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Weekly, native frequency. Volumes are head purchased for slaughter by packers in the 5 areas (TX-OK-NM, KS, NE, CO, IA-MN). Formula, negotiated grid, forward contract: LM_CT145 (5-area) and LM_CT139/140/141/146/147 (regions), net head, live + dressed. Negotiated cash: 5-area = official LM_CT150 weekly total (2001+); regions = LM_CT156/157/158 (TX-OK, KS, NE; AMS publishes no weekly negotiated report for CO or IA-MN), summed over steer, heifer and mixed classes and all selling bases (weeks AMS does not publish for confidentiality are gaps). Prices/weights are steer weighted averages (live FOB, dressed delivered) as reported with the volumes. Period = week ending Sunday of the trade week (report released the next Monday). Holiday weeks are marked.
Volume by purchase type and region
5-Area weekly volume by purchase type (stacked)
Last 104 weeks in the year range · head
Latest week by region × purchase type
Fed cattle prices · weekly weighted average ($/cwt) by purchase type
USDA AMS LMR weekly weighted average prices with the head and average weight AMS reports alongside (hover). Negotiated cash by selling basis (live FOB, live delivered, dressed delivered, dressed FOB; steers and heifers, all grades): LM_CT150 5-Area (2002+; live FOB / dressed delivered are the headline weekly weighted averages), LM_CT156 TX-OK, LM_CT157 KS, LM_CT158 NE and LM_CT167 IA-MN (2014+). AMS publishes no current weekly negotiated report for Colorado (LM_CT166 discontinued 2023). Formula, negotiated grid, forward contract: net prices, live basis and dressed basis (LM_CT145 5-Area, LM_CT139 TX-OK-NM, LM_CT140 KS, LM_CT141 NE, LM_CT146 CO, LM_CT147 IA-MN; 2014+, earlier AMS detail has no all-grade class totals). Dressed = carcass basis ($/cwt carcass); live = $/cwt live. AMS withholds regional weeks for confidentiality, so regional lines have gaps. Every price series is also in the series list below (seasonal / continuous / same-period Level vs YoY / YoY charts + full CSV with head and weight).
Weekly price by purchase type
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% vs same period prior year · green / red bars