Market report for: Tuesday December 9th

Good day cattle producers, This is Blaine Huston reporting from the Gladstone Auction mart for Tuesday December 9th. We had another strong sale this week. We sold 923 head yesterday. 

Here is a look at the feeder market!

Steers:

3-400lbs- 750-860

4-500lbs- 680-770

5-600lbs- 570-672

6-700lbs- 510-607.50

7-800lbs- 425-529

8-900lbs- 370-480

Heifers

3-400lbs 680-770

4-500lbs-635-755

5-600lbs-510-621

6-700lbs-440-559

7-800lbs-380-481

8-900lbs-320-431.50

Here are some market highlights from yesterday’s sale:

• Charolais steers weighing 560 pounds bring $6.4750 a pound ($3626 a head)
• Black exotic steer calves come in the ring weighing 618 pounds and cash in at $6.09 pound ($3708 per head) 
• Black calves weighing 758 pounds stamp there ticket at $5.20 a pound ($3939 a head) 

On the Hiefer side of things: 

• 3 charolais heifers weighing 558 pounds bring $5.88 per pound ($3281 per head)
• 5 black white faced replacement style heifers weigh 725 pounds and fetch $4.81 per pound ($3489 per head) 

Plainer type cattle are still seeing some discounts. If your cattle are not weaned for at least 6 weeks expect an aggressive discount. Calves coming straight off the cow to the sale are good to bring to town!

As you can see we had a powerful market yesterday in Happyrock 

Hopefully that gives you an idea how the market shaped up.

 This was our final feeder sale of 2025.  Don’t forget about our butcher and bred cow sale coming up on Friday December 12th!  

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 

This has been Blaine Huston Reporting for the Gladstone Auction mart for the week of December 9th and thank you for being a part of our industry! 

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