light 5-weight M&L 1 steers$318.10/cwt≈ $1,734/hd at 545 lb · 292 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers$339.73/cwt+13.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,631/hd at 480 lb · 242 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers$237.34/cwt+10.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,110/hd at 889 lb · 159 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
2,164
1,074
3,810
Feeder cattle
2,164
1,074
3,810
Market comments — USDA reporter
Sale not recently reported, therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. All the Yearlings were off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh with no tagg and a favorable weigh-up. This sale was the first real test of the season for Spring Calves coming straight off the cow. There were several sets of high quality calves with quite a few buyers getting in on the action. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 15, Expecting 8,000 head, consisting nearly entirely of Spring Calves.
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.
Cattle Market
Sale not recently reported, therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. All the Yearlings were off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh with no tagg and a favorable weigh-up. This sale was the first real test of the season for Spring Calves coming straight off the cow. There were several sets of high quality calves with quite a few buyers getting in on the action. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 15, Expecting 8,000 head, consisting nearly entirely of Spring Calves.