Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Weekly Livestock Auction Summary, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

6,284 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.03/cwt -6.78 vs last sale · ≈ $527/hd at 425 lb · 124 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.45/cwt -6.54 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 524 lb · 115 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.85/cwt -6.12 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 473 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,284	7,432	9,619
Feeder cattle	4,835	6,143	8,131
Slaughter cattle	1,063	895	1,018
Replacement cattle	386	394	470

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker Steers mostly sold 5.00-10.00 lower, instances 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder and Stockers Heifers mostly sold steady to 6.00 lower, instances 10.00-12.00 lower. Numerous offerings of non-weaned/fleshy new crop calves this week sold at a discount which lowered the market this week. Demand for non-weaned/ fleshy calves mostly light to moderate at best. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	165.00–180.00	$172.50	$474	-0.04
300–345	321	41	138.00–175.00	$159.76	$513	-3.36
350–395	373	49	132.00–175.00	$155.28	$579	-7.72
395 value added	395	1	151.00	$151.00	$596	—
395	395	1	131.00	$131.00	$517	-32.00
400–448	423	79	130.00–166.00	$143.19	$606	-6.73
440–444 value added	443	6	144.00–153.00	$151.51	$671	—
450–495	468	57	129.00–148.50	$138.15	$647	-9.42
500–545	522	83	122.00–143.00	$131.01	$684	-8.74
524 value added	524	6	144.00	$144.00	$755	—
545	545	1	135.00	$135.00	$736	-4.75
550–570	557	3	119.00–120.00	$119.34	$665	-13.77
559 value added	559	7	146.00	$146.00	$816	—
550–598	567	64	117.00–133.00	$125.46	$711	-7.65
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	-3.11
602 unweaned	602	2	120.00	$120.00	$722	—
615–625 value added	623	5	124.00–126.00	$124.39	$775	-0.29
600–648	625	35	112.00–130.00	$122.41	$765	-6.02
645	645	1	125.00	$125.00	$806	+8.53
653 unweaned	653	8	118.00	$118.00	$771	-8.00
655 value added	655	3	124.00	$124.00	$812	-13.25
660	660	1	122.00	$122.00	$805	-4.57
650–695	662	26	114.00–125.00	$119.32	$790	-7.25
700–730	712	20	115.00–129.00	$120.90	$861	-1.46
717 value added	717	5	126.50	$126.50	$907	-0.50
725 unweaned	725	3	116.00	$116.00	$841	—
750–782	771	7	117.00–130.00	$120.84	$932	-6.36
835	835	1	119.00	$119.00	$994	-2.66
840 value added	840	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,008	-7.50
873	873	7	107.00	$107.00	$934	-5.47
875	875	1	90.00	$90.00	$788	-22.47
975	975	1	102.00	$102.00	$994	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	145.00	$145.00	$377	—
255–270	263	2	130.00	$130.00	$342	—
300–336	323	20	125.00–150.00	$137.29	$443	-6.80
340 thin fleshed	340	1	132.00	$132.00	$449	—
350–395	374	30	120.00–148.00	$136.30	$510	-2.15
405–446	431	31	120.00–137.00	$129.32	$557	-2.41
450–498	478	52	115.00–138.00	$125.93	$602	-6.26
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	-26.90
500–545	521	39	105.00–135.00	$120.08	$626	-6.82
550–590	565	31	110.00–128.00	$119.49	$675	-3.64
600–640	622	11	110.00–120.00	$115.82	$720	-6.15
650–690	659	14	102.00–125.00	$115.50	$761	-1.15
715–740	727	11	100.00–120.00	$115.01	$836	-4.15
785–797	794	4	108.00–110.00	$108.49	$861	-12.07
805–820	813	2	105.00–112.00	$108.47	$882	+0.52
880–895	892	5	100.00–108.00	$101.58	$906	—
935	935	1	95.00	$95.00	$888	—
960	960	1	98.00	$98.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	2	130.00	$130.00	$563	-22.78
496	496	4	138.00	$138.00	$684	-9.56
613–649	632	26	120.00–129.50	$124.30	$786	—
683	683	8	123.50	$123.50	$844	-0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	322	3	102.50–122.50	$111.50	$359	-6.02
358–375	362	7	84.00–126.00	$109.29	$396	-1.46
405–430	417	3	109.00–124.00	$115.70	$482	+4.93
465–495	482	3	80.00–107.00	$91.80	$442	-25.75
515–543	537	5	100.00–106.00	$104.85	$563	—
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	-14.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	4	131.00–140.00	$136.00	$385	-4.00
320 thin fleshed	320	1	122.50	$122.50	$392	—
300–345	326	55	122.00–143.00	$132.58	$432	-8.91
350–397	374	81	120.00–141.00	$129.14	$483	-7.13
360–395	382	3	100.00–111.00	$106.91	$408	-29.36
400–449	425	121	115.00–135.00	$124.20	$528	-6.92
430–440	435	3	112.00–120.00	$117.33	$510	-0.16
450–495	473	93	113.00–131.00	$120.32	$569	-6.15
460–490	475	3	101.00–110.00	$105.38	$501	-21.09
500–548	523	108	109.00–132.00	$118.15	$618	-6.27
510–545	534	7	100.00–112.00	$106.68	$570	-17.74
550–595	570	52	100.00–125.00	$113.22	$645	-6.24
555–595	574	9	97.00–115.00	$104.51	$600	-14.95
600 value added	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
620	620	1	95.00	$95.00	$589	-21.59
600–645	623	43	101.00–119.00	$111.52	$695	-5.07
623 unweaned	623	3	107.00	$107.00	$667	-15.67
630	630	1	96.00	$96.00	$605	-20.59
650–695	673	23	97.00–115.00	$111.18	$748	-3.10
685 unweaned	685	2	108.00	$108.00	$740	—
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	-24.28
700–740	723	6	102.00–112.00	$106.74	$772	-4.45
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	-21.19
770	770	3	101.00–109.00	$106.33	$819	-6.21
805–820	813	3	90.00–105.00	$98.29	$799	-7.22
865	865	3	94.50	$94.50	$817	+5.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	5	120.00–131.00	$126.84	$365	+0.05
315 thin fleshed	315	1	135.00	$135.00	$425	-5.00
300–345	328	41	107.00–130.00	$116.57	$382	-7.56
350–395	372	61	108.00–133.00	$116.33	$433	-2.34
400–448	425	73	91.00–125.00	$115.00	$489	-3.99
450–495	471	72	98.00–121.00	$111.58	$526	-4.50
475	475	1	90.00	$90.00	$428	-10.44
515 thin fleshed	515	1	111.00	$111.00	$572	-13.00
500–548	521	71	97.00–116.00	$107.50	$560	-4.52
552–595	573	36	94.00–113.00	$105.07	$602	-6.34
560–595	583	4	80.00–90.00	$83.65	$488	-27.76
613 unweaned	613	4	96.00	$96.00	$588	—
605–648	622	21	97.00–112.00	$104.04	$647	-1.92
650–695	669	17	90.00–110.00	$100.15	$670	+2.13
650–695	680	3	80.00–90.00	$86.81	$590	-11.21
700–740	712	13	90.00–99.00	$96.27	$685	-11.15
720	720	1	95.00	$95.00	$684	-12.42
765–780	773	2	75.00–92.00	$83.58	$646	-23.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	116.00	$116.00	$336	+11.00
300–345	321	9	81.00–108.00	$103.14	$331	-7.17
350–391	377	10	102.00–116.00	$107.15	$404	-0.70
400–442	426	11	90.00–111.00	$102.20	$435	+7.13
450–490	469	10	90.00–111.00	$98.78	$463	+0.72
500–548	523	10	90.00–105.00	$98.68	$516	+5.61
550–595	573	6	82.00–96.00	$88.82	$509	-0.58
608–619	614	7	92.00–93.00	$92.42	$567	+8.24
665	665	1	80.00	$80.00	$532	-9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	6	124.00	$124.00	$450	+0.90
403	403	3	125.00	$125.00	$504	—
460–497	480	22	115.00–117.00	$115.78	$556	-6.74
518–526	522	15	109.00–117.00	$115.14	$601	—
556	556	12	125.00	$125.00	$695	+10.98
657	657	3	110.00	$110.00	$723	-9.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	282	6	150.00–169.00	$156.53	$441	+3.96
300–345	322	30	144.00–170.00	$160.34	$516	-14.30
350–398	372	47	130.00–164.00	$150.25	$559	-9.00
393 thin fleshed	393	8	171.00	$171.00	$672	—
400	400	1	113.00	$113.00	$452	-9.00
400–448	426	66	125.00–169.00	$145.90	$622	-12.65
450	450	1	112.00	$112.00	$504	-26.88
450–490	470	61	119.00–146.00	$134.39	$632	-4.49
520	520	3	110.00	$110.00	$572	-19.09
500–545	521	83	110.00–146.00	$125.47	$654	-3.62
550–590	560	4	91.00–117.00	$107.45	$602	-15.41
550–595	573	77	107.00–126.00	$118.11	$677	+7.68
595	595	1	117.00	$117.00	$696	+6.57
615	615	1	96.00	$96.00	$590	-24.84
600–645	622	64	102.00–127.00	$116.61	$725	-4.23
658 unweaned	658	3	109.00	$109.00	$717	—
650–685	668	5	87.00–95.00	$90.58	$605	-26.53
650–695	668	28	96.00–127.00	$110.05	$735	-7.06
700–740	718	21	92.00–116.00	$103.86	$746	-10.25
760–785	770	6	90.00–112.00	$98.99	$762	-2.50
810–830	820	2	86.50–106.00	$96.37	$790	-3.59
895	895	1	83.00	$83.00	$743	-13.96
900–920	910	2	79.00–104.00	$91.64	$834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	142.00	$142.00	$291	—
270–295	286	6	110.00–161.00	$136.16	$389	—
305–345	323	29	118.00–161.00	$139.06	$449	-1.28
353–395	369	32	116.00–145.00	$131.41	$485	-1.39
355–395 thin fleshed	375	3	133.00–152.00	$145.33	$545	+10.33
410 thin fleshed	410	1	152.50	$152.50	$625	+25.00
400–448	433	36	107.00–140.00	$128.29	$555	-4.19
450–498	472	57	106.00–131.00	$121.54	$574	-4.87
480–490 thin fleshed	485	2	128.00–142.00	$135.07	$655	+2.07
500–545	521	45	81.00–129.00	$116.44	$607	-0.38
550–595	567	54	95.00–119.00	$109.48	$621	-0.89
600–640	621	14	89.00–116.00	$103.62	$643	-7.76
660–690	678	9	80.00–105.00	$95.73	$649	-10.80
700 unweaned	700	1	99.00	$99.00	$693	—
710–748	729	7	86.00–116.00	$98.49	$718	-7.42
760–790	781	4	80.00–109.00	$90.58	$707	-2.56
890	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	-0.84
940	940	1	78.00	$78.00	$733	—
1000	1000	1	70.00	$70.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	318	4	114.00–127.00	$118.48	$377	+8.48
385–388	387	3	110.00–118.00	$112.65	$436	+5.65
400–445	425	10	100.00–125.00	$111.29	$473	+1.07
460–480	467	3	87.00–114.00	$104.41	$488	-2.37
500–545	522	20	76.00–114.00	$103.95	$543	-1.62
550–595	575	7	81.00–112.00	$95.06	$547	-1.44
625–635	630	2	95.00–98.00	$96.51	$608	-4.18
655–685	674	4	70.00–92.00	$77.90	$525	-9.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	$588	—
536–548	539	—	—	14	109.00–115.00	$113.69	$613	—
700	700	—	—	12	111.00	$111.00	$777	—
1165–1535	1408	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	89.00–95.00	$92.83	$1,307	—
1540	1540	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1640	1640	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	30.00	$30.00	$184	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–805	800	80-85%	2	30.00	$30.00	$240	+3.74
830	830	80-85%	2	24.00	$24.00	$199	-2.26
845	845	80-85%	4	41.00	$41.00	$346	-2.00
960–1180	1038	80-85%	3	25.00–35.00	$29.98	$311	—
878–1590	1059	80-85%	39	30.00–48.00	$39.81	$422	—
910–1560	1177	80-85%	150	38.00–55.00	$47.71	$562	+0.05
920–1575	1243	80-85%	60	45.50–66.00	$52.22	$649	-1.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–875	787	85-90%	7	27.00–33.00	$31.00	$244	+0.69
815–845	830	85-90%	2	24.50–26.00	$25.24	$209	-0.76
805–1225	969	85-90%	25	25.00–43.00	$33.00	$320	-5.33
880–1120	977	85-90%	10	22.00–36.00	$31.74	$310	-6.59
875–1495	1054	85-90%	63	34.00–52.00	$42.93	$452	—
965–1400	1143	85-90%	24	49.00–55.00	$51.97	$594	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1162–1720	1398	75-80%	28	47.50–57.50	$53.25	$744	—
1125–1815	1400	75-80%	40	40.00–54.00	$48.84	$684	+0.32
1770	1770	75-80%	1	43.00	$43.00	$761	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1600	1256	22	41.00–70.00	$60.90	$765	—
1015–2345	1591	33	55.00–80.00	$72.85	$1,159	—
1545–2005	1808	16	71.00–85.00	$80.70	$1,459	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$528
560–1100	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	45.50–100.00	$64.61	$560
770–1145	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	48.00–65.00	$55.42	$494
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$968
800–1320	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	49.00–66.00	$57.13	$557

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1325	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	650.00–910.00	$766.58
895–1115	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	550.00–800.00	$676.36
930–1150	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,180.89
950–1175	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	725.00–1,050.00	$902.64
1000–1115	1069	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	425.00–735.00	$615.58
850–1300	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	460.00–985.00	$723.21
1035–1240	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–770.00	$712.39
900–1450	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	575.00–915.00	$763.26
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
1035–1250	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–800.00	$737.83
965–1290	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$745.25
990–1400	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–975.00	$823.57
930–1575	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	700.00–1,250.00	$1,009.54
1250–1410	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,000.00	$925.97
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$571
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	45.00	$45.00	$430
875–1400	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	40.00–65.00	$49.50	$532
985–1480	1098	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	44.00–61.00	$53.54	$588
745–1645	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	49.00–64.00	$54.92	$633
1080–1255	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	52.00–56.00	$53.87	$628
955–1290	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	40.00–70.00	$56.75	$666
945–1395	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	46.00–60.00	$52.06	$616
1055–1390	1234	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	54.00–60.00	$57.19	$706
945–1470	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	51.00–59.00	$53.37	$672
1210–1325	1263	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	49.00–50.00	$49.65	$627
1215–1595	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	51.00–65.00	$54.76	$731
1395	1395	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$725

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–900	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–750.00	$671.28
780–940	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	650.00–800.00	$737.83
925	925	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
775–1110	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	735.00–1,300.00	$1,162.65
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–705	703	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	79.00–105.00	$91.95	$646
715–875	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	75.00–91.00	$82.19	$653
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$765

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840 thin fleshed	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
915 thin fleshed	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
900–1040	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–1,100.00	$1,033.85	—
975–1090	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,085.00	$1,017.20	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00	-400.00
1000–1210	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,025.00	$1,004.77	+41.63
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	+41.86
1100–1150	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$738.33	-161.67
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+299.89
1100–1200	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–950.00	$894.21	+94.10
1110–1375	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$961.24	+133.60
1150–1355	1261	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–900.00	$843.19	-282.30
1000–1655	1331	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	840.00–1,460.00	$1,240.39	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	54.00	$54.00	$332	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.