USDA auction weighted averages · $/cwt · week of Oct 26 – Nov 1
400–500 lb steers
$489.99
+1.53
USDA · national · 17,603 hd · vs prior weekWk Oct 26
500–600 lb steers
$435.85
−3.20
USDA · national · 34,086 hd · vs prior weekWk Oct 26
600–700 lb steers
$390.54
−1.39
USDA · national · 22,135 hd · vs prior weekWk Oct 26
700–800 lb steers
$354.36
+3.76
USDA · national · 10,035 hd · vs prior weekWk Oct 26
National steer prices by weight
108,984 head · 189 barns
Every USDA-reported auction · Week of Oct 26 · change vs week of Oct 19 · year-ago vs week of Oct 27, 2025
Weight
$/cwt
vs prior week
vs year ago
$/head
Head
Barns
300–400 lb
538.32
−6.24
+33.57
—
4,944
171
400–500 lb
489.99
+1.53
+15.18
2,205
17,603
187
500–600 lb
435.85
−3.20
+6.13
2,397
34,086
189
600–700 lb
390.54
−1.39
+6.08
2,539
22,135
186
700–800 lb
354.36
+3.76
+10.15
2,658
10,035
167
800–900 lb
342.66
+2.47
+0.58
2,913
9,879
122
900 lb +
322.60
+1.89
−3.18
—
10,302
87
$/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.
National heifer prices by weight
80,318 head
Every USDA-reported auction · Week of Oct 26 · change vs week of Oct 19 · year-ago vs week of Oct 27, 2025
Weight
$/cwt
vs prior week
vs year ago
$/head
Head
Barns
300–400 lb
451.38
−4.24
+26.12
—
7,643
184
400–500 lb
421.49
+1.11
+11.11
1,897
19,661
194
500–600 lb
378.64
+1.78
+3.75
2,083
22,818
193
600–700 lb
339.85
+4.20
+8.71
2,209
10,914
187
700–800 lb
327.69
+2.41
+11.24
2,458
6,919
165
800–900 lb
315.76
−4.29
+3.66
2,684
6,088
114
900 lb +
297.78
+3.86
+0.75
—
6,275
83
$/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.
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.