New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

4,842 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $202.42/cwt -3.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,079/hd at 533 lb · 271 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $197.51/cwt +6.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,116/hd at 565 lb · 254 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $211.97/cwt -10.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,020/hd at 481 lb · 214 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,842	6,126	3,691
Feeder cattle	4,175	5,046	3,155
Slaughter cattle	444	555	220
Replacement cattle	223	525	316

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were unevenly steady. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. 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
235 value added	235	1	212.50	$212.50	$499	—
248	248	2	239.00	$239.00	$593	-1.00
250–280	265	2	220.00–240.00	$230.57	$611	+6.91
274–290 unweaned	277	12	209.00–225.00	$221.62	$614	+21.62
313–338 value added	322	8	249.00–260.00	$251.93	$811	+7.27
305–349	332	45	202.00–247.00	$238.57	$792	+8.28
375 value added	375	10	252.00	$252.00	$945	+9.00
353–398	377	52	224.00–246.00	$236.76	$893	+10.21
400–445	426	156	195.00–242.00	$228.59	$974	+2.56
410–448 value added	431	17	221.00–250.00	$233.16	$1,005	+3.16
452–499	481	201	190.00–222.00	$211.41	$1,017	-3.90
455–495 value added	485	13	215.00–232.00	$220.67	$1,070	-9.23
508–545	530	160	189.00–209.00	$196.94	$1,044	-7.54
524–539 value added	538	111	209.50–218.00	$210.32	$1,132	-5.27
550–599	565	196	185.00–200.00	$194.42	$1,098	+5.65
553–568 value added	565	58	196.00–209.25	$207.95	$1,175	-2.03
602–645	621	179	165.00–190.00	$180.34	$1,120	-1.53
661 value added	661	9	183.50	$183.50	$1,213	-7.00
652–698	673	60	160.00–185.00	$178.12	$1,199	-2.06
700–745	725	143	166.00–179.00	$171.29	$1,242	-3.43
758–788	770	21	160.00–171.00	$164.39	$1,266	+6.38
800–848	829	27	150.00–165.00	$159.30	$1,321	+2.34
855–890	877	3	144.00–153.00	$147.37	$1,292	+6.66
935	935	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,178	-15.96
1090	1090	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,362	+25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	180.00–190.00	$185.11	$426	-4.89
295	295	2	210.00	$210.00	$620	+15.78
300–340	318	16	190.00–210.00	$200.74	$638	-2.58
365–395	391	49	180.00–211.50	$206.36	$807	+3.71
402–447	421	42	180.00–215.00	$200.22	$843	-1.46
450–497	472	88	186.00–200.00	$194.44	$918	+2.21
506–548	525	40	169.00–187.50	$180.29	$947	-6.62
550–599	583	107	165.00–190.00	$178.51	$1,041	+4.71
602–645	625	19	151.00–179.50	$171.64	$1,073	+4.17
664–680	669	16	150.00–172.50	$169.14	$1,132	+9.83
725–745	731	7	145.00–158.00	$155.72	$1,138	-2.32
780	780	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,037	-8.00
807–845	820	3	142.00–155.00	$146.47	$1,201	+4.47
850–890	870	2	123.00–132.00	$127.60	$1,110	-3.74
1025	1025	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,384	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	165.00	$165.00	$404	—
280	280	1	175.00	$175.00	$490	+4.21
330–345	338	3	167.50–180.00	$174.13	$589	-9.16
350–380	365	2	165.00–180.00	$172.81	$631	-4.81
429–444	437	9	180.00–190.00	$185.64	$811	+1.63
460–493	477	4	168.00–170.00	$168.97	$806	+2.62
500–528	518	4	134.00–161.00	$146.99	$761	-14.60
590–595	593	3	150.00–165.00	$158.65	$941	+5.06
690	690	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	+6.12
705	705	1	138.00	$138.00	$973	-7.77
755–795	775	2	130.00–137.00	$133.41	$1,034	-2.21

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	6	156.00	$156.00	$730	—
558	558	11	137.00	$137.00	$764	—
713	713	3	140.00	$140.00	$998	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	178.00	$178.00	$756	—
538	538	10	145.00	$145.00	$780	—
572	572	4	163.50	$163.50	$935	+13.47

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	170.00	$170.00	$675	+39.00
412	412	3	177.00	$177.00	$729	—
477–493	487	5	149.00–162.00	$154.10	$750	+13.28
610	610	1	152.00	$152.00	$927	+34.02
690	690	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,138	+17.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
282	282	3	375.00	$375.00	—
360	360	1	325.00	$325.00	—
450–455	453	2	325.00–425.00	$375.28	—
500–530	515	2	300.00–350.00	$325.73	+50.73
620	620	1	320.00	$320.00	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,089	+27.00
787	787	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,157	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	54.00	$54.00	$267	—
735	735	1	63.00	$63.00	$463	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	5	109.00	$109.00	$451	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	125.00	$125.00	$488	+12.00
402	402	2	165.00	$165.00	$663	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554–565	560	4	165.00–168.00	$166.51	$932	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	3	120.00	$120.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	166.00	$166.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	1	400.00	$400.00	+36.03

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	279	6	195.00–217.00	$210.52	$587	+0.52
280 value added	280	1	210.00	$210.00	$588	—
285 unweaned	285	4	185.00	$185.00	$527	—
315 value added	315	1	200.00	$200.00	$630	+4.00
305–348	327	35	189.00–206.00	$197.68	$646	+7.18
350–395	372	71	180.00–207.00	$197.77	$736	+8.29
367–390 value added	383	50	208.00–219.00	$213.86	$819	+15.95
400–445	424	67	181.00–202.50	$190.52	$808	+2.31
455–499 value added	470	42	195.00–198.00	$196.39	$923	—
452–495	472	133	177.00–193.00	$184.56	$871	+6.64
502–544	514	74	164.00–183.00	$174.76	$898	-2.56
510–540 value added	521	13	188.00–197.00	$190.17	$991	—
550–596	571	173	160.00–185.00	$170.25	$972	+3.71
606–632	626	28	156.50–168.50	$165.51	$1,036	-3.54
600–647	639	92	158.00–170.00	$164.96	$1,054	-4.09
655–695	670	25	150.00–164.50	$162.49	$1,089	+3.07
684	684	10	166.00	$166.00	$1,135	+6.58
724	724	13	164.50	$164.50	$1,191	+10.03
718–745	739	16	150.00–159.00	$154.02	$1,138	-0.45
760–762	762	4	154.00–162.00	$156.00	$1,189	+7.21
765–783	777	3	136.00–148.00	$139.94	$1,087	-8.85
800–808	807	8	148.00–150.00	$149.75	$1,208	+5.84
840–845	844	4	126.00–128.00	$127.50	$1,076	-13.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	180.00	$180.00	$369	—
250–280	264	8	172.50–200.00	$190.06	$502	+7.41
300–342	327	5	165.00–181.00	$175.49	$574	-6.53
350–375	358	7	175.00–190.00	$183.89	$658	+14.76
400–446	426	28	159.00–186.00	$176.59	$752	+11.40
460–495	472	43	153.00–185.00	$168.05	$793	+2.80
500–545	526	13	149.00–179.00	$168.06	$884	+2.24
550–593	567	20	155.00–179.00	$168.10	$953	+9.35
600–625	603	12	145.00–169.00	$166.25	$1,002	+16.79
667–674	673	10	154.00–161.00	$155.39	$1,046	+0.68
725	725	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,044	+19.00
912	912	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,003	-23.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	147.00	$147.00	$382	—
388	388	2	163.00	$163.00	$632	—
425–445	430	13	160.00–185.00	$164.25	$706	—
452–470	464	18	170.00–176.00	$173.64	$806	—
500–506	505	17	169.00–173.00	$172.30	$870	—
576	576	10	169.00	$169.00	$973	—
605	605	1	165.00	$165.00	$998	—
665	665	1	143.00	$143.00	$951	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	145.00–150.00	$147.54	$413	-20.53
300	300	1	145.00	$145.00	$435	-17.77
350–396	381	12	144.00–170.00	$155.57	$593	+2.58
440	440	27	173.00	$173.00	$761	+6.32
450–476	471	5	140.00–148.00	$146.47	$690	+2.31
523–530	525	3	142.00–150.00	$147.31	$773	+1.61
565	565	2	140.00	$140.00	$791	-11.32
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	—
738	738	2	120.00	$120.00	$886	-20.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	4	158.00	$158.00	$724	+19.00
575	575	3	149.00	$149.00	$857	—
615	615	3	147.50	$147.50	$907	—
680	680	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,034	—
940	940	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,175	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	6	162.00	$162.00	$531	—
380–383	381	8	125.00–164.00	$152.70	$582	+25.26
565	565	2	141.00	$141.00	$797	-7.00
613	613	2	100.00	$100.00	$613	-43.26

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
436	436	5	425.00	$425.00	—
500–510	505	2	300.00	$300.00	—
555	555	1	300.00	$300.00	—
625–635	630	2	275.00–320.00	$297.32	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	3	168.50	$168.50	$974	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	41.00	$41.00	$166	—
470	470	1	35.00	$35.00	$164	-20.51
520	520	1	72.00	$72.00	$374	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	2	190.00–200.00	$195.14	$513	+35.14
288 unweaned	288	2	182.00	$182.00	$524	—
323–335	324	13	220.00–240.00	$238.41	$772	—
366–397	381	39	214.00–228.00	$221.11	$842	—
425–448	439	20	185.00–190.00	$188.08	$826	+3.78
477 value added	477	13	200.00	$200.00	$954	—
474–485	479	18	175.00–192.00	$183.99	$881	+1.71
530–535	530	41	165.00–175.00	$174.56	$925	-7.57
610 value added	610	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,080	—
607–640	611	8	156.00–157.50	$157.30	$961	—
677	677	3	126.00	$126.00	$853	-30.00
705 value added	705	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,036	—
705–740	728	3	120.00–125.00	$123.39	$898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	480	2	185.00–195.00	$189.84	$911	+3.94
520	520	1	170.00	$170.00	$884	+20.00
590–595	592	6	167.00–180.00	$171.36	$1,014	+50.46
602–610	603	11	161.00–168.00	$167.09	$1,008	+38.71
660–695	678	2	151.00–169.00	$160.23	$1,086	+25.45
770	770	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,155	+22.68

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533–540	534	8	154.00–159.00	$158.37	$846	—
653	653	3	141.00	$141.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
525–613	569	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,234.67	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–800	780	85-90%	2	53.00–54.00	$53.51	$417	-37.34
595–1020	808	85-90%	5	26.00–46.00	$36.29	$293	—
740–1205	915	85-90%	62	50.00–62.00	$55.90	$511	—
610–1250	919	85-90%	20	30.00–53.00	$43.49	$400	—
770–1210	943	85-90%	67	60.00–73.50	$65.75	$620	—
905–1032	996	85-90%	6	68.00–71.00	$70.22	$699	+26.50
860–1067	1015	85-90%	4	65.00–68.00	$67.36	$684	+7.60

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$586	-75.00
907–1345	1027	80-85%	17	60.00–70.00	$63.51	$652	—
875–1176	1034	80-85%	5	75.00–81.00	$77.59	$802	—
1005–1230	1118	80-85%	2	57.00–59.00	$57.90	$647	—
825–1424	1146	80-85%	88	61.00–81.00	$73.72	$845	—
1180–1375	1265	80-85%	21	75.00–85.50	$81.76	$1,034	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1475	1211	75-80%	10	72.00–76.75	$74.43	$901	-6.44

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	1	97.00	$97.00	$994	—
1160	1160	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,276	—
1135–1930	1500	25	66.00–87.50	$80.80	$1,212	—
1025–1865	1537	21	84.00–99.00	$91.05	$1,399	—
1400–2220	1746	9	95.00–109.00	$101.31	$1,769	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
974	974	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00	$1,100.00
965–1140	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.00
1010–1160	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,212.50
1086–1105	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	975.00–1,200.00	$1,031.25
1128	1128	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00	$875.00
940–1440	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–1,000.00	$847.22
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1167–1185	1173	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–975.00	$933.33
1035–1370	1174	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	800.00–1,125.00	$1,028.13
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
960–1385	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,100.00	$1,016.67
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
730–830	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$958.33
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
865–990	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,150.00	$1,066.67
830–1100	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	875.00–1,100.00	$1,012.50
980–1100	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,175.00	$962.00
1037	1037	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
840–1117	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	775.00–900.00	$879.17
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1197	1197	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1002	1002	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	925.00	$925.00
1064	1064	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00	$900.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
830–905	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	710.00–1,000.00	$855.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–710	703	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	575.00–700.00	$637.50
730–760	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	675.00–850.00	$762.50
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
753	753	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00	$400.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	325.00	$325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
876	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,500.00	$1,500.00
885	885	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00
930–1185	1058	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
898	898	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
970–1045	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–950.00	$908.33	-304.17
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+100.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687	687	2	100.00	$100.00	$687	—
941	941	14	91.50	$91.50	$861	—
988	988	4	100.00	$100.00	$988	—

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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.