Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 27, 2025

7,414 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $294.21/cwt -2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,692/hd at 575 lb · 284 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $282.44/cwt +4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,765/hd at 625 lb · 215 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $296.56/cwt -5.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,020/hd at 681 lb · 195 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,414	5,570	9,064
Feeder cattle	5,796	5,080	8,272
Slaughter cattle	363	229	544
Replacement cattle	1,255	261	248

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders 3.00 to 8.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Late week feeders uneven from 10.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–345	323	26	400.00–430.00	$419.98	$1,357	+8.32
364–395	373	34	390.00–425.00	$406.16	$1,515	+9.38
382 thin fleshed	382	7	457.50	$457.50	$1,748	—
400–442	426	80	390.00–430.00	$404.03	$1,721	+14.38
455–494	476	59	351.00–376.00	$367.15	$1,748	+3.29
489 unweaned	489	8	330.00	$330.00	$1,614	—
502–548	527	180	331.00–366.00	$351.09	$1,850	-2.46
550–597	569	148	303.00–347.50	$332.23	$1,890	+4.79
602–648	625	129	307.50–337.50	$319.47	$1,997	+4.17
620–635 thin fleshed	625	17	344.00	$344.00	$2,150	—
651–699	681	195	287.00–327.50	$296.56	$2,020	-5.54
707–735	722	129	270.00–296.00	$284.00	$2,050	+13.15
753–782	764	59	264.00–276.00	$270.43	$2,066	+2.09
809–823	815	37	263.00–273.50	$267.29	$2,178	+2.76
862	862	12	253.00	$253.00	$2,181	-5.35
850–885	878	55	250.00–271.00	$266.22	$2,337	+7.87
907–946	927	53	245.00–262.00	$252.84	$2,344	—
995	995	5	235.00–247.00	$239.80	$2,386	+5.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	341	12	362.50–390.00	$369.43	$1,260	-5.81
360–398	387	34	350.00–395.00	$377.30	$1,460	+1.08
408–447	431	65	320.00–380.00	$349.95	$1,508	-5.52
456–497	470	96	317.50–360.00	$347.33	$1,632	+10.05
500–548	525	77	285.00–340.00	$330.04	$1,733	+4.93
550–599	586	174	286.00–322.50	$308.07	$1,805	+5.64
600–649	630	99	271.00–305.00	$294.02	$1,852	+5.92
650–699	679	141	262.50–291.00	$280.97	$1,908	+9.14
704–746	724	42	250.00–270.00	$265.52	$1,922	+5.67
750–795	773	29	240.00–260.00	$253.49	$1,959	-4.33
800–838	825	9	238.00–250.00	$241.88	$1,996	+10.85
868–880	873	5	242.00–245.00	$243.21	$2,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–498	480	10	317.50–337.50	$324.17	$1,556	+21.67
522	522	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,436	-18.32
578–586	580	23	275.00–288.00	$284.76	$1,652	—
602–649	626	16	255.00–275.00	$262.58	$1,644	-3.07
670	670	7	267.00	$267.00	$1,789	—
752	752	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,880	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	6	308.00	$308.00	$1,654	—
577–595	582	12	280.00–310.00	$287.67	$1,674	-27.33
606–616	611	17	295.00–297.00	$295.95	$1,808	—
701	701	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,647	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	5	352.50	$352.50	$1,780	—
563–584	571	16	328.00–339.00	$334.78	$1,912	—
642	642	7	303.00	$303.00	$1,945	—
669	669	9	298.00	$298.00	$1,994	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–520	512	10	345.00–352.50	$348.05	$1,782	—
620	620	18	322.50	$322.50	$2,000	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,340	—
468–472	469	8	275.00–352.50	$333.00	$1,562	—
694	694	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,804	-19.00
781	781	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,929	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	9	140.00	$140.00	$836	—
628	628	9	140.00	$140.00	$879	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,046	—
451–493	470	13	270.00–302.50	$285.72	$1,343	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	332	38	365.00–395.00	$379.93	$1,261	-1.23
360–396	380	79	347.50–375.00	$358.18	$1,361	+4.60
404–447	427	80	322.50–357.50	$344.76	$1,472	+8.05
450–498	468	133	323.00–360.00	$341.14	$1,597	+8.01
500–540	521	154	289.00–348.00	$325.51	$1,696	+20.49
550–599	575	284	283.50–312.50	$294.21	$1,692	-3.04
600–646	625	215	271.50–288.00	$282.44	$1,765	+4.29
652–695	665	123	266.00–286.00	$276.21	$1,837	+8.54
700–748	730	95	245.00–267.50	$258.04	$1,884	+0.69
754–786	766	47	255.00–260.00	$257.40	$1,972	+7.38
767 value added	767	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,956	—
798	798	19	237.50	$237.50	$1,895	-12.52
806	806	65	255.50	$255.50	$2,059	+11.51
910	910	20	218.00	$218.00	$1,984	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	332.50	$332.50	$964	—
308–348	333	16	322.50–350.00	$336.01	$1,119	+18.94
352–392	379	27	310.00–337.50	$331.93	$1,258	+3.41
402–449	430	64	300.00–335.00	$315.89	$1,358	-0.12
450–498	472	130	287.50–325.00	$311.52	$1,470	+14.65
501–549	528	85	257.00–312.50	$291.76	$1,540	+9.40
550–598	579	95	260.00–287.50	$273.44	$1,583	-6.51
600–649	628	81	250.00–272.50	$263.60	$1,655	+5.16
652	652	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,565	-13.35
650–699	682	51	242.50–269.00	$254.99	$1,739	+1.64
710–741	732	15	230.00–259.00	$244.95	$1,793	±0.00
757	757	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,787	+8.89
818–833	829	7	210.00–230.50	$224.72	$1,863	—
866	866	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,076	-12.50
426–427	426	7	275.00–305.00	$292.13	$1,244	—
454–494	484	23	282.50–288.00	$283.97	$1,374	+21.47
540	540	6	282.50	$282.50	$1,526	+20.00
550–590	569	12	235.00–257.50	$248.06	$1,411	-1.94
695–697	696	6	215.00–230.00	$223.01	$1,552	-6.99
700–725	707	9	206.00–222.50	$213.64	$1,510	—
921	921	15	145.00	$145.00	$1,335	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,432	—
562–592	580	21	285.00–287.50	$286.29	$1,660	—
621	621	8	293.00	$293.00	$1,820	—
650	650	6	286.00	$286.00	$1,859	+10.40

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–475	471	9	315.00–317.50	$315.82	$1,488	—
502–540	523	22	272.50–292.00	$283.49	$1,483	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,358	—
611	611	12	282.50	$282.50	$1,726	—
724	724	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,803	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	19	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542–549	546	15	275.00–277.50	$276.00	$1,507	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	7	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–395	380	4	320.00–345.00	$328.70	$1,249	—
440	440	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,342	-5.00
459–497	473	23	287.50–320.00	$307.52	$1,455	-8.86
537–539	538	14	282.50–307.50	$295.02	$1,587	+18.02
579–580	579	13	272.50–291.00	$281.23	$1,628	+5.28
640–645	642	27	257.50–265.00	$260.28	$1,671	+3.92
670–690	684	10	245.00–250.00	$247.77	$1,695	—
752	752	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,715	—
813	813	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,854	—
897	897	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,794	-12.50
1022	1022	5	172.50	$172.50	$1,763	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–320	315	9	360.00–375.00	$369.92	$1,165	—
422–428	424	8	319.00–329.00	$326.47	$1,384	-10.01
426 thin fleshed	426	4	336.00	$336.00	$1,431	—
458–497	483	16	321.00–337.50	$332.07	$1,604	-5.02
525–535	532	5	310.00–312.50	$310.49	$1,652	—
565–569	568	9	305.00–306.00	$305.67	$1,736	+12.41
600–629	616	38	271.00–288.00	$281.97	$1,737	+14.97
722–735	727	5	254.00–255.00	$254.60	$1,851	-0.40
753	753	3	259.00	$259.00	$1,950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,276	—
576–592	581	12	230.00–240.00	$233.39	$1,356	—
608	608	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,398	—
712	712	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,588	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,103	—
584	584	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,343	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1395	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,729.77	—
1338	1338	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1605	1605	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1875	1875	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,800.00	$4,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1310	1008	85-90%	46	80.50–113.00	$102.09	$1,029	-19.81
820–1320	1011	85-90%	8	67.00–80.00	$74.59	$754	-47.31
965–1140	1021	85-90%	9	117.50–143.00	$133.03	$1,358	+11.13
825–1495	1070	85-90%	46	101.00–129.00	$117.88	$1,261	+5.47

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1365	1194	80-85%	31	101.00–121.00	$114.62	$1,369	-20.46
1045–1570	1201	80-85%	51	120.50–134.00	$127.18	$1,527	+4.79
1035–1292	1204	80-85%	11	135.00–148.00	$138.03	$1,662	+15.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1795	1462	75-80%	54	124.00–135.00	$130.03	$1,901	—
1320–1735	1476	75-80%	22	101.00–126.00	$119.01	$1,757	—
1360–1815	1543	75-80%	16	135.00–146.00	$137.63	$2,124	+11.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1710	1465	16	120.00–151.50	$138.88	$2,035	+1.10
1370–2485	1794	28	146.00–169.00	$159.39	$2,859	—
1640–2180	1891	8	171.00–188.00	$178.25	$3,371	+4.91

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–924	821	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	187.50–232.50	$206.84	$1,698
760–1085	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	123.00–175.00	$148.94	$1,378
875–1059	976	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	129.00–152.50	$134.65	$1,314
850–1056	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	134.00–142.50	$135.12	$1,335

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1150	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	180.00–230.00	$204.83	$1,891
945–1470	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	125.00–172.50	$144.34	$1,699
1070–1485	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	114.00–180.00	$140.30	$1,702

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1105	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,468.20
1100–1175	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,688.22
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1035–1595	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	111	2,000.00–2,950.00	$2,561.68
1102–1320	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,160.17
1105–1365	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,800.00–2,650.00	$2,250.07
1148–1312	1259	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,414.08
1175–1327	1261	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	2,300.00–2,900.00	$2,707.54
1252–1490	1278	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	2,250.00–2,750.00	$2,540.85
1281	1281	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00
900–1085	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	1,900.00–2,800.00	$2,337.60
925–1094	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,438.97
1033–1100	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,445.22
975–1073	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,261.93
1088	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1175	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	112	1,000.00–2,100.00	$1,695.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1020–1455	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	81	1,200.00–2,200.00	$1,860.35

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1184–1443	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,209.86
1282–1369	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,204.33
1397	1397	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,300.00	$3,300.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1144	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	3,600.00	$3,600.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–980	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	350.00–1,150.00	$776.60

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1523	1523	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1184	1082	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	2,500.00–3,200.00	$2,743.12

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–980	845	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,800.00–2,050.00	$1,935.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1100	1063	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,850.00–1,950.00	$1,898.24

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1025	937	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	2,750.00–3,300.00	$3,065.38	—
950–1020	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	3,350.00–3,600.00	$3,436.96	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
890–1050	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,650.00–2,900.00	$2,855.00	-582.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1400	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	2,550.00–3,000.00	$2,635.29	—
1120–1275	1199	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,100.00–3,550.00	$3,250.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–950	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,300.00	—
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
978–1000	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–2,200.00	$1,733.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1100	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,050.00–2,600.00	$2,308.33	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,875.00–2,100.00	$1,931.25	—

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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.