Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Moderate demand for this lighter offering of fed steers and heifers. The quality grade remains very high, and are very eye appealing as they have been fed a long time. Packer buyers still are not showing any interest in pushing the market higher. Two way buyers stepped in a pushed bids along, and bought some cattle that could go now or put another 100 lbs on. Weighing condition was fair, quite a few cattle in overnight. 9 loads of steers, 1 full load of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.
Slaughter lambs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder lambs not well compared. Slaughter ewes unevenly steady. Good demand for slaughter lambs. Demand moderate for feeding lambs, not as many farmer feeders on the seats looking for light fleshed lambs to feed. Good demand for slaughter ewes as the offering remains limited.
→ Feeder cattle: not as many farmer feeders on the seats looking for light fleshed lambs to feed
→ Feeder heifers: 1 full load of heifers
→ Feeder steers: 9 loads of steers
→ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady
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: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Moderate demand for this lighter offering of fed steers and heifers. The quality grade remains very high, and are very eye appealing as they have been fed a long time. Packer buyers still are not showing any interest in pushing the market higher. Two way buyers stepped in a pushed bids along, and bought some cattle that could go now or put another 100 lbs on. Weighing condition was fair, quite a few cattle in overnight. 9 loads of steers, 1 full load of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads. Slaughter lambs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder lambs not well compared. Slaughter ewes unevenly steady. Good demand for slaughter lambs. Demand moderate for feeding lambs, not as many farmer feeders on the seats looking for light fleshed lambs to feed. Good demand for slaughter ewes as the offering remains limited.