Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 5, 2024

5,773 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.27/cwt ≈ $1,787/hd at 776 lb · 228 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $246.93/cwt ≈ $2,040/hd at 826 lb · 152 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.21/cwt ≈ $1,703/hd at 718 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,773	694	4,221
Feeder cattle	4,838	197	3,647
Slaughter cattle	782	485	560
Replacement cattle	153	12	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Due to light receipts last week, no trend available on feeder steers and heifers. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls 8.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, August 19, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	307	39	335.00–420.00	$412.98	$1,268	+42.98
355–362	362	57	342.00–399.00	$396.06	$1,434	+28.56
417–419	418	6	321.00–324.00	$322.50	$1,348	—
464–491	471	16	295.00–300.00	$296.30	$1,396	—
545–547	547	19	281.00–288.00	$282.47	$1,545	—
550	550	12	276.00–283.00	$281.83	$1,550	—
615–629	624	23	269.00–274.00	$271.97	$1,697	-18.03
650–675	664	31	255.00–271.00	$263.61	$1,750	—
704–749	731	121	251.00–256.00	$253.67	$1,854	—
758–791	789	66	241.00–253.00	$252.30	$1,991	—
809–847	826	152	228.00–254.00	$246.93	$2,040	—
867–885	876	30	236.00–237.00	$236.63	$2,073	—
923–948	939	24	235.00–236.00	$235.63	$2,213	-1.37
980	980	25	234.00	$234.00	$2,293	-1.00
1003	1003	6	232.00	$232.00	$2,327	—
1088	1088	67	227.00	$227.00	$2,470	—
1225	1225	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,254	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	7	281.00	$281.00	$1,326	-34.00
523	523	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,451	-35.00
587	587	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,632	—
649	649	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,499	—
668–685	679	8	221.00–248.00	$230.97	$1,568	—
734–746	740	83	235.00–248.00	$244.21	$1,807	—
778–797	786	41	211.00–233.00	$227.16	$1,785	—
802–826	809	70	237.50–241.00	$240.23	$1,943	—
878–890	887	122	232.00–234.50	$234.03	$2,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–435	430	19	347.50–350.00	$347.77	$1,495	—
745	745	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,714	—
765	765	14	235.00	$235.00	$1,798	—
822	822	16	234.00	$234.00	$1,923	—
991	991	8	207.00	$207.00	$2,051	—
1020–1040	1030	2	180.00–185.00	$182.48	$1,880	—
1120	1120	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,016	—
1150–1155	1153	2	163.00–177.50	$170.27	$1,963	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
223–232	228	19	935.00–1,025.00	$983.26	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,617	—
830	830	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,892	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,580	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279–290	286	42	328.00–382.50	$374.40	$1,071	—
337–341	340	36	315.00–365.00	$358.13	$1,218	—
378	378	2	306.00	$306.00	$1,157	—
409	409	20	337.50	$337.50	$1,380	+17.50
464–487	477	14	273.00–284.00	$276.16	$1,317	—
540	540	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,444	—
562–587	572	24	250.00–262.50	$255.45	$1,461	-14.55
640–646	642	14	236.00–247.00	$243.84	$1,565	—
651–688	666	123	231.00–242.00	$238.49	$1,588	-19.01
704–733	718	138	225.00–241.00	$237.21	$1,703	—
753–797	776	228	223.00–234.50	$230.27	$1,787	—
815–848	831	93	214.00–228.75	$224.56	$1,866	—
854	854	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,904	—
1059	1059	6	189.00	$189.00	$2,002	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–345	332	12	288.00–294.00	$289.95	$963	—
447	447	7	278.00	$278.00	$1,243	—
455–498	475	15	255.00–271.00	$265.20	$1,260	—
540–545	542	10	246.00–250.00	$248.79	$1,348	—
633	633	23	216.00	$216.00	$1,367	-34.00
680	680	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,618	—
731	731	18	201.00	$201.00	$1,469	—
753–784	763	41	212.00–230.00	$224.74	$1,715	—
879	879	14	215.00	$215.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	266.00	$266.00	$1,245	—
522–525	524	16	247.50–250.00	$249.22	$1,306	—
602	602	13	239.00	$239.00	$1,439	—
732–734	733	17	226.00–228.00	$227.41	$1,667	—
790	790	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,600	—
1095	1095	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,851	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	87	3	200.00–325.00	$261.06	—
110–130	120	3	275.00–325.00	$308.33	—
160	160	1	425.00	$425.00	—
213	213	13	825.00	$825.00	—
250	250	2	875.00	$875.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
822	822	14	210.00	$210.00	$1,726	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,268	—
574	574	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,469	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,094	—
722	722	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,523	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	4	331.00	$331.00	$1,311	—
510	510	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,428	—
578	578	11	263.00	$263.00	$1,520	—
731–739	735	28	240.00–244.00	$242.13	$1,780	—
988–998	995	11	190.00	$190.00	$1,890	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1043	1043	6	200.00	$200.00	$2,086	—
1055	1055	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,110	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	82	3	275.00–350.00	$308.16	—
105–135	121	4	300.00–400.00	$364.18	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,088	—
510	510	2	271.00	$271.00	$1,382	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1255	1240	80-85%	2	144.50–165.00	$154.63	$1,917	—
1299–1414	1350	80-85%	37	133.00–146.00	$138.72	$1,873	-37.19
1148–1690	1360	80-85%	251	130.00–145.50	$138.84	$1,888	-37.07
1210–1675	1432	80-85%	118	120.00–140.00	$134.29	$1,923	+6.50
1310–1785	1501	80-85%	20	115.00–127.00	$123.18	$1,849	—
1335–1573	1521	80-85%	8	119.50–138.00	$134.56	$2,047	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	7	118.00	$118.00	$1,115	—
805–1273	1030	85-90%	33	99.00–119.00	$112.71	$1,161	-54.71
803–1270	1054	85-90%	11	70.00–105.00	$88.88	$937	—
790–1360	1093	85-90%	48	95.00–135.00	$122.26	$1,336	—
1050–1175	1113	85-90%	2	126.00–132.00	$129.17	$1,438	—
974–1285	1141	85-90%	29	131.00–148.00	$139.48	$1,591	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1560	1540	75-80%	2	141.00–144.00	$142.48	$2,194	—
1534–1840	1631	75-80%	15	137.00–142.50	$140.14	$2,286	-1.54
1525–1800	1678	75-80%	5	134.00–135.00	$134.69	$2,260	—
1545–2065	1738	75-80%	51	136.50–146.00	$139.44	$2,423	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1550	1230	13	130.00–197.50	$159.03	$1,956	—
1035–1450	1288	4	122.50–144.00	$136.70	$1,761	—
1110–2200	1654	20	130.00–166.00	$151.04	$2,498	—
1670–1750	1700	3	149.50–156.00	$153.17	$2,604	—
1060–2410	1704	46	141.00–180.50	$158.01	$2,692	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
683–923	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	207.00–226.00	$212.13	$1,788
693–1064	852	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	82	197.50–244.00	$215.72	$1,838

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,204

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1045	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,835.00	$1,721.08
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1060–1410	1177	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,710.00–1,975.00	$1,827.86
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,535.00	$1,535.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–298	287	8	300.00–320.00	$304.41	$874	—
324	324	20	352.50	$352.50	$1,142	—
370–390	382	26	355.00–387.50	$367.10	$1,402	—
424	424	6	345.00	$345.00	$1,463	—
460	460	78	325.00	$325.00	$1,495	—
483	483	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,183	—
554–569	559	11	220.00–245.00	$229.25	$1,282	—
808	808	11	203.00	$203.00	$1,640	—
911	911	7	192.00	$192.00	$1,749	—
1149	1149	8	186.00	$186.00	$2,137	—
1150–1180	1173	29	187.00	$187.00	$2,194	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	10	375.00	$375.00	$1,061	—
405–430	427	18	225.00–250.00	$247.37	$1,056	—
571–588	576	10	202.50–206.00	$204.93	$1,180	—
598	598	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,256	—
833	833	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,658	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,142	—
522	522	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,070	—
599	599	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,288	—
792	792	9	184.00	$184.00	$1,457	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	10	285.00	$285.00	$1,120	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–333	316	34	385.00–390.00	$387.32	$1,224	—
358–396	369	17	350.00–375.00	$357.89	$1,321	—
403–437	408	49	355.00–387.50	$376.79	$1,537	—
441	441	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,433	—
483	483	70	347.00	$347.00	$1,676	—
536	536	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,447	—
622	622	11	254.00	$254.00	$1,580	—
705	705	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,657	—
1140	1140	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,109	—
1306	1306	5	170.00	$170.00	$2,220	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,072	—
454–477	470	17	280.00–300.00	$288.12	$1,354	—
583–594	590	17	240.00–260.00	$246.97	$1,457	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394–397	394	20	305.00–317.50	$306.89	$1,209	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	295.00	$295.00	$953	—
413–419	418	9	297.50–300.00	$298.05	$1,246	—
569	569	8	257.50	$257.50	$1,465	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662	662	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,370	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1051–1115	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	1,600.00–2,625.00	$2,113.69	—
1048–1160	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,825.00–2,550.00	$2,202.07	—
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,835.00	$1,835.00	—
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—
1410–1450	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,701.40	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
852	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00	$925.00	—
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	198.00	$198.00	$752	—
445	445	1	197.50	$197.50	$879	—
463–487	475	6	185.00–190.00	$187.56	$891	—
853–880	861	9	180.50–182.00	$180.78	$1,557	-6.22
909–938	918	19	178.50–181.50	$180.68	$1,659	-4.32
951–993	960	12	165.00–181.00	$175.28	$1,683	—
1005–1045	1032	19	170.00–181.00	$176.37	$1,820	-10.00
1052–1095	1057	28	167.00–180.00	$173.43	$1,833	-11.41
1105–1146	1128	25	170.00–179.50	$175.97	$1,985	-9.53
1155–1196	1185	31	168.00–180.00	$174.18	$2,064	—
1220–1248	1238	18	169.00–179.50	$173.91	$2,153	—
1290	1290	14	170.00–172.50	$170.36	$2,198	-13.63
1325–1347	1345	9	167.50–168.50	$167.61	$2,254	—
1355	1355	2	169.00	$169.00	$2,290	—
1558	1558	2	155.00	$155.00	$2,415	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	180.00	$180.00	$531	—
300	300	1	175.00	$175.00	$525	—
360	360	1	177.50	$177.50	$639	—
411	411	9	230.00	$230.00	$945	—
460–490	481	7	167.50–210.00	$198.34	$954	—
545	545	22	202.50	$202.50	$1,104	—
593	593	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,186	—
605–620	618	7	175.00–177.50	$177.15	$1,095	—
705 thin fleshed	705	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,234	—
713	713	10	177.00	$177.00	$1,262	-5.00
751	751	16	182.25	$182.25	$1,369	+2.25
871	871	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,341	—
933	933	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,502	—
968–980	972	3	160.00–172.00	$164.03	$1,594	-13.97
1008–1041	1015	45	181.00–183.00	$182.21	$1,849	—
1057–1060	1058	4	159.00–174.00	$162.76	$1,722	—
1270	1270	1	174.50	$174.50	$2,216	—
1359–1360	1359	11	161.00–164.50	$162.27	$2,205	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
214	214	14	202.50	$202.50	$433	—
350 thin fleshed	350	4	135.00	$135.00	$472	—
350–380	360	3	155.00–162.50	$157.64	$568	—
405 thin fleshed	405	3	140.00	$140.00	$567	—
406–420	407	25	157.50–180.00	$179.07	$729	—
491	491	4	180.00	$180.00	$884	—
587	587	16	175.00	$175.00	$1,027	—
613	613	13	190.00	$190.00	$1,165	—
760	760	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,254	—
845	845	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,268	—
895	895	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,432	—
933	933	7	177.00	$177.00	$1,651	—
1300	1300	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,093	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	8	215.00	$215.00	$669	—
379	379	8	200.00	$200.00	$758	—
425	425	5	190.00	$190.00	$808	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1102	1102	9	147.00	$147.00	$1,620	—

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
182	182	3	160.00	$160.00	—
215	215	1	150.00	$150.00	—
228 thin fleshed	228	4	150.00	$150.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–790	779	4	123.00–125.00	$123.51	$962	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	1	250.00	$250.00	—
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–324	319	72	298.00–302.00	$300.88	$960	—
367–396	380	166	281.00–300.00	$284.54	$1,081	—
400–401	400	40	276.00–288.00	$280.21	$1,121	—
458	458	5	257.50	$257.50	$1,179	—
518–544	528	80	229.00–238.00	$231.89	$1,224	—
610	610	22	212.00	$212.00	$1,293	—
714–721	720	26	191.00–192.00	$191.81	$1,381	—
880	880	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,584	—
1005	1005	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,708	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	33	300.00	$300.00	$870	—
306–330	311	47	272.50–282.50	$277.17	$862	—
397	397	26	273.00	$273.00	$1,084	—
427–436	432	12	242.00–252.00	$246.95	$1,067	—
476–477	477	22	240.00–244.00	$242.55	$1,157	—
507–549	534	29	221.00–233.00	$225.39	$1,204	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227–232	228	21	267.50–282.50	$280.32	$639	—
303–333	318	4	240.00–245.00	$242.62	$772	—
358–391	382	7	232.50–252.50	$237.86	$909	—
430–442	433	22	230.00–241.00	$237.94	$1,030	—
453–467	465	14	222.50–235.00	$233.26	$1,085	—
513–524	522	25	195.00–207.50	$197.46	$1,031	—
723	723	12	188.00	$188.00	$1,359	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	15	260.00	$260.00	$1,121	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	7	300.00	$300.00	$1,230	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
954	954	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,708	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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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.