Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

46,671 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $165.14/cwt -0.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,027/hd at 622 lb · 1,794 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $173.23/cwt -0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $995/hd at 574 lb · 1,649 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $163.67/cwt +3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,370/hd at 837 lb · 1,558 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	46,671	57,413	52,445
Feeder cattle	38,311	49,268	46,955
Slaughter cattle	4,628	5,015	4,259
Replacement cattle	3,732	3,130	1,231

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers sold mostly steady. The supply of feeders was moderate to heavy as producers and buyers take advantage of the last few marketing opportunities of this calendar year. One full week of auctions left and then barns will start taking off one to two weeks for the holidays. A few full load lots of 8 weight cattle continue to bring in that upper 160’s to just breaking the 170.00 mark. A single consignment totaling 641 head with an average weight of 849 lbs. sold with one drop of the hammer this week at Joplin Regional Stockyards for an even 170.00. Weather swings continue to be quite unusual for this late in the year several record highs have been set in December with the possibility of more in the forecast. Sadly the unstable weather led to the break out of several tornados with on Friday night with one being of record size that stretched across several states. Boxed beef cutouts declined a bit more this week, choice closed on Friday at 264.54, down 9.82 and select closed at 252.24, down 6.40 from last Friday. Feedlot sales also lost a little ground, volume was very light for the week as packers know short slaughter weeks are coming up. As of the Friday afternoon report only 65K head was reported. Live sales were mostly at 138.00-140.00 and dressed sales reported at mostly 220.00. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 8797 head with a weighted average weight of 548.54 lbs. and a price value of 172.48, 1.34 higher 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
255–295	281	13	165.00–200.00	$185.60	$522	+10.47
300–348	325	88	170.00–232.00	$201.38	$654	+4.98
330 fancy	330	4	205.00	$205.00	$676	—
352 value added	352	30	229.50	$229.50	$808	+5.50
365	365	2	181.00	$181.00	$661	-19.97
350–398	372	198	170.00–225.00	$200.92	$747	-0.05
400 thin fleshed	400	8	219.00	$219.00	$876	+6.05
402–410 fancy	406	6	188.00–214.00	$200.87	$816	-11.89
403–430 value added	418	82	200.00–216.50	$212.04	$886	+16.26
400–449	427	390	160.00–219.00	$197.17	$842	+0.28
455–472 thin fleshed	457	24	199.00–206.00	$205.10	$937	+9.41
470	470	6	170.00	$170.00	$799	-17.03
450–484 fancy	474	32	185.00–211.00	$208.34	$988	+5.32
450–499	476	761	162.00–212.00	$192.44	$916	+5.41
453–489 value added	476	94	185.00–200.25	$198.66	$946	+8.70
498	498	6	180.00	$180.00	$896	-7.03
503 thin fleshed	503	7	190.00	$190.00	$956	+9.30
505–523 fancy	517	38	194.50–203.00	$196.99	$1,018	+2.98
500–549	523	1,023	140.00–199.50	$181.04	$947	+17.46
513–545 unweaned	524	43	165.00–176.00	$169.13	$886	-4.67
501–548 value added	530	71	167.00–194.50	$186.44	$988	+2.27
546	546	5	164.00	$164.00	$895	-16.13
556–598 value added	567	72	172.00–185.00	$180.44	$1,023	+2.74
557–594 unweaned	572	69	156.50–172.00	$164.10	$939	—
573 thin fleshed	573	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,037	-1.00
550–599	574	1,416	149.00–185.00	$172.94	$993	+0.18
571–583 fancy	581	54	180.50–192.00	$190.54	$1,107	+1.97
587–592	591	33	152.50–164.00	$159.34	$942	-13.42
603–627	619	18	150.00–158.50	$155.25	$961	-10.02
604–637 unweaned	619	29	155.00–159.50	$157.98	$978	+3.79
600–649	622	1,638	141.00–180.00	$164.98	$1,026	-0.29
608–644 value added	623	109	159.50–180.75	$171.11	$1,066	+1.16
650	650	17	154.00	$154.00	$1,001	+4.92
663–680 unweaned	671	20	140.00–156.00	$150.94	$1,013	+6.09
650–692 value added	672	116	158.50–169.00	$163.36	$1,098	-2.72
650–699	676	1,258	143.00–175.75	$163.20	$1,103	-0.37
660–689	679	17	148.00–150.75	$149.74	$1,017	-13.83
700–737	713	67	149.50–160.50	$155.84	$1,111	+6.78
701–748 unweaned	717	31	135.00–147.00	$142.26	$1,020	-6.85
701–741 value added	724	19	156.00–164.00	$159.61	$1,156	-3.39
700–748	727	1,139	135.00–176.00	$164.10	$1,193	+1.28
728	728	4	136.00	$136.00	$990	-26.82
755–793	764	92	145.00–154.00	$152.09	$1,162	+3.55
753–772 value added	765	27	150.00–164.00	$157.72	$1,207	-3.47
750–795	770	733	138.00–168.75	$160.87	$1,239	+12.33
800–845	829	906	130.00–169.50	$159.37	$1,321	+14.12
840	840	3	150.50	$150.50	$1,264	+5.25
849 fancy	849	641	170.00	$170.00	$1,443	—
849 value added	849	8	148.50	$148.50	$1,261	-3.00
851–898	869	868	130.00–170.50	$160.72	$1,397	+0.15
906–937	915	40	133.00–160.00	$149.80	$1,371	-7.61
958	958	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,245	-8.00
954–988	961	98	147.25–149.00	$148.59	$1,428	+10.59
1026	1026	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,313	—
1186	1186	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–295	283	18	180.00–205.00	$197.50	$559	+20.08
308–349	330	83	140.00–206.00	$189.40	$625	+9.16
350 thin fleshed	350	3	204.00	$204.00	$714	—
350–398	370	139	142.00–201.00	$180.04	$666	-3.46
357–392 unweaned	379	11	153.00–176.00	$168.13	$637	—
400–448	426	268	150.00–189.00	$177.54	$756	+0.17
432 thin fleshed	432	16	212.00	$212.00	$916	—
439 value added	439	7	184.00	$184.00	$808	-4.79
443	443	3	171.00	$171.00	$758	-6.37
453 thin fleshed	453	8	186.00	$186.00	$843	—
457–477 unweaned	465	12	150.50–154.50	$152.79	$710	-13.21
450–499	480	404	144.00–196.00	$174.70	$839	+2.21
513–549 unweaned	518	35	160.00–170.00	$168.01	$870	+8.45
502–548 value added	522	18	175.00–180.00	$177.67	$927	+3.22
500–549	525	530	140.00–181.00	$165.03	$866	-0.03
533	533	4	160.00	$160.00	$853	-5.06
550–590 unweaned	565	12	147.50–149.00	$148.37	$838	-6.13
565 value added	565	3	164.00	$164.00	$927	-3.21
550–599	574	921	132.00–178.50	$161.26	$926	+4.56
567–583 thin fleshed	575	17	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	—
581–594	588	11	145.50–150.00	$147.52	$867	-4.15
625 value added	625	8	169.00	$169.00	$1,056	+3.69
600–648	626	441	130.00–172.00	$152.34	$954	-0.99
612–633 unweaned	626	35	150.00–153.00	$152.08	$952	+6.58
636 thin fleshed	636	11	168.50	$168.50	$1,072	+2.00
650–693	667	350	138.00–161.50	$152.00	$1,014	+0.98
705 value added	705	27	166.50	$166.50	$1,174	+6.57
700–748	723	296	125.00–157.50	$150.29	$1,087	-0.79
748	748	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,070	+6.00
752–796	770	151	138.50–156.00	$148.72	$1,145	-0.99
803–848	827	62	144.00–157.00	$149.53	$1,237	-5.37
852–873	864	44	144.25–158.00	$147.46	$1,274	+0.29
908–936	924	12	136.50–149.00	$141.62	$1,309	-8.15
982	982	67	143.00	$143.00	$1,404	-4.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	312	20	149.00–170.00	$166.31	$519	+9.64
352–395	376	22	135.00–150.00	$146.78	$552	-25.22
414 unweaned	414	6	146.00	$146.00	$604	—
400–447	431	52	137.00–174.50	$157.15	$677	-0.35
455–498	485	85	149.00–166.00	$157.53	$764	+0.27
500–547	523	76	135.00–159.00	$146.42	$766	-6.16
555–598	573	40	125.00–154.00	$142.48	$816	+0.86
626–646	639	18	142.00–144.00	$142.92	$913	+2.61
650–695	668	50	125.00–143.00	$137.97	$922	-2.34
688 unweaned	688	4	132.00	$132.00	$908	—
703–745	719	21	135.00–145.00	$139.36	$1,002	+2.36
751	751	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,006	+4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	173.00	$173.00	$597	—
399	399	4	189.00	$189.00	$754	—
417–440	423	30	163.00–171.00	$168.78	$714	—
464 value added	464	5	157.00	$157.00	$728	—
463–489	483	16	141.00–162.50	$154.65	$747	-13.35
505–539	520	16	152.50–171.00	$162.09	$843	+8.63
535 value added	535	6	170.00	$170.00	$910	—
552–593	579	17	151.00–165.00	$155.71	$902	-7.59
598 value added	598	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,011	—
605–643	627	14	140.00–154.00	$145.79	$914	-2.83
663–697	675	28	152.00–158.50	$155.67	$1,051	+9.87
711–749	727	14	143.00–150.00	$146.91	$1,068	+6.10
843–848	845	12	128.00–144.00	$134.69	$1,138	—
962	962	14	133.50	$133.50	$1,284	—
1000–1025	1010	5	132.00–134.00	$133.01	$1,343	—
1352	1352	20	100.00	$100.00	$1,352	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–528	511	27	146.50–188.00	$172.51	$882	-5.75
556–593	572	47	160.00–180.00	$169.15	$968	+5.02
631–640	636	13	135.00–160.00	$148.55	$945	-12.20
653–686	662	27	156.00–165.50	$159.58	$1,056	+4.97
675 unweaned	675	5	135.00	$135.00	$911	—
711–737	728	18	155.00–160.00	$156.63	$1,140	+0.45
750–757	754	17	146.00–150.00	$148.13	$1,117	-7.87
762 unweaned	762	8	137.50	$137.50	$1,048	—
870–898	889	12	142.50–153.50	$146.09	$1,299	—
1205	1205	10	120.00	$120.00	$1,446	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	5	182.00	$182.00	$542	—
338 value added	338	2	184.00	$184.00	$622	—
380–384	383	9	170.00–175.00	$171.66	$657	+0.12
400–437	423	17	157.00–175.00	$167.50	$709	+2.76
468–482	475	23	142.50–179.00	$152.62	$725	-18.68
505–540	521	20	140.00–170.00	$151.09	$787	-17.76
568	568	4	145.00	$145.00	$824	-4.49
657–699	669	23	137.00–144.00	$141.86	$949	+2.32

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	6	186.00	$186.00	$804	-1.00
500	500	4	140.00	$140.00	$700	—
561	561	7	162.00	$162.00	$909	—
606–610	608	15	149.00–170.00	$158.66	$965	+1.16
658–685	679	31	149.75–156.00	$153.10	$1,040	—
775	775	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,132	-12.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	17	135.00	$135.00	$454	—
350	350	6	145.00	$145.00	$508	—
414	414	7	130.00	$130.00	$538	-22.50
465–494	483	11	140.00–145.00	$143.25	$692	—
527–535	532	9	121.00–127.00	$122.98	$654	—
609	609	4	138.00	$138.00	$840	—
654	654	6	120.00	$120.00	$785	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1062	1062	8	120.00	$120.00	$1,274	—
1162	1162	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,511	—
1170–1430	1268	5	127.00–134.00	$132.23	$1,677	—
1292–1387	1370	11	135.00–136.00	$135.17	$1,852	-1.12
1245–1580	1418	15	135.00–142.00	$136.18	$1,931	+2.04

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	4	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
725–733	728	5	99.00–100.00	$99.60	$725	—
960–997	991	6	115.00	$115.00	$1,140	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	276	21	145.00–182.50	$168.04	$464	-1.01
300–345	325	80	140.00–188.00	$166.02	$540	-1.95
348 value added	348	26	177.00	$177.00	$616	+2.00
370 value added	370	37	187.00	$187.00	$692	+22.00
350–399	377	283	145.00–183.00	$166.23	$627	+0.32
407–420 unweaned	413	11	152.00–154.00	$152.92	$632	+1.92
408–443	422	5	153.00–157.00	$155.32	$655	-7.84
405–440 fancy	423	68	175.00–188.50	$187.05	$791	+14.05
400–449	425	553	137.00–180.00	$164.18	$698	+1.02
438–446 value added	444	29	169.00–178.00	$174.45	$775	+4.22
454 fancy	454	14	179.50	$179.50	$815	—
451–486 value added	463	83	164.50–171.00	$169.49	$785	+6.16
462–464	463	10	148.00–151.00	$150.10	$695	+1.77
450–499	474	820	137.00–176.50	$160.64	$761	+12.31
476 thin fleshed	476	8	162.00	$162.00	$771	—
483–487 unweaned	486	9	148.00–151.00	$150.01	$729	-0.19
509 fancy	509	10	172.00	$172.00	$875	—
519 thin fleshed	519	32	169.25	$169.25	$878	—
500–549	522	1,160	135.00–168.50	$153.10	$799	-1.45
502–548 value added	525	119	148.50–177.00	$157.73	$828	-3.71
508–540	534	26	131.50–149.00	$140.45	$750	-14.10
526–544 unweaned	540	16	140.00–152.00	$142.92	$772	-7.46
561–571 fancy	564	30	168.75–169.50	$168.98	$953	—
550–586 value added	571	67	150.00–162.75	$156.12	$891	-3.74
554–590 unweaned	572	40	140.00–152.00	$147.85	$846	-6.45
550–599	573	1,076	136.00–169.00	$152.92	$876	+0.59
551–594	578	26	136.00–142.00	$139.19	$805	-13.14
603	603	3	130.00	$130.00	$784	-22.58
600–645 unweaned	619	116	130.00–147.75	$140.27	$868	-0.01
618–634	622	15	140.00–143.00	$142.18	$884	-10.40
600–649	624	896	129.00–164.25	$152.04	$949	-0.54
605–643 thin fleshed	624	36	156.50–163.00	$159.04	$992	-5.71
609–641 value added	626	94	149.50–155.00	$151.91	$951	-7.06
636 fancy	636	21	169.25	$169.25	$1,076	—
658–670	665	9	125.00–149.50	$138.72	$922	-28.95
650–695	673	559	125.00–166.00	$151.89	$1,022	-15.78
672–676 unweaned	673	16	129.50–130.00	$129.66	$873	-3.25
655–695	678	22	122.00–145.50	$138.60	$940	-14.85
688 value added	688	13	147.00	$147.00	$1,011	-4.63
691	691	7	167.00	$167.00	$1,154	+13.55
696 thin fleshed	696	14	168.00	$168.00	$1,169	+3.50
709 unweaned	709	13	133.00	$133.00	$943	—
716–720	718	15	135.00–136.00	$135.53	$973	-17.87
705–746	724	259	125.50–163.50	$150.45	$1,089	+10.83
750–799	768	158	130.00–158.00	$152.17	$1,169	+2.12
768 unweaned	768	8	128.50	$128.50	$987	—
780 value added	780	6	152.00	$152.00	$1,186	+4.44
801–848	819	113	133.00–151.00	$145.59	$1,192	+16.59
821 value added	821	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,100	-3.76
856–879	862	25	120.00–147.50	$139.37	$1,201	-10.79
900	900	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,143	—
976–989	987	23	129.50–139.50	$137.78	$1,360	+11.47
1033–1034	1034	13	125.00–125.50	$125.38	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269–289	281	23	132.00–195.00	$169.44	$476	-6.80
289 unweaned	289	16	145.00	$145.00	$419	—
318–349	340	97	128.00–162.00	$149.20	$507	-0.28
365 thin fleshed	365	4	175.00	$175.00	$639	—
350–397	379	217	136.00–164.00	$153.92	$583	+3.27
415–435 unweaned	424	7	141.00–149.00	$144.52	$613	—
400–449	427	349	129.00–168.00	$150.46	$642	+3.00
411–446 thin fleshed	429	23	166.00–174.00	$171.00	$734	+2.45
422–447 value added	436	16	158.00–167.00	$161.81	$705	-3.01
459–499 unweaned	470	24	137.00–154.00	$143.82	$676	-0.25
476	476	10	138.00	$138.00	$657	-9.32
450–499	477	666	124.00–165.00	$148.33	$708	+1.01
477 thin fleshed	477	9	159.50	$159.50	$761	-5.50
503	503	5	135.00	$135.00	$679	-4.31
500–549	524	661	125.00–159.00	$143.60	$752	+4.29
510–536 value added	525	20	141.00–152.00	$144.79	$760	-10.45
522–542 unweaned	534	13	125.00–128.00	$125.68	$671	-13.51
550–594 unweaned	569	42	124.00–145.00	$136.11	$774	+9.86
550–598	573	593	125.00–154.50	$139.79	$801	-0.07
551–596	573	38	125.00–141.00	$135.77	$778	-4.09
552–582 value added	573	7	136.50–148.00	$144.84	$830	-9.73
603–648	616	13	125.00–140.00	$130.90	$806	-12.26
600–649	622	307	115.00–156.00	$137.79	$857	-1.92
617–634 value added	630	21	141.50–155.00	$145.78	$918	-8.16
626–646 unweaned	639	9	135.00–142.00	$137.28	$877	+6.90
650–695	666	158	118.00–157.50	$138.22	$921	-3.51
688 unweaned	688	11	142.00	$142.00	$977	+13.00
691	691	4	135.50	$135.50	$936	-2.63
700–745	722	119	110.00–153.75	$136.99	$989	+0.18
737	737	9	120.00	$120.00	$884	-16.81
750–798	765	102	115.00–143.00	$134.66	$1,030	-8.11
812 value added	812	16	141.75	$141.75	$1,151	—
800–845	827	19	124.00–137.00	$130.34	$1,078	-6.02
864–873	870	24	115.00–147.00	$135.57	$1,179	+1.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	5	146.00	$146.00	$418	—
305–343	324	48	128.00–145.00	$138.59	$449	+14.76
351–395	377	49	120.00–148.00	$136.27	$514	+12.56
411 unweaned	411	5	144.00	$144.00	$592	—
427 thin fleshed	427	7	157.00	$157.00	$670	—
407–447	430	64	110.00–147.00	$135.17	$581	-3.94
454–489	472	47	105.00–140.00	$128.39	$606	-0.08
500–544	521	37	120.00–138.00	$127.92	$666	-4.18
559–598	582	34	110.00–130.00	$123.01	$716	-1.31
602–644	624	60	118.00–130.00	$124.56	$777	-0.95
650–695	677	25	115.00–131.00	$124.33	$842	-1.12
710–731	723	39	115.00–130.00	$122.29	$884	-0.75
813	813	6	113.00	$113.00	$919	-14.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358 value added	358	7	153.50	$153.50	$550	—
372–396	384	20	125.00–151.00	$141.44	$543	-27.56
400–445	422	24	125.00–156.00	$139.61	$589	-11.96
445 value added	445	4	147.00	$147.00	$654	—
451–489	468	35	130.00–157.00	$138.91	$650	-0.63
501–547	526	21	105.00–143.00	$138.01	$726	-0.89
550–595	574	19	125.00–140.00	$133.71	$767	-8.29
600–645	615	20	126.00–136.00	$133.36	$820	-1.70
650	650	13	126.00	$126.00	$819	—
718	718	4	125.00	$125.00	$898	—
838	838	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,073	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	162.00	$162.00	$595	—
410	410	6	160.50	$160.50	$658	+2.50
458	458	4	164.00	$164.00	$751	+9.71
504–549	539	48	125.00–154.00	$147.32	$794	-13.59
558–598	574	24	145.00–158.00	$150.18	$862	-5.53
608–635	616	20	133.00–159.50	$151.31	$932	+5.23
660–675	668	6	120.00–148.50	$134.41	$898	-6.63
719	719	5	139.00	$139.00	$999	—
750	750	8	143.50	$143.50	$1,076	—
1036	1036	7	131.75	$131.75	$1,365	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	5	154.00	$154.00	$722	+13.54
547	547	8	134.00	$134.00	$733	+9.00
567–582	576	7	130.00–134.00	$131.69	$759	-9.50
612	612	15	155.00	$155.00	$949	+18.43
675	675	12	134.00	$134.00	$904	-5.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	120.00	$120.00	$442	—
600–625	613	6	80.00–100.00	$89.80	$550	—
755–773	766	5	80.00–102.50	$88.87	$681	—
822–845	831	10	91.00–114.00	$104.65	$870	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	4	157.00	$157.00	$656	-9.92
484	484	5	146.00	$146.00	$707	-5.74
649	649	13	145.00	$145.00	$941	-5.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1112–1158	1125	11	127.00–133.00	$128.69	$1,448	+11.69
1150–1280	1259	8	135.50–137.25	$136.50	$1,719	+1.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	8	120.00	$120.00	$534	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	33	170.00	$170.00	$588	—
372–385	378	14	170.00–184.00	$179.16	$677	+3.12
402–445	419	99	143.00–181.00	$166.99	$700	+15.39
450–496	468	64	130.00–172.00	$160.04	$749	+2.35
515 thin fleshed	515	4	159.50	$159.50	$821	—
500–546	531	140	135.50–162.50	$150.79	$801	+5.99
555–595	578	94	132.00–149.00	$141.79	$820	+0.16
592	592	5	138.00	$138.00	$817	-3.54
600–645	625	86	123.00–151.50	$137.05	$857	-0.06
650–698	673	47	120.00–144.00	$130.85	$881	-1.73
712–748	733	20	125.00–139.00	$130.23	$955	+0.60
750–798	782	31	114.00–138.50	$127.63	$998	+3.10
803–825	814	19	106.50–125.00	$115.97	$944	-4.40
855–875	859	19	116.00–125.50	$123.40	$1,060	+8.35
862	862	6	117.00	$117.00	$1,009	+1.95
900–928	917	13	101.00–114.50	$106.80	$979	-8.26

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	219.00	$219.00	$613	-6.00
339–342	341	9	197.50–209.00	$203.91	$695	+6.41
355–397	373	37	155.00–212.50	$182.93	$682	+9.49
388 unweaned	388	3	169.00	$169.00	$656	—
400–446	424	50	151.00–203.00	$169.01	$717	-7.54
450–498	479	79	145.00–176.00	$160.39	$768	-0.77
495 unweaned	495	4	150.00	$150.00	$742	—
511 unweaned	511	8	155.00	$155.00	$792	—
500–548	519	93	146.00–173.00	$160.14	$831	+7.09
574 unweaned	574	7	156.00	$156.00	$895	—
550–598	577	80	142.00–165.00	$149.33	$862	+6.07
607–644	619	78	125.00–148.00	$138.50	$857	+4.75
655–690	675	12	125.00–152.00	$143.15	$966	+6.46
698 unweaned	698	4	120.00	$120.00	$838	—
712–737	725	6	108.00–122.00	$115.12	$835	-5.91
750–795	765	3	120.00–122.00	$120.69	$923	-3.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	4	168.00	$168.00	$583	—
375–398	394	18	130.00–159.00	$153.15	$603	+7.17
438–446	442	13	120.00–135.00	$127.29	$563	-9.71
474–487	476	47	145.00–152.50	$145.98	$695	+2.24
520–540	533	15	122.00–144.00	$131.41	$700	-3.97
550–599	561	50	112.00–141.00	$129.09	$724	—
602–645	624	41	118.00–135.00	$125.87	$785	+11.91
692–696	695	21	105.00–130.00	$119.07	$828	-10.74
726	726	9	112.00	$112.00	$813	—
874	874	4	114.00	$114.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1395	1267	(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	1,500.00–2,200.00	$1,648.96	—
1210–1700	1357	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	18	1,650.00–2,800.00	$2,177.81	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	424	5	140.00	$140.00	$594	—
465–480	476	4	130.00–142.50	$133.05	$633	—
529	529	4	120.00	$120.00	$635	—
713	713	13	117.00	$117.00	$834	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	4	161.00	$161.00	$710	—
486	486	4	170.00	$170.00	$826	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1680	1231	80-85%	629	42.00–66.00	$57.04	$702	+2.14
890–1530	1235	80-85%	170	56.00–78.00	$64.72	$799	+9.82
950–1585	1254	80-85%	105	40.00–54.00	$49.27	$618	-12.88
1200–1350	1277	80-85%	5	30.00–44.00	$39.62	$506	-22.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1330	924	85-90%	117	15.00–40.00	$29.86	$276	—
755–1365	993	85-90%	200	22.00–49.00	$39.99	$397	+10.58
722–1425	1059	85-90%	353	30.00–56.00	$48.46	$513	+0.91
850–1290	1094	85-90%	99	46.00–62.50	$58.33	$638	+3.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1231–1790	1448	75-80%	83	42.00–58.50	$53.63	$777	-4.95
1190–1910	1449	75-80%	414	48.50–67.50	$59.90	$868	+1.32
980–1935	1517	75-80%	167	57.00–75.50	$68.00	$1,032	+1.62
1530–1680	1588	75-80%	3	73.00–77.50	$75.10	$1,193	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1705	1656	65-75%	5	69.00–72.50	$71.34	$1,181	—
1690–2050	1829	65-75%	5	69.00–75.50	$72.25	$1,321	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–2230	1531	74	52.00–82.00	$71.71	$1,098	-0.27
1180–2415	1697	140	63.00–96.00	$85.05	$1,443	—
1230–2460	1814	73	82.50–108.00	$93.70	$1,700	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
842 fancy	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	116.00	$116.00	$977
865 fancy	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	113.00	$113.00	$977
730–1165	1004	(<2 yrs)	Open	42	80.00–138.00	$95.63	$960
875–1355	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	70.00–108.00	$84.61	$854
730–1540	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	60.00–99.50	$79.75	$848

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
896–1360	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	80	50.00–67.50	$56.39	$600

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1015	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	65.00–90.00	$77.47	$643

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	82.50	$82.50	$660
750–1080	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	50.00–62.50	$54.95	$525

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	175.00	$175.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1325	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,197.19
970–1330	1123	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–710.00	$661.33
895–1278	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	600.00–1,050.00	$961.01
1104–1275	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	1,225.00–1,410.00	$1,352.79
1050–1285	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,385.00–1,510.00	$1,452.14
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,250.00	$1,250.00
910–1690	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	274	700.00–1,400.00	$1,107.15
1232	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	950.00	$950.00
1100–1485	1241	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	80	600.00–1,150.00	$920.74
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,210.00	$1,210.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965 thin fleshed	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
860–1325	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	115	600.00–975.00	$814.54
1060–1270	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–1,040.00	$885.32
905–1313	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	137	500.00–900.00	$797.76
1045–1315	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–850.00	$789.90
1005–1350	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,050.00	$901.54
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1200–1290	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	45	1,025.00–1,325.00	$1,179.38
1260–1405	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$770.92
1275–1430	1336	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	900.00–1,010.00	$954.81

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1260	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	1,600.00–1,860.00	$1,723.34
1097–1329	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	122	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,584.07
1258	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1225–1360	1299	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	1,175.00–1,600.00	$1,477.55

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–825	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$796.12
649–830	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	635.00–875.00	$769.69
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
928–935	931	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	810.00–900.00	$856.79
775–1100	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	116	450.00–900.00	$729.16
925–980	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
867–1113	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	53	400.00–800.00	$688.40

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048–1065	1058	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	975.00–1,025.00	$1,004.61
900–1390	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	75	900.00–1,350.00	$1,110.74
1056–1117	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	950.00–1,200.00	$1,040.01
1050–1175	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,425.00–1,750.00	$1,623.24
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1310–1480	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,027.31
1400–1425	1416	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,173.27
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–975	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	100.00–525.00	$309.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1057	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	73.00	$73.00	$772
1130–1455	1295	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	52.00–66.00	$58.91	$763

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1298	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	750.00	$750.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1560–1630	1595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00–950.00	$913.32

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
838–860	844	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–585.00	$521.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1165	1071	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	127	1,660.00–1,985.00	$1,837.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,060.00	$1,060.00
655–1200	947	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	550.00–1,100.00	$917.70
915–1085	972	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	60	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,637.39
853–1180	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–925.00	$855.41

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
975	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1150	1076	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,715.19

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

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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	1000	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
970–1705	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	1,125.00–1,675.00	$1,488.53	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
965–1310	1216	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	34	750.00–1,550.00	$1,239.26	-485.74
1050–1350	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,750.00	+375.00
1195–1275	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,394.23	+19.23
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1475	1475	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1250	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,275.00	$1,091.67	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-375.00
1050–1248	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	900.00–1,350.00	$1,241.96	-33.04
933–1300	1161	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	775.00–1,000.00	$909.62	-501.09
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–880	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	400.00–900.00	$525.00	—
785–925	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–900.00	$885.00	—
925 thin fleshed	925	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
975–1000	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	750.00–1,050.00	$1,028.57	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1075	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,354.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1570	1570	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1225–1325	1292	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,475.00–1,660.00	$1,598.33	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	10	102.00	$102.00	$403	—
459–462	461	11	70.00–103.00	$88.05	$406	—
522–548	539	9	101.00–105.00	$103.71	$559	—
562–594	574	17	94.00–100.50	$96.22	$552	—
622	622	5	85.00	$85.00	$529	—
673–689	681	10	94.50–95.00	$94.75	$645	—
732	732	6	80.00	$80.00	$586	—
815	815	5	101.00	$101.00	$823	—
888	888	59	108.85	$108.85	$967	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1399	1399	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

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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.