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January 2026 01/06/26 10:32:00 AM
1-5-2026
There was beautiful weather across the Midwest to kick off 2026 this week! We have had highs in the 40’s and lows just to 20 or so. We have cleared off and had blue skies after the clouds of last week. The forecast looks just as nice and warmer with highs into the 50’s as we move to next weekend. It sure is nice to not fight that bitter cold and snow as we start off the new year!
Saturday, we saw a real good run of livestock of all classes and a large amount of hay. The hog market had fat hogs topping at $0.78. The bulk of the market was more at $0.68 to $0.73. The sows were $0.68 to $0.76 for over 500lbs. The lighter weight sows sold from $0.56 to $0.67. The feeder pigs backed off the Christmas high with the market at $0.85 to $0.93 for pigs around 100lb. The lighter weights were right at a dollar per pound.
The sheep and goat market had over 500 head again this week. The lamb market was sure steady at $3.50 to $4.125 for lambs weighing 58lb to 80lb. The heavier weights sold from $2.30 from $2.30 to $2.55. Ewes sold mostly at $1.10 to $1.30. Kid goats topped at $4.10 on 59lb, but they mostly brought $3.50 to $3.90 on the 50lb to 70lb kids. Cull nannies were generally from $1.60 to $1.80 and billies sold at $2.50 to $2.75 per pound. A handful of ewes with baby lambs at side sold at $100.00 to $120.00 counting noses.
The outside sale had small squares selling at $2.50 to $7.00 with the bulk of them at $4.00 to $5.00. Small straw bales topped at $6.00. Big round bales of hay were mostly at $20.00 to $35.00. Wet wrapped grass mix hay sold at $25.00 to $35.00. Big square bales sold at $40.00 to $65.00 on mostly alfalfa type hay. There were a lot of nice miscellaneous items including some new merchandise that drew a very large crowd of bidders! It was a fun day to be outside in the sunshine with such a great crowd! Thank you Randall Burkholder for stepping into help auction the outside sale while Derek is off to live saving training again! (EMT Training).
The cattle sale to start the year off had a great offering of the area’s very best cattle. The market is holding quite well across all classes. The 350lb to 400lb strs one at a time would sell at $5.35 to $5.50. Unweaned 425lb bwf strs sold at $5.175. We had several cattle in to 6 weight to the 8 weight range. Some 640lb strs sold at $4.34 and another package at $4.51. The 700lbs touched $3.90 to $3.91 on multiple groups. The good 850lb steers were very solid at $3.40 to $3.51.
The 300lb heifers sold at $5.00 to $5.10. Several little groups of 3-5 head of 500lb heifers were $4.00 to $4.15. The 600lb heifers sold at $3.60 to $3.80 and the bulk of the 700lb heifers sold at $3.30 to $3.50 with a couple sets of replacement type heifers bringing $400 at 710lb.
The weigh cow business rounded out the evening sale with 185 head. The better cows sold at $1.70 to $1.85. The top bull broke an all-time record high set last spring. A 2550lb bull brought $2.36, which figures out to $6018.00!
The crew did a great job working through all the stock and getting loaded out! It was late when we got finished up and trucks loaded through the night and were loading again at 6am! It was a very busy Sunday as well loading trucks, getting checks for folks, getting checks in and loading hay out! I’m one of the few guys that’s always glad to see Monday come along! I am headed to Oklahoma City this week to the National Hereford show. I hope to stop and look at some cattle on the way down.
We have a big run of high-quality bred cows and heifers consigned for this coming week. The nice weather, low fee and hay prices, combined with the active feeder marked sure gives folks the opportunity to capitalize on the value that these cows and heifers have. They continue to lag behind the rest of the cattle market! Come take a look, you won’t be disappointed this week!
Have a dandy week!
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