and bulls selling steady to 8.00 higher.
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction - San Angelo, TX
This Week: 537
Last Reported: 593
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: limited comparable sales so market trend not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted on most classes. Demand good.
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: 1,060
Last Reported: 878
Last Year: 1,143
Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Yearling steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 1,309
Last Reported: 908
Last Year: 1,389
Compared to last Monday feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, and some instances of sharply higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.
