Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, June 7, 2021

7,975 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $123.97/cwt ≈ $1,216/hd at 981 lb · 256 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.14/cwt +0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 521 lb · 223 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.33/cwt -0.30 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 574 lb · 206 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,975	5,460	7,524
Feeder cattle	7,049	4,439	6,343
Slaughter cattle	597	693	817
Replacement cattle	329	328	364

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Stocker steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 lower; Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder and Stocker cattle comparison based on more liberal receipts with most increase noted on cattle over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher on limited comparable offerings.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	8	153.50	$153.50	$582	-26.50
411	411	9	142.50	$142.50	$586	-22.05
434 value added	434	5	155.00	$155.00	$673	—
470–499	480	57	148.50–162.00	$155.12	$745	-4.71
506–548	532	186	139.00–163.00	$153.61	$817	-8.55
552–587 value added	567	59	144.00–160.00	$149.42	$847	-3.58
557–594	575	147	136.50–154.00	$149.35	$859	-2.50
603 unweaned	603	19	136.00	$136.00	$820	—
605–636 value added	617	23	139.50–150.00	$143.95	$888	+6.20
610–649	642	142	143.50–152.50	$149.20	$958	-1.80
652–679	659	60	133.00–144.00	$140.64	$927	—
680 value added	680	6	133.75	$133.75	$910	-5.75
701–728	721	40	141.00–145.00	$144.03	$1,038	+7.03
764–776	775	71	129.00–142.00	$140.92	$1,092	—
806–819	815	14	132.00–137.00	$135.59	$1,105	+18.59
874	874	53	134.00	$134.00	$1,171	—
917–935	921	181	110.00–125.50	$125.33	$1,154	—
950–998	981	256	122.35–127.00	$123.97	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	10	158.00–196.00	$178.22	$585	-3.96
370 value added	370	1	182.00	$182.00	$673	-6.20
353–390	380	15	155.00–195.00	$172.32	$655	-1.52
400–445	427	80	139.00–174.00	$168.42	$719	-2.01
445 value added	445	1	176.00	$176.00	$783	—
465 value added	465	1	171.00	$171.00	$795	-8.09
450–498	479	70	143.00–171.00	$159.25	$763	-6.32
500–545	523	94	144.00–178.00	$159.13	$832	-5.56
500–544 value added	524	37	154.00–180.00	$166.65	$873	-12.41
550–578 value added	570	25	149.00–157.50	$154.77	$882	-4.83
550–590	576	161	140.00–163.00	$153.88	$886	-4.32
600–648	627	124	133.00–157.00	$150.01	$941	+4.11
608–647 unweaned	636	45	143.50–147.00	$143.83	$915	-4.04
610–645 value added	644	32	142.00–147.00	$146.60	$944	-4.61
650–695	670	38	133.00–156.00	$147.75	$990	+11.17
655–695 value added	673	3	137.25–141.00	$139.38	$938	-1.41
705	705	1	122.00	$122.00	$860	-7.79
708 value added	708	33	135.00	$135.00	$956	-3.27
700–745	722	14	127.00–143.00	$137.56	$993	+7.77
725 unweaned	725	44	133.25	$133.25	$966	+2.25
750–770	755	13	117.00–131.00	$127.81	$965	+6.31
765 value added	765	1	130.00	$130.00	$994	—
800 value added	800	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,060	+2.50
825–832	831	7	114.00–139.00	$135.45	$1,126	+13.70
870–871	871	63	125.00–135.75	$135.58	$1,181	+18.00
905	905	1	108.00	$108.00	$977	—
990	990	1	100.00	$100.00	$990	-5.46
1080	1080	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,145	—
1115	1115	1	81.00	$81.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	29	145.00–182.00	$163.10	$530	+6.38
355 value added	355	1	173.00	$173.00	$614	+3.00
355–396	383	39	125.00–167.00	$152.37	$584	-4.47
400–445	435	35	120.00–165.00	$151.71	$660	+0.93
445 value added	445	1	171.00	$171.00	$761	—
450–495	476	46	120.00–156.00	$147.94	$704	+4.88
495 value added	495	1	158.00	$158.00	$782	—
500–548	528	120	128.00–155.00	$149.15	$788	+3.65
535 value added	535	1	152.00	$152.00	$813	+11.77
550–595 value added	569	4	141.00–154.00	$148.56	$845	—
550–595	572	32	126.00–150.00	$137.29	$785	-1.40
600–640	622	19	125.00–144.00	$134.85	$839	+2.11
635 unweaned	635	2	120.00	$120.00	$762	—
650–680	659	4	129.00–141.00	$133.72	$881	+8.50
705–740	727	5	100.00–117.00	$111.20	$808	+11.20
758	758	2	114.00	$114.00	$864	-7.97
762 value added	762	2	125.00	$125.00	$952	—
775	775	2	110.00	$110.00	$852	-11.97
825–846	840	6	110.00–127.00	$119.52	$1,004	—
955	955	1	80.00	$80.00	$764	—
1045	1045	1	80.00	$80.00	$836	—
1090	1090	1	75.00	$75.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	162.00	$162.00	$535	+39.50
373–385	377	4	90.00–148.00	$123.16	$464	-12.84
400–415	408	2	125.00–141.00	$132.85	$542	—
460–492	471	8	90.00–141.00	$115.57	$544	+6.90
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	—
605–609	608	6	64.00–114.00	$105.71	$643	+20.71
685	685	1	99.00	$99.00	$678	-11.00
725	725	1	98.00	$98.00	$710	+0.54

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–647	613	11	110.00–120.00	$117.12	$718	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	324	3	71.00–83.00	$78.86	$256	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	292	3	149.00–157.00	$153.29	$448	-10.71
305 thin fleshed	305	1	162.50	$162.50	$496	—
305–345	329	33	140.00–159.00	$152.49	$502	-2.74
350–399	383	61	136.00–160.00	$151.58	$581	+0.49
400–440	422	68	130.00–152.00	$142.87	$603	-5.51
440 value added	440	1	146.00	$146.00	$642	-8.64
465–490 value added	472	10	138.00–147.00	$144.35	$681	-0.60
450–499	474	173	129.00–150.50	$142.98	$678	+1.09
500–549	521	215	121.00–147.75	$140.20	$730	+1.40
515–540 value added	523	8	135.00–139.50	$138.49	$724	-9.07
550–582 value added	568	18	130.00–142.50	$140.31	$797	+4.46
550–598	574	180	118.00–140.50	$134.04	$769	-0.53
573–585	576	8	123.00–129.00	$127.49	$734	-7.08
600–645	615	77	113.00–136.00	$130.05	$800	+13.33
617–638 unweaned	632	14	124.00–128.00	$126.06	$797	+6.06
676 unweaned	676	27	123.50	$123.50	$835	+5.51
650–695	677	54	121.00–133.50	$128.58	$870	+6.10
672–680	679	14	125.00–134.75	$133.37	$906	+10.89
698	698	6	117.00	$117.00	$817	-5.48
700–748	732	31	114.00–121.00	$117.32	$859	-1.21
730–740	733	3	120.00–125.00	$123.32	$904	+4.79
768	768	2	125.50	$125.50	$964	+5.34
760–780	770	4	106.00–122.00	$113.26	$872	-6.90
805–825	818	6	103.00–116.00	$108.13	$885	-5.26
835	835	1	91.00	$91.00	$760	-22.39
860	860	1	105.00	$105.00	$903	±0.00
855–882	882	67	114.00–118.00	$117.94	$1,040	+12.94
915	915	1	96.00	$96.00	$878	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	10	149.00	$149.00	$487	—
352–393	375	19	144.00–149.00	$147.29	$552	—
376 value added	376	6	151.00	$151.00	$568	—
402–448	428	75	140.00–148.00	$144.12	$617	—
452–491	479	73	135.00–144.50	$140.09	$671	+10.09
496 value added	496	5	145.00	$145.00	$719	-8.00
503–542	519	99	130.00–138.00	$135.30	$702	+2.30
538 value added	538	5	144.00	$144.00	$775	—
556–585	571	42	129.00–137.50	$132.62	$757	—
601	601	33	134.50	$134.50	$808	—
657	657	7	130.00	$130.00	$854	+10.86
663 value added	663	21	131.50	$131.50	$872	—
720–742	740	13	120.00–122.00	$120.15	$889	—
849	849	143	120.75	$120.75	$1,025	—
874–885	875	65	105.50–115.00	$114.41	$1,001	—
890–899	896	10	85.00–90.00	$86.49	$775	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	151.00	$151.00	$423	±0.00
300–345	325	18	122.00–149.00	$139.99	$455	-2.82
346 thin fleshed	346	4	156.00	$156.00	$540	—
350–398	374	32	123.00–148.00	$136.19	$509	+0.60
380 value added	380	1	142.00	$142.00	$540	—
400–445	425	48	120.00–147.00	$135.81	$577	+5.07
450–495	471	57	115.00–141.00	$129.10	$608	-1.45
473 value added	473	9	140.00	$140.00	$662	—
500–548	520	55	100.00–138.00	$124.52	$648	-0.91
530 value added	530	1	136.00	$136.00	$721	—
550–598	578	57	111.00–131.00	$120.81	$698	+1.29
605–640	628	14	110.00–123.00	$116.47	$731	+3.27
645	645	1	104.00	$104.00	$671	-9.20
665	665	2	125.00	$125.00	$831	+10.93
650–695	669	6	110.00–122.00	$114.48	$766	+0.41
680 value added	680	2	123.50	$123.50	$840	+8.50
703	703	8	115.00	$115.00	$808	+14.65
710–733	723	5	98.00–110.00	$106.65	$771	+6.30
821	821	5	100.00	$100.00	$821	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$375	—
350–385	362	6	96.00–120.00	$105.95	$384	-10.99
415–445	435	5	118.00–126.00	$121.94	$530	+13.49
485–495	491	4	100.00–114.00	$109.23	$536	-1.77
500–541	529	10	91.00–112.00	$104.98	$555	+10.05
550–590	565	4	75.00–108.00	$95.92	$542	+5.40
600–625	613	3	90.00–91.00	$90.33	$554	-19.67
658	658	2	91.00	$91.00	$599	-9.31

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	67.00	$67.00	$255	—
425	425	1	85.00	$85.00	$361	—
495	495	1	75.00	$75.00	$371	—
500	500	1	41.00	$41.00	$205	—

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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	283	2	196.00–200.00	$197.91	$560	—
310–340	323	16	169.00–194.00	$185.77	$600	+20.77
355–395	375	25	162.00–184.00	$171.54	$643	+5.65
400–440	420	31	156.00–173.00	$165.93	$697	+1.32
457	457	3	148.00	$148.00	$676	-9.35
455–497	479	27	142.00–170.00	$152.93	$733	-4.42
500–548	525	55	135.00–158.00	$148.86	$782	-1.33
550–595	568	43	132.00–150.00	$140.78	$800	+3.21
615 fancy	615	1	142.00	$142.00	$873	—
600–642	616	30	128.00–140.00	$135.47	$834	+1.43
650–690	669	24	114.00–136.00	$129.03	$863	+14.03
655–685 fancy	670	2	134.00–139.00	$136.44	$914	—
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	+5.00
700 fancy	700	1	132.00	$132.00	$924	—
705–740	723	17	110.00–127.00	$121.04	$875	+0.87
755 fancy	755	1	126.00	$126.00	$951	—
750–795	767	8	104.00–122.00	$112.97	$866	-2.70
820–845	828	3	111.00–115.00	$113.64	$941	-0.36
855–865	860	2	100.00–109.00	$104.53	$899	—
873	873	3	99.00	$99.00	$864	—
905–930	917	3	89.00–106.00	$94.99	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	157.00–174.00	$165.20	$471	+10.20
300–345	332	14	140.00–173.00	$161.19	$535	+12.70
358–390	373	12	140.00–160.00	$151.82	$566	-4.09
405–443	431	13	133.00–162.00	$151.03	$651	+5.81
450–495	475	18	135.00–153.00	$145.21	$690	+5.27
503–545	524	28	118.00–142.00	$133.85	$701	-0.77
555–595	583	7	100.00–138.00	$123.24	$718	-8.20
620–635	626	5	120.00–127.00	$123.81	$775	+1.33
650–695	672	11	106.00–130.00	$117.41	$789	-3.03
700	700	1	112.00	$112.00	$784	+7.00
805–825	817	3	80.00–108.00	$96.27	$787	+6.27
980	980	1	82.00	$82.00	$804	—
1005	1005	1	87.00	$87.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	—	—	1	164.00	$164.00	$746	—
505	505	—	—	22	136.50	$136.50	$689	—
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	98.50	$98.50	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
315–345	333	5	140.00–155.00	$148.67	$495	—
355–395	380	4	127.00–141.00	$130.89	$497	—
425–440	433	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$531	—
455–495	470	4	124.00–137.00	$129.34	$608	-14.18
510	510	1	108.00	$108.00	$551	—
595	595	1	105.00	$105.00	$625	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1785	1785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,820.00	$1,820.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	80-85%	1	38.00	$38.00	$270	—
725–730	728	80-85%	2	40.00–42.50	$41.25	$300	—
795–815	805	80-85%	2	57.50–60.50	$58.98	$475	+7.48
850–1180	1014	80-85%	10	24.00–59.00	$48.02	$487	—
865–1345	1033	80-85%	47	59.50–71.00	$65.52	$677	—
885–1160	1047	80-85%	9	54.00–64.50	$59.24	$620	—
995–1560	1214	80-85%	23	70.00–79.00	$74.87	$909	+5.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,057	—
1240–1775	1541	75-80%	11	72.00–76.50	$74.24	$1,144	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$222	—
820	820	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$402	+7.98
970–1060	1000	85-90%	3	63.00–67.00	$64.65	$647	—
1025–1055	1040	85-90%	2	68.00–73.00	$70.46	$733	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1455	1393	2	80.00–83.50	$81.67	$1,138	—
1340–1910	1583	6	84.00–96.00	$91.28	$1,445	—
1345–2065	1724	11	90.00–104.50	$99.83	$1,721	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$365
610–880	731	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	81.00–126.00	$110.57	$808
755–1205	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	59.00–107.00	$73.87	$687

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
965–1165	1049	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	700.00–910.00	$842.25
700–1510	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	400.00–1,050.00	$889.74
970–1415	1181	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	650.00–1,350.00	$993.26
970–1625	1189	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–1,330.00	$1,118.44
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–925	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	80.00–100.00	$90.74	$769
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$668
725–1235	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	70.00–89.00	$75.86	$753
1055–1315	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	66.00–77.00	$71.51	$818
950–1350	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	65.00–81.50	$74.72	$860
945–1710	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	71.00–90.00	$77.50	$936
1080–1295	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	72.50–75.00	$74.14	$897
1220–1525	1373	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	76.50–82.50	$79.83	$1,096

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–850	772	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	740.00–1,125.00	$969.54
805–960	868	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	770.00–1,320.00	$1,122.69
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–770	733	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	90.50–111.00	$100.23	$735

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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
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00	—
665–885	798	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	790.00–860.00	$828.58	—
725–850	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–900.00	$805.21	-79.91
865–1295	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	950.00–1,525.00	$1,380.97	—
795–1215	1004	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,350.00–1,660.00	$1,532.43	—
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
690–1460	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	600.00–1,500.00	$1,059.56	—
915–1475	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,140.64	+89.73

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	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
460–485	473	2	63.00–74.00	$68.65	$325	—
515	515	1	56.00	$56.00	$288	—
610	610	1	77.00	$77.00	$470	—

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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.