Mississippi Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 29, 2021

9,023 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.05/cwt +6.23 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 476 lb · 120 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.27/cwt +14.90 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 610 lb · 115 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.41/cwt +6.23 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 424 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,023	8,868	6,991
Feeder cattle	6,809	6,676	5,249
Slaughter cattle	1,212	1,070	782
Replacement cattle	1,002	1,122	960

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	226	17	155.00–180.00	$169.59	$383	—
250–299	275	18	161.00–187.50	$178.24	$490	+12.53
305 fancy	305	1	195.00	$195.00	$595	—
300–349	322	40	160.00–184.00	$173.53	$559	+9.33
350–399	373	73	157.50–181.00	$170.60	$636	+3.16
400–449	423	78	152.00–177.00	$165.54	$700	+7.33
450–495	472	70	143.00–178.00	$162.86	$769	+7.62
500–549	521	77	133.00–171.00	$155.93	$812	+5.62
550–595	572	48	134.00–165.00	$148.54	$850	+7.82
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	-5.81
600–649	622	50	123.00–154.00	$141.31	$879	+5.50
650–695	675	21	129.00–158.00	$141.66	$956	+3.64
700–745	721	9	130.00–148.00	$136.48	$984	+11.73
775–795	783	4	135.00–147.00	$140.71	$1,102	+10.71
815	815	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,076	+17.00
885	885	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,168	—
1070	1070	1	91.00	$91.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$457	+7.50
300–330	315	6	171.00–185.00	$177.41	$559	+3.41
319 value added	319	6	177.50	$177.50	$566	—
353–368 value added	362	22	167.25–181.00	$174.79	$633	+19.79
355–388	375	11	159.00–176.00	$167.18	$627	+9.93
402–445	418	15	150.00–176.00	$159.45	$667	-8.31
400–437 value added	422	12	170.00–177.00	$173.63	$733	—
450–490	470	28	149.00–166.00	$162.52	$764	+8.99
466–484 value added	474	11	155.00–159.00	$157.14	$745	+0.36
505–545	526	46	130.00–163.00	$154.72	$814	+1.15
550–595	572	49	140.00–160.00	$152.84	$874	+8.63
581–590 value added	584	7	137.00–147.50	$144.47	$844	-9.53
600–623 value added	605	83	145.75–159.50	$156.95	$950	+15.95
600–648	624	32	130.00–153.00	$147.32	$919	+11.21
650–690	670	3	130.00–140.00	$134.63	$902	-19.12
668–695 value added	682	6	138.50–140.25	$139.39	$951	+2.14
700–725	718	6	135.00–143.00	$137.35	$986	+0.68
715–749 value added	744	30	130.00–153.50	$150.49	$1,120	—
770–790	787	6	129.50–130.00	$129.58	$1,020	-19.92
807 value added	807	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,073	—
855	855	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	279	8	140.00–170.00	$160.16	$447	+35.23
300–345	323	16	126.00–168.00	$154.24	$498	+3.21
350–395	377	9	110.00–159.00	$143.46	$541	-7.35
400–445	428	33	113.00–155.00	$147.00	$629	+9.00
450–495	477	15	115.00–155.00	$144.24	$688	+5.59
500–545	524	14	114.00–156.00	$141.44	$741	+7.77
550–595	579	19	120.00–143.00	$134.81	$781	+2.24
600–640	620	6	119.00–136.00	$126.15	$782	+3.39
650–695	667	3	110.00–125.00	$119.39	$796	+4.39
890	890	1	112.00	$112.00	$997	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	25	120.00–157.50	$140.65	$316	—
300–349	327	11	140.00–165.00	$150.68	$493	+12.24
400–449	425	8	114.00–145.00	$132.03	$561	-0.15
450–499	476	5	125.00–144.00	$136.38	$649	+6.18
500–549	524	12	101.00–134.00	$120.28	$630	-8.17
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
600–649	625	4	92.00–102.00	$97.20	$608	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	224	25	135.00–160.00	$150.16	$336	+24.89
250–299	280	26	135.00–159.00	$143.77	$403	+7.91
300–349	327	52	132.50–159.00	$146.52	$479	+5.57
350–399	373	87	130.00–160.00	$147.07	$549	+3.63
400–449	424	107	127.00–157.00	$142.41	$604	+6.23
470 fancy	470	1	149.00	$149.00	$700	—
450–499	476	119	115.00–150.00	$135.94	$647	+6.12
500–549	521	107	115.00–143.00	$128.72	$671	+6.59
550–599	570	52	118.00–137.00	$126.70	$722	+4.34
600–649	624	52	100.00–136.00	$118.31	$738	-0.27
650–695	668	17	114.00–136.00	$122.11	$816	+5.92
700–745	719	16	90.00–129.00	$114.91	$826	-0.98
753–780	770	7	92.00–130.00	$104.95	$808	-4.45
915	915	1	88.00	$88.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286	-10.00
265–290	279	7	125.00–151.00	$135.51	$378	-6.49
325 value added	325	2	155.00	$155.00	$504	—
305–345	335	12	122.50–151.00	$133.45	$447	-15.05
350–395	379	31	125.00–156.00	$145.62	$552	+9.41
385 value added	385	3	142.50	$142.50	$549	—
400–417 value added	409	10	149.00–157.00	$153.08	$626	+20.58
403–445	421	24	125.00–151.00	$138.02	$581	+2.04
461–488 value added	468	15	130.00–140.00	$137.42	$643	+9.28
450–497	476	40	122.50–145.00	$131.96	$628	+3.31
517–522 value added	518	7	137.00–140.00	$137.86	$714	+12.61
500–548	526	55	120.00–148.00	$134.57	$708	+8.11
565 value added	565	5	128.50	$128.50	$726	+1.50
553–586	573	21	116.00–136.25	$130.13	$746	+10.92
616 value added	616	3	131.00	$131.00	$807	—
630–640	636	4	105.00–117.00	$110.99	$706	-3.04
650 value added	650	4	128.00	$128.00	$832	—
665–690	675	4	113.00–118.00	$116.51	$786	+8.98
736–745	738	5	106.00–118.00	$115.58	$853	+10.14
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—
853	853	4	115.00	$115.00	$981	—
1060	1060	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,357	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	120.00	$120.00	$222	—
220–235	228	2	122.00–127.00	$124.58	$284	+3.56
255–290	269	6	130.00–145.00	$134.59	$362	+11.76
300–341	327	17	122.00–140.00	$131.24	$429	+10.06
350–395	374	18	110.00–139.00	$129.91	$486	+3.22
400–445	426	21	95.00–141.00	$124.80	$532	+6.17
465–495	482	21	113.00–126.00	$120.53	$581	+6.35
515–545	532	13	104.00–134.00	$119.03	$633	+2.48
555–595	577	12	104.00–127.00	$118.22	$682	+6.83
600–640	621	5	104.00–126.00	$112.68	$700	+12.68
655–680	666	4	99.00–120.00	$105.98	$706	+2.20
720	720	1	112.00	$112.00	$806	+17.12
775–785	780	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$800	+9.92
820–825	823	2	85.00–92.00	$88.51	$728	-1.49
900	900	1	55.00	$55.00	$495	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–249	225	18	110.00–145.00	$127.53	$287	—
250–285	262	3	109.00–118.00	$113.14	$296	-4.62
300–349	323	16	120.00–135.00	$125.88	$407	+6.83
350–395	378	8	100.00–126.00	$112.61	$426	-6.08
400–449	425	20	100.00–122.50	$112.28	$477	+1.57
450–495	475	5	104.00–110.00	$107.21	$509	-5.02
500–549	525	19	102.00–112.50	$107.63	$565	—
600–649	625	4	85.00–100.00	$92.79	$580	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	3	650.00–800.00	$750.00	—
775	775	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	231	5	137.00–170.00	$161.47	$373	+1.47
260–295	278	8	152.50–170.00	$162.59	$452	+7.08
300–349	324	41	100.00–176.00	$152.53	$494	+1.10
350–399	371	41	150.00–179.00	$162.98	$605	+7.02
400–449	423	68	130.00–166.00	$153.81	$651	+8.87
450–495	470	35	126.00–161.00	$148.91	$700	+9.24
500–549	522	51	105.00–149.00	$136.14	$711	+2.84
550–599	571	19	110.00–155.00	$132.65	$757	+5.98
600–649	622	23	92.00–136.00	$113.06	$703	-9.58
650–699	666	12	100.00–129.00	$113.28	$754	-2.87
705–710	708	2	115.00–128.00	$121.52	$860	+6.01
760–770	765	3	90.00–118.00	$107.94	$826	-3.35
805	805	1	116.00	$116.00	$934	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	159.00–160.00	$159.48	$380	—
270–295	282	7	145.00–173.00	$156.39	$441	+2.39
330	330	1	168.00	$168.00	$554	+10.39
355–380	365	10	145.00–185.00	$160.95	$587	+2.68
420–449	431	17	140.00–169.00	$157.16	$677	+19.93
450–495	473	36	120.00–153.00	$139.03	$658	-2.53
500–545	521	26	120.00–147.00	$135.02	$703	+9.02
550–595	572	19	114.00–143.00	$129.71	$742	-3.38
605–630	616	5	112.00–130.00	$118.85	$732	+2.77
685	685	1	114.00	$114.00	$781	-4.00
751	751	4	120.00	$120.00	$901	—
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	—
1195	1195	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,613	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	3	133.00–150.00	$141.15	$329	+6.26
260	260	1	152.00	$152.00	$395	+13.19
300–345	331	10	139.00–160.00	$150.41	$498	+13.40
355–395	374	17	118.00–160.00	$147.84	$553	+10.93
400–445	424	18	125.00–150.00	$141.36	$599	+8.53
450–485	467	9	110.00–144.00	$134.25	$627	+5.71
500–545	525	12	120.00–135.00	$128.26	$673	+8.74
560–595	576	8	110.00–140.00	$123.57	$712	+3.15
610–645	628	4	101.00–110.00	$107.56	$675	-4.71
660–685	670	3	100.00–116.00	$106.25	$712	+5.23
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	+10.34
755–775	763	3	75.00–108.00	$92.85	$708	-4.68
805–830	821	5	85.00–110.00	$90.86	$746	+5.86
855	855	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	+38.00
950	950	1	65.00	$65.00	$618	—
1005	1005	1	80.00	$80.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	148.00	$148.00	$414	+11.28
300–345	325	4	121.00–144.00	$136.04	$442	—
365–385	375	4	121.00–149.00	$140.50	$527	+20.50
410–435	423	2	127.00–132.00	$129.57	$548	+10.95
500–530	517	3	112.00–120.00	$116.67	$603	+5.68
760	760	1	80.00	$80.00	$608	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	800.00–1,150.00	$975.00	—
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–1095	728	85-90%	14	15.00–47.50	$25.47	$185	—
750–1190	869	85-90%	116	10.00–46.00	$32.30	$281	-1.60
830–1035	933	85-90%	2	24.50–37.00	$31.44	$293	+15.44
730–1400	1046	85-90%	232	20.00–56.50	$46.14	$483	—
985–1215	1100	85-90%	2	25.00–35.00	$29.48	$324	—
1025–1335	1168	85-90%	9	55.00–58.00	$57.25	$669	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1620	1102	80-85%	220	43.00–64.00	$53.47	$589	-0.22
1200–1350	1262	80-85%	78	56.00–67.50	$61.70	$779	-1.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1935	1455	75-80%	36	40.00–61.50	$51.96	$756	—
1370–1550	1460	75-80%	8	50.00–59.50	$55.04	$804	—
1265–1735	1500	75-80%	2	38.00–45.00	$42.05	$631	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2020	1399	27	60.00–95.00	$74.97	$1,049	—
1500–2195	1751	40	80.00–92.50	$86.68	$1,518	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1775	1334	15	45.00–80.00	$70.94	$946	—
960–1930	1444	39	65.00–92.50	$79.51	$1,148	—
1500–2400	1950	4	83.00–94.00	$89.77	$1,751	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1315	1208	2	60.00–65.00	$62.72	$758	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1605	1383	2	62.00–68.00	$65.48	$906	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1600	1280	2	55.00–68.00	$63.13	$808	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	74	300.00–800.00	$521.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550 thin fleshed	550	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00
670 thin fleshed	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00
590–1120	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	400.00–775.00	$612.61
835–1175	914	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	325.00–700.00	$516.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	590.00	$590.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1170	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	400.00–900.00	$696.18
680–1240	986	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	500.00–1,500.00	$903.47
870–1180	1036	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	500.00–780.00	$674.26
760–1510	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	400.00–975.00	$780.57
840–1315	1064	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	450.00–750.00	$612.12
725–1315	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00–1,210.00	$843.78
860–1350	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	72	810.00–1,350.00	$1,101.76
950–1475	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	600.00–1,050.00	$855.49
890–1535	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	625.00–975.00	$803.75
1000–1350	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	900.00–1,075.00	$995.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
870–1085	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–900.00	$766.50
850–1200	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	460.00–800.00	$659.02
850–1200	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	76	600.00–1,060.00	$828.22
920–1116	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	700.00–820.00	$767.88
1035–1185	1111	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	630.00–870.00	$740.32
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	500.00–800.00	$679.89
750–1100	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	475.00–785.00	$672.68

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
700–1000	832	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	500.00–1,000.00	$809.59
810–875	843	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	340.00–500.00	$423.09
755–965	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	400.00–440.00	$422.44

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	970.00	$970.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00

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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
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
700–1135	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–1,650.00	$1,156.35	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-85.63
790–1345	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	460.00–1,175.00	$944.70	—
880–1350	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,090.00–1,750.00	$1,434.47	+239.47
1045–1310	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–850.00	$690.97	—
1020–1525	1286	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	840.00–1,275.00	$1,017.90	—
1100–1670	1307	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	650.00–1,000.00	$789.48	-266.02

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1100	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	710.00–850.00	$776.54	+172.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1100	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–900.00	$812.82	—
850–1200	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	785.00–1,250.00	$1,066.17	+22.67
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,080.00	$1,080.00	+480.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00	$550.00	—
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.