Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 27, 2026

964 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $477.13/cwt +4.39 vs last sale · ≈ $2,255/hd at 473 lb · 35 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $504.87/cwt -15.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,894/hd at 375 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $583.24/cwt -28.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,213/hd at 379 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	964	1,283	1,372
Feeder cattle	673	1,030	945
Slaughter cattle	176	141	256
Replacement cattle	115	112	171

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week's sale; Steer calves 300-500 lbs sold lower while 500-600 lbs were higher. Feeder steers had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were lower and 400-500 lbs sold higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Trade and demand were moderate on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance.

▲ Feeder heifers: Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were lower and 400-500 lbs sold higher
▲ Feeder steers: Steer calves 300-500 lbs sold lower while 500-600 lbs were higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 unweaned	320	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,856	—
320–342	336	6	610.00–640.00	$628.31	$2,111	+26.33
373–375 value added	374	3	607.00–645.00	$632.29	$2,365	—
360–395	379	23	565.00–595.00	$580.60	$2,200	-2.23
393 unweaned	393	2	540.00	$540.00	$2,122	—
400–435	420	16	567.00–580.00	$573.18	$2,407	+0.27
438	438	3	515.00	$515.00	$2,256	-57.91
460 thin fleshed	460	1	562.00	$562.00	$2,585	—
460–463 unweaned	462	3	490.00–500.00	$496.68	$2,295	+86.68
455–498	486	11	520.00–550.00	$525.33	$2,553	+4.52
495	495	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,500	-15.81
505–525	516	7	470.00–480.00	$474.25	$2,447	-12.39
500–545	524	19	485.00–525.00	$501.24	$2,626	+14.60
575	575	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,415	+8.78
565–587	578	18	445.00–480.00	$453.87	$2,623	-3.90
600–620	607	3	392.00–400.00	$397.27	$2,411	-19.88
600–640	612	4	440.00–445.00	$442.29	$2,707	+25.14
620–645	633	2	380.00–390.00	$385.10	$2,438	-32.05
670 value added	670	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,881	—
660–678	674	5	357.00–360.00	$359.41	$2,422	-49.68
660–697	690	6	380.00–390.00	$384.95	$2,656	-24.14
700	700	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,590	-9.54
735–744	742	8	375.00–400.00	$388.77	$2,885	+9.23
750–765	758	2	350.00–367.00	$358.58	$2,718	+6.24
828	828	2	370.00	$370.00	$3,064	—
840	840	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,856	—
880	880	1	342.00	$342.00	$3,010	—
965	965	1	322.00	$322.00	$3,107	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	3	445.00–480.00	$456.60	$1,539	—
428–440	429	11	475.00–495.00	$493.14	$2,116	+13.14
470	470	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,762	-75.00
520–540	527	3	425.00–445.00	$438.16	$2,309	+23.71
565–581	576	7	375.00–410.00	$393.07	$2,264	—
615–630	623	2	350.00–360.00	$355.06	$2,212	-14.94
730–745	737	3	310.00–330.00	$316.74	$2,334	—
760	760	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,432	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,855	—
440	440	1	545.00	$545.00	$2,398	—
503–540	512	5	455.00–495.00	$467.19	$2,392	—
543	543	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,416	—
660–695	678	5	280.00–375.00	$342.40	$2,321	—
710	710	1	302.00	$302.00	$2,144	—
860	860	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,838	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,814	—
558–581	568	14	360.00–387.00	$375.16	$2,131	—
600	600	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,250	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	595.00	$595.00	$2,023	—
420	420	1	530.00	$530.00	$2,226	—
585	585	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,282	—
630	630	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,709	—
1010	1010	1	262.00	$262.00	$2,646	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
250–275	263	2	1,675.00–1,725.00	$1,698.81	+98.81
275 unweaned	275	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
225	225	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	530.00	$530.00	$2,120	—
605	605	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,662	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,480	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,014	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	287.00	$287.00	$2,181	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,492	+25.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,246	-80.00
305–326	319	9	535.00–565.00	$546.40	$1,743	+29.93
320–338	334	5	470.00–500.00	$494.25	$1,651	-22.22
354–385 unweaned	359	6	475.00	$475.00	$1,705	—
360–385	371	10	527.00–555.00	$538.53	$1,998	-18.87
368–387	383	9	485.00	$485.00	$1,858	-20.97
398	398	3	512.00	$512.00	$2,038	+6.03
400–435	420	3	450.00–475.00	$464.84	$1,952	-46.43
410–435	420	9	512.00–530.00	$520.83	$2,187	+9.56
458–490	470	22	450.00–475.00	$462.41	$2,173	+52.41
450–495	477	13	490.00–525.00	$502.03	$2,395	+92.03
508–548	518	8	420.00–425.00	$421.94	$2,186	-11.44
515–536	527	8	435.00–470.00	$443.08	$2,335	+9.70
563–565	564	5	425.00–430.00	$428.00	$2,414	+23.00
602 value added	602	9	417.00	$417.00	$2,510	—
605–628	617	7	357.00–375.00	$368.10	$2,271	+43.07
650–671	669	11	370.00–385.00	$382.76	$2,561	—
650–688	672	4	352.00–357.00	$355.77	$2,391	—
700–745	719	4	350.00–370.00	$357.91	$2,573	+10.91
747	747	9	340.00	$340.00	$2,540	-7.00
770–790	782	3	327.00–345.00	$334.01	$2,612	-40.99
820	820	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,829	—
855	855	12	335.00–340.00	$339.58	$2,903	—
971 fancy	971	5	260.00	$260.00	$2,525	—
980–990	985	2	220.00–230.00	$224.97	$2,216	—
1018–1047	1033	6	219.00–225.00	$222.04	$2,294	—
1065	1065	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,503	—
1180	1180	5	280.00	$280.00	$3,304	—
1215	1215	1	198.00	$198.00	$2,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,312	—
353 unweaned	353	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,430	—
405–425	415	4	370.00–395.00	$379.76	$1,576	-5.24
455–480	465	3	410.00–440.00	$428.57	$1,993	—
540	540	4	410.00	$410.00	$2,214	+25.36
555–585	565	5	352.00–390.00	$376.51	$2,127	+39.31
610	610	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,922	+15.00
700–720	710	2	290.00–310.00	$299.86	$2,129	-5.14
810	810	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,511	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,641	—
320–345	333	2	560.00–575.00	$567.78	$1,891	—
350	350	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,488	—
480	480	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,160	—
545	545	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,044	—
560	560	2	350.00–388.00	$369.00	$2,066	—
650	650	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,275	—
995	995	1	252.00	$252.00	$2,507	—
1030	1030	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,936	—
1108	1108	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,659	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	6	385.00	$385.00	$2,071	—
607	607	11	372.00	$372.00	$2,258	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	433	3	490.00–505.00	$494.73	$2,142	+19.73
625	625	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	—
630	630	1	352.00	$352.00	$2,218	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,261	—
705	705	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,644	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
255	255	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,540	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	—	—	3	575.00	$575.00	$2,082	+40.00
407	407	—	—	3	580.00	$580.00	$2,361	+105.00
455–485	472	—	—	18	480.00–505.00	$501.03	$2,365	+57.68
525	525	—	—	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,362	—
558–575	565	—	—	5	445.00–460.00	$453.89	$2,564	—
608	608	—	—	5	460.00	$460.00	$2,797	+85.00
675	675	—	—	2	407.00	$407.00	$2,747	—
717–735	719	—	—	10	387.00–400.00	$388.33	$2,792	—
970–1230	1100	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	195.00–270.00	$232.50	$2,558	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105 unweaned	105	2	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,287.50	+37.50
190	190	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
210	210	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
255 unweaned	255	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,838	—
675	675	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,599	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,914	—
485	485	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,086	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,184	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,102	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	80-85%	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,232	—
785–855	820	80-85%	7	168.00–170.00	$168.69	$1,383	—
750–1135	1000	80-85%	3	183.00–200.00	$189.70	$1,897	—
915–1610	1216	80-85%	37	158.00–171.00	$165.02	$2,007	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
851–880	861	75-80%	14	173.00–176.00	$174.91	$1,506	—
970–1438	1211	75-80%	15	169.00–178.00	$172.79	$2,092	-4.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–785	705	85-90%	3	141.00–157.00	$150.87	$1,064	+8.53
860	860	85-90%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,066	—
942–1590	1139	85-90%	17	153.00–170.00	$156.53	$1,783	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	1	219.00	$219.00	$3,022	—
1165–1995	1454	10	192.00–205.00	$197.84	$2,877	—
1355–1975	1706	12	205.00–219.00	$212.38	$3,623	+0.51

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–770 fancy	671	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	310.00–345.00	$315.00	$2,114
720–985	819	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	290.00–327.00	$303.42	$2,485
755–885	819	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	217.00–255.00	$238.00	$1,949

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1095	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	210.00–260.00	$246.43	$2,284

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00
948–990	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,160.00
880–1258	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,283.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–870	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,450.00	$2,325.00
850–1065	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,616.67
845–1195	1036	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,750.00
830–1335	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,700.00
995–1355	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,775.00
1273	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,400.00	$3,400.00
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
730–940	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,700.00
920–1055	988	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–920	866	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,800.00–3,200.00	$2,920.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
779	779	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
758	758	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499	499	14	455.00	$455.00	$2,270	—
565	565	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,288	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–940	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–3,200.00	$2,950.00	—
850–1105	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,300.00–3,700.00	$3,533.33	—
1015–1360	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,500.00–3,850.00	$3,612.50	—
1115–1251	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1000–1335	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00–3,100.00	$3,066.67	—
1315	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	-666.67
1435	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805–1175	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,225.00	-575.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	310.00	$310.00	$914	—
375	375	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,162	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	13	530.00	$530.00	$1,246	—
285	285	3	485.00	$485.00	$1,382	—
313	313	28	527.00	$527.00	$1,650	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,778	—
1095	1095	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,752	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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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.