Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 11, 2022

45,377 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $180.75/cwt +4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,309/hd at 724 lb · 1,573 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $196.36/cwt -2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,230/hd at 626 lb · 1,514 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $170.12/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,420/hd at 835 lb · 1,389 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	45,377	13,296	28,789
Feeder cattle	37,897	10,886	24,784
Slaughter cattle	6,192	1,938	2,943
Replacement cattle	1,288	472	1,062

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold mostly 5.00 higher. Looking only at numbers on paper that might not appear the case, but one has to remember last week was a holiday shorten week with only a few special sales with very high quality and large drafts of cattle. Given that most reporters had to look back two weeks ago to make comparisons and trends were several dollars higher as they had to play catch up with gains over two week. A couple of market highlights from this week included 120 head of 848 lb. steers which sold for 185.00 on Monday at Callaway Livestock Center. Another noteworthy sale was 221 head of 739 lb. steers which sold for 193.10 at Kingsville Livestock Market on Tuesday. The Supply of feeders was moderate to heavy, not only was there a week of missed sales to catch up with dry conditions in the southern half of the state are really starting to take a toll and bringing several calves to town that otherwise would still be at home. The dryness is also brining very large numbers of cows to town as many producers are being forced to reduce herd size as there just isn't enough grass to maintain inventory levels and feeding this early in the year isn't feasible given lower hay production as well. The cull cow market has been very strong for several months which made these decisions at least a bit less painful, however supplies of cull cows from neighboring states like OK and TX have led to an oversupply and the market took a big hit mid- week and fell 10.00-12.00 at most auctions. Wednesday's Cow and Bull sale at Ozark's Regional Stockyards was the largest that barn has ever seen on a cow day and all barns throughout that region have been seeing larger than normal runs of cows over the last month. Reports also came in of some farmers in SW MO giving up on the corn crop and deciding to start chopping although though there is very little in the way of any ears, there is still feed value currently as silage. Conditions are quite different however as once gets to the far northern third of the state where rains have been much more timely, especially since the beginning of the month. Making the difference in pastures and crops from the south to the north drastically different. Negotiated feedlot sales as of Friday were right at 80K head for the week. Live sales in the south were reported at mostly 137.00, in the north sales were from 140.00-145.00 and dressed sales in the north mostly 228.00-230.00. Boxed beef cutouts closed on Friday with choice at 268.91, up 1.02 and select at 241.79, down 0.06 from last Friday. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 7910 head with a weighted average of 553.55 lbs. and a price value of 193.71, 1.03 lower than a week ago. The steer/heifer spread is 26.24.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	275	4	190.00–205.00	$201.05	$553	—
300–348	324	41	175.00–245.00	$201.10	$652	-27.52
330–335 fancy	333	10	210.00–217.00	$213.53	$711	—
350–399	376	151	177.00–239.00	$217.48	$818	-2.52
370–388 fancy	376	38	205.00–218.00	$217.02	$816	—
413–416 thin fleshed	415	8	216.00–238.00	$229.79	$954	—
400–448 fancy	422	47	202.00–217.00	$211.80	$894	—
400–449	427	273	175.00–232.50	$206.63	$882	-13.34
456–460 thin fleshed	458	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,053	—
450–499	480	543	170.00–227.50	$204.40	$981	-7.10
491 fancy	491	3	200.00	$200.00	$982	—
512 unweaned	512	12	187.50	$187.50	$960	—
505–535 value added	515	62	191.00–216.00	$204.93	$1,055	—
500–549	529	940	170.00–222.75	$204.45	$1,082	-4.89
507–543 fancy	536	106	187.00–218.00	$207.80	$1,114	—
564–581 fancy	573	22	197.00–209.00	$203.41	$1,166	—
550–599	575	1,298	172.00–218.75	$201.75	$1,160	-1.24
575	575	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,098	-11.99
600–646 fancy	607	124	183.00–201.00	$196.19	$1,191	—
612–644 value added	626	78	186.00–202.00	$195.21	$1,222	—
600–649	628	1,298	150.00–210.00	$196.59	$1,235	-1.97
646 unweaned	646	14	182.50	$182.50	$1,179	—
655–661 thin fleshed	656	36	202.00–210.00	$208.43	$1,367	—
650–686 value added	670	32	188.00–196.00	$191.25	$1,281	—
675	675	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,188	-12.48
650–698	676	865	147.50–200.00	$185.39	$1,253	-3.09
680 unweaned	680	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,115	—
708 unweaned	708	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,147	—
721 value added	721	11	183.25	$183.25	$1,321	—
700–749	724	1,558	151.00–193.50	$180.78	$1,309	+4.04
757 value added	757	15	172.00	$172.00	$1,302	—
765 thin fleshed	765	74	183.85	$183.85	$1,406	—
765	765	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,270	-1.97
750–797	772	747	151.50–178.75	$169.67	$1,310	+1.70
813 unweaned	813	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,138	—
834	834	9	153.50	$153.50	$1,280	-14.34
800–849	835	1,375	163.00–185.00	$170.34	$1,422	+2.50
852–888	865	278	154.00–180.50	$171.15	$1,480	+3.80
923 value added	923	59	161.75	$161.75	$1,493	—
931–943	941	68	148.00–155.25	$154.30	$1,452	-10.93
960	960	4	138.50	$138.50	$1,330	—
1044	1044	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,378	—
1088	1088	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	167.00	$167.00	$484	—
305–346	325	47	161.00–227.00	$190.63	$620	-0.31
350–398	376	107	166.00–214.00	$194.68	$732	-10.94
400–447	430	298	152.00–215.00	$189.39	$814	+3.29
435 value added	435	13	210.00	$210.00	$914	—
450–498	475	504	146.00–209.00	$186.45	$886	+2.89
488 value added	488	20	201.00	$201.00	$981	—
500–548	524	622	150.00–210.00	$183.91	$964	-2.59
561 value added	561	27	187.50	$187.50	$1,052	—
572 thin fleshed	572	3	199.00	$199.00	$1,138	—
550–599	577	916	150.00–204.50	$179.23	$1,034	-2.35
610–627 unweaned	620	7	160.00–168.00	$163.37	$1,013	—
624 value added	624	8	169.00	$169.00	$1,055	—
600–649	625	648	135.00–199.75	$177.50	$1,109	+9.80
647	647	5	161.00	$161.00	$1,042	-6.70
650	650	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,040	-6.96
653 unweaned	653	5	164.50	$164.50	$1,074	—
650–699	677	830	145.00–188.00	$170.64	$1,155	+3.68
700–748	729	214	143.00–179.50	$164.52	$1,199	-12.48
746 value added	746	8	169.50	$169.50	$1,264	—
765 unweaned	765	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,148	—
752–795	777	379	130.00–173.25	$157.79	$1,226	-3.00
801–849	834	74	146.00–161.00	$157.59	$1,314	-1.33
860–895	880	117	144.00–161.50	$155.69	$1,370	-14.31
909–928	921	154	150.00–168.50	$158.37	$1,459	+22.87
992–999	996	51	144.50–146.00	$145.68	$1,451	—
1006	1006	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,308	—
1052	1052	25	140.00	$140.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–339	324	15	162.50–177.50	$172.62	$559	-1.72
370–395	382	20	160.00–190.00	$173.82	$664	+3.82
400–445	419	60	140.00–187.50	$171.71	$719	+1.76
450–497	474	160	150.00–180.00	$170.24	$807	+9.64
500–547	528	120	130.00–179.25	$163.94	$866	-3.31
550–596	574	112	140.00–170.00	$159.96	$918	+7.83
600–648	625	128	128.00–176.50	$157.99	$987	+7.28
652–698	679	81	129.00–162.50	$152.98	$1,039	-7.02
700–745	721	23	140.00–150.00	$144.25	$1,040	+6.48
754–792	781	43	142.00–158.00	$147.34	$1,151	—
871	871	17	142.00	$142.00	$1,237	—
1074–1092	1088	23	110.00–122.00	$119.43	$1,299	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	180.00	$180.00	$612	—
359	359	5	188.00	$188.00	$675	+5.00
428–438	435	9	160.00–161.00	$160.33	$697	—
438 value added	438	3	194.00	$194.00	$850	—
474–485	479	11	170.00–184.00	$177.56	$851	+2.56
502–538	521	63	164.00–175.00	$167.42	$872	+0.06
561–581	566	25	152.00–159.00	$157.27	$890	-7.67
607	607	3	150.00	$150.00	$910	—
651–657	656	75	165.00–176.00	$166.89	$1,095	—
738–749	745	9	160.00–165.00	$161.65	$1,204	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–486	471	11	155.00–214.00	$186.31	$878	—
552–596	582	50	151.00–193.00	$169.44	$986	-9.06
626	626	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,096	—
650–672	662	31	150.00–160.00	$153.98	$1,019	—
741	741	16	153.00	$153.00	$1,134	—
779	779	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,168	-28.00
839–844	842	12	145.00–146.00	$145.58	$1,226	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–497	484	32	155.00–165.00	$164.06	$794	—
536	536	4	152.00	$152.00	$815	—
566–595	582	20	146.00–157.00	$149.42	$870	—
658–699	685	21	130.00–141.00	$137.48	$942	—
741–745	743	7	125.00–135.00	$130.70	$971	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582–590	586	22	187.50–199.00	$193.21	$1,132	—
605	605	2	181.50	$181.50	$1,098	—
799	799	55	158.00	$158.00	$1,262	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1240	1170	6	139.00–145.00	$142.22	$1,664	—
1111–1455	1279	54	142.00–151.00	$146.76	$1,877	—
1160–1417	1348	18	136.00–141.50	$137.94	$1,859	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	9	194.00	$194.00	$902	—
551–577	565	13	170.00–182.00	$175.40	$991	—
663	663	10	174.00	$174.00	$1,154	—
796	796	8	163.00	$163.00	$1,297	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
796	796	11	141.75	$141.75	$1,128	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613–617	615	8	120.00–125.00	$123.12	$757	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	4	170.00	$170.00	$503	—
300–345	327	46	158.00–206.00	$180.71	$591	-6.87
350–397	380	111	141.00–208.00	$185.92	$706	-5.63
382 fancy	382	8	185.00	$185.00	$707	—
400–448	424	491	146.00–216.00	$180.80	$767	-4.26
428	428	4	189.00	$189.00	$809	+3.94
442–445 value added	443	15	178.00–198.00	$191.30	$847	—
455–496 fancy	473	18	186.00–190.00	$187.33	$886	—
450–499	475	772	145.00–199.00	$179.87	$854	+16.12
515 fancy	515	11	185.00	$185.00	$953	—
518 thin fleshed	518	19	191.50	$191.50	$992	-3.50
500–549	527	1,115	143.00–194.50	$172.18	$907	-10.21
530–533 value added	532	37	185.00–189.50	$188.53	$1,003	—
533 unweaned	533	4	148.50	$148.50	$792	—
555 thin fleshed	555	14	191.00	$191.00	$1,060	—
550–599	569	1,203	143.00–187.50	$171.18	$974	-13.81
566–582 unweaned	573	11	162.00–163.00	$162.54	$931	—
580 fancy	580	3	169.00	$169.00	$980	—
573–591	584	8	162.00–165.50	$164.21	$959	-20.78
598 value added	598	8	168.00	$168.00	$1,005	—
613 fancy	613	9	168.00	$168.00	$1,030	—
600–647	622	870	141.00–186.00	$166.33	$1,035	-12.27
627–636 unweaned	629	16	142.50–151.00	$144.11	$906	—
647 value added	647	17	170.50	$170.50	$1,103	—
650–699	675	1,174	140.00–181.00	$165.69	$1,118	-3.24
705 unweaned	705	6	140.00	$140.00	$987	—
700–745	720	426	145.00–167.00	$160.95	$1,159	-0.22
765	765	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,247	+10.37
750–798	768	207	150.00–159.00	$156.43	$1,201	+3.80
802–841	811	141	136.00–154.00	$152.55	$1,237	+7.63
874	874	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	259	7	181.00–207.50	$192.86	$500	—
301–345	325	87	145.00–193.00	$170.34	$554	+15.69
350–398	379	161	144.00–197.00	$165.83	$628	-5.07
400–449	425	254	142.50–190.00	$166.11	$706	+5.44
450–499	475	572	126.00–185.00	$161.29	$766	+2.78
466–497 thin fleshed	476	9	185.00–198.00	$193.48	$921	—
491 unweaned	491	3	144.00	$144.00	$707	—
501–525 thin fleshed	509	9	188.00–190.00	$189.31	$964	+5.06
510	510	3	159.00	$159.00	$811	+6.87
501–524 unweaned	514	13	145.00–153.00	$151.20	$777	—
500–549	527	618	139.00–181.00	$160.29	$845	+8.16
527 value added	527	5	165.00	$165.00	$870	—
564–569 thin fleshed	568	33	185.75–189.00	$188.12	$1,069	—
550–599	575	796	130.00–181.00	$156.84	$902	-2.81
579–597 unweaned	587	12	147.00–159.00	$153.91	$903	—
600 thin fleshed	600	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,092	—
610	610	3	142.00	$142.00	$866	-5.98
600–649	625	646	130.00–180.00	$156.80	$980	+3.38
650 thin fleshed	650	10	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	—
650–666	660	8	146.00–154.00	$151.05	$997	-2.81
650–698	678	556	125.00–173.75	$155.00	$1,051	+1.14
694 value added	694	13	164.50	$164.50	$1,142	—
700–740	712	95	120.00–160.00	$148.73	$1,059	+6.03
716 unweaned	716	4	138.00	$138.00	$988	—
750–783	771	153	130.00–151.25	$148.59	$1,146	+4.39
800–829	826	218	135.75–162.00	$143.40	$1,184	—
861–872	870	37	133.75–139.00	$137.65	$1,198	+11.64
927	927	6	119.00	$119.00	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	328	28	135.00–150.00	$144.56	$474	+5.56
355–390	373	27	140.00–158.00	$149.95	$559	+19.80
400–445	423	70	130.00–175.00	$149.60	$633	+25.78
450–496	475	105	120.00–160.00	$145.12	$689	+14.49
494 thin fleshed	494	4	175.00	$175.00	$864	—
500–545	525	66	123.00–157.50	$142.85	$750	-0.10
553–595	578	66	125.00–150.50	$139.22	$805	+4.22
601–645	611	45	130.00–150.00	$139.49	$852	-0.31
656–693	679	54	120.00–150.00	$139.68	$948	—
734	734	4	120.00	$120.00	$881	-5.00
847	847	11	129.00	$129.00	$1,093	—
912	912	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,094	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	172.00	$172.00	$753	-5.00
514–522	518	13	152.00–155.00	$153.55	$795	-10.95
554–581	563	16	140.00–153.00	$147.51	$830	-5.80
657–661	661	34	144.00–150.00	$149.47	$988	—
776	776	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,071	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	168.00	$168.00	$596	—
410–430	420	16	150.00–155.00	$153.11	$643	-5.67
474–495	485	17	152.50–156.00	$154.75	$751	—
486 value added	486	5	165.00	$165.00	$802	—
521	521	5	145.00	$145.00	$755	—
557	557	23	146.00–151.00	$150.35	$837	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	10	166.00	$166.00	$740	—
581	581	6	161.00	$161.00	$935	—
760	760	22	150.00	$150.00	$1,140	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090 value added	1090	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,700	—
1045–1390	1237	8	139.00–145.00	$140.77	$1,741	-3.38
1275–1308	1301	5	140.00–140.50	$140.40	$1,827	—
1152–1495	1319	18	142.00–150.00	$145.51	$1,919	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	182.00	$182.00	$859	—
575 unweaned	575	10	140.00	$140.00	$805	—
631	631	5	156.00	$156.00	$984	—
658	658	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,033	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	8	122.00	$122.00	$537	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	337	21	173.00–200.00	$185.42	$625	+13.42
350–395	369	45	140.00–212.00	$188.20	$694	+18.03
400–448	415	74	150.00–204.00	$168.26	$698	-1.43
450–497	473	98	135.00–187.00	$168.24	$796	+12.26
513 unweaned	513	6	187.00	$187.00	$959	—
500–548	530	94	140.00–175.00	$160.76	$852	+2.76
552–598	578	71	136.00–170.00	$150.32	$869	-9.16
601–649	622	90	130.00–162.50	$150.93	$939	+5.97
661–698	685	27	129.00–155.00	$139.25	$954	+4.37
700–748	723	52	129.00–142.50	$138.01	$998	-1.15
780–798	791	5	125.00–131.00	$127.37	$1,007	-8.86
803–823	811	12	116.50–134.00	$127.83	$1,037	+6.31
916	916	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,191	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	6	227.50	$227.50	$605	—
350–397	377	17	175.00–204.00	$190.85	$720	—
377	377	3	158.00	$158.00	$596	—
420 fancy	420	3	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
414–443	428	24	153.00–209.00	$183.76	$786	—
450–498	482	21	149.00–185.50	$165.42	$797	-2.22
510–540	521	35	146.00–177.00	$163.27	$851	-8.78
553–595	572	14	140.00–162.00	$150.61	$861	-11.25
600–638	617	24	130.00–180.00	$150.93	$931	-4.07
650–690	669	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,070	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–395	384	6	140.00–160.00	$154.88	$595	—
400	400	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$602	—
461–495	471	35	141.00–160.00	$154.20	$726	—
520–523	522	6	135.00–140.00	$136.66	$713	—
557–585	573	21	125.00–155.00	$145.77	$835	—
602–648	636	12	135.00–155.00	$144.51	$919	—
665–699	686	8	132.50–137.00	$134.14	$920	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	142.50	$142.50	$527	—
490	490	3	135.00	$135.00	$662	—
550–570	561	20	143.00–145.00	$144.00	$808	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	174.00	$174.00	$654	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1990	1990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1295	898	85-90%	55	25.00–69.50	$45.47	$408	—
725–1335	977	85-90%	499	45.00–77.00	$58.53	$572	-3.68
860–1360	1069	85-90%	192	67.00–96.00	$76.46	$817	-9.44
705–1300	1087	85-90%	1,086	50.00–85.00	$69.44	$755	-16.46

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1620	1201	80-85%	310	55.00–84.00	$71.30	$856	—
745–1605	1209	80-85%	810	62.50–92.50	$77.21	$933	—
900–1710	1216	80-85%	172	74.50–107.00	$85.42	$1,039	—
1245–1625	1435	80-85%	2	66.00–73.00	$69.04	$991	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1680	1412	75-80%	152	60.00–86.00	$71.35	$1,007	—
1000–1785	1420	75-80%	409	70.00–93.00	$80.18	$1,139	—
880–1915	1449	75-80%	158	75.00–107.50	$88.02	$1,275	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585–1725	1669	65-75%	5	83.00–87.50	$85.10	$1,420	—
1645–1710	1678	65-75%	2	80.00–82.00	$80.98	$1,359	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	4	97.00	$97.00	$1,057	—
1205–2155	1535	61	80.00–101.00	$93.59	$1,437	—
1025–2470	1627	177	80.00–118.00	$106.00	$1,725	-5.67
1350–2595	1840	78	107.00–129.00	$115.99	$2,134	-9.46

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1082	884	(<2 yrs)	Open	48	103.00–139.00	$127.54	$1,127
700–1365	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	76	80.00–129.00	$104.12	$999
800–1350	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	53	70.00–122.00	$88.95	$878

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–805	737	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	117.50–133.00	$125.65	$926
728–1030	862	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	79.00–106.00	$85.31	$735

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
812–981	897	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	80.00–87.50	$84.10	$754
950–1170	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	54.00–79.00	$73.46	$814

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1315	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	56.00–79.00	$65.01	$605

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1005	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	600.00–975.00	$848.76
948–1145	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	650.00–875.00	$718.10
895–1345	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	100	750.00–1,250.00	$1,017.79
1053–1206	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,185.00–1,475.00	$1,353.17
1016–1281	1186	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	950.00–1,350.00	$1,111.20
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1226–1338	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	1,475.00–1,700.00	$1,606.87
1309–1365	1322	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,210.00–1,335.00	$1,279.38
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1120	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–750.00	$730.33
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1114	1114	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	975.00	$975.00
1185–1190	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$862.58
1215–1270	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,010.00	$1,010.00
1025–1340	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	850.00–1,400.00	$1,168.44

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
890–930	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–900.00	$777.75
768–1015	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	30	600.00–950.00	$786.47

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–953	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	700.00–900.00	$850.99
935–1070	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	950.00–1,000.00	$981.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230–1460	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,294.78
1355–1380	1371	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,852.80

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1605	1605	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1200	1064	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,375.00–1,525.00	$1,492.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00
765–1240	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	760.00–1,300.00	$1,068.63

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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 fancy	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1020–1085	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,307.14	—
1000–1270	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	58	1,000.00–2,200.00	$1,520.17	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1227–1340	1264	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,117.00	—
1333–1370	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,170.00	—
1343–1605	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,383.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1341	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,525.00–1,685.00	$1,613.89	—
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,710.00	$1,710.00	—
1535	1535	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1568	1568	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1050	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	900.00–1,125.00	$1,060.94	—
1088	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00	-201.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	4	71.00	$71.00	$283	—
412	412	4	105.00	$105.00	$433	—
477–498	484	18	66.00–116.00	$106.75	$517	—
524–549	536	33	100.00–121.00	$114.20	$612	—
566	566	4	112.00	$112.00	$634	—
600–641	616	72	85.00–129.50	$112.98	$696	—
654	654	7	114.00	$114.00	$746	—
753–794	769	63	123.50–128.00	$126.69	$974	—
800–843	809	36	108.00–124.50	$120.65	$976	—
971	971	54	119.85	$119.85	$1,164	—

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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.