Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 15, 2024

16,697 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $272.93/cwt +13.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,823/hd at 668 lb · 860 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $259.05/cwt -0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $2,153/hd at 831 lb · 749 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $236.74/cwt -5.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,296/hd at 970 lb · 704 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,697	31,815	25,255
Feeder cattle	14,203	28,451	20,038
Slaughter cattle	1,891	2,685	4,175
Replacement cattle	603	679	1,042

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, A light supply of feeders sold very uneven most steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, but there were some exceptions to that which trended firm to higher. The week started off with extreme heat and auction receipts were very light which is not unusual in mid-July. Later in the week much cooler weather arrived and some areas saw heavy rains and flash flooding which also prevented some movement. Many barns encouraged producers to hold off marketing until this week as the weather is predicted to be more favorable for transporting livestock. The monthly Cattle on Feed Report was released on Friday with all three categories falling right into pre-report expectations and should be viewed as a mostly neutral report. Many are hoping for some bounce this week however as feedlot trade, beef cutouts, futures and auctions all seen lower levels last week. Although the offerings at local barn were limited there were still a few stick out sales of heavier weight cattle this week. Lolli Brothers Livestock Market sold two loads of eight weights (835 lbs. and 838 lbs.) both at 268.25. Kingsville Livestock Market sold a load of 903 lbs. steers at 249.25. Callaway Livestock Center sold 176 head of 651 lb. heifers at 278.25 and Lolli Brothers Livestock Market has 6 loads of heifers from 661-683 lbs. that sold from 275.00-284.50. Lighter weight calves were mostly all sold in very small drafts this week with only a few in the entire state that would take more than 20 foot gooseneck to haul them. If there was a bright side to the calf market it was noted in places some the limited supply had buyers becoming a bit less picky about weaning but were still demanding some rounds of shots before they dug very deep. Boxed beef cutouts were lower for the week, choice closed on Friday at 313.49, down 8.57 and select closed at 298.80, down 3.51 compared to last week. Negotiated feedlot sales as of the Friday afternoon report totaled 58K head. Live sales were reported 187.00-197.00 and dressed sales reported mostly at 310.00. The Missouri Stocker formula consists of 1904 head with a weighted average weight of 551.16 lbs. and a price value of 307.63, 12.67 lower than a week ago. The steer/heifer spread is 29.99.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	307.00	$307.00	$798	-163.00
315 fancy	315	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,213	-5.86
305–330	324	5	324.00–345.00	$328.40	$1,064	-50.51
368 fancy	368	3	377.50	$377.50	$1,389	+5.50
371–376 unweaned	373	7	387.50	$387.50	$1,445	—
355–394	382	15	329.00–367.00	$344.27	$1,315	-31.98
400–441	422	8	343.00–350.00	$344.90	$1,455	-26.99
400–448	429	72	305.00–378.00	$337.67	$1,449	-34.22
458 unweaned	458	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,466	—
450–498	469	118	305.00–387.00	$344.92	$1,618	-6.75
500–547	526	221	292.50–354.00	$326.91	$1,720	-9.21
536 fancy	536	8	330.00	$330.00	$1,769	-50.08
542 unweaned	542	10	308.00	$308.00	$1,669	—
563–569 value added	567	21	310.00–326.00	$321.46	$1,823	+10.46
570 unweaned	570	9	307.00	$307.00	$1,750	+1.00
550–599	574	299	295.00–346.00	$314.00	$1,802	-6.05
603–613	609	7	294.00–299.00	$296.12	$1,803	-11.66
606–623 unweaned	619	12	291.00–300.00	$293.20	$1,815	+7.20
601–648	623	225	265.00–320.00	$303.63	$1,892	-4.15
650–695	676	443	265.00–297.00	$286.68	$1,938	-7.73
655–686 unweaned	679	41	278.00–282.00	$278.85	$1,893	-5.98
700 unweaned	700	8	259.50–264.00	$260.63	$1,824	—
714	714	10	272.00	$272.00	$1,942	-6.90
700–745	720	425	235.00–292.00	$274.38	$1,976	-4.52
754–791	773	119	235.00–276.00	$258.02	$1,994	-9.04
785 unweaned	785	10	251.00	$251.00	$1,970	—
804–838	831	749	235.00–268.25	$259.05	$2,153	-0.93
851–883	870	629	244.50–257.00	$250.33	$2,178	-3.65
903–917	912	309	244.50–249.25	$245.53	$2,239	-2.77
950–997	970	704	234.00–240.00	$236.74	$2,296	-5.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	329	10	342.00–366.00	$355.53	$1,170	+18.53
351–395	372	46	320.00–377.50	$345.98	$1,287	+9.45
400–447	422	79	300.00–362.00	$323.90	$1,367	-6.59
465 thin fleshed	465	4	351.00	$351.00	$1,632	—
465 value added	465	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,488	—
450–497	475	134	275.00–356.00	$319.15	$1,516	-6.48
475–486 unweaned	480	11	323.00–335.00	$326.63	$1,568	+25.63
523 thin fleshed	523	9	335.00	$335.00	$1,752	+9.95
500–547	528	168	270.00–329.00	$302.76	$1,599	-9.07
552–553 unweaned	552	7	295.00–297.00	$296.14	$1,635	+0.14
553–598	577	186	260.00–315.00	$285.66	$1,648	-15.63
605 unweaned	605	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,754	+30.00
600–648	627	286	250.00–309.00	$281.31	$1,764	-2.47
652–698	674	124	240.00–290.50	$268.67	$1,811	-3.70
682	682	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,514	-50.37
700 unweaned	700	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,848	+18.00
700–748	724	196	231.00–272.25	$255.81	$1,852	-6.93
750–798	771	123	231.00–261.00	$249.63	$1,925	-4.28
800–849	839	382	223.00–252.00	$245.99	$2,064	-5.07
850–891	865	235	230.00–244.00	$240.66	$2,082	-3.77
907–949	944	139	211.00–243.00	$238.44	$2,251	-2.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	302.50	$302.50	$998	—
364–390	373	9	327.00–345.00	$333.28	$1,243	—
410–425	415	3	265.00–275.00	$268.41	$1,114	-19.00
455–497	480	64	255.00–310.00	$287.33	$1,379	-6.35
507–543	528	36	240.00–292.00	$271.46	$1,433	-8.17
565–595	586	6	230.00–272.50	$258.40	$1,514	-10.97
600–645	624	27	237.00–265.00	$255.51	$1,594	+21.92
675	675	3	247.00	$247.00	$1,667	-17.19
700–726	714	15	230.00–255.50	$244.80	$1,748	+22.80
955	955	10	217.00	$217.00	$2,072	-4.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	295.00	$295.00	$979	—
416	416	24	293.00	$293.00	$1,219	-42.00
486	486	42	284.00	$284.00	$1,380	-32.64
586	586	10	294.50	$294.50	$1,726	-13.38

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,414	—
467	467	6	327.50	$327.50	$1,529	—
678–694	686	21	262.00–275.50	$268.99	$1,845	—
733–735	734	18	255.00–258.00	$256.66	$1,884	—
830	830	7	233.00	$233.00	$1,934	—
866	866	8	233.25	$233.25	$2,020	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1092–1392	1193	6	185.00–189.50	$188.23	$2,246	—
1190–1583	1383	57	190.75–201.00	$193.38	$2,674	—
1443	1443	4	199.00	$199.00	$2,872	+33.62

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617–626	621	26	296.00–304.00	$300.28	$1,865	+17.28

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–395	391	5	265.00–287.50	$278.40	$1,089	—
468	468	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,170	-55.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	6	125.00	$125.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	265.00	$265.00	$980	—
415	415	3	252.50	$252.50	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,185	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	12	277.00–345.00	$330.85	$1,108	-27.38
350–398	371	36	300.00–347.50	$316.13	$1,173	-33.75
400–445	423	85	280.00–346.00	$310.97	$1,315	-20.99
408–433	423	11	318.00–329.00	$322.72	$1,365	-9.24
415–442 fancy	438	12	320.00–327.00	$321.11	$1,406	-33.22
450–493	472	230	275.00–335.00	$306.34	$1,446	-11.58
485 thin fleshed	485	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,600	—
486 unweaned	486	24	284.50	$284.50	$1,383	-3.30
501–548	524	286	255.00–317.00	$289.33	$1,516	-11.70
553 unweaned	553	14	257.00	$257.00	$1,421	-6.53
553 value added	553	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,454	-25.50
550–599	576	329	255.00–309.00	$280.08	$1,613	-7.84
602–646 unweaned	620	30	244.00–261.00	$255.26	$1,583	-8.54
600–646	624	292	235.00–280.00	$265.19	$1,655	-10.51
651–696	668	860	243.00–284.50	$272.93	$1,823	+13.09
700–742	716	400	214.00–270.00	$259.27	$1,856	+1.87
752 unweaned	752	6	225.50	$225.50	$1,696	—
750–783	763	25	218.00–252.00	$232.67	$1,775	-13.44
805–830	822	68	230.00–236.00	$233.77	$1,922	-0.59
924	924	10	219.00	$219.00	$2,024	-6.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	339	31	307.50–337.50	$325.71	$1,104	-7.48
358 unweaned	358	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,056	—
350–395	372	39	275.00–330.00	$313.45	$1,166	+2.65
400–449	421	174	260.00–325.00	$288.28	$1,214	-8.18
448 unweaned	448	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,277	-10.00
462 unweaned	462	5	312.00	$312.00	$1,441	—
465 value added	465	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,344	—
450–499	476	104	243.00–313.00	$281.61	$1,340	-10.98
511 unweaned	511	3	293.00	$293.00	$1,497	—
500–549	525	242	250.00–300.00	$269.10	$1,413	-7.41
551–599	576	312	235.00–294.25	$266.81	$1,537	-0.89
612–630 unweaned	621	6	249.00–265.00	$257.12	$1,597	+15.84
603–648	628	155	230.00–282.00	$255.30	$1,603	-6.38
640	640	9	254.50	$254.50	$1,629	-7.18
650–695	672	216	217.00–269.50	$254.19	$1,708	+1.90
683 unweaned	683	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,571	—
700–745	718	57	220.00–246.00	$233.40	$1,676	-16.29
751–799	784	49	214.00–234.00	$227.88	$1,787	-10.03
805	805	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,763	-7.83
855–898	879	7	201.00–215.00	$208.97	$1,837	-19.43
925–945	935	2	180.00–188.00	$183.96	$1,720	-24.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,042	+22.90
355–391	381	28	275.00–310.00	$295.60	$1,126	+7.24
405–440	428	11	252.00–284.00	$269.45	$1,153	+4.58
461–483	471	25	240.00–282.50	$265.89	$1,252	+0.05
510–548	533	28	230.00–250.00	$239.37	$1,276	-5.73
550–595	571	35	220.00–268.00	$240.85	$1,375	+6.05
620–626	625	20	226.00–260.75	$255.00	$1,594	+20.92
657–695	671	22	219.00–249.50	$232.62	$1,561	-9.92
718–743	736	7	185.00–213.00	$192.81	$1,419	—
858	858	32	143.00	$143.00	$1,227	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	64	264.00	$264.00	$1,507	-7.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	27	280.00	$280.00	$1,235	—
609	609	9	256.50	$256.50	$1,562	+29.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,314	-2.50
506	506	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,305	—
563–599	579	11	240.00–259.00	$250.07	$1,448	-3.66
643	643	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,575	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	4	302.00	$302.00	$649	—
326	326	5	270.00	$270.00	$880	—
528–537	531	9	251.00–254.00	$252.99	$1,343	—
555	555	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,415	+40.85
628	628	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,488	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,410	—
672	672	3	222.50	$222.50	$1,495	—
825	825	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,881	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,201	+1.26
355–382	375	8	330.00–340.00	$336.31	$1,261	-22.36
403–440	417	18	295.00–360.00	$322.68	$1,346	+17.00
461 unweaned	461	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,429	—
462–495	481	27	260.00–316.00	$291.88	$1,404	-6.79
505–542	527	21	245.00–305.00	$267.18	$1,408	-17.77
550–589	574	33	250.00–285.00	$267.82	$1,537	-4.35
600–638	620	15	230.00–272.00	$256.10	$1,588	-4.43
663–683	674	11	237.00–251.00	$243.25	$1,640	-1.43
706–744	729	10	235.00–240.00	$236.94	$1,727	-0.87
760–790	775	2	226.00–235.00	$230.41	$1,786	+7.76
815–835	822	3	183.00–200.00	$194.24	$1,597	—
855	855	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,872	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	376	6	300.00–317.50	$309.08	$1,162	-22.60
410–444	432	16	305.00–368.00	$339.09	$1,465	+0.34
465–480	475	8	307.50–320.00	$316.01	$1,501	-0.17
500–542	518	26	282.00–338.00	$300.70	$1,558	+7.47
522 unweaned	522	5	311.00	$311.00	$1,623	—
550 unweaned	550	10	295.00	$295.00	$1,622	—
550–596	567	28	272.50–305.00	$277.27	$1,572	-4.71
608–648	629	10	249.00–295.00	$269.67	$1,696	+1.04
650–695	657	15	230.00–241.00	$238.44	$1,567	-3.10
740	740	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,164	-12.20
600 unweaned	600	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,434	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1175	1158	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,650.00–4,000.00	$3,881.65	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1740	1397	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,125.00–2,800.00	$2,460.86	-1,112.78

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1195	855	85-90%	33	71.00–102.50	$87.92	$752	—
730–1300	938	85-90%	137	50.00–121.00	$110.75	$1,039	—
765–1300	1041	85-90%	193	90.00–137.00	$126.05	$1,312	-9.24
860–1480	1068	85-90%	100	108.00–159.00	$136.69	$1,460	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1375	1189	80-85%	63	114.00–137.00	$126.85	$1,508	—
1005–1425	1217	80-85%	270	120.00–151.50	$138.85	$1,690	+8.27
940–1680	1234	80-85%	118	130.00–162.00	$148.24	$1,829	-1.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1650	1449	75-80%	24	111.00–136.00	$127.85	$1,853	—
1125–1910	1478	75-80%	195	132.00–156.00	$142.84	$2,111	+11.72
1220–1810	1484	75-80%	81	130.00–165.50	$151.76	$2,252	+20.64

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1835	1742	65-75%	7	139.00–164.00	$151.32	$2,636	—
1725–1770	1748	65-75%	2	136.00–143.00	$139.55	$2,439	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1015	1008	30	140.00–143.00	$141.80	$1,429	—
1235–2110	1539	29	130.00–162.00	$150.78	$2,321	—
1240–2225	1675	120	140.00–185.00	$168.65	$2,825	-4.70
1040–2395	1877	59	150.00–198.50	$178.40	$3,349	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1835	1835	1	199.00	$199.00	$3,652	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1360	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	145.00–190.00	$161.53	$1,494
722–1317	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	165.00–220.00	$191.27	$1,961
910–1450	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	116.00–154.00	$143.15	$1,655

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1015	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	122.50–175.00	$145.66	$1,295
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,688

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–882	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	200.00–231.00	$218.82	$1,827

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1110	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1187	1187	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,125.00	$2,125.00
957–1485	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	1,425.00–2,725.00	$2,071.47
980–1254	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,500.00–2,050.00	$1,967.67
1295–1305	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,025.00–2,100.00	$2,075.13
1250–1500	1346	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,050.00–2,450.00	$2,273.24
1385	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–910	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,178.00
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1090–1150	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,428.39
1095–1250	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,531.12
1025–1510	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,040.00	$1,837.20

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–742	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,225.00–1,325.00	$1,282.44
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
950–1020	988	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,277.09
875–1090	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,400.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1320	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,304.33
1173–1505	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,100.00–2,450.00	$2,313.18
1446	1446	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1085	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,888.60

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00
890–1050	997	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,605.35
1016	1016	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1039	1039	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1058	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,410.00	$2,410.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1196–1252	1221	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	3,150.00–3,500.00	$3,340.48

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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	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	2,350.00	$2,350.00	-322.73
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—
1120–1285	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	2,400.00–3,050.00	$2,780.56	-61.11
1100–1300	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,300.00–2,575.00	$2,458.33	-383.34
1585	1585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1200	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,300.00–2,700.00	$2,243.06	+243.06
1100–1150	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1100	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–2,100.00	$1,568.75	-831.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1075	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00–2,925.00	$2,508.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1660	1660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,025.00	$3,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	12	190.00	$190.00	$1,634	—

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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.