Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 30, 2022

20,288 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $180.48/cwt -2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,121/hd at 621 lb · 733 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $189.53/cwt +1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,091/hd at 576 lb · 682 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.48/cwt +0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,042/hd at 525 lb · 674 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	20,288	33,946	22,683
Feeder cattle	14,285	29,138	17,091
Slaughter cattle	3,873	4,039	2,522
Replacement cattle	2,130	769	3,070

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeders sold steady to 3.00 higher, with some spots of 5.00 to 8.00 higher on some of the tops of better quality calves or load lots of yearlings. As a whole, the supply of feeders was much lighter supply on a short holiday week. A few early week barns remained dark or had lighter offerings once mid-week arrived however, markets found support and most of the gains were evident especially those sales in the north. A few of the top sales this week included 7 loads of steers from 850-900 lbs. which sold on Tuesday at Unionville Livestock Market from 161.10-164.10. Then two days later on Thursday, at New Cambria Livestock Market a short load of 41 head of 851 lb. steers sold for 169.00. Another very impressive ticket on a load of 430 lb. steer calves at South Central Regional Stockyards on Wednesday which climbed to 215.50 when the hammer fell. Boxed beef cutouts closed higher for the week with choice at 267.26, up 1.84 and select at 250.02, up 3.52 from the previous week. Negotiated feedlot sales as of Friday afternoon totaled about 85,500 head. Live sales were reported mostly from 135.00-140.00 and dressed sales at 222.00. Monday's Missouri Stocker Formula consists of 3809 (3711) head with a weighted average weight of 540.44 (531.61) lbs and a price value of 188.49 (163.07) , 0.41 higher (0.19 higher) than last Monday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	195.00	$195.00	$532	+19.34
315–318 fancy	317	6	210.00	$210.00	$666	—
300–348	323	47	180.00–224.00	$207.24	$669	-5.59
350–398	376	78	180.00–222.50	$205.78	$774	-3.26
377–380 fancy	379	10	206.00–207.00	$206.50	$783	-4.21
414 unweaned	414	4	199.00	$199.00	$824	-4.50
400–448	425	231	185.00–225.00	$209.25	$889	+4.27
430 value added	430	68	215.50	$215.50	$927	—
422–439 fancy	431	13	200.00–207.00	$203.84	$879	—
440	440	3	189.00	$189.00	$832	+36.50
462–489 fancy	472	36	205.00–212.00	$208.52	$984	—
474–495 thin fleshed	476	10	205.00	$205.00	$976	+0.50
450–497	477	326	182.00–223.50	$203.94	$973	+2.68
470–485 unweaned	483	15	190.50–191.00	$190.56	$920	-6.30
490 value added	490	42	203.00–203.50	$203.14	$995	-3.38
490–499	495	7	191.50–193.00	$192.14	$951	-9.12
502 value added	502	9	205.00	$205.00	$1,029	—
505–543 fancy	519	79	193.00–207.00	$198.57	$1,031	—
522 thin fleshed	522	11	199.50	$199.50	$1,041	-7.50
500–549	525	539	177.50–216.00	$198.98	$1,045	+0.59
500–549 unweaned	542	30	191.00	$191.00	$1,035	+0.72
545	545	6	178.00	$178.00	$970	-3.50
550–597	575	613	170.00–210.00	$189.67	$1,091	+0.45
557–589 unweaned	581	23	183.50–186.25	$185.35	$1,077	+5.35
582–589 fancy	585	46	189.00–195.00	$189.78	$1,110	—
600–635 unweaned	612	36	163.00–179.00	$173.35	$1,061	-5.41
600–645	621	645	160.00–198.00	$180.82	$1,123	-1.84
606–643 fancy	632	52	170.00–185.00	$181.19	$1,145	-3.81
657 fancy	657	23	174.00	$174.00	$1,143	—
650–698	676	342	150.00–182.50	$171.74	$1,161	-3.63
677	677	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,049	-20.37
711 value added	711	12	157.00	$157.00	$1,116	-9.20
700–748	721	132	140.00–176.75	$167.69	$1,209	+4.51
726 fancy	726	11	157.00	$157.00	$1,140	—
750–798	762	113	144.00–165.50	$159.05	$1,212	+8.05
798	798	7	146.75	$146.75	$1,171	-12.38
800–833	816	54	139.00–162.00	$151.79	$1,239	-2.77
816–833	821	19	140.75–146.75	$144.83	$1,189	-9.73
851–899	881	581	140.00–169.00	$160.87	$1,417	+4.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	329	19	192.50–210.00	$199.56	$657	+4.19
354 value added	354	4	209.00	$209.00	$740	—
355–395	385	60	175.00–215.00	$190.16	$732	-6.44
400–445	426	116	170.00–210.00	$190.03	$810	+2.24
460 unweaned	460	6	177.00	$177.00	$814	-9.39
450–497	479	227	168.00–209.00	$188.68	$904	+3.49
514 value added	514	4	183.50	$183.50	$943	—
500–548	527	234	139.00–204.00	$176.77	$932	-3.63
532 unweaned	532	3	182.00	$182.00	$968	—
550 thin fleshed	550	17	186.50	$186.50	$1,026	—
550–598	576	161	154.00–188.00	$168.43	$970	-6.45
603–640 unweaned	615	6	157.00–161.50	$159.94	$984	—
600–649	620	184	137.00–181.00	$162.51	$1,008	-3.59
632 value added	632	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,150	—
653 unweaned	653	6	150.00	$150.00	$980	—
663	663	8	147.50	$147.50	$978	-14.68
650–697	674	152	130.00–178.00	$160.62	$1,083	+10.62
700–749	731	108	139.00–162.50	$150.37	$1,099	+1.01
753–797	779	26	140.00–152.00	$145.69	$1,135	-6.18
825	825	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,180	-0.85
871	871	9	142.50	$142.50	$1,241	+0.13
915	915	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,144	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	7	175.00	$175.00	$676	-2.69
424–437	430	7	165.00–174.00	$168.92	$726	-1.91
450–487	475	17	150.00–175.00	$168.27	$799	-0.65
500–541	530	35	140.00–164.50	$158.64	$841	-6.86
553–595	569	22	136.00–157.50	$149.51	$851	-13.80
650–655	654	12	130.00–147.00	$144.59	$946	-5.62
778–782	781	12	144.75–148.00	$145.56	$1,137	+9.06
902–924	920	22	133.75–140.00	$134.86	$1,241	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–593	574	13	162.50–176.50	$168.37	$966	+6.37
604–626	616	21	157.00–166.00	$161.08	$992	—
660–697	684	17	140.00–146.00	$144.69	$990	-23.31
706	706	4	139.00	$139.00	$981	—
809–819	817	29	138.00–143.00	$142.15	$1,161	-17.85
1031	1031	9	125.00	$125.00	$1,289	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	182.50	$182.50	$602	-1.80
435	435	4	179.00	$179.00	$779	—
455–488	465	19	170.00–179.00	$176.02	$818	+4.22
567–597	582	6	140.00–142.00	$140.97	$820	-34.03
600	600	3	140.00	$140.00	$840	-18.00
680	680	3	135.00	$135.00	$918	—
867	867	6	132.50	$132.50	$1,149	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	195.00	$195.00	$838	—
498	498	3	176.00	$176.00	$876	—
503–528	520	9	150.00–189.50	$176.76	$919	—
570	570	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,012	+5.33
605	605	3	145.00	$145.00	$877	-31.50
638 unweaned	638	18	175.00	$175.00	$1,116	—
710	710	3	135.00	$135.00	$958	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	4	192.00	$192.00	$856	-8.00
529–534	531	13	168.00–189.50	$179.53	$953	-6.47
560–563	562	21	153.00–185.50	$179.34	$1,008	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	10	126.00	$126.00	$554	-30.00
550–582	573	18	121.00–144.50	$138.24	$792	-14.51

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1398	1340	7	130.00–132.00	$130.74	$1,752	—
1295–1472	1381	7	144.00–146.00	$145.02	$2,003	+1.55

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	6	134.00	$134.00	$797	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–348	329	51	165.00–199.00	$186.32	$613	+9.91
351–396	376	100	152.00–189.50	$175.02	$658	-0.43
395 value added	395	34	181.50	$181.50	$717	+11.50
400–446	423	288	157.00–195.00	$178.81	$756	+5.77
466 unweaned	466	8	172.00	$172.00	$802	—
451–498	474	470	152.00–185.00	$170.95	$810	+1.24
477–494 fancy	481	35	170.00–175.00	$171.83	$827	—
510 thin fleshed	510	7	175.00	$175.00	$892	—
500–530	518	5	160.00–164.00	$161.54	$837	-5.82
500–549	524	558	150.00–184.00	$168.65	$884	+1.29
513–549 fancy	532	60	168.00–175.00	$172.46	$917	+13.46
534 unweaned	534	27	151.00–163.50	$155.17	$829	-0.83
550–579 unweaned	564	19	154.50–161.50	$157.05	$886	+7.45
565	565	4	152.00	$152.00	$859	-7.22
550–598	574	629	145.00–180.00	$164.37	$943	+5.15
613–630 fancy	617	4	157.00	$157.00	$969	—
620 unweaned	620	5	149.50	$149.50	$927	—
600–649	625	417	142.00–175.50	$162.30	$1,014	+5.48
650–696	662	238	139.00–169.00	$159.28	$1,054	+1.53
663	663	5	133.00	$133.00	$882	-24.75
667 unweaned	667	15	145.25	$145.25	$969	—
705–742	714	153	132.00–163.25	$154.99	$1,107	+10.49
759–767	764	220	151.50–157.75	$153.47	$1,173	+9.04
773–784	779	24	142.75–144.25	$143.63	$1,119	-0.80
811–825	813	18	131.00–148.10	$145.21	$1,181	+6.29
855–879	861	24	131.50–136.00	$134.85	$1,161	-1.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	5	184.00	$184.00	$478	+15.69
310–348	328	25	140.00–180.00	$162.02	$531	+0.19
350–395	375	94	134.00–186.00	$164.61	$617	-2.24
412–427 thin fleshed	422	14	177.00–180.00	$178.51	$753	—
400–448	430	161	145.00–177.00	$163.93	$705	+1.39
464 value added	464	5	181.00	$181.00	$840	—
450–498	481	256	132.00–180.00	$159.15	$766	+2.47
500 thin fleshed	500	17	167.50	$167.50	$838	—
500–547	524	247	134.00–175.00	$154.52	$810	-0.61
550–596	576	260	125.00–164.00	$148.32	$854	-0.47
604 value added	604	9	154.75	$154.75	$935	—
600–648	628	206	122.00–162.00	$145.94	$917	+0.79
659	659	4	135.00	$135.00	$890	-6.30
663 value added	663	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,048	—
652–699	680	126	125.00–151.00	$144.29	$981	+2.99
703–729	722	57	124.00–144.50	$136.74	$987	-12.22
767–797	777	30	123.00–144.50	$136.73	$1,062	-5.52
800–840	831	9	123.00–127.00	$126.14	$1,048	-4.28
943	943	8	123.50	$123.50	$1,165	-2.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	341	6	120.00–129.00	$125.58	$428	-23.63
381–395	387	9	125.00–148.00	$144.37	$559	-3.24
405–435	416	9	113.00–158.00	$139.11	$579	-8.04
450–495	470	15	111.00–156.00	$137.83	$648	-4.40
500–545	531	16	113.00–150.75	$137.80	$732	-0.99
570–582	577	9	135.00–145.00	$140.87	$813	-0.27
602–639	630	32	125.00–144.50	$141.11	$889	+9.34
652–685	670	9	100.00–137.00	$124.32	$833	-10.51
755–760	758	8	120.00–130.50	$126.55	$959	-0.10
854	854	7	123.50	$123.50	$1,055	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	6	154.00	$154.00	$728	±0.00
536–542	538	10	146.00–150.00	$148.39	$798	+6.89
654	654	7	128.00	$128.00	$837	—
719	719	27	132.50	$132.50	$953	+2.00
928	928	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,114	-2.50
1076	1076	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,237	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	5	172.50	$172.50	$547	+9.01
437	437	3	147.50	$147.50	$645	—
490–495	493	8	149.00–159.50	$154.28	$761	+4.84
580	580	6	140.00	$140.00	$812	-6.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058–1185	1122	6	131.00–132.00	$131.47	$1,475	—
1407–1422	1413	8	149.00–150.00	$149.62	$2,114	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	11	179.75	$179.75	$863	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551–575	558	10	130.00–140.00	$133.09	$743	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	7	148.00	$148.00	$728	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	4	86.00	$86.00	$538	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	327	5	165.00–195.00	$177.66	$581	-16.58
362–393	378	6	170.00–200.00	$184.38	$697	+9.13
405–445	435	23	140.00–185.00	$165.85	$721	-8.09
450–497	475	56	160.00–187.00	$172.14	$818	+6.89
502–544	523	47	156.00–172.00	$163.43	$855	+4.15
555–585	573	18	142.00–165.00	$153.24	$878	-2.50
606–646	628	27	127.50–164.00	$146.92	$923	+11.92
650–690	671	34	120.00–156.50	$138.78	$931	+1.64
720–723	722	10	142.50–143.00	$142.85	$1,031	+7.89
755–770	766	7	123.00–147.50	$138.25	$1,059	+1.67
908–940	916	10	112.00–118.00	$114.03	$1,045	-2.78
970	970	4	116.00	$116.00	$1,125	-8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	177.00	$177.00	$699	-3.26
445	445	3	177.00	$177.00	$788	+2.38
462–498	478	32	148.00–182.00	$167.86	$802	+6.83
501–533	514	34	165.00–184.00	$170.74	$878	+8.93
577	577	3	164.00	$164.00	$946	+13.52
608–620	617	19	154.00–162.00	$154.83	$955	+4.99
695	695	3	131.00	$131.00	$910	-4.14
865	865	3	102.00	$102.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	9	168.50	$168.50	$824	+7.01
571–578	573	9	144.00–154.50	$150.97	$865	+8.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1400	1273	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	1,600.00–2,800.00	$2,227.88	—
1400–1600	1467	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,027.27	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1300	1228	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,420.67	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	140.00	$140.00	$648	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1365	1193	80-85%	85	60.00–78.00	$68.77	$820	-9.57
915–1580	1206	80-85%	797	69.50–87.00	$78.58	$948	+9.53
1035–1490	1220	80-85%	319	77.00–98.00	$84.10	$1,026	-0.48

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1050	871	85-90%	48	26.00–55.00	$41.25	$359	-2.12
740–1285	952	85-90%	204	43.00–67.00	$56.85	$541	—
745–1325	1036	85-90%	481	55.00–77.00	$68.89	$714	+0.69
910–1225	1078	85-90%	121	70.00–94.00	$78.44	$846	+1.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2080	1415	75-80%	369	71.00–88.50	$80.62	$1,141	-0.52
1245–1585	1425	75-80%	34	68.00–79.50	$71.75	$1,022	-0.82
1220–1775	1453	75-80%	170	77.00–100.00	$86.84	$1,262	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1710	1654	65-75%	5	82.50–87.00	$84.50	$1,398	—
1550–1750	1676	65-75%	8	90.00–101.50	$95.32	$1,598	+1.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–2365	1496	56	71.00–101.00	$91.79	$1,373	—
1095–2445	1663	125	89.00–116.00	$104.06	$1,731	—
1305–2245	1820	62	103.00–137.50	$116.80	$2,126	+0.39

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1090	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	76.00–89.50	$84.35	$811
737–1225	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	37	89.00–128.00	$98.78	$968
825–1635	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	80.00–108.00	$91.76	$975

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
766	766	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	85.00	$85.00	$651
720–945	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	51.00–69.00	$60.03	$511

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1030	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	73.00–107.50	$87.15	$759

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
995–1205	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	970.00–1,030.00	$1,012.47
940–1550	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	259	875.00–1,360.00	$1,136.02
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00
1224	1224	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1065–1600	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	137	1,225.00–1,575.00	$1,376.43
1293	1293	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1050	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,225.00–1,285.00	$1,255.36
1000–1230	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,134.35
1035–1205	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,200.00–1,310.00	$1,253.98
1010–1390	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	134	1,050.00–1,500.00	$1,328.35
1295–1435	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,360.00–1,375.00	$1,367.88
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042	1042	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00
995–1190	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	750.00–1,000.00	$882.66
1138–1218	1152	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	935.00–1,025.00	$966.55
942–1319	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	925.00–1,210.00	$1,105.00
1270–1395	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,035.00–1,225.00	$1,106.76

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–890	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	735.00–860.00	$800.44
895–1075	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	550.00–900.00	$715.79
860–1210	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	64	800.00–925.00	$880.74
968–1120	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–1,000.00	$929.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
934–1083	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	950.00–1,125.00	$1,012.93
1090	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–900	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	400.00–425.00	$408.93

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1000	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–825.00	$730.81
775–925	868	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,025.00	$936.42
915–1095	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	775.00–900.00	$829.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–810	793	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	575.00–725.00	$667.02

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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
870–940	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,313.04	—
910–1040	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,164.52	—
910–1090	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,452.78	—
910–1250	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	97	950.00–1,500.00	$1,234.79	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+47.50
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1052	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,600.00	—
1050–1150	1091	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	1,360.00–2,125.00	$1,949.58	—
1000–1420	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	90	1,525.00–2,000.00	$1,748.83	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1155	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,236.11	+386.11

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–920	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	900.00–1,125.00	$975.00	—
820–1030	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–1,150.00	$1,110.00	+63.12

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680–720	701	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,693.75	—
705–720 thin fleshed	711	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	800.00–950.00	$864.29	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–875	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,683.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1043	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,378.57	—

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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.