light 5-weight M&L 1 steers$180.19/cwt+5.27 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 514 lb · 272 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers$152.75/cwt≈ $1,036/hd at 678 lb · 202 head
light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers$175.09/cwt+7.45 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 428 lb · 137 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
1,906
2,182
3,549
Feeder cattle
1,505
1,063
2,868
Slaughter cattle
220
255
155
Replacement cattle
181
864
526
Market comments — USDA reporter
Compared to last week: steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to firm, steers 500 lbs and heavier sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers all sold sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Several load lots of cattle were seen this week and these offerings sold on very good demand. Packages of calves sold on light to moderate demand. A good crowd was on hand for todays sale. Both order buyers and ranchers were actively bidding on offerings pushing all offerings higher. CME positions traded lower today as the January contract, which is near expiration, traded 0.90 lower, the March traded down 2.375 and the April traded down 1.975. Feeder cattle all traded lower as grain prices gained back some of last weeks losses. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. Packers showed very good demand for slaughter cows this week as they showed need for cows for immediate harvest. The cutter cow cutout continued to push higher since last sale. The current cow cutout is 179.25, 2.14 higher than last Tuesday. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-7.00 higher. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Cow quality was mostly plain to average this week. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed as slaughter and feeding buyers competed over offerings. Young age cows suitable to rebreed were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, steady to higher undertones were noticed. A heavy offering of 3 coming 4 year old cows were seen this week.
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
Compared to last week: steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to firm, steers 500 lbs and heavier sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers all sold sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Quality this week was average to very attractive. Several load lots of cattle were seen this week and these offerings sold on very good demand. Packages of calves sold on light to moderate demand. A good crowd was on hand for todays sale. Both order buyers and ranchers were actively bidding on offerings pushing all offerings higher. CME positions traded lower today as the January contract, which is near expiration, traded 0.90 lower, the March traded down 2.375 and the April traded down 1.975. Feeder cattle all traded lower as grain prices gained back some of last weeks losses. Market activity was mostly active this week. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good to very good demand for light offerings. Packers showed very good demand for slaughter cows this week as they showed need for cows for immediate harvest. The cutter cow cutout continued to push higher since last sale. The current cow cutout is 179.25, 2.14 higher than last Tuesday. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-7.00 higher. Feeding cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Cow quality was mostly plain to average this week. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed as slaughter and feeding buyers competed over offerings. Young age cows suitable to rebreed were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, steady to higher undertones were noticed. A heavy offering of 3 coming 4 year old cows were seen this week.