Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

36,872 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.65/cwt -1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $887/hd at 674 lb · 1,685 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.22/cwt -1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $703/hd at 575 lb · 1,469 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.97/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 522 lb · 1,423 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	36,872	25,033	32,889
Feeder cattle	33,154	22,004	29,359
Slaughter cattle	2,721	2,346	2,772
Replacement cattle	997	683	758

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to close last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand moderate to good, especially for weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Demand moderate to good for slaughter classes. Trade was active for all classes throughout the week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	220	9	145.00–180.00	$161.26	$355	-11.02
260–297	277	39	145.00–180.00	$162.92	$451	-12.45
285 fancy	285	1	167.50	$167.50	$477	-1.25
287 value added	287	2	187.50	$187.50	$538	—
300–348	330	77	130.00–177.00	$159.45	$526	+3.39
300–348 value added	334	11	180.00–200.00	$184.47	$616	—
315–340 fancy	336	16	160.00–184.00	$175.53	$590	+7.73
350–395 fancy	372	21	160.00–190.00	$171.11	$637	+9.24
350–398	374	152	139.00–175.00	$159.45	$596	+0.30
365–393 value added	383	25	174.00–183.00	$178.72	$684	+4.47
400–405 fancy	402	6	152.00–170.00	$158.85	$639	-1.92
400–447 value added	420	117	150.00–190.00	$164.81	$692	+3.43
400–448	426	294	136.00–168.00	$153.55	$654	+3.60
450–499	474	418	129.00–167.50	$149.92	$711	+0.65
450–496 value added	476	131	144.00–164.00	$156.09	$743	+2.53
520 fancy	520	1	150.00	$150.00	$780	+5.05
500–548 value added	521	402	144.00–162.00	$153.42	$799	+2.23
500–547	525	593	128.00–158.00	$143.27	$752	+0.45
550–598	577	888	123.00–150.00	$137.52	$793	-1.34
550–597 value added	586	308	140.00–157.70	$151.18	$886	+5.96
600–649 value added	625	380	129.00–143.00	$135.22	$845	-4.74
600–649	626	855	115.00–144.00	$130.02	$814	-3.02
635 fancy	635	1	140.00	$140.00	$889	+4.00
650–698	674	961	110.00–138.00	$128.37	$865	-2.70
652–698 value added	674	724	128.00–141.50	$136.00	$917	-0.14
700–749	725	824	108.00–134.00	$124.86	$905	-0.52
700–747 value added	726	413	124.00–140.30	$133.71	$971	-1.76
750–799	777	602	110.00–138.95	$126.37	$982	-3.73
750–799 value added	778	765	121.50–138.85	$131.73	$1,025	-4.60
810	810	1	102.00	$102.00	$826	-24.38
800–849 value added	822	433	120.00–134.50	$130.91	$1,076	-2.49
800–849	828	593	107.00–134.75	$124.61	$1,032	+3.61
850–899	869	76	99.00–131.00	$119.14	$1,035	-6.94
852–881 value added	869	351	121.00–134.80	$130.37	$1,133	-2.80
918–933 value added	923	120	121.00–133.50	$131.60	$1,215	-3.40
900–940	924	81	95.00–125.25	$113.36	$1,047	-7.81
953–990	962	100	101.00–124.50	$120.68	$1,161	+5.03
956–977 value added	971	184	121.00–131.90	$129.81	$1,260	—
1010–1035	1026	13	95.00–119.50	$110.48	$1,134	-10.17
1020–1046 value added	1033	109	116.90–122.30	$119.64	$1,236	-7.36
1058–1098	1068	14	90.00–119.00	$103.58	$1,106	-9.44
1103–1110	1105	4	103.00–110.00	$104.76	$1,158	-3.24
1154	1154	8	100.00	$100.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	145.00	$145.00	$348	+2.00
250–298	282	11	130.00–159.00	$146.10	$412	+13.14
305–345	322	7	120.00–140.00	$133.33	$429	+0.85
350–395	381	30	105.00–156.00	$140.22	$534	+5.92
400–445	425	41	110.00–152.00	$135.85	$577	+2.33
450–498	472	45	112.50–146.00	$131.26	$620	-1.40
500–547	527	78	107.00–135.50	$127.27	$671	-2.04
550–598	579	98	103.00–134.00	$122.96	$712	-2.96
600–645	623	79	106.00–128.00	$119.02	$741	-0.17
650–698	675	50	99.00–120.00	$113.73	$768	-3.26
700–745	718	28	103.00–118.00	$111.09	$798	+2.04
750–785	764	15	102.00–115.00	$108.80	$831	-7.26
800–840	819	8	80.00–118.00	$99.39	$814	-14.10
850–885	867	11	85.00–118.00	$108.88	$944	-3.64
912	912	2	100.00	$100.00	$912	-13.76
950–985	955	14	107.00–114.00	$113.13	$1,080	+6.13

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–538	530	5	134.00–135.00	$134.81	$714	+2.81
572–590	578	3	122.00–132.00	$128.60	$743	—
628	628	3	121.00	$121.00	$760	+0.25
655–695	669	5	119.00–120.00	$119.40	$799	-4.60
707–730	717	7	110.00–120.00	$115.64	$829	—
762	762	7	113.50	$113.50	$865	-4.18
807	807	2	120.00	$120.00	$968	+16.00
850–883	875	4	118.00–120.00	$119.51	$1,046	—
925	925	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,054	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–465	462	4	116.00–137.00	$126.42	$584	+5.42
549	549	6	128.00	$128.00	$703	+0.28
587–589	588	9	104.50–129.00	$121.23	$713	-11.41
600	600	5	104.50	$104.50	$627	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	130.00	$130.00	$595	-5.00
634	634	4	123.00	$123.00	$780	+0.68
686	686	6	118.00	$118.00	$809	-5.82
701	701	3	111.00	$111.00	$778	-14.00
773	773	4	119.50	$119.50	$924	—
895	895	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,038	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	122.50	$122.50	$557	—
515	515	1	106.00	$106.00	$546	-5.00
538	538	2	124.00	$124.00	$667	—
560–590	579	4	90.00–121.00	$103.94	$602	+7.24
635	635	2	109.00	$109.00	$692	-7.28
680	680	2	103.00	$103.00	$700	—
700	700	1	89.00	$89.00	$623	+8.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	65.00	$65.00	$332	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,092	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	170.00–173.00	$171.54	$317	—
202–247	229	29	120.00–164.00	$137.03	$314	-9.83
225–235 fancy	230	2	135.00–142.50	$138.67	$319	-3.83
255–280 fancy	263	3	135.00	$135.00	$355	-2.50
250–296	275	62	116.00–145.00	$131.70	$362	-5.72
300–348	323	169	112.00–150.00	$132.98	$430	+2.75
305–345 fancy	324	18	133.00–150.00	$142.83	$463	+12.83
350–398	374	418	116.00–145.00	$133.39	$499	+2.61
356–393 value added	374	17	134.00–148.00	$138.16	$517	—
355–395 fancy	381	24	131.00–141.00	$137.12	$522	+1.51
400 fancy	400	1	137.50	$137.50	$550	-7.72
400–442 value added	422	100	128.00–139.00	$133.81	$565	+1.44
400–449	428	675	105.00–143.00	$125.66	$538	-3.41
450–498	475	1,036	110.00–146.00	$126.21	$599	-0.51
475 fancy	475	4	127.00	$127.00	$603	—
450–498 value added	481	101	128.00–137.00	$133.94	$644	+4.04
500–520 fancy	509	9	123.00–126.00	$124.64	$634	-9.20
500–549 value added	517	325	118.00–134.50	$125.49	$649	-5.29
500–548	524	1,089	110.00–133.00	$122.21	$640	-1.15
559 fancy	559	80	146.50	$146.50	$819	—
550–598	574	1,039	105.00–133.25	$119.67	$687	-4.31
550–595 value added	582	347	117.00–132.00	$124.35	$724	-0.22
591	591	3	111.00	$111.00	$656	-12.98
600–647	622	62	118.00–122.00	$119.86	$746	+0.26
600–649	622	959	100.00–130.00	$116.55	$725	-3.05
613–649 value added	626	393	113.50–134.75	$128.00	$801	-0.05
651–674	663	122	118.00–127.00	$121.07	$803	-1.78
654–698 value added	672	471	113.00–131.75	$124.52	$837	-5.63
650–699	677	676	95.00–128.25	$115.83	$784	-7.02
700 fancy	700	1	117.00	$117.00	$819	—
700–728	715	41	110.00–116.75	$114.18	$816	-1.26
700–749	717	519	92.00–126.00	$115.26	$826	-0.18
705–744 value added	723	282	110.00–129.70	$123.81	$895	-3.64
760–772	764	6	110.00–112.00	$110.67	$846	-0.30
754–781 value added	768	74	111.50–119.50	$116.04	$891	-6.30
750–798	774	336	97.00–122.50	$112.77	$873	+1.80
801	801	3	119.00	$119.00	$953	+10.99
800–845	828	101	89.00–118.50	$111.23	$921	+3.22
857–865 value added	864	66	104.00–115.40	$114.37	$988	—
854–890	871	36	82.00–112.00	$99.84	$870	-6.48
895	895	19	112.50	$112.50	$1,007	+11.76
930 value added	930	5	104.00	$104.00	$967	-15.25
903–945	933	29	93.00–109.00	$105.04	$980	+0.64
955–985	964	7	91.00–99.00	$92.84	$895	-2.66
1008–1030	1016	6	81.00–101.50	$94.02	$955	-0.48
1058 value added	1058	13	107.00	$107.00	$1,132	—
1088	1088	15	94.50	$94.50	$1,028	—
1143	1143	3	85.00	$85.00	$972	—
1196	1196	9	99.00	$99.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	-10.00
250–295	276	14	100.00–142.00	$120.47	$332	+5.06
300–345	328	50	105.00–134.00	$116.51	$382	-4.89
355–395	378	119	100.00–134.00	$117.02	$442	-2.48
400–447	428	135	95.00–135.00	$116.60	$499	+0.67
450–499	475	126	75.00–127.00	$113.38	$539	-2.91
500–548	524	107	96.00–124.00	$111.88	$586	-6.28
550–597	576	124	90.00–118.00	$108.55	$625	-5.73
600–647	620	88	80.00–115.00	$102.99	$639	-5.75
650–698	678	99	71.00–114.00	$100.43	$681	-7.49
700–745	716	74	75.00–110.00	$101.64	$728	-3.46
750–795	765	16	80.00–112.00	$96.76	$740	+4.62
800–840	830	12	81.00–106.00	$96.55	$801	-0.18
855–890	873	10	78.00–90.00	$85.02	$742	-20.97
910–935	923	2	70.00–109.00	$89.76	$828	-2.65
950–971	965	5	82.00–98.50	$93.76	$905	+3.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	13	143.00	$143.00	$499	+19.00
480	480	1	104.00	$104.00	$499	-15.65
580	580	1	109.50	$109.50	$635	-0.46
610–623	619	14	91.00–111.50	$107.01	$662	—
653	653	3	97.00	$97.00	$633	+8.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	100.00	$100.00	$280	—
305	305	2	112.00	$112.00	$342	—
315–345	330	2	106.00–107.50	$106.72	$352	—
375	375	2	102.00	$102.00	$382	—
400–445	421	6	90.00–122.50	$104.85	$441	-3.30
455–485	470	9	80.00–105.00	$99.19	$466	+5.23
475	475	2	110.00	$110.00	$522	+16.04
500–545	522	3	97.00–102.00	$99.74	$521	—
540	540	2	100.00	$100.00	$540	—
565	565	1	90.00	$90.00	$508	-3.00
590	590	1	102.00	$102.00	$602	+9.00
805	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–545	534	13	95.00–119.00	$111.94	$598	-7.23
555–595	577	7	101.00–113.00	$106.83	$616	—
640	640	2	91.00	$91.00	$582	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	107.00	$107.00	$321	—
480–493	492	12	110.00–115.00	$114.59	$564	+2.14
518–530	520	6	109.00–112.50	$111.91	$582	—
710	710	1	95.00	$95.00	$674	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1432	1386	3	69.00–84.00	$79.33	$1,100	—
1425	1425	1	65.00	$65.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	86.00	$86.00	$757	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	74.00	$74.00	$448	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	227	—	—	21	147.00–170.00	$160.03	$363	+13.47
255–295	278	—	—	40	130.00–181.00	$154.52	$430	+4.26
280 fancy	280	—	—	2	173.00	$173.00	$484	—
300–348	322	—	—	109	129.00–180.00	$153.27	$494	-0.69
310–340 fancy	334	—	—	12	169.00–180.00	$170.91	$571	+9.91
350–371 fancy	363	—	—	10	150.00–177.50	$159.63	$579	-4.05
350–399	376	—	—	197	120.00–175.00	$152.63	$574	+3.36
400–448 fancy	418	—	—	23	155.00–164.00	$158.66	$663	+5.67
400–449	430	—	—	265	128.50–167.00	$146.99	$632	+2.55
405–447 value added	437	—	—	15	160.00–180.00	$168.43	$736	+18.43
450 fancy	450	—	—	1	149.00	$149.00	$670	+1.48
450–496	472	—	—	353	122.00–159.50	$141.98	$670	+1.95
485 value added	485	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	$800	+8.00
501–527 value added	512	—	—	16	143.00–155.00	$150.52	$771	+1.52
515–522 fancy	519	—	—	13	143.00–152.00	$150.00	$778	+5.51
500–548	521	—	—	455	105.00–147.00	$130.50	$680	+1.11
550–599	572	—	—	441	115.00–146.00	$126.65	$724	+0.83
574 value added	574	—	—	9	146.00	$146.00	$838	—
600–649	622	—	—	328	104.00–130.50	$117.35	$730	-0.86
650–695	669	—	—	210	102.00–123.00	$114.21	$764	-2.11
700–746	721	—	—	178	80.00–119.00	$106.52	$768	-3.52
750–795	775	—	—	83	95.00–117.50	$104.92	$813	-4.93
800–848	822	—	—	76	87.00–117.00	$102.95	$846	+5.22
855–895	875	—	—	27	76.00–100.00	$93.13	$815	+1.17
905–936	922	—	—	13	83.00–97.00	$90.77	$837	+1.20
875–1060	968	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	85.00–90.00	$87.74	$849	—
976	976	—	—	3	82.00	$82.00	$800	—
1025	1025	—	—	1	83.00	$83.00	$851	-6.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	227	5	120.00–132.50	$125.63	$285	-0.44
255–285	275	7	117.50–148.00	$138.09	$380	+2.06
305–348	335	26	119.00–165.00	$140.11	$469	+4.87
350–392	368	45	120.00–158.00	$136.91	$504	+4.25
400–448	423	66	107.00–143.00	$131.15	$555	+2.97
450–495	470	84	110.00–146.00	$126.97	$597	+0.91
500–546	525	72	102.00–132.00	$121.68	$639	+5.03
550–597	575	106	96.00–126.00	$115.79	$666	+0.56
600–647	628	65	90.00–117.00	$107.87	$677	-0.32
650–696	669	70	86.00–119.50	$103.96	$695	-2.25
705–745	720	28	82.00–108.00	$100.32	$722	+1.57
755–790	768	13	90.00–107.00	$101.78	$782	+1.35
800–842	826	14	85.00–99.00	$90.78	$750	-0.81
850–880	863	5	72.00–90.00	$83.36	$719	-4.78
900–925	910	3	72.00–85.00	$77.30	$703	-8.37
950	950	1	86.00	$86.00	$817	+2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	117.50–125.00	$121.32	$328	+3.82
325–335	330	2	104.00–117.50	$110.65	$365	+0.65
375–382	379	5	105.00–127.00	$115.61	$438	-1.55
425–435	430	2	122.50	$122.50	$527	—
470–485	478	3	101.00–112.00	$106.03	$507	-8.18
510–545	527	5	100.00–117.50	$108.30	$571	-0.53
550–585	568	2	100.00–110.00	$104.85	$596	-12.15
555–595	576	7	100.00–120.00	$109.88	$633	-7.12
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	123.00	$123.00	$535	—
473	473	4	135.00	$135.00	$639	—
525	525	7	120.50	$120.50	$633	—
582	582	5	114.00	$114.00	$663	-16.00
648	648	2	114.00	$114.00	$739	—
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–488	482	6	120.00–128.00	$123.95	$597	—
586	586	4	108.50	$108.50	$636	—
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	—
740	740	1	98.00	$98.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–1090	980	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	735.00–1,100.00	$884.52	—
1025–1665	1373	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	1,075.00–1,330.00	$1,239.82	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	3	101.00	$101.00	$431	—
500	500	4	124.00	$124.00	$620	—
645	645	1	117.00	$117.00	$755	—
687	687	2	105.00	$105.00	$721	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	89.00	$89.00	$668	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
912–1650	1217	80-85%	110	31.00–49.50	$42.74	$520	—
900–1700	1244	80-85%	547	36.50–58.50	$50.35	$626	—
985–1645	1253	80-85%	132	45.00–64.00	$56.81	$712	+4.96

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1125	882	85-90%	12	15.00–39.00	$21.23	$187	—
750–1430	1031	85-90%	151	25.00–45.00	$36.40	$375	—
800–1250	1048	85-90%	61	45.00–60.00	$50.52	$529	—
650–1655	1079	85-90%	207	31.00–54.00	$43.95	$474	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1900	1425	75-80%	27	40.00–48.50	$45.81	$653	—
1140–2090	1495	75-80%	265	45.00–58.00	$51.37	$768	-7.20
1160–1925	1542	75-80%	117	50.50–63.00	$57.10	$880	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–2010	1530	57	52.50–80.00	$70.11	$1,073	-1.78
1125–2350	1746	137	70.00–91.00	$83.70	$1,461	-0.22
1295–2295	1845	79	82.00–108.00	$94.37	$1,741	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1285	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	59.00–67.00	$61.66	$634
925–1235	1059	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	56.00–89.00	$67.79	$718
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$706

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	325.00	$325.00
740–870	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	300.00–510.00	$408.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1250	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	475.00–1,150.00	$976.59
865–1490	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	725.00–1,150.00	$953.24
815–1330	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	725.00–900.00	$844.82
935–1665	1206	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	74	400.00–910.00	$665.65
1100–1490	1221	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	550.00–825.00	$664.31
975–1500	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	660.00–780.00	$732.73
1150–1380	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–850.00	$680.85
990–1505	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	650.00–1,025.00	$793.44
935–1595	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	73	525.00–1,250.00	$809.20
880–1595	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	565.00–1,150.00	$938.50
1003–1440	1279	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	480.00–750.00	$718.08
1295	1295	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
980–2082	1341	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	750.00–1,100.00	$910.63

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
910–920	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	420.00–535.00	$477.19
900–975	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	475.00–700.00	$584.33
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–685.00	$592.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1005–1395	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	600.00–710.00	$664.21
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–895	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	400.00–550.00	$465.86
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1165–1225	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–525.00	$512.81

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	720.00	$720.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1310–1445	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–785.00	$740.42

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1265	972	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	625.00–1,100.00	$920.81
850–1115	976	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	700.00–1,100.00	$998.10
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	680.00	$680.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
965	965	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	520.00	$520.00

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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
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+465.07
1050–1100	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,279.07	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+100.00
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	-51.50
850–1435	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	850.00–1,400.00	$1,156.68	+195.18
960–1260	1147	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	725.00–925.00	$841.42	-120.08
850–1350	1156	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	850.00–1,450.00	$1,166.87	—
1100–1250	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,206.91	—
865–1440	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	850.00–1,200.00	$1,027.05	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+625.00
950–1650	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	710.00–1,010.00	$836.39	+211.39
1165–1650	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	810.00–1,200.00	$1,060.11	—
1250–1465	1358	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,218.69	—
1535	1535	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	770.00	$770.00	—
1370	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1660	1660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	740.00	$740.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	100.00	$100.00	$230	—
275	275	2	96.00	$96.00	$264	—
305–341	334	14	90.00–102.00	$99.43	$332	—
360–392	384	14	96.00–112.00	$105.72	$406	—
445–448	448	39	103.00–108.00	$103.51	$464	—
455–490	473	17	90.00–110.00	$102.76	$486	—
537	537	9	107.00	$107.00	$575	—
607–638	625	15	74.00–104.50	$88.09	$551	—
676–679	678	14	94.00	$94.00	$637	—
705–715	710	2	70.00–80.00	$75.04	$533	—
800–823	818	6	56.00–78.00	$70.38	$576	—
880	880	6	85.25	$85.25	$750	—
925	925	1	65.00	$65.00	$601	—
960–995	980	3	78.00–85.00	$80.67	$791	—
1012–1014	1013	33	70.50–83.00	$78.46	$795	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	2	76.00	$76.00	$306	—
511	511	4	72.00	$72.00	$368	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	68.00	$68.00	$248	—
448	448	3	67.00	$67.00	$300	—
520	520	1	74.00	$74.00	$385	—
795	795	1	64.00	$64.00	$509	—

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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
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	780.00	$780.00	—
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.