Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Wednesday, November 5th - 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: 3,011
Last Reported: 3,740
Last Year: 4,208
Compared to last week: yearling cattle too lightly tested today for comparison. Best test on steer calves 500 to 599 lbs 20.00 lower with instances up to 40.00 lower on 550 to 599 lbs, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 650 to 699 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for both yearlings and calves today.
Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett NE
This Week: 1,625
Last Reported: 2,850
Last Year: 1,285
A limited number of comparable offerings from last week. Today's auction started with over 540 weigh ups then onto Spade heifers and yearlings followed by non-weaned Spring calves. The market showed a downward trend for the day, demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding.
Huss Livestock Market - Kearney NE
This Week: 2,515
Last Reported: 2,237
Last Year: 1,884
Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 25.00 lower. Demand was moderate from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Most all the calves had received fall vaccinations and a few packages were weaned.
South Central States
OKC West - El Reno OK
This Week: 4,611
Last Reported: 4,056
Last Year: 3,428
Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 850lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, under 850lbs 12.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers 8.00-10.00 lower. Stocker type heifers 30.00 lower. Wednesday's feeder market was crazy to say the least. Two buyers had 9 weight steer orders that were very aggressive.
Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM
This Week:
Last Reported:
Last Year:
Report unavailable.
Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
This Week: 3,013
Last Reported: 1,655
Last Year: 1,880
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower across all weight brackets. Larger, reputation lots sold better than smaller packages of feeders and calves. Boning utility sold steady strong while Lean utility sold steady to 4.00 to 5.00 lower.
Midwest States
Bloomfield Livestock Market - Bloomfield, IA
This Week: 1,282
Last Reported: 1,578
Last Year: 1,310
Compared to the sale two weeks ago, both steers and heifers were sharply lower. Demand was very good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and included active internet bidding.
Springfield Livestock Auction - Springfield MO
This Week: 698
Last Reported: 701
Last Year: 472
Compared to last week, steers weighing 400lb - 600lbs sold unevenly from 2.00 higher to 8.00 lower, and heifers sold with a lower undertone, all based on limited weight comparisons from last week. Demand was light for the unweaned and short weaned, plain quality calves that made up the majority of the offering today and supply was light.
South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna MO
This Week: 892
Last Reported: 1,257
Last Year: 707
Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, feeder steers 25.00-40.00 lower. Feeder heifers 15.00-30.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand good. Supply light.
Southeast
Roanoke Stockyard - Roanoke AL
This Week: 1,267
Last Reported: 926
Last Year: 910
Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.
Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany KY
This Week: 660
Last Reported: 235
Last Year: 644
Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower with some instances of up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with some instances of 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Several fleshy bawling calves in todays sale. Weaned, preconditioned feeders with favorable condition still bringing premiums. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.
