Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 13, 2023

23,016 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $295.38/cwt -1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,538/hd at 521 lb · 962 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $320.82/cwt -20.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,399/hd at 436 lb · 713 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $276.57/cwt -4.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,329/hd at 481 lb · 675 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	23,016	17,653	17,934
Feeder cattle	11,490	12,570	11,334
Slaughter cattle	4,278	3,653	2,296
Replacement cattle	1,170	1,430	738

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers and Heifers under 450 lbs sold 20.00 lower, 450-650 lbs sold steady and over 650 lbs sold 10.00 lower. Less buyers this week with a tighter volume of cattle made it more difficult to build loads. Demand was light to moderate. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	40	381.00	$381.00	$1,105	-24.00
303–349 unweaned	336	237	330.00–390.00	$367.78	$1,236	-10.34
350–398 unweaned	387	540	332.50–375.00	$351.52	$1,360	-19.83
363–393	387	32	340.50–343.00	$340.94	$1,319	—
402–449 unweaned	436	713	302.00–347.50	$320.82	$1,399	-19.87
462–468	462	99	294.00–325.00	$321.79	$1,487	+13.02
450–499 unweaned	473	399	290.00–324.00	$307.13	$1,453	-3.77
508 thin fleshed	508	56	321.00	$321.00	$1,631	—
500–518	510	42	283.50–297.00	$289.17	$1,475	-0.88
500–549 unweaned	522	864	263.00–315.00	$294.02	$1,535	-3.00
552 fancy	552	78	292.00	$292.00	$1,612	—
550–598 unweaned	574	402	244.50–284.00	$266.20	$1,528	-1.55
572–588	579	18	248.00–264.00	$255.22	$1,478	-1.92
595	595	28	245.00	$245.00	$1,458	-12.14
601–647 unweaned	619	359	230.00–273.50	$248.50	$1,538	-10.03
637	637	14	255.00	$255.00	$1,624	-10.57
652–699 unweaned	678	95	217.00–247.00	$232.01	$1,573	-13.34
707–730 unweaned	715	63	217.00–232.00	$226.97	$1,623	-6.88
912–938	918	16	210.50–214.00	$211.01	$1,937	-9.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283–287 unweaned	286	20	355.00–375.00	$368.06	$1,053	+88.06
320	320	7	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	—
332–348 unweaned	339	34	335.00–357.50	$341.82	$1,159	-18.39
361–388 unweaned	374	44	315.00–330.00	$323.97	$1,212	-9.62
379	379	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,213	-20.00
420	420	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,334	—
403–440 unweaned	421	62	293.00–317.50	$308.14	$1,297	-1.95
463–475	466	11	280.00–297.50	$292.64	$1,364	—
451–497 unweaned	479	79	270.00–300.00	$289.56	$1,387	-5.17
513–538	522	8	274.00	$274.00	$1,430	—
509–549 unweaned	535	89	261.00–284.00	$267.34	$1,430	-2.59
550–598 unweaned	579	55	220.00–255.00	$247.38	$1,432	-0.96
598	598	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,429	—
600–649 unweaned	626	48	224.00–245.00	$238.37	$1,492	-3.68
673	673	11	225.00	$225.00	$1,514	—
685 unweaned	685	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,548	-7.33
742 unweaned	742	14	214.00	$214.00	$1,588	—
770	770	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,656	—
985	985	8	208.00	$208.00	$2,049	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491 unweaned	491	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,350	-13.17
590–595 unweaned	591	41	246.00–248.00	$246.49	$1,457	-8.48
620 unweaned	620	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,380	-18.50
655–691 unweaned	688	41	225.00–229.00	$228.81	$1,574	—
705–748	721	8	215.00–219.00	$217.44	$1,568	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299 unweaned	299	7	332.50	$332.50	$994	—
306 unweaned	306	11	317.50	$317.50	$972	-5.00
355–385 unweaned	370	2	270.00–320.00	$293.99	$1,088	-21.01
449 unweaned	449	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,212	-53.84
477 unweaned	477	15	299.00	$299.00	$1,426	+7.58
526–545 unweaned	532	9	274.00–275.00	$274.66	$1,461	+54.66
621 unweaned	621	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,304	—
683	683	8	212.50	$212.50	$1,451	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399 unweaned	399	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,237	—
480 unweaned	480	23	281.00	$281.00	$1,349	—
653–699	684	33	211.00–237.00	$219.28	$1,500	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348 unweaned	348	10	170.00	$170.00	$592	—
428–448 unweaned	441	46	152.50–185.00	$156.92	$692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 unweaned	310	2	305.00	$305.00	$946	—
350–382 unweaned	369	5	300.00–312.50	$304.74	$1,124	-2.22
413–418 unweaned	414	7	240.00–275.00	$250.09	$1,035	-51.21
460–476 unweaned	473	20	260.00–274.00	$271.28	$1,283	+41.28
538 unweaned	538	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,251	-2.50
593 unweaned	593	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,186	-23.46
600	600	6	222.00	$222.00	$1,332	—
615 unweaned	615	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,322	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572 unweaned	572	8	234.00	$234.00	$1,338	+19.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347 unweaned	347	3	185.00	$185.00	$642	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	1	330.00	$330.00	$957	—
314–349 unweaned	325	198	280.00–346.00	$319.29	$1,038	+15.29
315–347	337	13	293.00–300.00	$295.01	$994	-9.99
372	372	28	313.00	$313.00	$1,164	+13.68
353–397 unweaned	374	349	265.00–325.00	$310.05	$1,160	+5.78
405–434	414	94	276.00–307.00	$299.37	$1,239	—
400–449 unweaned	424	512	260.00–302.00	$284.53	$1,206	-5.05
454	454	8	280.50	$280.50	$1,273	-9.49
450–498 unweaned	481	667	263.00–288.00	$276.52	$1,330	-2.89
507–520 fancy	510	58	278.00–281.00	$278.69	$1,421	+0.69
517–528	522	27	250.00–260.00	$254.42	$1,328	+2.90
501–549 unweaned	525	281	242.50–276.00	$261.50	$1,373	+1.33
537	537	55	268.00	$268.00	$1,439	+16.48
550–595 unweaned	568	244	221.00–257.00	$243.92	$1,385	-4.77
576	576	23	242.00	$242.00	$1,394	-3.65
581	581	27	222.50	$222.50	$1,293	-23.15
612 fancy	612	12	245.00	$245.00	$1,499	—
614	614	15	247.00	$247.00	$1,517	+6.33
601–644 unweaned	629	160	221.00–238.00	$227.23	$1,429	-11.61
651–673 unweaned	657	19	218.00–222.00	$220.94	$1,452	-4.88
715 unweaned	715	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,573	-1.05
717	717	23	217.00	$217.00	$1,556	-2.57
808–839	815	59	206.00–218.00	$214.22	$1,746	-5.64
879–899	887	55	205.00–208.00	$206.44	$1,831	-8.47
894	894	6	193.00	$193.00	$1,725	-21.91
905–942	918	19	196.00–202.00	$197.72	$1,815	-20.10
966–994	987	46	194.00–204.00	$197.66	$1,951	-17.84
1009	1009	26	193.00	$193.00	$1,947	+3.00
1018	1018	3	193.00	$193.00	$1,965	+3.00
1055	1055	51	193.00	$193.00	$2,036	+3.50
1062–1076	1068	9	188.00–194.50	$191.59	$2,046	+2.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–288 unweaned	280	17	265.00–315.00	$301.33	$844	+19.13
311–338 unweaned	325	33	255.00–290.00	$275.35	$895	-2.87
343	343	12	262.50	$262.50	$900	—
361–396 unweaned	381	92	243.00–286.00	$265.99	$1,013	-13.41
350–392	386	45	250.00–263.00	$261.43	$1,009	—
405–443 unweaned	423	45	242.00–272.50	$262.31	$1,110	-0.03
450	450	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,046	—
450–498 unweaned	473	68	225.00–269.00	$252.01	$1,192	-3.56
509–540	527	20	222.50–239.00	$227.98	$1,201	—
502–544 unweaned	529	74	224.00–249.00	$234.45	$1,240	-8.20
555–592 unweaned	583	14	217.50–232.50	$221.86	$1,293	-3.71
603–605 unweaned	604	14	210.00–217.00	$213.86	$1,292	-9.89
640–648	644	6	205.00–220.00	$212.45	$1,368	—
672 unweaned	672	7	208.00	$208.00	$1,398	-16.00
689	689	4	202.00	$202.00	$1,392	—
728	728	12	208.00	$208.00	$1,514	—
766–798	779	38	185.00–210.00	$200.12	$1,559	-11.40
836–848	840	16	195.00–202.50	$197.37	$1,658	-6.15
858–870	863	8	201.00–202.00	$201.62	$1,740	-2.81
923	923	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,869	+3.10
1010	1010	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,858	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–326 unweaned	323	13	250.00–310.00	$282.58	$913	+0.08
405–440 unweaned	436	9	250.00–256.00	$255.38	$1,113	-13.61
455	455	1	215.00	$215.00	$978	—
525–535 unweaned	529	5	232.50–241.00	$237.56	$1,257	-12.13
555–560 unweaned	556	16	215.00–227.00	$224.73	$1,249	—
575	575	22	237.00	$237.00	$1,363	—
637–645	641	183	238.00–239.50	$238.77	$1,531	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288 unweaned	288	8	230.00	$230.00	$662	—
304–318 unweaned	312	11	250.00–260.00	$254.43	$794	+9.43
389	389	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,011	—
391 unweaned	391	7	225.00	$225.00	$880	—
449 unweaned	449	17	236.00	$236.00	$1,060	+26.00
481 unweaned	481	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,130	+27.50
500	500	7	221.00	$221.00	$1,105	—
503–508 unweaned	504	7	191.00–210.00	$196.47	$990	—
558–596 unweaned	584	9	185.00–207.50	$198.86	$1,161	-29.64
591	591	6	199.00	$199.00	$1,176	—
695 unweaned	695	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,112	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447 unweaned	447	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,095	—
452 unweaned	452	9	255.00	$255.00	$1,153	—
537–548 unweaned	543	19	239.00–245.00	$244.10	$1,325	+2.74
608 unweaned	608	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,362	-5.25
675 unweaned	675	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,397	-11.00
708 unweaned	708	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,487	—
938	938	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,698	—
1118	1118	3	186.00	$186.00	$2,079	+6.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	175.00	$175.00	$595	—
393–398 unweaned	396	31	135.00–137.50	$135.96	$538	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 unweaned	245	23	280.00	$280.00	$686	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
991–993	991	23	167.00	$167.00	$1,655	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–337 unweaned	334	4	320.00–327.50	$325.68	$1,088	—
458–463 unweaned	460	7	270.00–305.00	$285.09	$1,311	—
640 unweaned	640	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,363	-14.56
710 unweaned	710	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,512	—
773 unweaned	773	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546 unweaned	546	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,201	-7.96
652 unweaned	652	9	194.00	$194.00	$1,265	—
748 unweaned	748	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,272	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	7	197.00	$197.00	$1,168	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–990	906	85-90%	16	40.00–59.00	$45.68	$414	-12.06
870–995	921	85-90%	9	60.00–74.00	$64.72	$596	+6.98
875–995	935	85-90%	2	75.00–80.00	$77.34	$723	+4.09
875–1360	1110	85-90%	71	45.00–67.00	$57.03	$633	-3.83
890–1700	1117	85-90%	539	60.00–100.00	$76.68	$857	+15.82
915–1440	1137	85-90%	25	54.00–65.00	$62.10	$706	+1.24
1015–1410	1175	85-90%	225	60.00–80.00	$70.97	$834	-6.62
1073–1255	1185	85-90%	18	92.00–105.00	$98.39	$1,166	+20.80
990–1335	1211	85-90%	402	79.50–91.00	$83.66	$1,013	+6.74
1020–1340	1227	85-90%	42	78.00–86.00	$80.72	$990	-6.52

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1460	1392	80-85%	5	87.00–88.00	$87.51	$1,218	+5.30
1208–1580	1393	80-85%	153	74.00–85.50	$80.80	$1,126	-1.41
1208–1620	1394	80-85%	436	85.00–97.00	$90.29	$1,259	+8.08
1298–1555	1407	80-85%	15	97.50–106.00	$99.28	$1,397	+3.94
1310–1760	1427	80-85%	59	69.00–84.00	$79.28	$1,131	-16.06
1530	1530	80-85%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,193	—
1730	1730	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,263	-1.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	75-80%	3	103.00	$103.00	$1,375	—
1593	1593	75-80%	2	97.00	$97.00	$1,545	—
1508–1815	1662	75-80%	7	91.00–93.00	$91.61	$1,523	-11.41
1485–1775	1663	75-80%	21	93.50–98.00	$94.95	$1,579	-8.07
1630–1700	1665	75-80%	2	98.00–102.50	$100.20	$1,668	-2.82
1595–1950	1696	75-80%	13	85.00–92.00	$89.67	$1,521	—
2005	2005	75-80%	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,955	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1735	1435	13	91.00–104.00	$98.59	$1,415	—
1120–1865	1515	22	106.00–112.50	$107.01	$1,621	—
1195–2145	1717	35	80.00–107.00	$100.10	$1,719	—
1530–2193	1882	25	103.00–115.00	$109.57	$2,062	+1.95
1770–2142	1974	6	119.00–130.00	$125.69	$2,481	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
811–1310	937	(<2 yrs)	Open	249	95.00–185.00	$158.18	$1,482
853–1429	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	311	89.00–154.00	$127.75	$1,300

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1135	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	107.00–154.00	$126.89	$1,195
912–1135	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	80.00–103.50	$96.91	$984

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,098

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1023–1275	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	1,835.00–2,050.00	$1,931.46
1115–1290	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,600.00–1,975.00	$1,841.17
1293	1293	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1144–1410	1328	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,454.67
1243–1402	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	1,210.00–1,400.00	$1,259.99
1370	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125–1300	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	125.00–137.00	$133.66	$1,562
1184–1483	1274	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	92.00–114.00	$106.87	$1,362
1424	1424	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	95.50	$95.50	$1,360
1550	1550	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,488

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1083	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,418.83
970–1196	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,200.00–1,650.00	$1,281.59
1200–1318	1234	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,093.68
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1107	1107	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,975.00	$1,975.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	13	130.00	$130.00	$150	—
170–175	174	4	54.00–61.00	$59.29	$103	—
208–241	222	46	70.00–80.00	$77.57	$172	—
254	254	7	65.00	$65.00	$165	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80–82	82	—	—	4	167.50–170.00	$169.39	$139	—
85	85	—	—	2	137.50	$137.50	$117	—
105	105	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	197.50	$197.50	$207	—
123–140	127	—	—	82	160.00–190.00	$161.24	$205	—
135–140	138	—	—	2	172.50–187.50	$180.14	$249	—
155–157	157	—	—	6	172.50–182.50	$180.85	$284	—
160	160	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	$272	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
767	767	5	105.00	$105.00	$805	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–145	138	68	48.00–59.50	$55.92	$77	—
140	140	1	90.00	$90.00	$126	—
165	165	2	35.00	$35.00	$58	—
153–172	166	178	53.50–58.50	$54.84	$91	—
158–187	170	240	51.00–58.00	$55.82	$95	—
172	172	3	65.00	$65.00	$112	—
218	218	2	53.00	$53.00	$116	—
235	235	3	79.00	$79.00	$186	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
133	133	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	6	162.00	$162.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
52–57	55	20	200.00–202.50	$200.82	$110	—
68	68	62	207.00	$207.00	$141	—
70	70	11	195.00	$195.00	$136	—
86	86	28	186.00	$186.00	$160	—
101	101	29	160.00–171.00	$166.83	$168	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	74.00	$74.00	$118	—
260	260	1	75.00	$75.00	$195	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
92	92	52	59.00	$59.00	$54	—
104–129	114	50	57.00–61.00	$59.11	$67	—
130	130	20	61.00	$61.00	$79	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
38	38	16	210.00	$210.00	$80	—
80	80	10	162.50	$162.50	$130	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	3	150.00	$150.00	$52	—
35	35	1	280.00	$280.00	$98	—
35	35	15	185.00	$185.00	$65	—
32–38	36	14	240.00–257.50	$250.30	$90	—
39	39	11	232.50	$232.50	$91	—
41–45	41	50	235.00–252.50	$236.81	$97	—
42–46	44	41	260.00–267.50	$263.57	$116	—
45	45	1	257.50	$257.50	$116	—
47	47	6	225.00	$225.00	$106	—
46–49	48	187	242.50–245.00	$242.94	$117	—
48	48	2	165.00	$165.00	$79	—
53	53	19	157.50	$157.50	$83	—
54	54	26	250.00	$250.00	$135	—
52–59	56	242	250.00–263.00	$256.49	$144	—
56–58	56	72	232.50–240.00	$233.36	$131	—
61–62	62	48	242.50–247.50	$244.05	$151	—
63	63	50	237.50	$237.50	$150	—
65	65	4	175.00	$175.00	$114	—
66–69	68	14	190.00–227.50	$216.16	$147	—
70	70	12	182.50	$182.50	$128	—
72–77	74	44	225.00–230.00	$226.66	$168	—
73–78	74	19	217.50–222.50	$221.67	$164	—
82–83	82	10	170.00–172.50	$172.00	$141	—
80–83	83	6	200.00–215.00	$212.58	$176	—
96	96	14	202.50	$202.50	$194	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
43–45	44	3	240.00–252.50	$244.29	$107	—
51–59	55	335	230.00–248.00	$242.88	$134	—
60–68	65	454	222.50–242.00	$231.10	$150	—
71–79	74	177	205.00–230.50	$216.36	$160	—
80–88	84	304	182.00–217.50	$199.29	$167	—
91	91	4	190.00	$190.00	$173	—
91	91	10	181.00	$181.00	$165	—
91–99	94	78	186.00–207.00	$194.88	$183	—
101–107	105	308	179.00–200.50	$199.41	$209	—
112–119	115	52	167.50–172.50	$169.65	$195	—
124	124	15	177.00	$177.00	$219	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
46	46	7	230.00	$230.00	$106	—
57	57	30	220.00	$220.00	$125	—
61–68	66	72	207.00–208.00	$207.74	$137	—
73–75	74	51	193.00–202.00	$195.97	$145	—
77	77	20	185.00	$185.00	$142	—
87–88	87	25	167.50–176.00	$171.26	$149	—
97–98	97	33	175.00–178.00	$175.28	$170	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
157	157	13	178.00	$178.00	$279	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
76	76	—	—	14	117.50	$117.50	$89	—
87	87	—	—	26	80.00	$80.00	$70	—
85–93	89	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	10	142.50–170.00	$164.03	$146	—
90–95	91	—	—	4	95.00–97.50	$95.65	$87	—
107–108	107	—	—	22	92.50–100.00	$99.31	$106	—
101–148	117	—	—	54	103.00–112.50	$107.78	$126	—
165	165	—	—	2	100.00	$100.00	$165	—
190	190	—	—	4	100.00	$100.00	$190	—

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Sheep

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
122–129 thin fleshed	126	65	35.00–41.00	$38.49	$48	—
135–139	138	58	49.00–56.50	$49.96	$69	—
137–139 thin fleshed	138	29	43.00–45.00	$44.04	$61	—
140–149	144	72	48.00–57.50	$52.06	$75	—
150–153	153	19	54.00–58.00	$54.62	$84	—
167	167	37	54.00	$54.00	$90	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
67	67	3	125.00	$125.00	$84	—
90	90	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	$155	—
100	100	2	140.00	$140.00	$140	—
115	115	1	167.50	$167.50	$193	—
103–138	117	5	165.00–172.50	$168.96	$198	—
168	168	2	165.00	$165.00	$277	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
47	47	69	227.50	$227.50	$107	—
60–67	65	268	210.00–234.00	$230.89	$150	—
76–77	77	103	215.00–236.00	$221.47	$171	—
77–78	78	61	190.00–193.00	$190.44	$149	—
82	82	64	200.00	$200.00	$164	—
88	88	14	170.00	$170.00	$150	—

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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.