Regional Cattle Auction Reports...

For Thursday, March 21st - Posted 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: 
Last Reported: 
Last Year: 
No sale report.
   
Mitchell Livestock Auction – Mitchell SD
This Week: 2,549
Last Reported: 4,060
Last Year: 4,503 
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-950 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 lower, feeder heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good. Few load lots today.
   
Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine NE
This Week: 2,410
Last Reported: 835
Last Year: 3,225
Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 750 lbs steers traded 4.00 to as much as 26.00 higher, heifer offerings 550 to 650 lbs traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with active internet bidding.
   

South Central:

Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
This Week: 1,697
Last Reported: 2,276
Last Year: 1,542
Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. 4.00 to 7.00 lower, over 700 lbs. 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 7.00 to 8.00 higher.

  

Woodward Wtd Avg Cattle - Woodward OK
This Week: 1,555
Last Reported: 2,914
Last Year: 1,925
Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 8.oo to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average. 
   
Winter Livestock Auction - Pratt KS
This Week: 4,360
Last Reported: 4,782
Last Year: 2,833
Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. No recent comparison on steers and heifers 400 lb to 700 lb , however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 
   
Farmers & Ranchers Livestock - Salina KS
This Week: 4,535
Last Reported: 2,888
Last Year: 5,058
Really nice cattle today. Compared to last week 500 to 800 lb steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb feeders sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 500 to 800 lb heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

 

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Dalhart TX
This Week: 2,950
Last Reported: 3,205
Last Year: 3,538
Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances of up to 20.00 higher on calves over 450 pounds suitable for summer grazing. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 10.00 to 15.00 higher. 

 

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX
This Week: 1,338
Last Reported: 1,553
Last Year: 1,572
Compared to last week: Steers and heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Steers and heifers under 750 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. 
      

Midwest:

New Cambria Livestock Market - New Cambria, MO
This Week: 1,865
Last Reported: 657
Last Year: 290
Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold sharply higher, mostly 15.00 to 18.00 higher. Heifers 1.00 to 5.00 higher except some 650-700 lb heifers traded as much as 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Different offering here than in recent weeks with the bulk of the cattle on offer weighing over 600 lbs.

 

Southeast:

None Reported.
      

Western:

Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA
This Week: 1,530
Last Reported: 2,700
Last Year: 2,938
Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle steady in a light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade active with good demand,
    

Northeast:

Bluegrass Stockyards South - Stanford KY
This Week: 2,022
Last Reported: 2,017
Last Year: 1,656
Compared to last Thursday: Feeder and yearling steers steady, Feeder and yearling heifers 2.00-3.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.
   
Paris Stockyards - Paris KY
This Week: 2,482
Last Reported: 3,210
Last Year: 1,833
Compared to last Thursday the feeder market was mostly steady, but stronger in a few spots with most of the gains seen in the weaned and value added packages. Good quality 300-450 lbs steers were steady to 3.00 higher, and the 500-650 lbs steers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher with strong demand, while yearling steers were steady to 3.00 higher with a good supply. Feeder heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand, however the 550-600 lbs heifers were noted as 3.00 to 5.00 lower.