Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

11,373 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $181.55/cwt +18.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,416/hd at 780 lb · 336 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.68/cwt +5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 519 lb · 323 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $180.77/cwt ≈ $1,307/hd at 723 lb · 277 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,373	9,047	12,812
Feeder cattle	9,795	7,346	10,810
Slaughter cattle	1,341	1,407	1,585
Replacement cattle	237	294	417

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-6.00 higher; limited comparable sales from last sale on offerings over 600 lbs. Heifers mostly sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 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
250–295	273	2	182.50–217.50	$198.56	$542	+6.22
305 value added	305	6	230.00	$230.00	$702	+19.11
300–349	322	50	165.00–239.00	$200.90	$647	+2.08
366–370 value added	368	10	219.00–230.00	$224.53	$826	+9.53
350–395	376	85	156.00–225.00	$188.58	$709	-11.65
386 thin fleshed	386	13	234.00	$234.00	$903	—
402–411 value added	407	20	220.00–222.00	$221.21	$900	+12.48
400–446	422	120	150.00–228.00	$193.03	$815	+2.46
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	-30.41
450–495	472	198	154.00–207.00	$187.51	$885	+7.10
460–482 value added	476	29	180.00–209.00	$203.47	$969	+2.78
510–535 value added	522	50	181.00–206.00	$201.42	$1,051	+5.42
500–545	524	115	150.00–204.00	$184.06	$964	+3.75
500–543	529	3	130.00–135.00	$131.58	$696	-48.73
550–595	566	190	149.00–195.00	$178.43	$1,010	+4.03
555–595 value added	583	15	169.00–176.00	$173.11	$1,009	-18.86
595	595	3	149.00	$149.00	$887	-25.40
603–646 value added	616	36	160.00–195.00	$177.89	$1,096	+6.05
600–645	617	57	140.00–183.00	$162.85	$1,005	-9.13
603–623 unweaned	619	15	162.00–165.00	$164.42	$1,018	+0.09
650–685 unweaned	659	18	150.00–163.00	$154.50	$1,018	-7.41
659–687 value added	665	100	159.00–193.25	$188.12	$1,251	+27.25
650–695	668	101	142.50–181.00	$171.89	$1,148	+17.39
690	690	1	130.00	$130.00	$897	-24.50
700–745	720	49	140.00–179.00	$164.44	$1,184	+13.90
720 unweaned	720	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,001	+4.00
710–740 value added	728	46	151.00–181.00	$171.64	$1,250	+11.96
754	754	9	162.50	$162.50	$1,225	-2.09
773 value added	773	21	180.00	$180.00	$1,391	+26.92
760–790	781	306	148.00–183.85	$182.22	$1,423	+17.63
825–845	831	122	145.00–177.50	$176.81	$1,469	+39.49
850–858	857	15	147.00–172.00	$170.35	$1,460	+30.35
935	935	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,094	-18.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	8	200.00	$200.00	$688	—
389	389	4	180.00	$180.00	$700	—
406–431	419	17	150.00–190.00	$182.62	$765	—
461–485	480	45	150.00–193.00	$183.35	$880	+26.35
505 value added	505	12	185.00	$185.00	$934	+2.91
527–532	530	21	169.00–182.00	$175.44	$930	-3.27
562–565 value added	563	14	179.00–180.00	$179.78	$1,012	—
560–595	574	112	135.00–185.00	$173.24	$994	+6.44
602–649	628	19	168.00–177.00	$171.65	$1,078	+9.03
654 value added	654	13	183.00	$183.00	$1,197	—
683–698	694	8	160.00–168.00	$166.03	$1,152	+9.82
700–732	723	277	162.00–183.85	$180.77	$1,307	—
755–787	777	79	163.00–172.00	$170.64	$1,326	—
831	831	4	157.00	$157.00	$1,305	—
1013	1013	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,520	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295 thin fleshed	282	3	170.00–207.00	$185.53	$523	-22.97
310 thin fleshed	310	1	193.00	$193.00	$598	+13.00
300–348	333	34	130.00–192.00	$160.17	$533	+4.36
350–395	377	48	130.00–190.00	$161.84	$610	+7.51
390–397 thin fleshed	393	6	180.00–192.50	$186.20	$732	+16.20
400–440	419	44	125.00–188.00	$158.24	$663	+1.48
425–445 thin fleshed	432	3	140.00–164.00	$148.25	$640	-31.29
450–497	473	69	130.00–177.00	$156.97	$742	+6.61
475 thin fleshed	475	3	199.00	$199.00	$945	—
510 value added	510	1	155.00	$155.00	$790	+15.59
500–545	518	64	121.00–176.00	$159.54	$826	+5.31
520 thin fleshed	520	1	180.00	$180.00	$936	+11.70
565 value added	565	1	150.00	$150.00	$848	-22.00
550–592	570	39	130.00–173.00	$154.85	$883	+14.85
595 thin fleshed	595	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,017	—
605 unweaned	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	+7.02
609 value added	609	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,035	+20.00
600–645	620	29	120.00–169.00	$145.36	$901	-3.42
653–695	665	25	117.50–165.00	$154.86	$1,030	+2.99
657–680 unweaned	670	9	135.00–146.00	$140.05	$938	—
700–745	727	9	127.00–156.00	$149.72	$1,088	+6.82
735 unweaned	735	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,029	—
785	785	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,060	-15.04
825–845	838	3	130.00–149.00	$137.91	$1,156	+5.48
900	900	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	120.00	$120.00	$300	—
320–340	327	5	96.00–135.00	$117.50	$384	+3.41
385–395	390	6	110.00–133.00	$124.93	$487	+9.88
400–445	419	13	100.00–131.00	$118.01	$494	-0.31
450–490	468	12	93.00–148.00	$116.60	$546	+6.79
500–520	514	4	100.00–125.00	$111.01	$571	+1.04
552–580	560	6	101.00–130.00	$118.11	$661	-5.09
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	-20.00
650–685	670	3	113.00–132.00	$122.16	$818	+17.16
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	60.00	$60.00	$267	—
525	525	1	70.00	$70.00	$368	—
580–595	588	2	55.00–67.00	$61.08	$359	—
675	675	1	65.00	$65.00	$439	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	2	125.00	$125.00	$875	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	273	3	150.00–175.00	$165.96	$453	+9.57
310	310	1	144.00	$144.00	$446	-18.69
300–349	330	59	140.00–171.00	$162.32	$536	-0.37
353 value added	353	15	178.00	$178.00	$628	+11.34
350–397	373	79	130.00–170.00	$158.00	$589	-2.71
370–385	380	3	130.00–141.00	$135.93	$517	-24.78
403 value added	403	2	170.00	$170.00	$685	+4.01
400–445	425	106	140.00–178.00	$160.89	$684	+1.44
405–440	429	10	120.00–153.00	$131.94	$566	-27.51
450–479 value added	466	26	166.00–176.00	$170.14	$793	+6.40
450–499	474	145	136.00–178.00	$160.15	$759	+2.86
450–495	477	9	120.00–157.00	$141.38	$674	-15.91
502–548 value added	516	64	152.50–178.00	$169.92	$877	+7.00
500–549	520	248	137.50–177.00	$158.34	$823	+4.16
505–535	525	11	120.00–135.00	$130.42	$685	-23.76
550–590	563	10	120.00–142.50	$131.26	$739	-20.28
550–595	570	171	130.00–167.00	$153.52	$875	+1.98
562–597 value added	577	24	151.50–168.00	$158.52	$915	+0.87
615	615	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$732	-28.10
600–638 unweaned	620	8	140.00–145.00	$141.39	$877	-1.44
600–649	620	91	128.00–167.00	$151.85	$941	+4.75
620–635 value added	628	2	149.00–157.50	$153.20	$962	-6.68
650–660 unweaned	657	9	130.00–140.00	$136.70	$898	+2.92
655–685	665	4	125.00–150.00	$132.94	$884	-12.01
650–695	675	66	134.00–164.00	$153.23	$1,034	+8.28
670–695 value added	683	8	137.50–148.00	$140.66	$961	+10.66
700–740	712	27	127.00–159.00	$138.20	$984	-1.80
705–745 value added	725	2	146.00–148.00	$146.97	$1,066	+1.97
763 value added	763	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,122	+6.00
755–795	776	9	120.00–140.00	$125.90	$977	-6.75
805–825	815	4	120.00–137.00	$127.80	$1,042	-6.44
860	860	1	100.00	$100.00	$860	-15.00
938	938	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,004	-17.50
970	970	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
250–290 thin fleshed	268	3	150.00–157.50	$153.41	$411	—
255–286	277	11	120.00–167.50	$152.47	$422	+14.27
300–345	323	53	120.00–160.00	$138.67	$448	-3.72
315–345 thin fleshed	330	2	135.00	$135.00	$446	-13.60
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	-10.35
350–375 thin fleshed	361	8	145.00–166.00	$153.27	$553	+3.27
350–398	376	75	120.00–157.00	$142.00	$534	+1.65
400–445	421	80	125.00–157.00	$141.01	$594	-1.84
415–445 thin fleshed	427	3	120.00–160.00	$140.77	$601	-25.85
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	-7.03
455–475 thin fleshed	465	2	130.00–143.00	$136.36	$634	-2.25
450–498	476	91	120.00–156.00	$138.90	$661	+1.87
500–520 thin fleshed	507	5	129.00–146.00	$141.50	$717	+3.34
500–548	523	72	120.00–150.00	$136.08	$712	+1.46
550–595	573	70	119.00–150.00	$134.32	$770	+2.08
580 thin fleshed	580	1	128.00	$128.00	$742	-11.13
592 value added	592	8	147.00	$147.00	$870	—
600 thin fleshed	600	4	140.00–141.00	$140.75	$844	+5.75
600–648	621	38	120.00–145.00	$133.56	$829	+3.47
650–695	670	17	120.00–135.00	$127.96	$857	-2.33
702–745	713	7	100.00–136.00	$120.73	$861	-9.72
760–795	782	6	110.00–135.00	$118.22	$924	-11.78
800–820	810	2	110.00–120.00	$115.06	$932	+6.22
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	-25.00
970	970	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,057	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 thin fleshed	300	2	150.00	$150.00	$450	—
316	316	4	140.00	$140.00	$442	—
336 value added	336	5	166.00	$166.00	$558	—
361 thin fleshed	361	5	162.50	$162.50	$587	—
357–388	381	34	150.00–165.00	$163.76	$624	—
411 value added	411	20	177.00	$177.00	$727	+14.00
418–447	428	39	135.00–165.00	$157.99	$676	-1.01
451–493	468	77	140.00–171.00	$164.07	$768	+4.57
500–545	527	63	133.00–163.50	$156.03	$822	+6.19
562–565	564	16	153.00	$153.00	$863	—
604–636	617	17	139.00–150.00	$144.32	$890	+7.59
674 value added	674	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,078	—
685–692	691	31	154.00–158.00	$154.77	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	100.00	$100.00	$280	-14.91
300–345	324	16	100.00–130.00	$114.29	$370	-0.61
350–395	365	16	100.00–127.00	$111.88	$408	-5.59
405–445	432	16	80.00–130.00	$110.83	$479	-1.32
455–490	482	12	100.00–131.00	$113.81	$549	-4.77
500–545	519	9	89.00–121.00	$109.13	$566	+1.17
550–595	569	10	60.00–120.00	$100.59	$572	-10.52
600–645	613	7	69.00–114.00	$96.10	$589	-3.90
650–675	662	3	80.00–100.00	$92.87	$615	-12.13
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	+21.00
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–293	291	6	167.50–185.00	$182.19	$530	-16.56
300–345	320	15	155.00–207.00	$180.71	$578	-4.97
350–396	378	49	160.00–209.00	$187.38	$708	-1.48
400–445	429	42	150.00–194.00	$181.21	$777	-6.00
435	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609	-47.21
450–495	472	48	148.00–196.00	$168.16	$794	-3.78
478–485	482	4	125.00–160.00	$143.00	$689	-28.94
500–545	517	123	135.00–182.00	$160.61	$830	-0.67
510–530	520	2	135.00–140.00	$137.55	$715	-23.73
550–599	578	95	130.00–167.50	$150.53	$870	+9.60
570–595	582	6	120.00–145.00	$132.49	$771	-8.44
600–630	615	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$744	-26.55
600–645	623	39	125.00–155.00	$141.54	$882	-5.99
646 unweaned	646	8	147.00	$147.00	$950	—
650 unweaned	650	2	140.00	$140.00	$910	—
650–680	668	3	115.00–135.00	$123.43	$825	-18.28
650–695	668	27	126.00–149.00	$137.63	$919	-4.08
700–735	718	20	115.00–155.00	$135.64	$974	+3.57
780	780	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,014	+10.00
810–845	828	2	130.00–135.00	$132.55	$1,098	+1.39
855	855	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	+4.51
865–885	875	3	85.00–114.00	$103.22	$903	-17.27
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 thin fleshed	280	1	165.00	$165.00	$462	+0.51
250–295	282	7	120.00–160.00	$143.95	$406	-14.43
300–345	327	15	130.00–162.50	$145.96	$477	-8.42
355–395	376	27	125.00–170.00	$146.85	$552	-5.95
370–395 thin fleshed	383	2	160.00–175.00	$167.75	$642	-9.25
410 thin fleshed	410	1	165.00	$165.00	$676	—
400–445	424	29	125.00–178.00	$149.58	$634	-1.09
465–470	468	2	130.00	$130.00	$608	-21.67
450–495	470	37	120.00–162.00	$147.46	$693	-4.21
500–547	528	50	120.00–158.00	$139.25	$735	-1.38
535 thin fleshed	535	1	146.00	$146.00	$781	—
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-10.63
565 thin fleshed	565	1	140.00	$140.00	$791	—
550–598	576	33	119.00–151.00	$137.27	$791	+1.70
615 unweaned	615	6	130.00	$130.00	$800	—
600–640	621	20	120.00–140.00	$129.09	$802	-5.20
665–695	678	9	120.00–141.00	$132.24	$897	+1.82
700–730	716	4	117.00–125.00	$121.99	$873	-1.10
750–790	769	6	110.00–137.00	$122.96	$946	+12.57
805–845	829	4	80.00–120.00	$96.53	$800	-14.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	122.50	$122.50	$361	-12.50
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	-18.92
360–390	371	7	95.00–124.00	$116.36	$432	-8.12
400–440	421	4	120.00–130.00	$123.32	$519	-1.12
460–475	469	6	100.00–182.00	$120.72	$566	-0.94
500–545	521	7	110.00–122.00	$115.91	$604	-0.37
560–580	570	4	64.00–120.00	$88.89	$507	-31.11
600–640	616	5	94.00–111.00	$102.69	$633	+3.20
685	685	1	102.00	$102.00	$699	-4.62
700	700	1	94.00	$94.00	$658	—
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	-7.00
845	845	1	100.00	$100.00	$845	—
1170	1170	1	64.00	$64.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	8	166.00	$166.00	$719	+9.00
479	479	7	150.00	$150.00	$718	—
480	480	3	155.00	$155.00	$744	—
529	529	5	165.00	$165.00	$873	+4.83
603–630	626	12	135.00–144.00	$142.55	$892	-2.45
840	840	2	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140–1485	1266	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,390.28	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	80-85%	1	72.50	$72.50	$547	—
810	810	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$364	—
795–845	820	80-85%	2	20.00–25.00	$22.42	$184	—
930–1245	1057	80-85%	29	42.00–61.00	$51.17	$541	—
890–1475	1058	80-85%	9	25.00–50.00	$40.77	$431	—
905–1520	1187	80-85%	86	55.00–69.00	$62.44	$741	+14.44
920–1560	1234	80-85%	18	68.00–76.00	$70.77	$873	+6.35

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$152	-8.43
795–870	828	85-90%	4	30.00–47.00	$38.57	$319	-2.32
900	900	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$522	—
880–1045	962	85-90%	3	20.00–45.00	$29.95	$288	-1.68
755–1305	1016	85-90%	14	30.00–56.00	$46.39	$471	—
920–1310	1028	85-90%	27	45.00–63.00	$55.62	$572	—
1050–1315	1178	85-90%	9	62.00–70.00	$64.08	$755	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	75-80%	1	56.00	$56.00	$647	—
1150–1610	1365	75-80%	14	68.00–75.00	$71.52	$976	—
1000–1755	1471	75-80%	18	56.00–68.00	$63.77	$938	-7.80

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1820	1312	16	50.00–76.00	$66.19	$868	—
1255–2195	1704	22	79.00–99.00	$88.26	$1,504	—
1755–2605	2142	10	98.00–106.00	$102.68	$2,199	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1085	859	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	63.00–87.00	$77.03	$662
690–1135	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	60.00–86.00	$72.90	$636
1000–1115	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	64.00–69.00	$66.36	$702

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1180	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	72.50–73.00	$72.80	$705
835–1490	1082	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	51.00–74.00	$66.28	$717
1070–1135	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	64.00–69.00	$66.43	$733
890–1590	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	50.00–82.00	$66.45	$743
995–1260	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	69.00–80.00	$74.43	$841
950–1295	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	42.00–65.00	$57.02	$669
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$798
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$994

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
870–1090	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–975.00	$850.66
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
755–1200	1036	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	590.00–900.00	$772.89
975–1370	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	815.00–1,025.00	$931.54
1035–1215	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,065.50
1095–1215	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–750.00	$734.27

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
855–860	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	770.00–800.00	$784.96
755–1140	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–1,100.00	$956.14

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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
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
900–1410	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	780.00–1,325.00	$1,069.88	+151.46
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	3	61.00–69.00	$66.36	$204	—
435	435	1	55.00	$55.00	$239	—
525	525	2	57.00	$57.00	$299	—
555	555	1	62.50	$62.50	$347	—
600	600	2	67.50	$67.50	$405	—

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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.