Wednesday sale barns
52 auctions in 23 states
- 52 tracked sale barns across 23 states run a cattle auction on Wednesday.
- 49 of them have a sale on the books from the last 8 days.
- Combined receipts at those sales: 35,208 head.
- 500–600 lb Medium and Large 1 steers averaged $410.15/cwt at this week's Wednesday sales.
- USDA reporters file most of these the same evening, so a Wednesday sale is usually readable here by Thursday morning.
| Steer weight | Medium & Large 1 ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| 400-500 lbs | $469.87 | 961 head |
| 500-600 lbs | $410.15 | 1,355 head |
| 600-700 lbs | $357.72 | 1,067 head |
| 700-800 lbs | $352.51 | 832 head |
| 800-900 lbs | $335.99 | 523 head |
Wednesday barns reporting in the last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.
| Steer weight | Medium & Large 1-2 ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| 400-500 lbs | $429.55 | 199 head |
| 500-600 lbs | $392.57 | 300 head |
| 600-700 lbs | $366.77 | 206 head |
| 700-800 lbs | $336.54 | 103 head |
| 800-900 lbs | $322.27 | 104 head |
Wednesday barns reporting in the last 8 days. Head-weighted average of Medium & Large 1-2 steers across all reporting barns; individual sales vary by flesh, fill and quality.
Best Wednesday calf averages this week
| Barn | 500–600 lb Medium & Large 1 steers ($/cwt) | On |
|---|---|---|
| Torrington Livestock Commission Co. - Torrington | $443.03 | 76 head |
| Windsor Livestock - Windsor | $437.98 | 67 head |
| Bloomfield Livestock Market - Bloomfield | $432.98 | 467 head |
| South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna | $429.43 | 57 head |
| Winter Livestock Inc. - Dodge City | $426.85 | 52 head |
| Springfield Livestock Market - Springfield | $423.94 | 50 head |
| ‘R’ Livestock Connection - Monroe | $420.42 | 65 head |
| Farmington Livestock Auction - Farmington | $397.63 | 26 head |
| North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest | $391.85 | 38 head |
| Arcadia Livestock - Arcadia | $379.07 | 31 head |
Wednesday 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.
Wednesday barns by state
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Questions
Which sale barns run on Wednesday?
52 auctions with a USDA market reporter sell cattle on Wednesday, across 23 states: Alabama (5), Arkansas (2), Florida (1), Georgia (4), Iowa (2), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (5), Missouri (7), Mississippi (3), Montana (1), North Carolina (2), Nebraska (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1), Oklahoma (1), South Carolina (2), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (4), Utah (1), Virginia (2), West Virginia (2), Wyoming (1).
What did cattle bring at Wednesday's sales?
500–600 lb Medium and Large 1 steers averaged $410.15/cwt across 1,355 head at the Wednesday 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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