Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Tuesday, March 10th - Updated weekly on Wednesday
Reported by the USDA Market News... “Click” links to view entire report
North Central:
Miles City Livestock Commission Auction - Miles City, MT
This Week: 678
Last Reported: 722
Last Year: 708
Compared to last week (3-03-26): All feeder cattle were to lightly tested to develop any market trend. Feeder cattle were mostly offered in small packages or as singles this week. Quality was mostly average this week. Buyers struggled to build loads which hindered demand. Market activity was moderate to active despite light offerings. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for light offerings.
Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY
This Week: 358
Last Reported: 1,065
Last Year: 658
Compared to last Tuesday sale on a short day, slaughter cows steady instance 4.00 higher,with slaughter bulls not as attractive as last week mostly steady instance 3.00-7.00 lower. Few feeder calves with no comparisons available. First week with cow calf pairs to test market good demand and several smaller packages bred heifers, few young cows and older cows.
South Central:
Winter Livestock - La Junta, CO
This Week: 7,297
Last Reported: 1,388
Last Year: 7,172
Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower while lean cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 5.00 higher.
Beaver Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Beaver, OK
This Week: 8,869
Last Reported: 7,334
Last Year: 5,631
Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady with a slightly lower undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves 2.00-7.00 higher. Quality ranged from plain to attractive, very few fancy. Demand moderate to good.
OKC West Livestock Auction - El Reno, OK
This Week: 1,600
Last Reported: 7,986
Last Year: 8,917
Compared to last week: Steer calves 10.00-15.00 higher. Heifer calves 4.00-6.00 higher. Cattle over 600lbs lightly test but a lower undertone noted. Demand moderate to good. Buyers continued to give it all for front-end cattle, but there was simply not a lot of that quality on offer.
Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
This Week: 1,818
Last Reported: 1,023
Last Year: 1,390
Compared to last week: Top end steers that are light enough to be turned out back to grass traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Good feeding type yearlings weighing over 800 pounds off the wheat traded mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower. All other classes of steer and heifer calves sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Quality was mixed, with increased buyer demand and trading activity noted on higher end cattle and replacement quality heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher.
Midwest:
Ozark Regional Stockyards - West Plains MO
This Week: 1,428
Last Reported: 2,541
Last Year: 3,011
Compared to last week, feeder heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower with feeder steers not well tested. Steer and heifers calves sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Peewee calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. The quality of the offering was average at best with buyers being very selective.
Southeast:
Mid-State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL
This Week: 862
Last Reported: 882
Last Year: 970
Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle under 500 pounds sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle over 500 pounds sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.
Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA
This Week: 412
Last Reported: 274
Last Year: 317
Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls 5.00 to 12.00 lower, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10:00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Lexington, KY
This Week: 907
Last Reported: 315
Last Year: 771
Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was stronger in spots with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 400-600 lbs were 2.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand for long weaned and harder conditioned calves. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited head to head comparisons. Feeder heifers 500 lbs and under were steady to 2.00 lower with a good supply, while the 500-650 lbs heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows were steady with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand.
