Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 1, 2025

7,932 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $380.66/cwt +37.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,556/hd at 672 lb · 240 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $396.55/cwt +36.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,486/hd at 627 lb · 229 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $359.97/cwt +41.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,231/hd at 620 lb · 181 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	7,932	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,666	—
363 unweaned	363	2	560.00	$560.00	$2,033	+69.98
358–370	365	13	625.00–640.00	$638.84	$2,332	—
400–431	416	34	565.00–585.00	$574.79	$2,391	+114.79
452–474	464	38	465.00–532.50	$503.19	$2,335	—
500–535	517	130	417.50–480.00	$467.08	$2,415	—
518 value added	518	2	430.00	$430.00	$2,227	—
558	558	9	415.00	$415.00	$2,316	+52.50
550–581	573	169	377.50–465.00	$418.83	$2,400	+56.33
600–645	627	229	381.00–414.00	$396.55	$2,486	+40.53
650–696	670	178	350.00–388.00	$384.37	$2,575	+45.44
676	676	62	370.00	$370.00	$2,501	+31.07
703–749	715	68	345.00–374.00	$365.57	$2,614	+38.57
780	780	4	353.00	$353.00	$2,753	+72.00
807–829	828	47	345.00–350.00	$345.31	$2,859	—
890	890	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,536	—
920–930	929	16	308.00–317.00	$309.11	$2,872	—
958	958	7	319.00	$319.00	$3,056	—
1060	1060	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,942	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	660.00	$660.00	$1,485	—
297	297	3	620.00	$620.00	$1,841	—
310	310	6	595.00	$595.00	$1,844	—
345 unweaned	345	2	575.00	$575.00	$1,984	—
378	378	6	597.49	$597.49	$2,259	—
409 unweaned	409	12	582.50	$582.50	$2,382	+125.00
400–448	436	13	520.00–545.00	$529.57	$2,309	+109.57
484 unweaned	484	97	497.00	$497.00	$2,405	+73.64
460–499	487	29	480.00–500.00	$491.76	$2,395	—
502–549	528	164	410.00–462.00	$449.85	$2,375	+45.56
556–595	580	61	352.50–439.00	$420.08	$2,436	+29.79
624	624	9	399.50	$399.50	$2,493	—
679–697	685	39	342.50–372.00	$362.39	$2,482	—
739	739	10	355.00	$355.00	$2,623	—
760–794	774	16	322.50–344.00	$341.11	$2,640	—
807	807	3	323.00	$323.00	$2,607	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	640.00	$640.00	$1,472	—
290	290	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,711	—
314–348	325	33	420.00–580.00	$553.90	$1,800	—
364–397	378	14	560.00–565.00	$562.25	$2,125	—
405–435	424	11	450.00–480.00	$471.59	$2,000	—
455–498	489	23	365.00–475.00	$448.24	$2,192	—
515–545	533	14	360.00–441.00	$425.60	$2,268	—
550–597	585	27	342.50–419.00	$404.26	$2,365	—
600–638	635	15	391.00–394.00	$393.68	$2,500	—
660–695	676	6	340.00–365.00	$356.73	$2,411	—
705–723	717	6	342.00–353.00	$346.49	$2,484	—
760–770	769	14	280.00–337.00	$327.83	$2,521	—
848	848	2	309.00	$309.00	$2,620	—
948	948	2	267.50	$267.50	$2,536	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	555.00	$555.00	$1,637	—
325	325	4	510.00	$510.00	$1,658	—
365	365	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,825	—
425–442	438	4	415.00–420.00	$416.21	$1,823	—
455–487	475	7	412.50–420.00	$413.53	$1,964	—
545	545	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,880	—
650	650	2	322.50–330.00	$326.25	$2,121	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	3	357.50	$357.50	$2,270	—
673	673	2	346.00	$346.00	$2,329	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	337	4	475.00–500.00	$494.34	$1,666	+9.34
354–385	374	22	475.00–500.00	$489.71	$1,832	—
400–411	404	17	462.50–480.00	$469.50	$1,897	+22.00
426 unweaned	426	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,832	+36.29
437 fancy	437	14	560.00	$560.00	$2,447	—
455–483	474	61	430.00–450.00	$440.52	$2,088	—
478 unweaned	478	7	430.00	$430.00	$2,055	+50.94
500–543	521	111	350.00–420.00	$405.60	$2,113	+62.42
568 unweaned	568	2	371.00	$371.00	$2,107	+40.38
550–596	575	96	345.00–390.00	$369.85	$2,127	+38.80
610–622 fancy	617	14	360.00–409.50	$388.52	$2,397	—
605–635	620	167	344.00–370.00	$357.58	$2,217	+42.08
656–685	673	21	322.00–355.00	$334.74	$2,253	—
716–739	718	31	312.50–337.00	$335.47	$2,409	+44.47
804	804	6	320.00	$320.00	$2,573	—
892	892	10	316.00	$316.00	$2,819	—
964	964	27	300.00	$300.00	$2,892	—
1030	1030	2	260.00	$260.00	$2,678	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 unweaned	370	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,591	—
370–388	384	8	465.00–467.50	$466.90	$1,793	—
408–414 unweaned	411	7	414.00–435.00	$422.93	$1,738	+51.47
423–448	440	26	450.00–460.00	$456.54	$2,009	+99.04
470–499	494	43	362.00–433.50	$424.26	$2,096	+74.26
510–549	542	23	372.00–387.00	$384.30	$2,083	—
558–560	559	13	371.00–379.00	$374.46	$2,093	—
605–647	634	17	315.00–350.00	$334.94	$2,124	—
643 unweaned	643	17	340.00	$340.00	$2,186	+47.20
650	650	2	336.00	$336.00	$2,184	+38.50
715–718	716	6	281.00–320.00	$306.96	$2,198	+35.96
778	778	25	323.00	$323.00	$2,513	+48.00
975	975	24	288.00	$288.00	$2,808	+25.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	460.00	$460.00	$1,348	—
310–335	323	12	410.00–455.00	$431.53	$1,394	—
375–393	384	6	360.00–440.00	$405.38	$1,557	—
420–445	435	13	425.00–445.00	$433.85	$1,887	—
480 unweaned	480	3	411.00	$411.00	$1,973	+111.00
450–494	489	20	320.00–410.00	$401.14	$1,962	—
510–535	523	16	330.00–376.00	$360.18	$1,884	—
550–595	570	10	300.00–361.00	$341.95	$1,949	—
605–640	623	9	300.00–344.00	$326.63	$2,035	—
650–695	682	5	310.00–330.00	$317.24	$2,164	—
705–743	729	5	280.00–317.50	$307.96	$2,245	—
778	778	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,490	—
845	845	1	263.00	$263.00	$2,222	—
1010–1048	1020	8	235.00	$235.00	$2,397	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,251	—
367	367	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,229	—
524–535	526	5	330.00–341.00	$332.24	$1,748	—
612	612	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,903	—
675	675	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,059	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	570.00–590.00	$579.62	$1,930	—
378	378	2	550.00	$550.00	$2,079	—
468–495	482	4	402.50–405.00	$403.79	$1,946	—
550–558	555	3	400.00–405.00	$401.65	$2,229	—
705	705	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,274	—
758	758	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,047	—
855	855	2	302.00	$302.00	$2,582	—
935	935	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,057	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	612.50	$612.50	$2,205	—
528	528	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,125	—
703–707	706	7	275.00–310.00	$300.04	$2,118	—
935	935	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,618	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1500	1247	80-85%	77	140.00–166.00	$152.62	$1,903	—
1040–1525	1266	80-85%	22	126.00–169.00	$141.30	$1,789	—
1052–1355	1268	80-85%	40	156.00–192.50	$173.86	$2,205	—
1035–1545	1309	80-85%	241	139.00–181.00	$159.01	$2,081	+42.02
1050–1379	1311	80-85%	26	157.50–166.00	$159.78	$2,095	+42.79
1170–1575	1398	80-85%	20	112.50–144.00	$130.82	$1,829	-10.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1186–1350	1203	75-80%	13	180.00–232.50	$193.06	$2,323	—
1135–1550	1415	75-80%	102	153.00–175.00	$163.08	$2,308	—
1435–1630	1526	75-80%	4	161.00–165.00	$161.99	$2,472	+0.53
1340–1775	1568	75-80%	48	147.00–189.00	$156.96	$2,461	+5.48
1345–1985	1589	75-80%	13	122.00–142.00	$133.71	$2,125	-17.77

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1235	1024	85-90%	8	75.00–105.00	$90.37	$925	—
885–1260	1127	85-90%	8	100.00–124.00	$116.35	$1,311	+7.74
850–1265	1132	85-90%	42	97.50–122.50	$115.31	$1,305	+6.70
905–1305	1153	85-90%	43	114.00–166.00	$139.63	$1,610	-30.99
1000–1305	1166	85-90%	28	80.00–111.00	$94.98	$1,107	-75.64
1090–1445	1197	85-90%	22	128.00–162.00	$150.28	$1,799	-3.71
1243–1430	1337	85-90%	4	129.00–132.50	$130.87	$1,750	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1685	1445	10	123.00–137.50	$135.14	$1,953	—
1095–1845	1535	19	142.50–182.50	$164.39	$2,523	—
1395–1870	1741	11	160.00–162.50	$161.36	$2,809	—
1213–2405	1777	20	164.00–184.00	$171.52	$3,048	+13.74
1467–2230	1885	14	179.00–183.00	$180.50	$3,402	+6.68

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1049	940	(<2 yrs)	Open	126	180.00–310.00	$281.89	$2,650
770–1263	1066	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	103	170.00–277.50	$238.37	$2,541

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–965	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	250.00–265.00	$256.63	$2,220
1025–1160	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	192.50–220.00	$210.63	$2,323

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1141	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,100.00–2,800.00	$2,607.45
1117–1216	1164	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	2,600.00–3,700.00	$3,370.60
1060–1465	1224	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,350.00–2,700.00	$2,533.27
1315–1430	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,333.83
1240–1535	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,050.00	$1,948.77

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
889	889	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,550.00	$2,550.00
995–1050	1023	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,450.00	$2,398.66

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85	85	4	130.00	$130.00	$110	—
170–195	186	17	85.00–142.50	$115.29	$214	—
200–248	220	26	90.00–122.50	$100.48	$221	—
260–295	280	3	90.00–91.00	$90.66	$254	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	$62	—
80–81	81	7	105.00–190.00	$177.99	$144	—
103–148	123	14	185.00–230.00	$209.81	$258	—
145	145	1	140.00	$140.00	$203	—
150–185	164	7	200.00–215.00	$207.07	$340	—
195	195	1	185.00	$185.00	$361	—
200	200	1	200.00	$200.00	$400	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1627	1627	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
117–148	128	59	40.00–86.00	$71.18	$91	—
118–146	136	501	82.00–102.00	$97.73	$133	—
138	138	3	130.00	$130.00	$179	—
156	156	4	75.00	$75.00	$117	—
152–195	170	293	82.00–107.00	$97.47	$166	—
150–197	174	6	100.00–132.50	$114.05	$198	—
208	208	6	117.00	$117.00	$243	—
205–225	213	27	84.00–98.00	$88.25	$188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
132–138	132	Young (2-4 yrs)	Summer	147	127.00–130.00	$129.77	$171	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
53	53	12	330.00	$330.00	$175	—
66	66	54	295.00	$295.00	$195	—
71–76	75	294	314.00–321.50	$316.09	$237	—
81–89	85	81	235.00–285.00	$257.46	$219	—
95–99	96	38	242.50–245.00	$244.05	$234	—
102–108	104	61	232.00–244.00	$239.31	$249	—
115	115	2	235.00	$235.00	$270	—
160	160	1	170.00	$170.00	$272	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–185	178	2	98.00–120.00	$109.46	$195	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–141	123	45	92.00–142.50	$111.43	$137	—
153–170	159	3	91.00–92.00	$91.36	$145	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
42	42	10	225.00	$225.00	$94	—
55–58	56	22	270.00–285.00	$280.05	$157	—
68	68	2	235.00	$235.00	$160	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
25	25	6	300.00	$300.00	$75	—
25	25	1	295.00	$295.00	$74	—
30–34	32	22	255.00–315.00	$297.19	$95	—
35	35	2	190.00	$190.00	$66	—
40	40	21	170.00	$170.00	$68	—
42	42	3	320.00	$320.00	$134	—
43	43	5	255.00	$255.00	$110	—
40–44	44	77	255.00–329.00	$328.13	$144	—
40–48	45	81	315.00–350.00	$326.92	$147	—
42–48	45	38	240.00–350.00	$294.10	$132	—
45	45	1	255.00	$255.00	$115	—
52–58	53	35	280.00–320.00	$315.31	$167	—
53	53	2	260.00	$260.00	$138	—
54	54	15	315.00	$315.00	$170	—
50–58	55	281	315.00–330.00	$319.20	$176	—
52–58	56	29	290.00–335.00	$319.69	$179	—
54–58	56	13	285.00–305.00	$298.86	$167	—
60–61	60	18	290.00–320.00	$300.11	$180	—
60	60	2	295.00	$295.00	$177	—
61	61	17	322.50	$322.50	$197	—
65	65	13	310.00	$310.00	$202	—
65	65	1	265.00	$265.00	$172	—
60–69	66	123	285.00–325.00	$311.59	$206	—
70–79	72	218	285.00–317.50	$302.97	$218	—
72–73	73	6	270.00–285.00	$277.55	$203	—
75	75	1	295.00	$295.00	$221	—
77	77	3	220.00	$220.00	$169	—
80–82	81	21	300.00–310.00	$304.94	$247	—
81	81	30	285.00	$285.00	$231	—
80–85	83	2	225.00–250.00	$237.88	$197	—
90–98	93	20	280.00–300.00	$290.72	$270	—
105–106	106	5	267.50–280.00	$277.52	$294	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
37	37	3	322.50	$322.50	$119	—
50–58	54	54	295.00–317.50	$303.33	$164	—
60–69	65	183	280.00–322.00	$306.22	$199	—
70–79	76	100	250.00–280.00	$264.57	$201	—
81–88	83	142	242.00–274.00	$267.17	$222	—
90–91	90	139	244.00–265.00	$257.02	$231	—
108	108	17	240.00–242.00	$241.53	$261	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
51–56	54	13	225.00–245.00	$237.75	$128	—
73–75	73	18	200.00–235.00	$231.02	$169	—
83–85	83	7	227.50–239.00	$237.32	$197	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
57	57	1	181.00	$181.00	$103	—
60	60	13	175.00	$175.00	$105	—
63–65	63	10	110.00–165.00	$159.34	$100	—
95	95	2	220.00–230.00	$225.00	$214	—
95	95	2	115.00–150.00	$132.50	$126	—
103–135	116	61	100.00–165.00	$151.67	$176	—
105–149	123	59	143.00–255.00	$168.42	$207	—
158	158	4	145.00	$145.00	$229	—
165	165	3	132.00	$132.00	$218	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63	63	25	322.00	$322.00	$203	—
75–78	77	5	265.00–315.00	$274.69	$212	—
82	82	3	287.50	$287.50	$236	—
103	103	4	160.00	$160.00	$165	—
115–120	118	2	180.00–205.00	$192.77	$227	—
100–135	124	7	225.00–275.00	$237.28	$294	—
153–185	169	4	175.00–190.00	$181.79	$307	—
185	185	1	185.00	$185.00	$342	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
66	66	7	290.00	$290.00	$191	—
83–86	83	100	270.00–297.50	$271.42	$225	—
93–98	96	4	242.50–244.00	$243.27	$234	—
97	97	25	225.00	$225.00	$218	—
100–107	102	99	235.00–244.00	$241.25	$246	—
105	105	1	180.00	$180.00	$189	—
120–125	123	42	200.00–211.00	$207.91	$256	—
137–138	138	36	197.50–200.00	$198.75	$274	—
140–149	141	35	185.00–196.00	$194.67	$274	—
150	150	1	205.00	$205.00	$308	—
155–188	168	5	100.00–120.00	$108.94	$183	—

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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.