Regional Cattle Auction Reports...

For Thursday, May 16th - Posted 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: 1,543

Last Reported: 755

Last Year: 1,327

Compared to last sale: Feeder cattle were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand for feeders was mostly moderate to good. Quality was mostly plain to average today, however quality today was better than last weeks sale.

Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD

This Week: 1,256

Last Reported: 1,372

Last Year: 3,380

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-950 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-900 lbs. sold on unevenly steady undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good.

Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE

This Week: 

Last Reported: 

Last Year: 

No sale report.

South Central:

Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK

This Week: 1,056

Last Reported: 1,402

Last Year: 1,565

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady on a light test. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK

This Week: 2,214

Last Reported: 1,588

Last Year: 1,345

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS

This Week: 3,859

Last Reported: 2,797

Last Year: 2,125

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 1100 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, however fancy and load lots of steers sold up to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 950 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, up to 13.00 higher on fancy and load lots of heifers. Not enough steer and heifer calves under 600 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted.

Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS

This Week: 2,385

Last Reported: 2,733

Last Year: 1,996

Compared to last week steers under 800 lbs did not have a good test. Feeder steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX

This Week: 1,823

Last Reported: 1,195

Last Year: 1,685

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers for a market trend. Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested for a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

This Week: 1,077

Last Reported: 1,065

Last Year: 1,347

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Pop up thunderstorms forecasted throughout the panhandle for the week.

Midwest: 

New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO

This Week: 1,915

Last Reported: 1,884

Last Year: 2,626

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality ran above average all day and buyers were very aggressive, knowing numbers will soon run very short. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Southeast:

Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY

This Week: 1,371

Last Reported: 1,112

Last Year: 1,698

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers 8.00-10.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 5.00-8.00 higher, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Very good demand for slaughter classes. 

Paris Stockyards - Paris KY

This Week: 1,869

Last Reported: 1,210

Last Year: 1,688

Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steer 500 lbs and under were sharply higher with a good supply and strong demand, while the 500-700 lbs steers were 2.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Light weight feeder heifers 300-400 lbs were 2.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply, while the 400-800 lbs heifers were 2.00 to 8.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows were 6.00 to 8.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand. 

Western:

Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

This Week: 1,330

Last Reported: 1,525

Last Year: 1,455

Compared to last Thursday, not stocker or feeder cattle this week for accurate trends. Slaughter cows Steady to firm. Slaughter bulls firm. Trade active with good demand.