Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 21, 2025

4,437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $379.44/cwt +25.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,844/hd at 486 lb · 176 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $300.16/cwt -3.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,163/hd at 721 lb · 168 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $427.38/cwt +40.55 vs last sale · ≈ $2,027/hd at 474 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,437	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274 unweaned	274	7	495.00	$495.00	$1,356	+100.00
343	343	2	515.00	$515.00	$1,766	+85.00
454–475	474	102	415.00–431.00	$427.60	$2,027	+40.77
480 unweaned	480	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,016	—
514–545	517	10	387.50–400.00	$388.82	$2,010	+1.09
556–599	587	44	361.00–388.00	$368.21	$2,161	-6.80
605	605	1	342.00	$342.00	$2,069	+4.14
663	663	4	320.00	$320.00	$2,122	-9.85
664 unweaned	664	14	314.50	$314.50	$2,088	—
812	812	16	285.00	$285.00	$2,314	-4.96
849	849	7	279.00	$279.00	$2,369	-10.96
864	864	14	283.00	$283.00	$2,445	-0.11
1033	1033	3	250.00	$250.00	$2,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 unweaned	245	4	390.00	$390.00	$956	—
260	260	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,222	—
328	328	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,509	—
373–381	377	12	445.00–479.00	$461.82	$1,741	—
409–425	416	7	395.00–410.00	$403.43	$1,678	+23.43
455–484	474	6	352.50–380.00	$361.29	$1,713	+40.21
535–548	540	6	355.00–375.00	$367.41	$1,984	+7.41
569–591	585	24	333.00–350.00	$335.01	$1,960	-12.18
600–640	621	6	327.50–333.00	$330.54	$2,053	+58.04
707–713	709	12	282.00–299.00	$286.28	$2,030	+11.36
764	764	4	287.00	$287.00	$2,193	+10.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,475	—
587	587	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,908	—
635	635	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,994	—
733	733	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,994	—
773	773	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,963	—
783	783	2	278.00	$278.00	$2,177	—
833	833	2	276.00	$276.00	$2,299	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,963	—
773	773	11	289.00	$289.00	$2,234	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,605	—
683	683	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,605	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620 unweaned	620	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,922	—
813	813	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,154	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288 unweaned	288	4	495.00	$495.00	$1,426	+107.89
323	323	3	480.00	$480.00	$1,550	—
355–397	376	24	445.00–470.00	$453.99	$1,707	—
414–427	418	28	430.00–435.00	$431.64	$1,804	+34.71
429–440 unweaned	431	6	380.00–417.50	$411.12	$1,772	—
450–495	486	176	365.00–390.00	$379.44	$1,844	+25.20
503–526	519	12	349.00–370.00	$355.35	$1,844	+2.26
556–560 thin fleshed	559	32	364.00–367.00	$364.93	$2,040	—
564–599	580	34	325.00–352.50	$339.03	$1,966	-6.47
621–645	625	37	309.00–328.00	$323.22	$2,020	-6.69
659–690	678	86	297.00–310.50	$305.38	$2,070	-17.22
691	691	17	288.00	$288.00	$1,990	-34.60
715–722	718	76	288.00–297.50	$294.96	$2,118	-8.68
711–734	723	92	304.00–305.00	$304.46	$2,201	+0.82
751–763	760	37	274.00–277.50	$276.66	$2,103	-12.23
784	784	5	281.00	$281.00	$2,203	-7.89
841	841	4	274.00	$274.00	$2,304	+0.73
864–867	867	72	265.50–277.00	$275.73	$2,391	+25.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	417.50	$417.50	$1,649	+31.63
450–490	474	16	340.00–360.00	$354.44	$1,680	+50.77
505–542	528	8	340.00–352.00	$345.90	$1,826	+17.81
638–648	644	5	287.50–299.00	$294.44	$1,896	+2.44
653–695	670	18	275.00–295.00	$290.67	$1,947	+20.01
758–780	768	16	259.00–275.00	$267.18	$2,052	-14.02
897	897	14	248.00	$248.00	$2,225	+4.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,989	—
796	796	21	276.00	$276.00	$2,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	4	276.00	$276.00	$1,659	+16.98
693	693	8	264.00	$264.00	$1,830	+8.74

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	412.50	$412.50	$1,856	—
653–658	656	4	272.50–282.00	$277.27	$1,819	—
716–730	720	7	265.00–280.00	$269.35	$1,939	—
821	821	5	246.00	$246.00	$2,020	—
1045	1045	4	217.00	$217.00	$2,268	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1053–1072	1067	7	230.00–231.00	$230.72	$2,462	—
1170	1170	2	215.00	$215.00	$2,516	—
1205	1205	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,434	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,792	—
896	896	6	258.00	$258.00	$2,312	—
935	935	1	249.00	$249.00	$2,328	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	800.00	$800.00	—
95	95	2	775.00	$775.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,268	—
1140–1145	1143	2	185.00–187.50	$186.25	$2,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,749	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1468	1409	80-85%	9	131.00–149.00	$140.35	$1,978	-23.65
1260–1735	1428	80-85%	74	150.00–165.00	$159.11	$2,272	-4.89
1265–1805	1439	80-85%	64	164.00–170.00	$167.99	$2,417	+3.99
1276–1710	1449	80-85%	22	145.00–159.50	$155.37	$2,251	-8.63
1330–1675	1507	80-85%	13	129.00–146.00	$140.35	$2,115	—
1340–1675	1522	80-85%	13	159.00–170.00	$164.58	$2,505	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,148	—
940	940	85-90%	2	92.50–107.50	$100.00	$940	—
1020–1220	1113	85-90%	5	146.00–151.00	$149.51	$1,664	—
945–1290	1120	85-90%	19	128.00–145.00	$138.61	$1,552	—
925–1298	1163	85-90%	52	146.00–165.00	$158.75	$1,846	—
975–1320	1168	85-90%	18	110.00–141.00	$123.16	$1,439	—
1015–1280	1188	85-90%	27	161.00–170.50	$166.90	$1,983	—
1165–1253	1229	85-90%	4	160.00–162.00	$161.02	$1,979	+34.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1850	1632	75-80%	48	151.50–163.50	$159.02	$2,595	+1.44
1528–1880	1635	75-80%	11	159.50–164.00	$162.49	$2,657	+4.91
1661–1853	1715	75-80%	11	164.00–168.00	$164.54	$2,822	—
1715	1715	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,470	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1591	1560	9	159.00–160.00	$159.09	$2,482	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1665	1479	12	168.00–180.00	$172.34	$2,549	—
1255–1820	1572	10	157.50–167.50	$163.61	$2,572	—
1395–1870	1625	13	157.00–169.00	$164.34	$2,671	—
1595–2187	1909	27	166.00–185.50	$177.01	$3,379	—
1938–2320	2126	9	184.00–193.00	$187.79	$3,992	-2.48

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
3040	3040	1	180.00	$180.00	$5,472	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
718–1258	1037	(<2 yrs)	Open	182	198.00–266.00	$227.82	$2,362
870–1390	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	83	168.00–226.00	$190.73	$2,199

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1220	964	(<2 yrs)	Open	45	171.00–238.00	$214.93	$2,072
830–1245	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	157.00–217.50	$183.56	$1,885

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–800	784	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	225.00–242.50	$233.84	$1,833
998	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,497

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1077	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1272	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1090–1435	1294	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	3,150.00–3,675.00	$3,629.40
1401	1401	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,525.00	$2,525.00
1480–1650	1548	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,900.00–3,000.00	$2,957.36

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1813	1813	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,875.00	$2,875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1458	1458	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,325.00	$2,325.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	2	150.00	$150.00	$202	—
138	138	6	104.00	$104.00	$144	—
155	155	1	152.00	$152.00	$236	—
188–190	189	4	104.00–109.00	$107.74	$204	—
200	200	1	137.00	$137.00	$274	—
205–233	219	4	111.00–120.00	$115.79	$254	—
220	220	2	82.00	$82.00	$180	—
215–242	235	11	95.00–105.00	$100.47	$236	—
295	295	1	85.00	$85.00	$251	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	2	80.00	$80.00	$44	—
79	79	4	135.00	$135.00	$107	—
85	85	1	220.00	$220.00	$187	—
90	90	2	87.50	$87.50	$79	—
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	$120	—
110	110	1	100.00	$100.00	$110	—
105–140	125	3	179.00–200.00	$192.16	$240	—
135	135	1	215.00	$215.00	$290	—
160–165	163	2	186.00–192.50	$189.30	$309	—
165–180	173	2	190.00–215.00	$203.04	$351	—
210	210	3	187.00	$187.00	$393	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	85-90%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,522	—
1340	1340	80-85%	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,997	—
1320–1590	1455	85-90%	2	127.50–147.00	$136.35	$1,984	—
1853	1853	75-80%	6	145.50	$145.50	$2,696	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–132	129	8	70.00–80.00	$72.33	$93	—
123–140	130	19	102.00–109.00	$102.98	$134	—
125–149	141	188	86.00–95.00	$89.83	$127	—
141	141	11	71.00	$71.00	$100	—
150–176	164	17	98.00–100.00	$98.76	$162	—
152–177	164	187	86.00–95.00	$91.27	$150	—
156–178	171	29	80.00–84.00	$82.82	$142	—
179–195	182	6	73.00–80.00	$78.75	$143	—
168–199	184	38	82.00–93.00	$85.26	$157	—
204–208	206	10	71.00–81.00	$76.95	$159	—
207–210	207	27	85.00–93.00	$87.08	$180	—
201–246	208	93	83.00–95.00	$90.45	$188	—
209–223	214	6	96.00–99.00	$97.96	$210	—
215	215	2	95.00	$95.00	$204	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
138	138	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	6	102.00	$102.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–69	68	192	255.00–259.00	$258.56	$176	—
68	68	2	195.00	$195.00	$133	—
77	77	21	230.00–252.00	$244.81	$189	—
78	78	23	197.00	$197.00	$154	—
93	93	16	198.00	$198.00	$184	—
110	110	3	150.00	$150.00	$165	—
133	133	3	157.50	$157.50	$209	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	66.00	$66.00	$102	—
205	205	1	116.00	$116.00	$238	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
92	92	5	20.00	$20.00	$18	—
100–143	111	8	80.00–84.00	$82.71	$92	—
111	111	9	110.00	$110.00	$122	—
130–133	132	4	76.00–78.00	$77.51	$102	—
150	150	34	92.50	$92.50	$139	—
173	173	2	75.00	$75.00	$130	—
195	195	3	82.00	$82.00	$160	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40–42	40	42	222.50–230.00	$228.88	$92	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
28	28	8	255.00	$255.00	$71	—
29	29	30	155.00	$155.00	$45	—
31–38	34	36	220.00–270.00	$261.21	$89	—
35–37	36	5	300.00–320.00	$312.27	$112	—
35–38	38	23	100.00–125.00	$122.98	$47	—
38–39	39	11	200.00–210.00	$208.22	$81	—
40	40	7	220.00	$220.00	$88	—
40	40	1	95.00	$95.00	$38	—
43	43	4	220.00	$220.00	$95	—
43–47	44	9	190.00–195.00	$193.23	$85	—
40–47	45	34	250.00–267.50	$260.33	$117	—
44–49	47	12	270.00–315.00	$301.54	$142	—
54	54	7	197.50	$197.50	$107	—
50–56	55	5	255.00–260.00	$255.91	$141	—
50–58	55	19	320.00–335.00	$326.76	$180	—
55	55	3	257.50	$257.50	$142	—
50–59	56	39	270.00–315.00	$302.20	$169	—
60–68	64	48	260.00–325.00	$287.31	$184	—
63–65	64	3	240.00–275.00	$251.91	$161	—
63–69	66	17	330.00–345.00	$339.53	$224	—
70–78	75	16	340.00–350.00	$341.23	$256	—
70–78	75	3	230.00–240.00	$233.10	$175	—
80	80	1	260.00	$260.00	$208	—
80–88	84	27	315.00–340.00	$322.84	$271	—
90–95	91	4	315.00–345.00	$328.56	$299	—
93–95	93	27	270.00–305.00	$275.84	$257	—
100	100	1	315.00	$315.00	$315	—
100–103	102	6	275.00–285.00	$279.93	$286	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
87	87	40	155.00	$155.00	$135	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	2	242.50	$242.50	$116	—
94	94	4	217.50	$217.50	$204	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	—	—	3	195.00	$195.00	$113	—
63	63	—	—	3	117.50	$117.50	$74	—
65	65	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	$52	—
65	65	—	—	1	255.00	$255.00	$166	—
70–74	71	—	—	29	127.50–142.50	$130.21	$92	—
85	85	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	168.00	$168.00	$143	—
85–86	86	—	—	10	107.50	$107.50	$92	—
85–88	87	—	—	9	127.50–210.00	$169.45	$147	—
88	88	—	—	3	85.00	$85.00	$75	—
90–92	92	—	—	4	197.50–205.00	$199.34	$183	—
90–99	92	—	—	35	115.00–145.00	$135.28	$124	—
90–95	93	—	—	2	235.00–240.00	$237.43	$221	—
100	100	—	—	1	95.00	$95.00	$95	—
108	108	—	—	3	55.00	$55.00	$59	—
117–130	120	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	4	146.00–150.00	$148.92	$179	—
104–145	122	—	—	34	135.00–190.00	$151.30	$185	—
125–130	128	—	—	5	105.00–110.00	$106.95	$137	—
100–145	133	—	—	39	152.00–230.00	$159.03	$212	—
160	160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$240	—
150–195	168	—	—	13	130.00–157.50	$141.87	$238	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	7	225.00	$225.00	$146	—
75	75	2	225.00	$225.00	$169	—
80	80	2	150.00	$150.00	$120	—
85	85	2	250.00	$250.00	$212	—
95	95	3	205.00–280.00	$255.00	$242	—
95–98	97	6	155.00	$155.00	$150	—
105–120	110	3	205.00–215.00	$211.36	$232	—
110–135	124	6	237.50–255.00	$245.58	$305	—
161–180	165	5	195.00–196.00	$195.78	$323	—
230	230	1	142.50	$142.50	$328	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
53–58	56	40	247.00–262.50	$258.27	$145	—
63–66	64	23	227.50–238.00	$231.26	$148	—
62–69	68	29	255.00–257.00	$256.68	$175	—
71–77	74	95	242.50–257.50	$253.10	$187	—
71–79	74	25	198.00–205.00	$202.02	$149	—
80–82	81	54	201.00–230.00	$216.97	$176	—
90–91	91	55	192.00–203.00	$197.83	$180	—
94–99	97	17	187.00–193.00	$190.95	$185	—
103	103	2	185.00	$185.00	$191	—
105	105	4	215.00	$215.00	$226	—
113	113	2	210.00	$210.00	$237	—
116–118	117	33	175.00–183.00	$178.84	$209	—
119	119	9	160.00	$160.00	$190	—
121	121	9	164.00	$164.00	$198	—
123	123	23	170.00	$170.00	$209	—
130–137	135	62	176.00–177.50	$176.22	$238	—
148	148	10	173.00	$173.00	$256	—
154–160	156	22	160.00–163.00	$161.37	$252	—

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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.