Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Tuesday, October 21st - 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: 5,120
Last Reported: 3,411
Last Year: 5,730
Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were too lightly tested develop any market trend. Steer calves all sold steady to firm. Heifer calves under 450 sold steady to firm, heifers over 450 sold steady to 8.00 lower. Demand was mostly good to very good for moderate offerings. A few load lots of calves were seen this sale and demand was good to very good for these offerings. Packages of calves sold on good demand as buyers showed need for calves to fill loads. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Demand for heifers was softer this sale, but improved as the sale progressed.
Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY
This Week: 5,046
Last Reported: 4,344
Last Year: 4,860
Compared to last Tuesday on a calf and yearling special largest offering to date; yearling steers and heifers under pressure instance 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs 11.00-14.00 higher instances sharply higher with instances 25.00-35.00 higher, over 500 lbs unevenly steady instances 5.00-8.00 lower instances 10.00 higher on 550-595 lb calves. Heifer calves 350-399 lbs sharply higher over 400 lbs steady 5.00- 10.00 lower with 550-595 lbs higher overtones noted over 600 lbs under pressure on lighter offering.
South Central:
Winter Livestock - La Junta, CO
This Week: 1,769
Last Reported: 2,155
Last Year: 843
Trade activity and demand was moderate. Yearling steers sold mostly sharply lower. Yearling heifers sold 9.00 higher on a light test.
OKC West Livestock Auction - El Reno, OK
This Week: 4,000
Last Reported: 6,171
Last Year: 8,606
Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Buyers started the day cautious, but as the quality improved, they grew more aggressive for both weaned and unweaned cattle. Prices pushed higher by midday before settling to an unevenly steady close.
Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
This Week: 1,095
Last Reported: 1,360
Last Year: 1,906
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers weighing between 500 and 600 pounds traded mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Lighter weight steers and heifers and unweaned calves traded 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Long weaned cattle with at least two rounds of shots are still very much in demand as buyers are still concerned about large temperature fluctuations and calf health in the month of October. Not enough comparable sales on yearlings for a market trend.
Midwest:
Ozark Regional Stockyards - West Plains MO
This Week: 1,905
Last Reported: 1,812
Last Year: 2,409
Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 3.00-6.00 lower. Five and Six weight steers were steady to 6.00 higher while like weight heifers were 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply. The offering only had three drafts over 25 head with few drafts comparable to last week's high-quality offering.
Southeast:
Mid-State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL
This Week: 1,830
Last Reported: 1,660
Last Year: 0
Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers and bulls sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher.
Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA
This Week: 267
Last Reported: 350
Last Year: 390
Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers lightly tested, Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Lexington, KY
This Week: 1,053
Last Reported: 818
Last Year: 1,154
Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with a good quality offering. Light weight feeder steers and heifers 400 lbs and under appeared sharply higher with a good supply, while steers and heifer over 450 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand for weaned and value added packages. Slaughter cows were mostly steady with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.
