North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

3,646 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.89/cwt +1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $545/hd at 423 lb · 86 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.41/cwt +6.23 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 470 lb · 81 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.36/cwt +2.09 vs last sale · ≈ $624/hd at 523 lb · 73 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,646	2,675	4,981
Feeder cattle	2,033	1,803	3,568
Slaughter cattle	691	607	837
Replacement cattle	102	88	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 6. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 4.00 to 11.00 higher; heifers mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher; and feeder bulls were 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light to light. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves were 5.00 to 100.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	222	5	131.00–155.00	$139.54	$310	-9.45
250–295	276	35	128.00–184.00	$164.31	$453	+24.31
300–345	326	33	133.00–180.00	$158.69	$517	+5.11
335	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	-18.58
365	365	1	138.00	$138.00	$504	+5.71
350–395	372	46	143.00–178.00	$160.70	$598	+8.49
400 fancy	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	—
400–448	428	54	120.00–169.00	$153.74	$658	+17.23
455–495	474	32	139.00–163.00	$153.17	$726	+8.69
500–545	525	16	135.00–150.00	$142.89	$750	+4.43
555	555	1	131.00	$131.00	$727	-0.47
550–595	571	18	127.00–151.00	$139.62	$797	+8.15
600–645	618	19	122.00–142.00	$133.52	$825	+5.58
630	630	2	116.00	$116.00	$731	-11.94
650–695	664	6	119.00–129.00	$125.00	$830	-2.74
700–735	717	15	116.00–125.00	$121.33	$870	-0.05
750–780	763	4	106.00–121.00	$114.51	$874	-5.82
810–815	814	4	98.00–102.00	$99.00	$806	—
875	875	1	104.00	$104.00	$910	—
975	975	1	94.00	$94.00	$916	—
1005	1005	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,156	—
1055–1095	1075	2	100.00–115.00	$107.64	$1,157	—
1135	1135	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,135	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	125.00–136.00	$130.37	$280	-5.14
250–295	270	11	120.00–145.00	$134.61	$363	+3.34
300–345	322	12	120.00–142.50	$131.30	$423	+8.66
355–395	372	13	130.00–142.50	$136.05	$506	-0.89
410–445	428	2	128.00–140.00	$133.75	$572	+13.75
460–495	475	3	115.00–133.00	$126.15	$599	—
510	510	1	128.00	$128.00	$653	+0.04
580	580	1	126.00	$126.00	$731	±0.00
635–645	640	2	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$774	-3.01
675	675	1	126.00	$126.00	$850	—
825–835	830	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$942	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
183	183	2	121.00	$121.00	$221	—
205–240	223	2	125.00–126.00	$125.54	$280	+2.56
250–285	261	5	116.00–130.00	$120.42	$314	-1.29
315–328	324	3	124.00–128.00	$126.65	$410	+6.13
388–390	389	2	116.00–128.00	$122.02	$475	-0.35
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	-2.29
495	495	1	116.00	$116.00	$574	-1.06
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	-7.00
578–580	579	2	110.00–118.00	$114.01	$660	+1.01
624	624	2	90.00–102.00	$96.00	$599	-23.19
780	780	1	96.00	$96.00	$749	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228–230	229	2	100.00–102.50	$101.26	$232	-3.33
230 thin fleshed	230	1	97.50	$97.50	$224	+7.50
285	285	1	112.50	$112.50	$321	+10.35
320–344	332	2	91.00–100.00	$95.34	$317	-9.66
372–390	381	3	105.00–110.00	$107.54	$410	-0.23
385 thin fleshed	385	1	90.00	$90.00	$346	±0.00
395	395	1	92.50	$92.50	$365	-15.27
406–410	409	3	105.00–110.00	$108.34	$443	-0.66
410	410	1	95.00	$95.00	$390	-14.00
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—
620 thin fleshed	620	1	95.00	$95.00	$589	—
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	79.00	$79.00	$644	—
830–845	838	2	97.00–108.00	$102.45	$859	—
865	865	1	94.00	$94.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	102.50	$102.50	$302	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—
354–370	362	2	80.00–100.00	$90.22	$327	+9.22
420 thin fleshed	420	1	87.50	$87.50	$368	-2.50
495	495	1	102.50	$102.50	$507	—
545 thin fleshed	545	1	89.00	$89.00	$485	—
600 thin fleshed	600	1	80.00	$80.00	$480	—
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	—
830 thin fleshed	830	1	92.00	$92.00	$764	—
910	910	1	104.00	$104.00	$946	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	110.00	$110.00	$192	—
270	270	1	110.00	$110.00	$297	-10.00
310	310	2	105.00	$105.00	$326	—
375	375	1	104.00	$104.00	$390	—
455–465	460	2	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$495	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	105.00	$105.00	$189	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	224	6	118.00–145.00	$131.68	$295	+4.37
250–296	272	25	115.00–154.00	$135.43	$368	-1.49
305–348	332	40	119.00–146.00	$132.50	$440	+4.57
365	365	1	128.00	$128.00	$467	-2.13
350–398	377	56	116.00–144.00	$133.77	$504	+3.64
385 value added	385	1	145.00	$145.00	$558	—
400–448	423	83	114.00–140.00	$129.26	$547	+1.31
420–438	429	3	109.00–124.00	$118.57	$509	-9.38
450–495	470	80	111.00–138.00	$128.27	$603	+6.03
470 value added	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	—
505 value added	505	1	133.00	$133.00	$672	—
520	520	1	116.00	$116.00	$603	-1.27
500–545	523	71	104.00–133.00	$119.22	$624	+1.95
550–596	574	37	100.00–133.00	$121.17	$696	+4.74
600–645	619	25	99.00–128.00	$114.57	$709	+3.74
655–685	669	17	100.00–118.00	$109.64	$733	+10.81
720	720	1	90.00	$90.00	$648	-5.13
758–794	787	5	84.00–98.00	$95.30	$750	+9.07
800	800	1	88.00	$88.00	$704	—
875	875	1	89.00	$89.00	$779	+3.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	9	115.00–125.00	$120.86	$272	—
255–290	273	6	120.00–127.00	$124.17	$339	+5.13
315–345	334	10	112.50–142.50	$125.14	$418	+2.39
350–395	372	20	112.50–128.00	$121.27	$451	-1.32
400–445	417	10	114.00–127.50	$120.68	$503	+0.15
445 thin fleshed	445	1	95.00	$95.00	$423	—
450–495	477	18	113.00–125.00	$120.37	$574	+0.92
510–545	525	9	110.00–124.00	$114.51	$601	+2.22
555–580	563	11	109.00–117.50	$113.49	$639	-0.96
670–690	680	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$751	—
749	749	5	110.00	$110.00	$824	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	90.00	$90.00	$207	-8.85
220–246	232	3	99.00–103.00	$101.42	$235	+2.57
260–295	272	6	92.00–110.00	$103.54	$282	+0.17
295 thin fleshed	295	1	80.00	$80.00	$236	—
325–335	330	2	87.50–90.00	$88.73	$293	-1.98
310–342	331	6	90.00–110.00	$100.93	$334	+10.22
325–345 thin fleshed	335	2	80.00–95.00	$87.72	$294	-7.28
370 thin fleshed	370	1	80.00	$80.00	$296	—
355–390	375	6	100.00–111.00	$107.70	$404	+13.98
400–445	423	3	103.00–110.00	$105.20	$445	+3.26
430	430	1	95.00	$95.00	$408	-6.94
455	455	1	105.00	$105.00	$478	-4.33
480	480	1	85.00	$85.00	$408	+5.00
500–540	517	5	96.00–112.00	$102.30	$529	-4.70
550	550	1	88.00	$88.00	$484	-18.36
560–570	565	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$607	+1.16
560–595 thin fleshed	578	2	87.50	$87.50	$506	—
620–645	628	3	100.00–105.00	$103.03	$647	+2.51
635 thin fleshed	635	1	90.00	$90.00	$572	—
652	652	1	65.00	$65.00	$424	-27.50
650–675	664	4	96.00–108.00	$100.74	$669	+15.78
700	700	1	101.00	$101.00	$707	+19.01
700–740 thin fleshed	720	2	82.00–84.00	$83.03	$598	—
820	820	1	101.00	$101.00	$828	+16.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–285	270	4	108.00–110.00	$108.94	$294	+0.21
305–345	324	4	108.00–114.00	$111.52	$361	+3.20
375–390	381	4	114.00–122.00	$117.30	$447	+12.59
400–444	420	10	90.00–117.00	$107.54	$452	-6.51
425	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	-24.05
455–490	466	6	87.00–118.00	$109.45	$510	+2.61
502–544	530	5	89.00–100.00	$96.55	$512	-0.96
560–574	569	3	80.00–90.00	$86.72	$493	-21.62
602–626	614	2	71.00–79.00	$75.08	$461	-1.92
670–684	677	3	79.00–89.00	$82.30	$557	+0.30
760	760	1	75.00	$75.00	$570	-2.02
785	785	1	77.00	$77.00	$604	-0.02
814	814	1	73.00	$73.00	$594	—
870	870	1	79.00	$79.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290 thin fleshed	265	4	80.00–95.00	$87.24	$231	+4.74
275–290	283	2	110.00–112.50	$111.28	$315	+16.05
340	340	1	110.00	$110.00	$374	+12.60
365–380	373	2	102.00–110.00	$105.92	$395	+17.00
375–385 thin fleshed	380	2	90.00	$90.00	$342	-5.00
420 thin fleshed	420	1	80.00	$80.00	$336	-5.50
470 thin fleshed	470	1	82.50	$82.50	$388	-5.42
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	+17.22
525 thin fleshed	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	—
530	530	1	102.00	$102.00	$541	-6.00
560–590	578	3	103.00–108.00	$104.69	$605	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	82.50	$82.50	$499	+2.50
620	620	1	91.00	$91.00	$564	-9.61
685 thin fleshed	685	1	84.00	$84.00	$575	+3.00
720–745	733	2	93.00	$93.00	$682	+7.00
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	+5.00
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	109.00	$109.00	$294	±0.00
310	310	1	108.00	$108.00	$335	+8.00
400	400	1	108.00	$108.00	$432	+3.52
505–530	518	2	102.00–107.00	$104.56	$542	+1.58
560–575	568	2	91.00–108.00	$99.39	$565	+9.39

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	85.00	$85.00	$268	—
575 thin fleshed	575	1	44.00	$44.00	$253	—
830	830	1	46.00	$46.00	$382	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
300	300	1	154.00	$154.00	$462	—
365–373	370	3	161.00–167.50	$165.36	$612	—
400–445	424	49	138.00–170.00	$152.39	$646	+6.71
430	430	1	133.00	$133.00	$572	-12.68
450–498	477	65	135.00–158.00	$146.12	$697	+12.63
485–486	486	2	124.00–130.00	$127.00	$617	-6.49
500–546	520	62	129.00–146.00	$139.00	$723	+3.61
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	+0.60
550–595	571	58	122.00–148.00	$135.61	$774	+6.21
600–648	619	22	106.00–138.00	$126.34	$782	+3.30
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	+1.00
650–690	666	9	106.00–121.00	$113.87	$758	+4.96
705–748	721	16	81.00–130.50	$116.38	$839	+11.76
755–795	778	6	93.00–119.00	$106.22	$826	+1.54
800–824	811	3	85.00–92.00	$89.37	$725	—
850–896	872	3	84.00–98.00	$89.58	$781	+8.56
900–940	925	3	89.00–93.00	$91.37	$845	+17.39
960	960	1	99.00	$99.00	$950	+23.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	142.50	$142.50	$499	+16.16
415–445	424	7	120.00–135.00	$130.51	$553	+5.35
470–495	486	12	120.00–138.00	$129.85	$631	+1.29
505–540	520	12	121.00–133.00	$126.98	$660	+5.44
550–595	571	10	122.00–133.00	$128.22	$732	+0.70
605–635	621	6	112.00–121.00	$115.30	$716	-4.07
650–695	668	5	112.00–124.00	$119.45	$798	+2.37
705–735	713	4	116.00–118.00	$116.52	$831	—
795	795	2	114.00–118.00	$116.00	$922	+1.53
810	810	1	108.00	$108.00	$875	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	131.00	$131.00	$583	-5.00
465–495	486	4	110.00–133.00	$122.12	$594	-3.88
520–545	530	5	101.00–127.00	$117.59	$623	+4.89
530	530	1	80.00	$80.00	$424	-32.70
562–575	569	2	109.00–113.00	$110.98	$631	+6.07
590	590	1	80.00	$80.00	$472	-28.00
608–642	620	4	85.00–90.00	$88.26	$547	-13.71
678	678	1	75.00	$75.00	$508	-14.79
688	688	1	92.00	$92.00	$633	+2.21
746	746	1	72.00	$72.00	$537	—
778	778	1	70.00	$70.00	$545	-2.65

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	112.50	$112.50	$484	+6.40
456–485	476	4	74.00–110.00	$93.70	$446	-15.97
555–582	567	3	72.00–110.00	$94.40	$535	-10.60
630	630	1	98.00	$98.00	$617	+14.52
675	675	1	109.00	$109.00	$736	+49.00
715	715	1	88.00	$88.00	$629	-2.00
720–730	725	2	106.00–107.00	$106.50	$772	+16.50
755–780	768	2	94.00	$94.00	$722	-6.46
760–780	770	2	103.00–105.00	$104.01	$801	+3.55
830	830	1	94.00	$94.00	$780	-8.00
835 thin fleshed	835	1	92.00	$92.00	$768	—
890 thin fleshed	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475 thin fleshed	473	2	89.00–95.00	$91.98	$435	—
475	475	1	106.00	$106.00	$504	-1.75
500–510	505	2	100.00–103.00	$101.49	$513	+1.49
570–580	575	2	102.00	$102.00	$586	—
640	640	1	103.00	$103.00	$659	—
735 thin fleshed	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	—
755–765	760	3	98.00–105.00	$101.66	$773	-0.34
770 thin fleshed	770	1	96.00	$96.00	$739	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	93.00	$93.00	$758	+2.79
895 thin fleshed	895	1	80.00	$80.00	$716	-2.04

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	97.50	$97.50	$414	-10.87
470–490	480	2	100.00–110.00	$104.90	$504	+0.90
520–540	530	3	100.00–110.00	$104.60	$554	—
800 thin fleshed	800	1	75.00	$75.00	$600	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	80-85%	1	38.00	$38.00	$344	—
875–1474	1086	80-85%	26	40.00–58.00	$49.37	$536	-1.30
815–2090	1234	80-85%	271	48.00–71.00	$63.72	$786	-0.64
900–1920	1335	80-85%	67	60.00–80.00	$70.19	$937	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1730	946	85-90%	28	29.00–48.00	$38.72	$366	—
670–1670	1032	85-90%	80	43.00–60.00	$54.16	$559	—
730–1670	1070	85-90%	8	13.00–33.00	$27.83	$298	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1782	1475	75-80%	7	56.00–58.00	$56.90	$839	—
1025–1955	1491	75-80%	71	56.00–68.00	$63.27	$943	—
1245–1890	1532	75-80%	16	60.00–82.00	$69.78	$1,069	+4.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2565	1418	15	59.00–82.00	$70.98	$1,006	—
1354–2310	1727	9	94.00–106.00	$97.53	$1,684	—
1025–2336	1736	48	80.00–97.00	$87.29	$1,515	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	480.00	$480.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1025	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	760.00–810.00	$785.25
785–1310	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–1,310.00	$941.85
960–1220	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–810.00	$772.57
1055–1200	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	670.00–860.00	$771.11
980–1410	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	475.00–1,040.00	$781.08
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1005–1345	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	600.00–1,030.00	$768.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595	595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
550–825	689	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	260.00–540.00	$413.40
695–825	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–650.00	$582.93
745–845	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	425.00–500.00	$464.86
775–870	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–675.00	$616.11
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
845–855	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$624.85

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	112	3	185.00–220.00	$201.67	-75.83
185	185	1	230.00	$230.00	-21.67
200–225	208	3	245.00–285.00	$263.33	-44.17

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	54	8	140.00–205.00	$169.38	—
61	61	12	189.00	$189.00	—
60–65	63	6	165.00–250.00	$192.50	—
65	65	1	100.00	$100.00	—
70–75	71	6	180.00–225.00	$195.83	—
80–85	83	10	180.00–250.00	$219.00	—
90–95	91	4	225.00–280.00	$247.50	—
110	110	1	143.00	$143.00	-85.00
110	110	1	135.00	$135.00	-93.00
100–125	113	4	165.00–220.00	$195.00	-33.00
115	115	1	180.00	$180.00	-48.00
110–145	128	12	195.00–350.00	$282.50	+82.50
150	150	1	225.00	$225.00	-65.83
155	155	1	210.00	$210.00	-80.83
150–185	168	11	245.00–480.00	$334.55	+43.72
185	185	1	400.00	$400.00	+109.17
200–225	213	2	310.00–410.00	$360.00	+11.67
250–255	252	3	405.00–470.00	$443.33	—

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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
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	-100.00
932	932	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	-250.00
945–1085	996	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,090.00–1,210.00	$1,137.26	-123.58
880–1260	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	785.00–1,370.00	$1,015.14	+53.89
895–1260	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–1,100.00	$944.40	—
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	-580.00
1125–1415	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,530.00	$1,405.98	—
1250–1450	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,107.41	—
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	-75.00
600–850	766	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	560.00–820.00	$748.17	+223.17
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	+85.00
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,020.00	$1,020.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	237	3	70.00–82.50	$75.15	$178	—
260–290	278	3	70.00–76.00	$72.08	$200	—
305	305	1	57.50	$57.50	$175	—
350–395	373	3	67.50–77.50	$72.43	$270	—
405	405	1	60.00	$60.00	$243	—
488	488	2	44.00	$44.00	$215	—
578	578	4	50.00	$50.00	$289	—
740	740	1	53.00	$53.00	$392	—
758	758	3	54.00	$54.00	$409	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	92.50	$92.50	$236	—
320	320	1	87.50	$87.50	$280	—
363–375	366	4	87.50–97.00	$94.57	$346	+19.57
400–405	403	2	87.50–92.00	$89.76	$362	—
470	470	1	72.50	$72.50	$341	—
590	590	1	87.00	$87.00	$513	—
615–640	628	2	80.00–84.00	$82.04	$515	—
660–685	673	2	70.00–74.00	$71.96	$484	—
740–745	743	2	79.00–80.00	$79.50	$591	—
750	750	1	80.00	$80.00	$600	—
825	825	1	89.00	$89.00	$734	—

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	85.00	$85.00	$552	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	150.00–175.00	$162.50	+62.50

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	200.00–215.00	$207.50	—
105	105	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	360.00	$360.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	230.00–235.00	$232.50	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	12	8	50.00–75.00	$61.56	-18.44
20–25	24	4	75.00–110.00	$83.75	+3.75
33	33	2	100.00–112.00	$106.00	+26.00
30–35	34	5	100.00–120.00	$112.00	+32.00
40–45	42	7	90.00–157.50	$130.71	+55.71
45	45	1	140.00	$140.00	+65.00
45	45	1	151.00	$151.00	+76.00
50–55	53	7	145.00–170.00	$157.50	+15.00
55	55	1	117.50	$117.50	-25.00
55	55	2	168.00	$168.00	+25.50
58 fancy	58	3	185.00	$185.00	—
60–65	61	13	125.00–195.00	$170.58	+23.08
65	65	1	135.00	$135.00	-12.50
65	65	2	209.00	$209.00	+61.50
70–75	72	12	135.00–220.00	$177.50	+7.50
80–85	83	17	170.00–220.00	$200.29	+29.46
90	90	2	233.00–255.00	$244.00	+66.50
90	90	1	175.00	$175.00	-2.50
110	110	6	255.00	$255.00	—
110–120	115	2	225.00–234.00	$229.30	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	2	197.50–200.00	$198.75	—
140	140	1	287.50	$287.50	—
145	145	1	235.00	$235.00	—
150	150	2	300.00–650.00	$475.00	—
160	160	1	300.00	$300.00	—
170	170	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	—
85	85	11	190.00	$190.00	—
90	90	2	95.00–120.00	$107.50	—
90	90	1	112.50	$112.50	—
110–115	112	7	115.00–145.00	$132.86	—
110–120	113	3	165.00–205.00	$181.67	—
115	115	1	175.00	$175.00	—
100–140	116	8	137.50–205.00	$160.63	—
115–145	132	9	180.00–225.00	$207.53	—
182	182	3	245.00	$245.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	10	31	45.00–115.00	$61.53	+1.70
20–25	22	9	65.00–110.00	$93.33	+33.50
30–35	31	4	75.00–87.50	$81.88	+22.05
30–35	31	21	75.00–150.00	$113.10	+53.27
31	31	22	96.00	$96.00	+36.17
40	40	17	128.00–130.00	$129.41	+36.91
40–45	42	29	65.00–195.00	$142.76	+50.26
40–45	43	9	75.00–125.00	$108.89	+16.39
45	45	16	155.00	$155.00	+62.50
45	45	1	100.00	$100.00	+7.50
50–55	51	7	80.00–145.00	$118.21	+27.51
50–55	52	14	120.00–230.00	$172.32	+81.62
54	54	30	179.00	$179.00	+88.30
53–55	55	27	158.00–169.00	$167.02	+76.32
60–65	61	5	120.00–175.00	$148.50	+18.50
60–65	62	18	97.50–235.00	$164.03	+34.03
62	62	1	175.00	$175.00	+45.00
68	68	4	237.50	$237.50	+107.50
70–75	72	5	190.00–250.00	$237.36	+89.03
70–75	73	3	285.00	$285.00	+136.67
70–75	75	11	125.00–250.00	$181.82	+33.49
80	80	1	247.50	$247.50	+47.50
80–85	83	7	110.00–255.00	$195.00	-5.00
85	85	1	205.00	$205.00	+5.00
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	+147.50
90–95	93	2	175.00–240.00	$207.50	+55.00
90–95	93	6	170.00–295.00	$254.17	+101.67
100	100	2	260.00–265.00	$262.50	+82.50
100–110	101	7	220.00–305.00	$248.57	+68.57
115	115	1	275.00	$275.00	+95.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
49	49	12	134.00	$134.00	—
50	50	1	122.50	$122.50	+32.50
55	55	1	160.00	$160.00	+70.00
55	55	1	90.00	$90.00	±0.00
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	+40.00
60–65	64	5	145.00–205.00	$170.00	+80.00
70	70	1	112.50	$112.50	+22.50
70–75	71	5	105.00–132.50	$121.50	+31.50
70–75	73	2	170.00–195.00	$182.50	+92.50
80–85	81	4	185.00–265.00	$222.50	+132.50
81	81	5	237.50	$237.50	+147.50
80–85	82	6	120.00–150.00	$134.17	+44.17
90–95	91	9	160.00–230.00	$197.22	+27.22
100	100	1	155.00	$155.00	+25.00
100–145	114	34	160.00–295.00	$215.66	+27.53
117	117	10	233.50	$233.50	+45.37
150	150	2	245.00–285.00	$265.00	—
155	155	6	245.00	$245.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	140.00	$140.00	—
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	—
60–65	63	2	220.00–272.50	$246.25	—
70–75	73	3	235.00–240.00	$238.33	—
78	78	4	250.00	$250.00	—
80	80	5	195.00–255.00	$219.00	—
90	90	1	295.00	$295.00	—
110	110	1	230.00	$230.00	+25.00
145	145	1	417.00	$417.00	+249.00
150	150	1	300.00	$300.00	-65.00

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
58	58	1	185.00	$185.00	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	227.50	$227.50	—
90	90	1	233.00	$233.00	—

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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.