Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 5, 2022

14,672 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $184.37/cwt +4.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,229/hd at 667 lb · 643 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $197.17/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,316/hd at 668 lb · 530 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.51/cwt +1.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 574 lb · 492 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,672	22,140	15,732
Feeder cattle	12,133	17,505	13,352
Slaughter cattle	2,100	2,787	1,841
Replacement cattle	439	1,848	539

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold mostly steady. The supply was light as several barns remained dark for the holiday shortened week. Much cooler nights are hinting at the coming of fall and buyers are becoming less interested in high risk calves that lack good health programs. There was several load lots and partial loads that sold this week, mostly in the north. Green City held a special sale Wednesday with over 3k head offered. A full load of 864 lb. steers sold at 185.35. On the other end of the weight scale a part load of 535 steer calves sold at New Cambria Livestock Market on Thursday averaging 535 lbs. and sold at 224.75. Interestingly enough there has been an uptick in demand for replacement cows noted over the last couple of weeks. Following the long dry summer and huge sales offs, rains have resulted in grass greening up and growing again and there are several farmers looking for cows now. Boxed beef cutouts were lower for the week. Choice closed on Friday at 257.26, down 2.16 and select at 234.73, down 3.85. As of the Friday afternoon report negotiated feedlot volume was reported just under 79k head, with live sales 141.00-145.00 and dressed sales at 226.00-229.00. The Missouri Stocker Formula Consists of 2126 head with a weighted average weight of 541.92 lbs. and a price value of 204.01, 2.48 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
310–340	334	15	213.00–234.00	$217.84	$728	-10.02
350–399	373	27	204.00–235.00	$222.20	$829	-0.94
384 unweaned	384	8	214.00	$214.00	$822	—
404 fancy	404	10	240.00	$240.00	$970	+24.32
403–444	425	147	203.00–238.00	$222.38	$945	-0.40
454–498 unweaned	477	33	200.00–210.00	$207.14	$988	+1.14
450–498	480	144	200.00–230.00	$214.95	$1,032	+8.78
509–516 unweaned	513	12	190.00–201.00	$196.45	$1,008	—
500–549	524	282	196.00–224.75	$211.89	$1,110	+1.28
525 value added	525	4	214.50	$214.50	$1,126	—
550–595	575	301	195.00–217.50	$208.64	$1,200	+23.64
559–593 unweaned	587	59	191.50–197.00	$192.22	$1,128	-0.39
593 thin fleshed	593	7	210.50	$210.50	$1,248	—
600–641	618	350	194.00–217.25	$206.12	$1,274	+18.12
626 unweaned	626	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,189	+17.58
650–699	667	507	185.00–206.75	$198.22	$1,322	+17.22
677–684 unweaned	679	23	170.00–175.50	$174.05	$1,182	—
716	716	9	178.50	$178.50	$1,278	-10.92
700–749	725	234	175.00–196.00	$190.14	$1,379	+0.72
726–727 fancy	727	34	201.00–207.00	$203.12	$1,477	+30.12
750–786	766	236	166.50–193.00	$187.42	$1,436	+2.79
800–848	827	358	173.75–187.00	$180.25	$1,491	+6.11
864–888	877	215	176.00–185.35	$182.45	$1,600	-2.28
933–945	941	69	155.50–177.00	$174.15	$1,639	+8.65
986–992	987	128	168.50–175.75	$172.40	$1,702	+10.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	10	226.00	$226.00	$644	-9.00
320–325	323	4	187.00–193.00	$191.26	$618	-18.19
350–395	373	51	190.00–224.00	$212.21	$792	-1.89
400–448	423	91	176.00–215.00	$194.30	$822	-7.38
437 thin fleshed	437	11	220.50	$220.50	$964	+1.50
461 value added	461	10	217.00	$217.00	$1,000	—
453–498	475	125	176.00–210.00	$196.98	$936	-2.27
484 thin fleshed	484	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,065	—
516 thin fleshed	516	12	205.00	$205.00	$1,058	-1.50
500–547	527	190	174.00–214.00	$194.21	$1,023	+1.45
550–599	580	144	169.00–209.50	$192.71	$1,118	+3.89
606 value added	606	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,197	—
613 thin fleshed	613	6	209.25	$209.25	$1,283	—
600–647	621	171	163.00–201.00	$189.94	$1,180	+4.27
635	635	3	173.50	$173.50	$1,102	-12.17
650–699	678	118	166.00–194.50	$182.77	$1,239	+3.51
700–749	735	157	159.00–187.00	$176.99	$1,301	+1.22
764–792	772	63	159.00–186.00	$171.13	$1,321	-1.57
804–837	815	15	163.00–171.50	$169.25	$1,379	+3.25
850–875	863	13	150.75–160.00	$155.37	$1,341	-15.41
953–993	982	14	150.00–152.00	$150.55	$1,478	-11.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–340	317	5	160.00–177.00	$172.94	$548	-29.56
432–445	437	9	183.00–190.00	$187.08	$818	+1.43
473–482	478	13	158.00–175.00	$172.18	$823	-4.72
500–543	531	31	156.00–194.00	$181.49	$964	+6.60
556–593	570	25	160.00–186.00	$171.60	$978	+0.83
603–649	620	5	155.00–181.00	$171.67	$1,064	+1.60
655–692	680	29	149.00–170.50	$165.37	$1,125	-0.45
765–798	789	10	160.00–165.00	$160.48	$1,266	—
834	834	4	163.50	$163.50	$1,364	+5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	192.50	$192.50	$824	—
482–493	488	8	178.00–191.00	$184.57	$901	-5.43
539	539	5	173.00	$173.00	$932	-13.35
588–589	589	16	175.00	$175.00	$1,031	-22.73
610	610	5	176.50	$176.50	$1,077	+8.88
779	779	6	168.50	$168.50	$1,313	—
978	978	52	155.50	$155.50	$1,521	—
1098	1098	4	147.50	$147.50	$1,620	—
1162	1162	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,627	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–437	425	16	185.00–197.00	$192.37	$818	—
491	491	19	192.00	$192.00	$943	-0.50
514–521	516	23	180.00–187.00	$181.54	$937	-5.13
617	617	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,104	+9.00
698	698	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,110	—
768	768	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,190	—
935	935	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,374	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1310	1292	5	139.00–141.00	$139.78	$1,806	—
1290–1448	1370	42	143.00–150.00	$146.28	$2,004	-5.20

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	6	160.00	$160.00	$802	—
740	740	11	145.50	$145.50	$1,077	—
939	939	11	131.00	$131.00	$1,230	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515 unweaned	515	4	192.00	$192.00	$989	—
1034	1034	14	147.25	$147.25	$1,523	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	171.00	$171.00	$658	—
418	418	2	172.00	$172.00	$719	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–315	312	11	180.00–212.50	$194.57	$607	-0.39
355 thin fleshed	355	5	227.00	$227.00	$806	—
350–394	377	27	187.50–205.00	$197.80	$746	+0.80
398 unweaned	398	6	178.00	$178.00	$708	—
416 thin fleshed	416	7	219.50	$219.50	$913	+12.00
400–445	423	106	183.00–212.50	$200.67	$849	+8.14
458 thin fleshed	458	8	219.50	$219.50	$1,005	—
453–490 unweaned	474	32	165.00–184.00	$173.51	$822	-1.49
454–497	478	194	175.00–208.00	$194.36	$929	+6.65
505 fancy	505	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,030	+25.00
501–548	522	280	170.00–208.75	$191.83	$1,001	+10.05
529 unweaned	529	6	170.00	$170.00	$899	+1.59
551–554 unweaned	552	44	170.00–179.00	$176.95	$977	+15.34
560–564 fancy	563	10	185.50–189.50	$188.70	$1,062	—
550–597	576	438	167.00–199.00	$187.42	$1,080	+21.35
601–645	620	335	164.00–196.25	$185.82	$1,152	+7.73
629 unweaned	629	6	157.50	$157.50	$991	—
657	657	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,281	+35.42
650–695	667	632	159.00–190.25	$184.19	$1,229	+24.61
700 fancy	700	8	188.50	$188.50	$1,320	—
700–729	712	267	154.00–184.75	$177.62	$1,265	+4.52
750–788	756	39	153.00–174.00	$164.16	$1,241	-4.14
800–845	811	41	152.00–175.00	$168.55	$1,367	+1.52
856–871	866	26	160.00–171.00	$163.97	$1,420	+22.87
924	924	10	167.50	$167.50	$1,548	—
960	960	55	164.75	$164.75	$1,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	6	167.50	$167.50	$472	—
330 thin fleshed	330	3	192.00	$192.00	$634	—
327–348	340	31	175.00–205.00	$185.35	$630	+4.63
365–397	382	38	157.00–203.00	$183.96	$703	+3.07
400–447	425	111	160.00–193.00	$179.82	$764	-0.70
453–489 thin fleshed	475	15	190.50–205.00	$199.20	$946	—
457–496	478	116	160.00–200.00	$175.25	$838	-0.44
524 unweaned	524	6	166.00	$166.00	$870	+6.00
500–548	526	198	150.00–193.00	$172.57	$908	+1.00
550–576 unweaned	567	11	164.00–166.50	$164.88	$935	—
550–599	575	150	155.00–185.50	$172.45	$992	+4.75
600–648	627	180	157.50–184.00	$171.26	$1,074	+3.48
650	650	5	140.50	$140.50	$913	-27.61
651–698	676	194	150.00–178.50	$163.83	$1,107	-4.28
712 thin fleshed	712	79	178.75	$178.75	$1,273	—
701–745	724	22	147.00–168.00	$158.06	$1,144	-3.13
750–796	771	61	143.00–167.75	$156.49	$1,207	+9.49
801–845	822	30	135.00–156.00	$147.07	$1,209	+1.14
854	854	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,315	—
902	902	6	147.50	$147.50	$1,330	—
1095	1095	3	139.50	$139.50	$1,528	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–349	333	16	130.00–192.50	$168.66	$562	-4.77
380–394	391	9	135.00–186.00	$168.96	$661	-4.15
406–445	425	27	130.00–175.00	$166.99	$710	+16.99
450–494	469	21	131.00–169.00	$155.41	$729	-7.13
536	536	6	145.00	$145.00	$777	-15.20
562–589	574	22	125.00–165.00	$152.11	$873	-2.87
602–640	618	19	161.00–168.00	$163.38	$1,010	+13.45
665	665	3	131.00	$131.00	$871	-6.01
790	790	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,059	-16.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	17	178.00	$178.00	$790	+20.50
506–543	515	12	160.00–170.00	$167.37	$862	-4.99
563–592	578	12	160.00	$160.00	$925	-3.83

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	7	163.00	$163.00	$720	—
822–824	823	10	136.00–159.50	$143.04	$1,177	—
922–939	935	20	120.00–164.50	$158.61	$1,483	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	186.00	$186.00	$632	—
370–396	386	8	182.50–187.50	$185.70	$717	—
411	411	18	192.00	$192.00	$789	+32.00
605	605	3	148.50	$148.50	$898	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1082–1228	1170	5	148.00–148.50	$148.31	$1,735	-4.76

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–345	338	21	175.00–221.00	$204.22	$690	+3.42
365–398	390	15	176.00–207.50	$184.98	$721	-11.76
415–435	423	28	172.50–206.00	$191.22	$809	-0.93
459 thin fleshed	459	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,001	—
458–498	476	51	165.00–211.00	$184.77	$880	+3.57
500–548	522	54	150.00–190.00	$169.41	$884	-6.88
542 unweaned	542	4	175.00	$175.00	$948	—
550–594	581	63	155.00–174.00	$166.36	$967	-4.45
602–640	618	25	154.00–165.00	$160.05	$989	-4.47
650–696	678	51	136.00–168.00	$157.24	$1,066	+8.66
705–735	719	16	149.00–157.00	$150.89	$1,085	-5.28
755–788	773	12	143.00–166.00	$151.25	$1,169	—
847	847	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,211	+5.49
850–895	870	13	129.00–158.00	$146.96	$1,279	-3.04
993	993	8	115.00	$115.00	$1,142	—
1034	1034	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,292	+1.50
1064	1064	18	125.00	$125.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–382	379	14	188.00–215.00	$203.72	$772	+11.90
430	430	3	198.00	$198.00	$851	-0.21
462–491	477	22	177.00–200.00	$189.09	$902	+2.57
505–545	512	29	173.00–204.00	$186.42	$954	+3.16
557–598	575	14	170.00–190.00	$178.76	$1,028	+18.23
605–623	614	15	170.00–190.00	$178.30	$1,095	+15.92
668	668	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,182	+34.00
708	708	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,204	+2.32

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	3	146.50	$146.50	$989	—
820	820	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	7	140.00	$140.00	$806	-23.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1325	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,219.06	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1165	868	85-90%	62	36.00–60.00	$46.15	$401	-2.51
755–1230	947	85-90%	215	50.00–73.00	$59.71	$565	—
765–1232	1030	85-90%	100	75.00–91.00	$81.81	$843	+8.02
805–1320	1034	85-90%	248	63.00–85.00	$72.66	$751	-1.13

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1510	1195	80-85%	300	73.00–92.00	$82.25	$983	-0.52
895–1735	1221	80-85%	128	81.50–98.00	$89.46	$1,092	-0.09
1100–1405	1240	80-85%	49	67.00–83.00	$76.02	$943	+1.28
1180–1330	1278	80-85%	3	67.00–71.00	$69.42	$887	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1650	1432	75-80%	29	66.00–85.00	$76.74	$1,099	-7.65
1215–1865	1461	75-80%	190	76.00–93.50	$85.68	$1,252	+8.72
1070–1785	1488	75-80%	79	83.50–102.50	$92.21	$1,372	+0.34

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1710	1710	65-75%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,539	—
1780–1970	1847	65-75%	3	95.50–101.50	$99.21	$1,832	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1670	1380	18	82.50–103.50	$92.67	$1,279	—
1115–2340	1663	112	100.00–125.00	$108.74	$1,808	—
1395–2340	1809	40	114.00–138.00	$120.27	$2,176	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1160	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	116.00–147.50	$127.34	$1,200
825–1295	1076	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	81.00–121.00	$103.79	$1,117
1000–1592	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	83.00–122.50	$95.33	$1,127

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
706	706	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	84.00	$84.00	$593
729–830	752	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	61.00–80.00	$74.86	$563

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
702–855	758	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	110.00–146.00	$127.14	$964
745–975	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	84.00–122.50	$100.95	$861

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1080	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	59.00–80.00	$73.86	$703

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,274

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1160	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	925.00–1,150.00	$985.22
1010–1170	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,302.75
1175–1220	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,112.07
1000–1545	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	985.00–1,475.00	$1,207.76
1192–1260	1209	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,036.97

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
852–1060	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	675.00–950.00	$794.09

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1379	1379	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1080	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	725.00–850.00	$770.45
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1480	1480	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,475.00–1,650.00	$1,550.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1015	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	975.00–1,125.00	$998.41

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–740	719	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	350.00–425.00	$380.88

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–950	893	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$952.15

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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
1020–1285	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,870.00	—
1033–1375	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,488.64	+48.64

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1075	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,225.00	—
715–1070	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–1,150.00	$941.67	—

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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.