Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 12, 2023

5,157 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $176.36/cwt -13.64 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 386 lb · 14 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.48/cwt -48.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,157/hd at 667 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $189.08/cwt -2.63 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 423 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,157	4,272	4,762
Feeder cattle	667	470	523
Slaughter cattle	2,913	2,306	2,638
Replacement cattle	16	—	4

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1178	1178	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,791	+13.03
1145–1615	1406	14	114.00–172.00	$146.52	$2,060	-34.09
1225–1540	1409	4	168.00–171.00	$169.96	$2,395	-10.65
1355–1625	1461	5	160.00–175.00	$166.01	$2,425	+0.90
1415–1610	1505	6	182.00–186.00	$185.02	$2,785	-2.25
1300–1680	1510	16	177.00–187.00	$181.00	$2,733	-6.27
1260–1705	1526	61	160.00–181.00	$175.51	$2,678	-11.76
1480–1600	1532	13	180.00–183.00	$181.12	$2,775	-6.15
1250–1695	1540	50	174.50–181.00	$177.90	$2,740	-5.36
1340–1825	1591	16	183.00–188.00	$185.45	$2,951	+2.93
1558–1775	1609	20	174.00–183.00	$179.75	$2,892	-3.16
1505–1845	1658	54	174.00–184.00	$180.54	$2,993	-2.90
1610–1770	1705	3	172.00–173.00	$172.69	$2,944	—
1740	1740	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,401	—
1710–1775	1743	2	179.00	$179.00	$3,120	—
1820	1820	2	168.00–173.00	$170.50	$3,103	+4.08
1855–1905	1876	4	160.00–170.00	$166.00	$3,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	185.00	$185.00	$268	—
190	190	1	165.00	$165.00	$314	—
310–340	330	3	147.00–190.00	$176.54	$583	-23.46
350–360	358	5	142.00–210.00	$189.66	$679	+7.95
405–441	423	12	140.00–225.00	$189.08	$800	-2.63
460–480	472	5	170.00–235.00	$191.69	$905	-8.31
502–505	503	3	170.00–210.00	$196.61	$989	+16.61
565–580	568	5	117.00–195.00	$179.07	$1,017	+8.16
605–640	629	9	1.00–190.00	$104.95	$660	-90.05
651–685	660	4	165.00–180.00	$168.89	$1,115	-8.51
720–745	733	2	140.00–160.00	$149.83	$1,098	-31.81
775	775	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,318	-8.45
805	805	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,288	+13.05
855–880	870	3	135.00–170.00	$154.89	$1,348	-5.11
905	905	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,511	-25.00
1080	1080	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,620	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	219	4	200.00–255.00	$241.06	$528	—
250	250	1	255.00	$255.00	$638	—
355–385	373	4	187.00–230.00	$206.34	$770	-18.66
402–425	417	5	190.00–250.00	$223.35	$931	-10.40
450–460	455	2	205.00–255.00	$229.73	$1,045	+16.32
548	548	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,069	-39.91
580–596	584	4	182.50–212.00	$204.47	$1,194	-40.51
605–631	622	3	180.00–190.00	$183.24	$1,140	-24.67
702–733	721	5	177.00–180.00	$178.17	$1,285	-87.83
755	755	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,374	-73.70
810	810	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,336	-94.16
860–895	872	3	170.00–172.00	$171.32	$1,494	-88.68
915	915	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,464	-68.52
1080	1080	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,782	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627	627	2	145.00	$145.00	$909	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	—
800	800	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,136	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	250.00	$250.00	$575	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	1	137.50	$137.50	$390	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	1	70.00	$70.00	$38	+20.00
62	62	1	300.00	$300.00	$186	+250.00
65	65	1	300.00	$300.00	$195	+250.00
70	70	1	50.00	$50.00	$35	-170.00
70–74	73	3	300.00–470.00	$412.02	$301	+342.11
70–75	73	2	80.00–100.00	$89.66	$65	+19.75
72–75	74	3	80.00–105.00	$88.14	$65	+18.23
80	80	1	360.00	$360.00	$288	+240.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	$104	+10.00
80–86	82	5	10.00–105.00	$68.79	$56	+8.12
80–88	83	11	420.00–515.00	$467.94	$388	+437.64
80–88	84	6	50.00–170.00	$110.32	$93	+80.02
90–96	92	3	70.00–150.00	$102.72	$95	-28.33
90–96	92	11	75.00–175.00	$132.45	$122	+1.40
92–94	93	4	415.00–540.00	$474.60	$441	+8.29
100–105	101	8	350.00–490.00	$431.43	$436	+298.51
100–108	103	3	125.00–170.00	$147.73	$152	+49.93
105	105	1	360.00	$360.00	$378	+262.20
110	110	1	310.00	$310.00	$341	+10.00
110–112	111	3	430.00–455.00	$445.06	$494	+145.06
120	120	2	360.00–420.00	$390.00	$468	+225.00
125	125	1	200.00	$200.00	$250	+35.00
1110	1110	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,554	±0.00
1230	1230	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,833	-15.93
1275	1275	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,466	-21.00
1078–1675	1327	11	141.00–175.00	$163.95	$2,176	+15.95
1340	1340	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,332	+26.00
1396–1479	1438	8	177.00–178.50	$177.73	$2,556	+4.83
1290–1656	1470	10	171.00–181.00	$176.15	$2,589	—
1715–1815	1765	2	145.00–152.00	$148.40	$2,619	—
1795	1795	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–170	168	2	205.00–230.00	$217.69	$366	—
200–237	223	7	140.00–225.00	$207.25	$462	—
270–285	278	4	105.00–205.00	$138.13	$384	-61.87
312–340	324	7	165.00–220.00	$190.30	$617	-5.68
372–395	386	14	130.00–210.00	$176.36	$681	-13.64
430–447	437	7	95.00–185.00	$164.66	$720	-10.34
450–487	472	7	125.00–185.00	$164.35	$776	-10.99
510–540	526	11	137.00–180.00	$167.98	$884	-3.86
570–590	582	5	165.00–190.00	$173.48	$1,010	+6.53
600–645	618	8	107.50–170.00	$158.38	$979	-10.40
670–685	676	4	150.00–185.00	$166.23	$1,124	-3.77
720–745	733	3	152.00–165.00	$159.02	$1,166	-4.76
750–780	765	2	120.00–145.00	$132.25	$1,012	-42.75
805	805	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,328	-20.00
865–880	873	2	127.00–170.00	$148.32	$1,295	-16.68

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	210.00–225.00	$217.50	$500	—
275–297	289	7	200.00–210.00	$205.76	$595	+5.76
302–335	324	3	190.00–200.00	$196.89	$638	—
387	387	2	200.00	$200.00	$774	-2.04
436–440	438	2	167.50–195.00	$181.31	$794	-18.43
455–485	468	6	170.00–195.00	$180.68	$846	-27.94
500–546	518	4	170.00–190.00	$183.65	$951	-34.83
583–590	585	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,024	-67.00
605–638	622	2	160.00–185.00	$172.17	$1,071	-44.18
651–675	667	13	167.50–185.00	$173.48	$1,157	-48.06
705–735	714	8	160.00–177.00	$172.57	$1,232	-54.09
750–790	781	6	152.50–175.00	$168.03	$1,312	-66.97
816–830	818	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,472	-46.97
852–870	862	6	145.00–175.00	$157.58	$1,358	-37.42
925–936	928	4	150.00–162.00	$158.97	$1,475	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	—
657–676	661	5	135.00–190.00	$178.75	$1,182	—
710	710	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,384	—
830	830	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,618	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
224–232	228	2	200.00–215.00	$207.63	$473	—
284	284	1	180.00	$180.00	$511	—
306	306	1	300.00	$300.00	$918	—
564	564	1	150.00	$150.00	$846	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	170.00	$170.00	$910	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	1	175.00	$175.00	$514	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	1	142.50	$142.50	$858	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	$20	—
58	58	1	150.00	$150.00	$87	+140.00
60	60	2	600.00	$600.00	$360	+590.00
60–65	63	5	10.00–50.00	$24.13	$15	+14.13
66–68	67	2	90.00–200.00	$145.82	$98	-39.18
70	70	1	50.00	$50.00	$35	-135.00
70	70	1	250.00	$250.00	$175	+65.00
70–78	73	10	70.00–200.00	$134.09	$98	-101.81
70–76	73	2	10.00–25.00	$17.19	$13	-218.71
70–78	74	4	260.00–320.00	$293.18	$217	+132.76
70–78	75	4	200.00–320.00	$264.09	$198	+229.09
78	78	1	80.00	$80.00	$62	-170.00
80–85	82	5	15.00–90.00	$52.59	$43	-6.24
80–88	83	19	100.00–250.00	$161.13	$134	-283.07
80–88	84	17	210.00–330.00	$277.14	$233	+132.93
80–88	84	12	485.00–590.00	$540.78	$454	+396.57
80–88	84	38	230.00–350.00	$309.29	$260	+165.08
85	85	1	200.00	$200.00	$170	+120.00
90	90	1	375.00	$375.00	$338	+317.50
90–95	91	5	15.00–135.00	$60.82	$55	-133.21
90–98	92	9	100.00–250.00	$186.95	$172	-7.08
90–98	92	50	180.00–305.00	$270.63	$249	+76.60
90–98	93	26	400.00–605.00	$528.86	$492	+237.12
90–98	93	102	250.00–350.00	$306.73	$285	+14.99
100–106	101	12	110.00–265.00	$187.84	$190	-337.29
100–106	101	46	200.00–395.00	$284.24	$287	-240.89
100–105	103	2	440.00–450.00	$445.12	$458	+44.31
100–108	103	79	280.00–360.00	$312.73	$322	-88.08
100–108	103	13	300.00–590.00	$495.49	$510	+94.68
105	105	1	325.00	$325.00	$341	+25.00
105	105	1	75.00	$75.00	$79	-225.00
108	108	1	30.00	$30.00	$32	-380.00
110	110	1	330.00	$330.00	$363	-80.00
110–115	111	5	50.00–150.00	$102.43	$114	-173.80
110–118	112	36	285.00–335.00	$310.26	$347	+10.30
110–118	112	20	250.00–315.00	$281.70	$316	-18.26
110–115	112	16	450.00–570.00	$485.75	$544	+185.79
120	120	1	310.00	$310.00	$372	-80.00
120–124	121	7	250.00–275.00	$264.20	$320	-125.80
120–125	122	13	280.00–320.00	$293.36	$358	+82.03
125	125	1	80.00	$80.00	$100	-210.00
125	125	3	425.00–460.00	$440.00	$550	+150.00
130–135	133	2	230.00–235.00	$232.45	$309	-142.55
135	135	1	360.00	$360.00	$486	-15.00
155	155	1	285.00	$285.00	$442	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–148	136	—	—	3	225.00–270.00	$243.45	$331	—
200–201	201	—	—	3	240.00	$240.00	$482	+10.00
265–285	275	—	—	2	200.00–215.00	$207.77	$571	-7.23
309	309	—	—	2	300.00	$300.00	$927	+90.00
380	380	—	—	1	230.00	$230.00	$874	+49.42
400–445	428	—	—	7	195.00–235.00	$219.13	$938	—
475–490	485	—	—	3	215.00–235.00	$223.42	$1,084	+18.48
505–540	523	—	—	6	202.00–220.00	$211.96	$1,109	—
565–590	580	—	—	5	205.00–220.00	$210.84	$1,223	+13.04
615	615	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,138	-24.12
665–697	685	—	—	5	150.00–190.00	$159.76	$1,094	—
747	747	—	—	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,270	-4.57
812	812	—	—	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,157	—
950	950	—	—	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,254	—
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,677	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	235.00	$235.00	$458	—
200–235	215	3	200.00–225.00	$211.40	$455	+121.40
305–325	313	6	165.00–235.00	$210.44	$659	+50.44
365–380	373	6	175.00–225.00	$197.86	$738	+23.89
475	475	1	195.00	$195.00	$926	+17.55
575	575	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,208	+48.22
615	615	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	+11.65
660–680	670	2	135.00–170.00	$152.24	$1,020	-7.76
710	710	1	112.00	$112.00	$795	-42.60
755	755	1	132.00	$132.00	$997	—
985	985	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,300	-18.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	105.00	$105.00	$147	—
300–345	323	3	145.00–167.00	$154.86	$500	+4.86
375	375	1	142.00	$142.00	$532	—
422–430	425	3	102.00–147.00	$131.81	$560	—
505–515	510	2	110.00–117.00	$113.53	$579	—
590	590	1	75.00	$75.00	$442	-40.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
854	854	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,196	—
994	994	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,342	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	1	130.00	$130.00	$764	—
630	630	1	132.50	$132.50	$835	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1008	1008	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,401	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	96.00	$96.00	$936	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1815	1571	75-80%	12	85.00–95.00	$90.24	$1,418	—
1140–2060	1648	75-80%	112	86.00–117.00	$101.34	$1,670	+13.21
1505–2245	1772	75-80%	41	105.00–116.00	$109.44	$1,939	-0.48

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1815	1381	80-85%	27	92.00–117.00	$100.53	$1,388	+8.03
1150–1645	1398	80-85%	17	75.00–88.00	$81.88	$1,145	-10.62
968–1958	1416	80-85%	97	70.00–114.00	$89.71	$1,270	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1475	1267	85-90%	9	55.00–66.00	$61.07	$774	-33.07
846–1920	1268	85-90%	29	41.00–84.00	$70.76	$897	-23.38
850–1660	1291	85-90%	76	55.00–91.00	$80.63	$1,041	—
1010–1785	1401	85-90%	16	86.00–99.00	$91.80	$1,286	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1954	1692	65-75%	23	103.00–127.00	$109.70	$1,856	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1105	1085	2	90.00–98.00	$93.93	$1,019	—
975–2245	1505	12	109.00–126.00	$118.06	$1,777	+1.64
1988–2110	2029	3	138.00–145.00	$142.02	$2,882	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1372–1500	1446	4	111.00–125.00	$118.67	$1,716	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–750	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–87.00	$81.06	$602
1550	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,472

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	95.00	$95.00	$940
700–1440	1079	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	87.00–96.00	$90.93	$981
1555	1555	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,648

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$632
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,534

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1216–1455	1359	9	125.00–157.00	$142.76	$1,940	—
1546	1546	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,458	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	140.00	$140.00	$301	—
315	315	1	105.00	$105.00	$331	-30.00
915–935	925	2	70.00–145.00	$107.91	$998	—
970	970	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,261	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	105.00	$105.00	$304	—
420–440	433	3	112.00–115.00	$112.97	$489	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
148	148	1	115.00	$115.00	$170	—
155–188	172	2	90.00–165.00	$131.11	$226	—
205–218	212	3	145.00–190.00	$164.62	$349	—
255–285	277	6	115.00–150.00	$140.37	$389	+45.37
430–435	433	2	135.00–145.00	$140.03	$606	+8.35
456	456	1	130.00	$130.00	$593	-7.41
522–530	527	3	120.00–170.00	$153.50	$809	+36.50
555–564	558	3	120.00–130.00	$124.20	$693	-13.90
604–625	609	7	110.00–200.00	$146.03	$889	+17.08
708–710	709	2	125.00	$125.00	$886	—
760–795	780	3	125.00–170.00	$145.39	$1,134	—
835	835	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,144	—
975	975	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,316	—
1090	1090	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,608	—
1100	1100	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,452	—
1275	1275	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,887	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1490	1330	6	110.00–140.00	$121.56	$1,617	—
1030–1588	1358	6	128.00–154.00	$143.26	$1,945	—
1260–1742	1474	10	146.00–164.00	$152.39	$2,246	+15.37

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	3	110.00	$110.00	$160	—
370	370	1	97.00	$97.00	$359	—
422–442	432	4	85.00–150.00	$116.75	$504	—
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	—
580	580	2	125.00	$125.00	$725	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	82.00	$82.00	$316	—

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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.