Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 16, 2025

5,010 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.00/cwt -48.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,130/hd at 786 lb · 24 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.58/cwt -16.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,110/hd at 679 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $378.74/cwt -11.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,954/hd at 516 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,010	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	6	375.00	$375.00	$1,830	—
576	576	17	367.50	$367.50	$2,117	—
678	678	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,153	-17.03
753	753	2	307.00	$307.00	$2,312	—
1046	1046	5	250.00	$250.00	$2,615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	2	417.50	$417.50	$1,716	-32.50
720	720	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,196	+25.00
779	779	6	280.00	$280.00	$2,181	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,729	±0.00
569	569	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,105	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–760	758	2	310.00–317.50	$313.74	$2,378	—
935	935	1	273.00	$273.00	$2,553	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	1	239.00	$239.00	$2,760	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463 unweaned	463	5	394.50	$394.50	$1,827	+12.00
500–545	516	19	365.00–387.50	$378.74	$1,954	-11.82
626	626	4	336.00	$336.00	$2,103	-21.83
668	668	9	298.00	$298.00	$1,991	-29.19
655–692	688	12	319.00–327.50	$320.01	$2,202	-7.18
786	786	24	271.00	$271.00	$2,130	-48.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	405.00	$405.00	$1,462	-6.93
475–487	482	5	347.50–357.50	$353.56	$1,704	-5.67
510–515	511	5	340.00–355.00	$343.02	$1,753	—
570–588	585	6	315.00–322.00	$320.53	$1,875	-26.22
587	587	12	335.00	$335.00	$1,966	-11.75
633–635	634	3	310.00–320.00	$316.66	$2,008	-6.76
680–688	686	8	290.00–308.00	$294.21	$2,018	-17.44
828	828	2	251.00	$251.00	$2,078	-13.00
830	830	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,133	-7.00
878	878	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,265	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,690	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	6	435.00	$435.00	$1,536	—
597	597	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,970	—
608	608	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,824	-20.00
794–795	794	5	276.00–280.00	$279.20	$2,217	—
810–845	817	5	270.00–272.50	$271.98	$2,222	—
950–993	975	6	244.00–254.00	$246.17	$2,400	-7.83
1044	1044	10	234.00	$234.00	$2,443	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,284	—
758	758	2	283.00	$283.00	$2,145	—
876–896	886	13	271.00–289.00	$277.39	$2,458	—
920–934	932	8	267.00–270.00	$269.63	$2,513	+4.42
960	960	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,568	-0.23
1010	1010	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,596	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,452	-15.00
1115–1143	1134	3	217.00–225.00	$219.62	$2,490	-16.88
1195	1195	15	219.00	$219.00	$2,617	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,632	—
615–633	623	9	300.00–312.50	$306.86	$1,912	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,562	-19.64
1165	1165	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,709	-15.50
1210–1225	1215	6	217.50–220.00	$219.16	$2,663	+8.92
1285	1285	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,827	+28.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	5	825.00–1,050.00	$915.00	—
125	125	1	875.00	$875.00	—
150	150	1	875.00	$875.00	+78.85

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,508	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,505	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1690	1374	80-85%	18	134.00–148.00	$142.66	$1,960	-16.02
1231–1590	1389	80-85%	298	159.00–175.00	$164.06	$2,279	-0.55
1240–1755	1396	80-85%	173	149.00–162.00	$158.04	$2,206	-6.57
1285–1565	1440	80-85%	7	139.00–152.00	$144.59	$2,082	-6.45
1480–1605	1570	80-85%	9	155.00–159.00	$157.00	$2,465	—
1635	1635	80-85%	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,027	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–965	906	85-90%	7	105.00–124.00	$109.79	$995	-2.50
980	980	85-90%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,411	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,008	-30.50
875–1375	1124	85-90%	31	115.00–147.00	$135.82	$1,527	+15.32
923–1260	1128	85-90%	8	122.50–138.00	$129.55	$1,461	+9.05
1175	1175	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,645	-1.51
915–1299	1194	85-90%	61	146.00–160.00	$156.25	$1,866	—
1053–1277	1206	85-90%	38	160.00–167.50	$162.82	$1,964	+22.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1640	1464	75-80%	6	145.00–148.00	$146.46	$2,144	—
1495–1628	1559	75-80%	6	161.00–168.50	$163.80	$2,554	-0.49
1473–1649	1615	75-80%	42	152.00–158.00	$156.06	$2,520	-0.33
1255–1925	1640	75-80%	9	150.00–158.00	$153.67	$2,520	-2.72
1890	1890	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,778	—
1940–1945	1943	75-80%	2	159.00–161.00	$160.00	$3,109	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1210	1093	2	140.00–155.00	$146.69	$1,603	—
1013–1775	1311	35	152.00–172.50	$163.71	$2,146	—
1160–1960	1439	7	142.50–163.00	$155.05	$2,231	—
1310–2070	1715	51	170.00–191.00	$179.81	$3,084	—
1665–2188	1917	41	177.00–188.00	$183.06	$3,509	—
1875–2235	2040	5	197.00–214.00	$206.07	$4,204	+8.81
1645–2435	2047	54	185.00–230.00	$194.57	$3,983	-2.69

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1873–2365	2048	5	186.00–187.00	$186.55	$3,821	—
2100	2100	1	166.00	$166.00	$3,486	—
2243	2243	2	192.00	$192.00	$4,307	+9.65

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1323	1077	(<2 yrs)	Open	68	197.50–282.50	$222.16	$2,393
968–1480	1177	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	100	162.50–231.00	$193.23	$2,274
1110–1330	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	164.00–178.00	$170.25	$2,149
1360–1610	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	197.50–199.00	$198.31	$2,945

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1165	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	162.00–203.00	$185.46	$1,814
838–1310	979	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	175.00–261.00	$224.35	$2,196

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,945

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,900

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235–1353	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,800.00–3,300.00	$3,073.52
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1592	1592	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,481

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,333	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
128–145	138	5	140.00–155.00	$145.56	$201	—
138	138	2	95.00	$95.00	$131	—
155–175	165	3	77.50–94.00	$83.33	$137	—
155–193	179	7	97.00–108.00	$99.78	$179	—
215	215	1	86.00	$86.00	$185	—
205–234	233	39	94.00–98.00	$97.83	$228	—
250–264	261	5	90.00–95.00	$90.96	$237	—
260–283	272	10	76.00–83.00	$80.29	$218	—
308	308	2	85.00	$85.00	$262	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	—	—	4	93.00–107.50	$100.25	$48	—
62	62	—	—	3	160.00	$160.00	$99	—
90	90	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	$130	—
95	95	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	165.00	$165.00	$157	—
105	105	—	—	1	157.50	$157.50	$165	—
135–138	137	—	—	3	190.00–215.00	$198.21	$272	—
145	145	—	—	1	195.00	$195.00	$283	—
148	148	—	—	2	180.00	$180.00	$266	—
150	150	—	—	2	182.50–185.00	$183.75	$276	—
150–190	163	—	—	6	165.00–180.00	$174.23	$284	—
210–220	215	—	—	2	175.00–187.50	$181.40	$390	—
250	250	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	$475	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	80-85%	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,963	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
99	99	28	77.50	$77.50	$77	—
121	121	12	47.50	$47.50	$57	—
115–143	124	28	62.50–72.50	$69.94	$87	—
100–135	127	15	50.00–63.00	$59.48	$76	—
141	141	7	155.00	$155.00	$219	—
133–148	143	158	72.00–84.00	$76.48	$109	—
143	143	5	89.00	$89.00	$127	—
150–183	164	262	75.00–85.00	$80.00	$131	—
166	166	10	87.00	$87.00	$144	—
168	168	15	60.00	$60.00	$101	—
160–199	178	192	80.00–88.50	$86.48	$154	—
180–196	188	25	70.00–76.00	$74.22	$140	—
202–220	209	38	74.00–86.00	$81.69	$171	—
250	250	2	82.00	$82.00	$205	—
272	272	3	67.00	$67.00	$182	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
158–181	173	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	84.00–112.50	$103.84	$180	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	59	225.00	$225.00	$130	—
63	63	6	160.00	$160.00	$101	—
68	68	9	235.00	$235.00	$160	—
80–85	81	79	210.00–244.00	$235.76	$191	—
86	86	11	195.00	$195.00	$168	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	6	95.00	$95.00	$198	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
68	68	23	130.00	$130.00	$88	—
105	105	5	152.50	$152.50	$160	—
123–133	126	16	68.00–85.00	$80.50	$101	—
138	138	12	115.00	$115.00	$159	—
150	150	32	63.00	$63.00	$94	—
161	161	1	95.00	$95.00	$153	—
161	161	10	86.00	$86.00	$138	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Summer	6	140.00	$140.00	$140	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
22	22	8	80.00	$80.00	$18	—
22–25	23	6	260.00–270.00	$268.15	$62	—
27	27	3	315.00	$315.00	$85	—
29	29	7	225.00	$225.00	$65	—
30	30	3	90.00	$90.00	$27	—
32	32	3	210.00	$210.00	$67	—
30–38	35	4	265.00–295.00	$284.86	$100	—
35	35	3	310.00	$310.00	$108	—
38	38	14	320.00–350.00	$343.57	$131	—
41	41	6	215.00	$215.00	$88	—
40–45	42	20	300.00–310.00	$303.45	$127	—
40–49	44	62	245.00–315.00	$302.30	$133	—
41–49	44	27	230.00–290.00	$255.41	$112	—
54	54	5	285.00	$285.00	$154	—
51–59	55	60	350.00–370.00	$362.68	$199	—
55	55	14	285.00	$285.00	$157	—
66	66	4	280.00	$280.00	$185	—
65–68	67	6	347.50–350.00	$349.15	$234	—
68	68	6	135.00	$135.00	$92	—
67–69	69	16	320.00–337.50	$333.60	$230	—
70	70	1	245.00	$245.00	$172	—
70–75	71	12	350.00–375.00	$354.09	$251	—
75	75	1	315.00	$315.00	$236	—
78	78	4	338.00	$338.00	$264	—
80	80	1	305.00	$305.00	$244	—
80	80	1	315.00	$315.00	$252	—
80–85	83	3	325.00–355.00	$336.90	$280	—
83	83	2	280.00	$280.00	$232	—
95	95	1	275.00	$275.00	$261	—
100	100	1	265.00	$265.00	$265	—
105–110	109	5	295.00–310.00	$297.89	$325	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
47	47	9	245.00	$245.00	$115	—
55 thin fleshed	55	34	227.50	$227.50	$125	—
68	68	9	242.00	$242.00	$165	—
70–79	73	188	232.50–247.00	$240.67	$176	—
81–89	84	109	223.50–242.00	$235.96	$198	—
93 fancy	93	23	242.50	$242.50	$226	—
94–98	96	223	213.00–232.00	$226.06	$217	—
108–109	108	34	205.50–210.00	$206.03	$223	—
113 fancy	113	8	229.00	$229.00	$259	—
114	114	22	185.00	$185.00	$211	—
113–116	115	55	195.00–196.00	$195.39	$225	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
33	33	3	230.00	$230.00	$76	—
50	50	1	230.00	$230.00	$115	—
65	65	11	220.00	$220.00	$143	—
66	66	4	229.00	$229.00	$151	—
72	72	3	220.00	$220.00	$158	—
83	83	13	200.00	$200.00	$166	—
99	99	26	145.00	$145.00	$144	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
121	121	23	157.50	$157.50	$191	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	9	162.50	$162.50	$78	—
57	57	11	140.00	$140.00	$80	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54	54	6	222.50	$222.50	$120	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
31	31	—	—	7	97.50	$97.50	$30	—
57	57	—	—	3	82.00	$82.00	$47	—
73	73	—	—	8	85.00	$85.00	$62	—
75	75	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	$90	—
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	180.00	$180.00	$144	—
85	85	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	$132	—
91–95	92	—	—	14	160.00–165.00	$161.11	$148	—
95–97	97	—	—	12	95.00–115.00	$113.36	$110	—
98	98	—	—	2	240.00	$240.00	$235	—
104	104	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	5	180.00	$180.00	$187	—
107–135	114	—	—	4	122.50–140.00	$127.68	$146	—
100–148	127	—	—	20	145.00–220.00	$158.76	$202	—
150–187	166	—	—	13	120.00–147.50	$132.42	$220	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	4	140.00	$140.00	$67	—
63	63	2	165.00	$165.00	$104	—
95	95	5	215.00	$215.00	$204	—
112–145	114	20	195.00–265.00	$258.92	$295	—
130	130	1	180.00	$180.00	$234	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
45–49	45	62	230.00–250.00	$245.97	$111	—
47–48	47	41	247.00–252.00	$250.15	$118	—
55–58	57	105	237.00–240.00	$239.48	$137	—
60–69	64	159	237.50–247.00	$242.77	$155	—
68	68	16	220.00	$220.00	$150	—
70–79	76	412	220.00–251.00	$239.54	$182	—
77	77	7	220.00	$220.00	$169	—
82–89	85	170	222.00–243.00	$234.98	$200	—
86	86	9	211.00	$211.00	$181	—
90–98	92	94	236.00–241.50	$239.61	$220	—
90–98	96	40	200.00–225.00	$214.38	$206	—

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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.