Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

5,166 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.77/cwt -2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $609/hd at 429 lb · 145 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.82/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 474 lb · 123 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.86/cwt +1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 518 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,166	6,661	5,782
Feeder cattle	3,786	5,307	4,837
Slaughter cattle	829	865	701
Replacement cattle	551	489	244

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	273	3	185.00–200.00	$192.73	$526	-18.02
300–345	325	33	164.00–207.50	$179.90	$585	-0.81
350–395	371	38	160.00–202.50	$172.25	$639	-2.22
405–435	423	3	140.00–155.00	$147.87	$625	-21.34
400–448	424	47	149.00–179.00	$163.94	$695	-5.27
450–495	468	60	145.00–171.00	$160.98	$753	-4.05
460–495	483	6	157.00	$157.00	$758	+2.23
485–495 value added	488	7	159.00–171.00	$168.12	$820	+3.12
500–542 value added	519	26	155.00–165.00	$158.94	$825	-6.86
500–545	523	72	139.00–170.00	$154.72	$809	+21.84
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-2.88
550–595	575	98	130.00–155.00	$147.39	$847	-0.80
588	588	2	145.00	$145.00	$853	-3.19
606 unweaned	606	4	145.00	$145.00	$879	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	152.00	$152.00	$927	—
615 value added	615	1	147.00	$147.00	$904	+1.49
600–645	622	24	128.00–153.00	$139.64	$869	-4.98
655–695	678	26	130.00–142.00	$135.09	$916	+0.80
705–735	709	12	130.00–136.00	$133.37	$946	+3.28
715	715	1	133.00	$133.00	$951	+2.91
765–775	772	3	122.00–130.00	$125.67	$970	+0.13
805–845	818	3	113.00–125.00	$119.69	$979	-1.68
855–865	858	4	112.00–123.00	$117.99	$1,012	-2.98
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	-10.97
975	975	1	91.00	$91.00	$887	—
1200	1200	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	10	145.00–173.00	$158.44	$515	-4.82
350–392	369	15	140.00–174.00	$155.03	$572	+30.03
377 value added	377	3	178.00	$178.00	$671	—
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	-15.32
405–445	426	27	130.00–164.00	$148.51	$633	+0.59
435 value added	435	2	160.00	$160.00	$696	—
450–498	474	25	130.00–154.00	$140.54	$666	-6.41
500–545	526	20	120.00–146.00	$134.14	$706	-9.57
530 thin fleshed	530	1	155.00	$155.00	$822	—
550–595	573	9	131.00–138.00	$134.18	$769	+0.66
600–645	626	9	124.00–146.00	$133.13	$833	+5.21
660 thin fleshed	660	1	139.00	$139.00	$917	—
655–665	662	3	119.00–135.00	$126.04	$834	-0.85
710 thin fleshed	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	-4.00
700–730	718	5	124.00–135.00	$128.37	$922	+5.93
755–780	771	7	110.00–133.00	$118.70	$915	+10.71
835	835	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,002	—
860–875	868	2	90.00–93.00	$91.49	$794	—
905–928	920	3	110.00–113.50	$112.35	$1,034	—
955	955	1	90.00	$90.00	$860	-17.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 value added	375	13	184.00	$184.00	$690	—
423	423	3	160.00	$160.00	$677	-6.20
445 value added	445	23	179.00	$179.00	$797	—
450–485	457	8	145.00–150.00	$147.49	$674	-16.40
497 value added	497	9	170.00	$170.00	$845	+8.00
533 value added	533	10	160.00	$160.00	$853	—
583–598 value added	587	28	132.50–157.00	$149.87	$880	—
648	648	3	141.00	$141.00	$914	—
663	663	6	141.00	$141.00	$935	+19.50
766–787	777	10	126.50–127.50	$126.99	$987	-4.01
862	862	8	123.00	$123.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	133.00	$133.00	$412	+5.39
360–395	382	5	120.00–146.00	$135.15	$516	+15.45
410–430	420	2	115.00–134.00	$124.27	$522	+9.96
465–490	475	3	128.00–135.00	$130.31	$619	+7.18
510–540	525	2	90.00–114.00	$101.66	$534	-18.85
595	595	1	114.00	$114.00	$678	+6.00
615–640	633	4	90.00–101.00	$95.57	$605	-8.30
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	+2.00
945	945	1	70.00	$70.00	$662	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	277	19	157.00–195.00	$162.42	$450	-6.76
300–345	324	40	133.00–177.50	$153.83	$498	+3.83
365	365	1	140.00	$140.00	$511	-13.52
350–395	369	71	132.00–160.00	$148.99	$550	-4.53
365–395 fancy	380	7	146.00–156.00	$151.93	$577	—
400	400	1	132.00	$132.00	$528	-12.30
410 fancy	410	1	161.00	$161.00	$660	+20.61
400–430 thin fleshed	415	2	146.00–150.00	$147.93	$614	—
400–445	430	141	130.00–160.00	$141.62	$609	+2.39
450–495	472	106	125.00–158.00	$137.51	$649	-2.43
461–493	482	15	125.00–135.00	$130.57	$629	-24.43
495 value added	495	1	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
495	495	1	149.00	$149.00	$738	-6.00
500–520 fancy	510	2	138.00–140.00	$138.98	$709	—
500–545	518	112	122.00–144.00	$134.96	$699	+13.94
520	520	1	150.00	$150.00	$780	+16.30
518–540	526	5	120.00–130.00	$127.95	$673	-5.75
560	560	1	137.00	$137.00	$767	+4.57
550–599	573	84	121.00–140.00	$129.99	$745	-2.44
560–590	580	3	112.00–120.00	$117.29	$680	-15.14
605 unweaned	605	2	119.00	$119.00	$720	—
600–645	616	74	115.00–135.00	$127.09	$783	-0.70
620	620	4	122.50	$122.50	$760	+2.50
660 value added	660	1	128.00	$128.00	$845	-1.59
655–685	666	14	118.00–132.00	$125.43	$835	+3.13
700–740	724	10	111.00–125.00	$115.88	$839	-2.22
766	766	5	117.00	$117.00	$896	-2.00
762–790	771	3	108.00–115.00	$112.61	$868	+0.87
765–785	775	2	103.00–107.00	$104.97	$814	-6.77
817–835	819	9	105.00–117.00	$114.75	$940	+3.51
865	865	1	106.00	$106.00	$917	+1.00
855–880	867	3	100.00–105.00	$101.64	$881	-3.36
1077	1077	9	104.00	$104.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	—
260–290	277	3	140.00–154.00	$147.42	$408	+5.81
290 thin fleshed	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	-8.39
298 value added	298	3	160.00	$160.00	$477	—
305–345	331	15	125.00–146.00	$135.68	$449	-3.32
325–340 thin fleshed	334	4	140.00–145.00	$141.78	$474	-16.37
355–385 thin fleshed	365	5	140.00–151.00	$144.23	$526	-3.76
350–395	372	43	110.00–146.00	$134.44	$500	-1.80
385 value added	385	3	150.00	$150.00	$578	—
400–445	424	57	115.00–139.00	$132.72	$563	-0.57
400–443 thin fleshed	428	10	130.00–144.00	$133.69	$572	-4.28
457–480 thin fleshed	463	4	128.00–144.00	$139.85	$648	+2.83
450–495	470	47	115.00–138.00	$129.77	$610	+0.37
510–515 thin fleshed	513	2	130.00–135.00	$132.49	$680	—
500–545	522	26	105.00–131.00	$123.26	$643	+0.70
550–595	571	27	108.00–130.00	$121.61	$694	+2.18
620 thin fleshed	620	1	119.00	$119.00	$738	—
600–645	626	15	102.00–126.00	$115.38	$722	-2.73
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	-18.11
650–695	678	15	90.00–118.00	$111.38	$755	-3.21
743	743	2	113.00	$113.00	$840	+7.06
766–775	768	10	85.00–110.50	$105.35	$809	+1.62
805 thin fleshed	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—
800–840	819	4	86.00–96.00	$91.91	$753	+11.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 value added	355	13	156.00	$156.00	$554	—
414 value added	414	17	153.00	$153.00	$633	—
432	432	3	133.00	$133.00	$575	-6.81
467	467	3	134.00	$134.00	$626	-3.00
489 value added	489	9	135.00	$135.00	$660	—
505 thin fleshed	505	4	137.00	$137.00	$692	—
510	510	2	135.00	$135.00	$688	+4.74
550–577	559	3	134.00–136.00	$134.69	$753	+13.69
804	804	8	100.00	$100.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	—
295	295	1	126.00	$126.00	$372	+6.00
320	320	1	117.50	$117.50	$376	-7.84
355–395	371	10	110.00–137.50	$118.90	$441	+0.59
405–440	421	6	100.00–124.00	$114.87	$484	+4.57
455–475	464	7	65.00–125.00	$108.75	$505	-0.25
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	+10.48
550–590	566	5	85.00–115.00	$97.81	$554	-5.79
635	635	1	105.00	$105.00	$667	+10.76
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	+6.49
880	880	1	80.00	$80.00	$704	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	165.00	$165.00	$412	-35.00
305–345	324	25	160.00–192.00	$176.04	$570	-2.61
350–395	374	47	149.00–185.00	$169.32	$633	+2.35
400–445	421	55	148.00–176.00	$162.16	$683	-5.49
450–497	475	64	130.00–164.00	$152.88	$726	-3.41
510–515	513	2	130.00–140.00	$134.98	$692	-14.15
500–545	520	90	125.00–157.00	$146.63	$762	+14.26
550–595	574	46	133.00–151.00	$142.69	$819	+2.22
575–576	576	7	117.00–143.00	$139.29	$802	-1.18
615 thin fleshed	615	1	135.00	$135.00	$830	—
600–645	620	25	124.00–141.00	$131.76	$817	-1.09
650–695	677	30	115.00–133.00	$127.26	$862	+0.22
705–730	717	17	115.00–126.00	$121.20	$869	+2.45
758–798	779	14	111.00–122.00	$115.75	$902	-5.25
805–830	822	3	108.00–110.00	$109.33	$899	—
895	895	1	98.00	$98.00	$877	—
935	935	1	92.00	$92.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	271	5	145.00–167.50	$153.37	$416	+5.47
315–340 thin fleshed	325	4	150.00–172.00	$160.13	$520	-10.37
300–345	331	8	137.50–171.00	$156.42	$518	-4.77
355–385 thin fleshed	372	3	146.00–150.00	$148.65	$553	-16.43
365–395	376	9	121.00–165.00	$148.30	$558	-3.97
415–435 thin fleshed	423	4	147.00–161.00	$150.93	$638	-11.26
400–445	424	23	133.00–159.00	$144.42	$612	-1.96
455–495	475	17	130.00–159.00	$144.46	$686	+1.24
495 thin fleshed	495	5	145.00	$145.00	$718	-7.00
500–545	524	14	121.00–142.00	$130.72	$685	-4.71
550–595	574	12	116.00–138.00	$125.15	$718	-0.84
600–640	615	12	111.00–132.00	$123.16	$757	-1.62
650–695	674	4	115.00–127.00	$118.66	$800	+2.57
705–747	731	6	104.00–122.00	$108.89	$796	+14.89
785	785	1	108.00	$108.00	$848	+2.97
850–885	868	2	89.00–92.00	$90.47	$785	—
925	925	1	79.00	$79.00	$731	-21.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$391	-27.50
325–330	328	3	135.00–155.00	$144.95	$475	+18.95
350–395	373	7	131.00–155.00	$145.18	$542	+19.18
415–445	430	8	116.00–146.00	$127.48	$548	-6.63
460–495	478	5	117.00–140.00	$130.45	$624	+8.95
510–540	527	3	115.00–121.00	$116.94	$616	-9.42
565–595	581	5	110.00–132.00	$122.10	$709	+7.48
600–630	613	4	90.00–131.00	$109.47	$671	—
660–675	668	2	85.00–106.00	$95.62	$639	-16.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1445	1200	(<2 yrs)	N/A	13	1,050.00–2,500.00	$2,133.22	—
1015–1475	1263	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,250.00–2,400.00	$1,914.06	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	80-85%	3	19.00	$19.00	$131	—
780–830	806	80-85%	5	36.00–43.00	$40.09	$323	-14.91
760–850	813	80-85%	10	48.00–56.00	$51.87	$422	-3.13
835	835	80-85%	1	64.00	$64.00	$534	+9.00
895–1080	1011	80-85%	5	32.00–50.00	$41.13	$416	—
900–1100	1018	80-85%	8	42.00–55.00	$47.57	$484	—
840–1555	1135	80-85%	123	53.00–66.00	$60.15	$683	-0.36
915–1520	1203	80-85%	147	61.00–72.00	$66.30	$798	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–710	595	85-90%	2	23.00–30.00	$25.82	$154	—
715–805	755	85-90%	3	48.00–56.00	$52.66	$398	+23.56
715–840	762	85-90%	8	30.00–45.00	$36.81	$280	-4.59
780–895	818	85-90%	5	55.00–61.00	$58.09	$475	+4.67
725–995	819	85-90%	8	28.00–54.00	$36.57	$300	-16.85
565–1150	976	85-90%	46	40.00–65.00	$53.63	$523	+0.48
865–1245	1040	85-90%	30	57.00–69.00	$62.30	$648	-0.06
1065–1080	1073	85-90%	2	27.00–45.00	$35.94	$386	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1740	1397	75-80%	11	59.00–64.00	$61.58	$860	—
1145–4565	1491	75-80%	30	61.00–74.00	$65.78	$981	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1645	1191	15	55.00–77.00	$68.62	$817	—
1080–2265	1542	44	62.00–92.00	$82.22	$1,268	—
1095–2150	1695	28	79.00–102.00	$90.37	$1,532	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745 thin fleshed	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	85.00	$85.00	$633
685–880	802	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	67.00–100.00	$85.88	$689
605–1075	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	36	46.00–98.00	$72.71	$609
720–1145	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	57.00–87.50	$70.70	$710
815–1340	1066	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	66.00–70.00	$67.47	$719

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
690–1075	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	400.00–1,425.00	$1,071.17
855–1200	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	825.00–1,275.00	$1,017.45
815–1370	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	420.00–975.00	$785.49
745–1365	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	610.00–1,075.00	$898.62
760–1505	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	600.00–1,425.00	$1,085.56
780–1400	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	625.00–1,150.00	$970.76
940–1445	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	650.00–1,085.00	$877.15
1035–1355	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	725.00–985.00	$814.05
920–1575	1211	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	730.00–1,150.00	$959.44
1035–1475	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	630.00–985.00	$838.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823–1135	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	64.00–86.00	$79.05	$738
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$557
940–1215	1122	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	63.00–73.50	$67.68	$759
1100–1155	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	74.00–76.00	$75.02	$846
840–1370	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	52.00–75.00	$65.25	$749
1110–1185	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	73.00–97.00	$85.39	$980
885–1390	1166	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	64.00–79.00	$71.21	$830
980–1303	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	60.00–88.00	$66.63	$778
945–1550	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	57.50–74.00	$68.15	$840
930–1455	1284	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	59.00–65.00	$63.27	$812
1335–1580	1427	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	64.00–74.00	$68.30	$975

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
697	697	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	735.00	$735.00
805–820	813	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–975.00	$863.54
815	815	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
973	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–745	731	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	99.00–105.00	$102.18	$747

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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 thin fleshed	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
850–1035	939	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–1,095.00	$862.88	—
670–1180	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	600.00–1,450.00	$1,127.31	-18.02
700–1250	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	695.00–1,400.00	$1,130.01	+3.93
930–1175	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	785.00–1,150.00	$1,027.55	-216.24
900–1550	1132	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	98	750.00–1,675.00	$1,266.51	—
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
900–1495	1176	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	41	525.00–1,225.00	$993.07	—
1000–1560	1327	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,285.00–1,500.00	$1,371.76	—
1320–1615	1488	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,256.22	-267.55

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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.