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New York Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

New York · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

2,056 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.37/cwt ≈ $538/hd at 413 lb · 41 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.30/cwt ≈ $808/hd at 572 lb · 36 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $138.74/cwt ≈ $731/hd at 527 lb · 31 head
HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,056 1,594 2,566
Feeder cattle 1,003 1,001
Slaughter cattle 634 820 895
Replacement cattle 11 38

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
278–290 284 4 127.50–161.00 $149.75 $425
310–342 323 8 146.00–171.00 $165.72 $535
353–394 375 15 137.50–171.00 $161.89 $607
410–446 434 6 138.00–147.00 $142.93 $620
450–486 468 11 120.00–154.00 $140.98 $660
500–548 527 31 120.00–146.00 $138.74 $731
550–597 572 36 127.50–147.00 $141.30 $808
609–636 616 26 123.00–149.00 $138.95 $856
652–698 670 23 123.00–152.00 $141.04 $945
705–738 718 5 126.00–140.00 $131.23 $942
776–788 784 3 110.00–128.00 $122.06 $957
827–829 829 8 111.00–124.00 $113.75 $943
852–875 870 8 106.00–129.00 $109.92 $956
901–919 908 5 117.00–119.00 $117.81 $1,070
979–985 980 6 111.00–112.00 $111.17 $1,089
1056–1089 1069 5 107.00–111.00 $109.37 $1,169
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
220–233 224 3 100.00–115.00 $109.81 $246
265–274 268 3 110.00–137.50 $125.66 $337
354–398 384 5 107.50–137.00 $123.58 $475
416–443 428 4 100.00–137.50 $127.64 $546
467–496 476 6 75.00–139.00 $109.03 $519
509–520 514 5 100.00–131.00 $123.65 $636
568–599 584 20 102.50–125.00 $117.09 $684
602–642 622 6 70.00–120.00 $106.55 $663
650–694 658 7 104.00–124.00 $118.16 $777
701–736 723 4 92.00–105.00 $97.44 $704
790–798 794 2 97.00–100.00 $98.51 $782
915 915 2 91.00 $91.00 $833
971 971 1 103.00 $103.00 $1,000
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1223–1595 1426 17 105.00–108.00 $106.20 $1,514 +0.61
1245–1588 1446 17 100.00–104.00 $102.29 $1,479 -3.30
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
396 396 1 112.50 $112.50 $446
430 430 2 107.50–117.50 $112.50 $484
464 464 1 112.50 $112.50 $522
502 502 1 107.50 $107.50 $540
628 628 1 97.50 $97.50 $612
652–656 654 2 100.00 $100.00 $654

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Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
203–233 228 7 105.00–120.00 $112.86 $257
264–288 278 6 115.00–126.00 $120.59 $335
300–347 326 24 80.00–122.50 $113.91 $371
352–395 369 9 60.00–119.00 $101.88 $376
420–445 431 5 75.00–117.00 $101.60 $438
466–496 478 15 60.00–122.00 $108.93 $521
500–548 520 27 87.50–117.00 $106.51 $554
550–597 573 19 85.00–117.00 $108.42 $621
608–649 628 14 75.00–111.00 $102.74 $645
656–698 676 11 60.00–108.00 $88.77 $600
705–742 720 12 82.00–103.00 $95.89 $690
782–785 784 6 91.00–108.00 $96.65 $758
801–846 817 14 90.00–100.00 $94.42 $771
858–896 869 4 84.00–87.00 $85.49 $743
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
252–290 264 4 120.00–126.00 $123.55 $326
302–337 320 11 119.00–141.00 $130.65 $418
353–397 374 20 120.00–136.00 $130.48 $488
400–439 413 41 124.00–140.00 $130.37 $538
450–498 472 30 110.00–141.00 $129.00 $609
504–535 523 24 110.00–142.00 $130.04 $680
552–598 580 16 105.00–139.00 $125.41 $727
600–632 612 14 107.50–133.00 $116.60 $714
670 670 1 112.50 $112.50 $754
748 748 1 87.50 $87.50 $654
784 784 1 90.00 $90.00 $706
804 804 1 92.00 $92.00 $740
850–893 864 3 90.00–110.00 $102.07 $882
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
60–68 64 2 5.00–10.00 $7.66 $5 +2.66
73–78 76 8 10.00 $10.00 $8 ±0.00
76 76 1 130.00 $130.00 $99 +120.00
82 82 1 155.00 $155.00 $127 +40.00
82 82 1 100.00 $100.00 $82 -15.00
81–87 84 8 15.00 $15.00 $13 -17.50
90 90 1 20.00 $20.00 $18 +5.00
92 92 1 107.50 $107.50 $99 -75.20
90–96 93 4 15.00–20.00 $16.29 $15 -166.41
93 93 1 185.00 $185.00 $172 +2.30
96 96 1 15.00 $15.00 $14 -0.62
100–104 102 2 145.00–200.00 $173.04 $177 -14.58
102 102 1 15.00 $15.00 $15 -172.62
100–108 104 2 20.00 $20.00 $21 +2.44
110 110 1 20.00 $20.00 $22 -25.00
112 112 1 115.00 $115.00 $129 -75.00
1093–1409 1289 12 100.00–104.00 $102.46 $1,321
1265–1500 1359 13 105.00–109.00 $105.93 $1,440
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
364–390 379 3 102.50–112.50 $108.27 $410
452 452 1 100.00 $100.00 $452
624 624 1 100.00 $100.00 $624

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N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
63–69 67 4 5.00 $5.00 $3 -5.00
70–79 74 19 5.00–30.00 $11.63 $9 -23.37
75–77 76 3 40.00–45.00 $43.30 $33 +19.06
76 76 1 105.00 $105.00 $80 +80.76
72–79 77 5 20.00–35.00 $26.63 $21 +2.39
77 77 1 95.00 $95.00 $73 +70.76
77–79 78 2 170.00–220.00 $195.32 $152 +171.08
80–83 82 2 165.00–225.00 $195.55 $160 +17.09
80–88 84 22 5.00–30.00 $14.62 $12 -163.84
80–88 85 17 20.00–57.50 $38.06 $32 -4.87
81–89 85 17 35.00–77.50 $53.20 $45 +10.27
83–88 86 9 60.00–77.50 $67.00 $58 +11.77
90–99 93 33 50.00–85.00 $61.63 $57 +16.88
90–99 93 13 20.00–55.00 $45.74 $43 +0.99
90–98 95 22 10.00–20.00 $15.70 $15 -50.62
92–98 95 3 140.00–167.50 $155.58 $148 +89.26
91–99 96 22 70.00–120.00 $91.47 $88 +2.38
100–101 101 2 180.00–185.00 $182.49 $184 +65.66
100–108 103 34 80.00–125.00 $95.08 $98 -21.75
100–108 103 8 15.00–22.50 $16.27 $17 -100.56
100–108 103 13 55.00–85.00 $70.01 $72 -46.82
102–108 105 4 25.00–40.00 $33.90 $36 -14.77
108 108 1 140.00 $140.00 $151 +119.04
110 110 2 10.00–15.00 $12.50 $14 -8.46
110–118 114 8 75.00–100.00 $93.82 $107 -96.18
112–115 114 2 60.00–85.00 $72.33 $82 -117.67
122 122 1 85.00 $85.00 $104 +16.59
130 130 1 90.00 $90.00 $117 +72.49
132 132 1 20.00 $20.00 $26 +2.49
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
276–298 287 2 159.00–162.50 $160.68 $461
318–331 322 5 158.00–165.00 $163.41 $526
351–398 378 15 125.00–174.00 $148.71 $562
402–433 413 5 130.00–147.50 $142.31 $588
454–498 471 25 117.50–151.00 $143.19 $674
501–525 507 20 112.50–150.00 $137.13 $695
554–584 569 2 117.50–132.50 $125.20 $712
602–648 626 7 104.00–127.50 $117.00 $732
674 674 1 120.00 $120.00 $809
700–720 710 2 85.00–90.00 $87.54 $622
825 825 3 83.00 $83.00 $685
883 883 2 87.00–95.00 $91.00 $804
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
226–244 235 2 100.00–130.00 $114.43 $269
272 272 1 127.50 $127.50 $347
315–335 325 2 127.50–131.00 $129.30 $420
370–398 388 5 90.00–135.00 $123.11 $478
443–445 445 4 100.00–130.00 $117.52 $523
460–496 481 9 107.50–136.00 $122.09 $587
504–544 531 3 70.00–87.50 $78.35 $416
580–586 583 2 102.00–110.00 $106.02 $618
624–638 631 2 72.50–75.00 $73.74 $465
654 654 1 84.00 $84.00 $549
706–736 721 5 70.00–78.00 $75.09 $541
750 750 1 67.50 $67.50 $506
964 964 2 60.00–65.00 $62.50 $602
1024 1024 1 63.00 $63.00 $645
1054 1054 1 56.00 $56.00 $590
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
406 406 1 102.50 $102.50 $416
476–484 480 2 100.00–110.00 $104.96 $504
532 532 1 100.00 $100.00 $532
552–570 561 2 97.50–102.50 $99.96 $561
636 636 1 90.00 $90.00 $572

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Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
735 735 80-85% 1 30.00 $30.00 $220
885 885 80-85% 1 52.00 $52.00 $460 +17.00
910 910 80-85% 1 45.00 $45.00 $410 -3.50
1070–1596 1339 80-85% 9 52.50–60.00 $55.44 $742 +11.19
990–1705 1344 80-85% 58 37.50–50.50 $45.37 $610 +1.12
1096–1750 1400 80-85% 47 46.00–55.00 $50.41 $706
1430 1430 80-85% 1 23.00 $23.00 $329
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1072–1915 1430 75-80% 47 40.00–52.00 $46.63 $667
1300–2090 1605 75-80% 39 49.00–57.00 $52.26 $839
1658–1879 1737 75-80% 7 53.50–57.50 $55.60 $966 -2.14
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
950 950 85-90% 1 31.00 $31.00 $294 -7.98
824–1700 1195 85-90% 31 29.00–47.00 $40.11 $479 +3.13
966–1405 1223 85-90% 11 20.00–42.00 $30.79 $377 -16.69
990–1525 1264 85-90% 17 5.00–41.50 $33.14 $419
1000–1575 1310 85-90% 18 42.50–55.00 $49.61 $650

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YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1026–1610 1250 6 47.50–57.00 $53.84 $673
1250–2126 1649 10 60.00–72.00 $65.83 $1,086
1790–1938 1864 2 70.00–72.00 $71.04 $1,324

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Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
832–1054 933 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 5 50.00–56.00 $53.25 $497
1102 1102 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 55.00 $55.00 $606

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Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
854 854 (<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 64.00 $64.00 $547

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Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
508 508 1 70.00 $70.00 $356
566 566 1 60.00 $60.00 $340
660–692 676 2 70.00–72.00 $70.98 $480
1064 1064 1 59.00 $59.00 $628
1114 1114 1 60.00 $60.00 $668
1156–1194 1180 4 55.00–68.00 $62.04 $732
1204 1204 1 63.00 $63.00 $759
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1409–1525 1464 4 93.00–97.00 $94.98 $1,391

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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.