Thursday sale barns
35 auctions in 18 states
- 35 tracked sale barns across 18 states run a cattle auction on Thursday.
- 31 of them have a sale on the books from the last 8 days.
- Combined receipts at those sales: 33,885 head.
- 500–600 lb Medium and Large 1 steers averaged $408.26/cwt at this week's Thursday sales.
- USDA reporters file most of these the same evening, so a Thursday sale is usually readable here by Friday morning.
| Steer weight | Medium & Large 1 ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| 400-500 lbs | $475.43 | 709 head |
| 500-600 lbs | $408.26 | 897 head |
| 600-700 lbs | $369.17 | 813 head |
| 700-800 lbs | $352.16 | 1,359 head |
| 800-900 lbs | $343.72 | 2,238 head |
Thursday barns reporting in the last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.
| Steer weight | Medium & Large 1-2 ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| 400-500 lbs | $436.04 | 245 head |
| 500-600 lbs | $402.22 | 425 head |
| 600-700 lbs | $360.06 | 440 head |
| 700-800 lbs | $344.12 | 419 head |
| 800-900 lbs | $339.72 | 748 head |
Thursday barns reporting in the last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1-2 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.
Best Thursday calf averages this week
| Barn | 500–600 lb Medium & Large 1 steers ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| New Cambria Livestock - New Cambria | $460.83 | 42 head |
| Ogallala Livestock - Ogallala | $450.41 | 104 head |
| Mitchell Livestock - Mitchell | $449.05 | 72 head |
| Wheeler Livestock - Osceola | $429.54 | 26 head |
| Clarinda Livestock - Clarinda | $416.28 | 82 head |
| Mid Missouri Stockyards - Phillipsburg | $411.85 | 27 head |
| Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Company - Salina | $410.00 | 63 head |
| Billings Livestock Commission - Billings | $408.43 | 103 head |
| Woodward Livestock Inc. - Woodward | $391.76 | 64 head |
| I-40 Livestock - Ozark | $391.31 | 50 head |
Thursday sales, this week. Barns that sold at least 25 head in this weight class. A barn near the bottom is not a worse market: lighter, thinner or unweaned calves move an average as much as geography does.
Thursday barns by state
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Questions
Which sale barns run on Thursday?
35 auctions with a USDA market reporter sell cattle on Thursday, across 18 states: Arkansas (3), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Missouri (4), Montana (1), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (2), Nebraska (2), New York (1), Oklahoma (3), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (3), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (1).
What did cattle bring at Thursday's sales?
500–600 lb Medium and Large 1 steers averaged $408.26/cwt across 897 head at the Thursday barns reporting in the last 8 days. Every barn below links to its own full ledger.
How soon after a sale are the results posted?
The USDA reporter at the auction files the report the evening of the sale or the next morning. This site rebuilds every morning and again on the heavy Monday through Wednesday run, so a sale is normally readable within a day of the gavel.
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