Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 24, 2024

22,283 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $261.17/cwt +7.95 vs last sale · ≈ $2,293/hd at 878 lb · 1,463 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $256.66/cwt -0.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,112/hd at 823 lb · 1,041 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $256.96/cwt +6.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,860/hd at 724 lb · 672 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	22,283	27,168	42,034
Feeder cattle	19,471	24,137	34,474
Slaughter cattle	2,102	2,280	5,981
Replacement cattle	710	751	1,579

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a light test of calves sold very uneven with instances of as much as 20.00 either way. A better test of yearling sold steady to 10.00 higher. The supply of feeders was light to moderate with heat affecting some sales and many farmers still in the hayfields. Several sales remained dark this week or didn't have enough cattle for a report, while a few others had some special sales with moderate to heavy supplies. Joplin Regional Stockyards held a special yearling sale and made an unprecedented move of starting at midnight last Sunday night due to large numbers and trying to beat the extreme heat. The yearling market has been very strong setting new record prices which has been reflected by the national feeder cattle index which saw a top last week of 259.04. Stick-out sales this week like receipts in general were more limited and mostly all yearlings. To be honest at current prices about any decent sized draft could be considered a stick out sale. Unionville Livestock Market sold 5 loads of reputation cattle from 861-888 lbs. at a range of 265.75-271.50. Joplin Regional Stockyards sold 718 head of steers in one pop that weighted 891 lbs. for 261.50. Kingsville Livestock Market sold a load of 717 lb. heifers at 278.50. Boxed beef cutouts were higher for the week, choice closed on Friday at 326.32, up 3.93 and select closed at 304.50, up 1.39 compared to last week. Negotiated feedlot sales as of the Friday afternoon report was limited with about 30K head reported as of the cutoff time for Friday's Report. Early prices were most steady to stronger live sales were reported 188.00-199.00, few at 200.00 and dressed sales reported from 310.00-315.00, a few up to 317.00. The Missouri Stocker formula consists of 2850 head with a weighted average weight of 556.27 lbs. and a price value of 310.08, 3.56 lower than a week ago. The steer/heifer spread is 26.75

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–285	278	23	400.00–430.00	$420.28	$1,168	—
298 unweaned	298	10	350.00	$350.00	$1,043	—
310–343	327	23	341.00–417.50	$392.76	$1,284	+16.49
360–375 thin fleshed	365	3	422.50–430.00	$425.07	$1,552	—
355–398	380	86	325.00–410.00	$370.12	$1,406	-5.45
420 fancy	420	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,470	—
400–445	426	132	321.50–400.00	$352.18	$1,500	-2.23
442–444 thin fleshed	443	17	403.00–412.50	$409.71	$1,815	+15.98
450–453 thin fleshed	452	12	378.00–392.00	$387.35	$1,751	—
450–498	473	164	311.00–385.00	$351.62	$1,663	-6.38
500–549	528	449	285.00–368.50	$329.49	$1,740	-1.49
537	537	10	323.00	$323.00	$1,735	-7.98
551–598	575	491	275.00–356.00	$315.96	$1,817	+1.43
600–648	622	423	275.00–329.00	$305.38	$1,899	+2.91
626–641	638	23	285.00–291.00	$286.02	$1,825	-16.45
656–670 fancy	669	72	320.50–326.00	$320.95	$2,147	—
650–693	673	423	270.00–319.50	$293.78	$1,977	+3.65
700–749	729	465	241.00–299.00	$267.76	$1,952	-1.64
750–794	774	560	249.00–275.10	$264.66	$2,048	+2.88
810–846	823	1,038	237.00–268.50	$256.75	$2,113	+1.59
838	838	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,902	-28.16
863	863	8	244.00	$244.00	$2,106	-9.22
850–891	878	1,455	249.00–271.50	$261.26	$2,294	+8.04
902–939	913	329	236.25–252.00	$242.36	$2,213	-2.06
982	982	53	225.00	$225.00	$2,210	-8.67
1018–1024	1023	105	227.00–230.00	$229.29	$2,346	+15.48
1072	1072	29	224.00	$224.00	$2,401	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253 thin fleshed	253	6	485.00	$485.00	$1,227	—
307–340	319	12	300.00–332.50	$317.45	$1,013	-36.02
350–398	384	36	285.00–365.00	$331.42	$1,273	-18.49
403–448	425	67	300.00–368.00	$328.19	$1,395	-1.19
467 unweaned	467	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,364	—
450–498	476	145	297.00–340.00	$321.34	$1,530	+0.83
503–549	527	221	275.00–333.50	$301.90	$1,591	-3.10
550–599	578	292	260.00–327.50	$288.66	$1,668	-0.71
602–648	630	389	250.00–305.00	$276.59	$1,743	-6.60
644 thin fleshed	644	7	307.00	$307.00	$1,977	—
671 unweaned	671	8	253.50	$253.50	$1,701	—
650–695	677	178	230.00–290.00	$269.16	$1,822	+2.75
700–746	724	95	227.00–274.00	$250.54	$1,814	-3.36
754–798	785	167	238.00–262.00	$247.91	$1,946	+2.15
801–849	814	455	230.00–256.25	$246.44	$2,006	-0.21
851–896	881	524	232.00–249.50	$242.24	$2,134	+3.62
900–915	910	105	227.50–239.00	$237.35	$2,160	+3.10
952–962	957	110	234.00–235.00	$234.53	$2,244	—
1085	1085	8	208.50	$208.50	$2,262	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	3	294.00	$294.00	$1,758	—
614	614	14	291.00	$291.00	$1,787	—
902	902	57	242.50	$242.50	$2,187	+6.00
1040–1046	1043	104	224.35–227.60	$226.04	$2,358	—
1152–1196	1174	94	204.60–210.85	$207.73	$2,439	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	12	310.00	$310.00	$1,361	—
467	467	11	285.00	$285.00	$1,331	—
556–581	561	24	260.00–282.00	$277.26	$1,555	-10.92
700	700	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	—
776	776	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,862	—
812	812	6	229.00	$229.00	$1,859	—
887	887	9	240.00	$240.00	$2,129	—
915	915	59	245.75	$245.75	$2,249	—
1015–1040	1036	18	160.00–234.00	$227.31	$2,355	—
1059	1059	39	235.00	$235.00	$2,489	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	7	307.50	$307.50	$1,042	+46.33
415–425	418	15	280.00–291.00	$285.19	$1,192	-4.14
458–495	478	28	269.00–305.00	$297.18	$1,421	+4.57
525–546	541	12	254.00–276.00	$270.11	$1,461	-10.06
550–578	569	11	253.00–301.00	$271.32	$1,544	+2.18
640–648	643	9	241.00–256.00	$250.68	$1,612	-7.98
681–696	686	19	238.00–247.00	$243.83	$1,673	-0.63
708–735	727	12	217.00–244.00	$228.66	$1,662	-17.54

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,896	—
1165–1465	1309	57	189.50–195.50	$193.48	$2,533	—
1346	1346	25	198.00	$198.00	$2,665	—
1380	1380	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,277	-25.51

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–466	455	9	323.00–334.00	$326.75	$1,487	—
557–579	567	21	276.00–279.50	$277.80	$1,575	+7.80
632	632	10	261.00–262.50	$261.60	$1,653	+15.60

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	204.00	$204.00	$969	—
512	512	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,024	—
730–733	731	7	160.00–189.00	$168.31	$1,230	—
795	795	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,272	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,242	+25.00
492	492	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,341	—
563	563	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,548	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	4	288.00	$288.00	$1,699	-7.00
608	608	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,702	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 thin fleshed	255	10	414.00	$414.00	$1,056	—
288	288	2	381.00	$381.00	$1,097	—
300–345	317	50	312.00–400.00	$352.48	$1,117	+10.19
350–398	375	79	300.00–405.00	$341.63	$1,281	+0.69
412–435 thin fleshed	416	11	365.00–370.00	$365.95	$1,522	—
405–449	430	173	275.00–364.00	$331.32	$1,425	+1.52
450–496	472	212	284.00–345.00	$311.27	$1,469	+3.50
519–525	522	8	271.00	$271.00	$1,415	-23.51
500–549	527	448	270.00–338.00	$302.22	$1,593	+7.71
550–576 fancy	562	22	310.00–325.00	$316.98	$1,781	+19.53
550–598	574	481	255.00–322.50	$286.28	$1,643	+6.25
578–596	592	28	250.00–285.00	$259.53	$1,536	-0.47
605–628 thin fleshed	613	34	298.00–303.00	$299.36	$1,835	+10.67
600–645	626	405	235.00–291.00	$271.07	$1,697	+4.05
638	638	4	263.00	$263.00	$1,678	+1.79
664 fancy	664	13	293.00	$293.00	$1,946	—
650–698	674	341	245.00–274.00	$264.35	$1,782	+8.04
701	701	4	217.00	$217.00	$1,521	-34.91
702–749	724	668	237.00–280.00	$257.20	$1,862	+5.29
750–793	761	528	222.00–257.00	$238.35	$1,814	+1.84
813–845	826	75	225.00–255.00	$231.24	$1,910	+6.28
840	840	8	223.50	$223.50	$1,877	-1.46
889	889	81	217.00	$217.00	$1,929	-4.36
904–942	927	46	216.00–225.00	$219.62	$2,036	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259	259	9	412.00	$412.00	$1,067	+37.00
286 thin fleshed	286	7	405.00	$405.00	$1,158	—
306–345	321	28	265.00–401.00	$324.74	$1,042	+7.90
366 thin fleshed	366	8	330.00	$330.00	$1,208	—
350–399	383	53	270.00–364.00	$303.05	$1,161	-15.58
403–449	434	130	237.00–325.00	$290.47	$1,261	-1.42
450–497	477	191	252.00–320.00	$284.93	$1,359	-1.57
510 thin fleshed	510	3	296.00	$296.00	$1,510	—
520–535 unweaned	526	7	247.00–250.00	$248.31	$1,306	-16.76
500–548	528	335	240.00–310.00	$272.82	$1,440	+1.42
566	566	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,602	+20.84
550–599	578	384	233.00–297.00	$262.74	$1,519	+0.58
614	614	13	261.00	$261.00	$1,603	+11.22
600–648	626	167	230.00–277.00	$254.63	$1,594	+4.85
650–698	679	176	220.00–255.00	$242.11	$1,644	+27.11
709–745	727	171	223.00–255.00	$235.76	$1,714	+6.22
741	741	5	226.00	$226.00	$1,675	-3.54
785–788	788	58	223.00–228.00	$223.26	$1,759	-3.88
752–797	789	175	210.00–257.00	$229.67	$1,812	+2.53
800–843	825	100	218.00–236.50	$221.71	$1,829	+9.45
884	884	6	210.50	$210.50	$1,861	+15.29
944	944	31	217.00	$217.00	$2,048	+27.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–383	373	7	251.00–307.00	$279.24	$1,042	+3.22
402–445	432	44	240.00–291.00	$249.01	$1,076	+5.59
451–498	483	37	230.00–274.00	$257.89	$1,246	-5.86
508–548	531	36	221.00–248.00	$236.70	$1,257	-16.30
553–597	577	107	220.00–252.00	$242.84	$1,401	+2.65
601–640	613	22	227.00–244.00	$237.20	$1,454	+10.57
710–720	715	2	175.00–179.00	$177.01	$1,266	-49.28
866	866	16	180.00	$180.00	$1,559	+39.73

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	12	240.00	$240.00	$917	—
415–424	419	16	280.00–290.00	$285.57	$1,197	-12.43
523	523	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,281	-34.00
570–585	580	23	245.00–276.00	$257.27	$1,492	+2.27
653	653	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,508	—
742–745	744	12	230.00–239.00	$234.51	$1,745	—
779	779	10	216.00	$216.00	$1,683	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1275	1160	23	190.00–195.50	$192.37	$2,231	—
1343	1343	2	184.00	$184.00	$2,471	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,337	—
472	472	4	323.00	$323.00	$1,525	+62.00
515–521	517	11	250.00–279.00	$257.98	$1,334	—
553	553	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,559	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	240.00	$240.00	$864	-37.50
460–494	477	10	226.00–237.00	$231.70	$1,105	—
512–521	518	9	200.00–212.00	$203.95	$1,056	-33.05

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	7	230.00	$230.00	$959	—
493–495	494	9	252.00–255.00	$254.00	$1,255	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	12	263.50	$263.50	$1,447	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–894	882	11	130.00–145.00	$135.32	$1,194	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	14	439.00	$439.00	$1,343	+85.00
350–355	353	6	310.00–325.00	$317.45	$1,121	-5.94
421–445	427	16	280.00–342.50	$306.89	$1,310	-21.33
457–480	472	39	271.00–327.50	$311.62	$1,471	+15.14
500–544	526	48	240.00–317.00	$284.82	$1,498	+4.90
550–598	576	83	243.00–297.00	$273.85	$1,577	+11.71
600–645	623	20	234.00–292.00	$251.15	$1,565	-5.67
653–687	670	37	210.00–280.50	$256.03	$1,715	+16.98
725	725	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,733	+8.95
800–840	823	12	202.00–220.00	$211.11	$1,737	—
885	885	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,434	-30.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–394	383	15	280.00–342.50	$326.09	$1,249	+0.34
422	422	4	331.00	$331.00	$1,397	+18.64
479	479	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,461	+0.97
500–538	516	25	277.00–290.00	$283.45	$1,463	-2.50
584–589	586	13	268.00–269.00	$268.69	$1,575	-5.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,092	—
561–594	570	17	240.00–252.00	$247.89	$1,413	—
651–667	658	16	230.00–232.00	$230.38	$1,516	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	4	227.00	$227.00	$1,292	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1382–1600	1455	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,750.00–2,800.00	$2,768.33	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
883–1565	1222	80-85%	285	115.50–160.00	$140.76	$1,720	+14.99
1045–1390	1228	80-85%	42	95.00–133.00	$125.58	$1,542	-0.19
865–1655	1238	80-85%	220	125.00–168.50	$149.17	$1,847	+23.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1215	921	85-90%	14	62.00–102.00	$87.74	$808	—
720–1235	1008	85-90%	89	94.00–124.00	$109.16	$1,100	-15.79
750–1410	1043	85-90%	215	85.00–142.00	$128.36	$1,339	+3.41
790–1450	1055	85-90%	105	112.00–153.00	$139.46	$1,471	+3.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1625	1420	75-80%	16	115.00–144.00	$128.02	$1,818	—
1075–1945	1448	75-80%	185	122.00–163.00	$145.26	$2,103	—
1200–1945	1468	75-80%	155	130.00–174.00	$153.42	$2,252	+15.12

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1740	1740	65-75%	1	143.50	$143.50	$2,497	—
1775–2010	1861	65-75%	4	150.00–158.00	$153.38	$2,854	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1052–1848	1433	30	125.00–163.00	$150.59	$2,158	—
1230–2360	1644	84	159.00–191.00	$170.95	$2,810	—
1340–2465	1819	81	150.00–206.00	$184.14	$3,350	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,106	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1205	927	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	171.00–195.00	$187.23	$1,736
735–1295	1039	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	143.00–180.00	$157.69	$1,638
825–1570	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	139.00–167.50	$150.24	$1,725

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1055	791	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	170.00–218.00	$198.75	$1,572
700–1005	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	125.00–162.50	$143.64	$1,261

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
858	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	167.50	$167.50	$1,437

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1075–1175	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00–1,850.00	$1,787.89
1015–1390	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	99	1,675.00–2,400.00	$1,948.29
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,185.00	$2,185.00
1150–1410	1314	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	2,125.00–2,275.00	$2,212.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1175	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,400.00–1,725.00	$1,627.56
1235	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1213–1395	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,775.00–2,375.00	$2,114.30
1082–1450	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,794.91
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1180	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	38	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,448.27

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1077	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	1,750.00–2,750.00	$2,161.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1238	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1165–1562	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,975.00–2,525.00	$2,255.67

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1320	1320	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–980	793	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–950.00	$869.12

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Bred Heifers

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,601

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
741	741	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,601

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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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
1015–1350	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	2,200.00–2,850.00	$2,462.06	+362.06
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	+200.00
960–1275	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,750.00–2,500.00	$2,103.57	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1100–1325	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,700.00–2,750.00	$2,055.56	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	4	236.00–240.00	$237.97	$892	—
425–446	433	16	240.00–247.00	$245.63	$1,064	—
475	475	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,069	—
518–527	526	19	222.00–248.00	$245.31	$1,290	—
588	588	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,335	—
890	890	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,468	—
970	970	53	192.25	$192.25	$1,865	—

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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.