New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

6,126 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $189.32/cwt +2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 421 lb · 238 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $205.87/cwt +3.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,081/hd at 525 lb · 214 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.32/cwt -1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 573 lb · 206 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,126	2,644	5,439
Feeder cattle	5,046	2,272	4,992
Slaughter cattle	555	235	296
Replacement cattle	525	137	151

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 400 lbs not well tested; over 400 lbs traded mostly 8.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 600-650 lbs steady; 650-700 lbs 6.00-8.00 higher; over 700 lbs have no comparison. Trade mostly active, demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	240.00	$240.00	$576	+8.00
255–295	283	11	217.00–231.00	$223.66	$633	—
290 value added	290	15	247.00	$247.00	$716	+13.00
298 unweaned	298	9	200.00	$200.00	$596	—
315 unweaned	315	2	204.00	$204.00	$643	—
300–349	327	56	202.00–244.00	$230.29	$753	-11.93
302–345 value added	338	13	234.00–246.00	$244.66	$827	-17.65
372 value added	372	3	243.00	$243.00	$904	-13.00
350–397	375	117	207.00–240.00	$226.55	$850	-10.79
400–447	424	104	200.00–236.00	$226.03	$958	+5.51
408–445 value added	424	56	220.00–240.50	$230.00	$975	-21.61
450–475 value added	466	106	222.00–235.00	$229.90	$1,071	-11.40
450–495	469	97	199.00–227.00	$215.31	$1,010	-4.30
500–549	523	144	193.00–217.00	$204.48	$1,069	+2.25
506–536 value added	526	58	211.00–218.50	$215.59	$1,134	—
542	542	12	175.50	$175.50	$951	-17.50
551–552 value added	552	28	203.00–211.50	$209.98	$1,159	—
569 unweaned	569	5	175.00	$175.00	$996	—
550–598	576	173	176.00–198.00	$188.77	$1,087	-3.60
618 value added	618	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,180	—
600–648	623	145	167.50–195.00	$181.87	$1,133	+1.85
650–694	662	164	164.00–188.00	$180.18	$1,193	+4.15
663 value added	663	11	190.50	$190.50	$1,263	—
700–735	719	53	164.00–184.50	$174.72	$1,256	+3.61
750–798	776	54	142.00–173.00	$158.01	$1,226	-2.81
805–830	816	18	150.00–162.00	$156.96	$1,281	+9.47
850–890	866	11	132.00–150.00	$140.71	$1,219	-3.29
905–932	916	10	125.00–153.00	$141.96	$1,300	+4.96
1003	1003	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,515	—
1080	1080	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,080	—
1450	1450	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245–246	246	6	190.00	$190.00	$467	-30.00
250–295	291	12	193.00–210.00	$194.22	$565	-18.45
307–348	321	32	190.00–215.00	$203.32	$653	-7.94
350–390	372	12	181.00–212.00	$202.65	$754	-13.26
410 value added	410	1	208.00	$208.00	$853	—
400–447	432	64	184.00–208.00	$201.68	$871	+3.71
460–485 value added	469	19	187.00–192.50	$188.23	$883	—
450–498	482	93	165.00–203.00	$192.23	$927	+13.47
500–549	535	118	164.00–200.00	$186.91	$1,000	+4.15
550–598	581	84	165.00–187.00	$173.80	$1,010	±0.00
600–644	633	34	154.00–178.00	$167.47	$1,060	+2.59
650–691	671	24	132.00–175.00	$159.31	$1,069	-2.52
705–735	718	16	130.00–170.00	$158.04	$1,135	+9.08
783	783	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,104	-6.69
815	815	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,157	-6.57
855–870	863	2	113.00–150.00	$131.34	$1,133	-7.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	160.00–182.00	$170.79	$444	-24.45
312–315	313	3	170.00–190.00	$183.29	$574	-8.31
350–395	373	10	150.00–197.00	$177.62	$663	+0.79
403–435	413	11	176.00–189.00	$184.01	$760	+14.56
465–495	478	13	150.00–176.00	$166.35	$795	+5.01
502–525	510	18	150.00–171.00	$161.59	$824	-2.87
555–590	574	8	145.00–167.00	$153.59	$882	+6.02
610–645	629	4	146.00–151.00	$149.03	$937	+3.31
650–670	658	3	130.00–152.00	$143.88	$947	-17.15
720–740	731	4	143.00–150.00	$145.77	$1,066	+7.87
755–770	763	3	126.00–141.00	$135.62	$1,035	+1.94

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	5	187.00–190.00	$188.20	$367	—
253	253	2	192.00	$192.00	$486	—
370	370	3	131.00	$131.00	$485	—
450–472	459	5	140.00–142.00	$140.82	$646	—
508–530	517	5	156.00–165.00	$159.69	$826	—
550	550	2	158.00	$158.00	$869	—
623–625	624	5	100.00–130.00	$117.98	$736	—
670	670	1	148.00	$148.00	$992	—
759	759	9	104.00	$104.00	$789	—
805	805	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,046	—
850	850	1	115.00	$115.00	$978	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	4	224.00	$224.00	$549	—
559	559	10	175.50	$175.50	$981	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	12	156.00	$156.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	168.00	$168.00	$739	+36.00
483	483	4	141.00	$141.00	$681	—
529	529	6	130.00	$130.00	$688	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–432	425	10	180.00–215.00	$197.79	$841	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	220.00	$220.00	$462	—
550–555	553	2	144.00–156.00	$150.03	$830	—
620	620	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	1	200.00	$200.00	—
185 unweaned	185	3	230.00	$230.00	—
195	195	1	410.00	$410.00	—
220–240	227	3	325.00–385.00	$363.97	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	39.00	$39.00	$177	-18.00
525	525	1	47.00	$47.00	$247	+1.00
555–595	578	3	35.00–59.00	$46.79	$270	-9.21
625–640	633	2	49.00–50.00	$49.49	$313	-0.01

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	158.00	$158.00	$948	—
670	670	1	132.00	$132.00	$884	—
705	705	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,036	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	131.00	$131.00	$609	—
632	632	2	72.00	$72.00	$455	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	136.00	$136.00	$449	—
392	392	2	113.00	$113.00	$443	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	150.00	$150.00	$724	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
405	405	1	475.00	$475.00	—
505	505	1	275.00	$275.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208 unweaned	208	4	210.00	$210.00	$437	—
265	265	3	210.00	$210.00	$556	+13.26
300–343	318	52	171.00–212.00	$190.50	$606	-5.07
342 value added	342	3	196.00	$196.00	$670	-35.74
351–394 value added	369	29	196.00–204.00	$197.91	$730	-13.42
352–396	371	77	179.00–202.00	$189.48	$703	-11.40
382 unweaned	382	2	176.00	$176.00	$672	—
400–448	421	215	170.00–199.00	$188.21	$792	+3.08
405–434 value added	421	23	198.00–203.00	$199.69	$841	+8.69
450–498	476	101	157.00–193.00	$177.92	$847	-2.38
500–540	519	173	164.00–196.00	$177.32	$920	+2.84
541 unweaned	541	7	168.00	$168.00	$909	—
550–595	571	79	150.00–178.50	$166.54	$951	-5.49
577	577	3	161.00	$161.00	$929	-11.03
575–581	579	27	159.00–171.00	$166.58	$964	-5.45
605	605	8	174.00	$174.00	$1,053	+1.88
616–627 value added	623	44	171.50–185.00	$174.04	$1,084	—
602–648	624	59	155.00–176.50	$169.05	$1,055	-3.07
650–686	675	49	137.50–167.50	$159.42	$1,076	-17.56
702–737	721	29	142.00–161.50	$154.47	$1,114	+1.73
753–787	775	16	146.00–157.50	$148.79	$1,153	-14.21
785	785	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,201	-10.00
817–835	825	35	138.00–149.00	$143.91	$1,187	—
830	830	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,170	—
870	870	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,131	-17.35
874–883	879	17	142.00–142.50	$142.27	$1,251	-5.08
917	917	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,320	—
928	928	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,160	—
951–968	964	24	117.00–138.50	$136.68	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	259	8	175.00–185.00	$182.65	$473	+7.65
286–295 unweaned	288	5	172.00–173.00	$172.21	$496	—
318–348	333	26	152.00–193.50	$182.02	$606	-0.67
350–398	383	27	156.00–181.00	$169.13	$648	+0.37
403–440	426	44	140.00–182.00	$165.19	$704	-15.16
455–490	473	53	160.00–175.00	$165.25	$782	+3.18
500–548	519	64	140.00–175.00	$165.82	$861	-2.94
550–595	573	50	147.00–172.00	$158.75	$910	-1.24
605–649	619	39	135.00–160.00	$149.46	$925	-7.80
656–675	660	8	148.00–157.00	$154.71	$1,021	-2.74
712	712	2	125.00	$125.00	$890	-19.00
775–798	792	4	130.00–138.00	$131.96	$1,045	-8.04
818–840	824	7	135.00–137.50	$135.73	$1,118	—
860–899	892	6	111.00–123.00	$120.51	$1,075	-19.25
930	930	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,237	—
978	978	3	102.50	$102.50	$1,002	-32.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–298	292	19	167.00–170.00	$168.07	$491	+15.54
305–343	332	9	151.00–170.00	$162.77	$540	+32.77
355–395	372	13	142.00–158.00	$152.99	$569	-20.92
405–435	420	12	140.00–177.00	$166.68	$700	+21.71
450–495	471	26	127.00–157.00	$144.16	$679	+6.01
505–545	519	21	131.00–157.00	$145.70	$756	+6.19
552–590	570	20	130.00–162.00	$151.32	$863	+2.80
660–665	663	2	120.00–136.00	$128.03	$849	-12.11
725	725	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,015	-2.00
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	-16.73

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687	687	19	147.00	$147.00	$1,010	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–378	370	3	122.00–130.00	$127.44	$472	—
415	415	1	138.00	$138.00	$573	—
450–490	463	3	135.00–150.00	$144.71	$670	—
540–545	544	4	148.00–159.50	$151.11	$822	—
570	570	1	148.00	$148.00	$844	—
603–640	610	6	120.00–151.00	$143.26	$874	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–545	535	3	155.00–156.00	$155.34	$831	—
600	600	7	141.00	$141.00	$846	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	165.00	$165.00	$503	—
395	395	2	155.00	$155.00	$612	—
445	445	3	160.00	$160.00	$712	—
487	487	2	139.00	$139.00	$677	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	7	165.00	$165.00	$388	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–490	483	2	55.00–56.00	$55.51	$268	—
585	585	1	53.00	$53.00	$310	+8.00
646	646	4	40.00	$40.00	$258	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	320.00	$320.00	—
228 unweaned	228	3	225.00	$225.00	—
230	230	1	400.00	$400.00	—
395	395	1	425.00	$425.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	160.00	$160.00	$589	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	100.00	$100.00	$477	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	7	160.00	$160.00	$432	-65.00
435–438	437	3	178.00–197.00	$184.30	$805	-9.39
465–493	483	6	170.00–186.00	$182.28	$880	—
543	543	16	169.00–184.00	$182.13	$989	+8.19
555–565	560	2	169.00–181.00	$174.95	$980	—
675	675	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,053	—
768	768	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,068	—
900–930	915	2	103.00–115.00	$108.90	$996	—
950	950	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	—
488–490	488	11	165.00–188.00	$185.90	$907	-24.10
520	520	1	150.00	$150.00	$780	-20.00
565–575	570	2	110.00–132.00	$120.90	$689	-29.10
625–645	635	2	121.00–136.00	$128.38	$815	-19.62
667–698	679	6	120.00–144.00	$134.78	$915	-8.83
750–796	791	9	127.00–130.00	$127.32	$1,007	—
995	995	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,244	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	53.00	$53.00	$363	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$218	—
759	759	85-90%	11	116.00	$116.00	$880	—
756–1075	791	85-90%	9	67.50–95.00	$90.85	$719	—
675–1470	985	85-90%	35	30.00–58.00	$43.72	$431	—
630–1480	1006	85-90%	63	50.00–71.00	$59.76	$601	-6.58
765–1320	1032	85-90%	75	54.00–77.00	$66.85	$690	+0.51
770–1580	1153	85-90%	3	55.00–71.50	$64.86	$748	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	80-85%	2	135.00	$135.00	$963	—
885	885	80-85%	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,257	—
900–1020	920	80-85%	6	35.00–54.00	$50.49	$465	-33.51
847–1110	949	80-85%	23	75.00–116.00	$90.90	$863	+6.90
875–1430	1070	80-85%	30	55.00–79.00	$66.53	$712	—
792–1590	1089	80-85%	8	74.00–87.00	$81.16	$884	—
770–1710	1207	80-85%	103	63.00–83.00	$74.03	$894	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—
800–801	801	75-80%	5	130.00–140.00	$138.00	$1,105	—
1002–1580	1076	75-80%	15	86.50–99.00	$96.73	$1,041	—
745–1870	1244	75-80%	16	69.00–90.00	$80.87	$1,006	—
1320	1320	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$858	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	1	69.00	$69.00	$621	—
731–1700	1231	26	40.00–92.00	$70.98	$874	—
1430	1430	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,344	—
1180–2065	1571	26	76.00–97.00	$86.97	$1,366	—
1425–2325	1817	15	91.00–105.50	$100.11	$1,819	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
803	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
896–995	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,231.25
832–1300	956	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	850.00–900.00	$872.81
980	980	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
944–1305	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	950.00–1,575.00	$1,118.75
880–1190	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,425.00
974–1305	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,288.64
1078	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,560.00	$1,560.00
795–1190	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	685.00–1,100.00	$994.50
1000–1465	1241	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	900.00–1,550.00	$1,179.69
1145–1482	1359	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	1,125.00–1,725.00	$1,319.79
1200–1570	1446	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	900.00–1,375.00	$1,086.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1190	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	975.00–1,325.00	$1,134.09
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	950.00	$950.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
939–1170	1021	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	875.00–975.00	$934.35
1048	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
905–1295	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,500.00	$1,237.50
958–1450	1079	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	985.00–1,550.00	$1,340.40
1068–1134	1092	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–1,050.00	$873.21
1045–1195	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–900.00	$812.50
980–1480	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	800.00–1,500.00	$945.83

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
860–1185	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–900.00	$700.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580	580	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	325.00	$325.00
745	745	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
770–818	802	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$783.33

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
606–875	636	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,488.89
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	885.00	$885.00
840–1010	953	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,425.00	$1,233.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–900	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,225.00	$1,091.67
971	971	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	-25.00
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1050–1450	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,060.00–1,475.00	$1,346.25	-103.75
1110–1195	1174	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,668.75	+218.75
1050–1300	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-150.00
1200–1350	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,412.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–885	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.00	—
985–1045	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,212.50	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	5	117.00	$117.00	$256	—
275	275	4	136.00	$136.00	$374	—
328	328	2	104.00	$104.00	$341	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
837	837	6	111.00	$111.00	$929	—
997	997	4	103.00	$103.00	$1,027	—

Medium 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	6	20.00	$20.00	$75	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	3	79.00	$79.00	$675	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	66.00	$66.00	$274	—
595	595	2	40.00	$40.00	$238	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–299	277	33	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$346	—
397	397	18	124.00	$124.00	$492	—
523	523	4	100.00	$100.00	$523	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–325	321	19	65.00–80.00	$69.61	$223	—
499	499	5	35.00	$35.00	$175	—
548	548	2	30.00	$30.00	$164	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714	714	5	110.00	$110.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	234.00	$234.00	$948	—
463	463	2	211.00	$211.00	$977	—

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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.