The Morning Wire / Mon Jul 13, 2026

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The Morning Wire

The trading day in one page — Mon, Jul 13
● Written from USDA reportsEvery figure as filed
← Jul 11Jul 13Jul 14 →

The market in a line

Mon, Jul 13
Choice cutout closed $7.07 lower at $375.61. 53 barns across 17 states reported 4,024 priced lots.

Feeder steers

National, week of Jul 13 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a national figure.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb561.99/cwt$9.47 lower2,710143
400-499 lb480.51/cwt$22.70 lower4,862153
500-599 lb439.15/cwt$20.33 lower7,617158
600-699 lb405.54/cwt$23.07 lower7,750156
700-799 lb370.47/cwt$16.59 lower5,424133
800-899 lb351.29/cwt$10.62 lower7,38573

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Jul 13, weighted by head. Spread of $55.52 between the top and bottom of 20 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
Callaway Livestock CenterMO486.75/cwt148
Tina LivestockMO479.73/cwt73
Lexington Livestock Auction - KentuckyKY475.38/cwt75
Russell Livestock Auction - IowaIA467.83/cwt119
Oklahoma National Stockyards MarketOK456.96/cwt413
Harned Livestock AuctionKY456.01/cwt51
Macon Livestock AuctionMS452.35/cwt34
Joplin Regional StockyardsMO448.84/cwt458
Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)FL446.55/cwt47
Dickson Livestock AuctionTN444.41/cwt201
Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TNTN442.34/cwt48
Dothan StockyardsAL441.44/cwt34
Tulsa Stockyards Inc.OK439.16/cwt82
Roswell Livestock AuctionNM438.88/cwt73
Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.VA438.37/cwt99
Paris Livestock AuctionKY436.73/cwt24
Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.VA433.37/cwt26
DonalsonvilleGA433.36/cwt31
Cleburne County Livestock AuctionAR433.25/cwt22
Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)FL431.23/cwt58

Boxed beef

PM close · Jul 13 USDA
Choice $375.61, $7.07 lower. Select $365.17, $3.16 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $10.44. 122 loads traded.

Fed cattle

Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
19,977 head traded Jul 7–Jul 13.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered391.54887
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB390.0070
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered248.8976
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB247.823,919
KansasDressed Delivered393.00126
KansasLive FOB247.031,704

At the barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA
One barn per state, largest first — more states file than fit here. Your own state is linked below.

CLOSE Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-15.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Joplin Regional Stockyards · Missouri

Compared to last week's sale, Slaughter High Choice and Prime Steers traded mostly 2.00 higher. Slaughter Choice Steers traded mostly 1.00 higher, while Slaughter Select Steers traded mostly 1.00 lower.

New Holland Sale Stables · Pennsylvania

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder calves. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Florence Stockyards · Alabama

Compared to last week no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 11.50 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Williamston Livestock Auction · South Carolina

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower, mostly steady.

Carrollton · Georgia

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls to light a test to set a trend but a lower undertone noted. Demand moderate.

OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last week, this week's offering of steer and heifer calves weighing 400-700 lbs were hard to compare with last week's large volume of top quality calves that sold in large groups and part loads, but overall feeders sold with a lower undertone.

Callaway Livestock Center · Missouri

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)318.90/cwt$1.99 higher447
Boner (85% lean)331.95/cwt$0.57 lower1,483
Cutter (90% lean)331.97/cwt$1.14 lower2,213
Premium White329.25/cwt$2.68 higher1,589
Bull (92% lean)373.68/cwt$2.10 lower226

What published

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140 USDA reports carried this date — sale barns, state summaries, video and board sales, grain, hay and the national desks.
Source: USDA AMS. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.