Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

6,661 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.01/cwt -5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 524 lb · 207 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.98/cwt -6.51 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 422 lb · 132 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.90/cwt -9.10 vs last sale · ≈ $790/hd at 517 lb · 124 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,661	7,977	5,386
Feeder cattle	5,307	6,274	4,268
Slaughter cattle	865	1,198	743
Replacement cattle	489	505	375

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weekly close: Feeder and Stocker cattle sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262 value added	262	3	225.00	$225.00	$590	—
275–290	281	5	187.50–250.00	$210.75	$592	+7.64
303 value added	303	3	223.00	$223.00	$676	—
300–345	323	55	160.00–205.00	$180.71	$584	-13.58
354–360 thin fleshed	356	7	185.00–187.50	$185.65	$661	—
350–385 value added	359	8	180.00–212.50	$199.86	$717	+11.86
350–397	375	78	160.00–202.50	$174.47	$654	-11.80
390	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	-20.00
405 value added	405	3	182.00	$182.00	$737	—
400–445	417	74	155.00–187.50	$169.21	$706	-8.56
450–495	470	96	145.00–180.00	$165.03	$776	-4.68
470 value added	470	3	165.00	$165.00	$776	+8.50
456–490	472	19	151.00–160.00	$154.77	$731	-14.94
500–520 value added	507	15	160.00–177.00	$165.80	$841	-1.08
500–545	514	81	142.00–170.00	$157.43	$809	-4.13
500–535	531	28	127.00–140.00	$132.88	$706	-13.78
555–580 value added	566	27	146.00–155.00	$147.91	$837	-6.78
565–595	569	8	130.00–135.00	$130.65	$743	-25.75
550–593	577	77	139.00–159.50	$148.19	$855	+1.55
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	-17.86
600–645 value added	618	9	141.00–148.00	$145.51	$899	-6.40
600–645	621	68	130.00–162.00	$144.62	$898	-3.24
665 value added	665	13	138.00	$138.00	$918	-7.00
650–695	667	24	124.00–142.00	$134.29	$896	-10.09
701–720 value added	708	29	135.00–139.00	$135.75	$961	-2.43
700–732	723	11	125.00–136.00	$130.09	$941	-7.87
755–785	771	4	116.00–133.00	$125.54	$968	-3.59
775–782 value added	777	12	129.50–130.00	$129.87	$1,009	-8.63
800–835	812	3	120.00–124.00	$121.37	$986	-8.97
837 value added	837	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,046	+1.00
855–895	873	6	110.00–125.00	$120.97	$1,056	-7.03
900–920	913	3	97.00–112.00	$102.93	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	266	6	150.00–175.00	$164.77	$438	-3.59
260–280 thin fleshed	270	3	167.50–185.00	$178.30	$481	—
305–335 thin fleshed	314	6	162.00–189.00	$180.47	$567	—
315–345	332	18	135.00–181.00	$163.26	$542	-2.48
370	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	-34.44
350–395	378	28	134.00–168.00	$155.32	$587	-4.12
385 thin fleshed	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	-12.50
400–449	430	44	130.00–163.00	$147.92	$636	-5.88
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	-13.80
450–495	476	54	130.00–163.00	$146.95	$699	-4.37
488	488	9	124.00	$124.00	$605	-27.32
495 thin fleshed	495	1	150.00	$150.00	$742	—
500–545	523	32	123.00–159.00	$143.71	$752	+4.45
555 thin fleshed	555	1	144.00	$144.00	$799	+1.54
560 value added	560	1	149.00	$149.00	$834	+3.00
550–590	571	25	126.00–146.00	$133.52	$762	-6.39
600–645	620	25	117.00–142.00	$127.92	$793	-8.48
650–695	674	12	116.00–137.00	$126.89	$855	-2.78
720 thin fleshed	720	2	124.00	$124.00	$893	-11.00
715–743	734	9	115.00–133.00	$122.44	$899	-7.56
770–785	777	3	100.00–115.00	$107.99	$839	-10.30
820 thin fleshed	820	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,033	+8.00
960–975	969	5	95.00–111.00	$107.78	$1,044	+9.28
1020	1020	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 value added	250	2	200.00	$200.00	$500	—
406–417 thin fleshed	412	10	164.00–177.00	$170.59	$703	—
411–422	416	16	155.00–172.00	$166.20	$691	-12.80
451–478	468	27	155.00–169.00	$163.89	$767	-2.44
480 value added	480	19	162.00	$162.00	$778	—
500–549	520	31	140.00–160.00	$150.64	$783	-8.65
684	684	6	121.50	$121.50	$831	-20.50
755	755	5	131.00	$131.00	$989	—
806	806	9	132.00	$132.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	120.00–135.00	$127.61	$421	+10.13
370–395	385	4	102.50–140.00	$119.70	$461	-12.05
425–440	432	3	110.00–120.00	$114.31	$494	-9.98
465–480	473	3	110.00–137.00	$123.13	$582	-3.00
520–540	530	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$639	-2.65
590	590	1	108.00	$108.00	$637	-15.00
600–625	613	4	90.00–115.00	$103.87	$637	—
680	680	1	108.00	$108.00	$734	—
795	795	1	90.00	$90.00	$716	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	47.50	$47.50	$195	—
475	475	1	67.00	$67.00	$318	—

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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	157.50	$157.50	$386	-20.00
250–295	266	11	150.00–180.00	$169.18	$450	-1.31
288 thin fleshed	288	2	161.00	$161.00	$464	—
309 value added	309	5	167.50	$167.50	$518	—
300–345	322	81	140.00–175.00	$157.59	$507	-4.09
325	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	-11.68
350–398	377	97	139.00–166.00	$153.52	$579	-1.90
395	395	1	131.00	$131.00	$517	-24.42
400–448	421	123	126.00–160.00	$144.30	$608	-6.78
400–435 fancy	422	3	138.00–142.00	$140.39	$592	—
408–445	432	6	130.00–143.00	$139.23	$601	-5.58
455–460 fancy	458	2	137.00	$137.00	$627	—
450–495	473	109	125.00–151.00	$139.94	$662	-4.57
450–485	473	7	125.00–133.00	$129.74	$614	-14.77
480	480	1	155.00	$155.00	$744	+10.49
500–545	518	4	118.00–126.00	$121.02	$627	-7.16
500–548	522	177	120.00–150.00	$133.70	$698	-4.67
515–545 value added	541	26	127.75–145.00	$130.18	$704	-12.69
550–595	568	70	122.00–144.00	$132.43	$752	-1.02
555–590	568	6	120.00–125.00	$121.96	$693	-11.49
560–581 value added	575	31	130.00–139.00	$137.86	$793	-0.34
600–645	618	69	115.00–144.00	$127.79	$790	-3.50
605–635	620	2	120.00	$120.00	$744	-11.29
635 value added	635	14	121.50	$121.50	$772	-12.37
650–695	670	29	115.00–130.00	$122.30	$819	-8.20
668–672 value added	670	56	129.00–130.50	$129.59	$868	-1.60
680	680	1	125.00	$125.00	$850	-2.12
710–720	715	2	108.00–117.00	$112.47	$804	-9.22
700–746	723	21	110.00–129.00	$118.10	$854	-3.59
731–745	735	7	115.50–122.00	$117.38	$863	-8.03
763	763	3	119.00	$119.00	$908	-0.78
755–795	778	4	109.00–115.00	$111.74	$869	-8.04
812 value added	812	2	110.00	$110.00	$893	-9.00
810–820	815	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$907	+6.24
890	890	2	101.00–109.00	$105.00	$934	+15.00
932	932	3	89.00	$89.00	$829	-18.00
1037	1037	4	108.00	$108.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	136.00	$136.00	$333	—
250–280 thin fleshed	264	10	154.00–172.50	$163.39	$431	+6.53
250–295	269	5	132.50–150.00	$141.61	$381	-2.79
305–345 thin fleshed	324	8	146.00–167.50	$158.15	$512	-6.58
305–348	330	26	122.00–156.00	$139.00	$459	-5.16
350–390 thin fleshed	370	11	130.00–187.50	$147.99	$548	-3.87
350–397	376	53	120.00–147.50	$136.24	$512	+16.24
405–430 thin fleshed	419	5	126.00–155.00	$137.97	$578	-3.76
400–448	423	72	115.00–147.00	$133.29	$564	-4.15
440	440	1	117.00	$117.00	$515	-20.44
450–498	474	69	115.00–139.00	$129.40	$613	-6.85
450–498 thin fleshed	488	8	131.00–150.00	$137.02	$669	-5.29
500–545	523	35	110.00–134.00	$122.56	$641	-5.62
550–595	572	21	103.00–132.00	$119.43	$683	-4.11
600–645	626	19	90.00–131.00	$118.11	$739	-2.40
650–690	666	12	109.00–126.00	$114.59	$763	-0.26
700–745	718	9	84.00–114.00	$105.94	$761	-6.77
750–795	773	11	88.00–120.00	$103.73	$802	+0.50
800	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	-31.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	169.00	$169.00	$453	—
424 thin fleshed	424	6	147.50	$147.50	$625	—
417–449	432	25	134.00–145.00	$139.81	$604	-7.70
475–478	477	10	136.00–138.00	$137.00	$653	-9.63
521–532	524	7	126.00–132.00	$130.26	$683	-5.64
591	591	5	121.00	$121.00	$715	-10.02
624–628	625	9	117.50–118.50	$118.17	$739	—
723	723	7	114.50	$114.50	$828	-14.75
780	780	3	108.00	$108.00	$842	-17.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	-23.90
300–325	314	5	117.50–138.00	$125.34	$394	-2.70
375 thin fleshed	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	-12.00
360–385	379	7	102.50–127.00	$118.31	$448	+1.92
415–445	432	9	98.00–127.00	$110.30	$476	-5.92
480–495	487	5	100.00–114.00	$109.00	$531	-6.13
500–549	524	7	88.00–112.00	$99.52	$521	-16.47
550–590	575	7	90.00–112.00	$103.60	$596	-3.99
605–645	624	11	80.00–116.00	$94.24	$588	-1.52
660–690	678	3	80.00–100.00	$93.51	$634	-1.49
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	200.00	$200.00	$550	+11.42
310–345	334	24	156.00–194.00	$178.65	$597	-10.16
350–395	378	46	149.00–190.00	$166.97	$631	-13.37
400–445	419	41	150.00–183.00	$167.65	$702	-5.36
450–495	470	70	135.00–173.00	$156.29	$735	-8.25
497	497	3	150.00	$150.00	$746	-8.43
500–543	517	72	125.00–159.00	$149.13	$771	+19.13
505–540	520	8	120.00–141.00	$132.37	$688	+2.37
550–595	567	57	126.00–156.00	$140.47	$796	-4.47
592	592	3	128.00	$128.00	$758	-16.94
600–645	626	49	114.00–144.00	$132.85	$832	-3.45
650–695	664	16	115.00–135.00	$127.04	$844	-1.50
702–745	722	19	110.00–131.00	$118.75	$857	-5.89
783	783	2	121.00	$121.00	$947	+6.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	140.00–155.00	$147.90	$414	-7.10
285 thin fleshed	285	1	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
300–335	322	10	144.00–181.00	$161.19	$519	-1.25
335 thin fleshed	335	2	165.00–176.00	$170.50	$571	-5.84
355–390 thin fleshed	369	6	155.00–177.50	$165.08	$609	-9.48
350–395	370	23	138.00–181.00	$152.27	$563	-6.22
405–440 thin fleshed	423	2	155.00–170.00	$162.19	$686	+0.17
400–445	427	32	133.00–168.00	$146.38	$625	-5.00
450–495	477	26	120.00–155.00	$143.22	$683	-8.32
490 thin fleshed	490	1	152.00	$152.00	$745	—
510–530 thin fleshed	520	2	128.00–138.00	$133.10	$692	-31.90
500–548	525	31	117.00–148.00	$135.43	$711	-1.68
550–595	569	13	110.00–140.00	$125.99	$717	-8.60
605–645	627	13	114.00–135.00	$124.78	$782	-1.77
655–690	674	9	107.00–123.00	$116.09	$782	-1.79
710	710	1	94.00	$94.00	$667	-11.62
760–780	768	4	101.00–110.00	$105.03	$807	-4.36
805	805	1	101.00	$101.00	$813	-1.00
920	920	1	100.00	$100.00	$920	+20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	167.00	$167.00	$730	+3.00
468	468	5	145.00	$145.00	$679	—
588	588	3	135.00	$135.00	$794	—
610	610	2	130.00	$130.00	$793	—
669 thin fleshed	669	5	129.00	$129.00	$863	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
340	340	1	126.00	$126.00	$428	—
390	390	1	126.00	$126.00	$491	-22.00
405–440	420	4	126.00–145.00	$134.11	$563	+5.11
480	480	2	115.00–128.00	$121.50	$583	-4.50
520–545	533	6	122.00–129.00	$126.36	$673	+16.40
570–580	575	2	101.00–128.00	$114.62	$659	+9.58
665	665	1	112.00	$112.00	$745	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–755	748	80-85%	3	20.00–31.00	$26.97	$202	-7.03
815	815	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$448	+12.26
860–1295	1066	80-85%	23	35.00–57.00	$49.77	$531	—
880–1380	1129	80-85%	135	52.00–67.00	$60.51	$683	+0.51
945–1685	1173	80-85%	98	63.00–73.00	$66.35	$778	+1.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–825	755	85-90%	5	22.00–35.00	$29.10	$220	+0.79
645–840	759	85-90%	10	34.50–52.00	$41.40	$314	+13.09
740–830	808	85-90%	13	48.00–57.00	$53.42	$432	-5.58
865–1025	961	85-90%	7	24.00–45.00	$36.74	$353	-12.71
760–1355	972	85-90%	59	45.00–62.00	$53.15	$517	+3.70
835–1175	994	85-90%	19	38.00–55.00	$45.86	$456	-3.59
855–1360	1036	85-90%	30	56.00–67.00	$62.36	$646	+1.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1545	1328	75-80%	15	57.00–67.00	$61.75	$820	+0.38
1025–1790	1349	75-80%	41	62.00–73.00	$65.61	$885	-1.18
1420	1420	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$866	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–2590	1339	17	59.00–82.00	$70.95	$950	-1.06
1300–2230	1654	44	78.00–93.50	$87.56	$1,448	—
1405–2360	1737	25	89.00–100.00	$93.82	$1,630	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–720	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	64.00–81.00	$72.68	$512
635–900	774	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	75.00–105.00	$88.18	$683
510–1035	789	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	50.00–97.50	$74.06	$584
720–1085	886	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	51.50–99.00	$67.07	$594
910	910	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	45.00	$45.00	$410

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845 thin fleshed	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
692–1013	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	690.00–1,000.00	$923.10
915–1075	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–670.00	$633.96
860–1135 thin fleshed	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–735.00	$711.88
730–1250	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	725.00–1,235.00	$1,039.29
905–1173	1012	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	925.00–1,035.00	$975.99
725–1220	1029	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	770.00–1,300.00	$1,060.60
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
925–1390	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	635.00–1,100.00	$911.97
1065–1125	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–1,125.00	$970.89
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
980–1315	1169	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	630.00–825.00	$765.45
970–1320	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	750.00–1,225.00	$965.03
970–1325	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	725.00–1,285.00	$1,051.37
1030–1580	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–950.00	$905.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1000	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	64.00–80.00	$69.97	$619
940–1165	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	51.00–70.50	$62.89	$652
925–1335	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	50.00–84.00	$65.73	$700
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	89.00	$89.00	$948
940–1355	1098	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	58.00–73.00	$67.66	$743
875–1295	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	63.00–73.00	$66.68	$745
840–1390	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	55.00–70.00	$63.53	$731
895–1825	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	63.00–74.00	$67.71	$809
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$824
950–1460	1266	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	58.00–77.00	$70.52	$893

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570	570	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	250.00	$250.00
540–810	674	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	260.00–385.00	$330.52

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–910	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	735.00–1,000.00	$881.12
705–1075	848	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,175.00	$973.43
963–998	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,035.00	$991.74
795–1205	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–1,300.00	$1,101.25

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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
985 thin fleshed	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—
800–1130	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,145.33	+68.16
880–1100	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,325.00	$1,126.08	-248.92
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
925–1265	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	775.00–1,310.00	$1,243.79	+424.96
650–1330	1096	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	625.00–1,150.00	$970.97	+152.14
770–1350	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	34	740.00–1,310.00	$1,104.30	—
800–1655	1224	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	70	885.00–1,475.00	$1,155.49	—
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1303–1424	1364	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	975.00–1,325.00	$1,157.76	—
1335–1400	1368	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,035.00–1,075.00	$1,054.52	—
1000–1490	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,274.31	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	+15.45
1325–1645	1471	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	1,350.00–1,685.00	$1,523.77	+273.77

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828	828	3	64.00	$64.00	$530	-7.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.