Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

24,986 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.09/cwt -3.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,200/hd at 718 lb · 837 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.91/cwt -1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 633 lb · 596 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.82/cwt -4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,111/hd at 674 lb · 580 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	24,986	28,180	27,380
Feeder cattle	19,002	21,479	22,795
Slaughter cattle	4,814	4,568	3,586
Replacement cattle	1,170	2,133	999

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold unevenly steady with about equal instances of 5.00 going both ways. The supply of feeders was moderate with exactly 50 percent of the feeder offering over 600 lbs. this week. Demand for feeders continues to depend a lot on health programs. A hard freeze came this week with record setting lows in some areas of the state bringing an end to the growing season. Generally that would be a sign that the weather was going to stabilize and help end some of the health issues, but just a few days later record highs were also set in parts of the state. The monthly cattle on feed report was released on Friday afternoon. Pre report estimates were spot on with official numbers providing no unwanted surprises. On feed numbers were 99 percent, placements were 96, and marketings were 104. Boxed beef cutouts gained some ground with choice closing at 253.71, up 7.23 and select closing at 224.36, up 7.42 compared to last week. Negotiated feedlot sales as of Friday afternoon was just over 100K head. Live sales were reported mostly from 148.00-152.00 and dressed sales mostly 236.00. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 3109 head with a weighted average weight of 545.92 lbs. and a price value of 182.24, down 1.02 from last week. The steer/heifer spread is 23.62.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 value added	305	1	215.00	$215.00	$656	—
310–345	336	49	170.00–235.00	$195.30	$656	-7.23
350–398	381	89	172.50–222.50	$203.95	$777	-8.68
355–396 fancy	384	10	217.00–222.00	$218.39	$839	—
385 unweaned	385	3	185.00	$185.00	$712	-16.00
402–449	422	167	177.00–220.00	$200.14	$845	-1.64
413–443 fancy	430	9	200.00–203.00	$201.28	$866	—
437 thin fleshed	437	9	204.00	$204.00	$891	—
449 unweaned	449	8	203.00	$203.00	$911	+6.73
450–499	474	220	167.50–220.00	$197.30	$935	-3.18
476–485 fancy	481	29	197.00–225.50	$213.84	$1,029	-5.16
481 unweaned	481	7	175.00	$175.00	$842	-19.78
492 value added	492	5	193.00	$193.00	$950	-0.50
502–541 unweaned	510	39	165.00–200.00	$176.43	$900	-10.05
500–549	522	450	160.00–209.00	$192.67	$1,006	+16.94
528 value added	528	5	182.00	$182.00	$961	-24.00
525–538 fancy	532	35	183.00–197.00	$193.45	$1,029	-2.65
538	538	4	170.00	$170.00	$915	-23.14
543	543	6	166.00	$166.00	$901	-27.14
553–588 value added	560	45	185.00–195.00	$187.58	$1,050	—
550–581 unweaned	566	44	161.00–197.50	$190.43	$1,078	+11.69
551–585 fancy	566	9	189.00–197.00	$192.67	$1,091	—
550–599	568	452	167.00–210.00	$187.65	$1,066	-5.06
557–591	572	17	169.00–180.00	$173.58	$993	-19.13
600–644	626	405	150.00–195.00	$180.43	$1,129	-4.17
617–633 unweaned	626	44	159.00–173.00	$164.69	$1,031	-3.04
625–632 fancy	627	22	177.00–181.00	$178.10	$1,117	—
609–649	630	29	156.00–171.00	$163.75	$1,032	-20.85
648 value added	648	13	186.50	$186.50	$1,209	+7.97
653	653	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,032	-11.71
654 fancy	654	12	177.00	$177.00	$1,158	-5.50
660–668 unweaned	663	19	170.00–173.00	$171.11	$1,134	+9.38
650–699	674	161	148.00–190.00	$175.36	$1,182	-10.21
655–694	676	35	151.00–175.00	$162.60	$1,099	-22.97
690 value added	690	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	—
700–749	722	248	156.00–190.00	$176.00	$1,271	-6.24
709–742 value added	724	42	169.50–173.00	$171.38	$1,241	—
752–799	771	379	157.00–188.00	$180.58	$1,392	+3.03
786 value added	786	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,258	—
800–846	822	242	136.00–180.50	$176.27	$1,449	-0.39
825–842 value added	828	56	163.00–165.50	$164.19	$1,359	—
850–898	871	237	150.00–184.35	$176.14	$1,534	+2.22
932	932	57	172.85	$172.85	$1,611	+1.54
961 value added	961	4	151.00	$151.00	$1,451	—
965	965	7	157.25	$157.25	$1,517	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	259	7	152.00–165.00	$159.71	$414	—
300–349	331	42	140.00–202.00	$172.33	$570	-18.45
358–395	374	74	165.00–214.00	$187.54	$701	+2.91
375 unweaned	375	3	180.00	$180.00	$675	+7.00
400–446	426	139	155.00–210.00	$182.98	$779	-2.04
465 value added	465	7	190.00	$190.00	$884	-7.00
469 unweaned	469	5	167.00	$167.00	$783	-3.03
450–498	477	116	130.00–199.00	$173.58	$828	-9.70
501–509 value added	505	10	172.00–173.00	$172.50	$871	—
500–548	525	190	138.00–190.00	$172.07	$903	-1.93
525 thin fleshed	525	5	192.00	$192.00	$1,008	+8.00
508–549 unweaned	534	14	179.00–179.50	$179.33	$958	+12.17
555–559 unweaned	557	18	157.00–180.00	$163.37	$910	-0.78
550–598	574	239	134.00–194.50	$169.49	$973	-2.98
600 thin fleshed	600	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,110	—
605 unweaned	605	8	157.50	$157.50	$953	-3.86
603–632	623	9	158.00–164.00	$161.36	$1,005	-9.93
600–649	630	271	140.00–180.00	$166.43	$1,049	-4.86
653–698	672	191	125.00–177.00	$167.68	$1,127	+1.15
663–691 unweaned	684	20	154.00–156.50	$155.89	$1,066	+5.31
690	690	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	-16.53
717	717	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,076	-12.33
700–748	723	135	135.00–181.00	$159.85	$1,156	-2.48
743 unweaned	743	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,159	—
750–798	780	326	135.00–177.00	$168.17	$1,312	+3.36
781	781	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,164	-15.81
800–843	824	47	149.00–164.50	$159.65	$1,316	-4.08
862–892	882	118	158.00–169.50	$165.02	$1,455	+2.13
900–936	929	56	132.00–163.00	$154.94	$1,439	-1.65
982–986	985	17	134.00–142.00	$140.59	$1,385	-5.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	5	170.00	$170.00	$466	—
362–373	367	7	155.00–160.00	$157.82	$579	-16.90
425–441	428	25	140.00–170.00	$159.12	$681	-7.54
455–495	476	56	134.00–167.00	$158.47	$754	-8.13
500–548	529	57	137.50–176.00	$157.05	$831	-0.25
560–597	577	109	139.00–169.75	$149.62	$863	-5.12
591 value added	591	8	168.00	$168.00	$993	—
609–643	631	74	142.00–165.00	$152.23	$961	-7.32
650–685	670	6	130.00–140.00	$135.69	$909	-14.24
706	706	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,101	+30.95
760–799	778	17	142.00–151.00	$147.01	$1,144	-7.69

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611 value added	611	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,039	—
759 value added	759	10	177.50	$177.50	$1,347	—
863–889	876	116	175.00–177.25	$176.11	$1,543	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	6	205.00	$205.00	$707	+35.00
385	385	4	180.00	$180.00	$693	+5.04
440–445	442	8	175.00–199.00	$184.06	$814	+26.26
456	456	5	175.00	$175.00	$798	+15.41
531	531	9	157.50	$157.50	$836	-2.18
558–586	568	14	160.00–180.00	$172.63	$981	—
576	576	4	174.00	$174.00	$1,002	—
680	680	6	152.50	$152.50	$1,037	+6.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	7	138.00	$138.00	$513	—
492	492	7	133.00	$133.00	$654	—
528–543	535	11	135.00–140.00	$136.37	$730	-10.85
581	581	8	135.00	$135.00	$784	—
612–626	615	18	133.00–135.00	$133.45	$821	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	2	135.00–142.00	$138.50	$1,787	-9.50
1226–1510	1340	10	137.00–140.00	$138.35	$1,854	—
1300–1545	1371	10	144.00–145.50	$145.33	$1,992	—
1295–1610	1417	14	143.50–147.50	$145.38	$2,060	—
1445	1445	2	148.00	$148.00	$2,139	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	10	152.00	$152.00	$733	-5.00
517	517	5	140.00	$140.00	$724	-2.50
563–570	567	14	120.00–137.50	$130.05	$737	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	5	154.00	$154.00	$738	-12.49
544	544	9	156.00	$156.00	$849	-14.00
613	613	5	157.00	$157.00	$962	—
1003	1003	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,545	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	3	141.00	$141.00	$818	—
587	587	3	130.00	$130.00	$763	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	278	4	170.00–175.00	$171.28	$476	-5.72
305–345	324	33	140.00–197.50	$173.91	$563	+13.33
325 fancy	325	5	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
357–363 unweaned	360	8	145.00–185.00	$164.83	$593	-19.17
352–398	376	98	140.00–185.50	$168.37	$633	+0.21
385	385	3	165.00	$165.00	$635	-3.16
402–449	424	200	135.00–198.50	$171.26	$726	+4.70
423–443 value added	426	14	176.00–181.00	$180.26	$768	+9.26
417–447 unweaned	433	38	130.00–181.00	$158.20	$685	-25.12
453 fancy	453	4	170.00	$170.00	$770	+2.64
450–498	471	284	140.00–186.50	$168.23	$792	+0.54
452–496 unweaned	473	47	152.00–169.00	$158.45	$749	-8.92
467–484 value added	477	12	174.00–175.00	$174.41	$832	—
495	495	5	146.00	$146.00	$723	-21.69
500–549	526	417	140.00–181.00	$164.10	$863	-2.94
507–548 unweaned	530	50	130.00–163.00	$147.70	$783	-13.20
538	538	5	171.00	$171.00	$920	-14.00
565	565	4	146.50	$146.50	$828	-12.50
550–598	574	284	130.00–181.75	$162.04	$930	-1.56
564–584	575	28	159.00–165.00	$161.90	$931	+21.90
555–590 unweaned	577	42	150.00	$150.00	$866	+8.84
577–583 value added	577	37	165.00–167.00	$166.84	$963	—
603	603	5	152.00	$152.00	$917	-15.00
619–645 value added	627	115	159.00–173.00	$170.79	$1,071	—
628 thin fleshed	628	15	164.25	$164.25	$1,031	-26.41
618–644 unweaned	629	31	142.50–150.00	$146.67	$923	+4.71
603–648	636	430	142.00–182.00	$166.21	$1,057	+24.21
660–669 unweaned	666	8	150.00–152.00	$151.26	$1,007	-0.74
652–697 value added	673	185	160.00–168.50	$165.85	$1,116	—
650–697	675	387	134.50–183.50	$164.61	$1,111	-2.75
701–748	717	698	130.00–175.75	$165.66	$1,188	-4.68
712–727 value added	723	139	162.00–179.00	$174.28	$1,260	+0.28
755 value added	755	73	169.50	$169.50	$1,280	—
755–788	770	106	135.00–177.00	$159.46	$1,228	+24.46
810–846	829	32	140.00–154.75	$149.60	$1,240	-8.89
832 value added	832	24	140.00	$140.00	$1,165	—
867–871	868	23	150.00–162.75	$160.52	$1,393	+10.57
868	868	6	131.50	$131.50	$1,141	-18.45
925	925	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,202	-13.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	279	20	135.00–188.00	$163.10	$455	+23.60
330 unweaned	330	3	147.00	$147.00	$485	—
323–348	341	60	135.00–170.00	$155.89	$532	-2.26
350–399	379	91	130.00–181.00	$157.85	$598	-4.55
420	420	6	147.00	$147.00	$617	-7.48
400–448	423	173	125.00–176.00	$154.68	$654	+0.20
417–448 unweaned	425	44	145.00–155.00	$147.14	$625	-4.94
455	455	4	141.00	$141.00	$642	-12.91
450–499	481	346	128.00–192.20	$152.47	$733	+6.48
456–493 unweaned	481	27	147.00–159.00	$153.49	$738	-5.69
500	500	3	181.00	$181.00	$905	+28.99
500–536 unweaned	521	28	154.00–161.00	$159.14	$829	+11.50
500–549	523	401	120.00–170.00	$149.84	$784	-2.17
545 thin fleshed	545	7	167.00	$167.00	$910	-12.00
555–565 unweaned	558	47	141.00–162.00	$151.82	$847	+6.22
550–597	571	303	120.00–176.50	$147.55	$843	-3.36
596	596	10	138.00	$138.00	$822	-12.91
620–647	625	26	130.00–152.00	$147.24	$920	-0.48
600–646	627	336	122.00–174.50	$153.95	$965	+6.23
642 value added	642	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,021	+5.50
650–696	672	185	125.00–163.75	$146.32	$983	-2.56
672 unweaned	672	19	145.00	$145.00	$974	-3.50
684	684	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,060	+6.12
695 value added	695	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,098	—
701–731	710	35	153.50–157.00	$155.97	$1,107	+21.49
700–746	720	183	110.00–177.50	$165.19	$1,189	+30.71
750–797	774	93	125.00–158.00	$147.62	$1,143	-4.61
797	797	9	144.50	$144.50	$1,152	-7.73
800–835	817	56	128.50–144.50	$139.07	$1,136	+1.07
859–892	872	25	130.00–150.00	$144.92	$1,264	-3.05
1053	1053	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,506	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	338	13	130.00–141.00	$138.82	$469	-9.09
350–395	372	25	120.00–170.00	$141.97	$528	-2.95
400–445	419	47	120.00–168.00	$141.27	$592	+1.49
455–499	476	44	120.00–157.00	$136.63	$650	-2.71
500–548	526	82	110.00–150.00	$134.96	$710	-5.44
550–599	575	84	120.00–147.00	$136.03	$782	-3.48
586 unweaned	586	7	130.00	$130.00	$762	—
603–640	620	56	109.00–155.00	$139.15	$863	-1.66
654–680	665	18	124.00–145.00	$133.81	$890	-7.91
703–737	714	14	128.00–140.00	$136.46	$974	-10.78
892	892	7	132.00	$132.00	$1,177	-2.31

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	5	186.00	$186.00	$474	—
312–339	326	12	152.50–167.00	$160.05	$522	+14.04
358–384	370	9	157.00–176.00	$167.23	$619	+14.34
403–449	427	11	158.00–177.50	$166.61	$711	+25.77
450–488	462	45	138.00–166.00	$151.29	$699	+16.29
520–540	530	6	145.00–159.00	$151.87	$805	+12.27
567	567	3	145.00	$145.00	$822	+5.00
585–592	589	6	143.00–145.00	$143.99	$848	+3.99
648	648	5	135.00	$135.00	$875	-8.00
665	665	5	153.50	$153.50	$1,021	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–647	639	12	149.00–159.50	$155.61	$994	—
932	932	16	125.00	$125.00	$1,165	—
955	955	17	148.00	$148.00	$1,413	+3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–498	492	9	154.00–164.00	$160.74	$791	+40.85
563 value added	563	6	160.00	$160.00	$901	—
657 value added	657	14	155.00	$155.00	$1,018	—
825	825	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,188	-11.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	144.00	$144.00	$562	+7.11
562–566	564	8	120.00–122.00	$120.75	$681	-10.17
858–862	860	12	121.00	$121.00	$1,041	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1170	1136	4	138.00–140.00	$138.51	$1,573	—
1045–1290	1157	5	140.00–142.00	$141.20	$1,634	-6.81
1145–1275	1210	2	125.00–128.00	$126.58	$1,532	—
1266	1266	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,861	—
1238–1380	1302	6	144.50–148.00	$146.93	$1,913	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	10	155.00	$155.00	$781	—
613–626	622	6	124.00–135.00	$127.62	$794	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	6	107.50	$107.50	$1,037	—
1018	1018	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,018	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	4	180.00	$180.00	$527	-37.09
320–337	330	8	170.00–200.00	$183.77	$606	+3.59
353–395	367	17	147.50–197.50	$174.74	$641	+14.50
400–448 unweaned	414	14	150.00–194.00	$172.95	$716	+17.95
400–449	423	40	140.00–185.00	$160.15	$677	+0.27
452–499	471	47	130.00–165.00	$148.79	$701	-4.55
457–497 unweaned	481	17	150.00–167.00	$160.61	$773	—
506–525 unweaned	513	8	147.00–155.00	$151.93	$779	—
503–545	527	75	130.00–175.00	$155.35	$819	-0.50
550–598	567	126	125.00–165.00	$152.39	$864	+4.52
592 unweaned	592	5	139.00	$139.00	$823	—
600–649	623	72	118.00–158.00	$142.82	$890	-0.49
626 unweaned	626	6	142.00	$142.00	$889	—
660 unweaned	660	12	142.00	$142.00	$937	—
650–698	677	92	110.00–157.00	$137.02	$928	+0.85
705–745	727	37	114.00–144.00	$134.96	$981	+9.35
750–775	771	8	120.00–131.00	$126.65	$976	-5.35
820–840	832	16	110.00–131.00	$114.25	$951	-19.60
885–890	888	8	101.00–131.00	$115.96	$1,030	-4.58
905	905	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,186	+12.32
1038	1038	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385 fancy	385	4	180.00–185.00	$181.25	$698	—
355–394	388	26	150.00–180.00	$176.32	$684	-24.87
400–445	423	52	150.00–185.00	$166.75	$705	-3.82
452–495	474	51	148.00–193.00	$167.62	$795	+6.83
510–548	529	53	140.00–176.00	$161.15	$852	+4.41
555–594	573	38	142.00–169.00	$154.47	$885	+4.19
600–640	615	41	130.00–164.00	$148.54	$914	+1.47
652–680	665	14	122.00–157.50	$138.87	$923	+8.96
812	812	3	110.00	$110.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–345	331	13	150.00–160.00	$157.37	$521	—
403–439	419	20	125.00–164.00	$147.39	$618	-8.29
450–497	479	59	120.00–155.00	$144.50	$692	-6.45
491 unweaned	491	12	146.00	$146.00	$717	—
501–532	518	13	130.00–145.00	$140.49	$728	-5.98
522 unweaned	522	9	132.00	$132.00	$689	—
550–597	575	16	125.00–150.00	$141.13	$811	+1.16
600–641	613	29	126.00–145.00	$140.22	$860	+9.06
663	663	3	107.00	$107.00	$709	—
866	866	5	100.00	$100.00	$866	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565 unweaned	565	11	130.00	$130.00	$734	—
569	569	5	137.00	$137.00	$780	+0.10
614	614	12	134.00	$134.00	$823	+12.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1620–1750	1674	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	3,000.00–3,450.00	$3,178.92	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	4	174.00	$174.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1150	849	85-90%	129	25.00–52.00	$37.44	$318	—
765–1260	992	85-90%	326	30.00–65.50	$50.82	$504	—
707–1475	1022	85-90%	610	43.00–75.50	$58.96	$603	+7.61
815–1295	1076	85-90%	105	59.00–79.00	$66.20	$712	-2.66

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$425	—
875–1425	1193	80-85%	228	40.00–69.00	$60.57	$723	—
810–1740	1226	80-85%	719	55.00–79.00	$66.36	$814	-0.70
1005–1860	1242	80-85%	123	63.00–86.00	$71.70	$891	-2.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1630	1408	75-80%	79	55.00–72.50	$62.94	$886	-1.42
1155–1805	1453	75-80%	443	60.00–83.00	$69.45	$1,009	-9.53
910–1920	1498	75-80%	124	69.00–89.50	$76.91	$1,152	-2.07
1495–1945	1728	75-80%	4	85.00–87.50	$85.66	$1,480	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1745	1649	65-75%	4	78.50–83.50	$80.71	$1,331	-2.16
1500–1780	1670	65-75%	6	89.00–95.50	$92.26	$1,541	+19.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–2535	1574	73	60.00–99.50	$82.00	$1,291	—
1105–2615	1718	134	80.00–110.00	$95.51	$1,641	-1.30
1740	1740	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,305	—
1335–2340	1855	37	98.00–114.00	$104.85	$1,945	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–1215	963	(<2 yrs)	Open	50	93.00–135.00	$113.86	$1,096
681–1295	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	77	70.00–122.00	$87.50	$850
785–1405	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	75.00–109.00	$87.07	$926

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
827–1109	981	(<2 yrs)	Open	39	130.00–144.00	$131.80	$1,293

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1225	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	58.00–72.50	$67.55	$709

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–835	763	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–115.00	$105.86	$808
815–995	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	80.00–106.00	$90.91	$813

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–870	787	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–70.00	$64.11	$505

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	935.00	$935.00
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00
984–1203	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,090.00–1,280.00	$1,194.51
928–1310	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	800.00–1,150.00	$965.82
1065–1243	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	800.00–1,050.00	$872.67
895–1640	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	132	735.00–1,525.00	$1,074.28
1080–1375	1181	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	860.00–1,000.00	$930.69
1185–1400	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,130.00–1,270.00	$1,201.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
931–1220	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	675.00–900.00	$831.94
950–1080	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	635.00–875.00	$762.68
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1000–1090	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$623.92
825–1490	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	600.00–975.00	$857.68
1075–1160	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$834.17
955–1495	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	750.00–1,275.00	$1,015.54
1090–1560	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,029.45
1180–1330	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	910.00–1,100.00	$1,050.64

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	800.00	$800.00
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–840	813	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
800–845	827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	685.00–975.00	$811.67
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
725–1090	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	550.00–925.00	$716.81
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1430	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	70.00–88.00	$77.01	$928

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1040	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,033.55

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1075	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,025.00	$856.71
855–945	916	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	750.00–935.00	$828.92
805–1240	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–900.00	$821.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–825	742	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	525.00–650.00	$579.16
715–845	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	585.00–600.00	$591.88
979	979	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,190.00	$1,190.00

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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
1050–1100	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,080.00–1,090.00	$1,085.71	-359.29
1050–1300	1176	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	1,130.00–1,400.00	$1,230.00	—
875–1375	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	61	1,440.00–1,800.00	$1,593.77	—
1100–1375	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,415.52	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
887–925	897	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–975.00	$956.25	-396.78
850–1050	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,105.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+170.00
1100–1220	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	975.00–1,150.00	$1,087.50	-507.50

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606–643	625	12	107.50–123.00	$115.48	$722	-9.52
695	695	3	123.00	$123.00	$855	—
711	711	4	108.00	$108.00	$768	-19.00

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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.