North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

4,913 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.32/cwt -0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 526 lb · 120 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $138.36/cwt +3.36 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 522 lb · 113 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.71/cwt -1.18 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 473 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,913	4,961	5,354
Feeder cattle	3,033	3,415	2,987
Slaughter cattle	813	990	895
Replacement cattle	56	112	682

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate with moderate offerings, plain to average quality and moderate buyer interest and activity.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–233	227	6	140.00–162.00	$153.81	$349	-3.90
255–295	277	12	140.00–179.00	$157.22	$435	-3.64
300–346	325	35	130.00–192.50	$155.15	$504	-1.61
350–395	375	45	134.00–182.50	$156.16	$586	-7.53
384	384	1	140.00	$140.00	$538	-23.69
400–448	421	61	126.00–182.50	$151.34	$637	-1.98
438	438	1	138.00	$138.00	$604	-15.32
455–498	479	43	130.00–182.50	$159.25	$763	+2.23
520	520	1	128.00	$128.00	$666	-25.71
503–545	522	25	115.00–164.00	$148.69	$776	-5.02
550–597	574	54	134.00–170.00	$149.82	$860	+3.81
618	618	1	122.00	$122.00	$754	-23.83
600–648	620	45	105.00–162.00	$143.44	$889	-2.39
634	634	1	124.00	$124.00	$786	-21.83
652	652	1	110.00	$110.00	$717	-33.19
661 value added	661	5	143.00	$143.00	$945	—
650–695	667	22	106.00–159.00	$141.57	$944	-1.62
700–748	723	23	110.00–151.00	$143.61	$1,038	+5.33
752–795	776	7	116.00–144.00	$131.27	$1,019	-6.26
800–830	814	4	125.00–144.00	$136.39	$1,110	+10.96
855–895	889	12	110.00–140.00	$134.05	$1,192	+8.14
920–938	932	4	124.00–131.00	$126.23	$1,176	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
176–196	186	2	120.00–123.00	$121.42	$226	—
215–248	235	5	121.00–134.00	$128.82	$303	+3.74
265–296	283	18	115.00–140.00	$130.56	$369	+0.57
300–346	320	16	120.00–148.00	$130.61	$418	+1.28
350–398	376	20	111.00–155.00	$132.73	$499	+6.90
400–442	422	20	112.00–137.00	$125.18	$528	-1.50
462	462	1	132.00	$132.00	$610	+3.25
522	522	1	127.00	$127.00	$663	+3.54
546 thin fleshed	546	1	112.00	$112.00	$612	—
568	568	2	137.50	$137.50	$781	+18.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	+9.20
315	315	1	152.50	$152.50	$480	+24.83
350–362	357	5	134.00–157.50	$149.66	$534	+22.03
410–435	423	4	127.50–155.00	$141.89	$600	+11.27
450–495	478	10	110.00–157.50	$132.74	$634	+1.82
500–515	507	3	123.00–140.00	$130.95	$664	+5.43
550–595	577	6	112.00–147.50	$138.34	$798	+6.45
600–645	623	7	121.00–137.50	$130.10	$811	+2.91
650–695	672	3	127.00–133.00	$130.03	$874	—
720	720	1	108.00	$108.00	$778	—
815	815	1	102.50	$102.50	$835	—
860	860	1	102.50	$102.50	$882	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	100.00	$100.00	$240	—
280	280	1	101.00	$101.00	$283	-16.50
300–330	316	8	100.00–130.00	$115.35	$365	+1.04
350–370	359	4	100.00–108.00	$102.06	$366	-20.42
430–445	437	3	100.00–110.00	$106.05	$463	-3.95
450–480	465	2	104.00	$104.00	$484	—
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	+7.44
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
800	800	1	103.00	$103.00	$824	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
136	136	1	110.00	$110.00	$150	—
188	188	2	97.50–110.00	$103.75	$195	-10.25
216–224	220	2	101.00–114.00	$107.62	$237	+10.12
262–288	273	3	110.00	$110.00	$300	+10.00
318–326	322	2	90.00	$90.00	$290	-20.00
354	354	1	117.00	$117.00	$414	+6.26
374	374	1	86.00	$86.00	$322	-24.74
404–416	410	2	70.00–88.00	$78.87	$323	-25.58
408–426	418	4	90.00–107.00	$98.77	$413	-5.68
468	468	1	95.00	$95.00	$445	-7.50

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	70.00	$70.00	$172	-10.00
295	295	2	90.00–97.50	$93.75	$277	—
305–340	325	3	60.00–100.00	$81.31	$264	-13.69
335–345	340	3	98.00–117.50	$106.40	$362	+31.40
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	—
350–385	373	3	88.00–95.00	$90.88	$339	—
460–485	473	2	93.00–100.00	$96.41	$456	—
510	510	1	103.00	$103.00	$525	—
655	655	1	70.00	$70.00	$458	—
800	800	1	84.00	$84.00	$672	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	142.00	$142.00	$206	—
215–245	238	4	123.00–134.00	$129.23	$308	-4.58
250–295	273	13	120.00–140.00	$128.42	$351	-12.07
300–345	326	31	122.50–146.00	$133.09	$434	-6.20
342	342	1	120.00	$120.00	$410	-19.29
350–398	377	65	122.50–147.50	$133.80	$504	-6.44
422	422	1	122.00	$122.00	$515	-15.26
400–445	425	74	124.00–151.00	$134.82	$573	-2.44
435 fancy	435	1	150.00	$150.00	$652	-2.51
470 fancy	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-10.64
450–498	473	104	120.00–150.00	$134.66	$637	+0.20
500–546	526	118	117.00–147.00	$130.60	$687	+0.14
526–528	527	2	112.00–116.00	$114.00	$601	-16.46
550–597	570	70	115.00–140.00	$129.04	$736	+17.04
552–598	577	3	110.00–114.00	$112.31	$648	-16.94
585 value added	585	5	132.00	$132.00	$772	+1.00
612 value added	612	2	130.00	$130.00	$796	—
600–647	623	56	110.00–139.50	$124.43	$775	+1.37
650–695	670	21	107.00–147.00	$122.56	$821	+2.22
700–730	714	25	105.00–128.00	$117.76	$841	+2.14
750–795	771	8	105.00–135.00	$115.32	$889	+4.29
805–835	820	10	90.00–135.00	$117.65	$965	+11.29
850–885	871	6	99.00–131.00	$114.57	$998	+11.82
908–940	926	10	89.00–119.00	$104.60	$969	+14.60
955	955	1	99.00	$99.00	$945	—
988	988	1	80.00	$80.00	$790	—
1065–1080	1073	2	102.00–114.00	$107.96	$1,158	—
1145	1145	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,282	+9.00
1250	1250	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,288	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	1	120.00	$120.00	$162	—
205–245	232	9	115.00–120.00	$117.40	$272	-5.52
250–298	273	22	113.00–124.00	$119.24	$326	-0.42
300–348	323	20	110.00–128.00	$117.83	$381	+1.21
350–396	373	14	111.00–121.00	$117.49	$438	-1.78
400–445	419	23	110.00–132.50	$120.53	$505	+4.16
452–485	470	21	103.00–135.00	$120.39	$566	+4.04
500–545	511	14	102.00–132.00	$115.60	$591	+1.45
566–599	591	10	104.00–133.00	$113.88	$673	+9.23
615–618	618	7	109.00–122.50	$120.58	$745	+18.35
650–690	661	4	90.00–123.00	$109.84	$726	+11.83
705–720	713	2	84.00–114.00	$99.16	$707	+4.11
760–770	765	2	89.00–112.50	$100.83	$771	—
870–890	880	2	80.00–88.00	$83.95	$739	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	215	3	110.00–122.00	$115.04	$247	+2.69
255–290	273	12	103.00–118.00	$111.40	$304	-2.86
310–345	326	11	108.00–120.00	$114.15	$372	-3.80
350–395	370	9	110.00–125.00	$118.18	$437	+0.11
400–445	419	15	105.00–127.00	$119.67	$501	+4.02
450–495	476	20	105.00–125.00	$117.88	$561	+3.12
500–545	521	20	105.00–120.00	$116.11	$605	+0.05
550–595	569	12	100.00–118.00	$110.33	$628	-1.39
600–640	619	9	100.00–118.00	$109.89	$680	-4.02
650–695	666	7	100.00–110.00	$105.52	$703	—
705–745	716	5	102.00–109.00	$105.20	$753	-0.81
755–760	758	2	103.00–107.00	$104.99	$796	+4.99

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	217	3	100.00–120.00	$108.27	$235	+10.77
250–295	273	9	90.00–110.00	$104.62	$286	-7.99
310–340	321	7	100.00–110.00	$102.94	$330	-13.25
350–395	368	5	98.00–110.00	$103.44	$381	-9.98
405–445	432	7	96.00–115.00	$109.20	$472	-0.71
470–475	472	3	104.00–110.00	$108.01	$510	+8.01
505–510	508	2	105.00–119.00	$111.97	$569	-1.27
563–595	573	13	76.00–114.00	$104.32	$598	+6.04
600–625	613	3	107.00–110.00	$108.98	$668	+9.64
655–660	658	2	90.00–113.00	$101.46	$668	-10.02
760	760	1	113.00	$113.00	$859	+23.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
188	188	1	106.00	$106.00	$199	—
204–234	218	4	100.00–110.00	$103.92	$227	-6.08
290–296	292	3	90.00–110.00	$100.26	$293	-8.47
302	302	1	86.00	$86.00	$260	-10.80
322 thin fleshed	322	1	80.00	$80.00	$258	-2.50
300–346	330	3	94.00–111.00	$102.65	$339	+5.85
358–392	370	4	100.00–112.00	$105.08	$389	+0.13
402	402	1	70.00	$70.00	$281	-14.81
440	440	1	84.00	$84.00	$370	-0.81
442 thin fleshed	442	1	70.00	$70.00	$309	—
464–496	484	3	80.00–84.00	$81.37	$394	—
484 thin fleshed	484	1	76.00	$76.00	$368	—
546	546	1	75.00	$75.00	$410	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	70.00	$70.00	$168	—
245	245	1	97.50	$97.50	$239	—
260–270	265	2	60.00–75.00	$67.36	$179	-15.14
300	300	1	95.00	$95.00	$285	+16.62
350 thin fleshed	350	1	50.00	$50.00	$175	—
360–365	363	2	70.00–72.50	$71.26	$259	—
400	400	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	$340	+5.00
425–430	428	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$417	+17.51
450	450	1	80.00	$80.00	$360	—
510	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	—
535	535	1	63.00	$63.00	$337	—
615–635	625	2	58.00–70.00	$63.90	$399	-18.60
660–685	673	2	100.00–101.00	$100.51	$676	—
695	695	1	84.00	$84.00	$584	—
705–730	720	3	42.00–70.00	$58.85	$424	—
750–785	768	2	50.00–63.00	$56.65	$435	-20.85

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	155.00	$155.00	$372	+21.38
250–295	277	15	135.00–154.00	$145.21	$402	+7.26
300–340	316	29	138.00–163.00	$153.61	$485	+15.07
350–395	368	37	130.00–165.00	$151.65	$558	+6.32
400–445	423	33	132.50–167.00	$152.43	$645	+6.22
450–495	476	88	126.00–161.00	$141.73	$675	+1.95
500–548	522	113	121.00–164.00	$138.36	$722	+3.36
550–596	572	87	118.00–154.00	$136.06	$778	+4.95
602	602	1	103.00	$103.00	$620	-21.10
600–648	622	49	110.00–144.00	$129.10	$803	+5.00
650–695	671	44	109.00–145.00	$124.16	$833	+2.48
700–746	721	21	92.00–136.00	$116.24	$838	-4.18
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	-18.36
752–785	774	6	90.00–112.00	$104.93	$812	-3.43
800–845	820	11	90.00–116.00	$99.41	$815	-6.23
865–890	878	7	90.00–108.00	$99.41	$873	-7.59
900–945	920	4	87.00–95.00	$90.77	$835	+2.64
1935	1935	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,819	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	230	4	110.00–130.00	$120.95	$278	—
275–285	281	4	120.00–136.00	$127.72	$359	+11.38
305–345	325	9	115.00–135.00	$128.45	$417	+12.64
350–395	378	10	110.00–130.00	$117.95	$446	+3.97
400–445	423	16	109.00–130.00	$117.71	$498	-4.10
450–495	471	15	105.00–135.00	$121.99	$575	+0.78
510–545	531	10	110.00–127.50	$121.00	$643	+4.41
550–595	574	10	110.00–125.00	$118.77	$682	+4.17
600–645	625	10	105.00–112.50	$108.89	$681	-2.82
650–695	670	12	98.00–115.00	$107.37	$719	-4.25
710–745	726	6	98.00–109.00	$104.49	$759	-2.48

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	134.00	$134.00	$576	+9.04
450–498	474	18	110.00–150.00	$130.36	$618	+14.37
500–545	518	11	108.00–150.00	$124.32	$644	+11.43
550–590	570	15	111.00–134.00	$120.26	$685	+7.62
618 thin fleshed	618	1	80.00	$80.00	$494	—
600–638	619	3	90.00–120.00	$102.59	$635	-4.06
660–690	677	3	95.00–116.00	$106.91	$724	+11.61
688	688	1	80.00	$80.00	$550	-15.30
710–715	713	2	90.00–96.00	$92.99	$663	-4.59
780–795	787	3	90.00	$90.00	$708	-8.04
814–825	820	2	82.00–90.00	$85.97	$705	-3.44

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	85.00	$85.00	$340	-45.00
450–495	474	5	100.00–130.00	$111.34	$528	-1.81
500–540	528	9	100.00–132.50	$119.38	$630	+6.28
550–595	569	5	102.00–108.00	$105.61	$601	-4.17
615–645	632	3	85.00–115.00	$103.17	$652	-0.51
650–695	673	2	94.00–107.50	$100.98	$680	-16.48
702–735	707	7	90.00–111.00	$107.88	$763	+17.88
750–775	763	2	75.00–93.00	$84.15	$642	—
810–845	828	2	90.00–100.00	$95.11	$788	—
905–945	925	2	83.00–90.00	$86.42	$799	—
975	975	1	87.00	$87.00	$848	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	98.00–105.00	$101.52	$389	—
410	410	1	74.00	$74.00	$303	—
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—
470–490	482	3	80.00–90.00	$86.61	$417	+10.61
475–495	485	2	65.00–74.00	$69.59	$338	-32.91
515–540	527	3	52.50–70.00	$62.69	$330	-24.06
520–540	530	2	84.00–115.00	$99.21	$526	+12.46
550	550	1	80.00	$80.00	$440	+6.28
550–580	567	3	84.00–87.50	$85.17	$483	+11.45
690	690	1	77.50	$77.50	$535	—
710–740	727	3	70.00–87.00	$77.21	$561	+17.21
800–805	803	2	59.00–70.00	$64.48	$518	—
910–945	928	2	60.00	$60.00	$557	—
980	980	1	64.00	$64.00	$627	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1180	1060	80-85%	7	30.00–42.00	$38.25	$405	—
780–1422	1102	80-85%	56	44.00–60.00	$54.76	$603	—
805–2025	1223	80-85%	29	70.00–83.00	$74.03	$905	—
655–1955	1257	80-85%	226	59.00–77.00	$67.76	$852	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–780	768	85-90%	2	68.00–70.00	$69.02	$530	+33.33
700–895	813	85-90%	9	25.00–44.00	$36.85	$300	-44.15
710–1455	915	85-90%	51	30.00–52.00	$46.13	$422	-0.36
640–1635	1036	85-90%	144	50.00–66.00	$58.70	$608	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1246–1380	1313	75-80%	2	54.00–60.00	$56.85	$746	—
1350–1370	1360	75-80%	2	70.00–74.00	$71.99	$979	—
1095–1925	1447	75-80%	81	60.00–72.00	$65.79	$952	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1840	1272	19	64.00–89.00	$80.90	$1,029	—
690–2202	1478	80	76.00–101.00	$93.37	$1,380	-0.69
1195–2255	1644	12	101.00–109.00	$105.61	$1,736	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1420	1202	3	71.00–76.00	$73.60	$885	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–915	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	510.00–700.00	$612.57
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
710–1230	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	450.00–790.00	$700.59
905–1240	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	760.00–850.00	$792.45
1010–1120	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–775.00	$693.82
875–1360	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	440.00–950.00	$692.62
870–1435	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	500.00–1,050.00	$801.38
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
950–1380	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–940.00	$780.99

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
775–840	813	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	425.00–810.00	$584.48

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–125	120	2	235.00–255.00	$245.00	—
150–190	158	5	230.00–310.00	$262.00	+2.00
200	200	2	240.00–290.00	$265.00	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	4	62.50	$62.50	—
55	55	1	75.00	$75.00	-25.00
70	70	3	160.00–170.00	$163.33	+28.33
70	70	21	140.00	$140.00	+5.00
80	80	1	190.00	$190.00	+1.89
90	90	3	190.00	$190.00	+1.89
90	90	2	160.00–175.00	$167.50	-20.61
100–130	116	9	120.00–310.00	$225.56	+76.95
110–125	118	3	150.00–185.00	$165.70	+17.09
125	125	1	265.00	$265.00	+116.39
150–153	150	13	205.00–210.00	$209.22	-57.61
150	150	2	175.00–320.00	$247.50	-19.33
165	165	1	315.00	$315.00	+48.17
200	200	1	375.00	$375.00	-28.33

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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
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	-158.60
645–1425	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	710.00–1,375.00	$1,089.91	-135.09
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
1138	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
985–1450	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	550.00–975.00	$738.21	—
1135–1255	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,025.00	$985.62	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–900.00	$750.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
765–780	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–725.00	$700.24	—
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	62.50	$62.50	$178	—
660	660	1	50.00	$50.00	$330	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	70.00	$70.00	$200	—
360	360	1	85.00	$85.00	$306	—
435	435	1	85.00	$85.00	$370	—
480	480	1	79.00	$79.00	$379	—
535	535	1	65.00	$65.00	$348	—
570–599	586	10	85.00–97.00	$91.80	$538	—
610–645	625	3	55.00–79.00	$65.90	$412	—
755–765	760	2	40.00–59.00	$49.44	$376	—
910	910	1	70.00	$70.00	$637	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	100.00	$100.00	-20.00
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	-15.00
100–125	109	20	100.00–255.00	$187.00	+2.00
180	180	2	220.00	$220.00	—
215	215	1	335.00	$335.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	12	3	25.00–45.00	$31.67	-28.33
25	25	2	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
30–35	31	7	55.00–75.00	$65.00	-22.50
34	34	6	60.00	$60.00	-27.50
40	40	7	78.00	$78.00	-44.94
40–45	43	13	75.00–150.00	$113.85	-9.09
50–55	52	35	80.00–160.00	$129.93	+5.55
50–55	53	3	100.00–110.00	$106.88	-17.50
55	55	5	130.00	$130.00	+5.62
60–65	61	30	135.00–190.00	$170.67	+27.34
64–69	65	20	135.00–157.50	$139.99	-3.34
70–75	73	13	145.00–230.00	$186.15	-46.35
75–79	78	15	160.00	$160.00	-3.33
80–85	81	4	172.50–205.00	$180.50	+17.17
80–85	81	30	155.00–290.00	$206.33	+43.00
80–85	83	27	180.00–187.50	$182.40	-64.44
90	90	5	195.00–240.00	$229.00	+85.67
97	97	3	215.00	$215.00	-19.82
100	100	3	250.00	$250.00	+125.00

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–140	124	15	190.00–255.00	$227.24	+80.81
120–130	128	6	220.00–260.00	$240.00	+93.57
160	160	1	370.00	$370.00	+148.57
185–190	188	2	295.00–310.00	$302.60	+81.17

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	18	110.00	$110.00	+10.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-85.00
100–110	103	12	150.00–175.00	$158.87	-86.13
100–130	115	8	190.00–260.00	$221.25	-23.75
118	118	30	130.00	$130.00	-115.00
155	155	1	135.00	$135.00	-55.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	37.50	$37.50	-8.50
10–15	11	4	50.00–75.00	$56.25	+10.25
20	20	2	50.00	$50.00	-7.31
20–25	23	3	50.00–65.00	$56.67	-0.64
20–25	24	25	45.00–47.50	$47.17	-17.83
25	25	5	40.00	$40.00	-25.00
30–35	31	20	60.00–100.00	$68.75	-3.98
30–34	32	18	67.50–77.50	$73.36	+0.63
30–35	32	12	55.00–122.50	$90.21	+17.48
40	40	2	100.00–102.50	$101.25	+41.25
42–43	42	30	75.00–103.00	$83.54	-9.06
40–45	44	34	75.00–152.50	$131.91	+14.42
50	50	10	95.00	$95.00	-14.00
50–56	52	40	145.00–152.00	$147.78	+38.78
50–55	52	20	100.00–175.00	$146.00	+37.00
60	60	1	135.00	$135.00	-19.14
60–65	61	4	140.00–150.00	$142.50	-11.64
60–65	62	16	120.00–197.50	$158.28	+4.14
63	63	4	190.00	$190.00	+35.86
63–66	65	17	162.50–180.00	$170.90	+16.76
70	70	2	220.00	$220.00	+42.57
70–75	73	8	140.00–210.00	$179.38	+1.95
75–76	76	14	210.00	$210.00	+32.57
80	80	6	160.00–250.00	$179.17	+3.26
80–81	81	5	265.00	$265.00	+89.09
82	82	3	205.00	$205.00	+15.55
99	99	4	260.00	$260.00	+70.55
100	100	1	300.00	$300.00	+140.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	7	62.50	$62.50	—
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-25.00
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	+30.00
60	60	1	180.00	$180.00	+51.91
60	60	1	80.00	$80.00	-48.09
65	65	17	122.50	$122.50	-5.59
65	65	9	55.00	$55.00	-73.09
65	65	9	100.00	$100.00	-28.09
70–75	73	2	150.00–170.00	$160.00	+14.48
80	80	1	220.00	$220.00	+95.00
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	+25.00
87	87	3	165.00	$165.00	+9.84
90	90	4	112.50	$112.50	-46.20
90	90	3	115.00–230.00	$181.67	+22.97
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	+31.30
100	100	1	210.00	$210.00	+58.75
112	112	9	85.00	$85.00	-10.56
100–130	114	12	125.00–290.00	$208.33	+112.77
120	120	2	150.00	$150.00	-17.97
110–133	125	12	195.00–280.00	$255.13	+135.13
160	160	3	225.00	$225.00	-33.00

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	170.00	$170.00	—
80	80	2	220.00	$220.00	—
90	90	4	200.00–270.00	$225.00	—
100–130	122	34	230.00–280.00	$261.18	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	210.00	$210.00	—
70	70	2	220.00–280.00	$250.00	—
100	100	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
70	70	3	147.50	$147.50	-37.50
80	80	2	165.00	$165.00	-20.00
80	80	1	320.00	$320.00	+135.00
90	90	2	220.00	$220.00	+35.00
100–110	103	3	155.00–370.00	$226.67	+7.61
115–130	123	2	275.00–360.00	$320.10	+101.04
150	150	2	355.00–390.00	$372.50	+107.50
200	200	1	395.00	$395.00	+185.00

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	65.00	$65.00	—
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	3	172.50	$172.50	+22.50
92–97	93	5	205.00–215.00	$207.09	+57.09
100–120	112	5	205.00–240.00	$227.50	—
154–160	156	8	275.00–345.00	$293.01	—

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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.