North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

6,035 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.83/cwt +5.62 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 424 lb · 197 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.92/cwt +4.70 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 420 lb · 191 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.30/cwt -1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 471 lb · 177 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,035	6,254	4,022
Feeder cattle	4,309	4,650	3,154
Slaughter cattle	835	854	650
Replacement cattle	161	267	137

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 5. Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate to heavy. Cattle quality was plain to average. Baby calves ranged 30.00 to 110.00 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
160–198	180	6	140.00–170.00	$153.13	$276	+6.96
200–248	220	28	140.00–177.50	$161.71	$356	-1.15
240 value added	240	1	175.00	$175.00	$420	—
250–295	276	45	142.00–184.00	$164.20	$453	-1.38
295 fancy	295	1	182.50	$182.50	$538	-7.59
305	305	1	145.00	$145.00	$442	+15.00
300–346	325	77	136.00–182.00	$159.84	$519	-3.49
305–340 fancy	325	10	175.00–184.00	$178.94	$582	-3.54
300–335 value added	326	14	178.00–194.00	$192.17	$626	+12.17
350–370 fancy	358	3	170.00–177.50	$173.40	$621	-8.58
350–399	376	144	131.00–172.50	$155.99	$587	+15.99
363–390 value added	380	17	171.00–175.00	$173.50	$659	—
355–395	385	6	140.00–147.00	$143.68	$553	-2.32
400–415 fancy	407	3	165.00–174.00	$168.39	$685	-11.46
401–441 value added	418	70	170.00–180.00	$178.60	$747	—
400–448	422	118	130.00–170.00	$150.24	$634	+6.44
455–468 value added	458	21	149.00–172.00	$165.43	$758	—
450–496	470	83	131.00–168.00	$149.47	$703	-7.23
485 fancy	485	6	166.00	$166.00	$805	-8.30
513 value added	513	12	158.00	$158.00	$811	—
500–545	517	57	121.00–157.00	$146.55	$758	-2.30
545 fancy	545	1	155.00	$155.00	$845	-11.25
560 value added	560	2	150.00	$150.00	$840	—
550–598	571	66	129.00–158.00	$144.43	$825	+4.43
600–640	616	50	120.00–154.00	$134.72	$830	-3.41
628 value added	628	14	150.00	$150.00	$942	—
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-5.00
650–695	669	12	112.00–138.00	$128.62	$860	-5.29
700–745	720	27	100.00–131.00	$121.63	$876	-4.06
750–795	768	23	114.00–123.00	$119.91	$921	-1.97
800–845	822	3	112.00–118.00	$115.39	$949	-8.03
850–882	873	4	111.00–114.00	$111.73	$975	-7.76
1200	1200	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,416	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	239	6	115.00–145.00	$128.67	$308	-6.90
255–295	274	11	125.00–145.00	$134.62	$369	-3.91
305–345	329	20	117.50–148.00	$138.06	$454	+0.31
350–395	376	30	112.00–147.50	$132.95	$500	-0.05
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	-15.53
400–445	425	12	134.00–147.50	$139.79	$594	+4.26
451–495	466	16	123.00–147.00	$138.10	$644	+10.60
500–545	526	14	111.00–134.00	$127.30	$670	-0.17
550–595	569	8	120.00–137.00	$130.38	$742	-1.93
600–640	623	6	115.00–131.00	$122.40	$763	-1.58
650–690	672	7	110.00–129.00	$117.60	$790	-10.26
705–740	723	2	113.00–115.00	$114.02	$824	+3.53
755–795	775	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$856	-3.02
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	-5.49

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	125.00	$125.00	$200	-6.72
210–240	224	7	114.00–147.50	$128.66	$288	-0.47
255–298	269	8	120.00–140.00	$130.14	$350	-5.32
300–345	319	11	100.00–152.00	$127.95	$408	-3.35
350–395	374	13	123.00–150.00	$133.05	$498	+1.90
405–445	432	15	117.00–157.00	$131.13	$566	+2.80
475–499	493	11	126.00–149.00	$140.41	$692	+6.58
500–543	520	5	121.00–139.00	$126.40	$657	+6.78
555–595	576	4	119.00–134.00	$125.56	$723	-6.59
640–645	643	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$820	-2.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	110.00	$110.00	$358	+2.50
380–390	387	3	102.50–110.00	$105.80	$409	-16.70
525 thin fleshed	525	1	80.00	$80.00	$420	—
600–620	610	2	106.00–110.00	$107.97	$659	+7.97
635 thin fleshed	635	1	96.00	$96.00	$610	—
695	695	1	101.00	$101.00	$702	-9.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	136.00–140.00	$138.00	$469	+34.81
405–435	425	5	108.00–145.00	$121.83	$518	+15.01
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	—
535	535	1	109.00	$109.00	$583	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	102.50–107.50	$105.11	$292	-4.89
315	315	1	102.50	$102.50	$323	-8.31
380–385 thin fleshed	383	2	82.50–85.00	$83.76	$321	—
690	690	1	102.00	$102.00	$704	-7.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	85.00	$85.00	$225	-35.00
390 thin fleshed	390	1	65.00	$65.00	$254	-5.00
470	470	1	117.00	$117.00	$550	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–195	188	3	137.50–152.50	$144.14	$271	-0.43
210–240	228	10	124.00–154.00	$140.18	$320	+4.07
250–298	272	27	126.00–151.00	$138.25	$376	-1.32
300–345	322	61	120.00–154.00	$134.45	$433	-4.20
350–396	376	113	120.00–173.00	$134.85	$507	-2.72
400–446	424	197	115.00–146.00	$133.83	$567	+10.32
450–497	471	176	118.00–146.00	$130.37	$614	-1.68
480	480	1	117.50	$117.50	$564	-1.88
500–548	520	113	110.00–136.00	$125.45	$652	-3.53
555	555	1	117.50	$117.50	$652	-7.79
550–596	571	82	110.00–133.00	$121.82	$696	-3.47
605	605	1	114.00	$114.00	$690	-4.59
600–648	619	63	97.00–128.00	$114.57	$709	-4.02
652–695	667	41	106.00–127.00	$117.11	$781	+1.17
705–740	722	13	96.00–120.00	$108.17	$781	+0.99
750–795	778	5	90.00–117.00	$108.17	$842	-7.52
850	850	1	94.00	$94.00	$799	+11.51
1050	1050	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	229	4	120.00–122.50	$121.18	$278	-0.68
250–295	272	14	115.00–128.00	$122.30	$333	-3.54
300–345	326	18	114.00–129.00	$123.93	$404	+1.93
350–395	375	31	112.50–129.00	$121.64	$456	-0.67
405–445	426	15	115.00–125.00	$120.46	$513	-1.90
450–495	471	28	112.00–126.00	$119.73	$564	-1.42
500–535	516	11	110.00–124.00	$115.71	$597	-0.87
570	570	1	111.00	$111.00	$633	-5.31
550–595	572	23	110.00–126.00	$115.99	$663	-0.32
600–645	624	10	110.00–117.00	$113.38	$707	+0.50
655–695	670	3	108.00–115.00	$111.90	$750	+0.08
825	825	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	3	120.00–126.00	$123.66	$284	+4.77
260–296	279	11	103.00–130.00	$117.94	$329	-8.09
300–348	326	20	106.00–126.00	$115.73	$377	-2.60
370	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	+2.30
350–395	377	19	100.00–132.00	$118.61	$447	-4.09
405–446	426	13	105.00–134.00	$118.27	$504	-4.74
450–495	472	32	91.00–134.00	$113.21	$534	-6.39
500–540	522	8	109.00–121.00	$113.55	$593	-7.30
550–590	567	11	86.00–118.00	$104.17	$591	-11.70
600–624	614	4	90.00–103.00	$93.18	$572	-6.70
665–685	675	2	92.00–94.00	$92.99	$628	-17.01
715	715	1	80.00	$80.00	$572	+2.00
770	770	1	80.00	$80.00	$616	-12.00
890	890	1	84.00	$84.00	$748	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	277	6	87.00–110.00	$97.93	$271	-13.22
310–345	330	6	87.00–100.00	$96.35	$318	-16.15
330	330	1	90.00	$90.00	$297	-22.50
350–375	366	5	102.50–110.00	$108.09	$396	-1.90
355–385 thin fleshed	370	2	87.50–90.00	$88.80	$329	+1.80
400	400	1	95.00	$95.00	$380	-8.68
400–435	414	4	100.00–110.00	$103.84	$430	+0.16
450 thin fleshed	450	1	90.00	$90.00	$405	—
455–490	473	2	80.00–89.00	$84.67	$400	-25.58
480–490	486	4	100.00–110.00	$106.22	$516	-4.03
520–530	525	2	85.00–95.00	$90.05	$473	-6.95
515–540	528	2	104.00–107.50	$105.71	$558	+8.71
555–590	573	9	100.00–110.00	$106.64	$611	+0.46
560–595	576	5	81.00–94.00	$88.44	$509	+2.37
585 thin fleshed	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	—
595	595	1	87.00	$87.00	$518	-3.00
625	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	-13.52
610–640	627	3	96.00–106.00	$99.74	$625	-3.78
665 thin fleshed	665	1	83.00	$83.00	$552	+4.00
655–680	670	3	95.00–108.00	$100.92	$676	+3.92
660–690	672	3	91.00–95.00	$93.30	$627	-9.82
675–690	683	2	86.00–90.00	$87.98	$601	-15.14
705	705	2	102.00–103.00	$102.50	$723	-3.14
725–735	730	2	89.00–90.00	$89.50	$653	-1.02
730 thin fleshed	730	1	87.50	$87.50	$639	—
730	730	1	81.00	$81.00	$591	-9.52
770–785	777	3	85.00–91.00	$89.00	$692	-10.42
780	780	1	101.00	$101.00	$788	+1.58
790 thin fleshed	790	1	80.00	$80.00	$632	—
810	810	1	96.00	$96.00	$778	-11.00
835 thin fleshed	835	1	91.00	$91.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	111.00	$111.00	$244	+3.61
250–270	260	2	100.00–110.00	$105.19	$273	+1.05
280 thin fleshed	280	1	95.00	$95.00	$266	+3.43
305–340	330	6	100.00–105.00	$103.82	$343	-2.68
335 thin fleshed	335	1	95.00	$95.00	$318	—
350–385	369	7	105.00–112.00	$109.45	$404	+1.73
375 thin fleshed	375	1	82.50	$82.50	$309	+1.01
405–435	419	7	99.00–112.00	$108.34	$454	+0.51
405–445 thin fleshed	426	4	80.00–96.00	$89.65	$382	—
475–490 thin fleshed	483	2	95.00	$95.00	$459	±0.00
475–490	483	3	100.00–110.00	$106.72	$515	+0.21
505 thin fleshed	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454	+4.14
510	510	1	87.50	$87.50	$446	-16.78
505–530	518	2	105.00–110.00	$107.56	$557	+3.28
550–590	569	6	98.00–110.00	$104.46	$594	+6.46
575	575	1	84.00	$84.00	$483	-14.00
580 thin fleshed	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	+10.00
605–630	616	4	95.00–105.00	$100.97	$622	-3.20
620–635 thin fleshed	627	3	80.00–85.00	$81.65	$512	-8.87
635	635	1	87.50	$87.50	$556	-5.48
658–690	669	3	95.00–98.00	$96.97	$649	-5.20
705	705	1	107.00	$107.00	$754	+3.98
705–735 thin fleshed	723	3	80.00–87.00	$84.73	$613	-3.07
760	760	1	80.00	$80.00	$608	-16.37
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	-1.50
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	-19.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	108.00	$108.00	$302	+2.79
355–385	371	4	100.00–110.00	$107.44	$399	-1.24
410–435	425	3	105.00–120.00	$111.53	$474	+3.90
455–475	463	5	100.00–115.00	$108.13	$501	+2.29
510–530	523	7	100.00–106.00	$102.86	$538	-4.14
560–570	565	2	103.00	$103.00	$582	+0.50
610–625	618	2	85.00–110.00	$97.35	$602	+27.35

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	128.00	$128.00	$544	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	155.00	$155.00	$356	—
255	255	1	155.00	$155.00	$395	—
305 fancy	305	1	163.00	$163.00	$497	—
305–345	328	9	150.00–158.00	$154.75	$508	—
365 fancy	365	1	158.00	$158.00	$577	—
350–395	374	7	140.00–155.00	$144.34	$540	-20.25
405–440	420	7	131.00–147.00	$139.74	$587	-3.34
400–445	422	70	138.00–169.00	$152.42	$643	+9.34
422 value added	422	3	162.00	$162.00	$684	—
430 fancy	430	1	169.00	$169.00	$727	-1.00
450–495	468	10	120.00–145.00	$135.71	$635	-14.13
450–495	470	130	126.00–160.00	$143.79	$676	-6.05
475 thin fleshed	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
515 fancy	515	1	163.00	$163.00	$839	+4.00
500–545	520	5	115.00–130.00	$124.98	$650	-18.14
500–545	523	142	121.00–157.00	$140.21	$733	-2.91
550–580	566	4	124.00–132.00	$128.71	$728	-4.68
550–598	570	96	122.00–149.00	$134.87	$769	+1.48
605–625	612	5	118.00–129.00	$124.76	$764	-8.00
600–646	618	70	104.00–147.00	$127.36	$787	-5.40
650–695	672	37	100.00–133.00	$115.24	$774	-12.07
700–745	718	19	103.00–125.00	$113.24	$813	-2.74
730	730	1	118.00	$118.00	$861	+2.00
750–790	758	10	98.00–120.00	$109.57	$831	+1.17
760	760	1	118.00	$118.00	$897	+9.60
800–842	826	6	95.00–110.00	$105.88	$875	+3.30
870	870	2	96.00–108.00	$102.00	$887	+1.99
915	915	1	93.00	$93.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	318	3	120.00–145.00	$133.32	$424	+3.32
355–390	378	4	132.50–137.50	$136.26	$515	—
400–435	410	4	112.00–117.00	$115.19	$472	-20.73
400–445	426	37	120.00–147.00	$135.67	$578	-0.25
450–495	471	38	116.00–146.00	$134.79	$635	-1.98
500–540	521	19	115.00–132.00	$124.72	$650	-4.39
570–575	573	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$656	-15.45
550–595	575	35	115.00–137.00	$126.05	$725	-3.90
615	615	1	112.50	$112.50	$692	-10.10
600–645	623	14	113.00–132.50	$126.15	$786	+3.55
650–695	670	17	112.00–129.00	$121.03	$811	-1.32
700–745	725	11	100.00–118.00	$113.48	$823	-1.51
750–780	763	5	102.00–115.00	$110.80	$845	-0.18
805–815	812	3	110.00–112.00	$111.34	$904	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	142.00	$142.00	$604	+0.52
450–495	474	26	116.00–142.00	$125.73	$596	-3.64
500–548	523	8	114.00–121.00	$115.68	$605	-9.21
565–590	580	3	109.00–126.00	$120.24	$697	-4.35
600	600	1	122.00	$122.00	$732	+14.68
675–690	685	3	99.00–106.00	$101.68	$697	-9.79
705–740	723	2	88.00–90.00	$88.98	$643	-5.02
760–775	768	4	90.00–108.00	$97.98	$752	—
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—
425	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	-16.82
420–430	427	3	100.00–112.50	$106.72	$456	-0.10
455	455	1	103.00	$103.00	$469	-9.22
470 thin fleshed	470	1	95.00	$95.00	$446	—
500–535	513	3	105.00–110.00	$106.74	$548	+22.74
510–515	513	2	80.00–95.00	$87.54	$449	+3.54
605–645	626	4	97.50–112.00	$104.85	$656	-4.65
635–640	638	2	82.00–91.00	$86.48	$552	-23.02
650	650	1	84.00	$84.00	$546	-23.76
650–695	672	6	100.00–110.00	$105.13	$706	-2.63
675–680 thin fleshed	678	2	82.00–85.00	$83.49	$566	—
700–720	707	3	100.00–109.00	$105.70	$747	-0.87
735	735	1	95.00	$95.00	$698	-11.57
770–775	773	2	97.00–110.00	$103.48	$800	—
800–835	818	2	95.00–105.00	$99.89	$817	+0.39
850	850	1	101.00	$101.00	$858	+1.00
880 thin fleshed	880	1	89.00	$89.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$375	—
355	355	1	115.00	$115.00	$408	—
400–415	407	3	107.50–110.00	$109.15	$444	+24.15
440 thin fleshed	440	1	85.00	$85.00	$374	-8.00
455 thin fleshed	455	1	90.00	$90.00	$410	—
465–485	471	5	98.00–110.00	$105.63	$498	-8.37
515–545	533	3	100.00–112.50	$104.26	$556	-3.69
535 thin fleshed	535	1	95.00	$95.00	$508	—
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	±0.00
550–560 thin fleshed	555	2	85.00–87.00	$86.01	$477	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	95.00	$95.00	$575	—
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-3.73
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	±0.00
685 thin fleshed	685	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	—
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	+1.03
810 thin fleshed	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	±0.00
815–845	825	3	85.00–107.00	$97.84	$807	-4.92
840	840	1	88.00	$88.00	$739	-14.76
875 thin fleshed	875	1	91.00	$91.00	$796	+3.92
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	+2.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	-5.49
530–540	533	4	100.00–109.00	$104.23	$556	-16.77
555	555	1	101.00	$101.00	$561	+1.00
600	600	1	108.00	$108.00	$648	+8.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	121.00	$121.00	$629	—
835	835	1	107.00	$107.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1355	1039	80-85%	27	39.00–57.00	$53.09	$552	+23.46
1060 value added	1060	80-85%	1	77.50	$77.50	$822	—
830–1875	1138	80-85%	289	52.00–68.00	$62.05	$706	+0.12
1150	1150	80-85%	1	20.00	$20.00	$230	—
840–1895	1353	80-85%	67	65.00–76.00	$70.76	$957	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	85-90%	1	66.00	$66.00	$478	-4.30
620–955	761	85-90%	17	10.00–35.00	$28.06	$214	+2.08
625–1160	834	85-90%	48	23.00–46.00	$39.88	$333	-1.85
705–1420	936	85-90%	66	45.00–62.00	$52.26	$489	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1960	1380	75-80%	68	50.00–69.00	$63.18	$872	+12.47
860–1695	1391	75-80%	7	49.00–54.00	$53.16	$739	-10.07
1205–1890	1479	75-80%	16	66.00–75.00	$69.86	$1,033	-0.15

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–2100	1288	16	65.00–86.00	$77.33	$996	—
1005–2450	1511	56	77.00–96.00	$89.03	$1,345	—
1025–2205	1814	22	90.00–114.00	$99.32	$1,802	+1.37

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	642.00	$642.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
920–1080	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	925.00–1,175.00	$994.34
940–1140	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	451.00–675.00	$573.77
985–1250	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–970.00	$866.67
870–1450	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	619.00–1,010.00	$773.02
975–1350	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	600.00–1,075.00	$890.21
960–1524	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	650.00–1,150.00	$881.13
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–880	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00–900.00	$749.35
702–865	784	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	575.00–775.00	$659.68
815–863	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–850.00	$814.09
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	275.00	$275.00
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	520.00	$520.00
760–845	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	450.00–570.00	$506.82
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	531.00	$531.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–125	120	2	150.00–225.00	$187.50	+17.50

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	155.00	$155.00	-50.00
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	-65.00
90	90	1	172.50	$172.50	-102.50
100–125	115	4	190.00–245.00	$213.75	+2.50
110–125	116	6	140.00–200.00	$172.50	-81.15
110–140	126	6	140.00–175.00	$160.00	-93.65
125–145	138	3	195.00–240.00	$216.67	-36.98
150	150	1	175.00	$175.00	-158.18
160–165	163	2	225.00–255.00	$240.00	-93.18
150–195	164	10	260.00–460.00	$325.00	-8.18
200–225	213	2	250.00–270.00	$260.00	-129.00
210–240	225	2	350.00–370.00	$360.00	-29.00
250–275	256	4	330.00–360.00	$347.50	—

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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
875–900	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,125.00	$1,038.73	+413.73
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
870–1140	992	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	620.00–1,135.00	$886.58	-115.38
950–1115	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	875.00–1,280.00	$1,164.38	-310.62
785–1230	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	808.00–1,197.00	$1,099.69	-153.81
905–1175	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	675.00–1,380.00	$1,088.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510–600	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	510.00–700.00	$612.70	—
620	620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00	—
706	706	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	+40.54
654–802	728	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–650.00	$627.54	-145.17
520–850	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	510.00–1,500.00	$964.13	+191.42
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	870.00	$870.00	+245.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–800	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–825.00	$799.19	—
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	75.00–82.50	$78.73	$302	+8.73
415	415	1	77.50	$77.50	$322	—
535–545	540	2	48.00–77.50	$62.89	$340	—
615	615	1	70.00	$70.00	$430	—
680	680	1	59.00	$59.00	$401	—
715	715	1	67.00	$67.00	$479	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	80.00	$80.00	$280	-11.45
400–430	414	9	89.00–100.00	$94.43	$391	-0.81
460	460	1	85.00	$85.00	$391	-1.22
515	515	1	77.50	$77.50	$399	-17.57
550–575	563	2	87.00–88.00	$87.49	$493	+1.49
670	670	1	80.00	$80.00	$536	+5.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	107.50	$107.50	$500	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	65.00	$65.00	$332	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	175.00	$175.00	—
100–130	112	50	115.00–230.00	$161.40	-26.38
130	130	1	182.50	$182.50	-5.28
140	140	1	145.00	$145.00	-42.78
150	150	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	—
65	65	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	±0.00
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	165.00–270.00	$217.50	-32.50
100–130	118	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	210.00–250.00	$226.67	-23.33
160	160	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	320.00	$320.00	—
200	200	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	275.00	$275.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	70.00	$70.00	-21.67
30–35	34	17	85.00–135.00	$108.38	-31.26
40–45	43	39	40.00–150.00	$121.79	-19.12
50–55	53	23	110.00–170.00	$147.50	-13.97
60	60	1	125.00	$125.00	-42.08
60–65	64	24	90.00–187.50	$157.08	-10.00
70–75	71	12	110.00–197.50	$182.29	+47.29
80–85	83	17	80.00–275.00	$166.76	-44.91
85	85	1	160.00	$160.00	-51.67
90	90	5	80.00–225.00	$149.00	-11.00
110–140	128	4	115.00–180.00	$145.00	-26.25
150–165	158	3	140.00–190.00	$166.67	+38.34
175	175	1	250.00	$250.00	+121.67
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	—
200–240	221	5	230.00–265.00	$252.00	—
250	250	2	245.00–265.00	$255.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	180.00	$180.00	-132.50

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	+25.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	13	7	67.50–102.50	$85.36	+12.86
20	20	1	80.00	$80.00	-35.15
20–25	21	18	70.00–115.00	$104.86	-10.29
25	25	7	80.00	$80.00	-35.15
30	30	1	90.00	$90.00	-49.00
30–35	33	26	52.50–150.00	$108.35	-30.65
35	35	5	117.50	$117.50	+9.64
40–45	43	56	60.00–190.00	$142.59	+21.96
40–45	43	7	125.00–165.00	$140.71	+20.08
45	45	1	117.50	$117.50	-7.50
50–55	51	27	65.00–250.00	$157.04	+28.54
50–55	53	12	135.00–160.00	$150.42	+21.92
50–55	53	6	125.00–180.00	$146.67	+18.17
60–65	62	11	80.00–252.50	$147.27	-7.73
60–65	63	2	135.00–175.00	$155.00	-23.00
70–75	71	9	85.00–250.00	$160.56	-15.80
75	75	1	255.00	$255.00	+103.33
80–85	83	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	-88.13
80–85	84	4	205.00–260.00	$238.75	+13.12
90	90	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	-97.50
90	90	4	317.50	$317.50	+87.50
90–95	92	10	165.00–290.00	$232.50	+2.50
100–125	106	4	240.00–360.00	$305.00	+140.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	-68.50
55	55	6	160.00–165.00	$164.17	-29.33
60–65	63	14	70.00–182.50	$163.39	-30.11
65	65	1	90.00	$90.00	-103.50
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	-53.50
70	70	1	190.00	$190.00	+56.67
70–75	72	3	150.00–165.00	$155.00	+21.67
70–75	73	3	190.00–212.50	$197.50	-9.50
80	80	1	175.00	$175.00	+48.75
80–85	81	5	125.00–245.00	$204.50	+78.25
80–85	83	2	145.00–190.00	$167.50	+41.25
90	90	1	135.00	$135.00	-30.00
90–95	92	3	125.00–180.00	$148.33	-64.80
100–140	116	6	145.00–215.00	$171.67	-66.66
100–130	121	9	140.00–460.00	$311.39	+73.06
100–145	126	8	180.00–240.00	$201.25	-37.08
130	130	1	85.00	$85.00	-153.33
150–155	153	2	165.00–175.00	$170.00	-140.00
150–190	169	8	240.00–265.00	$255.63	+0.63
180	180	1	265.00	$265.00	+10.00
200	200	1	290.00	$290.00	+62.50

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	—
65	65	3	187.50	$187.50	—
80–85	83	2	197.50–225.00	$211.25	—
110	110	1	280.00	$280.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	53	2	130.00–180.00	$155.00	-90.00
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	-100.00
80	80	2	140.00–170.00	$155.00	-90.00
90	90	4	170.00–205.00	$188.75	-21.25
90	90	1	120.00	$120.00	-90.00
100–110	105	2	170.00–210.00	$190.00	-105.00
100–125	112	3	150.00–395.00	$290.00	-5.00
110–145	128	2	225.00–270.00	$247.50	-47.50
150	150	1	400.00	$400.00	-5.00
160	160	1	240.00	$240.00	-165.00
200	200	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	11	165.00	$165.00	—
90	90	3	205.00–252.50	$220.83	—

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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.