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📊 INLAND NORTHWEST WEEKLY MARKET REPORT — Week of June 15–20

Straight talk this week: only 2 of 5 barns posted fresh numbers, and we’re telling you which is which. No stale prices dressed up as today’s market.

🟢 FRESH:
• Central WA (CWL, 6/17) — back online after weeks dark. 407 head cattle + 184 small animals. Light steers 301–400 ran 560 cwt.
• Stockland (6/16) — full Low/Avg/Top. Depth was in the 700–900 lb feeders.

🟡 CARRY-FORWARD (reference only — don’t price off it):
• Lewiston (6/10) — went dark, next sale 6/24
• Central Oregon (6/8) — no sale 6/15
• Toppen*sh (6/4) — 2+ weeks old

What the fresh barns are telling us:
• Light feeders still lead — buyers paying up for 300–500 lb calves
• Heavy yearlings keep softening — less per cwt for the added weight
• Cull cows holding a solid window to move spent females (CWL packer cows H 162–205)
• Pairs firm above $4,000/hd at the top

Thinking about marketing cattle, or want to know what your class is bringing right now? Call or text.

📞 208-518-9484
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Licensed & bonded livestock broker — Inland Northwest.

— Primal Acres Meats

INLAND NORTHWEST WEEKLY MARKET REPORT — Week of June 8–13, 2026

The numbers are in, and light feeders are still where the money is.

Three sale barns posted fresh this week — Stockland (Davenport), NW Livestock out of Hermiston, and Lewiston, ID, which is back online after running dark for about three weeks (932 head on June 10).

What stood out:

• Light calves (300–500 lb) keep leading the region. Top light steers traded into the $478–500/cwt range, and light heifers held strong across all three fresh barns.

• Heavy yearlings (1,000 lb and up) keep getting discounted — finishers are paying to put the pounds on themselves, not buy them already on.

• Cull cow market has a solid, current window right now if you’ve got spent breeding females to move.

If you’re buying, selling, or just want a straight answer on what your cattle are worth this week, that’s the job.

Message me for the full market card or to talk through a load.

Darrin Dysart — Primal Acres Meats
208-518-9484
[email protected]
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Big news from Primal Acres Meats — we’ve lined up new dairy partners, and we can now bring fresh raw milk and cream to customers in both Washington and Idaho. $10 for a gallon of raw milk, or $10 for a quart of raw cream — bottled fresh right at the farm, dated and cold.

And that’s just one more reason to make us your weekly stop.

Every week we’re bringing the best of our local farms straight to your table — pasture-raised meat, farm-fresh eggs, raw milk and cream, and real sourdough bread. Good, honest food, raised and made right here by folks who care about it.

We’d love to be a regular part of your week. Get on the list, swing by, and stock the family up on the real thing. Every single order keeps a hard-working family farm going strong.

Let’s be proud of our local farmers and pour back into this amazing community.

Message me to get on the weekly list.

— Primal Acres Meats | 208-518-9484 | [email protected]

Two years ago we butchered our very first pig.

If you’d have told me back then where this would take us, there’s no way I’d have believed you.

We’ve scaled. We’ve learned. We’ve battled, debated, won some, lost some — but this journey into agriculture has been one of the best things we’ve ever put our hands to.

And here’s what I want you to hear: don’t ever let somebody tell you that because you didn’t come from this world, you can’t step into it. That’s a lie. We can do hard things. You can do hard things.

If you’re sitting there right now with a dream and doubting yourself — that first step is usually the hardest one you’ll ever take. But the risk you’re so scared of? Nine times out of ten it doesn’t outweigh the reward waiting on the other side of the work. If you actually want it.

Nobody ever promised it’d be fun all the time. But I’ll tell you what’s worse than failing — sitting back in a life you’re not happy with, wondering what could’ve been because you never even tried.

Failure isn’t the end. It’s just the chance to go again, smarter than you were the first time.

Take the step.

— Primal Acres Meats

A few extra pigs are ready for butcher here at Primal Acres Meats, and we can handle the whole process for you — farm pickup, delivery, or hauling straight to your butcher.

We’ve got a 250 lb pig that needs to be harvested very soon. This one’s got a hernia, so we’re making a great deal on it. It’d be perfect as a whole BBQ/roaster pig or a smaller butcher hog for the freezer.

If you’ve been thinking about filling the freezer or planning a pig roast, message me and let’s make a deal.

— Primal Acres Meats | 208-518-9484 | [email protected]

Let’s talk about what it actually costs to raise a chicken. Basic math. Bulk pricing. No fluff.

One Cornish cross meat chick: $4

Feed — a 4-pound bird eats about 14 pounds of feed to get there. Buying grain in 1,000-pound totes runs roughly $0.36/lb. So 14 lbs × $0.36 = $5.04 in feed.

Non-USDA processing: $7 per bird

Label sticker: $0.10

Add it up: $4 + $5.04 + $7 + $0.10 = $16.14 per bird in hard costs alone.

On a 4-pound bird, that’s $4.04 per pound before anything else gets counted.

Here’s what’s NOT in that number:

The drive to the post office to pick the chicks up
Labor to feed and water them every day
The infrastructure to house them
The equipment to move the pen if it’s mobile
Marketing
Storage
Mortality (because some don’t make it, and you still paid for them)
Your time. All of it.

So when you see a whole chicken at the store for $1.99/lb, how is that even possible? One word: scale.

Big operations buy chicks by the hundred thousand, feed by the rail car, and process millions of birds a year. Every input gets cheaper when you move that much volume. A chick that costs me $4 costs them a fraction of that. A processing line that charges me $7 per bird charges them pennies because the machine is paid for and running 24/7. That’s not a knock on them — that’s just how scale works. It works in every industry.

A small farm can’t compete on price with that. We’re not trying to. We’re a different product at a different volume. When you buy a chicken from us, you’re paying for honest math, no shortcuts, a bird raised on grass and sunshine, and somebody who actually knew that animal.

The grocery store gets you cheap. We get you closer to the food. Both have a place. Just know what you’re paying for.

That’s the real cost of food.

📊 INLAND NORTHWEST WEEKLY MARKET REPORT — Week of June 1–6, 2026

Light feeders are still king. If you’ve got weaned calves in the 300–500 lb range, this is your window.

🐂 LIGHT STEERS LEADING THE REGION
• Central WA (Moses Lake): 301–400 steers $500–$600/cwt — top of the region
• Central Oregon (Madras): 300–400 vacc’d pen lots $500–$540, 400–500 $450–$505
• Toppen*sh: light drafts topping $454.50/cwt
• NW Livestock: 500–600 steers $410–$480/cwt
Documented 2-series vaccine pen lots are pulling the premium. Finishers are paying to put weight on.

📉 HEAVY YEARLINGS SOFTENING
800+ lb cattle backing off across every barn — Toppen*sh 860-lb steers $342.50, Central Oregon 800–900 yearlings $319–$350. The discount on heavies is real.

🐄 CULL COW MARKET FIRM
Central WA packer cows H $169–$207, M $133–$160 • Stockland cows topped $227/cwt • Central Oregon HY Lean $175–$185. Solid time to move your spent breeding females.

💰 BRED COWS & PAIRS HOLDING
Central WA pairs $3,100–$4,850/hd • Central Oregon full-mouth vacc’d bred cows $3,750–$3,975/hd • Stockland pairs to $4,700/hd. Vaccinated full-mouth tier keeps the premium.

✅ 5 fresh barns this week — Stockland (6/2), Central WA (6/3), NW Livestock (6/2), Central Oregon (6/1), Toppen*sh (6/4). Lewiston carry-forward (next Special Feeder Sale June 10).

Buying, selling, or trying to figure out where your cattle fit? That’s what we do. Licensed & bonded livestock broker working the whole Inland Northwest.

📞 208-518-9484
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PRIMAL ACRES MEATS

Grass fed beef is heading to the butcher and we’ve got a few quarters and a half still available.

Quarter — $825
Half — $1,600

All USDA, all vacuum sealed, raised right here. Reach out to lock yours in.

Call or text: 208-518-9484
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— Primal Acres Meats

Inland Northwest Weekly Market Report — Week of May 25-30, 2026
This week’s Inland Northwest livestock market saw fresh data from Lewiston and Toppen*sh, providing a more current picture alongside carry-forward insights from other regional barns. The overarching trends continue to highlight strong demand for specific categories, rewarding producers who focus on quality and health protocols.

Light feeders remain the dominant force in the market. Across the region, 300-500 lb steers are consistently commanding top prices, with some specialized sales pushing past the $6.00/cwt mark. This indicates a clear signal for finishers to invest in putting weight on these animals, as heavy yearlings are experiencing some softening in value.

Vaccinated, uniform pen lots continue to secure a significant premium. Data from Central Oregon, in particular, underscores the financial benefit of documented 2-series vaccine programs. Buyers are willing to pay more for healthy, consistent cattle, making such health protocols a sound investment for producers.

The cull cow market maintains its firm stance, offering a reliable avenue for moving spent breeding females. Toppen*sh reported slaughter cows as steady, with slaughter bulls up $5.00-$11.00. Additionally, pair prices across the region are notably strong, with top regional pairs reaching over $5,000/head. Lewiston’s recent sale further confirmed active trading in this segment.

For a detailed breakdown of prices by class, please refer to the accompanying graphic. For inquiries regarding livestock placement or hauling services, Primal Acres Meats is available to assist.

Primal Acres Meats — Inland NW livestock brokerage & direct sales
208-518-9484 | [email protected] | primalacresmeats.com