Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Wednesday, December 17th - 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: 5,829
Last Reported: 2,725
Last Year: 3,537
Yearling steers not well compared this week, best test on yearling heifers 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Best test on steer calves 550 to 599 lbs 20.00 to 25.00 higher, best test on heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 20.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Several strings of yearling steers and heifers featuring multiple loads as well as packages and loads made up a nice yearling offering.
Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett NE
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
Report unavailable.
Huss Livestock Market - Kearney NE
This Week: 5,391
Last Reported: 3,505
Last Year: 5,505
Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 25.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet all day long.
South Central States
OKC West - El Reno OK
This Week: 8,162
Last Reported: 9,911
Last Year: 7,621
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Demand good. Today's offering included several big drafts of fleshy 9 weight steers that sold steady. Steer and heifer calves over 500lbs steady to 5.00 higher, under 500lbs unevenly steady. Demand good.
Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM
This Week: 1,746
Last Reported: 2,171
Last Year: 1,802
Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-350 lbs , 400-450 lbs, and 500-550 lbs sold 20.00-25.00 higher with 350-400 lbs, 450-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs were 2.00-18.00 lower. Steer yearlings 600-750 lbs sold 15.00-25.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs sold 10.00 higher while 400-600 lbs were 18.00-25.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs and 700-750 lbs sold 15.00-25.00 lower with 650-700 lbs being 12.00 higher.
Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
This Week: 3,145
Last Reported: 3,621
Last Year: 2,583
Compared to last week, steer and heifer feeders sold steady to 20.00 higher. Steer calves sold uneven while heifer calves sold steady to 16.00 higher. Large lots of reputation steer calves brought 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Two sets of reputation heifers sold as replacement brought 30.00
higher.
Midwest States
Bloomfield Livestock Market - Bloomfield, IA
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Last Reported:
Last Year:
Report unavailable.
Springfield Livestock Auction - Springfield MO
This Week: 690
Last Reported: 2,096
Last Year: 789
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Despite lighter receipts compared to last week's yearling special, demand was very good for the high quality calves in town.
South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna MO
This Week: 393
Last Reported: 1,932
Last Year: 563
Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Slaughter cows steady. Special cow sale followed a light offering of feeders highlighted by two consignments of nice 2nd and 3rd period heifers.
Southeast
Roanoke Stockyard - Roanoke AL
This Week: 975
Last Reported: 1,130
Last Year: 1,032
Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany KY
This Week: 282
Last Reported: 640
Last Year: 791
Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher with feeder steers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with feeder heifers over 600 lbs mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.
