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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

5,643 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $294.00/cwt +13.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,832/hd at 623 lb · 83 head
light 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $214.85/cwt ≈ $2,000/hd at 931 lb · 60 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $213.40/cwt ≈ $1,908/hd at 894 lb · 44 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 5,643 1,992 6,175
Feeder cattle 521 1,046 714
Slaughter cattle 1,912 676 1,649
Replacement cattle 962 270 858

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Too few sales were seen this week to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were notice on steers. Heifers under 550 lbs sold with higher undertones, while heifers over 550 lbs sold with steady undertones. Cattle were mostly offered in small size packages or as singles. Demand was good to very good for light offerings. Quality this week was mostly plain to average. Demand for light weight cattle under 500 lbs saw some improvement this week. Cattle suitable to develop on grass continue to sell with the best demand, however very few offerings were seen. CME positions traded slightly lower this week. The August feeder cattle contract closed at 254.80 down 1.60 from last Friday, the September closed at 255.85 on Friday. Market activity this week was mostly active. Weigh up cows sold on good demand for moderate offerings. Packers showed mostly good demand for slaughter cows, however packers mostly purchased mostly lame or blemished cows to send to immediate harvest this week as they opted to feed most offerings. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 10.00 lower on breaking cows. Boning cows sold 4.00-10.00 lower, lean cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cow prices have been greatly impacted by packers searching for offerings. Additional packer were absent from the market this week allowing price to fall to near steady with the previous week. Packers showed very good demand for feeding cows as they try to buy up offerings to help manage supplies going forward into high demand periods. Packers also purchased average quality thin and light boning cows to hold for the upcoming 4th of July holiday. Demand from private feeders remains very good as well and both private and packer feeders showed very good demand for all feeding quality cows on offer. Feeding cows all sold steady to 10.00 lower. Again, fewer packers in the market allowed for cow prices to fall back to levels seen two weeks ago. Quality this week was mostly average to very attractive with many high quality reputation cows seen. Weigh up conditions were mostly average to above average. Most cows have been out on grass and were very empty at sale time. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower, again fewer packer buyers were in the market. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady. Demand was good to very good for high quality offerings which buyers are looking to rebreed. Quality was slightly plainer this week as fewer very high quality offerings were seen. Overall, quality was average to attractive.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
490 490 2 370.00 $370.00 $1,813 +26.98
563–570 564 6 340.00–349.00 $347.48 $1,960 +12.27
620–628 627 7 318.00 $318.00 $1,994 -3.02
660 660 1 304.00 $304.00 $2,006 +8.93
755–785 761 9 262.50–264.00 $263.83 $2,008 +2.83
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
346 346 4 380.00 $380.00 $1,315 —
575–595 583 3 310.00–330.00 $320.91 $1,871 +4.32
650–685 673 3 286.00–292.50 $288.09 $1,939 +15.66
710 710 1 272.00 $272.00 $1,931 +2.54
770–780 773 3 251.00–258.00 $253.35 $1,958 +26.35

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
465–473 470 11 310.00–317.50 $314.80 $1,480 —
513–533 520 10 285.00–307.50 $302.33 $1,572 +30.02
555–580 568 10 282.50–297.00 $294.28 $1,672 +31.85
625–628 627 8 270.00–275.00 $271.25 $1,701 +7.25
655–685 663 11 240.00–259.00 $242.84 $1,610 -20.16
743–745 743 9 242.00 $242.00 $1,798 -1.06
783–795 787 13 226.00–228.00 $227.23 $1,788 -0.19
825 825 1 225.00 $225.00 $1,856 +1.00
885–895 894 44 213.00–219.00 $213.40 $1,908 —
922–931 931 60 212.00–215.00 $214.85 $2,000 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
473–485 482 11 325.00–332.50 $327.96 $1,581 +16.69
530 530 8 320.00 $320.00 $1,696 +19.46
550–554 553 20 306.00 $306.00 $1,692 +11.89
623 623 83 294.00 $294.00 $1,832 +13.07
705–740 728 9 240.00–249.00 $243.39 $1,772 -8.96
753–770 755 7 245.00–247.50 $245.36 $1,852 +2.60
781–789 784 12 228.00–232.00 $230.66 $1,808 -12.10
919 919 7 209.00 $209.00 $1,921 +2.66
942 942 5 210.00 $210.00 $1,978 +3.66
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
548 548 9 245.00 $245.00 $1,343 —
870 870 1 217.50 $217.50 $1,892 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
480 480 4 300.00 $300.00 $1,440 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
495 495 4 275.00 $275.00 $1,361 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360 360 3 270.00 $270.00 $972 —

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
553 553 5 255.00 $255.00 $1,410 —
1080 1080 3 210.00 $210.00 $2,268 —
1125–1127 1127 7 196.00–200.00 $196.57 $2,215 —
1152–1160 1154 4 197.00–202.50 $201.12 $2,321 —
1214 1214 4 189.00 $189.00 $2,294 —
1290 1290 1 160.00 $160.00 $2,064 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
328 unweaned 328 2 330.00 $330.00 $1,082 —
714 714 6 242.50 $242.50 $1,731 +2.50
773–785 776 4 239.00–251.00 $242.03 $1,878 —
885 885 1 207.00 $207.00 $1,832 -8.00
975 975 1 209.00 $209.00 $2,038 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
411–418 413 —— 6 320.00–330.00 $326.63 $1,349 —
860 860 —— 1 213.00 $213.00 $1,832 —
1185 1185 —— 1 187.50 $187.50 $2,222 —
1250 1250 Young (2-4 yrs)N/A 2 152.00 $152.00 $1,900 —
Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1043–1135 1099 (<2 yrs)N/A 8 2,500.00–2,650.00 $2,535.21 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1164–1631 1373 80-85% 407 129.50–141.50 $137.72 $1,891 +0.21
1150–1610 1383 80-85% 127 129.00–139.50 $136.93 $1,894 -0.58
1202–1579 1402 80-85% 248 139.00–149.00 $142.00 $1,991 —
1270–1730 1426 80-85% 95 139.00–147.00 $141.46 $2,017 —
1285–1565 1441 80-85% 56 118.00–134.00 $129.35 $1,864 —
1310–1640 1450 80-85% 21 116.00–130.00 $123.36 $1,789 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
825–975 906 85-90% 9 100.00–116.00 $106.88 $968 —
908–975 942 85-90% 4 82.50–97.50 $89.73 $845 —
910–995 953 85-90% 3 121.00–122.00 $121.32 $1,156 +12.30
1005–1405 1146 85-90% 29 103.00–124.00 $117.07 $1,342 -3.53
1075–1215 1158 85-90% 7 134.00–140.00 $136.83 $1,584 +6.03
1030–1207 1167 85-90% 8 115.00–126.00 $121.48 $1,418 -9.32
1030–1368 1176 85-90% 58 123.00–136.00 $130.02 $1,529 -0.78
1060–1228 1189 85-90% 5 90.00–100.00 $94.88 $1,128 -35.92
955–1310 1191 85-90% 116 122.00–136.00 $130.30 $1,552 -0.50
1050–1295 1195 85-90% 139 135.00–140.50 $137.26 $1,640 +6.46
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1410–1555 1507 75-80% 3 145.00–145.50 $145.34 $2,190 -5.04
1389–1640 1553 75-80% 32 138.00–142.00 $139.08 $2,160 -9.24
1305–1700 1564 75-80% 14 126.00–138.00 $131.86 $2,062 -16.46
1475–1840 1582 75-80% 40 135.50–143.50 $137.79 $2,180 -10.53
1525–1855 1638 75-80% 28 142.00–146.00 $143.29 $2,347 —
1350–1880 1680 75-80% 21 122.00–135.50 $130.63 $2,195 +0.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1070–1375 1172 3 149.00 $149.00 $1,746 —
1120–1485 1336 7 122.50–146.00 $135.88 $1,815 —
1215–1795 1492 6 149.00–157.50 $152.83 $2,280 —
1370–1760 1517 11 132.00–149.00 $140.61 $2,133 -9.72
1360–1915 1651 15 131.00–148.00 $139.09 $2,296 —
1803 1803 4 174.00 $174.00 $3,137 —
1468–2330 1844 47 147.00–166.00 $154.32 $2,846 —
1700–2455 2109 25 162.00–176.00 $167.28 $3,528 —
2600 2600 1 168.00 $168.00 $4,368 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
751–1415 1005 (<2 yrs)Open 246 145.00–237.00 $190.52 $1,915
848–1515 1130 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 289 140.00–209.00 $161.90 $1,829
1080–1445 1213 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 30 134.00–156.00 $139.31 $1,690
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
808–1160 953 (<2 yrs)Open 26 150.00–201.00 $176.15 $1,679
880–1135 968 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 6 140.00–155.00 $143.28 $1,387
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
939–1130 979 (<2 yrs)Open 10 162.00–185.00 $178.64 $1,749
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
650–760 695 (<2 yrs)Open 9 202.50–244.00 $224.94 $1,563
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
770–815 793 (<2 yrs)Open 2 165.00–190.00 $177.15 $1,405

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1195 1195 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 2,100.00 $2,100.00
1120–1303 1240 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 10 2,100.00–2,450.00 $2,268.63
1093–1625 1335 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 11 1,400.00–2,350.00 $2,001.94
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1050–1083 1072 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 2,000.00–2,100.00 $2,032.65
Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1585 1585 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 1,900.00 $1,900.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
122–124 123 11 145.00–185.00 $155.78 $192 —
128–146 141 21 170.00–180.00 $177.40 $250 —
153–170 162 4 165.00–180.00 $172.89 $280 —
163 163 2 115.00 $115.00 $187 —
189 189 11 129.00 $129.00 $244 —
200 200 1 135.00 $135.00 $270 —
202 202 3 80.00 $80.00 $162 —
207–218 212 21 117.00–121.00 $119.63 $254 —
250 250 1 111.00 $111.00 $278 —
260–285 268 8 105.00–109.00 $107.09 $287 —

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
58 58 2 170.00 $170.00 $99 —
65 65 1 102.50 $102.50 $67 —
80 80 1 135.00 $135.00 $108 —
80 80 1 65.00 $65.00 $52 —
90 90 1 190.00 $190.00 $171 —
90–93 92 3 230.00–280.00 $263.70 $243 —
94 94 4 250.00 $250.00 $235 —
115–142 134 7 190.00–220.00 $198.32 $266 —
153 153 2 157.50 $157.50 $241 —
200 200 1 152.50 $152.50 $305 —
205 205 1 160.00 $160.00 $328 —
205 205 1 182.50 $182.50 $374 —

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1311–1428 1395 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 47 2,350.00–2,600.00 $2,504.50 —
1416 thin fleshed 1416 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 4 2,300.00 $2,300.00 —
1430–1848 1529 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 19 2,550.00–2,900.00 $2,658.75 —
1677 1677 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 7 3,450.00 $3,450.00 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1328 1328 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 2,300.00 $2,300.00 +250.00
1443 1443 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 2 2,300.00 $2,300.00 —
1583 1583 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 2 2,500.00 $2,500.00 —

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
108 108 6 92.00 $92.00 $99 —
120 120 1 47.50 $47.50 $57 —
106–145 125 68 51.00–73.00 $64.18 $80 —
120–140 125 5 50.00–60.00 $51.92 $65 —
127–149 138 50 79.00–90.00 $81.51 $112 —
154–171 158 83 80.00–93.00 $87.61 $138 —
150–176 160 17 56.00–79.00 $65.17 $104 —
157–178 162 94 95.00–99.00 $96.57 $156 —
151–199 179 56 89.00–96.00 $92.47 $166 —
178–191 187 6 97.00 $97.00 $181 —
195 195 1 85.00 $85.00 $166 —
205 205 3 97.00–98.00 $97.33 $200 —
203–227 210 20 89.00–96.00 $93.05 $195 —
210–240 225 2 84.00–86.00 $85.07 $191 —
287 287 3 90.00 $90.00 $258 —

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
48 48 3 230.00 $230.00 $110 —
57 57 10 245.00 $245.00 $140 —
68 68 7 245.00–247.50 $246.43 $168 —
92 92 22 227.50 $227.50 $209 —
90–93 93 28 242.50–246.00 $245.51 $228 —
111 111 5 247.50 $247.50 $275 —
128 128 4 205.00 $205.00 $262 —
130 130 1 197.50 $197.50 $257 —

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
208 208 2 114.00 $114.00 $237 —
223 223 2 102.00 $102.00 $227 —
275 275 2 109.00 $109.00 $300 —

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
122 122 11 83.00 $83.00 $101 —
125 125 3 63.00 $63.00 $79 —
155–162 160 4 76.00–80.00 $76.97 $123 —
155–165 163 5 81.00–93.00 $86.93 $142 —

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Hair Lambs

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
55 55 5 250.00 $250.00 $138 —
64 64 11 244.00 $244.00 $156 —

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
19 19 4 150.00 $150.00 $28 —
25–26 26 5 140.00–180.00 $147.75 $38 —
28 28 2 250.00 $250.00 $70 —
30 30 1 200.00 $200.00 $60 —
33–35 34 4 240.00–280.00 $255.15 $87 —
43–45 43 7 200.00–250.00 $207.43 $89 —
43–45 45 8 250.00–285.00 $274.02 $123 —
40–49 46 28 280.00–315.00 $290.40 $134 —
46 46 5 225.00 $225.00 $104 —
47–48 47 8 315.00–335.00 $327.40 $154 —
50 50 1 140.00 $140.00 $70 —
50–55 51 28 341.00–355.00 $343.24 $175 —
53–59 56 32 290.00–335.00 $318.72 $178 —
60–68 66 5 330.00–340.00 $331.81 $219 —
60–68 66 14 290.00–335.00 $301.86 $199 —
75 75 1 345.00 $345.00 $259 —
85 85 1 325.00 $325.00 $276 —
80–89 86 16 320.00–342.50 $339.25 $292 —
90 90 1 295.00 $295.00 $266 —
90–97 95 7 327.50–345.00 $330.21 $314 —

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
54 54 19 250.00 $250.00 $135 —
55 55 21 242.00 $242.00 $133 —
62 62 3 244.00 $244.00 $151 —
60–69 66 158 258.00–267.00 $265.86 $175 —
73–79 77 63 248.00–257.50 $250.70 $193 —
80–89 85 124 240.00–257.00 $250.82 $213 —
90–92 91 69 242.50–250.00 $244.82 $223 —
100–108 104 24 245.00–253.00 $248.78 $259 —
116 116 31 234.00 $234.00 $271 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
76–78 76 21 251.00–253.00 $251.96 $191 —
82–88 86 24 246.00–258.00 $252.42 $217 —
98 98 12 255.00 $255.00 $250 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
67–69 69 38 245.00–246.00 $245.79 $170 —

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
63 63 5 135.00 $135.00 $85 —
63 63 3 162.50 $162.50 $102 —
65 65 3 175.00–270.00 $238.33 $155 —
65 65 1 100.00 $100.00 $65 —
70 70 2 80.00–105.00 $92.50 $65 —
75 75 2 215.00–265.00 $240.00 $180 —
76 76 8 100.00 $100.00 $76 —
80 80 1 155.00 $155.00 $124 —
83 83 3 170.00 $170.00 $141 —
90–93 92 3 50.00–80.00 $59.78 $55 —
90–95 92 3 200.00–270.00 $239.27 $220 —
90–95 93 2 117.50–137.50 $127.77 $119 —
90–96 95 26 150.00–200.00 $186.67 $177 —
101–118 109 23 125.00–172.50 $156.52 $171 —
105–120 113 2 100.00–102.50 $101.33 $115 —
102–137 121 72 162.50–205.00 $177.06 $214 —
140 140 1 122.00 $122.00 $171 —
150–155 152 9 157.50–165.00 $158.90 $242 —
200 200 1 122.50 $122.50 $245 —

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Sheep

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
138 138 3 72.00 $72.00 $99 —

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
53 53 2 265.00 $265.00 $140 —
60 60 6 295.00 $295.00 $177 —
70 70 1 150.00 $150.00 $105 —
75 75 1 270.00 $270.00 $202 —
88 88 6 250.00 $250.00 $220 —
98 98 2 195.00 $195.00 $191 —
105–130 118 2 197.50–225.00 $212.71 $251 —
125–134 132 5 240.00–255.00 $242.84 $321 —
160 160 1 100.00 $100.00 $160 —

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
60 60 4 222.50 $222.50 $134 —
64 64 5 232.50 $232.50 $149 —
75 75 2 215.00 $215.00 $161 —
80–86 85 9 215.00–219.00 $215.84 $183 —
87 87 10 230.00 $230.00 $200 —
88 88 8 246.00 $246.00 $216 —
90 90 1 245.00 $245.00 $220 —
91–93 92 6 215.00–220.00 $216.69 $199 —
100 100 9 238.00 $238.00 $238 —
100–105 102 10 240.00–252.00 $250.13 $255 —
109 109 8 180.00 $180.00 $196 —
111 111 12 185.00 $185.00 $205 —
115 115 2 205.00 $205.00 $236 —
128 128 22 162.50 $162.50 $208 —

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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.