Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

5,955 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.43/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 520 lb · 181 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $183.83/cwt -5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 526 lb · 165 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.42/cwt -3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 471 lb · 140 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,955	6,055	5,530
Feeder cattle	4,616	4,685	4,227
Slaughter cattle	965	987	802
Replacement cattle	374	383	501

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder and Stocker heifers sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and 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
275–295	283	3	170.00–202.50	$188.79	$534	+4.26
320–345	333	28	165.00–205.00	$193.45	$644	-8.77
355–385 value added	365	12	200.00–205.50	$201.93	$737	—
350–398	376	55	165.00–210.00	$194.25	$730	-8.94
405–437 value added	415	10	199.00–200.00	$199.90	$830	—
400–449	428	104	170.00–215.00	$190.60	$816	-10.44
460 value added	460	1	195.00	$195.00	$897	+3.00
452–493	473	6	180.00–191.00	$185.74	$879	-5.64
450–498	477	128	165.00–207.00	$190.45	$908	-0.93
500–545 value added	509	5	175.00–181.00	$179.72	$915	—
500–547	527	160	160.00–209.00	$183.96	$969	-5.19
550–580 value added	563	6	175.00–184.00	$178.65	$1,006	-11.35
550–598	570	73	150.00–190.00	$167.24	$953	-15.29
585	585	1	160.00	$160.00	$936	-22.53
600–627 value added	617	6	160.00–172.50	$165.07	$1,018	—
600–645	619	47	140.00–170.00	$157.55	$975	-13.08
600–648 unweaned	620	33	155.00–167.00	$162.64	$1,008	-1.36
650–695	667	17	133.00–162.00	$148.51	$991	-15.60
663–676 unweaned	670	7	148.00–150.00	$148.85	$997	—
657–685 value added	674	12	153.00–158.50	$156.03	$1,052	—
700–740	718	16	130.00–153.50	$142.59	$1,024	-11.69
715–745 value added	724	5	155.00–158.00	$156.60	$1,134	—
750	750	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,005	-20.94
750–798	776	21	130.00–153.00	$142.29	$1,104	+12.29
772–790 value added	777	4	147.00–157.50	$154.83	$1,203	—
820–835	828	2	130.00–134.00	$131.98	$1,093	-9.19
860 value added	860	2	128.00–143.00	$135.50	$1,165	—
850–890	870	3	120.00–137.00	$125.80	$1,094	-11.47
945	945	5	127.00–133.00	$128.20	$1,211	-8.96
1070 value added	1070	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,252	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	3	151.00–164.00	$158.03	$419	-6.97
300–345	328	26	160.00–194.00	$174.80	$573	+1.44
365 thin fleshed	365	2	185.00	$185.00	$675	—
350–396	377	24	140.00–198.00	$171.72	$647	+2.95
400–440	419	32	135.00–195.00	$169.93	$712	+14.93
400–445 thin fleshed	421	6	172.50–185.00	$178.05	$750	-17.95
450–498	475	58	135.00–188.00	$167.50	$796	-2.40
505 thin fleshed	505	2	168.00	$168.00	$848	+4.00
500–548	526	43	131.00–183.00	$156.71	$824	-11.39
550–595	571	32	125.00–169.00	$152.92	$873	-2.72
595 thin fleshed	595	1	140.00	$140.00	$833	—
605–630	617	17	125.00–160.00	$149.12	$920	-6.62
650–695	672	10	120.00–154.00	$137.25	$922	-10.15
712–735	716	6	129.00–137.00	$130.37	$933	-9.66
775–780	777	3	120.00–129.00	$125.99	$979	-24.01
820–830	825	2	115.00–130.00	$122.55	$1,011	—
865	865	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,159	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–390	383	33	183.00–196.00	$189.37	$725	-13.63
400–448	437	64	155.00–197.00	$186.52	$815	+16.52
468–488	485	37	152.50–199.00	$183.43	$890	-12.33
500 value added	500	2	190.00	$190.00	$950	—
515–538	534	53	155.00–187.50	$175.93	$939	-8.57
562 value added	562	2	170.00	$170.00	$955	—
557–599	592	49	150.00–169.00	$166.24	$984	-6.76
655	655	11	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	-2.00
841	841	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,135	—
982	982	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	5	112.50–183.00	$150.05	$500	+1.88
350–385	364	7	122.00–155.00	$136.95	$498	-10.38
415–445	435	3	110.00–125.00	$114.77	$499	-17.82
460–490	473	7	62.50–157.00	$129.84	$614	+10.79
510	510	1	146.00	$146.00	$745	+16.50
575–595	585	2	120.00–137.00	$128.65	$753	-0.35
860	860	1	96.00	$96.00	$826	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	70.00	$70.00	$248	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	-34.39
280	280	2	166.00–167.50	$166.75	$467	+2.36
300 value added	300	4	174.00	$174.00	$522	—
300–348	326	38	149.00–172.50	$165.52	$540	-5.69
330–345	338	2	130.00–140.00	$135.11	$457	-10.88
354–390 value added	361	16	170.00–175.00	$173.68	$627	—
350–399	379	81	150.00–179.00	$164.12	$622	-4.17
360–386	381	5	160.00–162.00	$160.38	$611	+25.38
400–443	420	87	145.00–177.00	$160.82	$675	-7.15
410–442 value added	426	10	162.50–182.00	$171.95	$733	-3.05
410–446	435	22	153.00–161.00	$156.86	$682	+12.86
450–452 value added	451	6	160.00–163.00	$161.50	$728	—
450–498	472	125	142.00–176.00	$157.73	$744	-3.41
465–495	474	9	140.00–156.00	$150.41	$713	-10.73
500–545	514	10	135.00–145.00	$143.36	$737	-13.07
500–548	520	158	140.00–160.00	$152.58	$793	-3.85
510–545 value added	531	13	156.00–164.00	$157.60	$837	—
550–585 value added	554	25	141.00–159.00	$156.21	$865	—
558–585	567	3	130.00–146.00	$140.50	$797	-11.96
550–595	570	101	135.00–156.00	$148.85	$848	-3.61
604	604	5	148.00	$148.00	$894	+1.37
600–645	622	45	128.00–151.00	$140.06	$871	-6.57
618–624 value added	622	9	149.00–152.00	$151.01	$939	+0.01
630–640 unweaned	635	2	133.00–142.00	$137.54	$873	—
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	-26.63
660–665 value added	664	5	143.00–147.50	$143.89	$955	—
650–695	668	31	120.00–144.00	$136.59	$912	-5.46
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	-22.05
700–745	718	7	115.00–136.00	$125.23	$899	-11.20
750	750	1	128.00	$128.00	$960	-3.36
755 value added	755	1	130.00	$130.00	$982	—
820–830	825	2	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$949	-7.55
855	855	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	+8.93
855–860	857	3	110.00–123.00	$114.32	$980	-1.75
912–945	923	3	110.00–112.00	$111.32	$1,027	-8.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	236	4	140.00–158.00	$149.56	$353	—
250–295	272	8	130.00–160.00	$149.53	$407	+9.10
250–295 thin fleshed	273	2	145.00–172.00	$159.61	$436	—
305–335 thin fleshed	325	6	160.00–170.00	$162.95	$530	+12.95
300–349	327	41	135.00–164.00	$151.79	$496	+10.79
350–395	375	42	130.00–160.00	$146.85	$551	-2.85
370–390 thin fleshed	382	6	145.00–162.00	$154.37	$590	-10.55
405–425 thin fleshed	413	5	130.00–170.00	$150.50	$622	-7.34
425	425	1	139.00	$139.00	$591	-8.56
400–448	427	60	130.00–157.00	$145.55	$621	-2.01
450–495	468	78	123.00–153.00	$142.50	$667	-4.70
460–483 thin fleshed	473	8	141.00–170.00	$158.14	$748	+8.14
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	-17.20
500–545	519	43	122.50–152.00	$137.41	$713	+3.18
525 thin fleshed	525	1	139.00	$139.00	$730	-13.50
575 thin fleshed	575	1	137.00	$137.00	$788	—
550–595	576	37	125.00–145.00	$134.87	$777	-0.14
600–645	616	22	114.00–142.00	$133.56	$823	+2.83
650–685	666	27	110.00–137.00	$131.01	$873	+4.51
670 thin fleshed	670	1	131.00	$131.00	$878	—
682	682	2	132.00	$132.00	$900	+5.50
710 thin fleshed	710	1	132.00	$132.00	$937	—
700–745	725	4	115.00–125.00	$119.97	$870	+4.19
725	725	1	132.00	$132.00	$957	+16.22
750–753	752	3	114.00–118.00	$116.67	$877	-6.71
800–808	805	3	110.00–113.00	$110.99	$893	+0.99
905	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	6	169.00	$169.00	$559	—
364–395	388	38	153.00–163.00	$154.97	$601	-6.66
400 value added	400	3	175.00	$175.00	$700	—
400–449	426	59	150.00–168.00	$156.74	$668	-10.08
473	473	9	150.00	$150.00	$710	-5.98
461–499	481	52	149.00–160.00	$155.31	$747	-0.67
520–542	527	46	145.00–152.00	$147.65	$778	-12.35
562 value added	562	2	145.00	$145.00	$815	—
555–585	575	16	134.00–145.00	$142.02	$817	-9.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	325	9	100.00–135.00	$122.11	$397	+4.29
355–385	364	6	100.00–130.00	$124.59	$454	+11.82
400–440	420	14	80.00–135.00	$118.23	$497	+4.10
450–480	466	7	110.00–127.50	$120.69	$562	+3.62
500–540	517	5	100.00–120.00	$112.09	$580	-2.53
555–565	559	4	70.00–114.00	$98.44	$550	+1.96
660	660	1	113.00	$113.00	$746	+18.62

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	256	5	150.00–185.00	$165.57	$424	-1.93
305–345	318	15	185.00–207.00	$196.55	$625	-4.13
348	348	2	180.00	$180.00	$626	-20.68
355–395	373	43	160.00–202.00	$191.60	$715	+5.52
400–448	416	38	160.00–191.00	$181.06	$753	-6.40
405–438	424	4	120.00–160.00	$143.29	$608	-44.17
450–495	473	66	155.00–192.00	$173.93	$823	+0.08
474	474	5	160.00	$160.00	$758	-13.85
500–545	523	79	140.00–188.00	$166.69	$872	-2.98
505–545	531	4	137.50–150.00	$142.24	$755	-27.43
550–598	569	74	135.00–185.00	$158.88	$904	-3.70
600–645	621	36	132.00–163.00	$150.04	$932	-2.64
600–648	622	20	138.00–150.00	$144.53	$899	-8.15
653 thin fleshed	653	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,038	—
650–685	666	18	122.00–154.00	$138.96	$925	-4.82
660–678	672	3	125.00–140.00	$135.09	$908	-8.69
700–730	713	11	127.00–147.00	$138.21	$985	+4.06
770–785	778	2	123.00–130.00	$126.47	$984	+0.21
812–835	817	5	118.00–120.00	$119.19	$974	-1.06
880	880	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,091	+3.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	279	5	130.00–145.00	$136.50	$381	-8.50
295 thin fleshed	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	-13.86
310 thin fleshed	310	1	150.00	$150.00	$465	-22.50
305–345	321	23	148.00–195.00	$174.01	$559	+13.36
350–395	373	22	130.00–185.00	$161.22	$601	-5.13
350–395 thin fleshed	373	4	164.00–192.00	$174.72	$652	-0.28
400–445	421	42	125.00–171.00	$157.64	$664	-2.82
405–426 thin fleshed	421	4	145.00–170.00	$151.02	$636	-2.89
450–499	476	35	130.00–170.00	$157.04	$748	-4.86
498	498	2	140.00	$140.00	$697	-21.90
503 thin fleshed	503	1	138.00	$138.00	$694	—
500–545	524	23	128.00–162.00	$145.05	$760	-3.53
550–595	575	19	110.00–150.00	$137.45	$790	-2.53
605–640	626	15	125.00–152.00	$140.13	$877	+6.52
650–680	668	8	126.00–143.00	$135.69	$906	+9.36
705–715	710	2	120.00–126.00	$123.02	$873	+0.88
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—
805–830	822	10	100.00–116.00	$111.61	$917	+0.09
855–885	863	4	94.00–118.00	$111.10	$959	—
905	905	1	102.00	$102.00	$923	+13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	9	189.00	$189.00	$673	+1.98
430	430	2	175.00	$175.00	$752	—
522	522	6	160.00	$160.00	$835	—
627	627	9	144.00	$144.00	$903	—
687	687	5	141.50	$141.50	$972	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	120.00	$120.00	$312	—
320–330	325	2	114.00–162.00	$137.63	$447	-2.67
380–395	388	3	120.00–130.00	$126.07	$489	+7.10
410–440	425	4	110.00–147.00	$134.25	$571	+25.37
470	470	4	114.00–138.00	$124.25	$584	-1.46
510–525	518	2	115.00–125.00	$119.93	$621	-6.60
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1115–1520	1236	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,175.00–2,600.00	$1,924.15	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	80-85%	2	41.00	$41.00	$285	—
805–840	823	80-85%	2	60.00–71.00	$65.62	$540	+19.62
830	830	80-85%	2	46.00	$46.00	$382	±0.00
855–1090	942	80-85%	19	41.00–61.00	$52.05	$490	—
800–1300	1041	80-85%	24	45.00–68.00	$60.19	$627	—
965–1730	1167	80-85%	118	58.00–75.50	$70.29	$820	—
1005–1685	1249	80-85%	77	71.00–88.50	$76.96	$961	-1.50

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–780	710	85-90%	4	30.00–40.00	$35.67	$253	+4.24
715–845	786	85-90%	13	40.00–53.00	$46.49	$365	-5.03
760–850	792	85-90%	3	46.00–58.00	$50.51	$400	-1.01
785–1050	904	85-90%	15	30.00–64.00	$48.13	$435	-3.13
710–1010	913	85-90%	10	29.00–55.50	$45.51	$416	-5.75
820–1225	1003	85-90%	57	45.00–71.00	$61.59	$618	-0.55
925–1395	1119	85-90%	33	69.00–79.00	$72.92	$816	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1675	1358	75-80%	47	73.00–87.00	$78.90	$1,071	+0.23
1050–1740	1438	75-80%	30	60.00–77.00	$71.78	$1,032	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1660	1283	14	41.00–93.00	$76.42	$980	+5.87
1000–2335	1522	47	77.00–106.00	$90.10	$1,371	-2.28
970–2105	1752	21	95.00–115.00	$104.92	$1,838	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–990	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	60.00–102.00	$85.13	$722
645–970	863	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	77.00–100.00	$86.82	$749
820–1000	922	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	54.00–63.00	$58.84	$543
765–1215	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	61.00–76.00	$70.66	$666

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655 thin fleshed	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
850–920	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	595.00–625.00	$610.59
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
855–1075	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,175.00	$1,017.03
855–1050	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,040.00	$881.80
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,040.00	$1,040.00
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00	$750.00
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,040.00	$1,040.00
900–1235	1064	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	800.00–1,070.00	$914.54
790–1470	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	600.00–1,130.00	$964.98
995–1187	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	800.00–1,250.00	$1,134.10
992–1585	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	775.00–1,200.00	$975.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$711
895–965	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	54.00–65.00	$59.71	$555
835–1120	984	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	67.00–98.00	$86.14	$848
750–1200	987	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	51.00–78.00	$67.85	$670
945–1065	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	71.50–80.00	$75.50	$759
970–1150	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	68.00–78.00	$73.08	$802
895–1245	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	63.00–87.00	$74.33	$824
880–1460	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	64.00–80.00	$74.25	$838
950–1665	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	54.00–82.00	$73.92	$930

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740 thin fleshed	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
810–870	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	925.00–1,000.00	$956.29
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
925	925	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675 thin fleshed	675	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$425
835	835	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$960
895	895	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$618

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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
800–900	842	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–900.00	$739.11	—
900–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	935.00–1,275.00	$1,113.95	—
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
900–1275	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	630.00–1,100.00	$911.20	—
875–1375	1074	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	800.00–1,475.00	$1,141.42	+30.60
1082	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,625.00	$1,625.00	+514.18
900–1213	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–1,000.00	$902.23	-507.45
1160–1255	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,294.98	-250.47
1200–1260	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.61	-69.84

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	65.00	$65.00	$237	—

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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
880–892	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,285.00	$1,155.88	—

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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.