Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

21,549 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.93/cwt +6.43 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 721 lb · 1,085 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.78/cwt +10.33 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 626 lb · 1,081 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.98/cwt ≈ $1,059/hd at 827 lb · 1,020 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	21,549	323	17,804
Feeder cattle	18,003	287	14,356
Slaughter cattle	2,584	35	2,282
Replacement cattle	962	1	1,166

Market comments — USDA reporter

Due to severe winter weather throughout the region two weeks ago which led to closed markets and halted livestock movement, no comparison is available this week due to a lack of comparable sales.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	235	7	155.00–175.00	$164.93	$388	—
245 value added	245	1	174.00	$174.00	$426	—
250–297	271	12	160.00–180.00	$166.00	$450	—
272–280 value added	275	3	181.00–200.00	$193.54	$532	—
300–340 value added	313	13	185.00–200.00	$196.60	$615	—
315–330 fancy	322	3	180.00–203.00	$188.28	$606	—
300–348	332	34	129.50–190.00	$172.86	$574	—
360–375 fancy	363	13	170.00–202.00	$194.02	$704	—
350–397	379	53	154.00–192.00	$174.00	$659	+18.41
405–447	423	110	144.00–181.00	$165.34	$699	—
400–448 value added	425	84	155.00–188.00	$175.42	$746	—
425–445 fancy	438	18	172.00–187.00	$183.59	$804	—
450–464 fancy	456	17	165.00–184.00	$170.00	$775	—
450–498	476	213	126.00–175.00	$160.14	$762	—
450–497 value added	476	62	155.00–176.50	$167.84	$799	—
512–530 fancy	517	12	157.00–162.50	$161.35	$834	—
500–549 value added	526	162	145.00–167.00	$160.43	$844	—
500–549	529	183	130.00–161.50	$149.58	$791	—
550–599	571	293	125.00–157.50	$147.66	$843	-1.34
550–595 value added	573	207	139.00–164.00	$156.56	$897	—
593 fancy	593	9	162.00	$162.00	$961	—
605 fancy	605	1	153.00	$153.00	$926	—
600–649 value added	628	205	135.00–164.00	$145.43	$913	—
600–649	632	437	120.00–148.00	$139.97	$885	-1.53
650–692 value added	664	381	131.00–148.50	$144.06	$957	—
650–699	672	478	108.00–144.00	$135.90	$913	+5.90
700–747	720	337	112.00–135.00	$127.94	$921	—
700–747 value added	720	257	125.50–138.00	$133.25	$959	—
750–797	770	574	115.00–132.50	$126.64	$975	-0.61
751–795 value added	771	302	121.00–139.75	$133.53	$1,030	—
800–849	820	403	109.00–133.50	$125.14	$1,026	—
822 fancy	822	67	135.00	$135.00	$1,110	—
810–849 value added	833	550	118.50–130.00	$129.20	$1,076	—
851–895	861	234	110.00–126.50	$121.76	$1,048	+6.76
855–895 value added	881	295	121.00–127.00	$125.57	$1,106	—
900–945	915	145	100.00–121.50	$113.85	$1,042	—
915 fancy	915	53	124.10	$124.10	$1,136	—
945 value added	945	58	121.90	$121.90	$1,152	—
952–971 value added	960	182	106.00–118.50	$117.59	$1,129	—
950–993	982	98	104.00–117.00	$113.50	$1,115	—
1005–1027	1023	5	95.00–108.00	$105.44	$1,079	+17.44
1050–1080	1058	7	94.00–104.00	$98.57	$1,043	—
1109 value added	1109	13	106.50	$106.50	$1,181	—
1107–1135	1112	6	90.00–97.50	$96.22	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	203.00	$203.00	$690	—
417–445	428	23	183.00–187.00	$185.37	$793	—
460–471	470	8	168.00–171.00	$168.37	$791	—
503–532	522	41	161.00–164.00	$162.91	$850	—
561–586	574	75	151.00–154.00	$152.43	$875	—
605–615	613	53	149.00–150.00	$149.81	$918	—
657–685	674	51	136.00–140.00	$137.70	$928	—
702–716	712	49	130.00–132.00	$130.77	$931	—
754–790	775	92	126.50–130.00	$127.57	$989	—
803–845	826	101	121.00–125.50	$124.38	$1,027	—
850	850	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,020	—
951	951	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,113	—
1012	1012	9	111.00	$111.00	$1,123	—
1270	1270	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–292	284	4	137.00–141.00	$139.18	$395	—
300–345	329	4	114.00–155.00	$135.04	$444	—
350–380	359	11	130.00–155.00	$141.33	$507	—
400–445	423	15	109.00–148.00	$138.21	$585	—
456–498	484	34	115.00–154.00	$137.14	$664	—
500–540	518	32	103.00–144.00	$135.85	$704	—
550–595	571	28	120.00–145.00	$132.10	$754	—
610–641	631	33	105.00–138.00	$128.78	$813	—
652–696	677	55	112.00–134.00	$127.94	$866	—
689 value added	689	42	134.00	$134.00	$923	—
700–745	727	22	103.00–119.00	$113.76	$827	—
765–793	774	47	110.00–122.00	$119.30	$923	—
810–843	834	38	105.00–118.00	$115.33	$962	—
855–887	871	17	89.00–114.00	$110.28	$961	—
905	905	1	99.00	$99.00	$896	—
950–990	971	4	90.50–107.00	$96.39	$936	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–585	568	3	132.00–139.00	$136.60	$776	—
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—
760 value added	760	12	124.75	$124.75	$948	—
833	833	4	118.25	$118.25	$985	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,046	—
1505–1950	1799	6	73.50–80.50	$78.75	$1,417	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	6	130.00	$130.00	$829	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	3	139.00	$139.00	$815	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	136.00	$136.00	$517	—
450	450	1	120.00	$120.00	$540	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	127.00	$127.00	$857	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	162.50	$162.50	$236	—
208–245	220	12	131.00–160.00	$147.52	$325	—
225–230 fancy	228	3	146.00–160.00	$151.94	$346	—
253–297 fancy	269	9	142.00–170.00	$151.18	$407	—
250–298	273	34	129.00–161.00	$142.59	$389	—
300–347	324	88	120.00–155.00	$142.57	$462	+5.57
301–345 value added	325	18	139.00–163.00	$150.54	$489	—
325–345 fancy	334	4	140.00–145.00	$141.48	$473	—
355–392 fancy	367	9	141.00–150.00	$147.05	$540	—
350–390 value added	368	19	146.00–159.00	$153.82	$566	—
350–397	378	120	127.00–155.50	$143.44	$542	+9.16
400–420 fancy	410	2	147.00–150.00	$148.46	$609	—
404–446 value added	427	135	128.00–155.00	$146.95	$627	—
400–449	430	287	121.00–147.00	$138.89	$597	+27.89
450–492 value added	462	53	128.00–151.00	$143.38	$662	—
450–498	472	388	120.00–150.00	$136.17	$643	+1.17
500–549 value added	522	183	120.00–144.00	$132.67	$693	—
500–549	528	469	112.00–144.00	$132.22	$698	+10.36
550–596 value added	568	115	121.00–136.00	$129.54	$736	—
550–599	575	456	110.00–137.25	$126.32	$726	—
600–648 value added	620	368	121.00–136.90	$134.50	$834	—
600–647	623	25	114.00–118.00	$115.71	$721	-1.74
600–648	630	688	108.00–133.00	$124.63	$785	+7.18
650–685	670	9	114.00–119.50	$116.92	$783	—
650–697	671	345	106.00–130.00	$119.86	$804	—
651–699 value added	673	273	116.00–133.00	$126.86	$854	—
700–743 value added	716	713	90.00–129.95	$126.17	$903	—
704–741	724	14	111.50–119.00	$114.11	$826	-3.39
700–748	732	358	98.00–123.50	$119.86	$877	+2.36
752–783	770	18	107.50–114.00	$110.96	$854	—
755–795 value added	770	101	109.00–126.50	$122.88	$946	—
750–797	777	117	90.00–123.50	$116.18	$903	—
800–835	813	17	100.00–112.00	$106.03	$862	—
800–847	830	82	101.00–116.00	$110.34	$916	—
801–841 value added	835	257	109.00–119.50	$117.21	$979	—
852 value added	852	2	108.00	$108.00	$920	—
850–887	868	25	92.00–114.00	$106.04	$920	+15.04
907–929	926	32	104.00–110.00	$109.14	$1,011	—
925–945	935	2	91.00–103.50	$97.32	$910	—
961	961	10	102.50	$102.50	$985	—
950–985	968	9	81.00–102.00	$97.24	$941	—
1010	1010	1	88.00	$88.00	$889	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–440	417	26	150.00–154.00	$151.34	$631	—
470–485	473	17	141.00–145.00	$143.24	$678	—
502–524	509	99	140.00–146.50	$144.56	$736	—
551–598	576	107	135.00–138.00	$136.06	$784	—
600–645	623	59	130.00–135.00	$132.11	$823	—
656–687	675	18	126.00–129.00	$127.13	$858	—
702–731	723	66	121.00–126.00	$122.10	$883	—
752	752	13	121.00–125.00	$121.62	$915	—
846	846	5	113.00	$113.00	$956	—
906	906	8	110.00	$110.00	$997	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	129.00–137.50	$133.29	$317	—
260–295	282	6	126.00–147.00	$134.72	$380	—
305–340	330	16	110.00–143.00	$129.32	$427	—
350–397	368	25	108.00–137.00	$127.37	$469	—
400–442	424	16	110.00–136.00	$121.98	$517	—
450–498	477	28	93.00–133.00	$120.00	$572	—
500–545	520	36	101.00–137.00	$118.64	$617	—
550–595	574	24	102.00–118.00	$111.55	$640	+16.55
605–646	631	68	94.00–120.00	$112.35	$709	—
650–698	681	65	100.00–118.00	$109.08	$743	+46.08
701–748	724	57	92.00–117.00	$109.82	$795	—
750–797	772	17	71.00–107.00	$92.64	$715	—
815–845	829	19	80.00–105.00	$96.15	$797	+33.15
855–888	879	5	83.00–100.00	$94.67	$832	—
925	925	1	85.00	$85.00	$786	—
990	990	1	87.00	$87.00	$861	—
1010	1010	2	95.00	$95.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	122.00	$122.00	$525	—
552–555	552	10	127.00–133.00	$132.40	$731	—
740	740	1	96.00	$96.00	$710	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	106.00	$106.00	$716	—
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	100.00	$100.00	$360	—
465	465	1	91.00	$91.00	$423	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

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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
235 fancy	235	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	$411	—
220–245	238	—	—	10	150.00–175.00	$160.24	$381	—
265 fancy	265	—	—	1	167.50	$167.50	$444	—
250–295	275	—	—	17	146.00–176.00	$157.42	$433	—
300–345	329	—	—	22	141.00–184.00	$157.98	$520	—
317–347 fancy	332	—	—	4	182.00–192.00	$187.23	$622	—
350–383 fancy	370	—	—	23	167.50–178.00	$177.03	$655	—
350–391	371	—	—	72	142.00–186.00	$163.22	$606	—
405–415 value added	409	—	—	4	166.00–173.00	$169.72	$694	—
400–448	425	—	—	89	132.00–175.00	$158.29	$673	—
434–440 fancy	435	—	—	6	171.00–181.00	$179.31	$780	—
450–497	471	—	—	163	131.00–176.00	$155.35	$732	—
490 fancy	490	—	—	1	153.00	$153.00	$750	—
512–535 fancy	520	—	—	10	153.00–162.00	$159.13	$827	—
500–546	522	—	—	143	130.00–159.00	$143.23	$748	+8.23
505–544 value added	526	—	—	16	151.00–154.00	$152.17	$800	—
565 value added	565	—	—	2	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
550–596	574	—	—	178	118.00–158.00	$135.58	$778	—
560–590 fancy	583	—	—	4	144.00–148.00	$144.96	$845	—
600–611 fancy	607	—	—	9	122.00–142.00	$130.02	$789	—
600–645	623	—	—	151	111.00–135.00	$125.69	$783	—
656–665 fancy	658	—	—	4	128.00–133.00	$131.74	$867	—
650–695	672	—	—	62	110.00–130.00	$121.05	$813	+10.05
700–743	715	—	—	54	93.00–122.00	$113.35	$810	—
750–795	770	—	—	37	99.00–118.00	$112.27	$864	—
800–840	810	—	—	31	101.00–115.00	$111.08	$900	—
850–885	860	—	—	12	90.00–109.00	$97.15	$835	—
907–925	914	—	—	4	80.00–94.50	$86.65	$792	—
955–995	984	—	—	6	85.00–95.50	$89.70	$883	—
1140	1140	—	—	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,049	—
1160	1160	—	—	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,067	—
1330	1330	—	—	1	95.50	$95.50	$1,270	—
1635–1690	1663	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	89.00–93.00	$90.97	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	225	3	135.00–150.00	$143.53	$323	—
250–298	278	8	102.00–152.50	$136.95	$381	—
315–330	323	4	130.00–149.00	$141.32	$456	—
350–395	377	20	128.00–165.00	$144.75	$546	—
410–445	424	8	109.00–142.00	$132.68	$563	—
450–495	467	18	115.00–150.00	$133.02	$621	—
510–545	530	12	116.00–140.00	$129.79	$688	—
555–587	573	17	100.00–129.00	$120.24	$689	—
600–632	619	11	94.00–120.00	$107.62	$666	—
650–697	674	10	100.00–114.00	$108.63	$732	—
703–720	708	4	98.00–114.00	$105.55	$747	+13.55
758–793	781	12	90.00–107.00	$95.23	$744	—
805	805	2	90.00	$90.00	$724	—
850–880	862	3	83.50–95.00	$90.18	$777	—
900–945	923	2	80.00–82.00	$81.02	$748	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	128.00	$128.00	$758	—
662	662	2	122.00	$122.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1315–1485	1393	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,374.68	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	121.00	$121.00	$793	—
790	790	1	106.00	$106.00	$837	—
875	875	2	91.00	$91.00	$796	—
910	910	1	82.00	$82.00	$746	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–545	523	3	92.00–103.00	$99.10	$518	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1740	1240	80-85%	100	40.00–64.00	$52.88	$656	—
790–1660	1260	80-85%	477	40.00–73.50	$61.27	$772	—
995–1770	1284	80-85%	201	53.00–80.50	$68.96	$885	—
1320	1320	80-85%	1	38.00	$38.00	$502	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1900	1504	75-80%	181	52.50–75.50	$62.18	$935	—
1080–1845	1513	75-80%	149	58.50–82.50	$67.74	$1,025	—
1230–1920	1576	75-80%	9	53.00–67.50	$58.75	$926	-21.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1400	1020	85-90%	69	23.00–59.50	$44.93	$458	—
850–1575	1038	85-90%	66	47.00–75.00	$60.75	$631	—
595–1500	1060	85-90%	169	34.00–69.50	$52.71	$559	—
850–1585	1150	85-90%	4	11.00–24.00	$19.17	$220	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–2310	1521	47	62.00–95.00	$80.91	$1,231	—
1000–2530	1730	131	61.00–104.50	$91.94	$1,591	-5.06
1245–2345	1847	91	89.50–117.00	$102.91	$1,901	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–997	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	58.00–70.00	$61.60	$585
745–1160	1001	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	65.00–86.00	$72.82	$729
935–1295	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	65.00–82.00	$74.26	$821

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1175	1019	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	61.00–73.00	$65.37	$666
1075–1125	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	61.00–63.00	$61.98	$682

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1300	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	725.00–1,150.00	$938.79
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
800–1280	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	670.00–1,325.00	$924.16
1090–1200	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	985.00–1,325.00	$1,148.46
995–1330	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	650.00–975.00	$858.76
1130–1245	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	590.00–800.00	$705.22
1000–1515	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	610.00–1,175.00	$903.01
1050–1535	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	680.00–1,050.00	$816.86
1050–1570	1278	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	775.00–1,325.00	$952.67
980–1635	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	935.00–1,200.00	$1,087.55
1200–1470	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	900.00–1,050.00	$998.62
942–1705	1309	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	77	850.00–1,500.00	$1,177.46
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1180–1595 fancy	1402	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,476.98
1475	1475	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1285	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–875.00	$827.97
1000–1340	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	850.00–875.00	$871.50
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
1205–1280	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
1050–1565	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	750.00–900.00	$829.02
1245–1353	1326	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	725.00–800.00	$782.40

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
865–950	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–875.00	$830.07
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
924–995	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	840.00–1,000.00	$922.96
890–1090	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	660.00–840.00	$740.91
900–1145	1023	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	690.00–1,000.00	$826.43

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1435	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1575	1575	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1735	1735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
430–735	583	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	420.00–675.00	$514.12

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
830–1190	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	675.00–950.00	$839.14
810–1000	919	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–900.00	$752.48
912–1200	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	950.00–1,425.00	$1,217.49
1075–1150	1119	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	685.00–1,250.00	$1,018.41
1386 fancy	1386	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
883	883	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
930	930	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–750	747	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–950.00	$842.63
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00

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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
1015–1175	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	710.00–775.00	$752.62	—
1025–1165	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,176.60	—
990–1250	1119	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,625.00	$1,266.80	—
950–1300	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,155.00	—
940–1350	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,650.00	$1,472.25	—
1055–1335	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,110.00–1,475.00	$1,274.47	—
1015–1395	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,311.41	—
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1166–1740	1299	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,050.00–1,600.00	$1,302.29	—
1040–1610	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	810.00–1,275.00	$1,018.43	—
1095–1500	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	700.00–1,275.00	$1,110.02	—
1185–1470 fancy	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,522.32	—
1125–1715	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,025.00–1,675.00	$1,403.25	—
1322–1453	1401	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,390.56	—
1550	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1385–1900	1600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,125.00–1,500.00	$1,401.87	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1385–1455	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00–1,275.00	$1,062.39	—
1495	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1535–1560	1548	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,400.00	$1,288.41	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1320	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,118.70	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	14	124.00	$124.00	$326	—
341–345	342	14	99.00–106.00	$103.98	$356	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	119.00	$119.00	$226	—
275	275	2	93.00	$93.00	$256	—
300	300	1	81.00	$81.00	$243	—
395	395	1	95.00	$95.00	$375	—
416	416	3	83.00	$83.00	$345	—
475–498	487	4	78.00–81.00	$79.46	$387	—
535	535	2	88.00	$88.00	$471	—
575	575	1	96.00	$96.00	$552	—
645	645	1	77.00	$77.00	$497	—
660–690	676	11	76.00–96.00	$86.68	$586	—
738	738	15	95.75	$95.75	$707	—
773–780	775	4	77.00–90.00	$86.73	$672	—
815–845	816	71	87.00–98.10	$97.78	$798	—
860	860	1	86.00	$86.00	$740	—
910–947	922	10	65.00–87.50	$78.08	$720	—
952–964	963	40	85.00–93.50	$93.08	$896	—

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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
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.