Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

28,986 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.53/cwt +2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 525 lb · 1,325 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.61/cwt +3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 674 lb · 1,238 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.61/cwt -0.97 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 626 lb · 1,181 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	28,986	26,383	36,872
Feeder cattle	25,471	23,274	33,154
Slaughter cattle	2,506	2,515	2,721
Replacement cattle	1,009	594	997

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher with instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for all feeder and yearling classes with heavy offerings and active buyer participation. Buyers showed best interest for weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady and slaughter bulls mostly steady with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	185.00	$185.00	$361	+27.50
205–235	220	2	175.00–200.00	$188.35	$414	+18.85
235 fancy	235	3	205.00	$205.00	$482	—
258–275	268	17	170.00–190.00	$181.92	$488	+8.47
255–285 fancy	270	2	195.00–210.00	$202.08	$546	+7.08
305–330 fancy	318	8	170.00–200.00	$189.18	$602	-5.23
300–345	321	52	160.00–187.50	$175.22	$562	+5.31
300–345 value added	327	15	172.00–217.50	$189.16	$619	—
352–390 value added	371	36	177.00–207.50	$187.93	$697	—
350–395	375	83	145.00–199.00	$173.49	$651	+1.32
357–393 fancy	375	34	175.00–200.00	$189.66	$711	-2.56
402–441 fancy	420	45	180.00–200.00	$193.79	$814	+3.22
400–446	422	121	150.00–185.00	$167.59	$707	+3.12
400–448 value added	422	78	160.00–200.00	$173.70	$733	+5.82
450–492 value added	464	123	160.00–195.00	$176.24	$818	+7.07
450–498	474	250	141.00–180.00	$167.04	$792	+4.73
451–493 fancy	477	68	163.00–186.00	$180.97	$863	-19.03
500–548 value added	521	277	154.00–182.50	$167.64	$873	+2.28
500–549	529	376	130.00–170.00	$157.32	$832	+0.92
520–540 fancy	530	10	171.00–177.00	$173.23	$918	+5.14
550–597 value added	571	381	151.00–175.00	$163.47	$933	+3.21
550–598	573	563	129.00–169.50	$153.80	$881	-0.10
620 fancy	620	9	160.00	$160.00	$992	—
600–649	622	692	131.00–164.00	$150.56	$936	+3.51
600–647 value added	625	457	140.00–166.00	$157.33	$983	+3.87
650–698 value added	672	594	142.00–162.00	$156.07	$1,049	+2.76
650–698	675	644	130.00–159.75	$149.41	$1,009	+5.71
700–749 value added	722	498	140.00–164.25	$155.85	$1,125	+0.46
700–748	726	485	120.00–163.00	$146.98	$1,067	-0.62
755–792 value added	769	660	142.00–166.30	$159.12	$1,224	+1.57
750–796	771	378	124.00–158.50	$145.99	$1,126	+3.16
800–838 value added	818	501	145.00–163.00	$159.22	$1,302	+3.39
804–836 fancy	827	240	160.00–164.00	$162.14	$1,341	+2.33
800–847	828	214	117.50–149.50	$143.13	$1,185	-5.33
850–898	868	135	120.00–149.00	$142.19	$1,234	+6.84
870	870	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	-7.35
854–894 value added	878	493	140.00–161.50	$158.47	$1,391	+3.96
892 fancy	892	58	153.00	$153.00	$1,365	+1.50
902–944	920	42	124.00–140.00	$133.88	$1,232	-7.85
903–941 value added	920	639	148.00–156.00	$151.42	$1,393	-3.01
966 fancy	966	16	146.00	$146.00	$1,410	-6.10
952–990	968	40	100.00–144.00	$135.06	$1,307	+4.71
956–995 value added	969	223	144.90–153.00	$150.29	$1,456	-3.04
1021 value added	1021	63	144.60	$144.60	$1,476	—
1000–1045	1022	10	108.00–138.00	$126.12	$1,289	+0.75
1088 value added	1088	50	143.75	$143.75	$1,564	—
1060–1097	1091	6	120.00–128.00	$121.30	$1,323	-8.40
1100–1105	1103	2	102.00–120.00	$111.02	$1,225	-12.13
1180	1180	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,298	-3.19
1235	1235	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,297	-13.06
1275–1280	1277	3	119.00–124.00	$122.33	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	160.00–165.00	$162.70	$355	+16.98
255–295	282	14	132.50–167.50	$147.46	$416	-10.68
300–335	322	6	120.00–161.00	$151.03	$486	+5.42
360–395	376	19	134.00–164.00	$156.40	$588	-3.52
400–445	422	36	122.50–166.00	$147.43	$622	+2.91
450–498	480	62	107.50–162.50	$146.81	$705	+2.59
500–545	528	46	117.50–150.00	$136.14	$719	+1.69
550–597	575	57	112.50–148.00	$137.26	$789	-2.50
600–645	625	72	110.00–143.00	$131.58	$822	-1.51
650–695	674	50	100.00–136.00	$129.38	$872	+6.06
702–745	724	38	118.00–145.00	$129.96	$941	-2.71
750–780	763	15	101.00–138.00	$124.13	$947	-1.21
805–845	815	10	110.00–124.50	$119.39	$973	-8.54
880–892	887	5	120.00–128.00	$125.20	$1,111	+10.20
935	935	1	82.00	$82.00	$767	-33.32
955–970	963	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$1,146	—
1055	1055	1	94.00	$94.00	$992	+4.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	155.00	$155.00	$496	+15.00
410–445	428	8	124.00–142.50	$138.52	$593	+3.44
455–495	471	4	129.00–147.50	$140.75	$663	+6.81
515–545	536	7	110.00–126.00	$119.78	$642	-2.51
565–585	575	2	118.00–120.00	$119.02	$684	+0.55
610–620	616	4	108.00–118.00	$113.50	$699	-5.50
655	655	1	113.00	$113.00	$740	-4.57

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	5	152.00	$152.00	$520	—
615–643	636	4	130.00–133.00	$130.73	$831	-5.27
655–660	656	14	126.00–131.00	$129.92	$852	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 value added	550	2	153.00	$153.00	$842	—
580–595	590	3	134.00–141.00	$136.29	$804	+11.29
605–613	612	9	139.00–141.00	$140.78	$862	+15.00
655–662	660	3	130.00–135.00	$131.65	$869	+5.65
735	735	1	120.00	$120.00	$882	-0.08
985	985	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,231	—
1005	1005	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,106	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	478	2	115.00–117.50	$116.28	$556	+6.28

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,256	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–246	240	31	130.00–164.00	$147.30	$354	+11.01
250–297	282	81	126.00–158.00	$140.18	$395	+0.50
315 thin fleshed	315	1	131.00	$131.00	$413	—
300–348	324	121	119.00–158.00	$137.29	$445	-2.52
305–328 fancy	324	6	136.00–144.00	$142.75	$463	-9.25
326–337 value added	336	44	152.00–156.00	$155.65	$523	+11.06
350–397	375	358	120.00–158.00	$140.15	$526	+0.95
352–397 fancy	377	28	136.00–152.50	$145.80	$550	-4.47
395–398 value added	398	6	146.00–150.00	$146.66	$584	-2.07
400–449 value added	422	190	131.00–160.00	$149.96	$633	+9.37
403–435 fancy	426	22	147.00–147.50	$147.39	$628	-0.89
400–449	427	533	121.00–157.00	$140.23	$599	+2.79
451–492 fancy	465	14	143.00–156.00	$148.95	$693	+1.73
450–499 value added	474	80	133.00–145.00	$139.37	$661	+3.04
450–498	475	688	120.00–149.50	$138.09	$656	+4.67
500 fancy	500	8	142.00	$142.00	$710	—
500–549	524	892	118.00–147.00	$134.58	$705	+3.97
500–547 value added	527	425	126.00–151.50	$140.52	$741	-0.54
550–598	571	735	115.00–145.00	$131.71	$752	+0.33
550–597 value added	576	274	125.50–153.00	$141.66	$816	-0.67
600–648	624	788	111.00–148.25	$130.60	$815	-0.92
600–648 value added	629	393	126.50–152.40	$142.66	$897	-1.18
650–697	671	422	109.00–140.50	$128.88	$865	+1.79
650–690 value added	674	224	128.00–150.00	$146.15	$985	+1.50
700	700	1	128.00	$128.00	$896	+29.00
705–715	713	4	117.00–121.00	$117.99	$841	+18.99
700–749	722	250	107.00–140.50	$127.41	$920	+0.93
706–745 value added	725	243	123.00–149.90	$142.20	$1,031	+4.59
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	-3.00
750–797	771	174	102.00–133.25	$124.46	$960	+1.46
755–784 value added	778	167	130.00–149.00	$145.71	$1,134	+4.93
809–833 value added	810	112	120.00–144.50	$141.59	$1,147	+5.84
810–845	823	32	95.00–131.00	$119.93	$987	-3.88
842	842	2	118.00	$118.00	$994	-2.00
855–876	868	11	125.00–129.00	$126.43	$1,097	+14.41
869–878 value added	869	63	118.00–145.00	$144.13	$1,252	+10.13
855–895	872	47	105.00–121.00	$116.85	$1,019	+4.83
880	880	1	113.00	$113.00	$994	-5.00
905–942	923	23	96.00–118.00	$108.59	$1,002	-11.62
924 value added	924	14	121.50	$121.50	$1,123	—
962 value added	962	53	140.95	$140.95	$1,356	—
971	971	3	111.00	$111.00	$1,078	+2.37
955–993	978	14	92.00–118.00	$110.94	$1,085	+2.31
1020	1020	2	95.00	$95.00	$969	-5.08
1025	1025	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,261	+22.92
1090	1090	4	101.00	$101.00	$1,101	-6.27

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	224	8	109.00–129.00	$119.53	$268	+5.61
250–295	270	14	112.50–139.00	$125.41	$339	+1.34
300–345	323	22	100.00–139.00	$124.43	$402	-2.08
350–398	377	52	109.00–151.50	$129.28	$487	+6.63
400–449	435	69	110.00–138.00	$124.25	$540	-0.03
455–495	474	78	90.00–135.00	$121.48	$576	+0.87
500–546	525	93	106.00–133.50	$119.56	$628	+0.79
550–595	573	114	85.00–130.50	$119.59	$685	+0.75
600–647	625	65	75.00–175.00	$113.42	$709	+0.54
650–695	668	75	91.00–127.00	$114.97	$768	-3.73
700–748	725	49	61.00–118.00	$100.94	$732	+1.86
755–790	775	21	89.00–127.00	$107.70	$835	-0.86
803–830	814	19	85.00–123.00	$102.45	$834	-4.89
850–895	863	8	75.00–102.00	$90.73	$783	-3.68
905–935	918	21	61.00–100.00	$82.43	$757	-7.57
960–985	972	3	85.00–90.00	$87.68	$852	+17.68
1005	1005	1	80.00	$80.00	$804	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	226	4	120.00–135.00	$125.37	$283	—
285	285	1	122.50	$122.50	$349	—
315	315	1	122.00	$122.00	$384	-2.16
415–445	427	3	110.00–125.00	$117.70	$503	-2.46
450–490	474	5	110.00–125.00	$120.30	$570	+2.04
505–530	520	3	105.00–120.00	$113.33	$589	-3.84
555–595	581	9	102.00–120.00	$114.67	$666	—
610–645	625	6	107.00–116.00	$112.55	$703	+1.94
660–680	664	6	101.00–117.00	$111.95	$743	+5.90
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	104.00	$104.00	$348	+4.00
375	375	2	100.00–132.50	$116.25	$436	—
400	400	1	80.00	$80.00	$320	—
520	520	1	113.00	$113.00	$588	+15.68
550–580	567	5	101.00–124.00	$112.42	$637	—
605–640	623	6	94.00–102.00	$97.89	$610	—
710	710	1	80.00	$80.00	$568	—
870	870	1	70.00	$70.00	$609	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	100.00	$100.00	$335	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	-9.05
510 value added	510	1	127.00	$127.00	$648	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
690	690	2	100.00	$100.00	$690	—
792	792	2	121.00	$121.00	$958	+20.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	125.00	$125.00	$471	—
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	-7.16
650	650	3	122.00	$122.00	$793	+19.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	90.00	$90.00	$288	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	1	71.00	$71.00	$987	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	175.00	$175.00	$324	—
200–245	226	4	150.00–183.00	$162.75	$368	-2.10
260–295 fancy	283	6	166.00–192.50	$177.95	$504	-2.05
260–297	283	33	145.00–196.00	$168.01	$475	+5.52
305–320 fancy	306	14	185.00–192.00	$191.48	$586	+10.83
315 value added	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
300–345	328	55	140.00–199.00	$173.20	$568	+2.77
356–377 fancy	367	12	179.00–202.00	$191.93	$704	+13.99
350–398	375	148	145.00–198.00	$173.13	$649	+6.19
402–440 value added	417	4	164.00–188.00	$178.62	$745	—
405–438 fancy	417	20	175.00–196.00	$188.05	$784	+12.67
400–446	425	173	140.00–180.00	$164.89	$701	+3.42
450–470 value added	455	19	164.50–176.00	$165.93	$755	+3.97
450–491 fancy	468	27	149.00–190.00	$169.39	$793	+7.35
450–498	470	239	137.00–173.00	$157.05	$738	+1.07
502–545 fancy	515	31	149.00–166.00	$159.24	$820	-1.87
500–547	519	281	125.00–160.00	$144.28	$749	+0.51
515–535 value added	525	6	163.00–175.00	$168.89	$887	+16.78
565 fancy	565	1	164.00	$164.00	$927	—
550–599	571	474	124.00–164.00	$140.48	$802	+0.51
600–610 value added	608	4	140.00–142.00	$141.51	$860	+4.90
600–648	621	266	118.00–148.00	$133.09	$826	+1.03
631 fancy	631	3	134.50	$134.50	$849	-3.50
650–697	670	249	116.00–143.00	$127.57	$855	+1.81
687	687	2	115.00	$115.00	$790	-10.76
700–745	715	140	107.50–138.00	$122.22	$874	+2.09
750–795	772	103	102.50–139.00	$119.79	$925	+6.47
805–840	825	25	97.00–122.00	$111.19	$917	-0.84
850–890	868	11	103.00–115.00	$107.00	$929	-3.55
900–945	920	10	102.00–114.00	$106.22	$977	-1.79
950–980	969	9	94.00–116.00	$110.71	$1,073	+13.88
1000–1043	1024	8	85.00–109.00	$95.18	$975	-2.47

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	234	10	126.00–155.00	$140.73	$329	+2.81
255–292	276	13	121.00–155.00	$142.69	$394	+6.87
305–348	326	24	112.50–170.00	$141.11	$460	-0.35
355–397	378	31	120.00–171.00	$145.80	$551	-5.00
400–445	425	55	119.00–160.00	$140.82	$598	+1.22
451–497	475	52	123.00–156.00	$137.38	$653	-2.53
500–548	522	72	111.00–144.00	$128.05	$668	-0.48
550–596	577	44	91.00–146.00	$128.40	$741	+3.48
600–649	630	54	104.00–134.00	$116.47	$734	-4.49
650–697	675	28	100.00–122.00	$115.68	$781	-0.63
700–743	728	19	97.00–116.00	$107.07	$779	-0.99
755–793	776	17	104.00–123.00	$110.98	$861	+12.44
805–845	831	15	90.00–112.00	$105.19	$874	-1.43
870–882	877	6	82.00–117.00	$98.53	$864	+5.88
905–925	917	3	87.00–100.00	$92.28	$846	+2.28
955–992	978	6	80.00–114.00	$92.57	$905	-0.45
1035	1035	1	90.00	$90.00	$932	+6.00
1150	1150	1	80.00	$80.00	$920	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	208	2	142.50–150.00	$146.11	$304	—
250–280	267	9	132.50–152.00	$142.01	$379	-10.49
330–345	338	2	137.50–150.00	$143.61	$485	+5.61
400–430	414	4	120.00–140.00	$131.95	$546	-11.58
450–485	466	6	125.00–135.00	$129.90	$605	-10.59
530	530	1	107.50	$107.50	$570	-16.13
550–570	560	2	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$658	+0.34
607–640	621	4	109.00–117.00	$114.94	$714	—
670–695	677	8	100.00–117.00	$110.57	$749	+0.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1540	1091	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	685.00–1,210.00	$983.54	—
950–1560	1236	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	885.00–1,475.00	$1,143.91	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	—
300–340	310	4	120.00–130.00	$122.74	$380	+12.74
405–440	425	3	100.00–120.00	$112.22	$477	-0.65
460–495	475	5	111.00–126.00	$118.62	$563	+3.62
510	510	1	107.00	$107.00	$546	-13.25
550–560	553	3	85.00–122.00	$107.42	$594	-3.49

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	±0.00
550–590	570	2	130.00–132.00	$130.96	$746	+0.18
620–645	631	4	120.00–131.00	$123.70	$781	+2.70
687	687	2	119.00	$119.00	$818	-4.79
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	-2.34
785	785	2	109.00–116.00	$112.50	$883	+3.50
835	835	1	95.00	$95.00	$793	-12.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	—	—	2	133.00	$133.00	$672	—
1560	1560	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,747	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1530	1202	80-85%	69	40.00–52.00	$45.86	$551	-0.82
1220	1220	80-85%	1	37.50	$37.50	$458	-9.18
900–1770	1249	80-85%	417	44.00–60.00	$53.74	$671	-0.44
985–1625	1296	80-85%	167	53.50–70.00	$61.33	$795	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1940	1473	75-80%	20	34.00–54.50	$49.24	$725	+0.29
1010–2135	1504	75-80%	242	46.00–62.50	$55.38	$833	—
1260–1930	1567	75-80%	158	54.50–73.50	$62.91	$986	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1265	1020	85-90%	53	47.00–65.00	$55.31	$564	+13.07
710–1450	1041	85-90%	101	27.00–49.00	$40.04	$417	-16.65
745–1520	1081	85-90%	195	32.50–60.00	$48.15	$521	—
975–1190	1108	85-90%	4	25.00–30.00	$28.50	$316	-21.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–2320	1575	49	64.00–86.00	$74.91	$1,180	—
1000–2500	1729	147	70.00–99.00	$85.83	$1,484	—
1420–2330	1852	71	86.00–109.00	$96.83	$1,793	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$518
945–1225	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	73.00–77.00	$75.38	$788
745–1370	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	63.00–98.00	$75.05	$805
1010–1195	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	77.00–82.00	$79.29	$875

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00
785–1025	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	400.00–935.00	$680.40
1025–1345	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–735.00	$676.61

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–860	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	210.00–355.00	$301.23
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	385.00	$385.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1345	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	575.00–1,150.00	$890.80
900–1140	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	590.00–925.00	$781.23
905–1180	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	400.00–700.00	$603.34
850–1510	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	68	485.00–1,050.00	$713.36
980–1372	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	600.00–1,025.00	$810.43
860–1470	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	510.00–1,020.00	$843.63
812–1810	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	84	650.00–1,125.00	$912.76
795–1715	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	510.00–1,100.00	$942.04
930–1485	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	910.00–975.00	$935.95
1010–1650	1319	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	550.00–900.00	$825.93
900–1740	1342	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	94	600.00–1,250.00	$944.17
1010–1800	1384	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	660.00–1,125.00	$989.84

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
980–1160	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$777.10
975–1340	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	720.00–875.00	$799.48
1232	1232	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	750.00	$750.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	840.00	$840.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
775–1350	970	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	500.00–1,110.00	$841.26
880–1085	983	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	690.00–725.00	$709.33
825–1120	1019	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–975.00	$925.32

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00

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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	900	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
870–1085	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,066.62	—
965–1085	989	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	775.00–1,100.00	$846.31	—
1200–1470	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	910.00–940.00	$926.52	—
1065–1840	1389	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	875.00–1,475.00	$1,201.39	+93.60
1340–1450	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,097.04	-10.75
1330–1890	1539	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,279.99	—
1550	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1545–1640	1593	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,189.36	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385–1587	1497	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	820.00–1,000.00	$923.93	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 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
285	285	2	100.00	$100.00	$285	-4.61
316	316	64	119.00	$119.00	$376	+21.73
370	370	1	93.00	$93.00	$344	+11.34
430	430	9	103.50	$103.50	$445	+7.93
450–488	479	12	100.00–114.75	$112.51	$539	+21.69
520–544	541	13	60.00–105.50	$100.14	$542	+18.93
584–590	584	27	88.00–106.50	$105.81	$618	+9.79
609–622	613	6	70.00–89.00	$82.58	$506	-0.13
660	660	2	71.00	$71.00	$469	-39.86
672 value added	672	61	116.50	$116.50	$783	—
732	732	10	95.50	$95.50	$699	-2.50
750–797	781	3	68.00–73.00	$71.40	$558	-23.10
854 thin fleshed	854	101	110.25	$110.25	$942	—
855–862 value added	862	60	109.25	$109.25	$942	—
895	895	1	65.00	$65.00	$582	-42.69
1017	1017	5	75.00	$75.00	$763	-15.00

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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
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.