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All Cownty barns: cattle market recap, week of Oct 5, 2026

27 of 210 barns reported a sale to USDA Oct 5–Oct 11, 55,776 head reported.

Steers ▲ up

46 classes up, 35 down, 5 flat, across 86 barn weight classes compared.

Median change +$1.19/cwt. Each is one barn's head-weighted average at its latest sale this week vs its sale before.

Heifers ▼ down

18 classes up, 23 down, 5 flat, across 46 barn weight classes compared.

Median change −$0.97/cwt. Each is one barn's head-weighted average at its latest sale this week vs its sale before.

Biggest movers

Rises

  1. +$41.28 Clovis, Heifers 600–699 lb $318.73 on Oct 7 vs Sep 30 · 80 head
  2. +$37.55 Roswell, Steers 600–699 lb $356.41 on Oct 5 vs Sep 28 · 63 head
  3. +$36.42 Dalhart, Steers 500–599 lb $398.92 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 77 head
  4. +$29.40 Apache, Steers 500–599 lb $392.58 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 105 head
  5. +$26.85 Woodward, Steers 700–799 lb $344.13 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 82 head

Falls

  1. −$34.21 Salina, Heifers 500–599 lb $346.17 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 98 head
  2. −$31.97 Tulia, Heifers 500–599 lb $341.35 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 87 head
  3. −$30.25 Dalhart, Heifers 600–699 lb $314.25 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 19 head
  4. −$19.95 McAlester, Steers 400–499 lb $429.69 on Oct 6 vs Sep 29 · 28 head
  5. −$19.42 San Angelo, Steers 600–699 lb $327.83 on Oct 8 vs Oct 1 · 73 head

$/cwt change in one barn's head-weighted average for a weight class, latest sale this week vs that barn's sale before (no more than 13 days earlier). Only classes with at least 10 head at the latest sale are ranked.

Barns that sold

BarnSaleHeadvs sale before
Giddings Giddings, TXOct 5864 ▲ up 6 up, 0 down
Joplin Carthage, MOOct 56,701 ▼ down 1 up, 4 down, 1 flat
OKC Oklahoma City, OKOct 54,242 ▼ down 1 up, 4 down, 1 flat
Roswell Roswell, NMOct 5972 ◆ mixed 3 up, 3 down
Tulsa Tulsa, OKOct 53,007 ▼ down 1 up, 5 down
Beaver Beaver, OKOct 63,370 ▲ up 5 up, 1 down
El Reno El Reno, OKOct 64,598 ◆ mixed 3 up, 3 down
Exeter Exeter, MOOct 61,558 ▼ down 1 up, 3 down, 2 flat
La Junta Winter La Junta, COOct 62,117 ◆ mixed 3 up, 3 down
McAlester McAlester, OKOct 6920 ▼ down 0 up, 3 down, 3 flat
Wildorado Wildorado, TXOct 61,006 ▲ up 2 up, 1 down, 1 flat
Ada Ada, OKOct 72,217 ◆ mixed 3 up, 3 down
Clovis Clovis, NMOct 72,436 ▲ up 4 up, 1 down
Dodge City Dodge City, KSOct 73,363 ▲ up 3 up, 1 down, 2 flat
La Junta LJLC La Junta, COOct 71,873 – prior sale too old
Ratcliff Ratcliff, AROct 7185 ▲ up 4 up, 1 down
Sterling Sterling, COOct 7770 – prior sale too old
Apache Apache, OKOct 82,419 ▲ up 4 up, 2 down
Dalhart Dalhart, TXOct 82,200 ▼ down 1 up, 3 down
Hope Hope, AROct 81,146 ◆ mixed 3 up, 3 down
Pratt Pratt, KSOct 83,101 ▲ up 4 up, 2 down
Salina Salina, KSOct 81,871 ▲ up 4 up, 2 down
San Angelo San Angelo, TXOct 81,015 ▼ down 2 up, 4 down
Tulia Tulia, TXOct 81,091 ▼ down 2 up, 4 down
Woodward Woodward, OKOct 81,695 ▲ up 3 up, 2 down
Belen Belen, NMOct 9666 ▲ up 1 up, 0 down
Santa Teresa Santa Teresa, NMOct 9373 – prior sale too old

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Region: every USDA-reported barn on Cownty. Flat means a change under $1/cwt. USDA AMS Market News reports, averaged by Cownty (Medium and Large 1 and 1-2 lots, weighted by head; under 3 head is not averaged). Past sales, not a quote.

Cownty is not affiliated with USDA or with these sale barns.