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NEW on the LivestockHub website: the Sheep & Goat Square. Last week, selling a 110 lb hair lamb and buying back a 50 lb one, the market paid about $1.90 a pound for the pounds in between, against the $1.93 that UNL's 2026 lamb feeding example says it costs to put a pound on. Nearly a wash. The Square works it out with your own cost of gain (week of Nov 2-8, USDA auction averages, not bids). Every sale streams live and free right here. What does a pound of gain cost you on lambs or kids?

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The sell-heavy, buy-light spread got tighter. Week of Nov 2-8, national auction averages: sell a 900 lb steer, buy back a 300 lb calf, and about $349 a head was left after a $1.10 cost of gain. That's down $102 from $451 the week before. Averages, not bids.

Every sale streams live and free right here. Selling heavies and buying back this fall, or holding on?

1 day ago | [YT] | 9

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Heifers fell harder than steers last week. 400-500 lb heifers were down $25.52/cwt vs steers down $19.97, so a 450 lb steer now brings about $315 a head more than a heifer (week of Nov 2-8, USDA auction averages, not bids). Every sale streams live and free right here. What are you doing with your heifer calves this fall?

2 days ago | [YT] | 1

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New on livestockhub.com: a free hay calculator 🐂 50 cows at 1,200 lb, 120 days on hay, 1,200 lb round bales in a ring feeder = 194 bales. Set them out with no feeder and it's 285, because about 40% gets trampled. That's 91 more bales. Put in your own herd, days and bale weight and it shows every step of the math. Free, no account. How many bales are you putting up this winter?

3 days ago | [YT] | 6

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South Dakota sold 40,653 head at auction the week of Oct 26 - Nov 1. That's more than Nebraska (19,562) and Missouri (19,499) put together, and 21.8% of every head USDA reported. USDA averages, not bids. Every sale streams live and free right here. Where do your calves usually sell?

4 days ago | [YT] | 3

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Got a 450 lb steer? That's about $2,244 a head this week. 400-500 lb steers averaged $498.71/cwt, up 34 cents, while 500-600s slid $3.90 to $440.10 (week of Oct 26 - Nov 1, USDA auction averages, not bids). Every sale streams live and free right here. What did your calves weigh this fall?

5 days ago | [YT] | 10

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The Choice-Select spread jumped $3.39 to $9.24 in the latest daily USDA boxed beef report. Choice $361.56, Select $352.32. One day's move, and those are beef values, not bids on cattle. Do buyers at your sale pay up for cattle that look like they'll grade? Sales stream live and free right here.

6 days ago | [YT] | 2

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The spread got wider. Sell a 900 lb steer, buy back a 300 lb calf: $451 a head at a $1.10 cost of gain, up from about $426 the week before. Week of Oct 26-Nov 1, USDA auction averages, not bids. Every sale streams live and free right here. Hit the bell so you know when the next one starts.

1 week ago | [YT] | 10

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Bred cows averaged $2,452 a head at auction for the week of Oct 26 to Nov 1, down $70 (USDA averages, not bids). Every sale streams live and free right here. What are bred cows bringing where you sell?

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

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Yearlings up, calves down this week 📈 700-800 lb steers $355.43/cwt (+$3.08), 500-600 lb steers $440.15 (-$3.99). USDA auction averages, week of Oct 26 - Nov 1. Averages, not bids.
Every sale streams live and free right here. Hit the bell so you catch the next one 🔔

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