Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

14,502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.67/cwt -1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $883/hd at 619 lb · 595 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.05/cwt -3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 530 lb · 459 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.20/cwt -4.10 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 674 lb · 430 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,502	20,972	17,247
Feeder cattle	12,891	19,201	14,539
Slaughter cattle	1,197	1,282	1,180
Replacement cattle	414	489	1,528

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves steady to 3.00 lower, yearlings 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cow steady to 2.00 higher early week, steady to 2.00 lower late week. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher early week, 2.00 to 3.00 lower late week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	275	8	205.00–210.00	$206.88	$569	—
292 thin fleshed	292	5	187.00	$187.00	$546	—
306–315	310	14	184.00–200.00	$195.40	$606	+10.67
359–393	378	37	170.00–180.00	$173.76	$657	-10.74
401–449	425	127	162.00–180.00	$170.89	$726	-3.05
453–499	475	172	160.00–178.00	$169.76	$806	+1.85
470–494 unweaned	486	56	150.00–159.00	$153.81	$748	-4.39
482–493 thin fleshed	489	31	170.00	$170.00	$831	—
503–548 unweaned	523	77	136.00–156.00	$147.22	$770	-6.23
500–549	527	170	148.00–173.00	$159.68	$842	-0.80
558–594 unweaned	575	53	130.00–142.00	$138.15	$794	-6.61
550–599	576	360	130.00–161.00	$149.11	$859	-3.04
601–645	618	507	129.00–157.00	$144.25	$891	+14.25
610–646 unweaned	622	83	122.50–140.00	$133.76	$832	-3.95
624	624	5	130.00	$130.00	$811	±0.00
652–699 unweaned	672	45	127.00–131.00	$128.27	$862	-1.90
655–699	674	385	125.00–147.00	$138.24	$932	-3.92
712–725 unweaned	715	15	120.00–126.00	$123.98	$886	-1.02
717	717	7	133.00	$133.00	$954	-7.28
700–746	724	358	129.00–140.25	$135.64	$982	-4.64
752–797	771	222	125.00–143.00	$134.55	$1,037	-1.94
802–816	815	68	130.00–139.00	$137.82	$1,123	-3.14
821	821	5	125.00	$125.00	$1,026	-15.96
891	891	60	131.00	$131.00	$1,167	-4.48
947	947	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,136	-13.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–291	274	27	165.00–200.00	$177.13	$485	—
286 thin fleshed	286	8	172.50	$172.50	$493	—
313–344	334	39	162.50–175.00	$170.18	$568	+7.66
355–386 thin fleshed	374	15	172.50–178.00	$175.91	$658	-10.25
363–398	385	46	155.00–165.00	$159.78	$615	-11.15
404–445	425	138	152.00–170.00	$160.83	$684	-5.65
457	457	5	140.00	$140.00	$640	-16.38
450–494	480	194	135.00–160.00	$151.09	$725	-5.29
500–549	530	185	135.00–155.00	$146.39	$776	-6.68
515–545 unweaned	534	15	130.00–142.50	$136.63	$730	-1.39
563	563	6	130.00	$130.00	$732	-15.46
557–586 unweaned	570	30	125.00–139.00	$131.27	$748	-3.31
551–593	571	245	128.50–153.00	$142.01	$811	-3.45
600–647	623	396	121.00–144.00	$137.79	$858	-0.35
619–639 unweaned	626	24	125.00–136.00	$129.23	$809	—
652–696	677	224	125.00–138.00	$134.25	$909	-1.29
677–697 unweaned	683	20	118.50–131.00	$123.88	$846	—
700–747	722	219	120.00–137.00	$132.98	$960	-2.59
740–748 unweaned	745	3	115.00–119.00	$117.68	$877	—
752–799	780	65	123.00–133.50	$130.48	$1,018	-1.28
773–797 unweaned	787	10	119.00–124.00	$122.04	$960	—
801–828	809	219	125.00–134.00	$130.29	$1,054	-1.80
851–877	862	245	129.00–132.50	$130.56	$1,125	+0.08
961–991	986	48	118.00–122.00	$118.65	$1,170	-5.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–443	431	16	130.00–157.50	$147.79	$637	+10.79
467–493	473	20	125.00–140.00	$133.51	$632	-7.34
525–540	533	12	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$733	-4.54
567	567	12	130.00	$130.00	$737	+0.04
622–649	637	17	112.50–123.00	$118.67	$756	—
678	678	9	126.00	$126.00	$854	+1.00
773–774	773	15	110.00–123.00	$119.53	$924	—
887	887	17	121.00	$121.00	$1,073	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	4	170.00	$170.00	$532	—
407	407	6	165.50	$165.50	$674	—
460–477	473	20	145.00–155.50	$152.95	$723	—
513–547 unweaned	523	17	130.00–141.00	$136.66	$715	—
533	533	22	143.50	$143.50	$765	—
583 unweaned	583	12	132.00	$132.00	$770	—
586	586	6	132.00	$132.00	$774	—
655 unweaned	655	6	120.00	$120.00	$786	—
738 unweaned	738	9	117.50	$117.50	$867	—
813	813	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,016	-8.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	4	118.50	$118.50	$705	-15.51
643–645	643	15	117.50–122.00	$118.40	$761	—
714	714	4	115.00	$115.00	$821	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	12	120.00	$120.00	$616	-4.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
702	702	6	121.00	$121.00	$849	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	4	70.00	$70.00	$318	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–296	288	9	160.00–174.00	$169.06	$487	+18.06
310–338	321	29	150.00–170.00	$154.66	$496	+4.16
350–398	382	90	143.00–158.00	$149.15	$570	+2.26
401–448	426	175	130.00–152.50	$140.80	$600	-3.09
428 thin fleshed	428	11	148.00	$148.00	$633	—
451–496	473	160	131.00–144.50	$139.54	$660	-1.53
477–497 unweaned	486	34	127.00–130.00	$128.86	$626	-7.93
505–545 unweaned	520	117	121.00–132.00	$125.57	$653	-1.44
500–549	533	342	125.00–139.00	$131.58	$701	-3.45
555–597	572	338	120.00–133.00	$127.95	$732	-3.04
561–595 unweaned	575	31	122.00–126.00	$123.44	$710	-0.97
607–645 unweaned	626	31	115.00–125.00	$119.76	$750	+0.27
600–649	628	361	119.00–132.00	$128.25	$805	-2.38
653–696	676	176	126.00–131.00	$127.77	$864	-1.26
667–697 unweaned	685	27	105.00–114.00	$111.36	$763	-3.64
701–749	721	160	127.00–134.50	$129.40	$933	-1.77
755–762	759	34	111.50–131.00	$120.25	$913	-10.29
830	830	3	108.00	$108.00	$896	-15.00
880	880	3	104.00	$104.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266 thin fleshed	266	8	164.00	$164.00	$436	+16.00
273–294	283	25	139.00–153.00	$151.27	$428	+16.27
326 thin fleshed	326	17	165.00	$165.00	$538	+12.06
307–344	335	53	137.50–162.00	$146.12	$490	+5.61
358–376 thin fleshed	367	6	142.00–145.00	$143.46	$526	-5.01
353–397	385	105	135.00–147.00	$140.39	$541	-0.31
403–426 thin fleshed	412	21	143.00–146.00	$144.35	$595	+0.35
400–448	420	91	125.00–140.00	$134.70	$566	-4.27
451 thin fleshed	451	24	137.00	$137.00	$618	-4.98
450–498	482	239	120.00–139.00	$127.45	$614	-4.76
525 thin fleshed	525	3	129.00	$129.00	$677	-9.00
502–548	528	244	120.00–132.00	$125.88	$665	-4.83
502–549 unweaned	534	94	120.00–126.00	$121.31	$648	+1.00
550–595	573	212	117.00–127.00	$123.09	$705	-3.79
561–593 unweaned	577	25	114.50–120.00	$117.64	$679	-0.98
600–648	620	143	116.00–129.00	$124.47	$772	-0.64
605–643 unweaned	622	35	110.00–121.00	$114.75	$714	-0.22
650–699	677	105	112.00–130.00	$122.25	$828	-2.56
668–685 unweaned	677	12	105.00–118.00	$116.16	$786	—
695	695	5	108.00	$108.00	$751	-16.81
713 unweaned	713	5	107.00	$107.00	$763	—
702–745	714	184	116.00–131.00	$128.19	$915	+0.32
753–788	772	24	105.00–124.00	$112.17	$866	+1.17
811–828	824	30	104.00–125.50	$118.30	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	7	142.00	$142.00	$447	—
445	445	12	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$545	-2.06
462–463	462	11	125.00–126.00	$125.46	$580	+3.34
509–520	514	15	120.00–122.00	$121.13	$623	-2.52
553–593 unweaned	573	4	110.00	$110.00	$630	—
570–598	590	5	110.00–114.00	$112.39	$663	-2.33
603–635	629	24	110.00–112.00	$111.09	$699	-5.24
633 unweaned	633	8	105.00	$105.00	$665	—
657–669	665	10	110.00–112.00	$111.41	$741	-18.09
712	712	7	101.00	$101.00	$719	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	12	145.00	$145.00	$548	—
436	436	6	131.00	$131.00	$571	—
489 unweaned	489	15	125.00	$125.00	$611	—
578	578	4	117.00	$117.00	$676	—
708–710	709	6	105.00–109.50	$108.00	$766	—
713 unweaned	713	9	105.00	$105.00	$749	—
779	779	7	107.00	$107.00	$834	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481 thin fleshed	481	5	115.00	$115.00	$553	—
512	512	11	111.00	$111.00	$568	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	110.00	$110.00	$361	—
527 unweaned	527	7	108.00	$108.00	$569	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	5	100.00	$100.00	$772	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	4	110.00	$110.00	$682	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	282	5	180.00	$180.00	$508	—
352–375	356	36	150.00–175.00	$160.12	$570	+10.12
409 thin fleshed	409	4	160.00	$160.00	$654	—
410–445	427	48	140.00–156.00	$152.61	$652	—
467–498	487	89	125.00–146.00	$138.90	$676	-0.67
503–539	530	19	125.00–140.00	$134.79	$714	-3.82
558–595	569	41	120.00–124.00	$121.55	$692	-8.05
608–629 unweaned	618	52	114.00–121.00	$117.28	$725	-1.70
613–648	629	22	112.50–129.00	$120.52	$758	-0.18
680–690	685	6	107.00–110.50	$108.49	$743	-15.51
685–690 unweaned	687	6	100.00–109.00	$105.99	$728	—
703–710 unweaned	705	11	100.00–107.00	$105.08	$741	—
735	735	3	107.00–109.00	$107.67	$791	—
768–785	779	6	100.00–100.50	$100.34	$782	—
825–841	835	18	87.00–98.00	$91.69	$766	—
850–886	882	13	85.00–94.00	$88.43	$780	—
910–920	918	4	90.00–99.00	$96.77	$888	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	183.00	$183.00	$536	—
303–325	314	6	177.00–186.00	$180.76	$568	—
368–388	373	8	170.00–179.00	$176.66	$659	—
403–440	424	42	155.00–170.00	$165.44	$701	+2.35
496	496	7	147.00	$147.00	$729	-8.24
506–531	511	30	127.00–144.00	$137.80	$704	-6.08
555–588	573	25	120.00–130.00	$124.39	$713	-8.65
601–634 unweaned	619	28	115.00–123.00	$118.88	$736	—
604–641	632	32	119.50–120.00	$119.65	$756	-14.89
653–687 unweaned	668	44	105.00–122.00	$118.12	$789	+1.12
708–738 unweaned	720	5	104.00–117.00	$111.67	$804	—
769	769	8	106.50	$106.50	$819	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–275	267	3	160.00	$160.00	$427	—
404	404	12	152.00	$152.00	$614	—
507	507	12	125.00	$125.00	$634	—
565–573	568	6	119.00–120.00	$119.34	$678	—
611 unweaned	611	4	110.00	$110.00	$672	—
685	685	6	115.00	$115.00	$788	—
865	865	4	96.50	$96.50	$835	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	5	130.00	$130.00	$344	—
703–747	742	26	100.00–105.00	$100.55	$746	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	141.00	$141.00	$571	—
463–470	465	4	125.00–129.00	$127.99	$595	-2.01
600	600	3	105.00	$105.00	$630	—
650–663	659	5	105.00	$105.00	$692	—
712	712	6	110.00	$110.00	$783	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–435	412	10	132.00	$132.00	$544	+4.00
519–527	522	7	123.00	$123.00	$642	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	7	117.00	$117.00	$597	—
658	658	6	118.00	$118.00	$776	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
837–1530	1149	80-85%	155	39.00–47.00	$42.71	$491	—
1075–1480	1293	80-85%	41	52.00–60.50	$55.82	$722	+0.19
850–1665	1311	80-85%	163	45.00–54.00	$49.86	$654	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1097	867	85-90%	20	14.00–27.50	$20.74	$180	—
650–1450	1028	85-90%	90	27.50–38.00	$33.11	$340	—
835–1435	1070	85-90%	150	37.00–47.00	$40.78	$436	+8.88
915–1377	1192	85-90%	30	45.00–53.00	$48.78	$581	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1855	1360	75-80%	102	45.00–55.00	$49.73	$676	—
1160–1815	1458	75-80%	122	50.00–62.00	$56.48	$823	—
1310–1750	1588	75-80%	35	58.00–70.00	$64.16	$1,019	+1.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2020	1479	30	59.50–75.00	$70.26	$1,039	—
1315–2275	1745	39	70.00–86.00	$77.46	$1,352	—
1335–2300	1814	13	79.00–100.00	$88.17	$1,599	-4.92

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
590–860	758	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	70.00–110.00	$84.97	$644
725–965	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	62.50–82.50	$72.86	$605
792–1020	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	53.00–65.00	$59.98	$551

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1070	956	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	80.00–90.00	$86.57	$828
905–1960	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	57.50–88.00	$68.00	$730
1110–1118	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	48.00–60.00	$54.02	$602

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
663 thin fleshed	663	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	55.00	$55.00	$365
585–1060	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	35.00–43.00	$37.51	$319

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130–1278	1197	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	76.50–93.00	$83.39	$998

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1345	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	725.00–975.00	$842.58
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00	$600.00
975–1390	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	850.00–1,160.00	$1,027.09
1080–1385	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	600.00–900.00	$787.05
1245–1355	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$747.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1295	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	50.00–65.00	$56.51	$669
1040–1330	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	57.00–75.00	$63.72	$760
1105–1355	1222	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	43.00–59.00	$49.76	$608
1105–1370	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	47.50–59.00	$50.39	$632

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–1035	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	585.00–750.00	$679.45
775–1015	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	600.00–885.00	$739.34
885–950	918	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1390–1550	1480	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	750.00–900.00	$838.42
1400–1650	1491	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,110.00	$995.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1078–1130	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00	$600.00
1065–1200	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	600.00–750.00	$713.78

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1330	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,185.00–1,260.00	$1,223.97

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1490–1535	1524	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	57.00–58.00	$57.76	$880

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–900	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	325.00–500.00	$440.46

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415–1435	1428	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,266.98

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–808	730	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–710.00	$630.13
653–940	792	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	475.00–800.00	$670.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1055	968	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	775.00–950.00	$884.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
568	568	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	210.00	$210.00

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	—
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00	$860.00	—
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
950–1365	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,075.00–1,260.00	$1,201.67	-231.66
1225	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+225.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1025	988	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–875.00	$812.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	425.00	$425.00	—
905	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292 thin fleshed	292	3	80.00	$80.00	$234	—
328	328	3	75.00	$75.00	$246	—
350–385	360	25	75.00–83.00	$76.81	$277	—
432	432	7	87.50	$87.50	$378	—
447 thin fleshed	447	19	80.00	$80.00	$358	—
487	487	3	80.00	$80.00	$390	—
507–535	515	13	80.00–86.50	$84.26	$434	—
562–578	565	29	83.00–86.50	$84.50	$477	—
563–588 thin fleshed	576	12	65.00–70.00	$67.55	$389	—
605–633	626	10	82.50–85.50	$84.60	$530	—
803–846	837	23	86.00–88.50	$87.97	$736	—
889	889	9	79.50	$79.50	$707	—
908	908	9	85.50	$85.50	$776	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	7	50.00	$50.00	$316	—

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710 thin fleshed	710	6	60.00	$60.00	$426	—

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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.