New York Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

New York · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 16, 2024

1,639 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.51/cwt -0.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,428/hd at 561 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $237.21/cwt ≈ $1,233/hd at 520 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $232.29/cwt +32.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 467 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,639	1,523	554
Feeder cattle	346	213	32
Slaughter cattle	648	615	291
Replacement cattle	16	63	0

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1159–1473	1314	24	130.00–180.50	$171.87	$2,258	+6.23
1100–1742	1500	33	141.00–188.50	$184.22	$2,763	—
1363–1672	1508	36	189.00–203.50	$194.54	$2,934	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	1	300.00	$300.00	$741	—
288–291	289	4	295.00–325.00	$312.48	$903	—
319–349	324	11	270.00–340.00	$317.34	$1,028	+44.84
355–371	368	5	285.00–330.00	$321.31	$1,182	-83.69
425–442	439	10	252.50–255.00	$254.52	$1,117	-58.11
465	465	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,221	-83.15
533–545	541	11	287.50–300.00	$295.52	$1,599	+14.70
554–594	581	11	260.00–292.50	$265.14	$1,540	-19.37
608–641	630	3	250.00–275.00	$266.96	$1,682	-10.57
756–758	757	2	232.50–242.50	$237.51	$1,798	—
857	857	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,971	—
903	903	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,829	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–317	311	2	225.00–255.00	$239.69	$745	—
362–388	371	3	200.00–255.00	$219.19	$813	-27.02
438	438	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,084	+13.65
458–485	472	4	225.00–235.00	$230.14	$1,086	+10.84
504–523	520	13	220.00–242.50	$237.21	$1,233	—
587–597	593	4	235.00–250.00	$245.04	$1,453	+0.21
616	616	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,371	+19.93
651–696	670	6	200.00–237.00	$219.02	$1,467	—
811–822	817	2	180.00–196.00	$188.05	$1,536	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
66	66	1	500.00	$500.00	$330	+120.00
67	67	1	50.00	$50.00	$34	-330.00
69	69	1	470.00	$470.00	$324	+90.00
72	72	1	130.00	$130.00	$94	-250.00
73–78	75	5	815.00–960.00	$896.25	$672	+516.25
75	75	2	300.00–780.00	$540.00	$405	+160.00
80–89	83	4	400.00–860.00	$667.63	$554	-94.95
80–87	83	3	500.00–600.00	$551.41	$458	-211.17
83	83	1	75.00	$75.00	$62	-687.58
81–89	84	13	810.00–1,050.00	$935.53	$786	+42.64
82–88	85	4	390.00–500.00	$434.49	$369	-458.40
85	85	1	100.00	$100.00	$85	-792.89
90–97	93	10	700.00–910.00	$862.24	$802	-1.73
90–96	94	3	420.00–620.00	$552.77	$520	+31.34
95	95	1	140.00	$140.00	$133	-381.43
96–99	98	3	600.00–840.00	$748.16	$733	+226.73
101–104	102	3	500.00–610.00	$537.26	$548	-307.31
100–109	104	5	770.00–880.00	$845.40	$879	+0.83
110	110	1	800.00	$800.00	$880	+760.00
113	113	1	760.00	$760.00	$859	+35.33
965	965	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,119	—
1015–1375	1191	8	126.00–175.00	$153.52	$1,828	—
1305–1513	1391	12	150.00–186.00	$179.84	$2,502	-0.68
1310–1682	1476	19	187.00–195.50	$191.28	$2,823	+1.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–296	285	3	290.00–310.00	$303.08	$864	—
312–347	335	6	260.00–285.00	$276.23	$925	+1.23
372–398	379	8	285.00–307.50	$301.59	$1,143	+7.19
411–444	433	3	262.50–305.00	$275.95	$1,195	-4.05
477–497	490	9	270.50–282.50	$275.74	$1,351	+26.05
522–525	523	8	250.00–252.50	$250.63	$1,311	+5.68
555–572	561	16	247.50–261.00	$254.51	$1,428	-0.49
604	604	6	252.50–257.50	$255.00	$1,540	+31.68
667	667	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,701	+8.75
702	702	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,404	+9.20
784	784	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,588	+21.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	230.00	$230.00	$702	+22.19
375–396	385	3	240.00–242.50	$240.86	$927	+25.80
455–491	467	11	210.00–255.00	$232.29	$1,085	+32.32
534	534	3	242.50	$242.50	$1,295	+56.98
587	587	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,423	+25.00
623	623	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,417	—
660–679	674	8	180.00–235.00	$218.88	$1,475	+32.75

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63–67	65	2	300.00	$300.00	$195	-200.00
64–65	65	2	135.00–145.00	$139.96	$91	-360.04
66	66	1	590.00	$590.00	$389	+90.00
66	66	2	635.00–680.00	$657.50	$434	+157.50
69	69	1	20.00	$20.00	$14	-80.00
70–75	72	4	50.00–250.00	$122.64	$88	+44.61
70–74	73	3	30.00–75.00	$50.09	$37	-27.94
72–76	74	2	660.00–680.00	$670.27	$496	+570.27
70–77	75	6	200.00–485.00	$361.96	$271	-296.49
76	76	1	60.00	$60.00	$46	-598.45
72–79	77	6	600.00–990.00	$826.79	$637	+168.34
74–79	77	5	470.00–540.00	$514.34	$396	-144.11
77–79	78	2	800.00–840.00	$819.74	$639	+724.64
79	79	2	600.00–650.00	$625.00	$494	+525.00
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	$80	±0.00
82	82	1	20.00	$20.00	$16	-880.65
81–85	83	2	300.00–650.00	$470.78	$391	-429.87
84	84	1	95.00	$95.00	$80	-805.65
80–89	85	8	390.00–825.00	$667.50	$567	+319.85
80–89	85	21	510.00–1,070.00	$889.00	$756	+541.35
80–89	85	6	160.00–300.00	$218.22	$185	-129.43
81–89	85	7	200.00–545.00	$401.08	$341	+53.43
80–89	86	28	400.00–745.00	$626.21	$539	+229.55
87	87	1	50.00	$50.00	$44	-346.66
89	89	1	150.00	$150.00	$134	-246.66
92	92	1	300.00	$300.00	$276	+73.87
90–99	94	30	600.00–980.00	$847.40	$797	+143.45
90–97	94	15	340.00–595.00	$449.39	$422	-254.56
92–96	94	7	185.00–340.00	$260.81	$245	-443.14
90–99	95	54	510.00–735.00	$654.69	$622	+306.93
95	95	1	310.00	$310.00	$294	-37.76
94–98	96	2	700.00–820.00	$761.25	$731	+343.33
97	97	1	100.00	$100.00	$97	-317.92
100–103	102	2	400.00	$400.00	$408	-387.62
102	102	1	590.00	$590.00	$602	-197.62
100–108	103	31	560.00–700.00	$649.14	$669	+536.24
100–109	103	22	510.00–910.00	$807.52	$832	+694.62
100–107	104	7	430.00–850.00	$663.82	$690	-137.10
105	105	1	600.00	$600.00	$630	+36.73
102–108	106	6	460.00–605.00	$546.93	$580	-16.34
110	110	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	$154	-50.00
110–113	111	7	540.00–790.00	$734.19	$815	+544.19
111–117	113	8	560.00–670.00	$623.84	$705	+195.72
113	113	1	760.00	$760.00	$859	+331.88
119	119	1	560.00	$560.00	$666	+315.00
120	120	1	240.00	$240.00	$288	-5.00
122	122	1	510.00	$510.00	$622	-7.50
123	123	1	500.00	$500.00	$615	-17.50
123	123	1	670.00	$670.00	$824	+152.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	3	265.00	$265.00	$652	—
284	284	1	340.00	$340.00	$966	—
322	322	1	265.00	$265.00	$853	—
394	394	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,084	-33.88
437	437	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,071	-15.00
541	541	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,447	—
561–584	576	8	242.50–270.00	$260.84	$1,502	+4.93
603–637	620	2	182.50–200.00	$191.49	$1,187	—
773	773	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–385	384	6	212.50–225.00	$222.95	$856	+12.66
487–497	494	3	202.50–232.50	$212.36	$1,049	-15.14
525–542	540	7	235.00–241.00	$237.58	$1,283	—
568	568	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,278	±0.00
607	607	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,068	-11.50
790	790	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,272	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1586	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	5	124.00–145.00	$133.24	$1,727	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1350	1278	75-80%	2	121.00–123.00	$122.06	$1,560	—
1210–1794	1472	75-80%	13	100.00–121.00	$109.67	$1,614	—
1335–1879	1573	75-80%	5	99.00–109.00	$103.95	$1,635	—
1660	1660	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,494	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$669	—
940–1215	1092	85-90%	3	80.00–88.00	$85.70	$936	—
1060–1448	1208	85-90%	13	89.00–97.00	$93.70	$1,132	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
982–1616	1277	80-85%	11	100.00–114.00	$105.76	$1,351	-2.22

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–2219	1382	16	127.00–156.00	$143.64	$1,985	—
1860–1995	1928	2	162.00–174.00	$167.79	$3,235	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1147–1449	1316	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,525.00	$1,347.49

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1404–1426	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,075.00	$1,963.37

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
747–873	817	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,400.77

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1337–1499	1418	2	176.00–177.00	$176.53	$2,503	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,183	—
1850	1850	1	173.00	$173.00	$3,200	—
1944–1970	1957	2	125.00–157.00	$141.11	$2,762	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1495	1117	85-90%	9	58.00–79.00	$71.36	$797	—
898–1674	1269	85-90%	52	80.00–94.00	$87.82	$1,114	+12.33
1040–1475	1275	85-90%	3	110.00–115.00	$111.36	$1,420	+23.00
874–1600	1296	85-90%	54	90.00–106.00	$99.65	$1,291	+11.29
1070–1885	1417	80-85%	35	92.00–115.00	$107.18	$1,519	—
1152–1685	1419	80-85%	2	112.00–124.00	$119.13	$1,690	—
1525	1525	80-85%	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,342	—
956–1904	1634	75-80%	30	104.00–133.00	$114.39	$1,869	—
1616–1875	1744	75-80%	5	104.00–109.00	$107.24	$1,870	-5.17

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1055	988	4	98.00–121.00	$109.71	$1,084	—
1005–1295	1168	7	128.00–158.00	$144.58	$1,689	—
1195–1487	1302	3	150.00–166.00	$159.15	$2,072	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	2	109.00–117.00	$113.00	$1,028	—
998	998	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,218	-22.57
1012	1012	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,204	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,177	—
915–1107	1040	3	137.00–149.00	$145.48	$1,513	—
1510	1510	1	157.00	$157.00	$2,371	—
1940	1940	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,638	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
944	944	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,020	-28.27
986	986	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,065	—

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Fresh Milking Cows

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Springer Heifers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1245	1170	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,375.00–2,900.00	$2,649.23	—

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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.