Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

7,545 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.73/cwt +1.48 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 519 lb · 324 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.67/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $962/hd at 674 lb · 217 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.47/cwt -3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 577 lb · 214 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,545	8,015	6,463
Feeder cattle	5,183	5,756	5,428
Slaughter cattle	987	1,004	757
Replacement cattle	1,375	1,255	278

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Bulk of slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 lower with the decline 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
303–321	312	9	180.00	$180.00	$562	+3.40
357–397	374	7	175.00	$175.00	$654	-4.55
400–446	426	80	156.00–173.00	$167.29	$713	+3.94
453–499	484	171	151.00–174.00	$165.78	$802	-1.19
500–544	526	102	143.00–162.50	$157.46	$828	+4.03
535 unweaned	535	3	140.00	$140.00	$749	—
552–595	574	133	146.00–161.00	$153.28	$880	-1.84
603–649	629	155	130.00–149.00	$144.00	$906	+2.66
651–695	674	217	129.00–148.00	$142.67	$962	+1.75
705–745	726	24	125.00–131.00	$127.64	$927	-6.71
755–775	765	19	119.00–134.50	$131.42	$1,005	-0.27
805–845	818	21	120.00–128.00	$123.96	$1,014	-4.00
878	878	47	121.50	$121.50	$1,067	-2.50
880	880	60	125.50	$125.50	$1,104	+1.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	335	10	185.00–210.00	$189.47	$635	-1.94
395	395	19	183.00	$183.00	$723	—
405–447	430	79	169.00–183.00	$175.86	$756	-2.73
451–495	464	37	174.00–186.00	$177.97	$826	+3.35
501–547	522	138	156.50–172.50	$163.94	$856	-1.34
550–582	577	214	155.00–165.00	$162.47	$937	-3.14
600–645	610	93	142.00–160.00	$155.81	$950	+0.88
660–682	679	7	142.50–145.50	$145.08	$985	—
727	727	17	141.00	$141.00	$1,025	-1.57
802–824	823	35	125.00–133.00	$132.55	$1,091	+1.38
904–926	906	122	122.00–126.10	$125.76	$1,139	+1.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	376	16	164.00–170.00	$168.10	$632	+0.17
403–440	422	20	140.00–160.00	$153.94	$650	-2.33
460–498	482	75	134.50–160.00	$149.41	$720	-5.06
501–545	516	10	135.00–149.00	$141.21	$729	-3.57
550–595	567	61	133.00–145.00	$140.73	$798	+2.50
610–647	630	26	122.00–137.50	$131.65	$829	+3.95
650–691	668	13	125.00–131.00	$128.88	$861	-0.85
668	668	5	120.00	$120.00	$802	-9.73
715–738	726	33	120.00–129.00	$126.32	$917	+0.90
760–798	788	38	118.00–130.00	$127.09	$1,001	-0.58
810–842	820	21	118.00–120.00	$118.20	$969	-2.91

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–341	340	22	148.00–158.00	$149.78	$509	—
358–380	373	15	150.00–164.00	$160.79	$600	+5.79
451–497	457	34	140.00–142.50	$140.37	$641	-4.30
502–510	507	5	132.50–140.00	$135.47	$687	—
550–599	570	26	127.00–136.00	$130.26	$742	—
650–697	690	15	115.00–123.00	$121.91	$841	+2.30
709	709	5	118.00	$118.00	$837	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	130.00	$130.00	$467	—
453	453	5	110.00	$110.00	$498	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	23	139.00–150.00	$144.33	$478	+2.99
350–399	368	58	141.00–152.50	$146.45	$539	-1.79
408–449	431	128	130.00–144.00	$139.78	$602	-2.64
452–499	470	116	131.00–144.00	$138.75	$652	-1.89
501–547	527	96	120.00–135.00	$131.52	$693	+0.30
550–596	573	165	123.00–135.00	$130.89	$750	+0.99
605–645	631	61	115.00–130.00	$124.35	$785	-0.43
650–695	672	56	110.00–130.00	$124.28	$835	-1.02
713–749	744	109	112.50–124.25	$123.09	$916	—
805–830	821	5	112.00–118.00	$114.82	$943	-2.00
991	991	8	98.00	$98.00	$971	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–399	374	20	154.00–155.00	$154.19	$577	-4.07
405–445	425	82	137.50–155.00	$146.44	$622	-3.14
450–495	471	40	138.00–146.00	$142.67	$672	—
511 fancy	511	76	147.00	$147.00	$751	—
500–548	521	248	130.00–144.00	$138.81	$723	-0.44
550–597	573	60	130.50–141.00	$134.60	$771	-2.09
605–647	628	64	124.00–139.50	$133.69	$840	+0.04
655–695	676	82	127.00–135.50	$133.81	$905	+1.96
705–730	710	68	126.00–134.50	$133.56	$948	+3.17
772	772	55	126.00	$126.00	$973	-0.75
801–846	818	13	114.50–121.00	$117.72	$963	-2.51
900	900	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	320	20	128.00–140.00	$138.07	$442	-0.18
360–398	386	50	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$521	-4.37
420–445	436	11	131.00–135.00	$133.60	$582	+0.88
455–496	477	35	125.00–135.00	$130.59	$623	-0.77
521–530	522	14	120.00–127.50	$121.19	$633	-5.93
558–583	564	36	120.00–127.50	$123.78	$698	-0.11
608–648	629	42	100.00–128.00	$118.63	$746	-3.25
660–681	675	13	120.50–123.00	$122.01	$824	+2.88
750–765	761	48	111.00–123.00	$114.63	$872	+4.76

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–399	391	11	123.00–130.00	$124.89	$488	-4.89
482	482	16	117.00	$117.00	$564	-2.35
615–646	637	16	112.50–117.50	$116.76	$744	—
652–666	654	19	109.00–118.00	$110.45	$722	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	4	100.00	$100.00	$423	—
538	538	3	99.00	$99.00	$533	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	376	12	170.00–177.50	$174.28	$655	—
400–445	434	12	146.00–152.00	$149.90	$651	-11.57
456–496	483	26	149.00–160.00	$154.82	$748	-7.21
500–545	523	24	136.00–153.00	$147.12	$769	-1.15
555–576	572	11	132.00–143.50	$141.12	$807	-4.58
600–648	625	4	131.00–134.00	$132.21	$826	+2.80
658	658	6	125.00	$125.00	$822	-5.00
800–842	820	10	106.00–111.00	$107.38	$881	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	12	162.00–173.00	$169.03	$717	—
525–540	533	17	149.00–156.00	$153.73	$819	—
555–567	559	9	149.00–156.00	$153.63	$859	—
600–610	607	16	134.00–145.00	$143.37	$870	—
715–730	723	3	114.00–120.00	$116.65	$843	—
997	997	3	113.00	$113.00	$1,127	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–394	387	13	157.50–167.00	$158.84	$615	-1.84
410–445	433	3	131.00–145.00	$140.58	$609	-11.70
508–545	517	4	122.00–134.00	$130.84	$676	-5.86
562–590	570	9	124.00–135.00	$129.23	$737	-4.27
620–640	630	3	119.00–120.00	$119.67	$754	-0.74
660–690	671	8	120.00–127.00	$121.75	$817	-1.25
726–743	737	10	117.00–121.00	$117.40	$865	+2.40

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	5	142.50	$142.50	$630	+5.51
519	519	5	126.00	$126.00	$654	-1.72
553–575	567	17	120.00–130.00	$127.21	$721	+0.80

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1935	1482	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	2,050.00–2,900.00	$2,385.45	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1325–1670	1502	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,800.00–2,650.00	$2,175.97	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	135.00	$135.00	$533	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1950	1508	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,975.00–2,500.00	$2,314.55	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1570	1179	80-85%	169	48.00–60.50	$54.44	$642	-16.48
925–1545	1258	80-85%	197	58.00–67.50	$62.68	$789	—
1230–1385	1322	80-85%	13	66.00–72.00	$69.81	$923	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1692	1341	75-80%	86	54.00–62.00	$58.36	$783	-1.93
1110–1660	1410	75-80%	146	61.00–67.50	$63.94	$902	-2.85
1343–1772	1583	75-80%	22	66.00–70.00	$68.39	$1,083	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–1040	782	85-90%	9	17.50–32.00	$25.39	$199	—
675–1285	897	85-90%	29	32.50–45.50	$39.05	$350	—
745–1340	1050	85-90%	74	45.00–57.00	$49.96	$525	-1.71
875–1310	1102	85-90%	67	53.00–63.50	$57.82	$637	-1.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
921–2145	1281	32	64.00–84.00	$73.79	$945	—
1230–2280	1693	46	83.00–95.50	$88.57	$1,499	—
1610–2165	1859	22	92.00–105.00	$97.85	$1,819	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1025	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	71.00–105.00	$89.85	$870
900–1170	1041	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	65.00–93.00	$75.63	$787
925–1110	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	56.00–66.00	$61.40	$642

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1030	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	65.00–92.50	$77.32	$657
845–870	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	92.50–97.50	$94.96	$815
945–1025	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–62.50	$60.69	$598

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–867	826	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	100.00–118.00	$109.10	$901
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	103.00	$103.00	$901

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1110	1094	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,176.18

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100–1345	1229	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	62.00–81.00	$70.06	$861

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1080	999	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	56.00–64.00	$61.28	$612

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	960.00	$960.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
540–560	550	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	36.00–42.00	$38.95	$214

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,125.00	$1,125.00
945–1114	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,244.66
1055–1320	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	900.00–1,200.00	$1,078.80
1185–1290	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	625.00–660.00	$651.92
1052–1364	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	71	650.00–900.00	$822.96
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	850.00	$850.00
1065–1366	1241	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	850.00–1,125.00	$989.48
1230–1247	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1360–1365	1364	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–975.00	$945.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–1222	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	61.00–64.00	$61.92	$726
1130–1255	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	55.00–65.00	$61.29	$739
1237–1330	1276	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	58.00–67.00	$61.31	$782
1215–1372	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	58.00–63.00	$61.47	$811

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00
835–1075	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	625.00–860.00	$807.50
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1380–1485	1418	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,050.00	$959.47
1444–1510	1457	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	860.00–950.00	$878.65
1540	1540	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230–1390	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,303.05
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00
1095–1250	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$817.79

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00	$450.00
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00	$450.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1455–1738	1644	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,142.62

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1485–1605	1527	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	57.00–63.00	$60.57	$925

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–955	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	58.00	$58.00	$547

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–950	909	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,313.07
900–1030	965	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,550.00–1,660.00	$1,608.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1125	1035	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	875.00–1,225.00	$1,138.48

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–830	777	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$735.62
894	894	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	-275.00
1050–1200	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	900.00–1,100.00	$1,010.00	-196.67
1065–1300	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,350.00	+143.33
1080–1350	1146	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,475.00–1,575.00	$1,540.00	+333.33
1100–1330	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	50	1,010.00–1,225.00	$1,113.90	-486.10
985–1360	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,457.63	-17.37
1100–1470	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	37	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,237.03	—
1245	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
900–1240	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	42	800.00–975.00	$874.17	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—
1175–1500	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,785.29	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–900	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–950.00	$925.00	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–925	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,600.00	$1,516.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1000	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,100.00	$1,025.00	—
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+198.33

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–321	315	10	105.00–114.00	$110.33	$348	—
475–495	478	8	90.00–116.00	$110.77	$529	—
565–573	567	9	90.00–92.00	$91.55	$519	—
643	643	3	90.00	$90.00	$579	—
650–686	670	18	92.00–96.00	$93.08	$624	—
734	734	7	93.00	$93.00	$683	—
789	789	6	87.00	$87.00	$686	—
840	840	4	94.00	$94.00	$790	—
855–883	881	26	64.00–93.00	$89.26	$786	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	12	135.00	$135.00	$462	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.