Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 27, 2025

12,877 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $424.04/cwt -38.55 vs last sale · ≈ $2,013/hd at 475 lb · 1,055 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $396.76/cwt -26.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,464/hd at 621 lb · 894 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $414.92/cwt -26.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,402/hd at 579 lb · 871 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	12,877	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235 unweaned	226	7	710.00–777.50	$752.98	$1,702	-91.12
250–292 unweaned	284	30	630.00–720.00	$660.61	$1,876	-126.99
303–346 unweaned	324	45	575.00–645.00	$613.28	$1,987	-47.32
355–397 unweaned	368	209	515.00–617.00	$572.17	$2,106	-40.47
400–448 unweaned	427	239	487.50–595.00	$517.99	$2,212	-37.89
403–445	435	33	500.00–511.00	$508.53	$2,212	—
450–499 unweaned	476	626	427.00–525.00	$481.28	$2,291	-33.71
504	504	37	432.50	$432.50	$2,180	—
500–543 unweaned	527	551	423.00–475.00	$442.86	$2,334	-46.34
573	573	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,407	—
550–599 unweaned	579	868	380.00–442.00	$414.90	$2,402	-26.95
613	613	4	400.00	$400.00	$2,452	+11.00
600–649 unweaned	621	890	370.00–411.00	$396.75	$2,464	-29.45
650–694 unweaned	663	505	370.00–393.00	$385.60	$2,557	-17.44
663	663	3	354.00	$354.00	$2,347	-16.00
700–742 unweaned	713	61	374.00–386.50	$382.50	$2,727	-0.31
765–795 unweaned	775	24	364.00–370.00	$366.54	$2,841	-15.46
800 unweaned	800	9	350.00	$350.00	$2,800	—
1018	1018	3	315.00	$315.00	$3,207	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–296 unweaned	275	8	480.00–700.00	$581.38	$1,599	-160.93
308–343 unweaned	329	17	550.00–620.00	$571.29	$1,880	-15.25
355–399 unweaned	383	51	477.50–545.00	$517.05	$1,980	-37.67
390	390	2	540.00	$540.00	$2,106	—
425	425	18	490.00	$490.00	$2,082	—
401–445 unweaned	427	87	462.50–501.00	$483.48	$2,064	-22.50
473–497 unweaned	488	63	352.50–464.00	$437.11	$2,133	-35.30
500–543 unweaned	528	117	387.50–445.00	$422.37	$2,230	-18.85
533	533	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,025	—
550–595 unweaned	577	209	351.00–406.00	$389.46	$2,247	-23.35
608–638 unweaned	617	90	355.00–385.00	$377.03	$2,326	-16.86
651–693 unweaned	663	31	345.00–374.00	$360.87	$2,393	-16.61
718	718	22	352.50	$352.50	$2,531	-30.50
709–732 unweaned	726	27	358.00–372.00	$364.56	$2,647	—
753 unweaned	753	11	359.00	$359.00	$2,703	—
923–945	936	5	320.00–329.00	$323.55	$3,028	-14.45
950–970	958	4	317.50–327.50	$323.09	$3,095	+5.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 unweaned	265	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,113	—
316 unweaned	316	7	525.00	$525.00	$1,659	-6.15
373 unweaned	373	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,455	—
405–440 unweaned	431	29	380.00–410.00	$408.97	$1,763	-86.03
454 unweaned	454	7	400.00	$400.00	$1,816	-24.79
507–543 unweaned	523	55	361.00–397.50	$379.12	$1,983	-40.70
623–631 unweaned	628	12	315.00–332.50	$320.78	$2,014	—
800–802	801	8	303.00–315.00	$310.51	$2,487	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 unweaned	260	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,820	—
382 unweaned	382	5	490.00	$490.00	$1,872	—
553–596 unweaned	587	35	360.00–400.00	$385.82	$2,265	-28.39
614 unweaned	614	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,333	-17.26
699 unweaned	699	7	357.50	$357.50	$2,499	-12.16
744 unweaned	744	8	344.00	$344.00	$2,559	—
1057	1057	3	315.00	$315.00	$3,330	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376 unweaned	376	4	502.50	$502.50	$1,889	-31.26
490 unweaned	490	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,180	—
524–542 unweaned	537	25	420.00–433.00	$423.55	$2,274	—
573 unweaned	573	3	381.00	$381.00	$2,183	—
678	678	9	352.50	$352.50	$2,390	—
730	730	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,409	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	7	307.50	$307.50	$2,146	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240 unweaned	223	3	610.00–665.00	$645.30	$1,439	—
250–298 unweaned	261	36	590.00–630.00	$621.45	$1,622	-27.54
304–346 unweaned	322	68	505.00–560.00	$534.12	$1,720	-33.41
350–398 unweaned	375	325	465.00–540.00	$507.52	$1,903	-20.60
403–449 unweaned	425	296	422.00–482.50	$443.75	$1,886	-55.97
453 fancy	453	120	467.00	$467.00	$2,116	—
468	468	36	397.50	$397.50	$1,860	—
450–498 unweaned	478	899	385.00–452.00	$419.37	$2,005	-43.22
502 fancy	502	141	416.00	$416.00	$2,088	-41.46
500–549 unweaned	526	623	352.00–417.50	$389.30	$2,048	-40.75
531	531	6	396.00	$396.00	$2,103	-7.76
527–548	534	9	332.50–335.00	$334.14	$1,784	-69.62
565–566	565	55	385.00–400.00	$395.09	$2,232	+27.80
550–596 unweaned	570	407	333.00–386.00	$373.17	$2,127	-26.58
563–590	579	52	331.00–360.00	$346.81	$2,008	-20.48
570–595 fancy	584	109	387.00–395.00	$390.44	$2,280	-55.21
600	600	7	345.00	$345.00	$2,070	-44.00
602–618 fancy	607	9	372.50	$372.50	$2,261	—
600–633 unweaned	615	78	355.00–375.00	$363.53	$2,236	-2.40
612–629	616	34	371.00–376.00	$372.20	$2,293	-16.80
665–696 unweaned	679	29	334.00–351.00	$340.72	$2,313	+17.99
700 unweaned	700	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,292	+13.86
745	745	17	340.50	$340.50	$2,537	—
817	817	10	322.00	$322.00	$2,631	-29.76
890–898	892	20	309.00–312.00	$310.90	$2,773	-19.31
912–938	932	13	306.00–307.00	$306.77	$2,859	-11.23
953	953	6	304.00	$304.00	$2,897	+14.84
985	985	31	301.50	$301.50	$2,970	-15.11
1007	1007	10	292.00	$292.00	$2,940	-1.19
1048	1048	6	281.50	$281.50	$2,950	-11.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233 unweaned	233	6	580.00	$580.00	$1,351	—
267 unweaned	267	9	480.00	$480.00	$1,282	-85.00
300–349 unweaned	336	48	440.00–515.00	$481.61	$1,618	-49.89
351–398 unweaned	383	104	377.50–490.00	$434.71	$1,665	-56.50
398	398	9	450.00	$450.00	$1,791	—
408–444 unweaned	431	78	345.00–435.00	$412.40	$1,777	-48.00
442	442	13	420.00	$420.00	$1,856	—
466	466	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,794	—
450–498 unweaned	481	76	353.00–415.00	$386.51	$1,859	-19.48
519–535 unweaned	527	64	320.00–371.00	$351.55	$1,853	-37.30
554–588 unweaned	572	23	335.00–355.00	$346.01	$1,979	-23.36
590	590	21	325.00	$325.00	$1,918	—
618	618	4	282.50	$282.50	$1,746	—
600–645 unweaned	621	39	322.00–352.50	$332.86	$2,067	+8.30
684–696 unweaned	691	16	326.00–328.00	$326.87	$2,259	—
700 unweaned	700	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,275	—
728–745	736	9	297.00–333.00	$316.79	$2,332	-31.14
761–762	762	14	315.00–324.00	$317.57	$2,420	—
787	787	30	287.50	$287.50	$2,263	—
851–895	861	10	297.00–306.00	$303.54	$2,613	-5.04
915–930	920	9	282.50–293.00	$286.04	$2,632	+5.04
983–990	986	13	271.00–296.00	$282.58	$2,786	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 unweaned	340	6	487.50	$487.50	$1,658	—
378–389 unweaned	386	13	462.50–475.00	$466.27	$1,800	-38.73
530 unweaned	530	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,855	±0.00
582 unweaned	582	7	346.00	$346.00	$2,014	+21.00
600 unweaned	600	2	357.00	$357.00	$2,142	—
718 unweaned	718	8	313.00	$313.00	$2,247	+3.68
1050–1075	1060	9	282.50–287.00	$285.15	$3,023	-1.85
1062	1062	6	271.00	$271.00	$2,878	-16.00
1108	1108	3	285.00	$285.00	$3,158	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271 unweaned	271	6	520.00	$520.00	$1,409	—
378 unweaned	378	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,399	-65.00
430 unweaned	430	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,570	-50.00
459 unweaned	459	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,446	±0.00
527 unweaned	527	31	320.00	$320.00	$1,686	-25.73

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352 unweaned	352	3	470.00	$470.00	$1,654	—
543	543	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,765	—
616	616	14	300.00	$300.00	$1,848	+30.00
648 unweaned	648	6	317.00	$317.00	$2,054	—
702–730	707	11	302.50–322.50	$318.75	$2,254	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
696	696	11	300.00	$300.00	$2,088	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368 unweaned	368	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,030	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316 unweaned	316	4	570.00	$570.00	$1,801	—
351–360 unweaned	352	11	497.50–580.00	$505.17	$1,778	-114.83
410 unweaned	410	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,968	—
450–483 unweaned	466	20	410.00–500.00	$429.12	$2,000	-85.88
533–540 unweaned	538	14	370.00–375.00	$373.23	$2,008	—
586–596 unweaned	589	14	360.00–362.50	$361.78	$2,131	-24.27
600–642 unweaned	627	5	327.50–377.50	$338.66	$2,123	-26.80
654 unweaned	654	8	346.00	$346.00	$2,263	-19.00
717 unweaned	717	3	332.50	$332.50	$2,384	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309 unweaned	309	6	655.00	$655.00	$2,024	—
392 unweaned	392	3	475.00	$475.00	$1,862	—
431 unweaned	431	7	445.00	$445.00	$1,918	—
510–517 unweaned	517	29	325.00–370.00	$366.94	$1,897	-8.06
583 unweaned	583	9	322.50	$322.50	$1,880	—
649	649	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,174	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474 unweaned	474	29	387.50	$387.50	$1,837	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
804	804	4	277.50	$277.50	$2,231	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,748	—
1205	1205	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,772	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–990	897	85-90%	5	60.00–82.50	$75.44	$677	—
755–995	915	85-90%	10	90.00–122.50	$110.88	$1,015	+4.57
973	973	85-90%	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,216	-2.50
1021–1245	1119	85-90%	11	128.00–153.00	$138.47	$1,549	+54.48
935–1225	1120	85-90%	21	65.00–85.00	$81.39	$912	-2.60
960–1385	1166	85-90%	313	125.00–168.50	$158.35	$1,846	+1.78
1164–1182	1170	85-90%	21	170.00–173.00	$171.24	$2,004	+14.67
1000–1383	1174	85-90%	113	90.00–129.00	$112.28	$1,318	-3.72
885–1410	1200	85-90%	405	158.00–182.00	$172.71	$2,073	-0.19
890–1271	1226	85-90%	69	178.00–185.50	$181.53	$2,226	+31.99

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1730	1381	80-85%	555	165.00–182.50	$173.85	$2,401	+51.62
1220–1490	1387	80-85%	132	179.00–186.00	$182.43	$2,530	-1.23
1385–1388	1387	80-85%	3	182.00–189.00	$186.67	$2,589	+3.01
1240–1700	1404	80-85%	147	122.50–168.00	$159.35	$2,237	+3.70
1205–1667	1452	80-85%	25	100.00–135.00	$121.55	$1,765	—
1300–1630	1453	80-85%	18	129.00–160.00	$141.53	$2,056	—
1515–1655	1591	80-85%	5	165.00–180.00	$173.01	$2,753	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1449–1585	1484	75-80%	55	184.00–186.00	$185.49	$2,753	-2.16
1428–1658	1551	75-80%	14	156.00–168.00	$162.00	$2,513	-9.20
1320–1885	1591	75-80%	75	170.00–182.00	$174.55	$2,777	+3.35
1625	1625	75-80%	1	181.00	$181.00	$2,941	+16.68
1408–1940	1660	75-80%	27	165.00–181.00	$175.04	$2,906	-2.84
1380–1835	1669	75-80%	30	151.00–168.00	$161.91	$2,702	-15.97
1670	1670	75-80%	2	174.00	$174.00	$2,906	-3.88
2030–2100	2065	75-80%	2	156.00–164.00	$159.93	$3,303	—
2098	2098	75-80%	3	166.00	$166.00	$3,483	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–1686	1683	66	174.00	$174.00	$2,928	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1310	1258	2	152.00–165.00	$158.23	$1,991	+18.23
1225–2045	1622	48	161.00–184.00	$177.58	$2,880	—
1225–2030	1642	35	180.00–195.00	$187.83	$3,084	—
1625–1675	1650	2	200.00	$200.00	$3,300	—
1335–2068	1836	19	152.00–180.00	$170.03	$3,122	+0.95
1615–2320	2064	24	180.00–194.00	$184.53	$3,809	—
1985–2355	2212	5	193.00–197.00	$193.93	$4,290	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2193	2193	2	181.00	$181.00	$3,969	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–885 thin fleshed	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	285.00–295.00	$291.09	$2,489
798–1252	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	370	232.50–367.00	$315.29	$3,011
805–1520	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	215	182.50–310.00	$244.89	$2,618
1195–1370	1283	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	214.00–225.00	$219.12	$2,811
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,319
1368	1368	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	187.00	$187.00	$2,558

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
773 thin fleshed	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,585
710–1170	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	210.00–322.50	$258.25	$2,461
845–1168	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	167.50–240.00	$198.34	$2,017

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1050	1023	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	205.00–260.00	$236.12	$2,416
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,428

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755 thin fleshed	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,057
720–795	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	265.00–305.00	$283.91	$2,172

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007–1278	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	49	3,200.00–3,600.00	$3,443.30
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,475.00	$3,475.00
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00
995–1398	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	3,100.00–3,500.00	$3,334.29
1187 thin fleshed	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,825.00	$2,825.00
1219–1495	1308	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	67	2,700.00–3,175.00	$2,979.79
1213–1390	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,281.97
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1402	1402	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	3,250.00	$3,250.00
1110–1507	1412	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	2,875.00–3,150.00	$3,039.03
2100	2100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
948–1123	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,159.46
1073	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1045–1228 thin fleshed	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,910.45
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1200 thin fleshed	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1223	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1207–1325	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,700.00–3,100.00	$2,992.84
1075–1493	1282	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	2,300.00–2,825.00	$2,678.82
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1275–1670	1384	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,750.00–2,850.00	$2,818.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	217.00	$217.00	$2,626
1223	1223	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	217.50	$217.50	$2,660
1239 thin fleshed	1239	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	195.00	$195.00	$2,416
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	185.00	$185.00	$2,433
1573	1573	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	175.00	$175.00	$2,753

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1385	1385	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1012	1012	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1052	1052	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	325.00	$325.00	$3,055

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,727	—
1473–1830	1643	80-85%	29	120.00–127.00	$125.85	$2,068	—
2115	2115	75-80%	1	134.00	$134.00	$2,834	—

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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.