Mississippi Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

5,837 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $112.22/cwt +6.30 vs last sale · ≈ $587/hd at 523 lb · 107 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.50/cwt +7.47 vs last sale · ≈ $484/hd at 374 lb · 96 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $137.91/cwt +5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 473 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,837	6,103	9,594
Feeder cattle	4,420	4,664	7,578
Slaughter cattle	660	723	1,143
Replacement cattle	757	716	873

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 7.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	152.50–175.00	$163.13	$372	+3.13
265–290	279	7	144.00–161.00	$153.53	$428	+1.04
300–349	322	36	141.00–171.00	$156.83	$505	+11.54
350–399	374	82	135.00–172.00	$156.42	$585	+13.58
400–449	423	73	127.00–161.00	$146.48	$620	+7.87
450–499	473	92	126.00–152.00	$137.91	$652	+5.41
500–549	521	74	120.00–140.00	$129.50	$675	+5.21
550–595	570	37	115.00–137.00	$124.60	$710	+6.92
600–649	622	62	108.00–129.00	$121.76	$757	+8.44
625	625	1	122.00	$122.00	$762	+8.68
650–695	668	31	110.00–127.00	$118.90	$794	+8.04
700–745	721	19	100.00–125.00	$112.40	$810	+4.74
750–795	776	14	103.00–121.75	$112.37	$872	+3.67
800–845	823	6	100.00–110.00	$105.72	$870	+6.94
900	900	1	110.00	$110.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–291	288	10	145.00–150.00	$146.46	$422	—
356–375	368	21	147.00–152.00	$150.48	$554	—
361–397 value added	381	9	147.00–159.00	$152.05	$579	—
434–438	436	21	141.00–143.50	$141.96	$619	+2.46
466–483 value added	478	10	134.00	$134.00	$641	+4.00
534–538 value added	536	9	130.00–134.00	$131.79	$706	+5.97
586	586	4	125.00	$125.00	$732	+0.11
585–590 value added	588	6	124.00–125.00	$124.67	$733	+2.67
631–644 value added	637	20	125.75–126.00	$125.91	$802	—
662–673 value added	669	15	124.50–125.25	$124.75	$835	+9.25
667–681	681	75	125.50–131.10	$130.95	$892	+15.95
725	725	12	122.50	$122.50	$888	+5.00
784 value added	784	6	121.75	$121.75	$955	+10.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–195	175	3	127.00–130.00	$129.06	$226	—
205–240	221	9	125.00–158.00	$138.30	$306	+28.30
255–290	271	5	120.00–149.00	$133.55	$362	+8.02
305–345	327	11	126.00–152.00	$142.99	$468	+11.28
350–395	378	17	131.00–150.00	$141.90	$536	+7.60
410–445	430	15	125.00–140.00	$131.45	$565	+8.93
450–495	477	20	115.00–133.00	$125.16	$597	+3.78
500–545	523	11	104.00–128.00	$119.11	$623	+4.08
550–595	574	23	105.00–123.00	$115.91	$665	+5.09
605–610	608	2	108.00–109.00	$108.50	$660	—
653–670	657	4	95.00–110.00	$106.18	$698	+11.68
705–740	723	2	96.00–112.00	$103.81	$751	+13.81
775	775	1	85.00	$85.00	$659	-2.54
830	830	1	100.00	$100.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–299	275	10	120.00–147.50	$134.98	$371	—
335	335	1	136.00	$136.00	$456	+5.00
350–390	375	4	130.00–139.00	$135.39	$508	+3.82
500–549	528	5	93.00–115.00	$105.00	$554	—
560–595	581	5	112.00–115.00	$114.41	$665	+7.90

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	150.00	$150.00	$165	—
200–249	226	11	125.00–146.00	$137.91	$312	-2.09
255–295	273	17	120.00–138.00	$129.00	$352	+0.77
300–345	322	25	121.00–142.00	$131.81	$424	+7.07
350–399	374	96	118.00–139.00	$129.50	$484	+7.47
405	405	1	146.00	$146.00	$591	+34.06
400–449	422	77	111.00–137.00	$124.01	$523	+12.07
435 fancy	435	2	166.00	$166.00	$722	—
450–499	471	82	103.00–134.00	$118.95	$560	+10.13
500–549	523	107	100.00–121.00	$112.22	$587	+6.30
550–595	570	59	100.00–119.00	$110.36	$629	+5.51
600–649	621	54	90.00–116.00	$101.81	$632	+4.27
650–695	677	21	91.00–120.00	$104.64	$708	+5.11
700	700	1	90.00	$90.00	$630	-8.36
700–745	721	32	69.00–110.00	$100.13	$722	+1.77
755–780	767	3	60.00–105.00	$82.25	$631	-4.00
800–840	825	7	70.00–105.00	$87.73	$724	—
850	850	1	85.00	$85.00	$722	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	6	122.00	$122.00	$305	—
300–315	301	17	110.00–123.00	$119.95	$361	—
356–395	359	15	122.00–124.00	$123.85	$445	+13.85
423	423	12	122.00	$122.00	$516	+11.07
450	450	2	110.00	$110.00	$495	-3.25
463 value added	463	6	115.00	$115.00	$532	+3.00
503 value added	503	11	114.00	$114.00	$573	+4.38
505	505	69	126.50	$126.50	$639	+16.35
561–563 value added	562	7	107.50–110.00	$108.93	$612	+5.91
555–575	563	5	97.00–100.00	$98.23	$553	-9.70
591	591	3	105.00	$105.00	$621	-2.93
606–631 value added	614	10	107.50–111.00	$108.58	$667	—
651–677 value added	657	17	104.00–107.00	$106.27	$698	+1.27
719 value added	719	15	109.00	$109.00	$784	—
725	725	3	90.00	$90.00	$652	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	127.00	$127.00	$248	+13.00
210–245	226	7	110.00–133.00	$119.44	$270	-2.72
255–295	274	13	105.00–131.00	$119.72	$328	+1.89
305–345	322	24	105.00–129.00	$118.64	$382	+3.05
350–395	371	25	105.00–129.00	$118.34	$439	+5.88
405–445	425	36	100.00–123.00	$112.54	$478	+5.08
450–495	477	28	90.00–122.00	$107.47	$513	+5.67
500–545	529	14	85.00–110.00	$97.19	$514	-1.56
550–595	576	12	80.00–109.00	$98.53	$568	+6.84
600–645	620	5	87.00–103.00	$92.21	$572	+4.94
650–665	655	4	85.00–97.00	$93.27	$611	+5.27
720	720	1	88.00	$88.00	$634	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
265–275	270	3	109.00–115.00	$112.96	$305	—
300–349	325	9	80.00–120.00	$109.16	$355	—
370	370	1	104.00	$104.00	$385	±0.00
400–449	425	10	91.00–108.00	$99.99	$425	+3.18
485	485	1	105.00	$105.00	$509	+12.14
525	525	1	95.00	$95.00	$499	+6.93
555	555	1	75.00	$75.00	$416	-20.71
700–735	718	2	70.00	$70.00	$503	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
450	450	5	575.00	$575.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–175	165	2	142.00–169.00	$154.68	$255	+2.67
220–245	239	4	137.50–161.00	$151.99	$363	+7.63
250–295	273	12	140.00–167.00	$155.79	$425	+14.08
300–345	325	32	136.00–166.00	$151.27	$492	+8.28
350–395	373	37	132.50–167.00	$150.10	$560	+15.00
400–445	422	36	121.00–163.00	$140.79	$594	+14.38
450–495	470	38	101.00–150.00	$129.46	$608	+18.55
500–549	521	55	101.00–136.00	$119.41	$622	+16.72
550–599	570	34	97.00–128.00	$113.40	$646	+9.66
600–649	616	38	94.00–120.00	$106.70	$657	+9.87
620	620	1	107.00	$107.00	$663	+10.17
650–695	665	12	99.00–115.00	$106.25	$707	+9.46
700	700	2	95.00	$95.00	$665	-4.84
705–730	715	3	99.00–110.00	$104.34	$746	+4.50
750	750	1	97.00	$97.00	$728	-5.87
800–815	808	2	95.00–105.00	$99.95	$808	—
800–825	808	3	95.00–99.00	$96.32	$778	—
875	875	1	79.00	$79.00	$691	+4.00
885	885	1	74.00	$74.00	$655	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	110.00	$110.00	$165	-13.55
210–240	230	3	130.00–135.00	$131.74	$303	+10.59
255–295	273	8	110.00–148.00	$133.55	$365	+7.39
305–345	331	7	110.00–140.00	$131.83	$436	+4.01
350–395	374	12	110.00–142.50	$131.98	$494	+10.70
400–445	422	15	100.00–148.00	$128.35	$542	+14.31
450–495	481	28	90.00–129.00	$113.60	$546	+1.98
500–540	520	16	100.00–125.00	$114.51	$595	+16.69
555–590	576	13	89.00–119.00	$106.61	$614	+11.13
600–640	623	6	93.00–115.00	$100.15	$624	+6.17
650–690	668	10	94.00–110.00	$100.51	$671	+9.58
700–725	712	3	83.00–102.00	$93.55	$666	+3.55
950	950	1	79.00	$79.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	7	130.00	$130.00	$455	—
415	415	3	122.00	$122.00	$506	-5.78
520–525	523	8	110.00–122.50	$117.84	$616	+2.84
545	545	3	100.00	$100.00	$545	—
550	550	5	110.00	$110.00	$605	-0.97
600	600	2	106.00	$106.00	$636	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	80.00	$80.00	$160	—
305–340	321	5	109.00–133.00	$121.63	$390	+21.63
355–385	375	4	107.00–138.00	$127.58	$478	+32.58
440	440	1	80.00	$80.00	$352	-18.50
490	490	1	118.00	$118.00	$578	+29.53
520–540	532	3	99.00–106.00	$103.30	$550	+18.31

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	31.50	$31.50	$254	—
635–1190	863	85-90%	37	20.00–43.50	$31.64	$273	—
705–1435	1039	85-90%	133	30.00–50.50	$41.86	$435	+0.37
825–1270	1057	85-90%	10	12.00–30.00	$22.26	$235	—
1015–1460	1196	85-90%	9	49.00–52.50	$50.51	$604	+0.54

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1540	1147	80-85%	129	35.00–56.50	$48.62	$558	—
905–1415	1168	80-85%	45	46.50–63.00	$52.62	$615	+3.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1675	1232	75-80%	14	47.00–54.00	$50.47	$622	—
1215–1305	1260	75-80%	2	43.00–44.00	$43.48	$548	—
1265–1600	1430	75-80%	21	47.50–56.00	$52.43	$750	+6.71

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1495	1261	14	60.00–76.00	$70.14	$884	+0.35
1260–2075	1582	23	68.00–83.00	$76.82	$1,215	—
1500–2025	1718	16	78.00–88.00	$83.60	$1,436	+1.88

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1730	1359	8	55.00–81.00	$71.61	$973	—
1460	1460	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,124	—
1500–2005	1753	6	77.00–89.00	$83.86	$1,470	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1635	1365	4	45.00–61.00	$50.97	$696	-11.16

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
545	545	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	380.00	$380.00
480–625	547	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	275.00–435.00	$383.94
630	630	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	290.00	$290.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
653	653	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	375.00	$375.00
695–955	828	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	400.00–610.00	$506.71
825–1070	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	570.00–800.00	$751.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–925	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	575.00–800.00	$699.25

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–975	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–700.00	$645.19
880 thin fleshed	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00
910 thin fleshed	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00
795–1195	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–1,175.00	$793.12
695–1250 thin fleshed	967	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	300.00–450.00	$388.62
780–1230	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	510.00–1,175.00	$759.73
880–1145	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	630.00–725.00	$665.86
870–1270	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	700.00–950.00	$848.36
845–1350	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	500.00–940.00	$760.85
830–1425	1111	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	350.00–710.00	$600.80
1005–1500	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	540.00–825.00	$666.39
1000–1350	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	800.00–1,200.00	$1,029.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
850–1385	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	100	725.00–1,100.00	$957.38
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
530–775	659	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	450.00–525.00	$473.17
650–700	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	435.00–450.00	$442.78
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00
725–750	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	450.00–475.00	$462.29
750–800	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	500.00–525.00	$517.02
685–970	793	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	375.00–750.00	$607.28
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	480.00	$480.00
745–1070	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	460.00–750.00	$630.96

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–1000	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	400.00–700.00	$586.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
730–1025	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	610.00–900.00	$779.37
940–1090	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	740.00–950.00	$852.76
965–1435	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	730.00–975.00	$876.49

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
565 thin fleshed	565	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
605–700	669	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	550.00–600.00	$568.74

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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
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—
795 thin fleshed	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
900–940 thin fleshed	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–725.00	$610.05	—
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	-0.60
1030–1100	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	740.00–920.00	$832.96	-440.30
1000–1300	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,450.00	$1,254.35	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–920	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	660.00–825.00	$759.87	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	+200.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	970.00	$970.00	+350.00
1050–1275	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,104.84	+334.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1490	1490	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00	$850.00	-141.71

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	40.00	$40.00	$94	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	37.50	$37.50	$75	—
585	585	1	75.00	$75.00	$439	—
600–635	625	4	52.00–65.00	$57.14	$357	—
625 thin fleshed	625	1	30.00	$30.00	$188	—
665	665	3	50.00	$50.00	$332	—
725	725	3	65.00	$65.00	$471	—

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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
905–935	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–900.00	$696.74	—

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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.