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What do the official wholesale fresh food prices say for dressed heifers in the United States?

Wholesale fresh food prices in the United States, from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Figures as of 19 October 2026. Fed heifers, dressed weight (USD per cwt) in Fed heifers, dressed weight: median US$350 per hundredweight (100 lb) on 19 October 2026; typical range US$350 to US$350 (10th to 90th percentile) across 1,117 records in the daily snapshot of National Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle, negotiated purchases (USDA AMS, LM_CT154) (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting). Confidence: high.

Prices recorded in official records of completed sales. Asking prices are never used.

US$350 per hundredweight (100 lb), median

Fed heifers, dressed weight (USD per cwt) in Fed heifers, dressed weight: median US$350 per hundredweight (100 lb) on 19 October 2026; typical range US$350 to US$350 (10th to 90th percentile) across 1,117 records in the daily snapshot of National Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle, negotiated purchases (USDA AMS, LM_CT154) (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting). Confidence: high.

Period
2026-10-19
Kind of figure
The median of recorded prices, with the typical range from the 10th to the 90th percentile.
Typical range (10th to 90th percentile)
US$350 to US$350
Records behind it
1,117
Confidence
high

USDA AMS LM_CT154 weekly negotiated cash purchases of fed cattle: head-weighted average price by product in US dollars per hundredweight; n is head of cattle bought.

Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Licence: CC0 1.0. Live answer: /api/v1/wholesale-fresh-food?country=US&product=dressed+heifers

Where this comes from

Source
National Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle, negotiated purchases (USDA AMS, LM_CT154), published by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting
Licence
CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication; data.gov record 'Livestock and Grain Market News LMR Web Services', publisher USDA AMS)
Attribution
Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LM_CT154)
Figures as of
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How fresh the source is
Weekly, published on Monday for the week just ended; every answer states the report date
Limits
A weekly average of negotiated cash purchases only (formula, forward-contract and negotiated-grid purchases are other reports and are not included). Domestic cattle only. US dollars per hundredweight (100 pounds, live or dressed as the answer says). Not the price of a particular animal, farm or sale, not a futures price and not a retail beef price.
Rule
A figure built from records is shown only when at least 5 records sit behind it; official statistics are shown as such, with their reference period. See how we earn trust and the method.

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