Kentucky Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 6, 2023

19,941 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $194.69/cwt +6.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,026/hd at 527 lb · 785 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $179.22/cwt +6.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,116/hd at 623 lb · 783 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.28/cwt +11.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 675 lb · 780 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	19,941	16,277	15,417
Feeder cattle	17,148	13,897	13,269
Slaughter cattle	2,109	1,733	1,612
Replacement cattle	684	647	536

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances to sharply higher. Demand was good to very good for average to good quality offerings and very active buyer participation. Yearlings were not well tested. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls steady to 4.00 higher with good to very good demand for all 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
200–235 value added	224	5	229.00–247.00	$240.42	$539	—
210–244	233	14	215.00–242.50	$219.60	$512	-5.27
235 fancy	235	4	225.00–250.00	$242.50	$570	+26.61
250–295	269	16	200.00–245.00	$223.33	$601	-1.99
270 value added	270	7	222.50	$222.50	$601	—
255–297 fancy	293	13	230.00–285.00	$274.13	$803	+3.09
300–340	322	40	200.00–255.00	$229.09	$738	-15.23
310–345 fancy	333	46	230.00–274.00	$260.60	$868	+22.89
320–348 value added	334	19	222.00–255.00	$242.50	$810	+24.90
350–397 value added	371	23	220.00–256.00	$237.34	$881	+19.93
350–395 fancy	373	71	222.50–280.00	$253.32	$945	+2.68
350–397	374	73	202.50–260.00	$235.22	$880	-2.48
400–449 fancy	420	153	219.00–277.50	$250.24	$1,051	+4.98
400–448	423	110	190.00–250.00	$229.15	$969	-1.11
400–447 value added	424	95	204.00–254.00	$238.23	$1,010	+1.17
450–495 value added	467	58	209.00–251.00	$231.74	$1,082	-4.37
453–495 fancy	468	147	220.00–257.00	$240.28	$1,125	+6.77
450–499	478	279	185.00–247.00	$226.45	$1,082	+6.61
513–538 fancy	514	22	220.00–230.00	$220.48	$1,133	-1.50
500–548	523	265	190.00–233.00	$216.50	$1,132	+2.75
500–549 value added	524	443	204.00–250.00	$230.91	$1,210	+7.04
550–598 value added	574	334	200.00–241.00	$225.76	$1,296	+9.21
550–599	575	267	173.00–237.00	$208.69	$1,200	+4.66
600–649 value added	622	426	187.00–227.00	$214.52	$1,334	+9.88
600–647	628	215	176.00–216.00	$195.71	$1,229	+3.80
650–699	674	254	178.00–209.00	$193.45	$1,304	+8.55
650–697 value added	676	526	183.00–223.00	$206.54	$1,396	+13.50
700–749 value added	725	444	174.00–202.00	$188.23	$1,365	+5.23
700–749	729	206	146.00–195.00	$181.51	$1,323	+3.82
750–795 value added	767	437	175.00–195.00	$189.23	$1,451	+4.75
770	770	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,232	-15.62
750–797	771	269	147.00–191.50	$178.93	$1,380	+3.31
801–835 value added	812	272	173.00–189.80	$183.54	$1,490	+2.61
800–847	821	118	145.00–186.50	$174.51	$1,433	+2.89
850–895	866	33	151.00–184.00	$164.76	$1,427	-0.21
855–887 value added	877	264	172.00–187.30	$183.13	$1,606	+3.65
900–944	920	118	154.00–178.60	$168.81	$1,553	+2.71
905–935 value added	920	192	170.00–181.50	$174.67	$1,607	-1.16
950–995	958	38	144.00–167.00	$159.44	$1,527	+14.43
953–976 value added	974	55	164.00–175.00	$174.22	$1,697	+2.80
1002–1047	1043	57	119.00–168.80	$165.25	$1,724	+20.47
1075–1086	1085	9	114.00–147.50	$143.81	$1,560	+1.81
1121 value added	1121	45	155.75	$155.75	$1,746	—
1188 value added	1188	48	154.00	$154.00	$1,830	—
1175–1193	1190	7	125.00–126.00	$125.86	$1,498	—
1205	1205	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,362	—
1260–1265	1263	2	105.00–127.00	$116.02	$1,465	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	277	6	195.00–208.00	$201.64	$559	-30.86
310–345	324	8	180.00–222.00	$201.44	$653	+31.93
355–395	377	11	140.00–225.00	$191.37	$721	-8.79
410–445	428	23	157.50–218.00	$183.81	$787	-29.48
450–495	472	43	140.00–212.00	$188.07	$888	-0.15
500–548	529	35	144.00–206.00	$185.49	$981	+19.41
550–595	576	49	150.00–206.00	$181.73	$1,047	-11.21
600–642	622	37	141.00–190.00	$177.82	$1,106	+0.18
650–697	680	31	142.00–184.50	$173.01	$1,176	+9.36
700–747	729	19	154.00–173.50	$163.83	$1,194	+0.31
760–792	779	19	128.00–171.00	$150.87	$1,175	+3.37
800–845	817	5	115.00–151.00	$135.05	$1,103	-13.98
851–895	862	6	130.00–146.00	$142.05	$1,224	-10.28
920–945	933	2	103.00–141.00	$121.75	$1,136	+5.75
951–975	957	4	110.00–146.00	$136.83	$1,309	—
1065	1065	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,145	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	182.50	$182.50	$630	—
440	440	1	204.00	$204.00	$898	—
475	475	1	200.00	$200.00	$950	+23.41
485 value added	485	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,052	—
510–543	533	6	178.00–199.00	$194.97	$1,039	+24.97
570–590	585	4	175.00–183.00	$179.52	$1,050	+9.52
620–645	633	2	170.00–175.00	$172.45	$1,092	+10.45
655–680	668	10	151.00–189.00	$180.12	$1,203	+10.99
682 value added	682	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,255	—
710–735	723	3	150.00–168.00	$158.47	$1,146	+6.62
780–785	783	2	160.00–175.00	$167.48	$1,311	+17.48
895	895	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,342	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–391	386	7	191.00–216.00	$201.37	$777	—
441	441	3	210.00	$210.00	$926	—
455–495	474	4	199.00–209.00	$203.13	$963	+29.13
597	597	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,110	—
630–645	633	7	169.00–195.00	$189.09	$1,197	—
725	725	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,167	-1.00
765	765	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,186	—
870	870	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,183	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	195.00	$195.00	$994	+6.72
637	637	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,210	+6.00
710	710	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,271	+14.00
760	760	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,216	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	215.00	$215.00	$516	—
505–535	520	2	170.00–185.00	$177.72	$924	+9.44
645	645	2	152.00–165.00	$158.50	$1,022	+13.50
700	700	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,050	—
815	815	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,060	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1295	1225	2	126.00–133.00	$129.30	$1,584	—
1250	1250	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,375	—
1397–1400	1399	2	114.00–131.00	$122.51	$1,714	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	-20.00
315	315	1	157.50	$157.50	$496	+20.00
360–395	378	2	127.50–212.50	$171.97	$650	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170 value added	170	2	230.00	$230.00	$391	—
200–235 value added	217	4	205.00–217.50	$209.23	$454	-5.77
206–245	221	11	162.50–222.50	$192.46	$425	+1.07
220–245 fancy	233	2	222.50–232.50	$227.23	$529	+2.43
250 value added	250	1	205.00	$205.00	$512	—
262 thin fleshed	262	4	220.00	$220.00	$576	—
255–296	277	69	160.50–229.00	$205.60	$570	+15.96
270–298 fancy	293	34	200.00–246.00	$236.54	$693	+16.13
300–345 fancy	322	55	197.50–250.00	$229.37	$739	+9.37
300–349	326	119	182.50–237.50	$211.84	$691	+20.36
300–345 value added	326	20	191.00–239.00	$214.54	$699	+9.98
310–335 thin fleshed	329	4	225.00–240.00	$236.46	$778	—
350–395 value added	369	26	200.00–246.00	$224.24	$827	+24.77
350–395 fancy	372	126	191.00–250.00	$222.73	$829	+2.50
350–395	375	198	175.00–235.00	$208.85	$783	+11.44
400–445 fancy	419	148	192.00–231.00	$214.95	$901	+3.25
400–445 value added	421	51	187.50–235.00	$214.75	$904	-3.82
400–448	429	331	166.00–224.00	$207.35	$890	+15.79
450–496 fancy	470	210	183.00–229.00	$209.43	$984	+6.90
450–498	475	475	171.00–218.00	$199.26	$946	+10.38
450–498 value added	480	93	185.00–221.00	$197.77	$949	-0.44
500–548 value added	525	377	177.00–222.50	$198.64	$1,043	+6.63
500–549	529	403	166.00–211.00	$190.86	$1,010	+12.38
520–534 fancy	531	5	203.00–206.00	$205.41	$1,091	+14.52
554 fancy	554	17	196.00	$196.00	$1,086	—
550–598 value added	570	331	181.00–217.00	$195.52	$1,114	+8.15
550–597	574	320	169.00–196.00	$183.68	$1,054	+4.88
600–647 value added	621	356	162.00–194.00	$184.20	$1,144	+6.87
600–648	624	427	161.00–188.50	$175.07	$1,092	+5.35
670	670	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,038	-8.20
650–694 value added	674	329	163.00–187.00	$176.51	$1,190	+1.79
650–698	675	251	150.00–184.00	$168.69	$1,139	+5.49
700–747 value added	717	157	156.00–178.00	$172.23	$1,235	+5.61
700–748	724	180	140.00–172.00	$162.13	$1,174	+7.69
750–795 value added	766	186	151.00–179.00	$172.44	$1,321	+8.48
752–799	770	68	124.00–169.00	$156.42	$1,204	+14.86
800–846	827	30	120.00–154.00	$139.70	$1,155	-0.24
800–837 value added	827	140	150.00–170.00	$160.40	$1,327	+16.60
852–899	880	41	119.00–150.00	$136.04	$1,197	+5.79
860–892 value added	881	68	140.00–164.25	$162.54	$1,432	—
905–945	930	9	110.00–132.50	$121.66	$1,131	-8.27
965–997	984	13	106.00–125.00	$119.12	$1,172	-7.43
1065–1095	1093	14	107.00–112.00	$111.65	$1,220	—
1101	1101	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,420	—
1115	1115	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,171	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	155.00	$155.00	$271	—
200–245	225	19	140.00–227.00	$177.64	$400	+11.46
250–295	275	13	145.00–207.50	$166.00	$456	+3.73
300–348	327	30	137.50–200.00	$174.78	$572	+8.81
350–395	373	52	140.00–210.00	$181.28	$676	+7.62
400–448	428	62	115.00–197.00	$176.27	$754	+15.17
450–495	474	76	121.00–198.00	$172.46	$817	+2.57
500–545	521	47	102.50–186.00	$162.61	$847	+7.99
550–597	573	62	135.00–188.00	$162.08	$929	+8.45
600–640	622	31	122.50–167.00	$150.39	$935	+4.47
650–695	668	53	118.00–158.00	$135.66	$906	-3.91
700–742	718	20	110.00–156.00	$134.08	$963	+8.60
750–790	768	15	122.00–145.00	$130.75	$1,004	-8.43
800–841	823	7	116.00–142.00	$131.85	$1,085	+24.25
855–890	875	6	100.00–120.00	$113.03	$989	-2.75
905–945	930	6	110.00–144.00	$122.19	$1,136	+8.18
955–970	964	5	90.00–207.50	$119.48	$1,152	+1.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	202.50	$202.50	$425	—
260–265	263	2	170.00–200.00	$184.86	$486	—
330	330	1	192.50	$192.50	$635	—
350–395	366	11	170.00–205.00	$190.55	$697	+40.55
405–445	427	8	180.00–190.00	$183.68	$784	+20.88
450–485	467	12	151.00–190.00	$175.41	$819	-1.59
510–540	528	7	165.00–185.00	$178.33	$942	+16.26
550–595	570	3	160.00–174.00	$167.51	$955	+15.29
645	645	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,016	+12.82
682–695	685	4	151.00–155.00	$153.99	$1,055	+0.99
740	740	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,073	+25.00
865	865	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,090	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	3	162.50–190.00	$173.01	$550	—
390	390	2	180.00–194.00	$187.00	$729	—
400–427	416	6	152.50–188.00	$175.72	$731	+1.19
460–495	481	10	152.50–194.00	$179.17	$862	+9.99
532 value added	532	4	180.00	$180.00	$958	—
530–545	539	6	160.00–174.00	$168.50	$908	+4.50
565–585	575	4	175.00–179.00	$176.97	$1,018	+19.92
600 value added	600	2	166.00	$166.00	$996	—
615–635	625	2	145.00–160.00	$152.38	$952	+5.38
660 value added	660	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,076	—
665–685	675	2	120.00–140.00	$130.15	$879	-4.85
700	700	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,085	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	-16.25
345	345	2	163.00–185.00	$174.00	$600	—
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	+5.80
385 value added	385	2	209.00	$209.00	$805	—
420–430	426	4	122.50–172.00	$159.02	$677	-14.64
450–495	465	6	160.00–180.00	$170.61	$793	—
505–530	517	3	150.00–170.00	$159.25	$823	+12.25
550–590	573	4	150.00–160.00	$156.38	$896	+26.38
700	700	1	141.00	$141.00	$987	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	6	127.00	$127.00	$733	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1132	1129	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$1,383	—
1060–1205	1133	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,292	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	135.00	$135.00	$277	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245 fancy	217	9	240.00–265.00	$253.35	$550	+50.85
205–240	228	6	200.00–260.00	$218.89	$499	+16.73
240 value added	240	1	212.50	$212.50	$510	—
250–295	274	30	185.00–242.50	$214.38	$587	-7.03
250–293 fancy	281	16	222.50–260.00	$243.16	$683	+11.38
301–340 fancy	315	10	215.00–252.50	$238.85	$752	-5.90
300–345	327	30	194.50–249.00	$220.24	$720	-5.71
340–345 value added	343	2	220.00–232.00	$226.04	$775	+4.13
350–395 fancy	370	68	201.00–272.50	$247.24	$915	+10.92
350–395 value added	375	15	210.00–234.00	$226.53	$849	-5.33
350–398	376	120	190.00–258.00	$229.76	$864	+12.44
400–445 fancy	424	92	217.50–260.00	$237.11	$1,005	+8.54
400–448	427	135	192.00–250.00	$223.99	$956	+11.88
412–445 value added	428	14	207.00–231.00	$221.98	$950	+2.03
450–475 value added	459	16	211.00–239.00	$224.94	$1,032	+16.15
450–495 fancy	471	76	210.00–239.00	$223.39	$1,052	+3.11
450–498	474	145	187.00–239.00	$215.87	$1,023	+14.78
500–547	522	157	171.00–260.00	$207.64	$1,084	+13.55
500–547 value added	525	14	202.00–221.00	$208.21	$1,093	+2.50
510–540 fancy	526	32	206.00–222.00	$211.53	$1,113	-11.46
550–588 fancy	562	63	193.00–222.00	$212.91	$1,197	+11.37
550–595	570	129	175.00–247.00	$200.48	$1,143	+15.70
560–582 value added	571	4	194.00–205.00	$197.68	$1,129	+11.29
601–645 fancy	617	25	185.00–210.00	$197.66	$1,220	+16.15
600–645	621	108	158.00–223.00	$186.68	$1,159	+10.86
645 value added	645	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,187	+3.12
655–681 fancy	672	15	181.00–198.00	$190.33	$1,279	+5.90
655–697 value added	672	11	175.00–194.00	$181.80	$1,222	+14.83
650–697	673	57	157.00–210.00	$177.51	$1,195	+7.35
700 value added	700	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,127	+9.64
705 fancy	705	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,234	-9.85
700–745	724	52	142.50–178.00	$165.72	$1,200	+7.19
750–795	766	22	142.00–174.00	$157.93	$1,210	+1.28
800–845	823	28	120.00–159.50	$147.98	$1,218	+12.45
850–895	866	20	120.00–153.00	$135.96	$1,177	-0.36
900–945	916	14	111.00–148.00	$129.77	$1,189	+6.25
950–985	960	6	103.00–136.00	$117.14	$1,125	-3.04
1000–1010	1005	5	95.00–119.00	$112.42	$1,130	+16.42

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	190.00	$190.00	$361	—
235	235	1	257.00	$257.00	$604	+75.45
260–290	275	10	183.00–227.00	$206.09	$567	+27.61
305–347	331	15	165.00–220.00	$196.14	$649	+13.45
350–395	371	26	137.50–226.00	$186.50	$692	+1.80
400–445	425	26	160.00–225.00	$194.97	$829	-7.79
450–499	474	47	167.50–209.00	$193.97	$919	+18.03
500–545	520	32	140.00–192.00	$173.68	$903	+6.07
550–595	570	18	152.50–197.00	$179.24	$1,022	+17.51
600–636	622	20	153.00–196.00	$167.63	$1,043	+12.40
655–680	664	4	134.00–161.00	$148.84	$988	-0.39
710–740	721	7	100.00–158.00	$137.81	$994	-10.09
750–785	767	6	131.00–149.00	$140.68	$1,079	+14.38
800–840	818	3	110.00–143.00	$126.09	$1,031	+19.09
855–895	875	4	109.00–187.00	$137.66	$1,205	+31.66
955–960	958	2	101.00–116.00	$108.48	$1,039	—
1010–1040	1030	3	90.00–91.00	$90.67	$934	—
1085	1085	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	190.00	$190.00	$703	—
415–445	435	5	195.00–206.00	$200.84	$874	—
475–490	482	5	162.50–205.00	$186.74	$900	—
525–542	533	9	162.50–200.00	$189.95	$1,012	+13.95
550–590	580	4	190.00–191.00	$190.76	$1,106	—
640	640	3	160.00–170.00	$163.33	$1,045	—
785	785	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,028	—
840	840	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,050	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	200.00–203.00	$201.48	$635	—
380–390	385	2	188.00–207.50	$197.88	$762	—
430	430	1	182.50	$182.50	$785	—
500–525	513	2	187.00–190.00	$188.54	$967	+19.51
550–590	573	3	162.50–184.00	$173.87	$996	+17.23
850–860	855	2	126.00–130.00	$128.01	$1,094	+18.01
921	921	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,234	—
965	965	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,139	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	2	170.00–175.00	$172.60	$549	+0.60
375–392	386	3	174.00–180.00	$175.94	$679	-9.06
400–430	418	3	157.50–167.50	$163.47	$683	—
475–480	478	2	182.50–184.00	$183.25	$876	+18.30
540	540	1	175.00	$175.00	$945	-2.08
575	575	1	165.00	$165.00	$949	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1105–1500	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,175.00–1,500.00	$1,329.73	—
1315–1655	1495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,385.00–2,035.00	$1,748.15	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	-18.69

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	80-85%	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,058	—
860–1550	1177	80-85%	61	46.00–89.00	$72.28	$851	-4.92
870–1950	1243	80-85%	259	71.00–99.00	$87.98	$1,094	-7.00
830–1750	1283	80-85%	278	87.00–118.00	$99.05	$1,271	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–1135	923	85-90%	20	42.50–69.00	$56.09	$518	+6.24
690–1165	943	85-90%	72	32.00–79.00	$62.64	$591	—
770–1265	994	85-90%	95	73.50–102.00	$85.20	$847	+11.71
760–1440	995	85-90%	137	58.00–92.00	$74.77	$744	+1.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1600	1423	75-80%	9	59.00–89.00	$77.64	$1,105	—
1160–1880	1470	75-80%	59	78.00–99.50	$90.61	$1,332	—
1160–2055	1501	75-80%	143	85.00–113.00	$99.16	$1,488	+11.73

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685–1935	1810	65-75%	2	90.00–93.00	$91.40	$1,654	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1875	1495	22	80.00–116.00	$93.69	$1,401	-7.04
1055–2365	1595	112	92.00–127.50	$112.00	$1,786	—
1195–2550	1805	130	110.00–155.00	$127.81	$2,307	+1.88

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650	1650	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,534	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–920	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	90.00–115.00	$105.93	$893
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,096
735–1310	1043	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	99.00–139.00	$128.31	$1,338

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$812

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1005	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	720.00–975.00	$874.43
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
815–1340	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	850.00–1,425.00	$1,126.97
960–1165	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	780.00–1,025.00	$896.47
900–1230	1056	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	660.00–930.00	$811.60
1082	1082	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	860.00	$860.00
825–1370	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,375.00	$1,142.27
1035–1190	1113	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	860.00–1,010.00	$940.22
1115–1150	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	960.00–1,050.00	$1,026.97
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	910.00	$910.00
835–1630	1146	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	61	750.00–1,410.00	$1,103.19
825–1635	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	710.00–1,700.00	$1,296.96
1155	1155	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
905–1340	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	570.00–1,000.00	$870.49
815–1420	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	710.00–1,400.00	$1,091.38
825–2050	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	725.00–1,500.00	$1,266.09
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
940–1005	982	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–1,050.00	$956.32
990–1010	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$774.25
950–1070	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	985.00–1,125.00	$1,083.43
935–1120	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–1,125.00	$893.37

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00
680–1015	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–785.00	$730.84
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
695–950	829	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	600.00–1,125.00	$946.35
920	920	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
940–992	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,220.00	$1,149.27
955–1082	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,450.00	$1,250.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
765–852	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	700.00–925.00	$823.94

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
812	812	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	97.00	$97.00	$788

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
810–910	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,010.00–1,190.00	$1,105.23	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,435.00	$1,435.00	—
840–1290	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,100.00–1,440.00	$1,222.40	+197.40
1080–1200	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,200.00	$1,112.14	-476.79
1125	1125	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	-438.93
1000–1315	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,150.00–1,950.00	$1,395.22	+8.61
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	-201.61
1060–1400	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	900.00–1,610.00	$1,237.42	-16.29
1030–1480	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	810.00–1,600.00	$1,126.08	-192.26
890–1605	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	975.00–1,960.00	$1,500.42	—
1050–1420	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,250.00–2,100.00	$1,552.18	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	930.00	$930.00	+220.00
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
945	945	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	770.00	$770.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880–1385	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	950.00–1,235.00	$1,154.91	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	90.00	$90.00	$405	—
502	502	3	100.00	$100.00	$502	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	102.00	$102.00	$296	-30.50
320–342	328	8	95.00–119.00	$109.62	$360	—
375–396	393	8	124.00–169.00	$163.64	$643	+9.64
406–423	408	22	131.00–152.00	$149.03	$608	+19.03
450–493	467	27	125.00–165.00	$148.71	$694	+37.20
525–547	540	9	98.00–159.00	$123.13	$665	+7.42
565–595	571	15	110.00–142.00	$137.28	$784	+2.78
610–629	622	19	123.00–154.00	$140.73	$875	+45.73
660–668	664	6	103.00–142.00	$122.38	$813	-10.12
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	-4.00
894	894	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,162	—
1010–1020	1018	5	78.00–108.00	$102.05	$1,039	—
1235	1235	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,334	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	104.00	$104.00	$449	—
478	478	2	90.00	$90.00	$430	—

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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
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.