Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 3, 2025

5,713 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $285.66/cwt +11.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,938/hd at 678 lb · 405 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $274.74/cwt +29.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,966/hd at 715 lb · 281 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.74/cwt +28.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,987/hd at 777 lb · 236 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,713	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,175	+6.97
301–349	320	7	405.00–452.00	$436.79	$1,398	+2.21
359–397	385	29	412.50–432.50	$420.65	$1,620	-24.14
402–448	430	60	395.00–435.00	$406.77	$1,749	-24.78
454–479	469	92	382.50–415.00	$399.88	$1,875	+3.98
509–545	528	82	341.00–397.50	$362.29	$1,913	+2.84
551–598	567	118	330.00–372.50	$352.65	$2,000	+14.64
605–634	618	77	309.00–348.00	$332.27	$2,053	+7.28
659–693	663	33	282.50–339.00	$325.17	$2,156	+29.81
705–740	720	84	265.00–299.00	$280.62	$2,020	-7.72
758–783	772	86	263.00–286.00	$269.51	$2,081	+3.33
801–847	832	107	248.00–264.00	$260.70	$2,169	-6.56
916–918	917	13	239.50–251.00	$243.03	$2,229	-9.92
928	928	5	230.00	$230.00	$2,134	-22.95
962	962	11	230.00	$230.00	$2,213	-8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–392	384	13	382.50–412.50	$400.76	$1,539	+5.76
413–443	430	21	365.00–383.00	$377.64	$1,624	—
450–496	478	55	356.00–400.00	$368.01	$1,759	-9.64
520–546	541	39	317.50–377.00	$353.65	$1,913	+33.65
573–598	592	32	303.00–351.00	$336.56	$1,992	+49.06
603–639	626	43	278.00–338.00	$310.10	$1,941	+17.60
655–697	680	49	272.50–314.00	$305.24	$2,076	+40.24
718–729	728	32	248.00–289.00	$286.47	$2,086	—
773–788	778	6	258.00–260.00	$258.68	$2,013	—
852	852	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,968	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671–698	686	11	269.00–275.00	$271.67	$1,864	+9.17
723	723	6	252.50	$252.50	$1,826	-21.50
823	823	7	261.00	$261.00	$2,148	+33.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	395.00	$395.00	$1,402	—
406–425	416	14	382.50	$382.50	$1,591	—
588	588	3	333.00	$333.00	$1,958	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,494	—
728–747	743	9	252.50–259.00	$257.58	$1,914	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	7	278.00	$278.00	$1,768	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	6	392.50–415.00	$407.50	$1,161	+0.34
340–341	340	11	375.00	$375.00	$1,275	-11.00
350–373	365	9	375.00–380.00	$376.60	$1,375	-20.39
417 fancy	417	11	381.00	$381.00	$1,589	—
419–445	432	58	335.00–392.50	$366.63	$1,584	+2.16
450–483	471	16	342.50–360.00	$351.99	$1,658	-2.15
508–548	522	124	320.00–341.00	$331.35	$1,730	-8.12
553–590	568	229	295.00–333.00	$325.08	$1,846	+11.75
626–631	630	23	294.00–309.00	$307.06	$1,934	+20.97
610–647	635	97	300.00–320.00	$304.59	$1,934	+18.50
652–699	678	341	262.00–314.00	$286.60	$1,943	+12.08
669–694	681	64	260.00–293.00	$280.67	$1,911	+6.15
705–724	713	217	250.00–278.00	$272.79	$1,945	+28.03
704–737	718	43	255.00–291.00	$279.57	$2,007	+34.81
736 thin fleshed	736	21	285.00	$285.00	$2,098	—
760–767	765	37	245.00–272.50	$266.58	$2,039	+39.08
758–792	779	199	242.50–272.00	$253.73	$1,977	+26.23
800–826	812	42	236.00–247.00	$244.49	$1,985	-0.51
871	871	62	232.50	$232.50	$2,025	-4.59
925	925	2	238.00	$238.00	$2,202	+26.00
950–981	977	11	201.00–209.00	$208.11	$2,033	+5.61
1005	1005	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,010	+1.00
1065	1065	3	198.00	$198.00	$2,109	—
1163	1163	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,210	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–398	379	25	340.00–377.50	$353.73	$1,341	-12.51
408–449	436	42	341.00–360.00	$353.62	$1,542	+76.12
454–491	480	70	292.50–340.00	$324.42	$1,557	+4.95
502–549	536	89	272.50–332.50	$309.31	$1,658	+0.22
560–571	565	17	239.00–282.00	$269.47	$1,523	-9.08
605–648	634	89	240.00–312.00	$288.08	$1,826	—
657–694	667	52	237.50–277.00	$267.85	$1,787	+0.19
725	725	8	253.00	$253.00	$1,834	—
764	764	16	245.00	$245.00	$1,872	—
791	791	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,740	—
806–828	817	8	206.00–232.00	$218.82	$1,788	—
935	935	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,870	-4.51
1100	1100	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	11	360.00	$360.00	$1,422	+45.00
462–495	477	14	287.00–329.00	$300.63	$1,434	—
532	532	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,623	—
613	613	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,747	—
653–688	661	20	253.00–265.00	$258.00	$1,705	-9.50
826 thin fleshed	826	4	188.00	$188.00	$1,553	—
913	913	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,735	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,361	+6.71
474	474	7	360.00	$360.00	$1,706	+11.72
532	532	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,729	-22.00
564	564	8	320.00	$320.00	$1,805	—
602–646	618	11	280.00–299.00	$291.78	$1,803	+26.78
674	674	10	269.00	$269.00	$1,813	+8.00
728	728	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,856	—
823	823	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,996	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,250	—
488	488	7	300.00	$300.00	$1,464	+5.00
584	584	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,431	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–449	430	8	322.50–330.00	$326.08	$1,402	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,640	—
655	655	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,638	—
785	785	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	86	4	600.00–750.00	$676.81	—
243	243	2	825.00	$825.00	-103.62

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,542	—
945	945	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,418	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
280	280	2	950.00	$950.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,416	—
430	430	2	367.50	$367.50	$1,580	-40.00
453–465	459	4	340.00–355.00	$347.60	$1,595	-32.40
562–571	567	7	307.50–342.50	$327.64	$1,858	-8.31
625–643	634	8	272.50–302.50	$288.43	$1,829	+0.93
692	692	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,920	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,958	—
623	623	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,947	—
688	688	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,858	—
748	748	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,870	—
803	803	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,807	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	650.00	$650.00	-88.33
120	120	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1029–1285	1056	80-85%	30	157.50–183.50	$179.96	$1,900	—
990–1575	1274	80-85%	86	130.00–155.00	$144.49	$1,841	—
1150–1470	1322	80-85%	12	120.00–129.00	$125.76	$1,663	-17.29
1060–1455	1365	80-85%	38	133.00–150.00	$138.55	$1,891	-6.11
1200–1808	1520	80-85%	90	126.50–135.00	$129.51	$1,969	+6.89
1320–1805	1548	80-85%	38	115.00–125.50	$122.18	$1,891	-0.44
1530–1640	1572	80-85%	3	101.00–110.00	$105.77	$1,663	+2.78

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,082	—
946–1170	1040	85-90%	8	150.00–184.00	$161.59	$1,681	—
995–1210	1109	85-90%	7	65.00–102.50	$92.57	$1,027	-48.73
955–1265	1116	85-90%	25	124.00–146.00	$132.10	$1,474	-9.20
775–1405	1147	85-90%	126	126.00–152.00	$140.09	$1,607	+32.18
720–1450	1229	85-90%	66	115.00–126.50	$120.84	$1,485	+10.89
765–1480	1249	85-90%	27	99.00–113.00	$107.97	$1,349	-1.98
1215–1285	1250	85-90%	2	110.00–122.00	$116.17	$1,452	-5.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1598	1581	75-80%	20	136.00–148.50	$141.46	$2,236	-6.74
1610	1610	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,415	—
1270–1945	1650	75-80%	11	137.00–144.00	$140.02	$2,310	-1.03
1540–1955	1767	75-80%	31	127.00–135.50	$132.07	$2,334	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255	1255	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,770	—
1395–1885	1640	2	158.00–163.50	$161.16	$2,643	—
1068–2185	1723	48	136.00–182.50	$164.46	$2,834	-1.63
1075–2610	1948	12	125.00–165.50	$158.04	$3,079	-4.82
1800–2630	2215	2	111.00–140.00	$128.22	$2,840	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,367
700–984 thin fleshed	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	216.00–249.00	$222.91	$2,013
670–1112	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	182.50–211.00	$196.64	$1,827

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1093–1200	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	150.00–175.00	$167.46	$1,912

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	145.00	$145.00	$979
750–1125	957	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	120.00–141.00	$132.05	$1,264

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1182	1182	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1187	1187	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1267	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1225–1300	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,625.00–1,800.00	$1,681.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
780–830	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,025.00	$1,952.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,345.00	$1,345.00

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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
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	-250.00
1427	1427	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1245–1612	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,325.00–2,825.00	$2,722.63	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	267.50	$267.50	$736	—
378–390	382	24	260.00–390.00	$381.16	$1,456	—
410	410	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,025	—
455	455	32	400.00	$400.00	$1,820	—
506	506	29	340.00	$340.00	$1,720	—
604	604	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,691	—
790	790	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,659	—
842	842	6	208.00	$208.00	$1,751	+0.39
865	865	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,816	—
900–928	917	5	200.00–210.00	$206.07	$1,890	-0.93
975–995	982	11	201.00–208.00	$202.92	$1,993	+5.56
1043	1043	2	205.00	$205.00	$2,138	+10.27
1055–1074	1064	14	195.00–201.00	$196.22	$2,088	+1.90
1125–1130	1127	4	190.50–195.00	$193.25	$2,178	-0.47
1205–1228	1214	13	187.50–190.00	$188.58	$2,289	-1.93

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–310	306	9	235.00–380.00	$332.04	$1,016	—
360	360	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,314	—
400	400	4	238.00	$238.00	$952	—
450	450	22	360.00–370.00	$365.91	$1,647	—
628	628	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,256	—
733	733	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,466	—
765	765	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,522	—
855–875	865	2	193.00–194.00	$193.51	$1,674	-3.49
975	975	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,892	+2.51
1013	1013	13	193.50	$193.50	$1,960	+2.50
1065–1073	1072	20	190.00–194.00	$190.37	$2,041	-0.13
1101–1144	1122	15	185.00–193.00	$187.19	$2,100	—
1202–1213	1209	15	186.50–191.50	$189.84	$2,295	+2.84
1257–1283	1267	8	184.50–188.00	$186.67	$2,365	+0.67

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	230.00	$230.00	$621	—
342	342	15	355.00	$355.00	$1,214	—
455	455	1	195.00	$195.00	$887	—
583	583	7	267.50	$267.50	$1,560	—
652	652	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,434	+50.00
733	733	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,532	—
755	755	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,434	—
815	815	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,548	—
877	877	9	195.00	$195.00	$1,710	—
975	975	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,852	—
1033–1046	1040	5	187.50–190.00	$188.50	$1,960	—
1065–1083	1077	6	186.00–189.50	$188.35	$2,029	—
1210	1210	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,287	—
1290	1290	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,206	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	15	310.00	$310.00	$899	—
473	473	16	150.00	$150.00	$710	—
506	506	8	180.00	$180.00	$911	—
711	711	9	170.00	$170.00	$1,209	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	13	352.50	$352.50	$1,294	—
475–495	490	4	185.00–245.00	$230.46	$1,129	—
615	615	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,076	—
730–735	732	3	180.00–186.00	$183.99	$1,347	—
1070	1070	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,830	—
1170	1170	1	172.50	$172.50	$2,018	—
1208	1208	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,138	—

Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	400.00	$400.00	—
220	220	2	475.00–525.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	47	387.50	$387.50	$988	—
306–333	329	89	349.00–360.00	$350.49	$1,153	—
372–393	381	40	227.50–340.00	$296.66	$1,130	—
406–427	420	87	290.00–302.50	$294.31	$1,236	—
451–487	473	63	270.00–277.50	$275.01	$1,301	—
509	509	40	275.00	$275.00	$1,400	—
565	565	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,427	—
654	654	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,504	—
700	700	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,505	—
1150–1198	1158	35	160.00–173.00	$170.69	$1,977	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	17	370.00	$370.00	$862	—
279	279	9	340.00	$340.00	$949	—
328–343	332	101	330.00–347.50	$336.62	$1,118	—
350–399	383	62	295.00–322.50	$310.41	$1,189	—
423–447	436	36	270.00–277.50	$275.03	$1,199	—
490–495	493	13	255.00–260.00	$257.70	$1,270	—
546–547	547	70	259.00–260.00	$259.36	$1,419	—
761	761	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,541	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–335	321	26	410.00–440.00	$425.55	$1,366	—
404–446	426	70	400.00–420.00	$415.14	$1,768	—
478	478	12	400.00	$400.00	$1,912	—
522	522	46	350.00	$350.00	$1,827	—
602	602	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,625	—
759	759	10	256.00	$256.00	$1,943	—
1084	1084	6	214.00	$214.00	$2,320	—
1215	1215	1	194.00	$194.00	$2,357	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	6	395.00	$395.00	$1,296	—
359–398	379	10	380.00–390.00	$386.21	$1,464	—
416–438	432	42	350.00–390.00	$368.83	$1,593	—
467–473	470	17	375.00–380.00	$377.63	$1,775	—
504	504	9	315.00	$315.00	$1,588	—
670	670	9	256.00	$256.00	$1,715	—
765–788	773	9	235.00–237.50	$235.85	$1,823	—
835	835	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,774	—
1248	1248	6	183.00	$183.00	$2,284	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	20	355.00	$355.00	$703	—
245	245	7	325.00	$325.00	$796	—
296	296	5	312.50	$312.50	$925	—
328–340	339	37	317.50–320.00	$317.76	$1,077	—
420	420	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,071	—
603	603	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,375	—
781	781	5	137.50	$137.50	$1,074	—

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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.