Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 16, 2026

21,701 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $346.78/cwt +7.92 vs last sale · ≈ $3,034/hd at 875 lb · 943 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $354.70/cwt +3.39 vs last sale · ≈ $2,930/hd at 826 lb · 730 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $420.61/cwt +11.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,832/hd at 673 lb · 666 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	21,701	26,139	33,462
Feeder cattle	17,971	23,160	28,851
Slaughter cattle	1,749	1,991	3,120
Replacement cattle	1,981	988	1,491

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with some lightweight grazing type calves seeing gains of 20.00-25.00. The supply of feeders was light as the week started off with what was hopefully the last cold spell of the year. Many areas seen a bit of snow and some frost early in the week which very likely caused a bit of damage. It was short lived as record highs were seen late week and over the weekend for the official start of Spring. Winds have been very strong which should help to firm up fields as many look to get fertilizer on hay fields and pastures soon. Thus far planting hasn't begun but no doubt it isn't far away. Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to push fuel and fertilizer prices higher at a very inopportune time. Demand for all classes of cattle is good to very good. From grazing type calves, heifers that have replacement potential, to bred cows and pairs, are all finding plenty of buying interest. Fed cattle slaughter remains as a historically slow pace, so the current labor strike at the plant in CO isn't really having much effect on price levels at this point. The monthly Cattle on Feed Report was released on Friday. Numbers were within the ranges of pre-report estimates. On feed was reported at 99.7 percent, marketings reported at 93.2 percent, and placements at 103.6 percent. As typical the placement numbers draw the most attention and on the surface the months number did bring up some questions. Digging deeper though placements in Feb of '25 were reported down 18% due not only to the loss of Mexican imports but also very limited sales in the US due to a couple of weeks of extreme weather. So even with lower cattle numbers it isn't hard to see how this year's placements were higher. With the light supply this week stick out sales of drafts over 20 head were a bit harder to find in several weight classes that being sale a few included 43 head of 542 lb. steers at Springfield Livestock Marketing Center which sold for 540.00. Green City Livestock Market sold 34 head of 660 lb. steers for 449.50. Joplin Regional Stockyards sold 23 head of 712 lb. steers for 420.00. Kingsville Livestock Auction sold two loads of 807 lb. steers for 365.50. Joplin Regional Stockyards sold a small pkg of 11 of 507 lb. heifers at 490.00 and 28 head of 704 lb. heifers at 385.00. Boxed beef cutout values closed slightly higher for the week. Choice closed on Friday at 400.11, up 2.19 and select closed at 392.94, up 1.40 compared to last week. The choice/select spread at 7.17 per cwt. Negotiated feedlot sales as of the 2:00 cutoff time on Friday afternoons report was just under 44k head. Live prices were reported mostly steady at 235.00 and dressed sales also mostly steady at 372.00. The Missouri Stocker formula consists of 3338 head with a weighted average weight of 530.86 lbs. and a price value of 488.96, 17.25 higher than last week and setting a new record high. The steer/heifer spread is 56.13.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher
→ Feeder heifers: heifers that have replacement potential
→ Feeder steers: steers at Springfield Livestock Marketing Center which sold for 540.00
→ Replacement cows: to bred cows and pairs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207 unweaned	207	3	800.00	$800.00	$1,656	—
230	230	11	665.00–690.00	$680.00	$1,564	—
254–293	273	29	620.00–710.00	$659.78	$1,801	-13.85
305–323 fancy	316	11	650.00–700.00	$680.77	$2,151	—
301–348	328	146	556.00–700.00	$650.56	$2,134	-5.28
349 thin fleshed	349	5	705.00	$705.00	$2,460	—
360–388 unweaned	369	6	600.00–622.00	$614.30	$2,267	-1.32
350–397	378	199	540.00–655.00	$618.30	$2,337	+3.91
390 fancy	390	2	650.00	$650.00	$2,535	—
400–449	423	261	518.00–680.00	$596.70	$2,524	+21.09
411–448 fancy	429	16	595.00–630.00	$610.69	$2,620	-2.79
439 value added	439	8	579.00	$579.00	$2,542	+56.50
448	448	8	540.00	$540.00	$2,419	-35.61
459 fancy	459	9	560.00	$560.00	$2,570	-40.00
470 value added	470	18	590.00	$590.00	$2,773	—
475 thin fleshed	475	2	560.00	$560.00	$2,660	—
450–499	478	353	495.00–600.00	$543.46	$2,598	-8.40
497–498 unweaned	498	20	505.00–520.00	$510.99	$2,545	-30.51
511 value added	511	14	558.00	$558.00	$2,851	+74.26
500–546	525	444	435.00–560.00	$516.99	$2,714	+13.09
527–529 unweaned	528	18	508.00–527.50	$518.82	$2,739	+24.69
525–540 fancy	536	4	550.00–555.00	$551.22	$2,955	+16.94
550–597	570	520	410.00–520.00	$469.54	$2,676	+5.38
563–591 value added	582	33	457.00–485.00	$466.03	$2,712	—
568–591	584	19	435.00–446.00	$438.38	$2,560	-25.78
603 thin fleshed	603	8	457.00	$457.00	$2,756	—
606 value added	606	6	440.00	$440.00	$2,666	+1.09
608–612 unweaned	611	12	420.00–435.00	$432.51	$2,643	+10.51
609–625 fancy	613	8	455.00–460.00	$458.73	$2,812	—
600–647	623	360	395.00–475.00	$438.42	$2,731	+3.69
639	639	7	406.00	$406.00	$2,594	+20.24
665 fancy	665	2	449.00	$449.00	$2,986	—
650–697	673	651	362.00–455.00	$421.27	$2,835	+11.68
672–696 unweaned	688	9	364.00–425.00	$383.86	$2,641	—
690	690	4	381.00	$381.00	$2,629	-28.59
705 value added	705	3	405.00	$405.00	$2,855	+21.03
700–745	716	202	350.00–420.00	$398.75	$2,855	+12.78
750–796	774	195	337.00–387.00	$365.27	$2,827	+3.22
802–848	826	730	332.00–365.50	$354.70	$2,930	+3.05
858 value added	858	6	351.00	$351.00	$3,012	+18.00
850–895	875	937	333.00–355.00	$346.75	$3,034	+7.76
902–929	921	122	305.00–339.00	$324.79	$2,991	-10.21
954–972	971	404	320.50–322.00	$320.57	$3,113	-0.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–292	279	9	620.00–685.00	$646.00	$1,802	+60.12
305–348	325	61	435.00–695.00	$588.65	$1,913	+9.69
338 unweaned	338	2	580.00	$580.00	$1,960	—
350–398	384	91	500.00–590.00	$563.75	$2,165	-16.09
400–449	430	193	475.00–590.00	$545.23	$2,344	+20.38
432 thin fleshed	432	4	512.50	$512.50	$2,214	—
450–497	474	228	440.00–555.00	$512.01	$2,427	-0.89
470–476	474	8	466.00–492.00	$482.33	$2,286	-30.57
460–486 unweaned	476	8	475.00–490.00	$480.43	$2,287	-9.57
500–549	527	272	400.00–510.00	$475.84	$2,508	+6.92
529–548 unweaned	535	9	445.00–465.00	$457.95	$2,450	-2.05
558–570	565	7	392.00–437.00	$411.05	$2,322	-13.74
550–598	575	252	380.00–490.00	$438.46	$2,521	+13.67
603 thin fleshed	603	11	443.50	$443.50	$2,674	+3.50
608 unweaned	608	8	410.00	$410.00	$2,493	—
600–648	624	190	382.00–465.00	$414.94	$2,589	+22.42
650–698	685	182	365.00–415.00	$394.10	$2,700	+6.78
690 unweaned	690	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,553	—
708 thin fleshed	708	9	400.00	$400.00	$2,832	—
713–745	730	102	361.00–385.00	$373.05	$2,723	+10.09
759–792	779	256	327.50–374.00	$353.89	$2,757	+11.24
800–847	817	202	325.00–350.00	$344.14	$2,812	+5.10
852–890	887	167	315.00–332.50	$326.80	$2,899	+2.96
905–949	945	133	311.50–336.00	$312.37	$2,952	-2.57
959–984	961	116	307.50–321.50	$320.27	$3,078	+23.70
1004	1004	20	285.00	$285.00	$2,861	—
1055–1091	1071	18	252.00–262.50	$256.55	$2,748	+10.55
1132	1132	9	272.50	$272.50	$3,085	—
1297	1297	3	237.00	$237.00	$3,074	—
1362	1362	3	221.00	$221.00	$3,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	8	505.00	$505.00	$1,712	-19.35
350–397	380	51	480.00–545.00	$511.50	$1,944	+3.36
410–446	426	39	450.00–517.50	$496.83	$2,116	+11.22
465–495	480	36	440.00–495.00	$479.18	$2,300	+10.29
515–549	531	14	410.00–445.00	$422.13	$2,242	+18.84
587	587	9	410.00	$410.00	$2,407	+16.28
614–620	617	9	361.00–369.00	$365.46	$2,255	-31.50
729	729	26	351.00	$351.00	$2,559	+53.50
823–840	830	5	285.00–305.00	$296.90	$2,464	—
860	860	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,279	-39.00
923	923	3	319.00	$319.00	$2,944	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,688	—
1005	1005	56	320.00	$320.00	$3,216	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1229	1229	8	255.00	$255.00	$3,134	—
1250	1250	7	236.50	$236.50	$2,956	—
1452	1452	8	246.00	$246.00	$3,572	—
1377–1575	1467	19	238.00–244.00	$241.80	$3,547	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,904	—
966	966	4	259.00	$259.00	$2,502	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	4	455.00	$455.00	$2,275	—
926	926	3	321.00	$321.00	$2,972	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	—
945	945	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,835	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	371	4	400.00–405.00	$403.74	$1,498	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	435.00	$435.00	$2,536	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	3	371.00	$371.00	$2,590	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,591	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	282	49	580.00–680.00	$615.36	$1,735	-1.01
290 unweaned	290	2	595.00	$595.00	$1,726	—
300–348	324	80	540.00–700.00	$605.11	$1,961	+38.03
350–395	372	236	477.00–610.00	$553.07	$2,057	+6.57
357–380 unweaned	372	9	520.00–540.00	$526.39	$1,958	—
376 fancy	376	3	600.00	$600.00	$2,256	—
408–417 unweaned	411	8	496.00–520.00	$505.12	$2,076	+28.15
400–449	424	357	420.00–560.00	$517.77	$2,195	+10.46
438	438	4	470.00	$470.00	$2,059	+15.06
450 value added	450	13	519.00	$519.00	$2,336	—
453–465 fancy	457	9	500.00–512.00	$507.93	$2,321	+2.93
466–470 unweaned	469	17	455.00–475.00	$459.68	$2,156	+14.65
450–496	476	354	415.00–540.00	$477.35	$2,272	+4.65
496–498	497	5	406.00–426.00	$417.98	$2,077	-54.72
517 value added	517	21	468.00	$468.00	$2,420	—
519 unweaned	519	6	445.00	$445.00	$2,310	—
500–548	521	416	392.00–530.00	$454.46	$2,368	+11.25
510–541 fancy	538	32	450.00–467.00	$461.90	$2,485	—
541	541	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,056	-63.21
559 unweaned	559	4	430.00	$430.00	$2,404	—
550–599	569	338	375.00–455.00	$421.79	$2,400	+28.91
577–595	583	21	370.00–393.00	$383.11	$2,234	-37.08
587 fancy	587	4	504.00	$504.00	$2,958	—
609 thin fleshed	609	12	405.00	$405.00	$2,466	—
612 unweaned	612	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,295	—
600–645	626	617	335.00–437.50	$404.11	$2,530	+6.12
611–637 fancy	631	12	395.00–401.00	$399.55	$2,521	—
650–693	674	576	320.00–420.00	$374.72	$2,526	+32.52
682 thin fleshed	682	12	371.50	$371.50	$2,534	—
715	715	5	387.50	$387.50	$2,771	+26.59
700–749	720	175	315.00–385.00	$362.51	$2,610	+1.60
751–790	763	103	325.00–380.00	$340.56	$2,598	+0.77
759–785	767	47	364.00–399.00	$377.98	$2,899	+38.19
803	803	18	363.00	$363.00	$2,915	+44.85
806–839	814	264	319.00–370.00	$330.89	$2,693	+12.74
856	856	34	316.00	$316.00	$2,705	-3.56
905–939	928	25	272.00–329.00	$307.90	$2,857	+5.72
953	953	7	307.50	$307.50	$2,930	-4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	610.00	$610.00	$1,403	—
292	292	2	510.00	$510.00	$1,489	-74.60
300–348	333	76	470.00–630.00	$547.84	$1,824	+37.71
350–399	383	87	400.00–530.00	$495.58	$1,898	+7.12
412–424 unweaned	420	8	430.00–440.00	$433.68	$1,821	-31.32
401–448	425	191	400.00–503.00	$467.48	$1,987	+13.90
430	430	2	438.00	$438.00	$1,883	-15.58
472 thin fleshed	472	4	491.00	$491.00	$2,318	—
450–499	476	199	325.00–480.00	$449.03	$2,137	+9.92
482–489 unweaned	485	13	431.50–435.00	$433.13	$2,101	—
490	490	7	450.00	$450.00	$2,205	+10.89
502–520 unweaned	511	6	375.00–398.00	$386.30	$1,974	-6.20
512 thin fleshed	512	15	452.50	$452.50	$2,317	+12.50
516 fancy	516	4	545.00	$545.00	$2,812	—
500–549	528	182	370.00–445.00	$412.90	$2,180	+2.67
569–594 unweaned	578	23	362.50–405.00	$380.28	$2,198	+12.61
550–597	579	154	340.00–415.00	$384.53	$2,226	+12.93
582	582	6	370.00	$370.00	$2,153	-1.60
600–645	630	244	340.00–407.00	$367.21	$2,313	+2.17
637	637	8	346.00	$346.00	$2,204	-19.04
650–695	675	279	322.50–375.00	$351.72	$2,374	-1.33
722 unweaned	722	4	333.50	$333.50	$2,408	—
705–747	732	253	325.00–352.50	$335.27	$2,454	-3.00
758–797	786	101	300.00–346.00	$326.63	$2,567	-8.37
816–847	820	146	309.00–326.00	$319.83	$2,623	+10.68
861–894	881	101	290.50–317.00	$308.13	$2,715	-6.36
945	945	6	296.00	$296.00	$2,797	+0.34
978	978	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,787	-50.00
1070–1072	1072	10	246.00–267.50	$263.21	$2,822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	329	31	465.00–520.00	$493.41	$1,623	+44.90
355–398	378	18	430.00–460.00	$437.49	$1,654	-12.60
410–447	434	15	400.00–490.00	$443.64	$1,925	+10.00
455–499	490	23	375.00–425.00	$411.55	$2,017	+3.10
500–545	529	5	370.00–410.00	$396.25	$2,096	+2.63
595–598	597	3	360.00–375.00	$364.98	$2,179	+20.00
640	640	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,112	+4.47
663–668	665	7	350.00–355.00	$352.15	$2,342	+33.49
743	743	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,452	+25.70
908	908	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,542	—
985	985	3	261.00	$261.00	$2,571	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–488	484	8	440.00–470.00	$458.66	$2,220	+13.74
527	527	5	460.00	$460.00	$2,424	+27.50
618	618	4	364.00	$364.00	$2,250	-17.49
654	654	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,387	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,778	—
760–777	770	14	325.00–328.00	$326.73	$2,516	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	5	232.50	$232.50	$2,674	+0.50
1270–1425	1373	6	241.50–244.00	$242.86	$3,334	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	7	332.50	$332.50	$2,278	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	7	3,000.00	$3,000.00	-17.84

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	3	376.00	$376.00	$1,696	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,880	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	300.00	$300.00	$906	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	3	710.00	$710.00	$1,761	—
268	268	3	760.00	$760.00	$2,037	—
270 unweaned	270	2	700.00	$700.00	$1,890	—
312–345	325	12	545.00–635.00	$605.90	$1,969	+17.60
355–398	374	42	525.00–670.00	$599.07	$2,241	+60.87
391 unweaned	391	4	582.00	$582.00	$2,276	—
400–448	431	52	470.00–585.00	$534.12	$2,302	+19.71
436 unweaned	436	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,442	—
460–496	472	21	450.00–532.00	$495.51	$2,339	+19.20
500–544	525	54	412.00–505.00	$456.56	$2,397	+16.13
522–527 unweaned	526	10	420.00–476.00	$459.31	$2,416	+22.31
552–592	571	23	387.50–461.00	$432.05	$2,467	+28.17
558–587 unweaned	577	8	417.00–450.00	$436.28	$2,517	+36.28
607–642	626	17	382.50–420.00	$406.31	$2,544	+6.57
650–692	681	22	350.00–390.00	$359.63	$2,449	-11.23
700–745	727	16	344.00–385.00	$358.59	$2,607	+4.03
788	788	2	298.00	$298.00	$2,348	-34.99
803–846	829	17	307.00–339.00	$326.48	$2,707	+11.02
872	872	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,703	—
1087	1087	2	267.00	$267.00	$2,902	+67.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–348	317	9	555.00–585.00	$561.34	$1,779	-98.66
338 unweaned	338	5	580.00–595.00	$589.00	$1,991	—
377–390	385	8	518.00–585.00	$544.90	$2,098	+14.56
400–445	417	14	535.00–570.00	$550.86	$2,297	+5.31
412–445 unweaned	432	12	495.00–527.50	$508.31	$2,196	+33.31
450–475 unweaned	465	13	465.00–495.00	$485.64	$2,258	—
450–499	476	45	435.00–515.00	$483.09	$2,300	+26.12
510 fancy	510	3	470.00	$470.00	$2,397	—
520–548	541	19	410.00–490.00	$450.06	$2,435	-22.13
556	556	5	462.50	$462.50	$2,572	+32.94
600–627	611	23	387.00–427.50	$408.52	$2,496	-13.19
624 unweaned	624	5	387.50	$387.50	$2,418	—
664 unweaned	664	5	425.00	$425.00	$2,822	—
665–680	671	9	340.00–417.00	$365.03	$2,449	-30.51
715	715	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,860	—
839	839	6	322.50	$322.50	$2,706	—
911	911	4	258.00	$258.00	$2,350	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1260	1260	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	5,600.00	$5,600.00	—
1415–2045	1718	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	27	5,200.00–7,400.00	$5,990.85	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1310	1245	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,194.24	—
1120–1762	1451	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	16	4,000.00–5,100.00	$4,511.17	—
1555–1975	1743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	5	3,700.00–4,250.00	$4,052.18	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,710	-55.00
445	445	7	460.00–470.00	$462.86	$2,060	—
460–497	479	6	440.00–450.00	$445.19	$2,132	—
520	520	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,210	-15.00
678	678	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,305	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1385–1520	1453	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	2,800.00–3,250.00	$3,035.46	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,544	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1350	1190	80-85%	35	135.00–160.00	$153.35	$1,825	—
880–1475	1195	80-85%	213	141.00–175.00	$164.92	$1,971	—
895–1575	1221	80-85%	173	161.00–195.00	$176.52	$2,155	+14.62
1320	1320	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,782	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1207	962	85-90%	77	95.00–142.00	$130.28	$1,253	+20.77
750–1150	978	85-90%	14	90.00–127.50	$108.97	$1,066	-0.54
825–1350	1005	85-90%	46	134.50–182.50	$165.67	$1,665	+20.07
745–1505	1034	85-90%	167	90.00–163.00	$150.30	$1,554	+22.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1670	1453	75-80%	17	134.50–160.00	$153.86	$2,236	+1.45
1265–1935	1472	75-80%	136	152.00–180.00	$168.84	$2,485	+16.43
1080–1970	1496	75-80%	119	161.00–192.50	$177.52	$2,656	+11.72

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1775	1661	65-75%	8	180.00–195.00	$185.94	$3,088	—
1710–1970	1799	65-75%	7	165.00–198.00	$173.10	$3,114	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	6	520.00	$520.00	$2,080	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1198	1198	3	252.50	$252.50	$3,025	—
1230–2220	1554	25	165.00–194.00	$179.88	$2,795	—
1070–2220	1680	103	172.00–219.00	$200.03	$3,361	—
1380–2670	1841	68	180.00–242.00	$215.53	$3,968	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1085	971	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	249.00–312.00	$280.72	$2,726
770–1365	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	185.00–286.00	$231.13	$2,471
775–1335	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	171.00–280.00	$216.61	$2,357

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
887–1175	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	185.00–225.00	$207.95	$2,113
1170–1285	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	120.00–173.00	$162.56	$2,014

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1140	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	250.00–287.50	$266.83	$2,476
845–1135	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	180.00–240.00	$205.43	$1,997
977–1022	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	220.00–240.00	$234.47	$2,366

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
699–756	747	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	3,100.00–3,200.00	$3,184.39

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
762	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,286
905–1135	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	126.00–205.00	$161.29	$1,652

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1067	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	280.00	$280.00	$2,988

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1046	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,700.00	$3,700.00
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1030–1194	1145	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,800.00	$2,631.36
855–1545	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	52	2,300.00–3,650.00	$2,998.32
820–1745	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	228	2,350.00–3,900.00	$3,349.31
1172	1172	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,150.00	$3,150.00
940–1470	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	1,950.00–2,825.00	$2,564.21
978–1530	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,650.00–3,000.00	$2,853.23
1208–1250	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	4,200.00–4,250.00	$4,233.59
1080–1445	1230	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,275.00–3,650.00	$2,922.10
875–1465	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	2,200.00–3,500.00	$3,079.99
1160–1313	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	3,000.00–3,750.00	$3,278.41
1241–1400	1289	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,134.69
1115–1380	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	3,800.00–4,000.00	$3,963.93

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1052–1240	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,474.04
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	6,000.00	$6,000.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00
1040–1665	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	66	3,600.00–4,300.00	$3,978.91
1238–1415	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	4,650.00–4,975.00	$4,885.34
1314–1535	1413	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	3,300.00–4,050.00	$3,732.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1100	906	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,000.00–2,800.00	$2,309.94
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00
930–1200	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,543.66
800–1330	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,750.00–3,150.00	$2,659.78
1018–1490	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,700.00–4,500.00	$3,492.12
1158–1470	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,900.00–2,800.00	$2,494.96
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1463	1463	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	4,250.00	$4,250.00
1450–1545	1474	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,300.00–3,350.00	$3,313.10
1400–1677	1532	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	2,975.00–3,300.00	$3,120.12
1465–1645	1534	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	3,050.00–4,200.00	$3,677.34

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
768	768	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00
630–840	806	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,200.00–2,500.00	$2,268.81
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
725–1135	996	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,817.79
838–1165	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	1,750.00–2,700.00	$2,459.65

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1165	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,550.00–4,100.00	$3,029.98
970–1105	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,700.00–3,300.00	$2,950.95

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420–1490	1463	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,600.00–2,750.00	$2,661.45

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
737–988	872	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	2,600.00–4,200.00	$3,569.48
655–988	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	2,300.00–3,800.00	$3,355.16
825–1040	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	2,750.00–3,850.00	$3,244.74
1035–1065	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,000.00–3,500.00	$3,246.43
1335	1335	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	4,400.00	$4,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1146	1045	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	3,500.00–3,725.00	$3,644.54
1022–1325	1162	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	4,000.00–4,600.00	$4,263.38

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752	752	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00
720–975	789	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,405.71
830	830	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1008	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	3,250.00	$3,250.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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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
799–1208	959	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	3,550.00–3,950.00	$3,671.43	—
935–1308	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	3,700.00–4,500.00	$4,213.46	+1,113.46
1050–1150	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	5,150.00–5,500.00	$5,360.00	—
990–1485	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	3,050.00–4,800.00	$4,323.33	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,750.00	$3,750.00	-250.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	5,650.00	$5,650.00	+1,650.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	5,900.00	$5,900.00	+1,900.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	6,000.00	$6,000.00	+1,325.00
1100–1450	1304	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	4,275.00–4,800.00	$4,541.30	-133.70
1067–1570	1306	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	3,050.00–4,350.00	$3,991.67	-683.33
1258–1500	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,300.00–4,550.00	$4,360.00	-315.00
1363	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1350–1400	1367	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	5,800.00–5,850.00	$5,833.33	—
1248–1645	1381	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	4,100.00–5,150.00	$4,825.00	—
1155–1710	1429	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,400.00–4,400.00	$4,020.00	+170.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,800.00	$4,800.00	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	6,100.00	$6,100.00	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—
1250–1375	1354	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	5,400.00–5,550.00	$5,525.00	—
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—
1135–1820	1636	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	4,900.00–6,000.00	$5,550.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
902	902	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
825–1150	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,350.00–3,500.00	$3,038.46	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
975–1081	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,600.00–4,100.00	$3,812.50	+112.50

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450–1500	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	6,300.00–6,750.00	$6,525.00	—
1550	1550	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	6,200.00–6,800.00	$6,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–1061	1013	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,700.00–3,400.00	$3,260.00	-756.67

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1302	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	5,050.00	$5,050.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	5,325.00	$5,325.00	—
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	5,600.00	$5,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	6,100.00	$6,100.00	—

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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.