Market report for Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Data sourced from USDA AMS
View USDA PDF VersionCompared to last week; feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady over 500 lbs. Steers and heifers under 500 lbs traded sharply higher than last week. A nice run this week with several load lots, Majority of the offering being long time weaned. A large crowd on hand with active bidding throughout the day on load lots and package trade. No sale next Wednesday.
| This week | Last reported sale | Last year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total receipts | 4332 | 2199 | 3268 |
| Feeder cattle | 4332 | 2199 | 3268 |
| Slaughter cattle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Replacement cattle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head | Wt Range | Avg Wt | Price Range | Avg Price | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 340-341 | 341 | 655.00-680.00 | $669.60 | -- |
| 198 | 356-392 | 382 | 625.00-670.00 | $636.76 | -- |
| 101 | 417-431 |
| Head | Wt Range | Avg Wt | Price Range | Avg Price | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 323-346 | 335 | 532.00-550.00 | $541.40 | -- |
| 122 | 356-375 | 362 | 525.00-558.00 | $537.42 | -- |
| 175 | 411-431 |
| 425 |
| 570.00-609.00 |
| $579.85 |
| -- |
| 231 | 452-477 | 464 | 545.00-567.00 | $556.21 | -- |
| 40 | 535 | 535 | 489.00 | $489.00 | -- |
| 248 | 553-591 | 573 | 420.00-460.00 | $433.62 | -- |
| 152 | 610-645 | 622 | 400.00-429.00 | $415.55 | -- |
| 180 | 659-686 | 672 | 379.00-393.00 | $381.88 | -- |
| 256 | 704-727 | 717 | 361.00-379.50 | $374.39 | -- |
| 338 | 757-791 | 788 | 361.00-377.50 | $376.33 | -- |
| 17 | 837 | 837 | 340.00 | $340.00 | -- |
| 192 | 875 | 875 | 351.00 | $351.00 | -- |
| 425 |
| 490.00-522.00 |
| $505.26 |
| -- |
| 135 | 459-488 | 472 | 469.00-495.00 | $483.11 | -- |
| 59 | 510-511 | 510 | 445.00-447.00 | $446.15 | Replacement |
| 215 | 510-549 | 531 | 410.00-425.00 | $419.25 | -- |
| 163 | 552-599 | 581 | 381.00-400.00 | $389.75 | -- |
| 149 | 609-642 | 619 | 366.00-385.00 | $373.10 | -- |
| 121 | 667-692 | 676 | 340.00-353.00 | $343.81 | -- |
| 474 | 751-761 | 759 | 327.00-329.50 | $329.11 | -- |
| 321 | 817-838 | 819 | 324.00-326.50 | $326.30 | -- |
| 20 | 892 | 892 | 317.00 | $317.00 | -- |
| 82 | 907-913 | 912 | 310.00-319.00 | $311.86 | -- |
| 17 | 979 | 979 | 299.00 | $299.00 | -- |
| 20 | 1072 | 1072 | 288.00 | $288.00 | -- |
