Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, February 19th - 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: 389
Last Reported: 2,696
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand was mostly good for light offerings. Quality this week was plain to average and mostly offered in small packages or as singles.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 5,264
Last Reported: 3,920
Last Year: 5,189
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers 650 -850 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Fair amount of large load lots.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 2,530
Last Reported: 670
Last Year: 0
Compared with two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Light snow in the trade area did not stop buyers from purchasing cattle. Also, some heifers continue to go back to the country and will become a bred heifer for next year calving.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 1,934
Last Reported: 2,623
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. 12.00 higher, over 700 lbs. from 4.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 15.00 to 20.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 1,072
Last Reported: 2,172
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady on a light test. Demand was moderate. Quality average.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 2,729
Last Reported: 3,782
Last Year: 722
Compared to last week, feeder steers 525 lb to 975 lb sold 15.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 525 lb to 900 lb sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher, in places 30.00 higher. Not enough steer and heifer calves under 525 lb for a market test, however a definite higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 2,886
Last Reported: 2,726
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week, steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher across all weights. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and under 600 lbs had instances of sharply higher. Very good demand for moderate to heavy supply.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 2,119
Last Reported: 2,331
Last Year: 1,267
Compared to last week: Sale results were largely mixed on all classes of steers and heifers. Quality steers coming off of wheat and weighing an average of 560 lbs brought the highest gains of over 50.00 higher. There were few comparable sales on heifers to determine a trend, however; sentiment was largely to the higher side. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but, average yielding boners brought 6.00 higher. Trade active on good demand.
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction - San Angelo, TX
This Week: 618
Last Reported: 790
Last Year: 0
No comparison available due to no auction coverage last week. Buyer demand was moderate.
Midwest:
New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week: 2,181
Last Reported: 246
Last Year: 0
Compared to the last tested market three weeks ago, steers traded mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, with a few random softer spots where the highs from the last sale weren't reached. Heifers sold 20.00 to 30.00 higher, spots up to 40.00 higher on some light weight grazers. Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Really high quality offering this week with several large strings available that matched up well.
Southeast:
Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 1,396
Last Reported: 1,440
Last Year: 0
Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sharply higher, 500-700 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, 800 and up 1.00-3.00 lower, Feeder and yearling heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher, Very good demand for feeder classes and good demand for yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 2,323
Last Reported: 721
Last Year: 1,051
Compared to last Thursday feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and sharply higher in some instances. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.
