Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, February 5th - 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: 2,946
Last Reported: 854
Last Year: 1,799
Compared to last sale (1-29-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on both steers and heifers. Last weeks sale featured mostly weigh up cows and bulls, while this weeks sale featured mostly feeder cattle. Demand for all feeder cattle was good to very good on moderate offerings. Quality this week was mostly average to very attractive with many home raised offerings seen.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 2,421
Last Reported: 4,121
Last Year: 3,767
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 600 lbs. and up sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Demand was good. Again flesh determined what was bid on feeders.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 3,955
Last Reported: 4,210
Last Year: 2,890
Compared with last week's auction on Thursday, steers and heifer traded sharply higher. Demand was very good for all offerings especially, replacement quality heifers, with several buyers and active internet bidding.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 1,253
Last Reported: 74
Last Year: 2,177
Compared to the last test two weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 15.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 1,598
Last Reported: 2,272
Last Year: 2,053
Compared to the last sale two weeks ago in front of a predicted winter storm: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Steer calves easily 15.00 to 25.00 higher. Heifer calves 30.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average with a few attractive.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 1,823
Last Reported: 981
Last Year: 2,771
Compared to last week, feeder steers 575 lb to 975 lb sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher, however load lots and fancy steers sold up to 20 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 575 lb to 975 lb for a market test, however a steady to higher trend was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 2,970
Last Reported: 531
Last Year: 1,830
Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher across all weights, several instances of sharply higher. Quality attractive with several fancy drafts. Very good demand for moderate to heavy supply.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 3,378
Last Reported: 2,129
Last Year: 2,624
Compared to last week: Prices were largely mixed this week, partly due to the news of a possible strike at a packer in Colorado. In spite of that, there was still a good turn out of cattle coming off short wheat and demand remained active. Thin fleshed, hardy type cattle sold well along with reputation cattle as well. Average to high yielding slaughter cows brought 3.00-10.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction - San Angelo, TX
This Week: 790
Last Reported: 128
Last Year: 1,333
Compared to last week: market trend not applicable due to limited receipts because winter weather put a damper on livestock movement. Demand moderate to good.
Midwest:
New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week: 246
Last Reported: 1,142
Last Year: 0
Not enough cattle on offer for a true price comparison but a higher undertone was evident. Supply light ahead of a larger, high quality run in two weeks. Demand good.
Southeast:
Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 291
Last Reported: 1,053
Last Year: 901
Compared to last Thursday: No trend due to being closed for inclement weather last week.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 721
Last Reported: 2,671
Last Year: 2,564
No comparisons due to being closed last week for the winter storm.
