Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 2, 2023

18,301 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.58/cwt ≈ $1,335/hd at 773 lb · 901 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.78/cwt ≈ $937/hd at 572 lb · 873 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $162.75/cwt ≈ $1,084/hd at 666 lb · 873 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	18,301	168
Feeder cattle	15,751	—
Slaughter cattle	2,122	25
Replacement cattle	428	143

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons to the previous week are available due to most markets being closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year holiday. Comparisons will resume next 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
206–248	228	8	188.00–203.00	$194.75	$444	—
280 fancy	280	2	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
275–295	285	11	172.50–197.00	$188.77	$538	—
300–345	322	26	175.00–212.00	$192.55	$620	—
305–349 fancy	338	32	200.00–230.00	$213.29	$721	—
350–396 fancy	377	37	196.00–227.00	$215.96	$814	—
350–398	383	67	179.00–220.00	$194.71	$746	—
383 value added	383	3	198.00	$198.00	$758	—
400–447 fancy	422	66	200.00–229.00	$214.89	$907	—
405–443 value added	424	14	185.00–212.50	$199.69	$847	—
400–448	425	88	170.00–222.00	$190.87	$811	—
450–495 fancy	471	93	192.00–221.00	$209.19	$985	—
450–498	471	176	170.00–210.00	$187.82	$885	—
450–490 value added	476	27	180.00–190.00	$185.87	$885	—
500–545 value added	524	190	175.50–216.00	$195.21	$1,023	—
500–547	530	313	155.00–199.00	$179.75	$953	—
535 fancy	535	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,016	—
550–593 value added	571	130	176.00–202.00	$192.94	$1,102	—
550–598	574	334	148.00–195.00	$180.50	$1,036	—
600–645 value added	621	343	160.00–187.00	$180.73	$1,122	—
600–648	630	374	145.00–180.50	$169.35	$1,067	—
650–699	673	452	139.00–179.00	$168.56	$1,134	—
650–698 value added	684	313	160.00–180.10	$176.65	$1,208	—
701–749 value added	718	315	154.00–180.00	$174.65	$1,254	—
700–748	723	302	146.00–178.00	$163.02	$1,179	—
748 fancy	748	122	176.75	$176.75	$1,322	—
762–786 value added	772	527	154.00–180.50	$175.61	$1,356	—
750–799	773	246	141.00–171.00	$162.20	$1,254	—
774–786 fancy	780	128	179.95–180.10	$180.02	$1,404	—
800–848	821	226	142.50–177.20	$161.41	$1,325	—
802–846 value added	822	184	160.50–180.50	$172.98	$1,422	—
850–896	861	124	140.00–166.25	$160.87	$1,385	—
857–895 value added	885	320	163.10–175.00	$170.32	$1,507	—
906	906	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,250	—
914–925 value added	915	45	163.50–173.00	$164.09	$1,501	—
900–935	921	39	130.00–150.00	$145.38	$1,339	—
952–990	961	7	130.00–165.00	$154.97	$1,489	—
950–981 value added	966	111	164.00–170.00	$164.18	$1,586	—
1000–1040	1013	16	127.00–147.00	$138.11	$1,399	—
1075–1095	1080	4	120.00–130.00	$122.49	$1,323	—
1105	1105	2	94.00–103.00	$98.50	$1,088	—
1164 value added	1164	48	152.75	$152.75	$1,778	—
1200	1200	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,128	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	215	3	150.00–165.00	$154.65	$332	—
290–298	296	4	160.00	$160.00	$474	—
335–345	338	3	132.50–170.00	$155.60	$526	—
365–395	381	6	147.50–182.50	$169.87	$647	—
400–445	420	21	140.00–187.00	$166.15	$698	—
450–495	469	30	129.00–184.00	$168.96	$792	—
500–545	524	44	124.00–169.00	$152.40	$799	—
550–595	575	88	131.00–173.00	$157.67	$907	—
600–648	622	30	135.00–160.00	$150.80	$938	—
650–690	662	21	127.00–160.00	$141.86	$939	—
705–740	719	8	114.00–142.50	$131.42	$945	—
750–770	761	18	126.00–159.00	$141.43	$1,076	—
805–830	815	3	125.00–155.00	$137.25	$1,119	—
858–895	864	9	121.00–169.50	$157.11	$1,357	—
955	955	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,050	—
1030	1030	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,288	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	3	148.00	$148.00	$912	—
695	695	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,091	—
775	775	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,194	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	120.00	$120.00	$318	—
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
455	455	1	137.50	$137.50	$626	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1345	1260	4	104.00–131.00	$115.57	$1,456	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	2	165.00	$165.00	$713	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	2	141.00	$141.00	$787	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	190.00	$190.00	$399	—
200–245	223	19	130.00–172.50	$155.20	$346	—
266–275 fancy	268	6	180.00	$180.00	$482	—
253–296	278	54	130.00–197.00	$163.55	$455	—
300–347	323	71	135.00–177.00	$160.48	$518	—
300–340 fancy	324	17	167.50–179.00	$175.11	$567	—
330 value added	330	4	158.00	$158.00	$521	—
350–383 value added	365	17	151.00–190.00	$176.19	$643	—
355–395 fancy	371	46	168.00–183.00	$178.33	$662	—
350–397	373	170	131.00–181.00	$162.86	$607	—
400–440 fancy	414	49	167.00–189.00	$176.72	$732	—
400–447	425	277	124.00–176.50	$159.47	$678	—
406–447 value added	427	20	154.00–177.00	$165.69	$707	—
450–490 fancy	469	81	162.00–179.00	$172.83	$811	—
450–498	474	318	121.00–172.00	$157.27	$745	—
450–496 value added	486	93	155.00–175.00	$161.99	$787	—
508 fancy	508	3	174.00	$174.00	$884	—
500–548	526	544	122.00–168.00	$157.54	$829	—
500–545 value added	528	191	156.00–174.00	$168.95	$892	—
550–597	571	352	124.00–169.50	$155.41	$887	—
550–596 value added	573	521	155.00–176.50	$169.43	$971	—
600–649	623	477	125.00–167.50	$154.34	$962	—
600–645 value added	626	267	145.00–170.00	$165.10	$1,034	—
640 fancy	640	83	176.90	$176.90	$1,132	—
654 fancy	654	207	177.95	$177.95	$1,164	—
656–687 value added	664	230	151.00–173.75	$166.77	$1,107	—
650–697	673	436	114.00–161.75	$153.41	$1,032	—
700–747 value added	724	349	140.75–170.00	$160.98	$1,165	—
700–748	728	195	125.00–159.50	$149.18	$1,086	—
750–799	768	105	117.00–158.00	$144.35	$1,109	—
755–798 value added	782	97	154.50–167.35	$162.46	$1,270	—
810	810	3	141.50	$141.50	$1,146	—
810–831 value added	826	78	150.00–160.50	$158.26	$1,307	—
826 fancy	826	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,247	—
807–848	829	90	120.00–147.00	$133.99	$1,111	—
859–865 value added	860	86	140.00–151.75	$150.38	$1,293	—
855–885	872	8	109.00–139.00	$125.40	$1,093	—
905–943	929	12	120.00–126.00	$124.83	$1,160	—
950–975	965	3	109.00–111.00	$109.99	$1,061	—
1002	1002	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,052	—
1050	1050	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	135.00–153.00	$144.71	$323	—
250–295	278	8	120.00–157.50	$138.29	$384	—
300–330	315	22	110.00–151.00	$135.88	$428	—
350–398	375	25	110.00–160.00	$136.47	$512	—
400–445	427	30	101.00–160.00	$135.45	$578	—
450–495	477	50	110.00–166.00	$140.89	$672	—
500–547	522	41	110.00–158.00	$134.85	$704	—
550–598	576	60	102.50–145.00	$136.69	$787	—
600–640	615	24	110.00–140.00	$133.62	$822	—
650–695	675	27	90.00–136.00	$128.73	$869	—
700–748	724	31	108.00–137.00	$130.16	$942	—
755–795	779	15	101.00–129.00	$114.60	$893	—
810–848	844	37	103.00–138.00	$131.08	$1,106	—
850–882	866	5	89.00–122.00	$105.87	$917	—
905–910	908	2	89.00–109.00	$98.97	$899	—
1080	1080	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,080	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,455	—
1285–1294	1292	8	113.00–119.00	$114.49	$1,479	—
1270–1395	1333	2	96.00–102.00	$99.14	$1,322	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
382	382	2	131.00	$131.00	$500	—
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	—
535	535	1	106.00	$106.00	$567	—
592	592	4	127.00	$127.00	$752	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–520	512	7	133.00–134.50	$133.65	$684	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–326	325	5	140.00	$140.00	$455	—
540	540	1	139.00	$139.00	$751	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	95.00	$95.00	$917	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	221	8	177.50–192.50	$185.05	$409	—
265–295	282	14	160.00–213.00	$177.01	$499	—
285 fancy	285	1	200.00	$200.00	$570	—
300–348	321	34	173.00–219.00	$189.76	$609	—
313–348 fancy	331	29	192.50–214.00	$202.76	$671	—
350–382 fancy	367	25	195.00–239.00	$199.69	$733	—
350–397	371	57	163.00–230.00	$181.16	$672	—
400–440 value added	416	12	172.50–183.00	$178.46	$742	—
400–448	425	88	139.00–221.00	$190.66	$810	—
400–440 fancy	425	75	181.00–225.00	$195.84	$832	—
465 fancy	465	4	188.00–195.00	$189.75	$882	—
450–495	472	65	150.00–201.00	$177.32	$837	—
457–490 value added	478	7	175.00–185.00	$178.44	$853	—
508–535 fancy	510	21	179.00–182.50	$180.98	$923	—
500–548	524	150	125.00–178.00	$164.47	$862	—
510–533 value added	527	4	174.00–177.00	$176.27	$929	—
550 fancy	550	2	175.00	$175.00	$962	—
550–595	570	164	144.00–176.00	$162.34	$925	—
607–610 fancy	609	4	157.00–163.00	$160.01	$974	—
600–648	624	131	131.00–162.00	$149.31	$932	—
625 value added	625	1	143.00	$143.00	$894	—
655 fancy	655	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,061	—
650–695	679	44	125.00–155.00	$142.69	$969	—
700–747	724	75	120.00–148.50	$135.79	$983	—
750–795	773	42	114.00–142.00	$133.20	$1,030	—
810–825	818	13	90.00–130.00	$119.12	$974	—
850–895	868	11	101.00–134.00	$115.66	$1,004	—
907–940	918	3	106.00–112.00	$108.05	$992	—
952–997	969	6	105.00–109.00	$107.68	$1,043	—
1005–1026	1021	7	80.00–103.00	$98.91	$1,010	—
1350	1350	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
260–285	274	5	147.00–197.50	$172.06	$471	—
300–340	326	19	132.50–180.00	$155.45	$507	—
350–385	372	10	130.00–177.50	$157.30	$585	—
400–440	426	16	125.00–192.00	$153.67	$655	—
450–497	477	27	131.00–179.00	$153.38	$732	—
500–545	531	20	107.00–160.00	$143.05	$760	—
555–595	578	13	121.00–157.00	$142.18	$822	—
600–645	619	10	111.00–135.00	$124.60	$771	—
653–690	672	14	90.00–136.00	$122.42	$823	—
700–745	716	7	116.00–123.00	$120.40	$862	—
835	835	2	95.00–115.00	$105.00	$877	—
865–890	878	3	101.00–110.00	$104.63	$919	—
945	945	8	102.00	$102.00	$964	—
975	975	1	81.00	$81.00	$790	—
1055	1055	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,023	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	135.00	$135.00	$378	—
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	—
315–335	328	3	117.50–150.00	$130.31	$427	—
375	375	1	147.50	$147.50	$553	—
380	380	1	136.00	$136.00	$517	—
517	517	4	129.00	$129.00	$667	—
555	555	1	129.00	$129.00	$716	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	175.00	$175.00	$586	—
470	470	1	176.00	$176.00	$827	—
550–580	558	7	133.00–150.00	$142.82	$797	—
687	687	2	126.00	$126.00	$866	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	122.00	$122.00	$927	—
905	905	1	95.00	$95.00	$860	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	135.00	$135.00	$742	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	160.00	$160.00	$568	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1625	1192	80-85%	94	42.00–73.00	$62.86	$749	—
780–1785	1241	80-85%	319	42.00–84.00	$72.72	$902	—
840–1630	1270	80-85%	213	70.00–100.00	$82.83	$1,052	—
1290–1355	1323	80-85%	2	40.00–50.00	$44.88	$594	-30.59

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1155	907	85-90%	43	29.00–55.00	$44.41	$403	-13.55
605–1290	999	85-90%	77	40.00–65.00	$53.46	$534	—
820–1295	1028	85-90%	133	47.00–75.00	$63.34	$651	+15.34
780–1420	1038	85-90%	53	58.00–82.50	$71.78	$745	+23.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1695	1427	75-80%	5	56.00–75.00	$66.05	$943	—
1090–2055	1530	75-80%	107	57.50–86.00	$73.75	$1,128	—
1255–2000	1539	75-80%	119	66.00–100.00	$81.50	$1,254	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–2075	1432	45	68.00–100.00	$85.36	$1,222	—
950–2590	1658	97	80.00–118.00	$99.59	$1,651	—
1350–2330	1847	57	100.00–125.00	$112.24	$2,073	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–985	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	83.00–97.00	$88.96	$763
980–1180	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	70.00–88.50	$79.37	$850

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1110	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–985.00	$743.01
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
935–1035	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–1,000.00	$810.15
855–1135	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	610.00–975.00	$802.76
1020	1020	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1020–1090	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	690.00–720.00	$704.50
926–1325	1068	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	600.00–910.00	$755.86
1000–1270	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	860.00–875.00	$869.24
1015–1190	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	630.00–700.00	$667.78
1105 thin fleshed	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
820–1515	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	585.00–1,200.00	$894.05
1120 thin fleshed	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
945–1315	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	725.00–1,150.00	$939.79
1145 thin fleshed	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
922–1630	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	700.00–1,250.00	$1,017.56
655–1490	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	360.00–1,375.00	$947.96
1192	1192	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,035.00	$1,035.00
1035–1355	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	560.00–800.00	$727.26
1005–1805	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	720.00–1,450.00	$971.49
1015–1430	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	810.00–1,450.00	$1,183.46
1295–1400	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	885.00–1,075.00	$983.70
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
995–1045	1011	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	700.00–975.00	$927.28

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	280.00	$280.00
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	370.00	$370.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
655–975	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	325.00–750.00	$579.22
856	856	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–980	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	685.00–825.00	$754.82
1075–1115	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	835.00	$835.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1055	939	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	690.00–1,125.00	$1,006.07
750–1151	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	550.00–1,050.00	$867.92
965–1075	1042	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	935.00–1,100.00	$1,038.90

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
760	760	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
726–835	768	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	625.00–825.00	$707.14

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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
890–1080	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	760.00–1,100.00	$979.50	—
1000–1125	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	885.00–1,600.00	$1,152.51	—
950–1130	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	595.00–1,225.00	$937.26	—
1000–1200	1068	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	725.00–1,050.00	$919.68	-495.44
950–1260	1163	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	795.00–1,010.00	$947.71	—
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1090–1410	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,010.00–1,275.00	$1,174.55	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,380.00	$1,380.00	—
1125–1705	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	990.00–1,475.00	$1,306.10	—
1520–1560	1542	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,210.00–1,520.00	$1,359.10	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207	207	2	142.00	$142.00	$294	—
250	250	1	116.00	$116.00	$290	—
355–376	373	6	145.00–158.00	$155.94	$582	—
400–436	427	15	146.00–154.00	$149.50	$638	—
450–490	467	16	130.00–158.50	$152.06	$710	—
505–528	523	11	135.00–150.00	$146.95	$769	—
555–557	556	3	135.00–145.00	$141.67	$788	—
720–736	727	28	130.00–135.00	$133.88	$973	—
856–863	858	6	106.00–127.00	$119.96	$1,029	—
863 value added	863	59	140.50	$140.50	$1,213	—
973	973	3	86.00	$86.00	$837	—
1319	1319	7	105.00	$105.00	$1,385	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,035	—

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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.