Coming soon — a brand new site
Live cattle auctions and the national market, in one place.
We stream sale barns across seven states and are expanding nationwide. Below is the same market data we run on the livestream, updated through the week.
Work in progress — please don't trade on these numbers.
The figures come straight from USDA Market News and we believe they're correct, but they haven't been through enough weeks of checking for us to stand behind them. Check with your sale barn before you act.
National cattle market
Week of 10/19/2026 – 10/20/2026 · compared with 10/12/2026–10/13/2026
- 5wt steers
- $415.95
- ▼ 5.65
- 7wt steers
- $343.70
- ▼ 5.96
- Cull cows
- $129.28
- ▼ 2.58
- Choice cutout
- $373.30
- ▲ 1.72
- Head sold
- 28,073
- Markets
- 89
Feeder cattle
Head-weighted average price per hundredweight. Premium is what steers brought over heifers of the same weight. ▲ green is up on last week, ▼ red is down; thin means too few head to compare.
- Steers
- $516.20▼ 2.80
- Heifers
- $432.42▼ 4.20
- Steer premium
- $83.78
- Steers
- $463.75▼ 6.72
- Heifers
- $396.27▼ 7.84
- Steer premium
- $67.48
- Steers
- $415.95▼ 5.65
- Heifers
- $358.23▼ 7.66
- Steer premium
- $57.72
- Steers
- $370.16▼ 5.74
- Heifers
- $328.73▼ 10.35
- Steer premium
- $41.43
- Steers
- $343.70▼ 5.96
- Heifers
- $320.22▼ 5.15
- Steer premium
- $23.48
- Steers
- $327.87▼ 6.53
- Heifers
- $319.11▲ 3.43
- Steer premium
- $8.76
- Steers
- $322.94▲ 0.13
- Heifers
- $294.53▲ 2.95
- Steer premium
- $28.41
Cows, bulls & replacements
Cull cows price on condition — Breakers fleshiest, Leans thinnest. Replacement classes trade by the head and are thin most weeks.
- Cull cows, all$129.28/cwt▼ 2.584,815 head
- Breaker 75-80%$135.97/cwt▲ 0.16840 head
- Boner 80-85%$134.57/cwt▼ 0.872,006 head
- Lean 85-90%$120.95/cwt▼ 6.881,963 head
- Dairy cows$111.77/cwt▼ 1.59488 head
- Slaughter bulls$172.91/cwt▼ 1.49765 head
- Bred cows$2659.00/hd▲ 321.002,870 head
- Bred heifers$3782.49/hd▲ 553.43579 head
- Cow–calf pairs$3314.89/hd▲ 4.62410 head
- Stock cows$211.73/cwt▲ 0.37473 head
Boxed beef & kill
What the packer is getting, and how many head are moving. These move against the prior daily report rather than the prior week.
- Choice
- $373.30
- ▲ 1.72
- Select
- $361.54
- ▲ 1.63
- Choice–Select
- $11.76
- ▲ 0.09
- Cutter cow
- $309.38
- Fed steer
- $224.19
- Drop value
- $17.27
- Weekly kill
- 540,639
- Cow share
- 16.9%
Where the cattle sold
All states →Top states by head this week. A state carrying a big share is pulling the national average toward its own market.
| State | Markets | Head | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 9 | 14,194 | 20.0% |
| Kentucky | 11 | 6,986 | 9.9% |
| Wyoming | 2 | 5,532 | 7.8% |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 5,264 | 7.4% |
| Georgia | 8 | 4,168 | 5.9% |
| Colorado | 1 | 4,166 | 5.9% |
| Nebraska | 2 | 3,758 | 5.3% |
| Alabama | 8 | 3,280 | 4.6% |
Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Market News. Head-weighted across every auction USDA publishes. Ticker quotes are indicative and are not exchange data. This site is a work in progress — please don't make financial decisions from it.
Around the industry
Politics as unusual: Brazil’s election vs. U.S. soybean prices
Feedstuffs · 7h
USDA proposes to modernize fresh beef and lamb import rules
BEEF Magazine · 1d
Farm Action: Beef import plan delivers little relief for consumers as ranchers take a hit
Tri-State Livestock News · 4d
Milk futures and cash dairy lower again Thursday
Brownfield Ag News · 1034d
Sale barns
Want to livestream your auction?
We're adding barns nationwide. We handle the cameras and the stream — your sale goes out live to Facebook, YouTube and the LivestockHub channel.
Get your barn streaming →Advertisers
Reach cattle buyers where they already are.
Ten-second spots during live auction broadcasts and on ringside screens inside the barns. Handled by Bluestem Digital.
Advertise with us →