Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

10,771 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.95/cwt +1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 522 lb · 307 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.51/cwt -4.08 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 523 lb · 273 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.23/cwt -1.21 vs last sale · ≈ $838/hd at 569 lb · 271 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,771	7,040	3,703
Feeder cattle	9,364	6,024	3,113
Slaughter cattle	960	770	371
Replacement cattle	447	246	219

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder and Stocker steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	4	160.00–177.50	$165.71	$452	—
300–347	329	51	161.00–197.50	$179.83	$592	-1.15
359 value added	359	7	199.00	$199.00	$714	+29.00
350–399	373	112	145.00–196.00	$175.19	$653	+0.26
400–445 value added	414	35	171.00–194.00	$181.95	$753	+7.06
400–449	426	194	146.00–191.00	$168.41	$717	+2.44
450–495	470	186	140.00–183.00	$160.51	$754	+3.56
456–495 value added	478	43	156.00–183.00	$173.09	$827	-3.27
518 thin fleshed	518	2	150.00	$150.00	$777	—
500–548	522	188	135.00–167.00	$152.56	$796	-0.89
500–540 value added	524	80	147.00–170.00	$156.56	$820	-7.31
545–548	547	3	130.00–136.00	$134.01	$733	+4.01
550–595	569	179	129.00–154.00	$144.86	$824	+2.37
552–585 value added	570	92	146.00–160.00	$151.85	$866	-3.40
606–625	611	6	120.00–133.00	$130.31	$796	-10.04
600–648	621	115	125.00–149.00	$138.63	$861	-1.72
603–636 value added	621	52	136.00–150.50	$142.26	$883	-1.00
655–696	673	56	122.00–148.50	$136.35	$918	+3.62
665–686	681	7	120.00–126.00	$124.59	$848	-8.14
655–695 value added	683	44	131.00–148.00	$137.05	$936	+3.06
700–745	714	28	122.00–131.00	$127.07	$907	-2.93
710–740 value added	715	71	124.00–145.25	$135.03	$965	+1.06
750–763 value added	755	14	120.00–128.00	$126.06	$952	—
750–793	778	36	115.00–130.00	$127.64	$993	+1.64
800–825	807	9	121.00–130.00	$122.99	$993	+1.68
816–821 value added	818	12	116.50–126.00	$122.03	$998	-2.97
855–881	879	13	117.00–121.50	$121.16	$1,065	+2.33
920–930	925	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$994	-6.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319	319	7	168.00	$168.00	$536	—
323–342 value added	331	9	178.50–189.50	$183.54	$608	-3.46
392	392	4	157.00	$157.00	$615	+4.45
393 value added	393	11	172.00	$172.00	$676	—
419–442 value added	425	40	167.00–183.00	$178.84	$760	+1.28
410–448	434	38	159.00–170.00	$166.13	$721	+3.34
462–491	477	51	152.00–165.00	$157.28	$750	-1.75
484–495 value added	493	83	152.50–164.00	$160.66	$792	+16.66
508–545	527	35	140.00–160.00	$148.04	$780	—
544 value added	544	22	140.00	$140.00	$762	-14.07
562–592 value added	573	14	137.00–147.00	$143.94	$825	-1.79
552–597	574	99	130.00–145.00	$136.85	$786	-0.68
600–644	622	78	129.00–142.00	$135.73	$844	+5.73
624–627 value added	625	33	139.00–140.00	$139.73	$873	-4.63
652 value added	652	8	128.00	$128.00	$835	-13.96
658–693	670	15	130.00–132.00	$130.67	$875	-1.84
702–709 value added	705	30	136.00	$136.00	$959	—
710–743	721	33	123.00–130.50	$128.41	$926	+0.91
759 value added	759	125	131.00	$131.00	$994	—
773	773	12	122.00	$122.00	$943	-4.92
805 value added	805	65	128.00	$128.00	$1,030	—
824–828	827	24	117.00–124.00	$121.67	$1,006	—
890 value added	890	62	123.00	$123.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	166.00	$166.00	$490	+31.00
305–345	326	21	136.00–170.00	$156.80	$511	+7.28
350–398	377	54	135.00–174.00	$152.22	$574	-8.81
370–386 thin fleshed	383	5	155.00–160.00	$159.03	$609	+1.53
400–448	426	53	120.00–167.00	$146.17	$623	+2.15
430 thin fleshed	430	1	165.00	$165.00	$710	+18.20
430 value added	430	1	166.00	$166.00	$714	-7.00
455–470 thin fleshed	463	2	147.00–162.50	$154.88	$717	+9.88
450–495	474	55	117.00–157.00	$142.05	$673	+3.77
500–545	520	42	120.00–144.00	$134.42	$699	+3.32
550 thin fleshed	550	1	138.00	$138.00	$759	—
550–597	574	32	118.00–138.00	$128.15	$736	+0.09
600–648	621	33	114.00–136.00	$127.27	$790	+0.22
605–641 thin fleshed	634	5	130.00–133.00	$132.43	$840	—
660 unweaned	660	1	118.00	$118.00	$779	—
650–695	674	27	110.00–126.00	$121.45	$819	-0.70
705–725	716	6	115.00–123.00	$118.64	$849	+1.88
755–795	782	3	115.00–122.00	$119.75	$936	+3.99
810–840	823	8	87.00–115.00	$108.94	$897	-6.06
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	117.50	$117.50	$352	—
355–395	375	2	120.00–121.00	$120.47	$452	+1.38
405–420	413	4	122.50–139.00	$131.57	$543	+11.57
470–490	480	2	114.00–138.00	$125.75	$604	+8.50
505–545	518	7	88.00–111.00	$101.71	$527	-4.50
550–595	569	8	110.00–126.00	$114.08	$649	+7.08
615	615	1	114.00	$114.00	$701	—
715–745	730	2	100.00	$100.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570 value added	570	6	116.00	$116.00	$661	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	91.00	$91.00	$282	+38.64
360–365	363	2	86.00	$86.00	$312	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	6	163.00	$163.00	$375	—
250–295	269	7	140.00–160.00	$146.80	$395	+1.53
314 thin fleshed	314	9	159.50	$159.50	$501	—
300–345	326	77	130.00–171.00	$149.49	$487	-3.69
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	-33.18
335 value added	335	1	153.00	$153.00	$513	-9.00
350–375 value added	363	3	149.00–151.00	$149.99	$544	-6.34
350–399	375	111	130.00–152.50	$143.60	$538	-4.81
365–385 fancy	375	2	152.50–159.00	$155.84	$584	—
410	410	3	240.00–250.00	$245.00	$1,004	+135.00
400–448	423	179	122.00–157.00	$140.06	$592	-3.14
403–429 value added	423	40	140.00–152.00	$149.15	$631	-14.10
450–498	471	206	123.00–147.00	$132.76	$625	+0.69
450–489 value added	482	58	130.00–144.50	$139.23	$671	+3.01
460–495	485	5	110.00–120.00	$117.17	$568	-6.39
500–510	505	2	200.00–235.00	$217.67	$1,099	+88.94
510–520	515	2	114.00–120.00	$116.97	$602	-11.76
514–540 fancy	518	6	130.00–142.50	$132.17	$685	—
500–545 value added	521	78	128.00–140.00	$133.44	$695	+0.65
500–545	523	218	120.00–141.00	$129.50	$677	+0.77
535	535	1	100.00	$100.00	$535	-10.59
550–597	571	147	115.00–134.00	$125.26	$715	+1.15
558–595	573	15	124.00–132.00	$128.68	$737	+4.57
550–597 value added	585	57	125.00–136.00	$128.30	$751	-1.72
605–630	616	8	100.00–115.00	$110.29	$679	-10.40
600–648	617	80	115.00–133.00	$120.65	$744	-0.04
630 unweaned	630	3	115.00	$115.00	$724	—
634–648	638	14	120.00–124.00	$122.56	$782	+7.56
600–645 value added	642	30	124.00–130.00	$125.47	$806	+0.16
660–661	661	22	115.00–125.50	$124.55	$823	+7.55
650–695	665	22	107.00–132.00	$118.56	$788	+1.56
665–690	674	4	104.00–116.00	$108.49	$731	-8.51
666–696 value added	688	98	115.00–121.00	$119.98	$825	+5.98
710 fancy	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
705–730 value added	715	95	121.00–130.00	$121.55	$869	-5.45
700–740	716	14	108.00–127.00	$116.92	$837	+1.09
720–735	728	2	100.00	$100.00	$728	-9.00
755	755	1	108.00	$108.00	$815	-13.50
756 value added	756	20	120.00	$120.00	$907	—
763–786	770	13	111.00–115.00	$112.26	$864	-9.24
753–795	772	7	105.00–116.00	$109.40	$845	+12.73
808 value added	808	2	110.00	$110.00	$889	—
845	845	1	99.00	$99.00	$837	-17.25
870–875	873	2	100.00–104.00	$102.01	$891	-33.99
935 value added	935	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	3	151.00	$151.00	$408	—
250–290	277	3	137.50–148.00	$142.04	$393	+9.10
300–345	324	61	118.00–145.00	$130.07	$421	-1.50
335 thin fleshed	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	-7.52
350–390 thin fleshed	370	2	128.00–135.00	$131.31	$486	-3.22
350–398	379	71	114.00–143.00	$129.84	$492	+0.16
400–448	428	62	110.00–142.00	$126.02	$539	+0.64
415–445 thin fleshed	430	4	125.00–136.00	$130.72	$562	-4.11
450–498	476	86	110.00–134.00	$121.71	$579	-0.03
473–482 value added	480	16	130.00	$130.00	$624	-9.00
500–548	522	87	110.00–126.00	$117.41	$613	+0.74
570	570	4	122.00	$122.00	$695	+6.10
550–590	572	39	101.00–125.00	$113.25	$648	-2.65
600–645	622	27	100.00–115.00	$108.33	$674	-2.51
652–690	673	20	100.00–117.00	$109.67	$738	+0.11
703–745	716	12	95.00–110.00	$105.06	$752	+3.04
734	734	4	109.50	$109.50	$804	+7.48
750–775	763	2	95.00–100.00	$97.54	$744	+2.54
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	+20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	10	154.00	$154.00	$456	+7.00
318 value added	318	10	158.00	$158.00	$502	+4.00
361	361	4	141.00	$141.00	$509	-8.00
373 value added	373	27	151.50	$151.50	$565	+2.95
403 thin fleshed	403	6	131.00	$131.00	$528	—
404–442 value added	415	21	143.00–147.00	$144.22	$599	-11.78
413–446	436	71	120.00–140.00	$134.49	$586	+7.49
453–493	469	45	120.00–132.00	$126.53	$593	-2.35
511	511	21	137.50	$137.50	$703	+15.50
517–540 value added	523	8	124.00–126.00	$124.52	$651	-8.96
531–543	536	20	119.00–123.00	$121.05	$649	-0.95
573–594	580	34	120.00–127.00	$125.62	$729	+1.63
561–590	585	51	128.00–129.50	$128.23	$750	+4.24
605–644	624	15	115.00–119.00	$115.99	$724	-3.41
627	627	8	122.50	$122.50	$768	+3.10
679	679	8	118.00	$118.00	$801	—
683–692	687	23	114.00–116.50	$115.51	$794	—
719	719	31	110.00	$110.00	$791	—
769	769	11	114.00	$114.00	$877	—
905	905	3	90.00	$90.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	115.00–120.00	$117.20	$379	+5.06
350–396	387	19	100.00–120.00	$107.58	$416	-2.05
400–445	419	6	105.00–117.00	$110.19	$462	-0.65
450–490	471	7	100.00–113.00	$105.65	$498	+3.68
473 value added	473	16	122.00	$122.00	$577	—
515–538	523	7	100.00–113.00	$106.98	$560	+0.78
565–575	570	2	95.00–105.00	$99.96	$570	+5.58
605	605	1	94.00	$94.00	$569	+12.34

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	74.00	$74.00	$318	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	2	170.00–175.00	$172.55	$440	-1.94
305–345	324	20	147.50–200.00	$180.02	$583	+9.92
350–395	373	28	140.00–186.00	$166.92	$623	-4.46
405–448	423	32	140.00–174.00	$159.92	$676	-1.78
450–495	472	61	139.00–171.00	$153.20	$723	+1.31
500–548	524	93	125.00–156.00	$139.91	$733	-3.02
550–592	570	103	121.00–143.00	$131.83	$751	-2.27
585	585	1	124.00	$124.00	$725	+12.00
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	-9.93
600–643	619	61	110.00–132.00	$125.51	$777	-4.42
650–698	674	34	115.00–127.00	$119.52	$806	-2.20
700–745	720	18	104.00–124.00	$113.19	$815	-3.10
750–785	762	15	108.00–116.00	$114.25	$871	—
818–830	822	3	105.00–112.00	$107.36	$882	+8.40
850–855	853	2	105.00–107.00	$106.00	$904	-0.58
1085	1085	1	80.00	$80.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258 thin fleshed	258	3	167.50	$167.50	$432	—
280–285	283	3	137.50–180.00	$156.53	$443	—
305–345	323	10	133.00–184.00	$156.09	$504	-6.41
345 thin fleshed	345	1	160.00	$160.00	$552	—
355–395	377	15	128.00–165.00	$143.84	$542	-3.60
400–445	428	15	122.50–156.00	$145.86	$624	+0.65
450–460 thin fleshed	455	2	135.00–140.00	$137.53	$626	—
450–495	470	15	116.00–164.00	$136.05	$639	+1.92
505 thin fleshed	505	1	137.00	$137.00	$692	+7.20
500–545	523	22	110.00–136.00	$124.29	$650	-4.13
550–590	575	21	110.00–136.00	$121.13	$696	-3.26
600–645	628	9	110.00–121.00	$114.82	$721	-0.21
650–655	653	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$725	+3.06
710–745	724	6	100.00–115.00	$109.78	$795	-0.22
735 thin fleshed	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—
780	780	2	100.00–111.00	$105.50	$823	+17.91
815–825	820	2	100.00	$100.00	$820	+24.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	102.50–152.00	$127.05	$398	+12.05
350	350	1	92.00	$92.00	$322	-28.35
435	435	1	109.00	$109.00	$474	-12.14
455–490	473	5	110.00–147.00	$133.05	$629	+27.02
755	755	1	55.00	$55.00	$415	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	5	147.00	$147.00	$673	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	61.00	$61.00	$363	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	80-85%	1	48.50	$48.50	$395	+2.50
845	845	80-85%	1	25.00	$25.00	$211	-21.00
885–1150	1028	80-85%	9	30.00–45.00	$38.77	$399	+0.50
1045–1135	1090	80-85%	2	20.00–35.00	$27.81	$303	—
970–1410	1179	80-85%	51	42.00–57.00	$47.79	$563	—
980–1555	1253	80-85%	19	50.00–61.00	$53.76	$674	+5.56

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–815	790	85-90%	3	38.50–45.00	$42.45	$335	—
795	795	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$199	—
730–865	798	85-90%	2	30.00	$30.00	$239	—
775–1040	871	85-90%	14	24.00–36.00	$29.98	$261	—
860–990	915	85-90%	4	10.00–25.00	$18.58	$170	—
885–1335	1060	85-90%	42	35.00–48.00	$42.74	$453	—
1115–1325	1208	85-90%	6	48.00–54.00	$50.21	$607	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1745	1402	75-80%	12	50.00–56.50	$53.03	$743	—
1310–1555	1433	75-80%	2	40.00–44.00	$42.17	$604	—
1425–1960	1610	75-80%	6	44.00–57.50	$51.01	$821	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1595	1499	5	56.00–66.00	$61.58	$923	—
1200–2060	1688	23	69.00–88.00	$77.05	$1,301	—
1565–1980	1826	13	79.50–86.50	$82.66	$1,509	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1112	894	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	48.50–77.00	$63.37	$567
870–1050	986	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	52.50–54.00	$53.67	$529
1060–1225	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–57.00	$55.14	$630

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–900	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$689.29
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
970–1250	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$721.85
885–1445	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	600.00–1,010.00	$845.01
985–1350	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$705.35
1000–1350	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	575.00–1,100.00	$798.37
1080–1300	1231	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,085.00	$1,013.19
1170–1300	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–800.00	$731.74
1200–1300	1252	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	550.00–850.00	$697.28
1050–1490	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	600.00–1,125.00	$964.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$551
860–1120	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	59.00–64.00	$61.17	$606
945–1450	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	48.50–66.00	$59.22	$666
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$644
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$760
1010–1340	1197	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	56.00–65.00	$60.95	$730
1090–1445	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	50.50–58.00	$53.72	$681
1585–1645	1615	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	61.00–64.00	$62.53	$1,010

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$561

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–950	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	875.00–1,000.00	$933.82
900–950	938	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00
900–1200	1051	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	72	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,281.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	106.00	$106.00	$912
940–950	945	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	101.00–104.00	$102.51	$969
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	104.00	$104.00	$998

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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
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-156.40
1100–1250	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,150.00	$955.43	—
1050–1350	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–1,210.00	$1,037.69	—
1100–1350	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	985.00–1,400.00	$1,189.12	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,230.00	$1,230.00	+158.97

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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.