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Plains feeder cattle prices

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

Summary

Week of Sep 28

Plains steers sold higher in the classes that carried real volume. The busiest, 500–600 lb at 9,953 head, averaged $432.39/cwt, up $13.06 on the week and down $15.60 on the year.

Steers

40,532 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 lb545.44+15.11+10.90—1,65235
400–500 lb484.56+4.52−10.562,1816,36737
500–600 lb432.39+13.06−15.602,3789,95338
600–700 lb371.92+4.66−33.642,4174,61936
700–800 lb349.07+1.08−30.752,6183,60236
800–900 lb338.70+0.01−23.382,8795,48034
900 lb +318.93+2.00−21.65—8,85934
$/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

29,919 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 lb469.32+3.83−6.80—2,10132
400–500 lb429.25+5.07−11.211,9325,05436
500–600 lb372.23+4.91−20.992,0474,99236
600–700 lb338.04+0.29−25.672,1972,57638
700–800 lb332.48−1.78−13.392,4943,14633
800–900 lb315.17−1.67−24.322,6794,83334
900 lb +297.87+7.36−15.68—7,21731
$/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.

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