Feeder cattle prices this week

The Sale Barn Steer Average: head-weighted M&L 1 steer prices across all reporting barns

This table is the Sale Barn Steer Average: our head-weighted weekly average of Medium & Large 1 steer sales across every tracked barn that reported in the last 8 days. It is computed from the actual head counts in each USDA report, so a 2,900-head Oklahoma City run counts for more than a 300-head sale, the same way the market itself works.

All barns reporting in the last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.

Medium & Large 1-2 steers

Some AMS offices, Kentucky's foremost, grade every feeder sale Medium & Large 1-2 and never publish a straight #1. Those cattle are a different grade and belong in a different average, so they get their own table rather than being blended into the one above.

Barns grading 1-2, last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1-2 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.

Each weight class has its own page: 400–500 lb · 500–600 lb · 600–700 lb · 700–800 lb · 800–900 lb. Cull market: cow and bull prices this week.

Where the market has been

How to read these numbers

Prices are dollars per hundredweight ($/cwt) for Medium & Large frame #1 steers - the benchmark class quoted across the industry. A 550 lb steer at $400/cwt brings about $2,200. Heifers typically bring $20–40/cwt less than same-weight steers; unweaned or fleshy cattle are discounted, weaned and value-added cattle earn premiums - the per-barn ledgers carry those notes row by row. To turn a weight and a price into a check, use the calf value calculator.

Citing this number

Cite it as “the Sale Barn Steer Average, salebarnreport.com, week of September 28, 2026” with a link. The current values are also published as JSON at /data/steer-average.json and CSV at /data/national-weekly-averages.csv.

Every underlying number is on the barn pages: browse all 242 barns.