Market report for Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Data sourced from USDA AMS
View USDA PDF VersionCompared to two weeks ago, most weights of steers sold 20.00 higher and heifers sold 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Mix bag of weaned and calves right off the cow at Tuesday sale. All had fall vaccinations with some getting poured. Some of the weaned calves displayed a tick of fill throughout the day but the buyers did not back off of procuring them.
| This week | Last reported sale | Last year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total receipts | 1426 | 1810 | 2641 |
| Feeder cattle | 983 | 1126 | 2230 |
| Slaughter cattle | 443 | 684 | 411 |
| Replacement cattle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head | Wt Range | Avg Wt | Price Range | Avg Price | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 365 | 365 | 565.00 | $565.00 | -- |
| 5 | 398 | 398 | 550.00 | $550.00 | Unweaned |
| 22 | 415 |
| Head | Wt Range | Avg Wt | Price Range | Avg Price | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 375 | 375 | 497.50 | $497.50 | Unweaned |
| 15 | 377 | 377 | 500.00 | $500.00 | -- |
| 10 | 437 |
| 415 |
| 547.50 |
| $547.50 |
| -- |
| 9 | 450 | 450 | 523.00 | $523.00 | Unweaned |
| 17 | 460-488 | 473 | 505.00-510.00 | $507.43 | -- |
| 74 | 518 | 518 | 500.00 | $500.00 | -- |
| 47 | 526-543 | 538 | 489.00-492.50 | $490.09 | Unweaned |
| 17 | 550-560 | 556 | 449.00-450.00 | $449.65 | Unweaned |
| 31 | 556-592 | 584 | 446.00-457.00 | $448.37 | -- |
| 38 | 602-612 | 609 | 423.00-424.00 | $423.69 | -- |
| 35 | 618 | 618 | 422.00 | $422.00 | Unweaned |
| 10 | 653 | 653 | 390.50 | $390.50 | Unweaned |
| 41 | 662-690 | 676 | 391.50-404.00 | $397.47 | -- |
| 89 | 727-729 | 728 | 369.50-373.00 | $371.67 | -- |
| 437 |
| 443.00 |
| $443.00 |
| -- |
| 68 | 467-488 | 481 | 452.00-452.50 | $452.03 | -- |
| 9 | 496 | 496 | 423.00 | $423.00 | Fleshy |
| 64 | 515-517 | 516 | 440.00-444.00 | $441.62 | Unweaned |
| 20 | 529 | 529 | 437.00 | $437.00 | -- |
| 33 | 541 | 541 | 435.00 | $435.00 | Replacement |
| 47 | 562-599 | 584 | 382.00-409.00 | $396.26 | -- |
| 10 | 605 | 605 | 387.00 | $387.00 | Unweaned |
| 44 | 607-619 | 612 | 376.50-380.00 | $378.47 | -- |
| 71 | 658-686 | 674 | 350.00-363.00 | $358.89 | -- |
| 13 | 792 | 792 | 323.00 | $323.00 | -- |
| 13 | 901 | 901 | 294.00 | $294.00 | -- |
| Head | Wt Range | Avg Wt | Price Range | Avg Price | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 534 | 534 | 350.00 | $350.00 | Unweaned |
