Regional Cattle Auction Reports...
For Thursday, April 30th - Updated weekly on Friday
Reported by the USDA Market News... “Click” links to view entire report
North Central:
Billings Livestock Commission Cattle Auction - Billings, MT
This Week: 2,561
Last Reported: 1,011
Last Year: 2,726
Compared to last sale (4-16-26): Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested last sale to develop an accurate market trend however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Demand was very good for moderate offerings. Feeders were offered in mostly moderate size packages with a few load lots seen as well. Buyers showed very good demand for all offerings suitable to turn out on grass, as ranchers and order buyers both bid aggressively against each other over light fleshed offerings.
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
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Last Year:
No sale report this week.
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
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Next Auction Date May 7th Special Feeder Sale.
South Central:
Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 2,297
Last Reported: 2,226
Last Year: 387
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. A total of 143 cows and bulls sold with 48 percent going to packers.
Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 2,874
Last Reported: 2,573
Last Year: 590
Compared to last week: Steers were steady. Heifers were 3.00 higher both with a good quality and demand. Steer calves were 18.00 higher. Heifers were 32.00 higher. Both with a good quality and firm undertone. Few receipts from the previous week made it hard to trend calves under 400 lbs.
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 3,720
Last Reported: 4,750
Last Year: 2,393
Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, with fancy and reputation steers selling up to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher, in places up to 25.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers under 500 lb for a market test. Demand was good Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 2,847
Last Reported: 2,546
Last Year: 2,468
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with spots up to 20.00 higher. There was an increased supply of yearlings over 800 lbs. Demand was very good for a good supply.
Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 1,188
Last Reported: 1,093
Last Year: 1,379
Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales to state a trend on a short test. However, the undertone seemed mixed as sentiment toward steers favored higher on greater demand while heifers seemed to favor downward. Average to high yielding slaughter cows brought 2.00-4.00 lower while a good run of slaughter bulls dollared out 1.75-3.00 higher. Trade was moderate.
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction - San Angelo, TX
This Week: 657
Last Reported: 314
Last Year: 568
Feeder cattle were all too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend however higher undertones were noted on feeder steers, while lower undertones were noted on feeder heifers and feeder bulls. Slaughter cows sold uneven; leans and breakers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while boners sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.
Midwest:
New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week: 1,226
Last Reported: 1,287
Last Year: 1,645
Compared to last week feeder steers sold sharply higher with the feeder heifers trading mostly steady over all the quality of cattle was deep with lots of high quality calves. Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady.
Southeast:
Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 1,104
Last Reported: 1,158
Last Year: 1,085
Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sharply higher, over 600 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 5.00-10.00 higher, Good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 1,185
Last Reported: 1,652
Last Year: 2,014
Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.
