Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Cornbelt + SE feeder cattle prices

USDA auction weighted averages · $/cwt · week of Sep 28 – Oct 4

Summary

Week of Sep 28

Cornbelt + SE steers sold lower in the classes that carried real volume. The busiest, 600–700 lb at 7,073 head, averaged $361.42/cwt, down $0.15 on the week and down $11.55 on the year.

Steers

32,420 head
Week of Sep 28 · change vs week of Sep 21 · year-ago vs week of Sep 29, 2025
Weight$/cwtvs prior weekvs year ago$/headHeadBarns
300–400 lb491.96−7.78+15.52—2,065124
400–500 lb427.01−9.35−8.061,9224,045134
500–600 lb388.46−3.83−9.762,1376,688137
600–700 lb361.42−0.15−11.552,3497,073131
700–800 lb340.09−5.99−20.812,5514,692122
800–900 lb326.50−5.07−22.862,7754,58177
900 lb +305.49−6.28−30.24—3,27652
$/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.

Heifers

26,891 head
Week of Sep 28 · change vs week of Sep 21 · year-ago vs week of Sep 29, 2025
Weight$/cwtvs prior weekvs year ago$/headHeadBarns
300–400 lb421.63−4.32+19.67—3,222137
400–500 lb371.81−8.56−5.101,6736,164139
500–600 lb338.55−10.35−12.671,8627,103139
600–700 lb328.52−3.34−13.802,1355,469133
700–800 lb314.41−5.96−16.702,3583,126116
800–900 lb299.64−2.01−19.602,5471,47968
900 lb +258.28−20.11−31.00—32835
$/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.

Where these cattle sold

All states and regions →What are my calves worth? →