Arkansas Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

6,227 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $182.23/cwt +4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 572 lb · 305 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $201.42/cwt +13.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,046/hd at 519 lb · 226 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.36/cwt +1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $942/hd at 584 lb · 218 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,227	10,803	10,274
Feeder cattle	5,417	9,005	8,660
Slaughter cattle	678	1,480	1,145
Replacement cattle	132	318	469

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last report: Feeders were mixed. Steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 1.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	142.50	$142.50	$378	-52.11
250–281	269	8	175.00–200.00	$194.06	$522	-0.55
300–348	328	39	187.00–248.00	$216.85	$711	+14.37
310–345 value added	339	9	197.50–222.00	$217.34	$737	-29.66
350–395	373	52	168.00–231.00	$206.43	$770	-1.98
355–395 value added	375	5	215.00–230.00	$219.87	$825	-1.81
400–435 value added	417	25	205.00–230.00	$221.27	$923	+10.16
400–445	424	68	177.50–230.00	$202.34	$858	+5.11
450–495	460	8	160.00–187.00	$174.13	$801	-19.95
450–480 value added	468	40	182.50–226.00	$215.24	$1,007	-4.76
450–495	469	85	161.00–220.00	$189.76	$890	-4.32
500–545	517	53	164.00–202.00	$182.89	$946	+27.16
515–525	518	4	150.00–180.00	$167.46	$867	-18.04
500–545 value added	520	168	172.00–217.00	$208.35	$1,083	+6.15
545	545	1	156.00	$156.00	$850	-29.50
550–595	572	116	159.00–191.00	$176.79	$1,011	-0.66
553–596 value added	572	179	170.00–202.50	$186.84	$1,069	+5.54
560–590	579	10	145.00–173.00	$162.89	$943	-14.56
612–614 unweaned	614	13	165.00–168.00	$167.54	$1,029	-7.82
600–645 value added	617	81	155.00–183.00	$174.01	$1,074	-1.56
620	620	1	140.00	$140.00	$868	-29.99
605–645	627	34	147.50–180.00	$166.74	$1,045	-3.25
652–698	659	73	155.00–174.00	$165.44	$1,090	-0.32
652–680 unweaned	667	13	156.00–164.00	$160.79	$1,072	+6.35
650–697 value added	675	51	163.00–184.00	$171.40	$1,157	+4.75
700–725	708	7	140.00–168.00	$156.39	$1,107	-6.67
715–735 unweaned	728	4	155.00–160.00	$158.77	$1,156	+0.77
700–745 value added	735	22	159.00–169.00	$165.40	$1,216	+2.60
755–770	760	3	152.00–170.00	$163.36	$1,242	+4.92
760–784 value added	774	9	152.50–166.00	$155.02	$1,200	-6.60
815 unweaned	815	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,100	—
845	845	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,090	-25.66
858	858	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,150	-25.00
875 value added	875	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,356	-6.02
875–885	880	4	131.00–141.00	$136.01	$1,197	-22.99
900–925	908	3	125.00–134.00	$130.69	$1,187	-24.34
910	910	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,165	-27.03
923–929 value added	926	21	138.00–139.00	$138.57	$1,283	—
955–975	968	4	133.00–148.00	$138.25	$1,338	—
1005	1005	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,286	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	5	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
350 value added	350	2	216.00	$216.00	$756	—
405–436 value added	423	7	185.00–200.00	$191.16	$809	+3.66
436–449	442	15	178.00–188.00	$182.64	$807	-1.46
476	476	10	194.00	$194.00	$923	+13.20
487 value added	487	7	198.00	$198.00	$964	-11.00
508 value added	508	2	170.00	$170.00	$864	—
519–548	534	56	165.00–189.00	$186.03	$993	+3.62
550–585 value added	562	6	152.00–175.00	$163.75	$920	-2.99
583	583	15	175.00	$175.00	$1,020	+6.42
600–603 value added	601	6	155.00–160.00	$156.67	$942	-13.30
608–636	627	69	162.00–180.00	$176.99	$1,110	+10.73
673 value added	673	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,137	+8.00
671–695	683	13	165.00	$165.00	$1,127	+5.45
833	833	60	181.00	$181.00	$1,508	+27.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	172.50	$172.50	$474	-32.50
265–295	280	2	135.00–170.00	$153.44	$430	+19.31
300–340	318	20	121.00–208.00	$171.64	$546	+4.81
320 thin fleshed	320	1	170.00	$170.00	$544	+3.86
350–390	369	27	150.00–203.00	$176.26	$650	+10.88
405–445	431	27	135.00–198.00	$167.09	$720	+0.74
410–448 thin fleshed	435	3	170.00–204.00	$193.33	$841	+17.32
433–440 value added	437	4	170.00–175.00	$172.48	$754	—
470 value added	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
450–498	476	34	131.00–192.00	$163.30	$777	+5.31
505–548	527	30	131.00–180.00	$159.25	$839	+5.85
530 value added	530	1	155.00	$155.00	$822	-8.11
560–578 value added	574	8	150.00–166.00	$162.09	$930	—
550–595	580	25	133.00–174.00	$155.97	$905	+0.88
625 value added	625	2	152.00	$152.00	$950	—
600–645	628	13	136.00–160.00	$151.04	$949	+8.85
650–698	677	29	130.00–160.00	$147.77	$1,000	-3.38
702–715	705	4	150.00–156.00	$154.48	$1,089	+12.00
750–782	770	5	142.00–163.00	$150.96	$1,162	+12.20
825–838	837	15	121.00–154.00	$151.83	$1,271	+6.83
855–875	861	5	124.00–131.00	$129.01	$1,111	-8.45
940	940	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,203	+8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–333	332	3	120.00–160.00	$146.75	$487	+9.30
350–365	358	2	110.00–121.00	$115.38	$413	-40.17
405–445	430	5	100.00–130.00	$120.04	$516	-4.77
455–481	476	11	85.00–131.00	$121.24	$577	-2.86
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	+9.88
562–595	570	4	119.00–124.00	$122.70	$699	+1.13
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	+11.00
710	710	1	118.00	$118.00	$838	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	67.50	$67.50	$273	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	161.00	$161.00	$451	+9.33
280 value added	280	1	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
300–347	328	44	147.00–195.00	$173.73	$570	+11.61
350–395	372	61	147.00–196.00	$171.08	$636	+2.76
360–388 value added	374	8	169.00–177.00	$172.84	$646	-2.34
385	385	1	135.00	$135.00	$520	+2.51
400–425	405	5	135.00–137.00	$135.42	$548	-6.45
400–449	425	101	140.00–196.00	$168.50	$716	-2.02
415–442 value added	425	15	165.00–189.00	$181.14	$770	+9.16
455–490 value added	466	40	155.00–183.00	$171.42	$799	+4.61
463–490	474	5	135.00–162.00	$145.54	$690	-20.65
450–499	475	110	140.00–182.00	$167.02	$793	+28.65
480	480	1	200.00	$200.00	$960	+61.63
500	500	1	157.00	$157.00	$785	-18.00
500–545 value added	523	36	146.00–173.00	$159.28	$833	-1.23
500–545	525	96	135.00–179.00	$162.35	$852	+1.50
525–545	538	3	135.00–150.00	$139.88	$753	-20.97
550–590	563	8	132.50–153.00	$145.05	$817	+10.05
550–598	583	133	140.00–169.00	$158.10	$922	-1.51
555–596 value added	587	76	149.00–176.00	$168.59	$990	+5.98
590	590	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,032	+15.39
605	605	2	124.00–130.00	$127.00	$768	-22.69
615 unweaned	615	1	140.00	$140.00	$861	-4.00
600–648 value added	617	23	145.00–164.00	$156.73	$967	+4.52
600–645	622	75	134.00–164.00	$155.37	$966	+24.57
658 unweaned	658	3	142.00	$142.00	$934	-11.00
650–680	659	18	130.00–159.00	$144.63	$953	-20.37
650–680	660	4	125.00–138.00	$130.32	$860	-18.22
660–693 value added	670	26	130.00–175.00	$167.41	$1,122	+15.84
705	705	1	125.00	$125.00	$881	-11.54
705–720 value added	709	8	144.00–153.00	$151.12	$1,071	-1.95
715–745	734	8	129.00–141.00	$133.34	$979	+6.34
762 value added	762	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,067	—
750–795	767	7	120.00–148.00	$133.27	$1,022	+2.48
800–825	813	4	123.00–139.00	$128.19	$1,042	+9.49
840	840	1	110.00	$110.00	$924	-8.70
895	895	1	102.00	$102.00	$913	-26.00
915 value added	915	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,098	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	120.00	$120.00	$240	-5.00
250–295	266	7	140.00–155.00	$151.28	$402	+9.21
280–295 thin fleshed	284	4	172.50–182.50	$179.90	$511	+42.40
300–340	320	30	125.00–169.00	$146.81	$470	+3.07
325 value added	325	1	157.50	$157.50	$512	—
300–345 thin fleshed	335	13	145.00–171.00	$163.75	$549	+24.71
350–355 value added	353	3	157.50–167.50	$160.80	$568	—
350–395	370	56	130.00–160.00	$145.90	$540	+2.03
375–390 thin fleshed	385	3	147.50–159.00	$152.19	$586	-6.89
400–448	423	44	125.00–161.00	$140.12	$593	-0.96
420–426 thin fleshed	425	8	142.50–171.00	$167.48	$712	+14.74
450–480 value added	465	2	140.00–155.00	$147.26	$685	-2.74
450–495	471	64	125.00–164.00	$143.50	$676	+3.47
488 thin fleshed	488	4	151.00	$151.00	$737	—
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	-20.03
500	500	1	109.00	$109.00	$545	-21.00
500–548	520	31	120.00–154.00	$140.63	$731	+3.77
545	545	1	153.00	$153.00	$834	+16.14
550–595	569	31	120.00–150.00	$137.39	$782	+3.09
556–593 value added	570	8	142.50–150.00	$145.43	$829	—
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	-14.30
605 value added	605	2	150.00	$150.00	$908	—
605–625	614	7	109.00–136.00	$125.04	$768	-4.05
638	638	3	114.00	$114.00	$727	-15.09
650–680	668	18	120.00–139.00	$125.05	$835	-3.32
700–740	715	9	100.00–132.00	$119.84	$857	-2.82
760–790	778	3	110.00–125.00	$119.93	$933	+2.19
827	827	3	117.00	$117.00	$968	+4.82
970	970	1	92.50	$92.50	$897	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	14	169.00	$169.00	$586	+13.00
373–389	382	14	152.00–167.00	$158.27	$605	+8.35
403–428 value added	409	8	166.00–169.00	$168.22	$688	+4.22
409–436	426	24	150.00–173.00	$167.41	$713	+13.33
455–495 value added	466	11	152.00–161.00	$156.62	$730	+8.62
455–483	469	38	156.00–174.00	$166.75	$782	+11.24
527–530 value added	528	9	144.00–146.00	$145.11	$766	—
508–545	532	48	152.00–164.00	$155.91	$829	+3.54
552–596	576	32	154.00–161.00	$156.58	$902	+14.88
558–588 value added	576	5	141.00–148.00	$143.71	$828	—
615	615	12	155.00	$155.00	$953	+7.93
608–647	634	16	137.00–158.00	$151.61	$961	+4.54
716	716	6	138.00	$138.00	$988	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	121.00	$121.00	$321	+11.59
305–340	325	5	110.00–130.00	$119.20	$387	-0.77
350–390	370	11	100.00–130.00	$115.51	$427	-2.96
400–435	419	10	105.00–130.00	$118.58	$497	+5.69
450–495	472	19	99.00–125.00	$114.23	$539	-2.34
500–540	520	11	90.00–120.00	$105.91	$551	-3.03
565–595	577	3	115.00–117.00	$115.66	$667	-1.93
610–635	624	6	103.00–116.00	$105.69	$660	+7.73
655–673	667	3	110.00	$110.00	$734	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	10	162.50–212.00	$193.27	$647	+6.67
350–398	385	25	141.00–220.00	$192.63	$742	+3.41
400–445	422	34	160.00–206.00	$184.67	$779	+1.03
450–495	468	93	155.00–199.00	$180.09	$843	+11.07
480–497	492	7	134.00–156.00	$146.85	$723	+17.14
500–540	522	50	140.00–193.00	$171.14	$893	+5.44
554–595	569	38	142.50–181.00	$157.91	$899	+3.00
550–585	572	3	130.00–135.00	$131.60	$753	-23.31
600–645	616	23	137.00–171.00	$152.65	$940	+19.15
621–630 unweaned	624	11	140.00–150.00	$146.33	$913	—
650–680	663	16	130.00–148.00	$144.05	$955	+24.05
690 unweaned	690	2	142.00	$142.00	$980	—
695	695	1	134.00	$134.00	$931	-9.06
710–735	722	6	119.00–146.00	$130.76	$944	-7.86
750–795	773	7	118.00–134.00	$124.78	$965	-2.45
885	885	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,062	+3.33
930	930	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,190	+11.68
970	970	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,028	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	154.00–160.00	$156.94	$424	—
305 thin fleshed	305	1	190.00	$190.00	$580	+57.50
300–340	329	18	132.50–190.00	$172.85	$569	+17.79
350–375 thin fleshed	360	4	160.00–190.00	$172.45	$621	+29.15
370–395	387	12	132.00–170.00	$152.49	$590	+1.02
410 thin fleshed	410	1	146.00	$146.00	$599	+11.00
400–445	425	23	130.00–180.00	$154.17	$655	+4.95
450–498	472	38	134.00–170.00	$154.71	$730	+6.81
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-25.03
505–548	523	28	130.00–167.00	$146.03	$764	+6.00
570 thin fleshed	570	1	150.00	$150.00	$855	-3.00
550–598	571	17	125.00–150.00	$137.67	$786	+4.20
605–645	620	18	120.00–140.00	$130.29	$808	-0.38
650–685	667	13	104.00–140.00	$124.59	$831	-5.27
703–735	713	4	115.00–124.00	$118.53	$845	+2.55
763–792	782	6	110.00–126.00	$119.29	$933	+6.20
825–835	833	5	100.00–109.50	$107.62	$896	+3.73
950–995	973	2	80.00–90.00	$84.88	$826	-2.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	200.00	$200.00	$670	—
388	388	3	207.50	$207.50	$805	—
405	405	3	181.00	$181.00	$733	+11.00
490	490	4	171.00	$171.00	$838	—
560–595	590	22	160.00–162.00	$161.74	$954	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	102.50	$102.50	$256	-7.50
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	-6.63
360	360	1	127.50	$127.50	$459	+2.50
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	+22.53
450–475	465	3	111.00–120.00	$116.97	$544	+2.20
510–525	516	4	105.00–120.00	$115.01	$593	—
625	625	1	119.00	$119.00	$744	+10.85

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1265	998	80-85%	4	20.00–40.00	$27.50	$274	—
885–1505	1141	80-85%	14	43.00–58.00	$50.24	$573	-3.36
950–1465	1186	80-85%	65	58.00–67.00	$63.83	$757	—
1005–1605	1252	80-85%	31	65.00–72.50	$68.87	$862	-2.69

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	85-90%	1	31.00	$31.00	$240	-36.00
740–900	843	85-90%	6	35.00–49.00	$40.97	$345	+4.95
815–870	843	85-90%	2	54.00–55.00	$54.48	$459	+18.46
855–1290	976	85-90%	6	20.00–37.00	$31.67	$309	-5.43
805–1295	1027	85-90%	23	28.00–56.00	$47.70	$490	-7.23
910–1435	1075	85-90%	36	43.00–66.00	$57.12	$614	—
965–1240	1077	85-90%	11	57.50–70.00	$61.93	$667	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1810	1443	75-80%	22	67.00–79.00	$70.84	$1,022	—
1050–1865	1467	75-80%	26	56.00–68.50	$63.65	$934	—
1340–2075	1718	75-80%	3	57.00–58.00	$57.74	$992	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1880	1408	25	61.00–87.00	$77.02	$1,084	—
980–2150	1568	36	77.00–98.00	$88.17	$1,383	—
1035–2155	1838	9	95.00–104.00	$100.39	$1,845	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–835 thin fleshed	797	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	35.00–49.00	$42.97	$342
735–1155	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–107.00	$70.23	$650
980–1100	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	58.00–67.00	$62.76	$653

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1170	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	775.00–1,350.00	$1,177.57
965–1155	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–940.00	$864.89
900–1265	1077	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–1,050.00	$886.70
1060–1130	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$748.40
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
725–1400	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	700.00–1,275.00	$992.00
1100–1170	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$974.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$596
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$595
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$629
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$682
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$698
1025–1278	1146	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	55.00–71.00	$65.26	$748
875–1695	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	59.00–84.00	$68.43	$819
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,157

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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	875.00	$875.00
805–850	822	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	500.00–725.00	$633.82
900–1145	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	800.00–1,275.00	$1,028.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	89.00	$89.00	$681

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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
800–950	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–1,010.00	$868.29	—
995–1165	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,307.87	+283.92
1000–1200	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,050.00	$966.42	-126.84
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1100–1330	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00–1,000.00	$884.17	—
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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
925	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.