light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers$229.72/cwt≈ $2,162/hd at 941 lb · 280 head
heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers$246.21/cwt+31.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,359/hd at 958 lb · 158 head
heavy 9-weight M&L 1 heifers$223.28/cwt≈ $2,173/hd at 973 lb · 93 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
1,699
6,017
1,650
Feeder cattle
1,203
5,825
1,637
Slaughter cattle
333
50
13
Replacement cattle
163
142
0
Market comments — USDA reporter
Compared to last sale: This sale was moved from Billings livestock commission to Public auction yards due to the size of the Northern Livestock video sale. All comparisons are to the last sale at Public auction yards which was June 26th 2024. This was the first test of yearling offerings seen this summer so no comparisons for feeders can be made. Quality this week was average to attractive. Flesh conditions were mostly light to moderate. Demand was mostly good for moderate offerings. Several large consignments of yearlings were seen today and demand for load lot offerings was very good. Market activity was mostly active with both private and cooperate feeders bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for light offerings. Fewer packer buyers were on hand for todays sale which allowed slaughter cows to sell mostly lower. Breaking cows sold mostly 2.00 lower, boning and lean cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeding demand remains good and both packer and private feeders both showed good demand for cows suitable to feed. Feeding cows sold generally steady to weak. Cow quality this sale was mostly average and much lower than last sale. Yielding conditions were lower as well as cows running out on pasture and range are starting to green back up depending on where the cows are from. Competition with grasshoppers and dry conditions have led to lighter body condition scores than the sale at the end of June. Hot weather also caused many offerings to tank up on water as weather the last few days has been running over 100 degrees. Weigh conditions overall were average. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Feeding demand caused bulls to sell unevenly. This biggest decline in prices was for high dressing bulls as most of these offerings were too big to feed. Quality today was mostly average to attractive. Bull yields were sharply lower compared to last sale as many bulls have been turned out with cows and were in lighter flesh than last sale. Feeding bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand for very high quality offering was mostly good.
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 sale: This sale was moved from Billings livestock commission to Public auction yards due to the size of the Northern Livestock video sale. All comparisons are to the last sale at Public auction yards which was June 26th 2024. This was the first test of yearling offerings seen this summer so no comparisons for feeders can be made. Quality this week was average to attractive. Flesh conditions were mostly light to moderate. Demand was mostly good for moderate offerings. Several large consignments of yearlings were seen today and demand for load lot offerings was very good. Market activity was mostly active with both private and cooperate feeders bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for light offerings. Fewer packer buyers were on hand for todays sale which allowed slaughter cows to sell mostly lower. Breaking cows sold mostly 2.00 lower, boning and lean cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeding demand remains good and both packer and private feeders both showed good demand for cows suitable to feed. Feeding cows sold generally steady to weak. Cow quality this sale was mostly average and much lower than last sale. Yielding conditions were lower as well as cows running out on pasture and range are starting to green back up depending on where the cows are from. Competition with grasshoppers and dry conditions have led to lighter body condition scores than the sale at the end of June. Hot weather also caused many offerings to tank up on water as weather the last few days has been running over 100 degrees. Weigh conditions overall were average. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Feeding demand caused bulls to sell unevenly. This biggest decline in prices was for high dressing bulls as most of these offerings were too big to feed. Quality today was mostly average to attractive. Bull yields were sharply lower compared to last sale as many bulls have been turned out with cows and were in lighter flesh than last sale. Feeding bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Demand for very high quality offering was mostly good.