Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Tuesday, September 16th - 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:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
No sale report this week.
Winter Livestock Auction - Riverton, WY
This Week: 1,098
Last Reported: 1,006
Last Year: 853
Compared to last Tuesday sale on a calf and yearling special; slaughter cows and bulls not as attractive as last week mostly steady for offering. Yearlings mostly steady, good quality feeder calves with higher overtones noted with higher higher prices. Not enough feeder calves from last week to make good comparisons. Demand very good with good buyer participation.
South Central:
Winter Livestock - La Junta, CO
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
No sale report this week.
OKC West Livestock Auction - El Reno, OK
This Week: 2,100
Last Reported: 7,130
Last Year: 7,656
Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00-10.00 lower. Heifers calves 10.00-15.00 lower. Quality mostly plain. Today's offering consisted mostly of unweaned calves, and those that were weaned had full condition. Calves with the description Value-Added were unweaned and fancy. Unweaned heifer calves drew little demand today, selling at a sharp discount compared to other classes of cattle.
Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
This Week: 1,101
Last Reported: 1,103
Last Year: 1,177
Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers but a generally steady undertone was noted. Quality ranged from plain to attractive, with several loads of nice feeding type yearlings on offer. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend.
Midwest:
Ozark Regional Stockyards - West Plains MO
This Week: 1,706
Last Reported: 3,142
Last Year: 1,981
Compared to last week, lightly tested feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Steer calves were 3.00-6.00 lower and heifer calves were 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. Producers following a good pre-conditioning program of castration, weaning 60+ days and two or more rounds of shots were rewarded for their efforts with those calves selling steady to higher.
Southeast:
Mid-State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL
This Week: 1,792
Last Reported: 1,490
Last Year: 1,261
Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower.
Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA
This Week: 388
Last Reported: 486
Last Year: 455
Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Lexington, KY
This Week: 1,154
Last Reported: 1,613
Last Year: 1,721
Compared to last Tuesday the feeder market was mostly steady with an average quality offering of mostly yearling cattle. No trends on light weight feeder steers and heifers 350 lbs and under due to a light test. However, the 400-700 lbs steers and heifers were unevenly steady ranging from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher with a moderate supply and good demand. Yearling steer and heifer loads were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 6.00 lower with a moderate supply and moderate demand.
