Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

14,823 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.43/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $747/hd at 569 lb · 553 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.40/cwt -4.03 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 523 lb · 495 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $123.76/cwt +4.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,077/hd at 870 lb · 459 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,823	17,146	15,033
Feeder cattle	12,023	13,857	12,392
Slaughter cattle	1,960	2,062	1,861
Replacement cattle	840	1,227	780

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower with mostly light to moderate demand. Heavy rain was prevalent throughout much of the state which limited some livestock movement, and higher corn futures decreased demand for feeder cattle. Buyers continue to show the most demand for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	172.50	$172.50	$302	—
190 fancy	190	1	202.50	$202.50	$385	-15.00
215 fancy	215	1	190.00	$190.00	$408	-12.00
206–240	222	5	157.00–182.50	$169.10	$375	+0.74
250–295	273	19	157.50–188.00	$173.01	$472	-2.86
305–345	323	27	145.00–182.50	$163.00	$526	-6.35
350–397	373	102	145.00–175.00	$162.61	$607	-6.43
380 value added	380	11	164.00	$164.00	$623	-12.75
410 fancy	410	1	170.00	$170.00	$697	-17.26
400–445 value added	426	38	158.00–175.00	$168.39	$717	-0.85
400–447	426	123	138.00–174.00	$159.86	$681	-0.76
450–499	474	243	130.00–165.00	$153.88	$729	-4.49
458–495 value added	474	60	157.00–165.50	$163.15	$773	-0.74
500–542 value added	521	66	150.00–170.00	$158.87	$828	-2.88
500–549	525	236	128.00–160.00	$149.23	$783	-2.45
557 fancy	557	2	158.50	$158.50	$883	-2.00
550–595	570	265	127.00–155.50	$143.62	$819	-3.83
555–598 value added	577	72	130.00–165.00	$147.61	$852	-6.17
600–646 value added	616	86	137.00–151.50	$147.33	$908	+3.02
600–645	621	218	123.00–153.00	$135.70	$843	-3.22
650–697	671	319	119.00–147.00	$134.48	$902	+0.73
652–680 value added	676	29	134.00–142.00	$135.60	$917	-5.55
685	685	2	127.50	$127.50	$873	-6.25
702–740 value added	717	134	126.00–145.50	$140.51	$1,007	+9.92
700–748	723	113	111.00–134.50	$122.08	$883	-5.74
735 fancy	735	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,022	—
763–768 value added	765	14	128.00–130.25	$129.44	$990	-3.13
750–791	775	85	95.00–129.00	$119.28	$924	-7.16
800–845 value added	806	331	123.00–136.95	$133.44	$1,076	+4.91
801–849	822	70	105.00–121.50	$116.57	$958	-4.52
850–895	866	94	105.50–126.00	$121.02	$1,048	+1.64
852–886 value added	871	365	121.50–126.95	$124.47	$1,084	+9.47
905–923 value added	911	281	117.00–123.10	$121.95	$1,111	-1.93
900–948	936	14	105.00–112.00	$110.18	$1,031	-3.53
973–990	977	63	105.00–117.50	$116.82	$1,141	+2.34
960–995 value added	991	63	113.00–117.80	$117.28	$1,162	-1.42
1012	1012	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,052	-4.92
1000–1037 value added	1018	111	115.00–118.60	$116.78	$1,189	—
1050	1050	1	91.00	$91.00	$956	-18.35
1205	1205	12	96.00	$96.00	$1,157	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	3	142.50–155.00	$150.09	$360	-9.91
250–280	271	4	142.00–165.00	$151.38	$410	+2.11
305–345	322	7	133.00–161.00	$141.82	$457	-15.91
360–390	373	6	121.00–160.00	$144.73	$540	-3.07
400–448	431	21	122.00–156.50	$140.84	$607	-9.14
450–496	473	51	106.00–153.00	$137.23	$649	-4.01
500–545	530	44	120.00–143.00	$135.30	$717	+2.86
550–597	576	35	116.00–139.00	$129.60	$746	-1.61
600–645	620	25	109.00–137.00	$124.52	$772	-1.58
650–698	683	21	110.00–130.00	$119.30	$815	+0.56
700–749	734	15	104.00–121.00	$111.39	$818	-0.24
755–790	774	5	110.00–115.00	$112.82	$873	+1.96
820	820	2	103.00–107.00	$105.00	$861	-12.61
850–890	866	7	85.00–115.00	$97.24	$842	+4.64
900	900	1	67.50	$67.50	$608	—
992	992	2	90.00	$90.00	$893	—
1055	1055	1	89.00	$89.00	$939	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–472	456	10	137.00–145.00	$143.34	$654	-10.72
527	527	3	137.00	$137.00	$722	—
745	745	1	115.00	$115.00	$857	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	2	151.00	$151.00	$778	+5.00
601–642	617	5	121.00–127.00	$123.50	$762	-11.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	2	108.00	$108.00	$1,166	—
1153–1175	1159	4	88.00	$88.00	$1,020	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–545	533	2	110.00–115.00	$112.56	$600	—
603–645	623	4	94.00–101.00	$99.19	$618	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	132.00	$132.00	$686	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–160	158	2	177.50–190.00	$183.85	$290	—
205–245	227	10	130.00–162.00	$146.09	$332	-8.67
250–275 fancy	263	2	163.00–170.00	$166.33	$437	-28.67
250–295	270	31	130.00–164.00	$148.38	$401	-1.25
320 fancy	320	1	158.00	$158.00	$506	-7.00
300–348	323	114	124.00–164.00	$146.75	$474	-3.36
315–347 value added	335	4	150.00	$150.00	$502	-5.39
350 fancy	350	1	156.00	$156.00	$546	—
350–397	372	226	122.00–153.00	$141.70	$527	-5.86
370–375 value added	373	2	146.00	$146.00	$545	-17.10
420 fancy	420	6	154.00	$154.00	$647	+1.84
403–447 value added	422	88	137.00–151.00	$146.89	$620	-4.39
400–449	429	268	126.00–148.00	$138.59	$595	-4.44
450 fancy	450	1	157.00	$157.00	$706	+5.61
451–490 value added	457	15	138.00–155.00	$147.68	$675	+2.51
450–498	477	426	125.00–151.00	$138.08	$659	-2.46
500–540 value added	520	86	130.00–145.00	$137.98	$717	-4.79
500–549	524	408	117.50–144.00	$131.19	$687	-2.48
535 fancy	535	1	146.00	$146.00	$781	-4.02
550–598	567	402	105.50–140.00	$129.55	$735	-4.02
551–589 value added	573	151	127.00–144.00	$136.43	$782	-5.50
600–648	622	252	104.00–138.00	$120.53	$750	-4.60
600–640 value added	627	205	120.50–139.00	$129.87	$814	-2.46
650–697	674	210	109.50–130.00	$119.50	$805	-1.29
687	687	5	117.50	$117.50	$807	-3.29
703–743 value added	721	199	112.50–123.30	$120.47	$869	-1.86
700–746	722	166	100.00–123.00	$111.73	$807	-3.11
762	762	2	119.00	$119.00	$907	+8.36
760–770	765	2	81.00–90.00	$85.53	$654	-25.11
755–799	773	80	90.00–117.00	$109.22	$844	-1.42
755–777 value added	775	55	119.00–120.00	$119.07	$923	-0.18
800 value added	800	66	118.00	$118.00	$944	—
821–826	823	9	115.00–116.00	$115.33	$949	+14.83
800–847	824	40	82.00–109.50	$102.31	$843	+1.81
851–895	866	17	86.00–124.00	$103.36	$895	-4.91
880–887	884	14	111.00–117.00	$113.56	$1,004	+17.26
885	885	2	95.00–102.00	$98.50	$872	+2.20
886 value added	886	13	106.00	$106.00	$939	—
920	920	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,003	+6.50
900–938	932	13	91.00–102.00	$101.18	$943	-1.32
958–987	972	8	88.00–104.00	$95.16	$925	-4.29
975	975	6	91.00	$91.00	$887	-45.00
1025–1030	1028	3	87.00–89.00	$88.34	$908	-21.16
1045	1045	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,045	-9.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	126.00–136.00	$131.40	$286	+10.40
258–295	274	6	130.00–150.00	$135.92	$372	+8.12
300–345	325	16	113.00–149.00	$131.65	$428	-1.01
350–398	376	57	116.00–139.00	$129.32	$486	-2.66
400–448	426	69	110.00–139.00	$125.41	$534	-6.31
450–497	464	82	110.00–131.00	$124.44	$577	-4.99
500–546	525	74	107.00–129.00	$119.72	$629	-2.23
550–595	576	77	100.00–124.00	$117.44	$676	-1.05
600–647	624	31	94.00–123.00	$106.96	$667	-0.16
650–695	672	38	86.00–116.00	$105.61	$710	+0.12
700–745	716	16	89.00–115.00	$98.66	$706	+3.33
750–790	774	22	82.00–105.00	$97.26	$753	-2.38
800–835	814	6	80.00–105.00	$90.17	$734	-6.52
852–895	866	8	72.00–104.00	$87.08	$754	+1.83
910–915	913	2	78.00–80.00	$79.00	$721	-5.99
955–995	974	7	65.00–78.00	$74.96	$730	-9.04

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	128.00	$128.00	$544	—
475	475	1	127.00	$127.00	$603	+4.00
507–535	516	3	122.00	$122.00	$630	—
547 value added	547	11	130.00	$130.00	$711	—
550–577	568	3	120.00–121.00	$120.32	$683	+7.60
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	—
660–669	666	11	105.00–107.00	$106.28	$708	+2.28

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1151	1107	9	93.00–95.00	$94.39	$1,045	—
1182	1182	2	78.00	$78.00	$922	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
485–488	487	3	114.00–116.00	$115.34	$562	-5.66
490	490	2	112.00	$112.00	$549	-9.00
540	540	1	105.00	$105.00	$567	—
565	565	1	120.00	$120.00	$678	+39.00
605	605	1	117.00	$117.00	$708	—
615	615	2	100.00	$100.00	$615	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	120.00	$120.00	$624	-7.00
550–578	564	4	115.00–120.00	$118.54	$669	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	125.00	$125.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	2	107.50	$107.50	$672	—

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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 fancy	205	—	—	1	205.00	$205.00	$420	+32.00
205–245	231	—	—	5	144.00–172.50	$162.87	$376	-14.32
260–270 fancy	265	—	—	2	180.00	$180.00	$477	+7.50
255–295	280	—	—	26	142.50–200.00	$165.79	$464	-9.74
300–348	323	—	—	66	141.00–173.00	$156.99	$507	-7.36
350–395	370	—	—	118	137.00–175.00	$155.88	$577	-6.96
400–440 fancy	412	—	—	9	150.00–183.00	$167.30	$689	-4.28
402–425 value added	413	—	—	9	155.00–160.00	$158.65	$655	-12.96
400–447	430	—	—	197	138.00–172.00	$151.47	$651	-3.96
452 value added	452	—	—	2	163.00	$163.00	$737	—
450–495	472	—	—	217	132.00–165.00	$146.45	$691	-3.83
460–492 fancy	478	—	—	5	150.00–156.00	$153.20	$732	—
502 fancy	502	—	—	4	160.00	$160.00	$803	+7.00
500–548	521	—	—	186	116.00–152.50	$136.03	$709	-6.27
502–536 value added	529	—	—	19	144.00–154.00	$146.59	$775	-7.83
550–597	570	—	—	195	120.00–145.00	$133.85	$763	-3.74
593 value added	593	—	—	3	147.00	$147.00	$872	—
600–645 value added	611	—	—	17	126.00–135.00	$131.25	$802	-2.37
600–647	618	—	—	191	114.00–138.00	$129.05	$798	+0.75
650–696	675	—	—	108	101.00–129.00	$119.12	$804	-7.28
700–749	721	—	—	79	101.00–121.00	$113.12	$816	-2.98
750–790	768	—	—	18	98.00–113.00	$105.92	$813	-5.57
800–845	820	—	—	41	89.00–117.00	$101.91	$836	-1.59
860–886	880	—	—	13	80.00–104.00	$94.32	$830	-5.01
910–935	918	—	—	4	83.00–102.00	$91.74	$842	-1.26
953–990	964	—	—	9	84.00–95.00	$88.93	$857	-20.07
1020–1030	1025	—	—	2	82.00–90.00	$85.98	$881	-12.18
1055	1055	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	$844	—
1110	1110	—	—	1	71.00	$71.00	$788	-15.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,187	—
1400	1400	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,680	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	121.00–137.50	$129.54	$276	-30.46
255–297	278	9	134.00–158.00	$145.93	$406	-13.62
310–348	335	20	113.00–160.00	$145.48	$487	-5.87
350–395	369	39	123.00–160.00	$140.05	$517	-8.07
400–448	431	36	120.00–155.00	$139.62	$602	-3.70
450–495	470	71	110.00–149.00	$133.33	$627	-4.04
500–547	525	47	106.00–136.00	$123.87	$650	-5.29
560	560	2	111.00	$111.00	$622	-12.67
550–598	573	37	107.00–135.00	$121.70	$697	-1.97
600–647	625	29	100.00–122.00	$115.49	$722	-1.23
655–690	671	15	92.00–119.00	$108.22	$726	-6.40
700–745	716	7	100.00–112.00	$104.95	$751	-1.23
757–790	768	19	92.00–103.00	$96.33	$740	-9.51
800–840	816	19	85.00–90.50	$89.77	$733	-9.43
850–880	865	3	80.00–100.00	$89.94	$778	-10.74
945	945	2	90.00	$90.00	$850	+10.39
975	975	1	77.00	$77.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1270	1155	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	850.00–1,500.00	$1,225.96	—
1000–1685	1274	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	875.00–1,450.00	$1,218.37	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	+5.00
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	-4.40
535	535	2	126.50	$126.50	$677	+11.10
560	560	1	127.00	$127.00	$711	—
570	570	1	121.00	$121.00	$690	—
615–645	630	2	80.00–92.00	$85.86	$541	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–332	325	3	135.00–147.00	$138.82	$451	—
685	685	4	112.00	$112.00	$767	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	144.00	$144.00	$504	±0.00
530	530	1	136.00	$136.00	$721	+6.00
625	625	1	118.00	$118.00	$738	-6.51
760–770	765	2	101.00	$101.00	$773	-7.65
930	930	1	92.00	$92.00	$856	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	80-85%	1	35.00	$35.00	$376	—
735–1770	1225	80-85%	327	38.00–72.00	$61.57	$754	+0.76
900–1485	1235	80-85%	42	36.00–63.00	$52.64	$650	-32.86
910–1860	1296	80-85%	190	52.00–80.50	$68.46	$887	+0.43

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–825	750	85-90%	3	20.00–30.00	$26.03	$195	—
710–1330	980	85-90%	73	21.00–58.00	$46.25	$453	+2.56
735–1505	1048	85-90%	102	47.00–72.00	$61.71	$647	+7.02
605–1400	1069	85-90%	172	36.00–65.50	$55.67	$595	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–2015	1482	75-80%	179	58.50–80.00	$68.13	$1,010	+5.73
1060–1940	1497	75-80%	152	54.00–73.00	$64.14	$960	+1.74
1060–1805	1526	75-80%	17	44.00–62.50	$52.43	$800	-14.35

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1775	1386	39	61.00–87.00	$78.76	$1,092	—
1070–2440	1679	104	69.00–97.00	$89.10	$1,496	—
1275–2560	1808	100	88.50–112.00	$99.12	$1,792	+1.84

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–870	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	78.00–83.00	$80.42	$678
755–1150	951	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	57.00–107.00	$76.22	$725
730–1445	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	55.00–80.00	$66.54	$687

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1335	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	725.00–975.00	$912.83
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	760.00–775.00	$767.50
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–965	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	59.00–71.00	$65.15	$578

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1010	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	630.00–900.00	$749.17
850–1285	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	700.00–900.00	$765.89
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
950–1400	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	740.00–1,250.00	$1,147.82
900–1465	1123	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	625.00–1,075.00	$865.10
925–1377	1126	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	825.00–1,100.00	$966.86
924–1345	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	590.00–880.00	$762.36
982–1605	1156	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	810.00–1,475.00	$1,069.88
840–1540	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	740.00–1,175.00	$928.93
910–1535	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	750.00–1,225.00	$936.76
930–1500	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	650.00–1,000.00	$848.28
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1000–1690	1236	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	90	700.00–1,150.00	$927.04
1317	1317	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
1402	1402	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
975–1000	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–760.00	$705.70
1005–1125	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–750.00	$702.82

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–900	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	575.00–650.00	$617.19
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.50	$56.50	$681

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–975	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–1,025.00	$945.26
800–980	876	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	925.00–1,350.00	$1,183.62
850–980	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	785.00–850.00	$830.20

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
848	848	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
785–935	888	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	575.00–685.00	$659.36

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
900–1250	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	1,050.00–2,000.00	$1,378.80	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	+21.06
1075	1075	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	-263.94
1050–1270	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,783.91	+644.97
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
900–1270	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	925.00–1,525.00	$1,233.02	+47.08
855–1400	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	800.00–1,500.00	$993.39	-192.55
1150–1205	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,650.00–1,950.00	$1,905.40	+719.46
840–1315	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	860.00–1,250.00	$1,110.01	-75.93
1000–1450	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,025.00–1,675.00	$1,381.67	+34.74
1160–1660	1388	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	870.00–1,400.00	$1,237.64	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–870	863	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–985.00	$957.10	—
810–970	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,010.00–1,350.00	$1,159.15	+284.15
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1370	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+540.00
1400–1465	1433	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,441.31	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	785.00	$785.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	2	125.00	$125.00	$225	—
235–247	240	5	112.50–132.00	$123.97	$298	+10.98
255–282	273	8	97.00–126.00	$109.85	$300	+14.85
300–346	326	17	108.00–128.00	$113.07	$369	+3.52
365–387	370	14	99.00–114.00	$108.65	$402	+6.99
403–411	407	34	112.00–115.00	$112.66	$459	+2.90
480	480	1	81.00	$81.00	$389	-20.15
508–548	536	10	109.00–110.00	$109.28	$586	+14.49
570–596	591	5	85.00–91.00	$86.16	$509	-2.41
625–645	641	5	90.00–101.00	$98.85	$634	+7.91
652	652	2	85.00	$85.00	$554	-9.58
724	724	5	88.00	$88.00	$637	-8.00
815	815	1	90.00	$90.00	$734	-2.00

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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
850–900	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,050.00	$1,013.57	—
950–985	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–925.00	$908.13	—

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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.