Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

9,867 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.39/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 520 lb · 263 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.67/cwt +4.12 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 426 lb · 242 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $164.73/cwt -0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 423 lb · 228 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,867	12,767	10,614
Feeder cattle	8,510	11,194	9,908
Slaughter cattle	1,010	1,211	575
Replacement cattle	347	362	131

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	269	5	155.00–180.00	$169.11	$455	-15.89
300–325 value added	314	4	175.00–182.00	$179.83	$565	+21.52
303–348	329	55	156.00–209.00	$179.39	$590	-4.34
329 thin fleshed	329	9	180.00	$180.00	$592	-28.96
350–395	374	67	145.00–192.00	$169.14	$633	+0.01
403–443 thin fleshed	413	22	171.50–187.00	$175.42	$724	-17.58
400–449	424	203	139.00–187.00	$163.58	$694	+0.60
435–445 value added	438	3	163.00–165.00	$164.34	$720	-4.02
455–459 thin fleshed	457	13	178.00–180.00	$179.23	$819	—
460–485 value added	472	3	157.00–160.00	$159.00	$750	+7.13
450–499	475	175	140.00–180.00	$158.83	$754	+4.01
500–545 value added	519	25	146.00–165.00	$162.44	$843	+14.18
500–545	520	230	130.00–166.00	$149.72	$779	+0.03
539 thin fleshed	539	8	165.00	$165.00	$889	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	-8.32
550–595	570	133	127.00–148.00	$140.64	$802	+3.01
561–590 value added	571	9	139.00–143.00	$141.62	$809	+3.14
603 value added	603	8	144.00	$144.00	$868	+7.76
603	603	2	134.00	$134.00	$808	-0.37
600–648	619	105	121.00–146.00	$137.55	$851	+3.18
605–648 unweaned	629	14	128.50–137.00	$130.78	$823	-3.31
650–685 unweaned	662	6	125.00–131.00	$128.00	$847	+0.02
650–696	676	29	120.50–139.00	$126.52	$855	-3.26
686 value added	686	16	137.00	$137.00	$940	+2.96
710–740	719	17	119.00–135.00	$130.35	$937	+2.50
713–730 unweaned	723	5	120.00–125.00	$123.03	$890	-1.57
755	755	3	114.00–124.00	$120.00	$906	-6.24
760 value added	760	66	130.25	$130.25	$990	-1.52
812–845	834	8	116.00–132.00	$126.44	$1,055	+8.29
839 value added	839	32	133.00	$133.00	$1,116	+0.62
868–875	870	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,079	+12.31
905–930	918	2	122.00–123.00	$122.51	$1,125	—
950	950	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,036	—
1005	1005	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,106	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–341	334	15	150.00–190.00	$176.68	$590	+14.06
334 thin fleshed	334	13	193.00	$193.00	$645	—
354–357	355	20	170.00–181.00	$172.77	$613	-0.97
382 thin fleshed	382	3	151.00	$151.00	$577	—
394 value added	394	6	189.00	$189.00	$745	—
418–432	422	39	142.00–177.00	$163.57	$690	+1.85
463–498	489	95	148.00–174.00	$159.01	$778	+2.32
508–536	517	68	141.00–154.00	$148.33	$767	+4.87
536 value added	536	8	157.00	$157.00	$842	+15.00
552–594	574	53	134.00–140.00	$138.49	$795	+2.08
644	644	4	132.00	$132.00	$850	-5.70
653–692	665	13	129.00–136.00	$132.24	$879	+0.24
666 value added	666	16	133.00	$133.00	$886	+3.00
686 unweaned	686	12	130.00	$130.00	$892	—
750–778	773	12	120.00–126.50	$124.24	$960	—
848	848	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,026	-8.42
875	875	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	2	145.00–155.00	$149.95	$394	+2.59
300–348	328	41	132.00–181.00	$155.64	$510	+4.28
355 thin fleshed	355	1	156.00	$156.00	$554	—
350–395	376	54	127.00–173.00	$147.86	$556	+8.97
400–445	418	44	122.00–164.00	$142.67	$596	+3.47
425 thin fleshed	425	1	140.00	$140.00	$595	—
450–495	473	78	120.00–150.00	$136.66	$646	+1.24
500–548	522	51	119.00–144.00	$131.44	$686	+0.86
550–598	579	45	115.00–140.00	$128.02	$741	+1.89
600–640	615	16	111.00–135.00	$126.03	$775	+3.31
670 unweaned	670	1	117.00	$117.00	$784	+2.00
650–695	673	9	112.00–134.00	$123.51	$831	+3.63
700–740	719	13	100.00–129.00	$118.04	$849	+1.60
755–785	764	4	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$909	+9.04
803–828	809	8	120.00	$120.00	$971	+2.00
850	850	2	91.00	$91.00	$774	-24.04
985	985	1	90.00	$90.00	$886	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	100.00–130.00	$114.78	$385	-7.42
350–385	373	4	110.00–125.00	$119.54	$446	-1.05
437–445	438	8	117.50–135.00	$132.78	$582	+5.08
455–485	474	7	99.00–122.00	$114.21	$541	+6.51
595	595	1	87.50	$87.50	$521	-14.83
730–733	732	3	75.00–105.00	$95.03	$696	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	60.00	$60.00	$405	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	144.00–148.00	$146.00	$409	+4.30
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	-24.24
300–349	325	99	127.00–166.00	$150.13	$488	+5.89
330 value added	330	1	148.00	$148.00	$488	—
362–383 thin fleshed	370	29	156.00–174.00	$167.69	$620	+3.69
350–398	373	150	120.00–161.00	$145.69	$543	+4.02
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	-27.94
411–422 value added	417	10	155.00–164.00	$159.44	$665	+22.41
411–432 thin fleshed	422	16	151.00–162.00	$156.36	$660	+8.36
400–448	427	215	120.00–158.00	$141.02	$602	+32.06
450–463 value added	459	3	137.00–146.00	$139.94	$642	+5.08
461–485	466	5	118.00–131.00	$128.29	$598	-2.86
450–498	472	214	120.00–146.00	$133.73	$631	+2.58
500–535 value added	512	19	129.00–140.00	$132.58	$679	+2.85
500–547	521	191	113.00–141.00	$127.77	$666	-1.70
510–548	538	6	114.00–122.00	$118.57	$638	-10.90
550–565	558	2	110.00–118.00	$114.05	$636	-19.70
550–595	568	128	110.00–139.00	$125.50	$713	-8.25
552–597 value added	584	11	123.00–136.00	$130.90	$764	-0.58
600–625 unweaned	616	14	110.00–117.50	$113.77	$701	-3.63
619 value added	619	8	130.00	$130.00	$805	+2.30
600–645	627	65	110.00–126.00	$120.65	$756	-1.85
620–643	637	4	114.00–115.00	$114.76	$731	-7.74
666	666	20	129.50	$129.50	$862	+24.59
667 unweaned	667	11	113.00	$113.00	$754	+0.21
650–690	668	45	106.00–125.50	$117.98	$788	+13.07
650–690 value added	680	14	109.00–120.00	$116.51	$792	-15.20
700–745	720	9	103.00–116.00	$109.76	$790	-6.42
750–775	766	4	101.00–120.00	$108.42	$830	+0.45
800–815	808	2	91.00–115.00	$103.11	$833	-7.39
845 value added	845	1	104.00	$104.00	$879	—
875–890	880	3	94.00–96.00	$95.33	$839	-9.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	135.00	$135.00	$351	-2.00
260–290	283	4	120.00–129.00	$122.58	$347	-4.13
320 thin fleshed	320	1	138.00	$138.00	$442	—
300–346	330	51	115.00–144.00	$130.69	$431	+0.74
350–395	369	56	113.00–140.00	$127.48	$470	+1.18
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	-16.30
400–448	423	109	107.00–140.00	$126.77	$536	+2.28
425 thin fleshed	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	-1.50
450–498	481	84	105.00–138.00	$123.56	$594	+2.02
500–549	521	83	101.00–131.00	$120.09	$626	+3.95
528 thin fleshed	528	4	126.00	$126.00	$665	+2.95
550–595	579	43	101.00–124.00	$116.52	$675	+4.84
600–648	623	37	100.00–131.00	$110.08	$686	+4.34
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	-15.74
650–695	670	10	95.00–120.00	$105.92	$710	-0.83
705–749	738	17	95.00–110.00	$107.07	$790	+0.05
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	+6.22
825–832	830	4	90.00–91.00	$90.75	$753	—
850	850	1	94.00	$94.00	$799	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	4	140.00	$140.00	$463	+4.00
370 thin fleshed	370	5	147.00	$147.00	$544	—
370–376	372	15	140.00–152.00	$147.15	$547	—
403 value added	403	9	141.00	$141.00	$568	—
469–482	477	56	127.50–138.00	$133.46	$637	+2.22
483 value added	483	12	141.00	$141.00	$681	—
532–540 value added	536	18	134.00–138.00	$135.79	$728	+17.09
506–549	537	44	126.50–132.00	$127.50	$685	+1.18
566 value added	566	6	136.00	$136.00	$770	+18.00
596–597	596	13	124.00–128.50	$125.73	$749	+2.20
603–648	628	28	117.00–120.00	$119.69	$752	-7.15
664 value added	664	11	127.50	$127.50	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	6	100.00–118.00	$108.38	$347	-0.33
350–390	374	13	100.00–123.00	$110.45	$413	-0.51
400–445	423	14	100.00–120.00	$111.82	$473	+7.83
450–495	469	12	100.00–111.00	$107.13	$502	+4.22
500–545	521	10	80.00–104.00	$95.77	$499	-5.66
550 thin fleshed	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	—
555–590	577	10	70.00–101.00	$94.14	$543	+1.99
600–640	614	6	90.00–103.00	$97.84	$601	+6.53

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546 value added	546	6	110.00	$110.00	$601	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–346	332	13	140.00–197.00	$174.90	$581	-1.60
350–398	382	42	139.00–183.00	$166.32	$635	-0.08
400–448	422	57	138.00–183.00	$160.36	$677	+6.76
450–499	476	80	128.00–166.00	$147.66	$703	+2.49
500–548	522	99	119.00–154.00	$137.62	$718	+3.74
500–544	537	8	110.00–130.00	$123.63	$664	-10.25
550–597	573	68	118.00–140.00	$129.12	$740	+1.39
600–618 unweaned	613	4	118.00–123.00	$121.02	$742	+1.82
600–648	619	60	113.00–130.00	$122.47	$758	-2.37
630	630	1	106.00	$106.00	$668	-3.81
650–670 unweaned	661	4	115.00–118.00	$117.01	$773	+1.01
650–695	667	29	106.00–127.50	$118.89	$793	-2.01
680	680	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$755	+3.00
700–742	720	19	100.00–124.00	$115.94	$835	+1.63
735–745	740	2	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$795	-6.83
758–790	771	5	100.00–119.00	$114.32	$881	-2.70
810–835	823	2	97.00–116.00	$106.36	$875	+9.92
865–880	868	6	99.00–100.00	$99.83	$867	-5.39
910–940	925	2	90.00–95.00	$92.46	$855	+8.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	135.00–143.00	$138.86	$389	+4.72
300–345	326	13	130.00–163.00	$145.38	$474	+5.68
350–395	375	21	120.00–161.00	$144.21	$541	+1.37
400–448	426	52	125.00–165.00	$148.74	$634	+13.41
450–498	472	28	118.00–151.00	$138.62	$654	+8.49
505	505	1	119.00	$119.00	$601	-3.73
500–548	527	28	117.00–137.00	$129.37	$682	+6.64
550–595	571	22	105.00–127.00	$120.96	$691	+0.31
600–645	623	8	98.00–118.00	$109.64	$683	-1.88
625–640 unweaned	633	2	115.00–121.00	$117.96	$747	—
650–680	662	8	104.00–127.00	$115.56	$765	+8.76
700–745	713	9	90.00–120.00	$106.04	$756	-4.40
765–775	770	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$851	+22.38
820–840	831	7	86.00–96.00	$90.91	$755	+7.26
935	935	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	—
1025	1025	1	63.00	$63.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	131.00	$131.00	$393	—
350–395	368	9	113.00–139.00	$128.92	$474	+18.24
410–440	423	4	110.00–125.00	$121.36	$513	-1.89
460–495	485	21	100.00–131.00	$123.40	$598	+15.75
500–545	521	9	90.00–115.00	$105.41	$549	-2.30
550–555	553	2	90.00–91.00	$90.50	$500	-15.58
600–640	620	2	70.00–92.00	$81.35	$504	-13.62
670–695	683	2	93.00–96.00	$94.53	$646	+1.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–448	433	—	—	8	159.00–169.00	$163.83	$709	—
528	528	—	—	4	137.00	$137.00	$723	—
1110–1360	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	68.00–72.00	$69.98	$847	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	5	130.00	$130.00	$545	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1780	1780	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,560.00	$1,560.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$370	—
960–1090	1041	80-85%	4	25.00–30.00	$28.59	$298	+5.01
865–1330	1048	80-85%	22	30.00–44.50	$36.08	$378	+12.50
965–1515	1181	80-85%	68	40.00–51.00	$45.47	$537	-0.18
1045–1650	1331	80-85%	19	47.50–56.00	$51.25	$682	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$363	+9.48
915–1010	946	85-90%	4	26.00–30.00	$27.99	$265	—
810–1335	973	85-90%	22	24.00–40.00	$33.29	$324	+8.17
850–1315	1050	85-90%	39	32.00–49.00	$40.02	$420	-1.64
1015–1095	1055	85-90%	2	47.50–52.00	$49.66	$524	+8.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1550	1337	75-80%	12	48.00–54.00	$51.52	$689	—
1265–1615	1416	75-80%	5	45.00–48.00	$46.37	$657	-0.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1710	1363	24	40.00–68.00	$58.08	$792	+0.61
1255–2065	1595	45	59.00–80.00	$73.96	$1,180	—
1450–1880	1656	11	79.00–86.00	$80.98	$1,341	+7.86

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750 thin fleshed	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	25.00	$25.00	$188
820–830	825	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–80.00	$66.58	$549
915–1050	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	42.00–51.00	$46.81	$460
760–1290	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	49.00–76.00	$60.09	$610
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$504

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	38.00	$38.00	$317

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–880 thin fleshed	813	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	550.00–600.00	$568.03
890–950	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	530.00–640.00	$583.21
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
980–1120	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	530.00–1,475.00	$958.26
1005–1205	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	750.00–985.00	$862.04
880–1465	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	600.00–1,450.00	$1,045.23
910–1300	1127	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	590.00–750.00	$651.44
1000–1270	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	750.00–1,200.00	$928.83
1000–1265	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	500.00–960.00	$788.19
1015–1255	1141	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–870.00	$677.79
940–1360	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	560.00–1,125.00	$929.85
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$652
945–1095	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	46.50–73.00	$54.51	$568
925–1305	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	44.00–51.00	$46.90	$523
1130–1190	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	52.00	$52.00	$603
1015–1425	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	43.00–59.00	$49.62	$594
890–1605	1261	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	45.00–59.00	$51.99	$656
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$727
1205–1435	1283	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	40.00–56.00	$50.04	$642
1045–1530	1328	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	52.50–59.00	$54.40	$722
1445	1445	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	48.00	$48.00	$694
1565	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$970

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–875	825	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–875.00	$757.58
800–965 thin fleshed	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	510.00–685.00	$599.28
911–1015	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	825.00–910.00	$893.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610	610	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	98.00	$98.00	$598
835–877	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	83.00–85.00	$83.48	$724

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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
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+115.00
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	—
1100–1470	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	910.00–980.00	$944.94	—
1320–1470	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,060.00	$975.70	—
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00	—
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	59.00	$59.00	$378	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	60.00	$60.00	$381	—

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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.