Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Wednesday, February 18th - Updated weekly on Thursday
Reported by the USDA Market News... “Click” links to view entire report
North Central States
Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen SD
This Week: 3,453
Last Reported: 6,769
Last Year: 2,928
Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 950 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 lower on 650 to 749 lbs and instances up to 5.00 higher on 750 to 799 lbs and 900 to 949 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 749 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher. A lighter offering than expected due to blizzard conditions in the area today. Quite a few loads and many packages of mostly home raised cattle to choose from and met with good to very good demand, replacement heifers saw very good demand.
Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett NE
This Week: 5,670
Last Reported: 1,925
Last Year: 0
Compared with the auction two weeks ago on Wednesday, steer offerings 550 to 750 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher and sharply higher for 550 to 600 lbs heifer offerings. Demand was very good with several buyers and active bidding from the internet.
Huss Livestock Market - Kearney NE
This Week: 2,592
Last Reported: 3,903
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.
South Central States
OKC West - El Reno OK
This Week: 6,106
Last Reported: 10,927
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder condition was much better this week, especially on heifers. In a few instances, well conditioned plainer type cattle brought more dollars than comparable number one cattle. Steer calves 3.00-6.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes of cattle.
Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM
This Week: 1,868
Last Reported: 1,833
Last Year: 1,185
Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher instances sharply higher and steer yearlings were 7.00-14.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs sold 6.00 lower while 450-600 lbs being higher. Feeder heifers sold steady -10.00 higher. Trade was active on similar numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.
Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
This Week: 2,917
Last Reported: 4,548
Last Year: 652
Compared to last week, steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Reputation and green lots sold sharply higher. Steer and heifer calves not enough for market test. Breaker and Boning utility average sold steady to 2.00 higher, Lean Utility sold steady to 7.00 higher. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.
Midwest States
Bloomfield Livestock Market - Bloomfield, IA
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
Report unavailable.
Springfield Livestock Auction - Springfield MO
This Week: 3,246
Last Reported: 1,349
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 600lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher, and yearling steers over 600lbs were mostly 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 450lbs sold with a higher undertone and heifers over 450lbs were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. A very high quality day with many reputation consignments of weaned and vaccinated yearlings, some nice unweaned calves, and some stand out yearling consignments of 700lb-950lb steers.
South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna MO
This Week: 756
Last Reported: 1,812
Last Year: 0
Compared to last Wednesday, feeder steers and heifers near steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good. Supply light. The offering included some nice packages of grass cattle along with an increasing number of new crop calves.
Southeast
Roanoke Stockyard - Roanoke AL
This Week: 805
Last Reported: 1,071
Last Year: 827
Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany KY
This Week: 863
Last Reported: 885
Last Year: 0
Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder steers over 650lbs sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Very good demand for all classes of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.
