Regional Cattle Auction Reports...

For Monday, November 24th - Updated weekly on Tuesday

Reported by the USDA Market News... “Click” links to view entire report.

North Central States

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Report - Worthing SD

This Week: 1,931

Last Reported: 3,910

Last Year: 1,788

Compared to last week: Too few steer and heifer calves offered to make full price comparisons, much lower undertones noted. Yearling feeder steers and heifers 30.00 to 50.00 lower. Light to moderate demand for this limited offering of steer and heifer calves, light to moderate demand for yearlings as well. With the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures opening limit lower, and staying that way through the session, the feeder cattle market was under immense pressure.

   

Tri-State Livestock Auction Market - McCook NE

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Last Reported: 

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Tri-State Livestock has discontinued their market reporting for the time being.

   

South Central States

Oklahoma National Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Oklahoma City OK

This Week: 3,302

Last Reported: 6,526

Last Year: 6,345

Compared to last week: All classes lightly tested. Feeder steers and heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 20.00-30.00 lower, heifer calves to 40.00 lower. Demand light to moderate for feeder cattle and moderate for calves. Cattle futures closed down the limit, leaving buyers bewildered and very frustrated. 

 

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

This Week: 1,444

Last Reported: 3,308

Last Year: 2,836

Compared to last week: All classes lightly tested. Few steers and heifers up to 30.00 lower with light to moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested few sold steady. Heavy rains over the weekend with the holiday week reduced receipts. Quality plain to average.

   

Roswell Livestock Auction - Roswell, NM

This Week: 1,211

Last Reported: 1,774

Last Year: 2,487

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves sold sharply lower and steer yearlings 600-800 lbs were sharply lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers to compare but a strong undertone was felt throughout. Trade was lower on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Excellent buyer attendance.

   

Midwest States

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO 

This Week: 8,615

Last Reported: 8,498

Last Year: 12,019

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-20.00 lower in uneven trading. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The largest lots of the day were 467 head of crossbred heifers weighing 765 lbs. which sold for 278.50/cwt. and 428 head of steers weighing 880 lbs. which sold for 326.50/cwt.

   

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City MO 

This Week: 2,169

Last Reported: 2,278

Last Year: 2,561

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs sold with a lower undertone on last week's light test, with 550-750 lb steers selling 10.00-15.00 lower, spots 20.00 lower on the 6 weight steers, 750-800 lbs sold with a lower undertone and three pot loads of 850-900 lbs steers traded mostly 20.00-25.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing under 600 lbs sold with a weak to lower undertone on a light test with last week, with 600-700 lbs trading mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply with overall a good quality offering of steers and heifers.

    

Southeastern States

Mid-South Livestock - Unionville TN

This Week: 532

Last Reported: 1,278

Last Year: 715

Trends this week were sharply lower due to lower quality, falling feeder and live cattle futures prices, and it being a major Holiday week with most markets being closed this week. Feeder Steers/Bulls 30.00-40.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 30.00-40.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

 

Saluda Livestock Exchange - Saluda, SC

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Report unavailable.

 

United Producers Inc. - Harned KY

This Week: 455

Last Reported: 916

Last Year: 583 

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold sharply lower. CME futures opened the limit down, more negative market factors along with it being a holiday week pressured the market down. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.