USDA auction weighted averages · $/cwt · week of Aug 10 – Aug 16
The national ladder — steers
44,401 head · 152 barns
Every USDA-reported auction · Week of Aug 10 · change vs week of Aug 3 · year-ago vs week of Aug 11, 2025
Weight
$/cwt
vs prior week
vs year ago
$/head
Head
Barns
300–400 lb
537.15
+16.18
+53.00
—
2,397
127
400–500 lb
454.11
−1.68
+31.97
2,043
4,256
151
500–600 lb
401.88
−12.36
+14.39
2,210
6,242
152
600–700 lb
373.90
−13.61
+3.78
2,430
7,088
151
700–800 lb
354.03
−9.39
+2.62
2,655
6,343
136
800–900 lb
338.97
−11.78
+1.59
2,881
7,829
85
900 lb +
321.33
−5.72
+0.67
—
10,246
68
$/cwt, head and barn counts are USDA as filed USDA. $/cwt is USDA's weighted average of every reported lot. $/head is that price applied to the midpoint of the weight range Derived, blank on 300–400 and 900 lb + because both are open-ended and USDA publishes no average weight to use instead.
The national ladder — heifers
35,101 head
Every USDA-reported auction · Week of Aug 10 · change vs week of Aug 3 · year-ago vs week of Aug 11, 2025
Weight
$/cwt
vs prior week
vs year ago
$/head
Head
Barns
300–400 lb
464.53
+10.68
+47.63
—
3,950
149
400–500 lb
400.19
−3.25
+25.09
1,801
5,775
158
500–600 lb
366.69
−7.34
+15.88
2,017
7,051
162
600–700 lb
348.42
−4.75
+7.00
2,265
6,735
153
700–800 lb
331.24
−9.82
+6.20
2,484
5,732
133
800–900 lb
317.60
−2.05
−1.94
2,700
3,696
77
900 lb +
291.01
−1.24
−10.78
—
2,162
57
$/cwt, head and barn counts are USDA as filed USDA. $/cwt is USDA's weighted average of every reported lot. $/head is that price applied to the midpoint of the weight range Derived, blank on 300–400 and 900 lb + because both are open-ended and USDA publishes no average weight to use instead.
By region
Steers · head reported
USDA files three regions and they sum to the national count exactly. We check that rather than assume it — showing regions beside a national figure that already contained them is the double-count hard rule 3 exists to prevent.
The West is Utah and Washington only, and is not a peer of the other two. Over the last 52 weeks it averages 123 head a cell against the Plains' 4,447 and the Cornbelt+SE's 4,079, so most of its classes fall below the 50-head floor and are not quoted. Treat it as a thin market, not a third of the country.
The year-ago column compares the same weight class in both years, so it can be read down the table. Switch the class above and the whole column moves with it — South Dakota and Nebraska sell heavy and populate on 800–900 lb and 900 lb +.
A blank means the class did not reach 50 head, not that it did not trade; the head count is still shown. For the states in the last group the year-ago gap is a true year, but both ends are old — each row names its own week. Source: USDA AMS.
About these figures
Every price is a weighted average — SUM(price × head) ÷ SUM(head) — over the lots USDA reported in that market that week, and every one names the week it came from. A class carrying fewer than 50head shows its head count and no price, because a handful of head is arithmetic rather than a market. Weight classes are USDA's own: 300–400 lb, 400–500 lb, 500–600 lb, 600–700 lb, 700–800 lb, 800–900 lb, 900 lb +. Source: USDA AMS. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's reports and not endorsed by USDA.