heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers$153.27/cwt+16.48 vs last sale · ≈ $877/hd at 572 lb · 39 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers$159.59/cwt+8.70 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 514 lb · 21 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers$134.11/cwt-1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 577 lb · 15 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
483
751
2,031
Feeder cattle
402
655
1,888
Slaughter cattle
61
76
128
Replacement cattle
20
20
15
Market comments — USDA reporter
Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Demand uneven. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Light run due to the recent downward trending feeder market and the current cold rains and wet conditions. Good demand seen on some nice consignments of weaned 500-600 lb steers with little interest in some of the smaller packages of lesser quality or unweaned calves. Cattle futures are attempting to stabilize and work somewhat higher so far this week following the major sell-off seen in the past two weeks. Many believe the backlog of fed cattle has largely been alleviated at this point although the industry is still hampered with high carcass weights and very high feedlot numbers.
USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of
the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is
muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle
scores — common across the Southeast.
What is $/cwt?
Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at
$450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per
cwt but less per head.
Why are some prices per head?
Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the
head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a
$/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News —
federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the
official USDA document at the top of the page.
Cattle Market
Feeder supply not sufficient to establish a market trend. Demand uneven. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Light run due to the recent downward trending feeder market and the current cold rains and wet conditions. Good demand seen on some nice consignments of weaned 500-600 lb steers with little interest in some of the smaller packages of lesser quality or unweaned calves. Cattle futures are attempting to stabilize and work somewhat higher so far this week following the major sell-off seen in the past two weeks. Many believe the backlog of fed cattle has largely been alleviated at this point although the industry is still hampered with high carcass weights and very high feedlot numbers.