Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

7,977 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.22/cwt -4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 472 lb · 184 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.49/cwt -4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 425 lb · 156 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $168.69/cwt -5.25 vs last sale · ≈ $798/hd at 473 lb · 153 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,977	7,554	3,568
Feeder cattle	6,274	5,751	2,984
Slaughter cattle	1,198	1,047	450
Replacement cattle	505	756	134

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weekly close: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	274	10	194.00–212.50	$203.11	$557	-2.61
308	308	2	180.00	$180.00	$554	-16.21
300–345	320	49	160.00–215.00	$194.29	$622	-1.92
355 value added	355	1	188.00	$188.00	$667	-8.02
350–395	370	101	156.00–204.00	$186.27	$689	-4.46
393	393	2	175.00	$175.00	$688	-15.73
400–445	423	103	160.00–206.00	$177.77	$752	-4.94
420–430	427	7	162.50–171.00	$167.46	$715	-15.25
450–498	472	138	146.00–188.00	$169.71	$801	-4.22
479 value added	479	8	156.50	$156.50	$750	-21.62
450–489	483	7	155.00–165.00	$162.57	$785	-11.36
500–543 value added	512	23	155.00–181.00	$166.88	$854	-7.36
500–548	517	115	142.00–182.00	$161.56	$835	-3.22
500–532	524	4	136.00–150.00	$146.66	$768	-18.12
550–595	571	108	142.00–165.00	$156.40	$893	-4.40
555–591	577	15	130.00–156.00	$146.64	$846	-14.16
560–595 value added	582	15	146.00–165.00	$154.69	$900	-9.41
600–646	620	77	130.00–159.00	$147.86	$917	+1.44
600–638 value added	621	22	147.00–158.00	$151.91	$943	+4.75
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	-21.42
650–695	675	63	133.00–151.00	$144.38	$975	+2.46
675 value added	675	5	145.00	$145.00	$979	-2.58
660–696	688	9	121.00–136.00	$126.26	$869	-15.66
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	-9.47
700–745	725	27	125.00–149.00	$137.96	$1,000	+3.49
712–748 value added	737	9	132.00–143.00	$138.18	$1,018	-1.77
757 value added	757	8	138.50	$138.50	$1,048	+12.50
750–795	771	16	120.00–137.00	$129.13	$996	-2.14
800–845	816	21	120.00–134.00	$130.34	$1,064	+1.57
822 value added	822	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,019	-6.00
860–870	868	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,111	+4.00
960	960	2	112.00–116.00	$114.00	$1,094	—
1070	1070	1	85.00	$85.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	8	155.00–175.00	$168.36	$480	+3.36
300–345	327	27	140.00–186.00	$165.74	$542	-2.41
365 thin fleshed	365	1	187.50	$187.50	$684	+10.00
350–395	374	31	140.00–175.00	$159.44	$596	-6.03
400–445	423	43	129.00–174.00	$153.80	$651	-3.72
447 value added	447	7	144.50	$144.50	$646	—
455 value added	455	2	168.00	$168.00	$764	—
455–490	471	38	129.00–173.00	$151.32	$713	-3.89
500–547	524	45	122.00–155.00	$139.26	$730	-5.41
555–575 thin fleshed	565	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$805	—
571 value added	571	4	146.00	$146.00	$834	—
550–597	579	27	130.00–155.00	$139.91	$810	+1.69
600–645	619	8	125.00–147.00	$136.40	$844	+6.66
630–648 value added	644	4	135.00–142.50	$140.66	$906	—
670 value added	670	14	134.00	$134.00	$898	—
650–695	673	8	122.00–135.00	$129.67	$873	+3.53
705–745	720	11	123.00–134.00	$130.00	$936	+4.84
700–735 value added	721	17	130.00–135.00	$131.49	$948	—
745 thin fleshed	745	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	+1.00
760–780	772	3	110.00–125.00	$118.29	$913	-3.23
795 thin fleshed	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—
805 thin fleshed	805	1	118.00	$118.00	$950	—
800–843	832	8	99.00–120.00	$114.31	$951	+9.34
870–875	873	2	100.00–119.00	$109.53	$956	+7.58
955	955	2	96.00–101.00	$98.50	$941	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	9	179.00	$179.00	$786	+0.65
455–492	475	27	150.00–170.00	$166.33	$790	-1.67
528–549	535	18	151.00–167.00	$159.29	$852	-2.88
596	596	4	155.00	$155.00	$924	—
602	602	30	150.75	$150.75	$908	—
668	668	13	142.00	$142.00	$949	—
704	704	59	143.85	$143.85	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	115.00–120.00	$117.48	$356	-52.52
350–377	368	5	123.00–136.00	$131.75	$485	-12.00
415–425	420	2	121.00–127.50	$124.29	$522	-12.51
450–490	474	4	114.00–135.00	$126.13	$598	+25.13
520–545	529	6	120.00–125.00	$123.16	$652	+6.36
567	567	5	123.00	$123.00	$697	+14.70
820	820	1	88.00	$88.00	$722	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	87.50	$87.50	$284	—
570	570	1	70.00	$70.00	$399	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	177.50	$177.50	$435	—
255–295	281	7	150.00–195.00	$170.49	$479	+7.00
300–345	327	74	140.00–205.00	$161.68	$529	-0.83
345	345	1	143.00	$143.00	$493	-7.00
349 fancy	349	4	170.00	$170.00	$593	—
350–360 thin fleshed	355	2	180.00–185.00	$182.54	$648	+16.87
353–398	373	15	136.00–156.00	$149.98	$559	-12.84
350–395	375	78	145.00–169.00	$155.42	$583	-7.40
380–394 value added	390	7	149.00–153.00	$151.89	$592	-10.11
395 fancy	395	1	175.00	$175.00	$691	—
405–430 value added	422	3	152.00–155.00	$154.04	$650	-4.87
400–445	425	137	132.00–163.00	$151.08	$642	-3.73
407–448	428	16	135.00–150.00	$144.81	$620	-11.19
450–480	468	18	120.00–140.00	$133.65	$625	-14.79
450–495	472	145	130.00–155.00	$144.51	$682	-3.93
450–485 value added	476	21	140.00–153.00	$142.50	$678	-7.66
500–545	516	13	120.00–135.00	$128.18	$661	-12.46
500–547	523	100	119.00–151.00	$138.37	$724	-2.27
525 thin fleshed	525	3	147.00	$147.00	$772	—
505–548 value added	533	28	139.00–147.00	$142.87	$761	-1.60
550–595	569	85	120.00–141.50	$133.45	$759	+3.45
551–593 value added	577	20	135.50–142.00	$138.20	$797	-3.16
555–595	580	3	114.00–128.00	$122.52	$711	-12.42
602–645	616	9	130.00–133.00	$131.95	$813	+1.10
600–645	619	75	120.00–137.00	$131.29	$813	+0.44
615–643 value added	626	17	132.00–136.00	$133.87	$838	-8.42
610–645	627	8	110.00–123.00	$117.08	$734	-13.77
668	668	3	130.50	$130.50	$872	+13.97
650–693 value added	673	18	125.00–133.00	$131.19	$883	+2.22
665–685	675	2	118.00–126.00	$121.94	$823	-5.97
650–695	678	23	113.00–133.00	$127.12	$862	-0.79
700	700	11	113.00	$113.00	$791	-13.00
700–745	727	16	114.00–131.00	$121.69	$885	+11.69
729–748	733	10	125.00–127.00	$125.41	$919	+15.41
716–745 value added	735	15	124.50–133.50	$127.07	$934	—
750	750	1	107.00	$107.00	$802	-8.78
750–795	764	4	117.00–122.00	$119.78	$915	+4.00
810	810	1	105.00	$105.00	$850	+15.00
815 value added	815	2	119.00	$119.00	$970	—
800–830	821	6	109.00–118.00	$113.19	$929	-3.21
821	821	5	119.00	$119.00	$977	+2.60
855 fancy	855	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	—
870	870	1	90.00	$90.00	$783	—
900	900	1	107.00	$107.00	$963	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245 thin fleshed	238	6	152.50–185.00	$175.76	$418	—
260–290 thin fleshed	275	2	145.00–167.50	$156.86	$431	-6.20
250–295	276	7	132.50–155.00	$144.40	$399	-2.16
300–345	326	47	130.00–160.00	$144.16	$470	-0.16
300–343 thin fleshed	329	19	140.00–174.00	$164.73	$542	+6.92
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	-14.32
350–390 thin fleshed	365	11	138.00–162.50	$151.86	$554	-5.62
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	-23.24
350–398	378	69	122.00–153.00	$140.20	$530	-3.04
405–435 thin fleshed	422	10	130.00–152.50	$141.73	$598	-7.22
400–448	425	98	121.00–149.00	$137.44	$584	-3.99
425 value added	425	2	132.00	$132.00	$561	—
450–498	477	97	120.00–149.00	$136.25	$650	-0.32
455–495 thin fleshed	482	13	130.00–147.50	$142.31	$686	-10.19
500–548	521	49	115.00–140.00	$128.18	$668	-0.08
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	-14.49
550–595	572	48	113.00–136.00	$123.54	$707	-0.95
558–592 value added	577	7	125.00–132.00	$127.90	$738	+3.90
625	625	1	105.00	$105.00	$656	-13.99
600–645	626	34	105.00–131.00	$120.51	$754	+1.52
645 thin fleshed	645	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$809	—
650–695	676	13	108.00–127.00	$114.85	$776	-2.43
700–745	718	11	100.00–124.00	$112.71	$809	+13.56
705–740 value added	723	2	122.00–125.00	$123.54	$893	—
760–785	771	6	90.00–111.00	$103.23	$796	—
800–835	819	4	108.00–114.00	$111.25	$911	+9.25
910	910	1	94.00	$94.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–392	370	52	147.00–160.00	$153.52	$568	-9.48
393 thin fleshed	393	8	168.00	$168.00	$660	—
420–448	431	21	143.00–151.00	$147.51	$636	-4.07
440	440	8	140.00	$140.00	$616	-11.58
465–482	477	20	142.00–149.00	$146.63	$699	+0.78
480 value added	480	3	136.00	$136.00	$653	—
493 thin fleshed	493	6	150.00	$150.00	$740	-3.51
508–549	538	38	122.00–145.00	$135.90	$731	-2.21
544 thin fleshed	544	4	140.00	$140.00	$762	—
550 thin fleshed	550	5	149.00	$149.00	$820	—
562–593	579	15	130.00–133.00	$131.02	$759	-7.44
667–678	674	8	118.00–131.00	$126.17	$850	+7.17
724	724	122	129.25	$129.25	$936	—
764	764	65	125.75	$125.75	$961	+6.75
805	805	43	130.00	$130.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	140.00–148.00	$143.90	$414	—
310–345	330	11	104.00–145.00	$128.04	$423	+3.19
358 thin fleshed	358	4	132.00	$132.00	$473	—
350–395	377	7	76.00–140.00	$116.39	$439	-6.77
405–445	428	16	70.00–137.00	$116.22	$497	+1.88
450–495	476	15	100.00–125.00	$115.13	$548	-15.36
500–540	522	5	105.00–125.00	$115.99	$605	+1.46
550–585	565	7	100.00–112.00	$107.59	$608	+8.55
600–630	619	4	90.00–100.00	$95.76	$593	-13.73
675	675	1	95.00	$95.00	$641	+3.84

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	55.00	$55.00	$267	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	205.00	$205.00	$512	—
250–295	277	16	180.00–200.00	$188.58	$522	-6.49
300–345	325	32	170.00–200.00	$188.81	$614	-1.27
350–393	377	60	158.00–193.00	$180.34	$680	-4.24
400–445	424	75	150.00–188.00	$173.01	$734	-3.44
405–445	425	13	159.00–169.00	$163.33	$694	-13.12
450–495	469	53	145.00–181.00	$164.54	$772	-4.02
462–488	472	12	145.00–162.00	$158.43	$748	-10.13
500–540	520	2	130.00	$130.00	$676	-25.56
500–545	524	66	140.00–170.00	$153.95	$807	-1.61
550–595	571	54	135.00–156.00	$144.94	$828	-2.73
612	612	3	137.00	$137.00	$838	-0.20
600–645	617	55	125.00–145.00	$136.30	$841	-0.90
655–685	672	24	123.00–135.00	$128.54	$864	-2.73
690	690	1	112.00	$112.00	$773	-19.27
700–745	724	20	115.00–132.00	$124.64	$902	-2.69
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	-17.48
750–790	768	5	110.00–119.00	$114.76	$881	-12.72
800–830	811	6	104.00–115.00	$110.34	$895	+7.10
885	885	1	101.00	$101.00	$894	-15.62
910–920	917	3	100.00–106.00	$104.01	$954	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
300–345	329	17	140.00–172.50	$162.44	$534	-2.19
335–345 thin fleshed	340	2	170.00–182.50	$176.34	$600	-6.60
350–398	375	28	141.00–174.00	$158.49	$594	-1.91
350–395 thin fleshed	376	4	161.00–193.00	$174.56	$656	-1.56
400–449	431	28	134.00–165.00	$151.38	$652	-3.99
420–435 thin fleshed	431	4	153.00–170.00	$162.02	$698	+6.03
450 thin fleshed	450	1	174.00	$174.00	$783	+16.71
450–495	473	39	126.00–159.00	$151.54	$717	+3.15
505–545	520	24	125.00–147.00	$137.11	$713	-2.96
525 thin fleshed	525	1	165.00	$165.00	$866	+15.00
555–595	576	23	120.00–145.00	$134.59	$775	+1.98
600–645	620	15	110.00–137.00	$126.55	$785	+4.04
660–695	672	5	110.00–129.00	$117.88	$792	-7.01
675 thin fleshed	675	1	118.00	$118.00	$796	—
700–738	724	5	100.00–114.00	$105.62	$765	-13.87
745 thin fleshed	745	1	90.00	$90.00	$670	—
760 thin fleshed	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—
760–790	775	5	104.00–116.00	$109.39	$848	+0.06
820–845 thin fleshed	833	2	75.00–83.00	$78.94	$658	—
820–842	836	5	100.00–110.00	$102.00	$853	-10.00
867–890	873	4	90.00–100.00	$97.45	$851	-12.55
900	900	1	80.00	$80.00	$720	—
970	970	2	80.00	$80.00	$776	—
1025	1025	1	80.00	$80.00	$820	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	148.00	$148.00	$555	-0.36
415	415	2	125.00–133.00	$129.00	$535	-12.12
495	495	1	126.00	$126.00	$624	-10.45
525–535	530	3	102.00–115.00	$109.96	$583	-13.91
550–585	561	4	80.00–115.00	$105.04	$589	—
649	649	5	107.00	$107.00	$694	-20.00
800	800	1	70.00	$70.00	$560	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	11	164.00	$164.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1620–1685	1653	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,500.00–2,550.00	$2,525.49	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	80-85%	1	34.00	$34.00	$248	—
730–825	784	80-85%	7	45.00–54.00	$46.95	$368	+6.95
785	785	80-85%	1	57.00	$57.00	$447	+17.00
780–835	808	80-85%	3	33.00–54.50	$42.74	$345	—
945–975	966	80-85%	4	36.00–40.00	$37.25	$360	-13.68
865–1205	988	80-85%	25	40.00–60.00	$53.05	$524	+2.12
855–1555	1138	80-85%	120	50.50–69.00	$60.00	$683	—
890–1695	1163	80-85%	118	60.00–74.00	$65.29	$759	-2.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–835	763	85-90%	6	20.00–39.00	$28.31	$216	-39.18
715–885	780	85-90%	3	30.00–41.00	$35.37	$276	-32.12
715–855	789	85-90%	5	45.00–56.00	$51.64	$407	-15.85
810	810	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$478	+12.25
785–1040	911	85-90%	19	32.00–57.00	$45.25	$412	+15.84
875–1060	933	85-90%	4	24.00–50.00	$32.64	$305	+3.23
600–1200	968	85-90%	68	25.00–65.00	$49.45	$479	+4.58
885–1255	1043	85-90%	40	54.00–68.00	$61.01	$636	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1650	1326	75-80%	17	56.00–65.00	$61.37	$814	—
1025–1695	1341	75-80%	24	60.00–74.00	$66.79	$896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1685	1315	19	54.00–82.00	$72.01	$947	—
980–2280	1616	54	61.00–95.00	$84.66	$1,368	—
1448–2560	1808	25	90.00–105.00	$93.70	$1,694	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$531
675–960	862	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–92.00	$82.86	$714
650–1095	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	60.00–70.00	$64.13	$594
925–935	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	65.00	$65.00	$604
835–1205	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	66.00–88.00	$74.22	$715

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	52.00	$52.00	$593

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–915	893	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$683.77
685–1125	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	580.00–1,175.00	$954.59
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
850–1050	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,025.00	$924.40
1000 thin fleshed	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
955–1120	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	735.00–785.00	$766.52
730–1250	1022	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	545.00–1,275.00	$983.05
860–1115	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–850.00	$717.79
800–1300	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	450.00–1,175.00	$856.28
910–1250	1101	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	475.00–880.00	$699.49
845–1560	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	675.00–1,200.00	$941.32
845–1405	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	675.00–1,225.00	$988.22
1015–1265	1129	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	650.00–960.00	$768.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
883 thin fleshed	883	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	52.00	$52.00	$459
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$668
780–1150	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	61.00–84.00	$71.73	$687
915–1280	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	64.00–80.00	$70.17	$730
905–1265	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	61.00–73.00	$68.00	$738
1093	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	62.00	$62.00	$678
1025–1300	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	57.00–70.00	$64.59	$752
875–1425	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	52.00–73.00	$67.32	$784
980–1390	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	60.00–66.00	$61.09	$728
900–1450	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	60.00–69.00	$65.45	$787

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	445.00	$445.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
788–900	837	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	750.00–850.00	$787.86
720–1075	851	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	725.00–1,050.00	$899.77
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
880–1225	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	885.00–1,100.00	$1,010.12
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
708	708	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	87.00	$87.00	$616
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	76.00	$76.00	$733

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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
720–1150	922	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	810.00–1,350.00	$1,100.87	—
900–1028	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,077.17	-15.53
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
950–1090 thin fleshed	1031	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–835.00	$775.70	—
940–1210	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	660.00–960.00	$818.83	-377.50
850–1280	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	82	730.00–1,650.00	$1,164.26	-204.48
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	-193.74
940–1500	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	600.00–1,075.00	$875.30	-493.44
885–1400	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	700.00–1,650.00	$1,080.70	-288.04
1070–1300	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,600.00	$1,322.97	+102.13
1360–1455	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,484.55	—
1465	1465	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	-537.42

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	76.00–79.00	$77.46	$239	—
388	388	2	77.00	$77.00	$299	—
445	445	1	86.00	$86.00	$383	—
453–486	475	6	77.00–78.00	$77.68	$369	—
845	845	1	71.00	$71.00	$600	—

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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.