Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 31, 2022

25,681 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $156.94/cwt +0.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 775 lb · 1,243 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $164.27/cwt +4.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 720 lb · 1,192 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $175.42/cwt +10.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,175/hd at 670 lb · 1,097 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	25,681	40,730	34,481
Feeder cattle	23,833	35,653	30,228
Slaughter cattle	1,676	3,108	2,332
Replacement cattle	172	1,969	1,921

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 2.00 higher, with several 500-700 lb. steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. The supply of feeders was light to moderate. The week got off to a good start but business was brought to a standstill by midweek and the majority of sales remained dark due to a wide spread winter storm. Snow fall amounts varied from basically nothing in the northwest corner of the state to the heaviest being central to north east, where amounts reached and past 10 inches. Farther south amounts of 2-6 were common with some ice mixed in before snow fell. Heavy winds caused drifting which made many country roads impassable for a time. Temperatures got below zero in some areas which was a big change from the 60 degree seen just a couple days prior to the storm. Many farmers are already calving and the cold made for a few long nights as farmers spent several hours outside to make sure any newborns got up and nursed. Not necessarily the highest prices, but a few notable load lots from this week included; 80 head of 657 lb. steers sold at Green City Livestock Auction for 191.00, 49 head of 724 lbs. steers sold at F and T Livestock Market for 171.25, several loads of heavy 7 weight steers sold at Joplin Regional stockyards in the upper 150’s, and Kingsville Livestock Auction sold 62 head of 882 lb. steers for 156.85. The semi-annual Cattle Inventory Report was released on Monday there wasn’t a lot of surprises overall. Everyone knew number would be lower nationwide following the extreme drought seen over much of the major cattle producing areas. Missouri saw a 5% drop in beef cows which had calved, that equates to a loss of 94,000 head. For all cattle and calves, beef and dairy, the state saw a decline of 270,000 head or 6% of the total herd. As of the Friday afternoon report negotiated feedlot sales were just over 95K head. Live sales were mostly 138.00-140.00 and dressed sales mostly at 222.00, both gaining a few dollars this week. Boxed beef cutout values lost several dollars, choice closed on Friday at 279.81, down 10.61 and select at 276.05, down 7.36 from the previous week. The choice/select spread has narrowed to only 3.76. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 4211 head with a weighted average weight of 553.25 and a price value of 181.77, 2.18 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
295	295	3	197.00	$197.00	$581	+15.00
308–344	332	23	180.00–215.00	$204.40	$679	-6.69
370 fancy	370	3	205.00	$205.00	$758	+2.24
350–397	378	57	188.00–215.00	$208.43	$788	+6.69
390 value added	390	2	201.00	$201.00	$784	—
410–420 fancy	414	7	202.00–207.00	$206.27	$854	-10.49
400–446	423	147	170.00–214.00	$199.75	$845	-1.34
429–440 unweaned	434	11	185.00–200.00	$193.09	$838	—
453 value added	453	8	216.50	$216.50	$981	+13.02
450–499	476	299	167.00–216.75	$200.66	$955	+2.09
486 unweaned	486	14	196.00	$196.00	$953	+11.00
514 thin fleshed	514	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,105	+6.10
500–548	525	536	165.00–211.50	$195.76	$1,028	+5.04
519–545 fancy	530	53	175.00–217.25	$204.04	$1,081	+3.24
522–546 value added	535	24	175.00–202.50	$197.10	$1,054	+1.27
560 fancy	560	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,131	—
550–596	571	543	162.00–201.00	$187.16	$1,069	+5.66
557–593 value added	583	82	179.00–191.00	$188.03	$1,096	+6.69
589 unweaned	589	7	165.00	$165.00	$972	-4.14
600–649	623	861	147.00–189.00	$176.01	$1,097	+4.14
631 unweaned	631	12	162.00	$162.00	$1,022	+2.50
617–645 value added	632	64	168.50–182.00	$177.03	$1,119	+7.76
651	651	4	153.50	$153.50	$999	-0.50
657–692 value added	669	153	170.00–178.00	$175.80	$1,176	+9.23
650–695	670	940	150.00–191.00	$175.45	$1,176	+10.46
706–740 value added	715	158	167.50–175.00	$171.34	$1,225	+11.85
700–748	721	977	155.00–183.00	$162.65	$1,173	+3.01
705–728 fancy	722	57	171.00–173.00	$172.50	$1,245	+19.50
751–794	773	1,079	150.50–163.00	$157.38	$1,217	+0.97
780–785	784	13	145.50–154.00	$152.05	$1,192	-4.36
779–797 value added	788	151	153.75–154.75	$154.25	$1,215	—
806 value added	806	10	155.00	$155.00	$1,249	—
803–842	819	584	145.00–164.50	$155.21	$1,271	+1.18
850–882	862	336	140.00–157.35	$153.81	$1,326	+2.72
869	869	5	143.50	$143.50	$1,247	-7.59
911–930	923	100	140.00–149.85	$147.01	$1,357	+2.37
972–975	973	18	130.00–145.25	$142.70	$1,388	+6.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–349	333	53	140.00–204.00	$189.62	$631	-4.25
350–392	370	63	142.00–212.00	$193.03	$714	+1.51
382 value added	382	3	190.00	$190.00	$726	-18.00
403–449	428	160	170.00–207.50	$186.17	$797	+2.87
468 value added	468	15	195.50	$195.50	$915	-12.50
454–499	479	314	157.00–196.00	$181.33	$869	+1.80
502–548 value added	515	44	173.00–186.00	$177.63	$915	-7.87
500–546	533	333	150.00–191.00	$178.47	$951	+3.33
550–599	579	455	147.00–187.00	$172.18	$997	+0.80
593	593	8	163.00	$163.00	$967	+9.00
595–599 value added	597	13	163.00–183.00	$170.72	$1,019	-4.66
610 unweaned	610	4	134.00	$134.00	$817	-16.50
605–645 value added	626	27	152.00–165.00	$160.11	$1,002	-3.61
602–648	628	300	139.00–185.00	$161.12	$1,012	+4.84
650–699	679	554	141.00–179.00	$158.86	$1,079	+0.93
703–748	726	641	140.00–160.50	$150.36	$1,092	-2.41
750–797	781	314	140.00–157.00	$152.51	$1,191	+1.39
800–846	826	91	132.50–149.00	$144.25	$1,192	-4.53
872–899	887	81	148.00	$148.00	$1,313	+3.37
930–932	930	66	136.50–147.85	$146.30	$1,361	+11.80
985	985	13	136.00	$136.00	$1,340	+4.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–397	381	28	180.00–190.00	$183.76	$700	+14.46
403–431	422	10	160.00–174.50	$167.01	$705	+1.05
463–495	479	41	150.00–167.50	$163.19	$782	+0.71
500–549	524	112	148.00–169.00	$162.45	$851	+2.25
552–598	572	83	148.00–167.00	$156.70	$896	+1.72
600–645	622	81	141.00–159.00	$147.46	$917	+2.70
635 thin fleshed	635	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,010	—
652–683	664	86	137.00–151.00	$144.56	$960	+5.23
703–746	738	28	141.00–145.00	$142.52	$1,052	—
768–794	783	14	135.50–137.00	$136.13	$1,066	—
806–820	814	14	135.00	$135.00	$1,099	-8.86

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	11	179.00	$179.00	$788	—
483	483	6	166.00	$166.00	$802	-12.77
554–597	585	20	150.00–159.00	$153.28	$897	—
607–627	622	12	156.00–158.00	$156.49	$973	+4.55
653	653	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,012	+15.00
755–791	783	20	137.00–149.50	$145.66	$1,141	—
840	840	10	145.50	$145.50	$1,222	-1.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	8	157.50	$157.50	$1,095	—
888	888	12	142.50	$142.50	$1,265	—
919	919	29	154.75	$154.75	$1,422	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–390	377	5	180.00–190.00	$184.14	$694	-2.21
423–440	430	10	155.00–169.00	$160.73	$691	-18.36
548	548	9	152.00	$152.00	$833	—
576 value added	576	6	160.00	$160.00	$922	—
709 value added	709	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,028	—
841 value added	841	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,177	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1400	1253	15	112.00–121.50	$113.56	$1,423	+8.21
1123–1403	1295	21	124.00–127.50	$125.72	$1,628	+3.64
1205–1490	1297	6	133.00–138.00	$135.40	$1,756	+13.32

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	6	175.00	$175.00	$654	+7.00
502–538	521	13	145.00–150.00	$147.37	$768	+17.63
583	583	6	140.00	$140.00	$816	—
670–683	676	9	130.00–138.00	$134.41	$909	-2.88

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	15	150.00	$150.00	$1,101	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–429	418	10	150.00–165.00	$157.92	$660	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–293	284	8	150.00–187.50	$174.15	$495	+14.15
289 unweaned	289	5	161.00	$161.00	$465	—
309–348	333	49	152.00–182.00	$174.65	$582	+0.32
350–398	371	93	152.00–184.50	$175.11	$650	+3.63
400–445	424	209	145.00–182.50	$167.51	$710	+1.23
441	441	6	155.50	$155.50	$686	-10.78
445 value added	445	14	170.00	$170.00	$756	+2.30
450–498	478	490	145.00–179.00	$162.22	$775	-3.34
477–485 value added	481	10	168.00–177.00	$172.46	$830	+5.01
500–549	526	689	140.00–179.00	$163.53	$860	+1.84
502–536 value added	526	45	147.00–167.50	$160.63	$845	-1.18
567 fancy	567	3	167.00	$167.00	$947	-2.50
558–588	572	15	140.00–145.00	$143.02	$818	-14.52
559–588 value added	576	45	143.00–166.00	$160.51	$925	+1.89
550–599	578	678	135.00–175.50	$159.44	$922	+1.90
608	608	3	145.50	$145.50	$885	-6.64
603–649	628	548	140.00–163.50	$153.67	$965	+1.53
612–642 fancy	632	9	152.00–155.00	$154.03	$973	—
624–649 value added	634	215	147.00–166.00	$160.89	$1,020	+9.72
661 value added	661	18	155.00	$155.00	$1,025	+6.32
663	663	3	139.00	$139.00	$922	-22.99
672 fancy	672	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,008	—
650–698	678	669	138.00–165.00	$153.06	$1,038	+12.53
690	690	3	121.00	$121.00	$835	-19.53
696 unweaned	696	8	135.00	$135.00	$940	—
700–749	729	434	130.00–156.00	$147.76	$1,077	-0.93
730	730	4	134.00	$134.00	$978	-14.69
703–741	733	68	157.00–173.75	$164.23	$1,204	+15.54
754–777	767	212	144.25–153.00	$148.91	$1,142	+6.31
775	775	24	169.50	$169.50	$1,314	+26.90
780 fancy	780	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,100	—
801–808	802	14	138.00–144.00	$138.43	$1,110	-2.78
864	864	25	141.00	$141.00	$1,218	+10.05
884	884	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,211	+6.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	166.00	$166.00	$407	+2.00
286	286	13	176.00	$176.00	$503	—
300–349	332	80	140.00–180.00	$161.82	$537	+1.71
350–398	374	99	140.00–175.00	$159.03	$595	-0.15
400–448	428	303	125.00–181.00	$153.38	$656	-1.69
439 unweaned	439	5	156.00	$156.00	$685	—
441 thin fleshed	441	7	175.00	$175.00	$772	—
460 thin fleshed	460	17	176.50	$176.50	$812	—
461 value added	461	6	161.00	$161.00	$742	+1.00
450–499	476	357	130.00–174.25	$155.70	$741	+3.37
500 value added	500	18	163.00	$163.00	$815	—
508–509 unweaned	508	9	141.00	$141.00	$716	+0.78
500–548	527	352	130.00–162.50	$146.98	$775	-1.47
548	548	3	140.00	$140.00	$767	-8.45
550–596	576	548	128.00–167.00	$149.04	$858	+1.37
578–586	582	9	140.00–143.00	$141.32	$822	-6.35
583 value added	583	3	154.50	$154.50	$901	+7.49
622–631 value added	622	90	145.00–147.75	$147.63	$918	+3.74
628 unweaned	628	15	125.00	$125.00	$785	—
600–648	631	399	127.00–157.50	$144.31	$911	+1.41
634 thin fleshed	634	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,014	—
642	642	5	139.00	$139.00	$892	+4.14
650–698	675	320	120.00–157.00	$142.78	$964	+0.35
704–747	722	108	128.00–145.00	$139.02	$1,004	-2.93
732 value added	732	5	143.50	$143.50	$1,050	—
752–788	772	30	132.50–145.00	$138.85	$1,072	+1.75
803–836	824	36	125.00–132.00	$128.31	$1,057	-5.19
897	897	7	128.50	$128.50	$1,153	-12.17
908	908	3	145.50	$145.50	$1,321	—
954	954	8	110.00	$110.00	$1,049	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	4	154.50	$154.50	$521	+6.24
371–397	385	10	135.00–138.00	$136.16	$524	-9.26
415–440	425	28	135.00–144.00	$140.73	$598	+2.39
458–495	481	73	130.00–145.00	$140.09	$674	+1.06
507–549	524	26	120.00–141.00	$131.61	$690	-2.91
555–591	579	32	132.00–141.00	$137.18	$794	+1.60
603–633	615	49	118.00–137.00	$131.97	$812	+1.32
670–696	675	22	131.00–134.00	$131.70	$889	+5.31
711–741	724	24	126.00–132.00	$130.09	$942	+5.04
766–772	770	12	126.00–134.00	$129.32	$996	+1.42

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	183.50	$183.50	$740	—
533	533	10	145.00	$145.00	$773	-2.00
598	598	33	162.50	$162.50	$972	+22.50
643	643	11	144.00	$144.00	$926	—
667	667	18	152.00	$152.00	$1,014	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	146.00	$146.00	$565	-1.00
477	477	6	149.00	$149.00	$711	—
520–545	537	9	132.50–135.00	$134.19	$721	-1.73
627	627	5	134.25	$134.25	$842	—
672	672	5	138.00	$138.00	$927	+0.66
712–729	719	31	130.00–138.75	$135.31	$973	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	3	160.00	$160.00	$379	—
494	494	4	125.00	$125.00	$618	-16.83
666	666	5	130.50	$130.50	$869	—
725	725	7	111.00	$111.00	$805	—
750	750	10	125.00	$125.00	$938	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1100	1092	3	120.00–123.50	$121.15	$1,323	-0.63
1050–1280	1173	6	126.00–131.00	$128.26	$1,504	—
1100–1285	1223	3	133.00–137.50	$136.15	$1,665	+7.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	8	100.00	$100.00	$399	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	6	120.00	$120.00	$871	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622–648	632	5	135.00–139.00	$137.36	$868	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	179.00	$179.00	$510	—
375–398	385	14	188.00–209.00	$196.53	$757	+15.66
408–445	433	22	165.00–181.00	$173.98	$753	+1.35
478 unweaned	478	3	176.00	$176.00	$841	—
468–497	485	37	138.00–180.00	$162.62	$789	-2.69
505–545	527	32	135.00–160.00	$152.36	$803	-5.33
550–591	561	54	128.00–167.50	$154.81	$868	+24.81
596	596	6	139.00	$139.00	$828	-7.63
608–647	631	56	132.50–152.00	$143.35	$905	-0.13
652–671	658	39	129.00–149.00	$141.71	$932	+4.04
700–736	720	26	116.00–142.00	$134.32	$967	+3.46
759	759	5	120.00	$120.00	$911	-4.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	6	167.00	$167.00	$651	-26.11
435	435	3	165.00	$165.00	$718	-9.72
456–490	464	48	140.00–196.00	$174.11	$808	+4.81
504–538	514	15	151.00–165.00	$155.59	$800	-1.56
554–594	572	38	140.00–156.00	$149.31	$854	+0.44
600–645	625	21	125.00–150.00	$140.48	$878	+1.80
682	682	3	133.00	$133.00	$907	-0.84
765–777	771	6	121.50–123.00	$122.24	$942	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	12	175.00	$175.00	$611	±0.00
414–439	422	18	152.00–162.00	$158.54	$669	+0.65
478	478	13	160.00	$160.00	$765	+8.50
551	551	10	147.00	$147.00	$810	-2.48
656–681	670	10	135.00–137.00	$136.39	$914	—
791	791	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,028	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1465	1264	80-85%	34	53.50–67.00	$60.77	$768	-15.08
835–1875	1265	80-85%	225	59.00–78.50	$70.97	$898	-4.88
1060–1720	1322	80-85%	97	69.00–85.50	$77.35	$1,023	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1090	917	85-90%	19	24.00–46.00	$38.13	$350	—
724–1330	982	85-90%	52	25.00–63.50	$49.47	$486	+2.66
850–1495	1051	85-90%	128	35.00–70.00	$60.44	$635	-6.81
800–1410	1083	85-90%	50	55.00–77.00	$67.58	$732	+0.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1895	1478	75-80%	121	64.00–78.50	$73.28	$1,083	+4.65
1240–2020	1527	75-80%	14	60.00–68.00	$63.63	$972	-12.53
1240–1885	1537	75-80%	53	71.00–86.00	$77.91	$1,197	+1.75
1515–2020	1790	75-80%	3	82.50–85.50	$83.53	$1,495	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640–1955	1769	65-75%	7	75.00–84.00	$79.52	$1,407	+5.44
2100	2100	65-75%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–2395	1542	16	64.00–92.50	$85.70	$1,321	—
1115–2220	1678	73	77.00–106.50	$95.94	$1,610	+1.90
1410–2515	1926	34	94.00–115.00	$107.77	$2,076	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1076	1048	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	77.00–102.50	$99.70	$1,045
755–1420	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	67.00–84.50	$79.16	$855

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1050	1034	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–775.00	$737.54
970–1465	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	860.00–1,225.00	$988.80
1352–1377	1366	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,444.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1145	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–875.00	$851.14
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
874–875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	710.00–925.00	$817.56
872–1320	1089	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	985.00–1,325.00	$1,074.55

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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
1260–1377	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,262.50	—

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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.