Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

6,077 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.40/cwt -3.34 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 521 lb · 150 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.13/cwt +1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 566 lb · 116 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.51/cwt -7.20 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 471 lb · 115 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,077	7,361	3,380
Feeder cattle	4,816	6,111	2,628
Slaughter cattle	1,086	1,018	490
Replacement cattle	175	232	262

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeder and Stocker steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher, mostly 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder and Stocker heifers mostly sold steady to 2.00 lower, instances of 2.00-3.00 higher on 550-600 lb offerings. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	255	5	165.00–207.50	$188.43	$480	-1.00
300–345	327	28	160.00–227.00	$182.38	$596	+6.04
350–395	370	39	160.00–203.00	$183.25	$678	+35.34
400–420	410	2	152.50–159.00	$155.67	$638	-18.14
400–445	421	61	150.00–207.00	$178.94	$753	+5.13
440 value added	440	1	184.00	$184.00	$810	-8.50
463–465 value added	464	3	177.50–197.50	$190.81	$885	+5.81
450–495	469	94	155.00–196.00	$178.85	$839	+9.01
500–545	521	55	150.00–188.00	$169.80	$885	+25.37
525	525	1	158.00	$158.00	$830	-3.95
522–547 value added	535	23	170.00–186.00	$175.42	$938	-14.58
550	550	2	157.00	$157.00	$864	+12.00
553–590 value added	565	29	164.00–184.00	$167.24	$945	-16.76
550–595	570	57	150.00–179.00	$163.71	$933	+4.05
600–620 unweaned	609	29	147.00–165.00	$158.46	$965	+2.20
600–645	618	49	145.00–178.00	$163.52	$1,011	+10.15
600–640	623	3	135.00–142.00	$139.08	$866	-14.29
603–645 value added	634	22	161.00–171.00	$164.32	$1,042	-3.37
650–690	664	24	134.00–158.00	$145.44	$966	-0.81
660–670 unweaned	667	3	158.00–159.00	$158.33	$1,056	+2.33
650–695 value added	680	8	163.00–170.00	$167.23	$1,137	+14.56
680–695	686	8	130.00–142.00	$137.09	$940	-9.16
700 value added	700	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,113	-1.00
700–735	717	11	136.00–157.00	$147.31	$1,056	-0.21
750–780	764	11	133.00–160.00	$147.12	$1,124	-17.04
750–780 value added	765	7	161.00–168.00	$161.98	$1,239	—
800–840	819	5	137.00–159.00	$150.86	$1,236	+7.86
860–870	865	2	130.00–155.00	$142.43	$1,232	-32.32
910–940	925	2	130.00–132.50	$131.23	$1,214	—
965	965	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,254	+23.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
250–280	263	3	142.50–165.00	$150.70	$396	+1.02
300–310 thin fleshed	305	2	166.00–182.50	$174.39	$532	+6.02
305–345	324	19	130.00–190.00	$152.77	$495	-3.10
350–395	372	37	130.00–188.00	$157.30	$585	-4.85
390 thin fleshed	390	1	182.50	$182.50	$712	+20.71
405–415	412	3	120.00–150.00	$140.16	$577	-6.98
400–448	424	43	130.00–177.00	$147.47	$625	+0.33
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	-25.82
450–495	471	45	125.00–174.00	$154.39	$727	+8.57
495 value added	495	1	150.00	$150.00	$742	—
500–545	521	47	130.00–167.00	$147.45	$768	+1.29
560 thin fleshed	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	—
560–595	578	36	133.00–160.00	$149.53	$864	+7.78
600 value added	600	1	152.00	$152.00	$912	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	145.00	$145.00	$877	—
600–640	619	16	120.00–157.00	$141.62	$877	-5.30
635 unweaned	635	1	145.00	$145.00	$921	+5.00
650–673	663	17	122.00–160.00	$143.16	$949	-8.58
700–745	717	10	133.00–155.00	$143.10	$1,026	-4.90
721 value added	721	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,146	—
750–785	762	7	134.00–150.00	$141.72	$1,080	-5.94
840	840	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,294	—
860 value added	860	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,273	—
865–890	873	6	149.00–150.00	$149.66	$1,307	+27.80
920	920	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,352	+47.00
995	995	1	100.00	$100.00	$995	-35.00
1015–1045	1030	2	68.00–90.00	$78.84	$812	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 value added	290	2	182.00	$182.00	$528	—
320 value added	320	5	194.00	$194.00	$621	—
345	345	2	158.00	$158.00	$545	-40.00
350–397	372	13	150.00–199.00	$186.43	$694	—
408 value added	408	5	182.00	$182.00	$743	—
418	418	3	159.00	$159.00	$665	+9.00
481 value added	481	3	175.00	$175.00	$842	-11.00
475–496	492	15	155.00–173.00	$163.73	$806	-14.19
500–545	520	35	143.00–180.00	$165.83	$862	+1.54
540 value added	540	6	179.00	$179.00	$967	—
550–585	573	23	153.00–160.00	$157.43	$902	-1.89
607–635	615	17	135.00–167.00	$160.93	$990	+17.98
687	687	12	159.50–163.00	$160.96	$1,106	+5.49
722	722	4	157.50	$157.50	$1,137	—
878	878	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,229	+30.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	6	105.00–145.00	$125.27	$405	+5.08
350–390	378	5	103.00–140.00	$128.20	$485	+10.12
400–445	421	10	93.00–128.00	$116.86	$492	-9.49
450–498	473	16	69.00–140.00	$123.01	$582	+7.54
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	+6.00
605–608	607	3	107.00–128.00	$121.02	$735	-0.98
660–680	670	2	110.00–120.00	$114.93	$770	—
920	920	1	75.00	$75.00	$690	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	90.00	$90.00	$356	—
405	405	1	55.00	$55.00	$223	—
570	570	1	59.00	$59.00	$336	—
640	640	1	60.00	$60.00	$384	—
725	725	1	61.00	$61.00	$442	—
760	760	1	65.00	$65.00	$494	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	146.00–147.50	$146.71	$393	+20.63
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	+3.92
315–325	322	3	125.00–132.50	$129.48	$417	-24.65
300–345	324	27	140.00–172.50	$154.17	$500	+0.04
355–395	370	80	135.00–167.00	$155.87	$577	+3.07
395	395	1	139.00	$139.00	$549	-13.80
400–448	429	93	130.00–168.00	$154.68	$664	+26.92
420–440	433	4	130.00–137.50	$132.90	$575	+5.14
435 fancy	435	1	165.00	$165.00	$718	—
455–485	464	12	125.00–151.00	$135.12	$627	-18.63
465 thin fleshed	465	1	145.00	$145.00	$674	—
450–495	472	102	134.00–169.00	$150.12	$709	+20.74
500–548	520	130	130.00–160.00	$145.10	$755	-2.48
503–538 value added	524	11	141.00–155.00	$149.19	$782	-6.54
510–545	528	8	110.00–135.00	$127.59	$674	-19.99
540	540	1	135.00	$135.00	$729	+7.65
550–595	563	86	120.00–152.00	$142.48	$802	+17.49
550–590	573	23	118.00–135.00	$125.11	$717	-14.03
565–583 value added	573	7	139.00–146.00	$143.97	$825	—
600–644 value added	612	22	145.00–160.50	$155.01	$949	-3.49
601–640 unweaned	618	24	136.00–140.00	$138.49	$856	-0.64
600–640	621	50	128.00–147.00	$137.87	$856	-0.14
600–645	625	8	107.00–124.00	$118.84	$743	-19.17
650–685	664	22	127.00–142.00	$133.64	$887	-0.33
655–680 value added	664	7	147.00–158.00	$150.67	$1,000	+4.01
665–666 unweaned	666	6	137.00–138.00	$137.83	$918	+4.50
678	678	1	127.00	$127.00	$861	+8.65
681	681	4	136.00	$136.00	$926	+17.65
700	700	2	136.00	$136.00	$952	+2.97
700–706 value added	705	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	-6.00
705–745	720	10	120.00–138.00	$129.92	$935	-3.11
700–737	723	6	110.00–120.00	$114.16	$825	-18.34
760–775	768	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$1,041	+5.57
750–795	769	7	110.00–130.00	$121.26	$932	-8.67
800	800	2	100.00	$100.00	$800	-30.00
800–819	815	7	105.00–120.00	$115.72	$943	-14.28
878	878	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,080	-1.41
925	925	1	100.00	$100.00	$925	-24.00
940	940	3	111.00	$111.00	$1,043	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	274	11	136.00–152.00	$144.64	$396	+18.87
270–285 thin fleshed	278	2	147.50–154.00	$150.66	$419	-24.34
300–345 thin fleshed	316	9	147.50–179.00	$155.98	$493	+12.98
300–345	324	46	120.00–152.50	$136.38	$442	+0.54
350–395	373	54	120.00–158.00	$140.47	$524	+2.44
372–390 thin fleshed	377	5	147.00–167.00	$152.75	$576	—
400–440 thin fleshed	420	5	136.00–160.00	$148.15	$622	+8.15
400–445	423	74	120.00–153.00	$135.81	$574	-1.39
465	465	1	114.00	$114.00	$530	-16.76
450–497	476	65	120.00–157.00	$133.63	$636	+13.63
505	505	1	115.00	$115.00	$581	-5.00
500–545	519	51	120.00–145.00	$131.82	$684	+2.40
535–545 thin fleshed	540	2	136.00–145.00	$140.46	$758	—
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	-14.98
550–590	570	36	115.00–141.00	$127.82	$729	-2.16
600–635	618	20	110.00–136.00	$126.30	$781	-2.30
630 unweaned	630	2	119.00–125.00	$122.00	$769	+11.94
650–695	679	24	110.00–136.00	$124.41	$845	-3.06
705–718	712	7	109.00–134.00	$124.20	$884	+8.56
735 thin fleshed	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	—
755–790	780	12	100.00–124.00	$110.17	$859	-5.93
800–825	812	6	100.00–106.00	$102.70	$834	-10.61
850	850	1	100.00	$100.00	$850	-7.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–380	365	16	149.00–154.00	$151.67	$554	—
422–426	425	8	147.00–154.00	$151.39	$643	-3.61
450–495	469	28	139.00–156.00	$151.91	$712	-0.37
515–535	525	55	140.00–151.00	$148.83	$781	+4.79
550–585	576	20	131.00–143.00	$138.32	$797	+10.74
649	649	6	134.00	$134.00	$870	—
685	685	1	133.00	$133.00	$911	-6.70
712–715	713	9	131.00–137.00	$134.99	$962	+2.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	329	8	72.00–125.00	$109.71	$361	+2.28
375–395	383	11	100.00–127.00	$113.38	$434	+1.35
405–430	415	4	102.00–125.00	$112.51	$467	+0.50
450–495	472	11	90.00–120.00	$108.26	$511	-4.41
515–545	533	6	90.00–111.00	$102.57	$547	-6.96
560–565	563	2	95.00–115.00	$104.96	$591	+0.53
620–640	630	2	90.00–118.00	$104.22	$657	+4.37
655–690	673	2	102.50–105.00	$103.78	$698	+2.19
725	725	2	90.00	$90.00	$652	-5.92
765	765	2	82.00	$82.00	$627	-18.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	60.00	$60.00	$360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	-15.67
300–345	320	7	150.00–191.00	$170.83	$547	+1.73
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	-10.00
350–395	366	25	150.00–193.00	$178.67	$654	+38.67
410–415	413	2	120.00–136.00	$128.05	$529	-42.43
400–445	424	30	150.00–183.00	$168.07	$713	-2.41
450–495	472	56	140.00–190.00	$165.85	$783	+33.57
485	485	1	117.00	$117.00	$567	-38.70
500–525	516	4	109.00–145.00	$124.71	$644	+1.49
500–545	519	67	130.00–173.00	$155.51	$807	+32.29
550–598	572	89	131.00–170.00	$146.75	$839	+27.29
550–597	589	6	130.00–139.00	$137.60	$810	+18.14
615–625	620	3	130.00–136.00	$132.34	$821	-6.67
600–645	625	48	127.00–151.00	$136.87	$855	-2.14
605–645 unweaned	626	12	130.00–152.00	$147.71	$925	—
650–690	669	26	124.00–149.00	$136.59	$914	+3.76
660–690	670	3	105.00–120.00	$113.21	$759	-19.62
670–690 unweaned	680	4	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$935	—
700	700	1	117.00	$117.00	$819	-17.95
710–745 unweaned	724	5	128.00–137.00	$133.30	$965	—
700–746	726	21	120.00–142.00	$128.15	$930	-6.80
730	730	1	131.00	$131.00	$956	-3.95
750–775	761	10	116.00–130.00	$124.61	$948	+9.61
765	765	1	113.00	$113.00	$864	-2.00
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	-8.92
800–845	816	8	100.00–122.00	$106.46	$869	-7.46
855–898	875	8	110.00–126.00	$119.82	$1,048	+9.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	271	5	140.00–160.00	$147.55	$400	-9.66
300–345	323	19	120.00–176.00	$149.58	$483	-2.01
350–395	377	18	130.00–180.00	$147.28	$555	+4.32
380 thin fleshed	380	1	182.50	$182.50	$694	+22.60
415 thin fleshed	415	1	166.00	$166.00	$689	—
400–445	419	29	130.00–170.00	$148.83	$624	+2.47
430	430	3	135.00	$135.00	$580	-11.36
450–496	479	42	120.00–157.00	$146.91	$704	+7.65
505	505	3	110.00	$110.00	$556	-2.55
500–548	523	33	125.00–151.00	$134.92	$706	-1.00
555–575 thin fleshed	565	3	142.50–147.50	$144.99	$819	—
570	570	3	120.00	$120.00	$684	-8.41
550–590	574	21	119.00–152.00	$132.47	$760	+4.06
600–645	627	32	119.00–140.00	$128.08	$803	+3.18
645 unweaned	645	2	116.00	$116.00	$748	—
655–696	682	17	108.00–145.00	$126.38	$862	+1.07
700–745	725	9	105.00–132.50	$122.45	$888	+3.03
755–795	780	5	100.00–130.00	$111.12	$867	-2.77
818	818	2	110.00	$110.00	$900	+1.29
875–895	885	2	106.00	$106.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	125.00	$125.00	$312	+5.00
355–390	366	4	102.00–130.00	$118.61	$434	+2.83
400–425	414	4	100.00–127.00	$116.62	$483	+1.97
455–499	484	10	110.00–123.00	$114.23	$553	-0.81
505–545	528	7	89.00–122.00	$104.77	$553	-15.72
550–585	563	3	100.00–120.00	$107.26	$604	+3.15
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	+20.00
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–415	407	19	160.00–166.00	$160.32	$653	—
627	627	6	142.00	$142.00	$890	—
771	771	4	120.00	$120.00	$925	-6.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240	1240	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–755	723	80-85%	2	45.00–46.00	$45.52	$329	+19.44
735	735	80-85%	2	37.00	$37.00	$272	+10.92
835	835	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$443	+14.49
850–1015	898	80-85%	13	35.00–50.00	$44.08	$396	—
865–1335	1063	80-85%	20	43.00–57.00	$50.68	$539	—
630–1625	1207	80-85%	137	54.00–69.00	$61.55	$743	-5.02
1030–1505	1257	80-85%	35	64.00–71.00	$66.86	$840	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–850	769	85-90%	4	20.00–38.50	$29.81	$229	+3.74
775–865	814	85-90%	6	38.50–50.00	$44.37	$361	-18.30
845	845	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$465	+13.41
775–1035	911	85-90%	4	25.00–50.00	$38.98	$355	—
915–1360	1056	85-90%	17	44.00–59.00	$49.49	$523	-3.13
855–1585	1095	85-90%	85	45.00–63.00	$57.66	$631	—
1000–1315	1153	85-90%	20	60.00–67.50	$63.49	$732	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1745	1433	75-80%	26	64.00–72.00	$68.05	$975	+0.90
1105–1925	1438	75-80%	42	60.00–68.00	$64.17	$923	-2.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1635	1304	8	60.00–86.00	$71.93	$938	+1.28
1070–2140	1580	36	75.00–100.00	$87.40	$1,381	-1.91
1530–1800	1635	3	97.00–100.00	$98.58	$1,612	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–860	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–70.00	$67.53	$574
710–995	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–80.00	$72.76	$624
715–1010	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	61.00–99.00	$76.19	$670

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–950	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	75.00–77.50	$76.20	$697
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$736
935–1135	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	61.00–83.00	$70.94	$734
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$773
865–1405	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	47.00–59.00	$55.83	$609
954–1355	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	59.00–68.00	$61.95	$677
935–1625	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	59.00–83.00	$67.66	$760
995–1220	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	61.00–74.00	$64.77	$742
1325–1360	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	65.00–70.00	$67.47	$906

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–950	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–950.00	$838.97
820–1015	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–800.00	$715.10
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
857–1155	939	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	700.00–1,375.00	$1,019.38
780–1285	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–1,275.00	$969.09
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1055–1257	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	825.00–900.00	$883.60
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	72.50	$72.50	$569
820	820	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$533
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$652
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$866

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
915–965	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–825.00	$748.01

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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
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1100–1365	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,038.84	+23.13
1205–1495	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,600.00	$1,402.22	—
1370 fancy	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1200–1450	1388	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,635.14	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1605	1605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	77.00	$77.00	$504	—

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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.