Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

8,583 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $134.77/cwt +2.57 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 628 lb · 336 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.43/cwt +4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $892/hd at 626 lb · 311 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.39/cwt +1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 573 lb · 268 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,583	5,409	10,592
Feeder cattle	6,971	3,817	8,416
Slaughter cattle	1,157	1,069	1,293
Replacement cattle	455	523	883

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 6.00 lower, with the decline on bulls late 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
256	256	4	170.00	$170.00	$435	—
310	310	3	151.00	$151.00	$468	—
360–398	372	27	150.00–167.50	$155.35	$578	+4.35
358–396 thin fleshed	374	17	170.00–175.00	$172.05	$643	—
410–445	429	77	139.00–163.00	$149.94	$643	+1.07
453–485 thin fleshed	461	23	164.00–165.00	$164.27	$757	—
452–498	484	169	137.00–153.00	$146.99	$711	-0.56
507–546	522	98	135.00–156.00	$146.24	$763	+1.74
511–549 unweaned	528	23	134.00–137.00	$135.62	$716	—
555–590 unweaned	570	44	130.00–133.00	$130.86	$746	-2.06
551–599	581	216	131.00–142.00	$135.45	$787	+0.13
600	600	3	125.00	$125.00	$750	-7.20
624–633 unweaned	627	13	127.50–129.00	$128.53	$806	—
604–645	628	320	129.50–141.50	$135.12	$849	+2.92
650–698	677	76	130.00–138.00	$135.09	$915	+5.17
702 unweaned	702	5	125.00	$125.00	$878	—
700–741	719	47	123.00–141.00	$133.83	$962	+1.01
752–790	761	74	120.00–133.50	$132.02	$1,005	+4.93
821–831	822	77	133.75–135.00	$133.93	$1,101	+2.24
867–897	869	187	123.00–136.00	$134.92	$1,172	+7.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 thin fleshed	310	3	190.00	$190.00	$589	—
303–342	325	8	155.00–175.00	$166.29	$540	—
355–384	373	28	159.00–178.00	$173.31	$646	+3.05
408–414 thin fleshed	413	34	178.00–181.00	$180.56	$746	—
416–445	426	71	155.50–175.00	$168.78	$719	+14.41
450–491	472	127	152.50–175.00	$163.67	$773	+10.96
510–542 unweaned	527	44	140.00–153.00	$148.23	$781	+2.34
504–545	531	78	145.00–159.50	$152.50	$810	+2.70
552–594 unweaned	569	87	132.00–145.00	$138.95	$791	+1.82
554–592	574	63	140.00–149.00	$145.01	$832	+2.39
611–637 unweaned	621	26	133.00–138.00	$135.79	$843	+4.68
600–644	627	285	136.50–147.50	$143.04	$897	+5.14
660	660	6	135.00	$135.00	$891	-4.85
653–673 unweaned	662	20	132.00–133.00	$132.54	$877	+6.02
652–698	673	110	125.00–142.00	$137.85	$928	-2.00
680 fancy	680	4	144.50	$144.50	$983	—
712–746	725	52	127.00–145.00	$138.65	$1,005	+14.17
762–795	774	115	136.00–144.50	$141.74	$1,097	+5.69
787 unweaned	787	9	126.00	$126.00	$992	—
824–828	827	49	138.00–144.00	$142.17	$1,176	+7.41
850–880	867	102	125.00–142.50	$138.24	$1,199	+9.24
917	917	13	142.00	$142.00	$1,302	+13.36
1285	1285	5	93.00	$93.00	$1,195	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	130.00	$130.00	$514	—
428–440	437	12	122.00–135.00	$128.32	$561	—
455–499	474	7	127.50–130.00	$128.87	$611	—
475	475	6	115.00	$115.00	$546	—
500–511	504	16	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$615	—
590–592	591	6	105.00–123.00	$113.98	$674	—
615–632	622	13	102.00–110.00	$105.82	$658	—
708–731	721	7	100.00–106.00	$103.48	$746	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	4	136.50	$136.50	$636	—
555–591	573	6	130.00–132.00	$131.03	$751	—
610 unweaned	610	6	130.00	$130.00	$793	—
645	645	4	128.50	$128.50	$829	+10.50
660–692	681	9	125.00–126.00	$125.68	$856	—
723	723	8	139.00	$139.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509–526	515	19	130.00–132.50	$131.43	$677	+6.84

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	8	140.00	$140.00	$617	+0.50
504	504	5	101.00	$101.00	$509	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–298	284	15	132.00–142.50	$136.37	$387	+1.37
320–348	335	21	125.00–130.00	$126.73	$425	-3.27
350–398	371	32	121.00–132.00	$129.24	$479	-0.21
390 thin fleshed	390	13	144.00	$144.00	$562	+10.50
400–447	427	165	117.50–135.00	$129.94	$555	+0.69
450–498	480	178	115.00–134.00	$124.72	$599	-8.36
503–540 unweaned	516	70	120.00–127.00	$123.01	$635	+3.13
500–548	527	148	116.00–135.00	$126.92	$669	+3.67
553–562 unweaned	557	39	112.00–124.00	$115.83	$645	-9.17
554–596	576	229	116.00–131.00	$125.85	$725	+4.42
600–645	622	68	115.00–127.00	$120.70	$751	-0.62
651–691	672	56	113.00–127.50	$124.27	$835	+6.79
688 unweaned	688	9	110.00	$110.00	$757	—
704–743	721	26	108.00–115.00	$111.46	$804	-15.41
732 unweaned	732	4	110.00	$110.00	$805	—
759–790	771	8	110.00–125.00	$119.23	$919	+15.64
805–828	812	28	95.00–111.00	$101.14	$821	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–345	336	20	134.00–147.00	$139.19	$468	-1.81
353–395	375	45	135.00–147.00	$141.58	$531	+6.64
405–449	436	121	135.00–145.50	$140.69	$613	+2.95
469–495	481	48	131.00–145.50	$137.04	$659	+0.91
504–543	521	46	128.00–137.00	$134.43	$700	+0.54
506–531 unweaned	521	31	124.00–131.00	$128.52	$670	-0.68
550–587 unweaned	564	36	124.00–131.00	$127.22	$718	+5.32
563–576	569	7	122.00–125.00	$123.30	$702	-2.70
550–599	576	58	128.00–135.00	$132.14	$761	+0.71
600–618 unweaned	605	34	122.00–128.00	$123.59	$748	+5.72
603–640	622	68	120.00–137.00	$130.04	$809	+0.43
668 unweaned	668	3	125.00	$125.00	$835	+10.00
651–698	669	60	126.00–135.00	$132.51	$886	+1.06
676	676	11	123.00	$123.00	$831	-8.45
716–735	722	13	126.00–130.00	$128.75	$930	+2.54
728 unweaned	728	6	121.00	$121.00	$881	—
771	771	9	126.50	$126.50	$975	+1.88
779–792	783	63	128.00–135.00	$130.25	$1,020	+5.63
815–848	822	20	118.00–126.00	$124.35	$1,022	+3.00
858–867	865	29	119.00–125.00	$120.44	$1,042	-4.56
913	913	7	110.00	$110.00	$1,004	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	14	95.00–115.00	$108.02	$456	—
470–477	475	16	108.00–113.00	$110.07	$523	—
520–525	522	14	90.00–110.00	$101.61	$530	-3.39
563–588	576	14	105.00–115.00	$111.76	$644	+11.76
600–615	608	6	90.00–101.00	$95.57	$581	—
668–695	684	11	100.00–109.00	$103.32	$707	—
773	773	3	70.00	$70.00	$541	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	6	120.00	$120.00	$426	—
413	413	8	125.00	$125.00	$516	+2.50
459	459	14	120.00	$120.00	$551	—
501	501	3	117.00	$117.00	$586	+3.00
530 thin fleshed	530	8	114.00	$114.00	$604	—
581 unweaned	581	4	112.00	$112.00	$651	—
597	597	9	101.00	$101.00	$603	—
622 unweaned	622	17	107.00	$107.00	$666	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	110.00	$110.00	$522	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	5	120.00	$120.00	$552	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 thin fleshed	345	4	172.00	$172.00	$593	—
373–395	386	13	134.50–153.00	$144.27	$557	-18.23
405–448	421	51	128.50–160.00	$144.19	$607	+2.15
452 thin fleshed	452	5	147.00	$147.00	$664	—
475	475	4	131.00	$131.00	$622	-0.61
503–548	515	53	120.00–133.00	$128.30	$661	-0.44
567–596	579	63	123.00–130.50	$127.05	$736	+2.56
602–642	621	17	113.00–125.00	$119.70	$743	—
610–642 unweaned	622	23	110.00–122.50	$116.62	$725	—
680–695	685	9	115.00	$115.00	$788	—
692 unweaned	692	14	110.00	$110.00	$761	+2.73
738	738	4	107.00	$107.00	$790	—
750	750	3	109.00	$109.00	$818	—
808–820	816	12	91.00–103.00	$99.04	$808	—
947	947	3	100.00	$100.00	$947	—
956	956	4	104.50	$104.50	$999	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–399	393	9	120.00–140.00	$133.55	$525	—
440–448	445	7	115.00–120.00	$117.12	$521	—
575–596	590	11	117.00–120.00	$119.20	$703	—
600–614	606	9	95.00–123.00	$110.40	$669	—
664 unweaned	664	6	105.00	$105.00	$697	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	146.00	$146.00	$606	-11.29
450	450	3	139.00	$139.00	$626	-3.53
508	508	3	138.00	$138.00	$701	+5.43
620 unweaned	620	7	126.00	$126.00	$781	+3.01
630–640	636	7	127.00–129.00	$127.85	$813	+7.28

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630 unweaned	630	7	112.50	$112.50	$709	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	5	111.00	$111.00	$775	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	5	122.00	$122.00	$504	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1500	1196	80-85%	145	39.00–46.00	$42.48	$508	-2.02
890–1570	1260	80-85%	206	45.00–53.00	$48.92	$616	—
935–1565	1293	80-85%	57	50.50–59.00	$54.34	$703	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1330	861	85-90%	21	12.50–26.00	$18.05	$155	—
670–1355	1026	85-90%	86	25.00–39.00	$31.78	$326	-0.03
765–1305	1083	85-90%	107	34.00–44.50	$39.91	$432	—
945–1395	1104	85-90%	91	42.00–50.00	$45.10	$498	+5.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–2050	1336	75-80%	117	41.00–54.00	$47.51	$635	-2.29
1085–1795	1435	75-80%	91	50.50–62.00	$55.96	$803	-1.65
1283–1905	1540	75-80%	47	58.00–68.00	$62.81	$967	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1143–1920	1521	21	60.00–72.50	$67.06	$1,020	—
1285–2270	1753	44	72.00–81.00	$76.74	$1,345	—
1595–2200	1874	13	81.00–93.00	$85.03	$1,593	-6.60

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
928–1045	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	78.00–95.00	$90.63	$895
878–1180	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	51	60.00–86.00	$71.87	$723
1048–1176	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	51.00–61.00	$52.93	$595

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
743–1030	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	60.00–83.00	$69.02	$585
865–1040	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	48.00–58.00	$51.93	$489

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130–1270	1186	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	66.00–74.50	$70.13	$832
1192–1205	1197	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	80.00–88.00	$84.78	$1,015

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
793–905	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	45.00–54.00	$51.05	$421

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
813–885	837	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	110.00–117.00	$114.53	$959

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1310	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	825.00–950.00	$911.15
1060–1375	1236	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	600.00–935.00	$749.67
1025–1380	1251	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	825.00–1,150.00	$995.80
1175–1350	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$676.73
1168–1362	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–900.00	$767.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1285	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	700.00–825.00	$777.47

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1045	916	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	550.00–910.00	$720.78
815–1035	942	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	385.00–685.00	$502.41
845–1055	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	685.00–800.00	$726.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1159–1325	1207	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	50.00–74.00	$54.48	$658
1068–1360	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	52.00–58.00	$53.64	$664
1100–1375	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	42.00–51.00	$47.21	$595

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1418	1418	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	60.50	$60.50	$858
1393–1570	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	54.00–63.00	$60.24	$863
1410–1470	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	47.00–48.50	$47.73	$687
1400–1505	1457	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	47.00–59.00	$52.48	$765

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	760.00	$760.00
1410–1510	1448	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$900.40
1150–1633	1488	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	835.00–1,085.00	$950.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1266	1266	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	985.00	$985.00
1310–1320	1311	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	960.00–985.00	$981.41

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1406	1406	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–950	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	285.00–385.00	$332.80

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–820	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$649.38

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1235–1335	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–975.00	$950.00	+50.00
1100–1365	1309	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,055.00	+55.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+100.00
1440	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—
1530	1530	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–935	873	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–925.00	$883.33	+33.33
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00	$850.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	4	73.00	$73.00	$215	—
317–340	328	13	75.00–105.00	$83.69	$275	—
366	366	7	82.00	$82.00	$300	—
401	401	3	85.00	$85.00	$341	—
477–481	480	16	86.00–89.00	$86.56	$415	—
553–560	556	19	88.00–93.50	$91.39	$508	—
660–675	666	14	64.00–82.00	$73.00	$486	—
735–747	741	6	65.00–70.00	$67.52	$500	—
752–783	763	20	75.00–82.00	$77.15	$589	—
851	851	9	84.00	$84.00	$715	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	3	67.00	$67.00	$305	—
883	883	4	55.00	$55.00	$486	—

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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.