Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

29,830 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.65/cwt -1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 523 lb · 835 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.24/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 571 lb · 803 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.47/cwt -2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 524 lb · 800 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	29,830	27,243	37,669
Feeder cattle	22,571	21,597	30,060
Slaughter cattle	3,821	4,140	3,508
Replacement cattle	3,438	1,506	4,101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower, although there were a few instances of some calves near 500 lbs. selling steady to 3.00 higher. The supply of feeders was light to moderate with most of the offering being calves. Demand was moderate. Several farmers got some more planting done although they did have to work around some rains and most planting was put on hold by the end of the weekend as rains fell over most all of the state. Over all the week was another week of disappointment for the cow calf farmer. Corn prices just keep climbing and reached the $8.00 mark at a few elevators late week. Mid-week saw June Live Cattle contract closing lower than the June Lean Hog contract on the CME. Although one is based on a live price and the other is based on carcass value, this is highly unusual and best I could find hasn’t happen for near 21 years. Boxed beef cutouts seem to have no top, on Friday choice closed at 305.88, up 9.38 and select closed at 290.27, up 7.22 compared to the previous week. This has pushed packer margins well over the $700.00 per head mark. Feedlot sales totaled near 83K head of negotiated sales as of the final report Friday and were lower once again. Live sales for the week fell mostly from 117.50-119.00 and dressed sales from 187.00-190.00. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 4573 head with a weighted average weight of 540.09 lbs. and a price value of 158.87, 0.64 lower than last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	6	159.00–170.00	$164.45	$474	-13.75
305–348	328	45	148.00–210.00	$182.52	$599	-0.37
350–398	375	107	143.00–192.00	$177.67	$666	-2.89
399 unweaned	399	7	169.00	$169.00	$674	—
407–420	416	6	160.00–165.00	$161.63	$672	+1.63
400–447	428	220	152.00–191.00	$174.98	$749	-2.78
450 value added	450	6	170.00	$170.00	$765	—
470	470	3	158.00	$158.00	$743	-16.90
450–499	478	444	150.00–184.00	$171.00	$817	-3.90
485 thin fleshed	485	3	179.00	$179.00	$868	—
485 unweaned	485	12	171.50	$171.50	$832	—
502–513 thin fleshed	508	16	170.00–176.00	$173.93	$884	-5.98
500–549	524	727	135.00–177.00	$162.31	$851	+8.36
501–545 unweaned	527	38	156.00–160.00	$157.99	$833	+0.13
547 value added	547	19	168.00	$168.00	$919	—
550–598	570	740	132.00–175.00	$157.20	$896	-2.48
559–593 fancy	578	43	160.00–171.00	$163.61	$946	-1.39
585–593	591	11	141.00–144.50	$143.55	$848	-2.38
599 unweaned	599	9	147.00	$147.00	$881	—
613–619	617	15	138.50–140.50	$139.70	$862	-12.61
612–630 unweaned	622	21	135.50–146.00	$138.94	$864	-0.05
600–648	623	603	130.50–160.00	$148.44	$925	-3.87
627 fancy	627	28	157.00	$157.00	$984	+1.25
653 value added	653	40	148.00	$148.00	$966	—
658 thin fleshed	658	11	164.00	$164.00	$1,079	—
650–695	669	348	127.00–148.25	$141.75	$948	-2.51
660–691 unweaned	677	34	133.50–141.00	$137.91	$934	+0.91
685–694	690	7	130.50–132.50	$131.35	$906	-2.95
702	702	6	129.50	$129.50	$909	-5.50
705 fancy	705	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,086	—
700–747	718	164	120.00–144.00	$136.86	$983	-6.04
726 unweaned	726	6	133.00	$133.00	$966	—
752 unweaned	752	2	117.50	$117.50	$884	—
757	757	8	130.00	$130.00	$984	-6.51
750–792	782	364	120.00–140.75	$137.18	$1,073	+13.31
800–840	809	153	119.00–136.75	$130.25	$1,054	+0.27
868–896	884	159	117.50–129.00	$127.60	$1,128	-0.32
903–949	921	218	122.00–127.00	$125.24	$1,153	-0.06
950–994	954	202	119.00–122.50	$121.94	$1,163	-4.58
1049	1049	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,206	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	40	165.00–180.00	$171.69	$567	-1.36
372 thin fleshed	372	3	195.50	$195.50	$727	—
350–398	377	162	141.00–184.00	$172.75	$651	+4.42
391 unweaned	391	4	156.00	$156.00	$610	—
400–448	426	227	135.00–179.50	$163.35	$696	-3.64
442	442	2	150.00	$150.00	$663	-16.99
450–498	474	329	137.00–177.00	$162.19	$769	-2.69
482	482	4	157.00	$157.00	$757	+10.00
487–488 thin fleshed	487	8	169.00	$169.00	$823	—
522	522	4	132.50	$132.50	$692	-24.05
500–548	526	315	130.00–167.00	$154.59	$813	-1.96
543 unweaned	543	16	145.00	$145.00	$787	—
551–598	571	360	120.00–163.00	$152.23	$869	+2.65
554–594	576	9	133.00–143.50	$139.01	$801	-10.57
604 unweaned	604	7	134.00	$134.00	$809	-10.00
613	613	8	131.00	$131.00	$803	-12.76
600–648	622	320	120.00–148.00	$141.07	$877	-2.69
650–698	676	319	120.00–147.00	$138.06	$933	-0.87
693	693	9	138.50	$138.50	$960	-0.43
706–745	717	10	122.00–125.50	$123.32	$884	-8.73
700–748	718	137	125.00–141.00	$132.28	$950	+0.23
752–799	779	427	125.00–138.00	$130.70	$1,018	+0.10
801–843	828	146	118.00–137.50	$125.90	$1,042	+1.06
850	850	7	105.00	$105.00	$892	-19.99
854–873	867	41	113.50–125.00	$121.06	$1,050	-3.93
911–949	928	75	113.50–123.00	$119.23	$1,106	+3.54
1011–1045	1021	70	105.50–113.00	$110.71	$1,130	-2.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	9	150.00	$150.00	$448	—
340	340	3	158.50	$158.50	$539	-1.50
369–392	382	41	145.00–172.00	$159.83	$611	-5.33
400–448	429	116	140.00–160.00	$155.57	$667	-0.96
455–496	473	90	145.00–160.00	$153.54	$726	-0.95
505–540	522	30	127.50–152.00	$140.49	$733	-0.14
530	530	13	139.00	$139.00	$737	-1.63
550–593	573	59	125.00–145.00	$136.88	$784	-2.34
605–646	628	45	120.00–144.00	$129.21	$811	-2.87
633	633	3	117.00	$117.00	$741	-15.08
653–695	681	67	110.00–133.00	$128.20	$873	+1.74
705–740	725	26	118.00–129.00	$125.42	$909	+0.83
730–747	743	4	115.00	$115.00	$854	-9.59
769–795	789	24	117.00–130.50	$127.67	$1,007	+3.29
827–830	827	82	121.00–124.00	$121.11	$1,002	-1.65
888	888	5	109.00	$109.00	$968	-15.28

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	164.00	$164.00	$754	—
557–565	559	11	131.00–153.00	$146.94	$821	+18.94
612–618	616	29	148.00–150.00	$148.62	$915	+8.13
670 unweaned	670	5	126.00	$126.00	$844	—
731	731	6	132.25	$132.25	$967	-9.75
784	784	27	128.25	$128.25	$1,005	—
899	899	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,043	—
937	937	50	126.00	$126.00	$1,181	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	140.00	$140.00	$477	-32.50
380	380	4	157.00	$157.00	$597	+3.47
402–436	431	24	155.00–167.00	$161.37	$696	+4.81
495–498	496	25	145.00–157.00	$151.70	$752	+6.49
512–540	528	19	120.00–150.00	$134.84	$712	-2.80
597	597	5	120.00	$120.00	$716	—
664–687	671	33	125.00–134.00	$127.79	$857	+0.79
702	702	6	122.50	$122.50	$860	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	7	155.00	$155.00	$549	-6.55
420–445	430	20	127.50–145.00	$139.59	$600	-5.22
450–497	481	32	135.00–147.00	$144.67	$696	-0.67
520	520	6	125.50	$125.50	$653	-10.78
551	551	5	129.00	$129.00	$711	-4.55
615	615	17	117.00–124.00	$118.65	$730	-3.67
655–677	670	9	117.00–125.00	$119.61	$801	-3.42
866	866	7	113.00	$113.00	$979	+7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–438	428	10	145.00–158.00	$152.62	$653	+0.12
501	501	4	130.50	$130.50	$654	-10.00
552–596	571	17	130.00–149.00	$138.14	$789	—
588	588	3	141.00	$141.00	$829	—
627–636	632	14	131.00–137.00	$133.55	$844	+6.55

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1254	1254	10	115.00	$115.00	$1,442	—
1385–1455	1417	9	117.00–120.00	$118.12	$1,674	—
1530	1530	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,836	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
762	762	10	103.50	$103.50	$789	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	6	167.00	$167.00	$802	—
750	750	4	106.50	$106.50	$799	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
672	672	9	116.00	$116.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–842	832	8	91.00–105.00	$96.14	$800	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
713	713	3	101.50	$101.50	$724	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	138.00	$138.00	$359	—
305–348	328	74	134.00–169.00	$157.82	$518	+0.82
350–399	375	153	129.00–169.50	$154.28	$579	+1.45
390 unweaned	390	4	148.00	$148.00	$577	—
400–449	426	384	125.00–160.00	$149.00	$635	-1.16
450–495	471	443	125.00–160.00	$146.84	$692	-0.47
460–499 unweaned	488	11	130.00–134.50	$133.34	$651	-3.59
473–496	490	19	134.00–140.00	$135.27	$663	-12.04
512–516	514	16	127.50–137.00	$132.27	$680	+5.78
517 unweaned	517	7	130.00	$130.00	$672	-9.09
500–549	523	812	115.00–157.00	$140.91	$737	-2.12
554 unweaned	554	17	133.00	$133.00	$737	+5.00
551–594	572	462	115.00–144.50	$134.74	$771	-4.65
570–595	586	30	121.00–132.00	$126.68	$742	+1.84
611	611	22	140.00	$140.00	$855	+3.49
600–648	615	275	118.00–142.75	$133.36	$820	-3.15
604–629	615	40	125.00–131.00	$127.12	$782	-9.39
638 fancy	638	22	130.00	$130.00	$829	—
650–689	669	173	119.00–135.25	$128.89	$862	-5.33
677 unweaned	677	3	115.50	$115.50	$782	-10.21
688–693	692	12	121.60–123.00	$121.83	$843	-12.39
700–737	720	571	105.00–134.00	$130.99	$943	+0.56
768	768	19	115.85	$115.85	$890	-9.04
753–799	774	83	113.25–130.25	$124.95	$967	+0.06
818	818	3	111.00	$111.00	$908	-9.06
803–844	838	87	108.00–123.00	$118.21	$991	+4.21
860	860	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,032	—
880–898	891	18	107.50–113.25	$111.04	$989	—
910	910	3	109.00	$109.00	$992	-11.00
995	995	2	93.00	$93.00	$925	-1.00
1025	1025	3	88.50	$88.50	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	7	182.00	$182.00	$541	—
309 thin fleshed	309	5	155.00	$155.00	$479	—
305–345	332	22	125.00–159.50	$144.56	$480	-3.03
350–399	381	195	130.00–160.25	$147.27	$561	-0.87
400–449	424	279	120.00–156.75	$142.37	$604	-1.69
435 thin fleshed	435	4	160.50	$160.50	$698	+4.50
436	436	5	139.00	$139.00	$606	-5.06
466 unweaned	466	7	135.00	$135.00	$629	-2.04
450–495	470	416	115.00–154.50	$139.29	$655	-2.59
462–482	470	17	131.50–134.00	$132.56	$623	-9.32
500–548	522	355	103.00–145.00	$131.96	$689	-3.11
508–544	530	23	112.00–139.00	$127.77	$677	+1.31
550–597	569	331	104.00–141.50	$128.71	$732	-3.87
570–598	587	13	120.00	$120.00	$704	-5.79
615	615	6	114.00	$114.00	$701	-2.00
600–648	621	283	100.00–136.00	$125.92	$782	+9.92
629–639	635	19	100.00–117.50	$109.30	$694	-18.75
667	667	3	112.00	$112.00	$747	-12.65
650–698	678	142	106.00–129.00	$120.52	$817	-4.13
719–728	722	8	106.00–112.50	$108.46	$783	-13.40
700–749	725	107	109.00–129.00	$120.29	$872	-1.57
750–785	770	79	104.00–123.50	$116.28	$895	-2.05
778	778	4	110.00	$110.00	$856	-8.33
810	810	12	113.00	$113.00	$915	-1.97
803–826	823	17	108.50–118.00	$116.82	$961	+1.85
862–896	881	32	95.00–115.00	$110.50	$974	-5.00
903–928	917	19	100.00–115.00	$106.55	$977	—
1115	1115	5	86.00	$86.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	6	140.00	$140.00	$344	—
278–295	287	12	130.00–140.00	$135.15	$388	-5.07
305–347	326	42	135.00–143.00	$138.11	$450	-4.75
352–396	383	78	120.00–144.00	$138.10	$529	-3.30
400–448	428	93	124.00–139.00	$132.89	$569	-0.65
450–498	478	170	113.00–140.00	$130.98	$626	-2.11
500–547	520	25	115.00–130.00	$125.55	$653	+0.97
553–598	570	93	105.00–127.00	$121.93	$695	-3.37
610–633	628	31	105.00–129.00	$115.56	$726	-4.19
651–699	670	38	107.00–122.00	$114.08	$764	-4.05
702–745	713	38	104.00–115.00	$110.85	$790	-2.74
760–791	774	29	96.50–115.00	$108.07	$836	-8.31
805–828	822	9	106.00–113.00	$109.21	$898	+2.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
657	657	83	900.00	$900.00	—
761	761	72	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	7	127.50	$127.50	$602	—
532	532	13	135.00	$135.00	$718	—
580	580	2	123.00	$123.00	$713	-13.75
736	736	32	130.00	$130.00	$957	—
787–790	789	9	102.50–115.50	$111.18	$877	—
896	896	19	116.25	$116.25	$1,042	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	141.00	$141.00	$485	—
359–395	379	19	132.50–145.00	$136.02	$516	+1.02
413	413	2	138.00	$138.00	$570	+2.88
496	496	13	135.00	$135.00	$670	+3.17
536	536	10	124.50	$124.50	$667	+3.00
554–576	564	9	128.00–129.00	$128.45	$724	-2.55
662	662	3	105.00	$105.00	$695	—
668	668	6	116.50	$116.50	$778	—
706	706	6	100.50	$100.50	$710	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	337	5	120.00–125.00	$120.96	$408	+0.74
360–396	380	25	75.00–133.00	$123.56	$470	-1.10
407–435	416	13	124.00–125.00	$124.76	$519	+4.76
475–497	489	11	119.00–120.00	$119.35	$584	—
569	569	5	117.00	$117.00	$666	+1.11

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–526	517	10	131.00	$131.00	$677	—
574	574	19	127.00	$127.00	$729	—
824	824	4	116.00	$116.00	$956	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–492	484	6	120.00–136.00	$128.14	$620	-6.36
690–695	693	8	112.00–113.00	$112.63	$781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	115.00	$115.00	$575	—
581	581	4	105.00	$105.00	$610	—
601	601	4	105.00	$105.00	$631	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,450	-2.88
1200–1350	1283	3	127.50–131.00	$128.76	$1,652	+9.88
1357	1357	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,628	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	2	87.50	$87.50	$542	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–398	375	18	151.00–181.00	$163.89	$615	+16.26
382 thin fleshed	382	8	163.50	$163.50	$625	+1.50
398 unweaned	398	3	145.00	$145.00	$577	—
408–447	424	54	145.00–162.00	$155.13	$658	+3.75
427 thin fleshed	427	3	169.00	$169.00	$722	—
450–496	469	90	130.00–165.00	$147.99	$694	-0.29
500–545	521	38	126.00–152.00	$142.72	$744	+0.96
550–595	575	86	102.00–151.00	$129.74	$746	-7.75
587	587	3	115.00	$115.00	$675	-22.49
600–640	624	88	100.00–134.00	$124.64	$778	-2.29
650–698	672	40	105.00–130.00	$119.56	$803	+6.10
705–740	726	12	107.00–126.00	$112.54	$817	-6.20
765–799	786	28	92.00–114.50	$105.00	$825	-3.87
820–838	829	6	90.00–108.00	$99.10	$822	—
863	863	10	104.50	$104.50	$902	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	166.00	$166.00	$548	-13.20
370–393	386	19	154.00–164.00	$158.10	$610	+5.50
418–445	428	26	137.00–173.00	$151.54	$649	+0.52
456–495	469	25	128.00–163.00	$147.42	$691	+4.29
505–549	526	33	125.00–142.00	$133.49	$702	-8.56
553 unweaned	553	4	125.50	$125.50	$694	—
565–591	581	6	125.00–136.00	$132.67	$771	-5.48
605–645	616	17	121.00–135.00	$128.63	$792	+6.12
650–655	653	12	124.00–133.50	$129.52	$846	+7.35
800	800	4	108.00	$108.00	$864	—
1017	1017	5	96.00	$96.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–399	377	11	155.00–172.00	$160.68	$606	+4.74
411–430	420	15	145.00–155.00	$152.28	$640	+0.20
453–497	475	18	144.00–155.00	$148.17	$704	-2.25
508–540	520	34	127.00–140.00	$134.71	$700	-6.94
576–587	580	30	132.00–141.00	$133.50	$774	-2.86
630–637	633	8	114.00–122.00	$118.02	$747	-9.98
682	682	10	123.00	$123.00	$839	-2.66
732	732	3	115.00	$115.00	$842	—
775–783	779	8	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$865	-8.99

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	11	142.00	$142.00	$483	—
357–389	375	14	157.00–162.00	$159.96	$600	+11.57
400–445	423	11	130.00–142.00	$136.99	$579	-0.86
466–499	489	30	139.00–145.00	$140.59	$687	-2.39
516–541	527	7	122.00–135.00	$127.72	$673	-2.04
570–595	580	5	126.00–127.00	$126.41	$733	-4.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1350	1283	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	1,500.00–2,050.00	$1,646.64	—
1350–1650	1428	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	1,100.00–1,900.00	$1,549.89	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1085	1041	(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,493.03	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1400	1363	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	2,400.00–3,000.00	$2,694.50	—
1475–1575	1525	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,503.28	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1860	1860	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1590	1187	80-85%	320	49.00–63.50	$56.71	$673	+0.03
860–1675	1208	80-85%	626	49.00–73.50	$63.19	$763	—
930–1605	1241	80-85%	255	60.00–78.00	$68.67	$852	-0.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557–1170	861	85-90%	53	16.00–42.50	$29.99	$258	-1.46
625–1405	955	85-90%	140	35.00–54.50	$43.79	$418	+1.06
740–1560	1063	85-90%	408	46.00–65.50	$54.81	$583	—
785–1340	1071	85-90%	154	56.00–71.00	$61.84	$662	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1965	1367	75-80%	113	55.00–64.50	$60.43	$826	-0.64
1055–2025	1444	75-80%	269	56.00–73.50	$65.32	$943	-0.19
1080–1930	1497	75-80%	166	63.50–74.50	$69.14	$1,035	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1805	1653	65-75%	12	70.00–76.00	$73.35	$1,212	—
1530–2055	1737	65-75%	9	65.00–72.50	$69.25	$1,203	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–2335	1477	63	60.00–85.00	$78.30	$1,156	+0.13
880–2325	1669	168	70.00–101.50	$90.53	$1,511	—
1325–2805	1841	84	83.50–107.00	$98.53	$1,814	-1.31

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
676–1125	863	(<2 yrs)	Open	40	74.00–107.50	$90.74	$783
755–1200	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	65.00–93.00	$75.72	$728
730–1220	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	52	60.00–95.50	$73.21	$714
950–1190	1054	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	62.00–78.00	$67.39	$710

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–865	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	95	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,111.26

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–880	788	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	80.00–91.00	$85.73	$676
760–885	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	68.00–82.50	$74.89	$601
725–1026	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	59.00–90.00	$67.03	$602

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1160	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	52.00–68.00	$60.59	$548

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
712	712	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	107.50	$107.50	$765
620–770	727	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	107.00–122.00	$114.47	$832

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1308	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	53.00–72.00	$62.34	$716

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
883	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	104.00	$104.00	$918

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110–1347	1268	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	89.00–94.00	$92.54	$1,173

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	960.00	$960.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1053–1151	1122	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–925.00	$917.96
985–1330	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	800.00–1,075.00	$929.25
1151	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00
970–1390	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	950.00–1,375.00	$1,126.08
1116–1239	1184	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	725.00–775.00	$752.80
1165–1195	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	650.00	$650.00
962–1515	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	935.00–1,400.00	$1,266.42
1085–1290	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	900.00–960.00	$923.70
935–1560	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	222	800.00–1,325.00	$1,027.47
1100–2220	1231	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	73	700.00–950.00	$818.67
1214–1264	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,391.85
1165–1410	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	860.00–1,085.00	$965.30
1337–1405	1382	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,000.00	$991.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1006	976	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	625.00–650.00	$639.73
837–1285	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	625.00–885.00	$801.37
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
1086	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	650.00	$650.00
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1019–1315	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	800.00–1,125.00	$921.81
1070–1134	1117	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	675.00–810.00	$774.72
1030–1295	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	600.00–900.00	$800.45
1100–1357	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	875.00–1,050.00	$959.10
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1365	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,258.67
1275–1365	1312	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,050.00	$990.66
1205–1437	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	67	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,530.61
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1125	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	700.00–900.00	$767.76
890–1045	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	600.00–725.00	$658.12
830–1305	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	650.00–1,175.00	$850.79
1033	1033	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	585.00	$585.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395–1460	1423	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	950.00–1,100.00	$1,018.28
1388–1610	1426	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	900.00–1,050.00	$936.27

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1185	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	525.00–850.00	$709.36
915–970	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–625.00	$564.32
905–1015	969	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	500.00–775.00	$636.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1370	1182	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	58.00–64.00	$61.82	$731
1140–1235	1184	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	60.00–69.00	$61.78	$731
1090–1310	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	64.00–69.00	$65.96	$792
1270–1280	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	62.00–64.00	$63.00	$803

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1020	947	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	55.00–58.00	$56.08	$531
963–1057	1019	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	52.00–55.00	$53.87	$549
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	59.00	$59.00	$605

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1387	1387	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	66.50	$66.50	$922

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–901	881	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	750.00–850.00	$819.88
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
900–1080	929	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	750.00–1,050.00	$990.71
964–1019	988	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,524.46

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–875	829	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	675.00–1,025.00	$911.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
986	986	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1000–1100	1043	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,250.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+25.00
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+25.00
950–1350	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,112.50	-137.50
1000–1175	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	1,950.00–2,050.00	$2,017.86	+767.86
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	-450.00
1075–1125	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,514.29	+264.29
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00	+650.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+750.00
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,600.00	$1,600.00	-47.50
1035–1355	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,210.16	-437.34
800–1450	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	115	1,100.00–1,725.00	$1,515.83	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1050–1190	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,325.00–1,475.00	$1,440.38	—
1080–1300	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	900.00–1,200.00	$1,064.29	—
1100–1200	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,500.00–1,625.00	$1,593.75	—
1100–1320	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	34	920.00–1,300.00	$1,185.88	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+66.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
935–1295	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	74	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,533.11	—
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,625.00	$1,625.00	+208.33
1100–1250	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,302.50	+885.83
1200–1300	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,869.23	+452.56
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1045	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,350.00	+15.00
920–1000	984	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	600.00–1,050.00	$775.00	-275.00
850–1040	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,000.00–1,135.00	$1,051.67	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00	$725.00	-551.92
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	-326.92
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,675.00	$1,675.00	+398.08
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00	$875.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-80.00
865–1105	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	950.00–1,125.00	$1,035.00	-95.00
975–1150	1045	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,230.00	+100.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	-350.00
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-35.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
758–900	801	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	650.00–925.00	$783.33	+38.33
800–850	819	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,318.75	+573.75
892	892	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	-72.73
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	-15.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	-115.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	16	91.50	$91.50	$265	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1100	947	(<2 yrs)	Open	117	1,400.00–2,300.00	$2,047.22	—
1000–1050	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	2,050.00–2,300.00	$2,183.93	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1049	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	2,300.00–2,750.00	$2,486.96	—
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,755.77	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–865	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	900.00–1,150.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.