Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 4, 2021

7,040 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $148.44/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $841/hd at 566 lb · 240 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.59/cwt +0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 525 lb · 211 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $164.92/cwt +0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $780/hd at 473 lb · 207 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,040	6,838	11,242
Feeder cattle	6,024	5,880	10,514
Slaughter cattle	770	622	590
Replacement cattle	246	336	138

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trend not applicable due to auctions not recently reported.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323 thin fleshed	323	2	219.00	$219.00	$707	—
300–345	326	53	160.00–213.00	$180.98	$590	-0.07
335 value added	335	1	181.00	$181.00	$606	-19.00
350–395	375	67	151.00–208.00	$174.93	$656	-4.28
383 value added	383	2	170.00	$170.00	$651	—
400–445	422	118	144.00–187.50	$165.97	$700	-3.76
405–445 value added	428	25	165.00–185.00	$174.89	$749	-16.54
458–495 value added	470	85	141.00–182.00	$176.36	$829	-0.19
450–495	475	122	136.00–178.00	$156.95	$746	-7.13
500–537 value added	524	86	144.00–170.00	$163.87	$859	-3.53
500–547	526	124	131.00–169.00	$153.45	$807	-2.94
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-26.39
559–590 value added	562	112	138.00–157.50	$155.25	$873	+5.96
550–598	570	128	130.00–155.00	$142.49	$812	-2.17
604–630 unweaned	608	7	135.00–136.00	$135.85	$826	+0.58
600–648 value added	615	49	136.00–154.00	$143.26	$881	+4.34
600–645	621	45	126.00–145.00	$140.35	$872	+19.34
610–630	623	3	121.00–125.00	$123.70	$771	-15.02
650 unweaned	650	1	133.00	$133.00	$864	—
660	660	1	124.00	$124.00	$818	-7.95
655–674 value added	664	25	130.00–138.00	$133.99	$890	-1.01
650–695	669	63	119.00–138.00	$132.73	$888	+3.99
704–740	716	60	120.00–143.00	$130.00	$931	-0.67
710–742 value added	721	43	127.00–141.00	$133.97	$966	—
752 unweaned	752	5	123.00	$123.00	$925	—
750–795	773	25	104.00–133.00	$126.00	$974	+4.82
808–825 value added	810	11	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	—
810–825	819	4	107.00–129.00	$121.31	$994	-0.94
850–895	859	11	110.00–125.00	$118.83	$1,021	—
930	930	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,060	—
985	985	1	96.00	$96.00	$946	—
1025	1025	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,128	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–275	274	3	135.00	$135.00	$370	+15.00
275 thin fleshed	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	—
300–320 thin fleshed	309	4	145.00–165.00	$152.44	$471	-9.08
315–345	328	29	135.00–170.00	$149.52	$490	-6.47
350–370 thin fleshed	360	2	157.50	$157.50	$567	—
350–390	376	33	133.00–180.00	$161.03	$605	+12.24
400–435 thin fleshed	417	3	130.00–164.00	$146.80	$612	—
423 value added	423	4	173.00	$173.00	$732	—
400–448	424	48	121.00–170.00	$144.02	$611	-4.07
450–498	474	49	123.00–161.00	$138.28	$655	-6.66
485 thin fleshed	485	1	145.00	$145.00	$703	+5.00
500–548	524	32	120.00–140.00	$131.10	$687	-8.42
528–540 thin fleshed	532	5	131.00–147.00	$136.06	$724	—
550–588	577	43	114.00–143.00	$128.06	$739	+28.06
590 thin fleshed	590	1	145.00	$145.00	$856	—
600–645	628	19	110.00–135.00	$127.05	$798	+0.88
655–695	665	24	110.00–130.00	$122.15	$812	+4.75
700–745	716	6	105.00–127.00	$116.76	$836	+10.76
755–790	769	4	111.00–119.00	$115.76	$890	-3.73
825–830	828	2	115.00	$115.00	$952	+4.50
855	855	1	99.00	$99.00	$846	—
900–920	913	3	92.00–100.00	$94.63	$864	—
1010	1010	1	60.00	$60.00	$606	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	170.00	$170.00	$464	—
334 value added	334	6	187.00	$187.00	$625	—
378–388	383	4	149.00–156.00	$152.55	$584	-35.45
422–432	427	11	152.00–172.00	$162.79	$695	-16.46
436–448 value added	440	17	175.00–179.00	$177.56	$781	—
475 value added	475	5	144.00	$144.00	$684	-26.00
479–497	492	37	156.00–162.00	$159.03	$782	-5.40
508–539 value added	533	31	152.00–155.00	$154.07	$821	-5.93
557–590 value added	579	47	144.00–150.00	$145.73	$844	+1.15
564–598	584	18	133.50–140.00	$137.53	$803	+0.33
609–615 value added	611	50	144.00–145.00	$144.36	$882	+2.36
625	625	9	130.00	$130.00	$812	-4.15
650–691	673	28	130.00–136.00	$132.51	$892	—
655–695 unweaned	673	16	125.00–130.00	$127.74	$860	—
661–697 value added	673	18	140.00–143.00	$141.96	$955	—
748	748	6	127.50	$127.50	$954	+1.33
767–789	777	9	125.00–128.50	$126.92	$986	+1.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	133.00	$133.00	$452	+9.45
355–362	360	4	101.00–125.00	$119.09	$429	+6.80
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	+3.96
455–498	483	7	90.00–128.00	$117.25	$566	-0.66
515–545	526	6	90.00–116.00	$106.21	$559	—
550	550	1	107.00	$107.00	$588	—
650	650	1	85.00	$85.00	$552	-10.06

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	50.00–55.00	$52.36	$169	—
435	435	1	50.00	$50.00	$218	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	283	8	141.00–150.00	$145.27	$411	+3.48
318 value added	318	5	162.00	$162.00	$515	+6.50
300–349	333	58	139.00–169.00	$153.18	$510	+2.20
353–386 value added	376	15	146.50–166.00	$156.33	$588	+4.83
350–399	378	92	130.00–167.00	$148.41	$561	+0.81
406	406	4	110.00	$110.00	$447	-28.08
405–445 value added	419	23	143.00–169.00	$163.25	$684	+19.17
400–448	426	167	123.00–165.00	$143.20	$610	+18.84
450–495	471	163	117.00–146.00	$132.07	$622	-1.82
475–490	482	7	115.00–126.00	$123.56	$596	-10.33
473–493 value added	485	20	133.00–167.50	$136.22	$661	—
500–545	521	132	117.00–137.50	$128.73	$671	+1.56
500–536 value added	523	54	129.00–139.00	$132.79	$694	-1.87
520–535	528	2	104.00–117.00	$110.59	$584	-7.11
550–599	568	131	113.00–133.00	$124.11	$705	-2.81
558–590 value added	572	53	123.00–140.00	$130.02	$744	+4.34
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	-3.00
593	593	17	125.00	$125.00	$741	+15.00
600–645 value added	621	35	117.00–132.00	$125.31	$778	+1.31
600–645	624	55	113.00–129.00	$120.69	$753	-0.97
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	+5.00
665 value added	665	1	114.00	$114.00	$758	—
653–695	666	24	110.00–123.00	$117.00	$779	+17.00
675–690	683	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$755	+10.51
695	695	2	124.00	$124.00	$862	+24.00
708 value added	708	3	127.00	$127.00	$899	—
700–745	720	13	112.00–120.00	$115.83	$834	+35.83
725	725	1	109.00	$109.00	$790	-0.59
735	735	3	122.00	$122.00	$897	+2.00
756	756	9	121.50	$121.50	$919	+6.02
775–795	785	2	83.00–110.00	$96.67	$759	-18.33
810–840	824	16	93.00–112.00	$108.58	$895	+6.58
835–840	839	6	115.00–116.50	$116.25	$975	—
885	885	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,204	+46.00
901–935	916	9	105.50–106.50	$106.05	$971	+16.05
992	992	9	106.00	$106.00	$1,052	—
1110	1110	1	75.00	$75.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	4	147.00	$147.00	$437	—
333 value added	333	6	154.00	$154.00	$513	+2.00
345	345	3	137.00	$137.00	$473	-0.50
358	358	5	149.00	$149.00	$533	+1.51
375–384 value added	378	24	134.00–156.00	$148.55	$562	+10.55
440	440	2	127.00	$127.00	$559	-12.80
440 value added	440	68	156.00	$156.00	$686	+8.68
457–490 value added	473	34	123.00–150.00	$131.65	$623	-7.35
451–499	481	36	120.00–133.00	$128.88	$620	-8.12
504–519 value added	513	27	125.00–137.00	$133.48	$685	-1.59
514	514	9	122.00	$122.00	$627	-6.21
550–588	574	16	120.00–127.50	$123.99	$712	+0.77
615–643 value added	620	34	119.00–124.00	$121.06	$751	—
625–645	632	11	115.00–122.00	$119.40	$755	-2.43
663–688 value added	677	30	118.00–119.00	$118.37	$801	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	144.00	$144.00	$331	—
265–295	280	4	120.00–146.00	$132.94	$372	+9.42
300–325 thin fleshed	310	3	138.00–150.00	$142.52	$442	—
300–345	324	25	120.00–142.00	$131.57	$426	+0.69
350–395	370	40	110.00–146.00	$129.68	$480	+3.43
380–390 thin fleshed	385	2	132.00–137.00	$134.53	$518	+4.53
418 value added	418	4	134.00	$134.00	$560	—
405–445 thin fleshed	425	3	130.00–143.00	$134.83	$573	+7.83
400–448	427	51	115.00–137.00	$125.38	$535	+0.56
455–480 thin fleshed	464	8	125.00–138.00	$134.35	$623	+12.40
469 value added	469	4	139.00	$139.00	$652	+12.00
450–495	475	54	110.00–130.00	$121.74	$578	-0.07
500–545	527	28	105.00–122.00	$116.67	$615	+0.87
535 thin fleshed	535	1	126.00	$126.00	$674	—
565	565	1	100.00	$100.00	$565	-12.46
550–595	571	24	106.00–125.00	$115.90	$662	+3.44
575–595 thin fleshed	585	2	118.00–125.00	$121.44	$710	+8.44
600–645	632	13	104.50–118.00	$110.84	$701	+1.66
660 thin fleshed	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	—
660–695	682	3	102.00–117.00	$109.56	$747	+4.14
715–735	725	3	100.00–105.00	$102.02	$740	-1.57
753	753	2	95.00	$95.00	$715	-8.08
775–795	780	4	103.00–110.00	$104.78	$817	+1.70
915	915	1	70.00	$70.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	3	107.50–115.00	$112.14	$373	-1.93
350–390	373	8	100.00–117.50	$109.63	$409	+12.60
425–435	431	4	105.50–117.00	$110.84	$478	+0.76
450–495	471	9	81.00–111.00	$101.97	$480	-0.69
535–540	538	5	90.00–117.00	$106.20	$571	+8.85
568–595	579	4	86.00–100.00	$94.38	$546	-2.10
615–645	631	5	60.00–100.00	$81.66	$515	-24.34
670–680	675	2	80.00–110.00	$94.89	$641	+0.76

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	70.00	$70.00	$252	—
440	440	1	24.00	$24.00	$106	—
450	450	1	30.00	$30.00	$135	-43.00
525	525	1	30.00	$30.00	$158	—
550–570	560	2	30.00–71.00	$50.87	$285	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	284	4	150.00–187.50	$174.49	$496	-4.05
300–340	322	10	153.00–183.00	$170.10	$548	+6.16
350–395	380	40	150.00–183.00	$171.38	$651	+7.36
400–448	421	49	138.00–177.00	$161.70	$681	-4.85
455–495	480	38	139.00–165.00	$151.89	$729	-1.72
500–545	527	65	121.00–153.00	$142.93	$753	-1.07
555–595	579	32	118.00–145.00	$134.10	$776	+1.00
580	580	1	112.00	$112.00	$650	-21.10
600–645	619	43	117.00–138.00	$129.93	$804	+3.31
650–690	672	14	110.00–131.00	$121.72	$818	+8.72
705–738	716	10	110.00–119.00	$116.29	$833	-1.58
800–815	808	3	95.00–106.00	$98.96	$800	+1.66
850–870	860	2	100.00–113.00	$106.58	$917	+4.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	162.50	$162.50	$552	+10.62
350–398	372	26	130.00–161.00	$147.44	$548	+7.32
365–380 thin fleshed	373	2	155.00–158.00	$156.47	$584	—
405–445	434	21	127.00–160.00	$145.21	$630	+11.37
450–493	471	17	120.00–143.00	$134.13	$632	-2.34
500–525 thin fleshed	513	2	127.50–132.00	$129.80	$666	—
505–546	527	26	114.00–140.00	$128.42	$677	+1.91
555–575	568	7	110.00–134.00	$124.39	$707	+2.59
600–645	623	9	109.00–120.00	$115.03	$717	+2.38
660–685	674	4	100.00–116.00	$107.94	$728	+3.94
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	+1.26
760–770	767	3	73.00–105.00	$87.59	$672	-17.88
825	825	1	76.00	$76.00	$627	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–422	419	11	154.00–157.00	$155.65	$652	-0.35
605	605	6	127.00	$127.00	$768	—
666	666	6	124.00	$124.00	$826	—
931	931	4	87.00	$87.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	100.00–130.00	$115.00	$368	+12.50
350–360	355	2	110.00–131.00	$120.35	$427	+6.83
405–440	423	4	117.00–126.00	$121.14	$512	+11.14
450–490	473	5	100.00–110.00	$106.03	$502	-16.20
500–545	525	3	100.00–115.00	$108.51	$570	—
590–595	593	2	106.00	$106.00	$629	-3.95
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	80-85%	2	24.00	$24.00	$190	—
830	830	80-85%	1	46.00	$46.00	$382	+26.00
860–1240	960	80-85%	11	23.00–38.00	$32.88	$316	+14.34
855–1225	1002	80-85%	13	30.00–44.00	$38.27	$383	+1.25
890–1590	1262	80-85%	92	40.00–57.00	$48.20	$608	-3.57
1020–1515	1265	80-85%	42	50.00–60.50	$54.03	$683	+2.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$168	+2.75
810–855	833	85-90%	2	27.50–38.00	$32.61	$272	-17.39
842	842	85-90%	3	39.00	$39.00	$328	-11.00
890–1190	994	85-90%	12	20.00–36.00	$30.06	$299	+7.00
775–1320	1032	85-90%	34	21.00–40.00	$34.40	$355	+0.21
890–1330	1113	85-90%	63	33.00–50.50	$43.84	$488	+1.90
975–1320	1155	85-90%	16	48.00–58.00	$52.33	$604	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1860	1451	75-80%	19	45.00–53.00	$50.56	$734	—
985–1870	1470	75-80%	30	50.00–62.00	$55.23	$812	+8.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1950	1338	23	45.00–75.00	$61.47	$822	—
1080–2145	1599	48	50.00–83.00	$75.67	$1,210	—
1460–2115	1755	18	78.00–94.00	$84.20	$1,478	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–845	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	63.00–65.00	$63.97	$526
750–1070	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	65.00–75.00	$70.19	$615
745–1255	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	56.00–79.00	$64.48	$576
820–1230	966	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	47.00–66.00	$59.30	$573

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
888	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
750–1050	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	550.00–1,150.00	$920.57
705–1340	1077	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	550.00–1,200.00	$857.04
1010–1260	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,200.00	$989.52
1000–1460	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	500.00–925.00	$732.64
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1115–1310	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	660.00–800.00	$752.76
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1130–1520	1294	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	550.00–850.00	$683.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$608
610–1160	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	47.00–56.00	$53.73	$523
950–1325	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	48.00–63.00	$57.55	$628
1020–1355	1146	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	48.00–59.00	$56.33	$646
1170–1175	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	56.00–65.00	$60.49	$710
1065–1420	1239	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	48.00–61.00	$55.00	$681
1120–1440	1267	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	47.00–60.00	$52.01	$659
1000–1625	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	51.00–65.00	$60.17	$783
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,017

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00

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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
850–1060	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–900.00	$766.49	-458.51
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—
1000–1200	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,156.40	+254.24
1050–1490	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	550.00–950.00	$718.46	—
1050–1620	1363	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	975.00–1,150.00	$1,071.03	—
1160–1790	1423	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	735.00–1,035.00	$910.41	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	50.00	$50.00	$260	—

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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.