New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 28, 2023

4,571 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $274.93/cwt +0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,047/hd at 381 lb · 161 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $270.25/cwt -4.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,414/hd at 523 lb · 111 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $257.86/cwt +7.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,599/hd at 620 lb · 99 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,571	4,322	1,968
Feeder cattle	3,061	3,003	1,647
Slaughter cattle	875	610	204
Replacement cattle	635	709	117

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves sold mostly 5.00-20.00 higher. Heifer calves unevenly steady from 15.00 lower to 9.00 higher. Trade was moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 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 unweaned	235	1	320.00	$320.00	$752	+5.00
247	247	3	323.00	$323.00	$798	+3.00
255–280	270	16	321.00–327.00	$323.19	$873	+3.44
295	295	12	285.00	$285.00	$841	-34.75
300–345	320	60	300.00–345.00	$324.81	$1,039	-13.05
328	328	5	300.00	$300.00	$984	-16.00
310–348 unweaned	337	18	282.00–315.00	$293.14	$988	-6.60
365–380 unweaned	375	3	300.00–316.00	$310.81	$1,166	—
365–398	381	44	295.00–359.00	$323.93	$1,234	-0.59
403–410 value added	404	10	322.50–341.00	$339.12	$1,370	—
400–433	425	56	285.00–337.00	$306.60	$1,303	+1.48
454 value added	454	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,498	+15.00
457 fancy	457	10	300.00	$300.00	$1,371	—
450–492	469	78	284.00–318.00	$299.21	$1,403	+8.18
500–545	522	100	252.00–300.00	$273.52	$1,428	+0.78
535	535	11	240.50	$240.50	$1,287	-32.24
550–598	571	60	243.00–278.00	$262.04	$1,496	-2.41
602–646	620	99	236.00–265.00	$257.86	$1,599	+7.73
654–686	673	56	210.00–248.00	$231.07	$1,555	-7.66
712–728	722	36	225.00–237.00	$232.82	$1,681	-3.88
751–790	773	10	209.00–231.00	$219.71	$1,698	-10.31
832	832	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,622	-23.45
865–885	870	4	171.00–198.00	$191.13	$1,663	-30.84
1270	1270	2	165.00	$165.00	$2,096	—
1300	1300	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,378	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	280.00	$280.00	$644	—
225–243	240	8	230.00–304.00	$284.81	$684	+4.81
265–285 unweaned	275	2	250.00–252.50	$251.20	$691	—
255–298	285	18	270.00–312.00	$294.71	$840	-4.48
300–345	329	33	270.00–300.00	$291.52	$959	+0.18
350–399	381	161	250.00–285.00	$274.93	$1,047	+0.10
400–445	415	57	200.00–281.00	$260.38	$1,081	-3.91
445 value added	445	7	296.00	$296.00	$1,317	—
450–491	471	36	240.00–277.50	$262.93	$1,238	+5.60
500–549	529	41	220.00–260.00	$245.71	$1,300	-20.28
560–595	580	17	187.00–240.00	$210.29	$1,220	-36.07
625–644	637	13	220.00–240.00	$228.23	$1,454	-13.96
652–690	662	24	210.00–231.00	$227.40	$1,505	-5.36
712–745	726	15	180.00–220.00	$196.06	$1,423	-14.09
760–781	778	6	206.00–221.00	$208.44	$1,622	-1.29
826–840	828	8	197.00–235.00	$230.18	$1,906	+35.36
880	880	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,734	—
930	930	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,767	—
977	977	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,837	+17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	257.50	$257.50	$386	—
230	230	1	227.00	$227.00	$522	-18.11
300–345	330	11	232.00–260.00	$249.59	$824	—
350–391	382	7	200.00–230.00	$222.77	$851	-16.23
405–448	438	46	202.50–247.00	$229.89	$1,007	-6.05
460–475	469	4	197.00–217.50	$211.57	$992	-27.42
500–535	513	5	187.00–215.00	$202.00	$1,036	-0.25
555–590	575	10	182.50–224.00	$210.70	$1,212	—
600–640	621	6	190.00–205.00	$197.95	$1,229	+10.26
650–695	674	7	182.50–200.00	$192.07	$1,295	-5.37
705–735	725	3	181.00–186.00	$184.38	$1,337	-0.62
750–799	791	8	171.00–193.00	$184.64	$1,461	—
840	840	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,470	—
1370	1370	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,576	—
1488	1488	2	118.50	$118.50	$1,763	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,176	—
683	683	68	228.00	$228.00	$1,557	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–372	362	13	302.00–313.00	$311.26	$1,127	-17.98
437–447	441	9	327.00–332.00	$329.25	$1,452	—
460–472	467	7	234.00–267.00	$253.06	$1,182	-40.94
738	738	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,542	-15.00
846	846	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,853	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–397	374	15	220.00–239.00	$225.36	$843	—
444	444	6	283.00	$283.00	$1,257	-7.00
490	490	6	259.00	$259.00	$1,269	—
510	510	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,173	-12.38
553	553	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,449	+16.60
652	652	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,304	-37.00
737	737	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,658	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	2	222.00	$222.00	$650	—
407	407	2	230.00	$230.00	$936	—
593	593	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,020	—
720	720	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,181	-39.00
768	768	9	196.50	$196.50	$1,509	—
950	950	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,150	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	7	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
507	507	3	76.00	$76.00	$385	—
613	613	2	77.00	$77.00	$472	—
790	790	1	74.00	$74.00	$585	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–545	539	5	82.00–93.00	$89.60	$483	+1.60
590	590	1	70.00	$70.00	$413	-8.29
645	645	2	84.00	$84.00	$542	—
665	665	1	86.00	$86.00	$572	—
715	715	1	73.00	$73.00	$522	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,300	—
680	680	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,197	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
852	852	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,329	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
348	348	2	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	280.00	$280.00	$616	—
273	273	5	275.00	$275.00	$751	-42.00
310–345	323	55	250.00–297.00	$285.17	$921	-3.09
355–395	371	48	255.00–291.00	$279.98	$1,039	-8.91
402–448	419	74	247.00–271.00	$265.44	$1,112	-4.48
453–483	469	57	235.00–265.00	$254.20	$1,192	+0.18
500–544	519	38	230.00–245.00	$237.79	$1,234	-3.06
550–553	552	22	230.00–240.00	$236.04	$1,303	-6.33
605–635	617	22	214.00–240.00	$223.68	$1,380	-15.45
657–685	668	11	214.00–225.00	$220.96	$1,476	-6.98
712–726	720	7	200.50–255.00	$223.60	$1,610	-14.12
782	782	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,533	-7.78
845	845	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,648	-1.00
995	995	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	1	260.00	$260.00	$520	—
239	239	5	260.00	$260.00	$621	—
250–295	267	28	250.00–296.00	$285.92	$763	+13.49
308–340	315	5	225.00–250.00	$233.13	$734	-36.28
330 unweaned	330	1	250.00	$250.00	$825	—
369–395	377	28	216.00–267.00	$246.31	$929	-16.93
403–445	421	45	210.00–240.00	$221.77	$934	-34.33
450–498	471	30	220.00–245.00	$237.61	$1,119	+7.15
512–548	520	14	200.00–221.00	$216.42	$1,125	-15.61
550–596	567	16	205.00–246.00	$222.24	$1,260	-1.33
610–635	618	8	200.00–207.50	$204.04	$1,261	-10.62
660	660	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,419	-6.23
720–748	738	9	200.00–217.00	$206.42	$1,523	+15.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	245.00	$245.00	$429	—
180–190	185	2	240.00–250.00	$245.14	$454	—
210	210	2	225.00	$225.00	$472	—
280	280	1	222.00	$222.00	$622	—
305–333	312	9	190.00–250.00	$211.26	$659	+33.11
355–362	362	20	185.00–230.00	$226.42	$820	-28.58
400–435	418	12	180.00–240.00	$209.47	$876	+0.53
455–490	473	5	187.50–208.00	$201.73	$954	+6.67
502–545	517	9	200.00–230.00	$216.78	$1,121	+19.48
550–580	558	9	188.00–200.00	$193.35	$1,079	+0.90
605–643	626	11	177.00–200.00	$184.72	$1,156	+9.23
650–690	674	8	160.00–197.00	$171.97	$1,159	-11.77
700–715	705	15	175.00–194.00	$181.05	$1,276	+4.73
775	775	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,217	—
805–825	816	4	160.00–178.00	$172.79	$1,410	—
850–899	882	13	160.00–185.00	$170.10	$1,500	—
940	940	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,410	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	202.00	$202.00	$794	—
469	469	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,102	-0.70
503–508	506	5	200.00–230.00	$218.07	$1,103	—
560	560	8	224.00	$224.00	$1,254	+1.00
633	633	77	215.50	$215.50	$1,364	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	19	299.50	$299.50	$979	+4.88
472	472	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,156	-6.00
603	603	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,333	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553–580	556	10	52.00–92.00	$87.83	$488	+7.83
610	610	1	52.00	$52.00	$317	—
695	695	2	56.00	$56.00	$389	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–388	374	5	230.00–240.00	$233.77	$874	-36.38
563–575	568	5	185.00–220.00	$205.82	$1,169	-19.18
770	770	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,448	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	6	70.00	$70.00	$373	-6.62
638	638	2	73.00	$73.00	$466	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	155.00	$155.00	$705	—
772	772	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,312	—
936	936	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,498	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	7	187.00	$187.00	$468	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,239	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	4	186.00	$186.00	$569	-32.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,011	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	172.00	$172.00	$765	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
360	360	2	410.00	$410.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140 unweaned	140	1	300.00	$300.00	-67.17

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	307.50	$307.50	$630	—
310	310	2	290.00	$290.00	$899	—
340 unweaned	340	2	290.00	$290.00	$986	—
405–443	425	9	257.00–306.00	$275.06	$1,169	-3.23
457–498	481	5	180.00–242.00	$219.36	$1,055	-37.64
535	535	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,188	+8.09
572–580	574	10	190.00–249.00	$234.20	$1,344	+33.76
625–640	634	6	173.00–239.00	$202.51	$1,284	-4.07
672	672	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,331	-3.06
700–722	715	3	150.00–209.00	$189.74	$1,357	+25.76
775	775	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,376	+7.50
800	800	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,080	-47.00
820	820	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,435	-7.00
955	955	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,337	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	230.00	$230.00	$908	—
410–437	430	12	225.00–302.00	$290.66	$1,250	—
458	458	3	190.00	$190.00	$870	-40.00
500–515	508	11	232.50–282.00	$249.31	$1,266	+11.31
595	595	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,279	-35.00
675	675	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,336	-44.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,011	—
619	619	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
137	137	4	390.00	$390.00	±0.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	2	157.00	$157.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	375.00	$375.00	-10.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	75.00	$75.00	$622	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548–780	571	85-90%	10	75.00–82.00	$75.96	$434	—
580–960	736	85-90%	8	42.00–80.00	$65.53	$482	—
735–1425	921	85-90%	28	41.00–80.00	$70.63	$651	+4.84
745–1100	942	85-90%	5	90.00–96.00	$92.92	$875	+27.13
950–975	963	85-90%	2	47.00–55.00	$50.95	$491	—
750–1250	998	85-90%	54	75.00–88.00	$82.08	$819	—
900–1755	1025	85-90%	38	87.00–93.00	$89.99	$922	+0.65
640–1490	1050	85-90%	89	81.00–96.00	$88.76	$932	+1.94

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1290	1074	80-85%	14	84.00–118.00	$104.65	$1,124	—
895–1560	1134	80-85%	91	93.50–114.00	$98.65	$1,119	+1.69
850–1670	1140	80-85%	91	85.00–99.50	$94.26	$1,075	-2.70
940–1540	1155	80-85%	34	97.00–103.25	$99.78	$1,152	+6.62
1345–1450	1398	80-85%	2	80.00–83.00	$81.56	$1,140	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1705	1266	75-80%	92	94.00–113.00	$106.31	$1,346	-1.10
1260–1340	1271	75-80%	7	100.25–106.00	$101.12	$1,285	-6.29
1100–1575	1317	75-80%	9	102.00–106.00	$102.82	$1,354	+0.58

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2060	2060	65-75%	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,554	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1475	1280	3	87.00–107.00	$99.21	$1,270	—
1345	1345	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,466	—
1205–1520	1365	3	123.00–128.00	$125.53	$1,713	—
885–1880	1375	36	107.00–122.00	$115.78	$1,592	—
960–1755	1404	10	70.00–105.00	$92.75	$1,302	-4.88
1145–2215	1630	51	121.00–135.00	$126.31	$2,059	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	116.00	$116.00	$887
983–1085	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	111.00–114.00	$113.25	$1,143

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1185	917	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	100.00–181.00	$141.00	$1,293
835–1070	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–180.00	$158.33	$1,468

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–695	693	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	108.00–118.00	$113.00	$783
940–1005	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	99.00–120.00	$107.75	$1,045

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1292	1292	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	102.50	$102.50	$1,324

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1350	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00–1,450.00	$1,085.00
950–1175	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,300.00
935–1370	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,267.86
825–1350	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	900.00–2,050.00	$1,624.49
990–1206	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,262.50
960–1430	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,365.00
970–1214	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	1,000.00–1,255.00	$1,244.38
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,285.00	$1,285.00
1142–1362	1252	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,350.00–1,425.00	$1,387.50
1323	1323	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,285.00	$1,285.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1028	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1053	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1293	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,535.00	$1,535.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–925	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
909–922	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	900.00–925.00	$917.86
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–775	731	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–810.00	$673.75
1075–1215	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00
1315	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
618–925	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	610.00–800.00	$673.33
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	475.00	$475.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1192	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–850	843	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,625.00	$1,400.00

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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
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	+250.00
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	-625.00
1065	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
940–1285	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	1,775.00–2,200.00	$2,158.33	—
1080–1385	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,950.00	$1,712.50	—
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
930–1425	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,150.00–2,300.00	$1,829.21	—
1000–1580	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,100.00–2,750.00	$2,286.96	+655.64
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,950.00	$1,950.00	+16.67
1020–1458	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	1,450.00–1,825.00	$1,726.94	-206.39
1285–1540	1416	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,275.00	—
1450	1450	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00	-40.00
1465	1465	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	+85.00
1475	1475	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	+210.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
965–1120	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,495.83	-49.17
1075–1210	1169	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	-37.50
885–945	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00–2,000.00	$1,542.50	—
980	980	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	+100.00
870–1165	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,075.00	-125.00
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	+600.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–795	723	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–825.00	$662.50	—
720–740	732	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–625.00	$600.00	—
745–785	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–800.00	$766.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	785.00	$785.00	—
975–1020	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
695	695	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,335.00	$1,217.50	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740–765	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–500.00	$450.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	-125.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	67.00	$67.00	$229	+10.15
352	352	2	175.00	$175.00	$616	+107.00
420–430	425	2	135.00–175.00	$154.76	$658	—
545	545	1	145.00	$145.00	$790	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–293	286	8	90.00–180.00	$124.56	$356	—
340	340	2	185.00	$185.00	$629	—
480–486	484	5	175.00	$175.00	$847	—
587	587	4	196.00	$196.00	$1,151	+34.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–510	504	4	100.00–152.00	$125.56	$633	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
900–995	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,900.00	$1,750.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.