Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

6,246 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.00/cwt -1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 521 lb · 163 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.90/cwt +0.81 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 422 lb · 136 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.37/cwt +0.54 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 469 lb · 114 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,246	4,444	7,432
Feeder cattle	5,148	3,535	6,143
Slaughter cattle	813	638	895
Replacement cattle	285	271	394

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher; offerings over 600 lbs lightly tested but lower undertone was noted. Heifers sold unevenly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	173.00	$173.00	$502	-15.50
300–348	320	33	145.00–198.00	$167.33	$535	-3.22
350–398	376	45	135.00–181.00	$163.15	$613	-3.57
415 value added	415	1	168.00	$168.00	$697	—
400–449	422	91	142.50–184.00	$161.77	$683	+6.90
450–498	472	88	134.00–168.00	$152.34	$719	-1.22
490	490	1	135.00	$135.00	$662	-18.56
500–545	521	106	134.00–166.00	$151.00	$787	+2.61
530–540	535	2	144.00	$144.00	$770	+9.00
550–590	567	67	133.00–154.00	$144.91	$822	+2.01
550–590	573	3	126.00–140.00	$133.60	$766	-9.30
553–595 value added	576	32	148.00–165.00	$156.10	$899	—
605	605	1	133.00	$133.00	$805	-13.32
600–645	615	24	127.00–146.00	$136.27	$838	-10.05
608–630 value added	619	9	145.00–160.00	$150.81	$934	+2.18
651–685 value added	666	15	142.00–150.00	$146.19	$974	-3.76
650–690	668	36	130.00–151.00	$141.57	$946	+1.49
682 unweaned	682	3	131.00	$131.00	$893	-1.43
700–740	724	24	125.00–146.00	$141.02	$1,021	+0.20
761–776 value added	768	25	134.00–144.50	$141.94	$1,090	—
760–792	774	22	128.00–144.00	$133.25	$1,031	-2.75
800–835	812	17	118.00–137.00	$133.46	$1,084	-0.57
860–895	878	2	129.00–133.00	$131.04	$1,151	+2.53
925	925	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,147	—
980–985	983	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$1,106	+11.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	327	9	130.00–182.00	$156.76	$513	+6.36
350–395	373	32	120.00–161.00	$140.33	$523	-5.28
400–445	423	50	121.00–162.00	$139.73	$591	+4.91
450–452 thin fleshed	452	4	140.00–157.00	$152.76	$690	—
450–495	476	44	117.50–142.50	$133.10	$634	+1.63
500–548	533	39	121.00–146.00	$132.29	$705	-1.13
550–595	575	19	115.00–140.00	$130.18	$749	-0.81
600–648	625	20	116.00–143.00	$126.15	$788	-2.82
620–635 value added	628	2	125.00–128.00	$126.48	$794	—
650 value added	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
650–685	671	24	115.00–136.00	$125.29	$841	-3.86
700–730	713	8	128.00–135.00	$131.35	$937	+2.92
750–780	768	5	116.00–135.50	$125.52	$964	-0.39
800–810	803	3	116.00–135.00	$123.63	$993	+18.63
912	912	3	95.00	$95.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 thin fleshed	370	15	165.00	$165.00	$610	—
479 value added	479	13	153.00	$153.00	$733	—
516–536	524	20	137.00–158.00	$149.41	$783	+4.41
561 value added	561	15	143.00	$143.00	$802	—
562–588	571	9	134.00–139.00	$137.28	$784	-1.72
647	647	5	147.00	$147.00	$951	+10.00
677	677	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,009	—
843	843	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	3	70.00–100.00	$86.61	$319	-10.41
400–445	421	12	100.00–125.00	$111.60	$470	-6.81
455–495	479	11	61.00–126.00	$100.20	$480	-2.73
505–540	523	2	95.00–110.00	$102.75	$537	-14.30
565–575	570	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$635	+8.13
790	790	1	100.00	$100.00	$790	—
865	865	1	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	16	110.00	$110.00	$758	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	58.00	$58.00	$226	—
465	465	1	50.00	$50.00	$232	-22.00
595	595	1	47.50	$47.50	$283	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329 value added	329	17	160.00	$160.00	$526	—
300–348	333	41	125.00–157.00	$139.25	$464	+1.59
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	-7.66
350–395	373	85	121.00–154.00	$138.97	$518	-0.42
388–390 value added	388	6	142.00–157.00	$154.49	$599	—
390	390	1	126.00	$126.00	$491	-13.39
410 value added	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	—
400–445	422	130	120.00–154.00	$138.37	$584	+1.28
410–445	431	5	120.00–133.00	$126.29	$544	-10.80
450–470	460	2	125.00	$125.00	$575	±0.00
450–498	469	112	121.00–145.00	$133.52	$626	+0.60
500–519 value added	513	6	131.00–135.00	$132.30	$679	-14.56
510–530	520	3	119.00–125.00	$121.34	$631	-10.04
500–545	521	154	118.00–143.00	$130.08	$678	-1.30
550–595	575	54	115.00–138.00	$128.11	$737	-5.67
585–590	588	2	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$720	-11.27
575–598 value added	591	13	132.00–136.00	$134.80	$797	-6.20
600–610	605	2	115.00	$115.00	$696	-27.00
600–610 value added	607	22	129.00–141.00	$139.18	$845	+9.18
600–649	618	64	119.00–135.00	$125.94	$778	-3.32
640 unweaned	640	2	120.00	$120.00	$768	-7.00
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	-25.00
650–695	671	21	115.00–134.00	$124.11	$833	-1.05
671–688 value added	676	21	126.00–136.00	$132.40	$895	-1.58
679–687	684	22	135.00–136.00	$135.32	$926	+10.16
713	713	2	110.00	$110.00	$784	+20.00
700–735 value added	718	2	126.00–127.00	$126.49	$908	-3.51
705–735	721	10	110.00–133.00	$116.82	$842	-6.43
750–795	776	16	100.00–123.00	$116.14	$901	-3.17
805–815	810	3	104.00–116.00	$108.33	$877	-5.33
880–885	883	2	101.00–105.00	$103.01	$910	-8.44
938	938	4	105.00	$105.00	$985	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	136.00	$136.00	$367	—
300–345	329	26	110.00–145.00	$125.31	$412	-4.99
350–398	372	37	110.00–142.00	$124.65	$464	+0.37
390	390	1	93.00	$93.00	$363	-31.28
400–448	425	48	110.00–141.00	$125.34	$533	+4.86
450–495	476	53	110.00–135.00	$121.50	$578	+0.44
505–545	526	35	110.00–129.00	$118.28	$622	-0.27
550–595	576	34	110.00–125.00	$118.35	$682	+2.17
605 unweaned	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	—
605–648	628	26	109.00–129.00	$118.52	$744	+3.71
661	661	8	130.00	$130.00	$859	+18.42
670 unweaned	670	1	106.00	$106.00	$710	—
650–695	673	24	100.00–128.00	$112.53	$757	+0.95
700–730	715	2	100.00–101.00	$100.49	$719	-14.01
760–793	782	3	90.00–100.00	$93.24	$729	-11.94
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	+7.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	145.00	$145.00	$490	—
456	456	4	128.00	$128.00	$584	-4.00
520–548	529	13	115.00–128.00	$123.13	$651	-6.87
612–649	631	8	132.00–135.00	$133.54	$843	+3.35
643 value added	643	11	127.00	$127.00	$817	—
660	660	10	128.00	$128.00	$845	-5.00
662–670	667	13	126.00–139.00	$130.96	$874	-2.04
810–822	817	15	120.00	$120.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–325	322	5	90.00–116.00	$107.77	$347	-2.91
355–395	377	13	80.00–115.00	$100.08	$377	-6.60
400–445	425	16	89.00–115.00	$107.11	$455	-3.42
450–495	473	13	90.00–116.00	$105.66	$500	+2.31
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	-4.02
560–595	574	4	98.00–109.00	$104.53	$600	-2.98
610–625	618	4	75.00–100.00	$91.24	$564	-5.11
745	745	1	69.00	$69.00	$514	-22.97

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	55.00	$55.00	$217	-3.79
465–495	480	2	32.00–55.00	$43.86	$211	+3.86

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	317	12	154.00–179.00	$165.81	$526	-2.21
350–398	375	18	140.00–165.00	$155.74	$584	+1.05
400–449	429	45	139.00–170.00	$151.80	$651	+3.25
450–495	474	56	120.00–162.00	$146.47	$694	+0.90
475	475	1	135.00	$135.00	$641	-10.57
500–545	520	66	120.00–157.00	$141.32	$735	+3.55
550–595	573	70	120.00–148.00	$130.06	$745	-1.10
600–640	619	24	100.00–135.00	$123.27	$763	-5.32
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	-10.55
650–695	673	31	107.00–139.00	$122.87	$827	-2.68
700–745	725	13	110.00–129.00	$119.84	$869	-3.55
755–775	762	6	118.00–127.00	$122.80	$936	+8.42
783	783	2	112.00	$112.00	$877	-2.38
800–835	819	4	106.00–119.00	$113.80	$932	+11.97
850–880	870	3	104.00–120.00	$109.21	$950	+3.79
920	920	1	75.00	$75.00	$690	-35.52
975	975	1	91.00	$91.00	$887	+1.54
1045	1045	1	80.00	$80.00	$836	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	154.00	$154.00	$447	—
315–342	331	17	130.00–166.00	$156.90	$519	+15.84
350–395	374	21	126.00–150.00	$138.37	$518	-3.16
425 thin fleshed	425	1	139.00	$139.00	$591	—
407–445	427	17	124.00–153.00	$133.84	$571	+0.67
450–495	471	32	114.00–145.00	$131.11	$618	-1.50
505–545	527	23	105.00–136.00	$123.53	$651	+2.68
550–595	574	29	100.00–134.00	$118.17	$678	-1.67
605–645	626	7	110.00–122.00	$114.44	$716	-0.79
670–695	682	7	90.00–120.00	$109.78	$749	-1.06
710–745	723	4	105.00–115.00	$108.75	$786	-1.24
775–783	780	3	100.00	$100.00	$780	+2.68
810–835	818	3	85.00–116.00	$100.49	$822	+8.49
865–895	880	2	82.00–112.00	$96.74	$851	+17.74

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	129.00	$129.00	$419	+5.20
370–390	382	3	117.00–126.00	$122.08	$466	+5.07
400–410	405	2	110.00–117.00	$113.46	$460	-4.10
460	460	1	102.00	$102.00	$469	-6.77
510–545	528	3	85.00–114.00	$102.74	$542	+5.31
575–595	583	4	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$627	+18.74
600	600	1	95.00	$95.00	$570	-10.98
665–688	680	3	95.00–100.00	$96.63	$657	+4.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	—	—	2	100.00	$100.00	$718	—
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	89.00	$89.00	$948	—
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,036	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$378	+6.93
855–1300	1037	80-85%	12	30.00–45.00	$37.60	$390	—
865–1390	1064	80-85%	38	29.00–50.00	$40.98	$436	-5.77
915–1535	1175	80-85%	107	42.00–60.50	$53.58	$630	-0.55
935–1740	1277	80-85%	67	52.00–70.00	$61.19	$781	-0.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–775	704	85-90%	5	16.00–32.00	$23.68	$167	—
740–875	808	85-90%	3	30.00–32.50	$31.74	$256	—
735–1295	956	85-90%	49	14.00–49.00	$34.58	$331	+4.64
870–1185	977	85-90%	25	20.00–43.00	$33.73	$330	+3.79
860–1230	1054	85-90%	62	30.00–54.00	$45.06	$475	—
965–1275	1127	85-90%	13	48.00–61.00	$54.85	$618	+5.51

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1660	1324	75-80%	21	57.00–70.00	$61.19	$810	—
1180–1880	1477	75-80%	8	50.00–55.00	$52.54	$776	-11.63
1140–1695	1478	75-80%	17	50.00–65.00	$55.79	$825	-8.38

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1670	1347	32	49.00–80.00	$69.58	$937	—
1100–2195	1653	26	70.00–86.00	$80.21	$1,326	—
1530–1860	1693	21	80.50–92.00	$88.19	$1,493	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–1035	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	41.00–88.00	$64.92	$537
860–1060	927	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	42.00–73.00	$51.24	$475
955–1095	1060	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	73.00–79.00	$74.35	$788

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790 thin fleshed	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
810–910	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–725.00	$644.13
695–1325	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	460.00–950.00	$791.58
950–1065	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	590.00–645.00	$617.33
800–1150	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,175.00	$980.67
900–1235	1059	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	700.00–960.00	$864.58
900–1310	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–1,075.00	$904.65
930–1505	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	690.00–950.00	$815.19
1020–1510	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	470.00–985.00	$693.36
1110–1215	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,150.00	$1,035.42
1105–1240	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	660.00–850.00	$726.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1080	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	47.00–61.00	$54.43	$554
865–1235	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	61.00–76.00	$69.05	$753
805–1190	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	53.00–63.00	$58.02	$635
980–1250	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	54.00–63.00	$59.46	$665
1010–1450	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	43.00–65.00	$54.71	$634
1050–1370	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	57.00–70.00	$63.96	$747
795–1425	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	49.00–75.00	$59.55	$698
1050–1415	1233	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	68.00–85.00	$75.24	$928
1260–1370	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	59.00–70.00	$64.73	$851

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
746–920	782	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	685.00–850.00	$752.80
785–990	888	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	585.00–1,000.00	$816.46
735–1000	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–960.00	$863.92
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
682	682	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	90.00	$90.00	$614
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	101.00	$101.00	$919
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$860

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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
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
925–1000	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	910.00–1,125.00	$1,041.39	—
900–1320	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–950.00	$794.53	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1050–1180	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	580.00–800.00	$679.87	—
1090–1385	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–1,100.00	$901.96	-260.76
1260–1460	1342	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–1,050.00	$926.91	—
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1385–1495	1442	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,475.00	$1,336.13	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	55.00	$55.00	$256	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–518	515	4	65.00–73.00	$66.96	$345	—
593	593	4	70.00	$70.00	$415	—
600	600	2	60.00	$60.00	$360	—
830	830	1	58.00	$58.00	$481	—

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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
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
855	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	±0.00

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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.