South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 30, 2022

1,477 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.14/cwt -3.66 vs last sale · ≈ $606/hd at 473 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $134.84/cwt +5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $514/hd at 381 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.93/cwt +4.25 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 515 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,477	2,823	2,049
Feeder cattle	844	1,754	1,275
Slaughter cattle	266	510	309
Replacement cattle	96	215	103

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	200.00	$200.00	$400	—
200–240	220	2	175.00–190.00	$181.82	$400	—
255–295	274	6	162.50–185.00	$174.35	$478	-2.34
300–345	326	5	165.00–175.00	$170.38	$555	-2.99
360–375 fancy	368	2	175.00	$175.00	$644	—
350–395	373	11	157.50–175.00	$167.10	$623	-5.83
400–440	418	6	160.00–170.00	$164.56	$688	-7.31
460–480	469	4	149.00–165.00	$158.47	$743	-1.53
470 fancy	470	3	176.00	$176.00	$827	—
500–520	510	8	150.00–167.00	$159.85	$815	-3.15
540 fancy	540	8	179.50	$179.50	$969	—
550–585	563	8	149.00–165.00	$156.54	$881	-6.45
620	620	19	140.00–145.00	$144.74	$897	-15.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–248	242	4	141.00–152.50	$144.81	$350	-15.19
270–280	273	3	145.00–160.00	$153.41	$419	-5.12
305–345	322	7	145.00–155.00	$149.28	$481	-7.87
350–390	375	15	140.00–165.00	$150.48	$564	-6.33
400–440	421	9	130.00–155.00	$146.49	$617	-10.71
460–495	481	8	145.00–150.00	$147.21	$708	-7.64
520–545	531	7	135.00–148.00	$140.43	$746	-11.81
590	590	1	140.00	$140.00	$826	-10.10
600–640	611	4	135.00–142.50	$139.38	$852	-3.20
650–680	668	6	135.00–148.00	$142.33	$951	+0.93

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	279	9	130.00–147.50	$133.16	$372	-4.75
310	310	2	137.50–140.00	$138.75	$430	+1.34
350–395	373	12	130.00–140.00	$134.78	$503	+0.94
400–445	421	7	120.00–140.00	$135.02	$568	+0.82
450–485	471	5	121.00–131.00	$125.90	$593	-8.30
555–560	558	2	120.00	$120.00	$670	-15.69
720–725	723	2	120.00–129.00	$124.52	$900	—
763	763	2	119.00	$119.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	230	3	110.00–120.00	$113.26	$260	-32.12
275–295	285	5	110.00–120.00	$112.45	$320	-32.06
300–335	311	7	100.00–122.50	$110.40	$343	-24.91
350–395	379	14	110.00–127.50	$118.26	$448	-5.48
405–425	415	2	102.50–110.00	$106.34	$441	-33.80
505	505	1	117.50	$117.50	$593	-1.50
570–595	583	2	110.00–112.50	$111.22	$648	—
640	640	1	129.00	$129.00	$826	—
655–665	660	3	105.00–110.00	$107.66	$711	-3.00
720	720	1	105.00	$105.00	$756	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	266	6	120.00–135.00	$126.18	$336	-5.57
305–344	333	11	125.00–135.00	$133.21	$444	+5.79
350–395	381	20	120.00–140.00	$134.84	$514	+5.69
405–445	427	9	120.00–139.00	$128.81	$550	-2.82
450–495	473	27	115.00–135.00	$128.14	$606	-3.66
500–545	518	12	115.00–134.00	$125.76	$651	+5.76
550–590	573	18	120.00–130.00	$127.39	$730	-2.96
600–630	609	5	115.00–128.00	$119.21	$726	-0.51
650–665	658	2	115.00–116.00	$115.49	$760	+10.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	145.00–155.00	$149.89	$345	-0.11
250–285	268	6	140.00–150.00	$146.68	$393	-0.63
315–340	332	3	139.00–140.00	$139.66	$464	-6.79
350–390	374	7	140.00–155.00	$143.70	$537	-4.50
400–425	413	5	140.00–145.00	$141.99	$586	-0.91
440 fancy	440	1	151.00	$151.00	$664	+2.00
450–485	468	12	137.50–147.50	$142.36	$666	+0.16
503–515 fancy	509	10	149.00–155.00	$151.99	$774	+0.22
505–545	522	9	133.00–150.00	$139.20	$727	-1.32
555–590	570	12	135.00–140.00	$136.40	$777	-1.91
600–615	609	5	129.00–138.00	$132.01	$804	+0.72
620 value added	620	4	133.00	$133.00	$825	—
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	271	4	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$305	-3.96
340	340	2	120.00	$120.00	$408	+4.48
355–395	380	4	110.00–120.00	$116.18	$441	-0.52
425–445	434	4	110.00–127.50	$116.81	$507	-0.21
450–495	474	7	110.00–125.00	$116.71	$553	+3.41
625–640	632	3	100.00–105.00	$101.98	$645	-2.97
710–725	715	3	100.00–115.00	$106.62	$762	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	-35.00
370	370	3	110.00	$110.00	$407	-3.46
430	430	1	112.00	$112.00	$482	-6.20
455–495	478	6	100.00–113.00	$107.56	$514	-8.93
505	505	1	110.00	$110.00	$556	-16.00
550	550	1	107.00	$107.00	$588	-3.00
575	575	1	102.50	$102.50	$589	-11.39
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	9	130.00–157.50	$148.19	$625	-2.19
450–495	480	10	133.00–155.00	$147.02	$706	-2.55
505–540	523	6	132.50–150.00	$138.47	$724	-4.09
555–595	578	5	125.00–135.00	$130.60	$755	-11.17
612–630	617	7	130.00–136.00	$134.08	$827	+7.88
650–675	665	3	123.00–133.00	$126.93	$844	+0.10
710	710	1	119.00	$119.00	$845	+4.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	420	—	—	5	155.00–170.00	$162.15	$681	-6.91
450–490	474	—	—	8	160.00–170.00	$164.25	$779	+3.78
505–545	527	—	—	11	152.50–160.00	$155.58	$820	-2.53
550–585	564	—	—	9	150.00–161.00	$153.89	$868	-1.00
600–630	610	—	—	3	138.00–142.00	$139.97	$854	-1.28
895	895	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	73.00	$73.00	$653	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	419	11	121.00–140.00	$126.97	$532	-0.94
450–495	471	5	112.00–130.00	$122.46	$577	-5.49
520	520	1	125.00	$125.00	$650	-0.50
570–585	574	8	110.00–125.00	$118.74	$682	-6.79
605–640	626	4	110.00–125.00	$117.72	$737	+0.90
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	-13.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	429	6	105.00–115.00	$110.00	$472	-17.73
455–495	484	4	102.50–115.00	$107.59	$521	-19.99
500–545	523	2	115.00	$115.00	$601	-2.54
555–590	573	2	100.00–111.00	$105.33	$604	-14.67
600–610	605	2	111.00–115.00	$113.02	$684	+5.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,220.00	$1,220.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–2010	1171	80-85%	27	55.00–80.00	$68.79	$806	+1.04
1020–1415	1211	80-85%	5	89.00–107.00	$94.35	$1,143	+12.49
1000–2090	1235	80-85%	85	75.00–97.00	$82.57	$1,020	+0.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1430	972	85-90%	35	48.00–72.00	$61.25	$595	-28.75
635–1760	1094	85-90%	28	69.00–85.00	$77.45	$847	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$831	—
1200–1585	1413	75-80%	11	77.00–95.00	$82.87	$1,171	—
1570	1570	75-80%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,366	+18.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1680	1058	5	66.00–88.00	$78.58	$831	—
1300–2000	1585	17	94.00–116.00	$105.91	$1,679	+1.66
1385–2125	1755	2	115.00–117.00	$116.21	$2,039	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–625	620	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–70.00	$65.04	$403
675–880	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	65.00–96.00	$82.54	$631

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	87.50	$87.50	$735
815–960	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	92.50–95.00	$93.65	$832

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	380.00	$380.00
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	360.00	$360.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	37.50	$37.50	$272
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$389

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,086

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	920.00	$920.00
970–1135	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	760.00–1,050.00	$857.58
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1030–1165	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	970.00–1,000.00	$984.08
1095–1570	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	825.00–1,375.00	$1,021.84

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
685–930	828	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–900.00	$737.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1060–1290	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,100.00	$957.68

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
925–990	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	940.00–950.00	$945.17

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$873
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$843

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$528
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	52.50	$52.50	$478

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$538
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	72.50	$72.50	$616

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$484

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–195	149	33	67.50–120.00	$94.64	$141	-0.98
123–175	149	4	85.00	$85.00	$127	-10.62
160	160	1	75.00	$75.00	$120	+14.03
200–290	248	10	77.00–100.00	$84.99	$211	+13.77
300–340	316	4	80.00–90.00	$84.74	$268	+27.24
345	345	1	65.00	$65.00	$224	-13.76
407	407	2	80.00	$80.00	$326	+17.50

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–365	343	2	30.00	$30.00	$103	—
510–530	520	2	8.00–12.00	$9.96	$52	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	70.00–140.00	$95.00	-1.67
60	60	2	95.00–110.00	$102.50	-37.50
70–75	73	3	150.00–185.00	$166.67	+18.34
80–85	82	3	120.00–130.00	$125.83	-37.92
85	85	2	180.00–195.00	$187.50	+23.75
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	-23.75
85	85	1	185.00	$185.00	+21.25
100	100	2	180.00	$180.00	-42.50
100	100	1	145.00	$145.00	-77.50
100	100	1	145.00	$145.00	-77.50
100–135	116	9	180.00–260.00	$228.33	+5.83
150	150	1	175.00	$175.00	-46.00
150–180	158	4	280.00–325.00	$297.50	+76.50
200	200	1	305.00	$305.00	+60.00

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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
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1015–1280	1132	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,380.00–1,925.00	$1,524.68	+56.16
1000–1410	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,425.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–1065	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,230.00–1,475.00	$1,360.14	+335.14
790–1225	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,500.00	$1,314.83	+118.47
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	-127.91
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-50.00
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	-86.84
770–990	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,129.86	+68.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	21	16	40.00–85.00	$65.31	-2.28
25	25	1	45.00	$45.00	-22.59
30	30	3	45.00	$45.00	-39.17
30–35	32	24	60.00–100.00	$76.15	-8.02
40–45	41	8	75.00–125.00	$107.50	+5.83
45	45	1	110.00	$110.00	+8.33
50	50	16	85.00–145.00	$123.75	+48.75
50	50	14	120.00–175.00	$131.43	+56.43
60	60	13	150.00–175.00	$153.85	+8.85
60–65	64	9	140.00–180.00	$152.78	-7.85
75	75	1	245.00	$245.00	+60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	115.00–125.00	$120.00	+35.00
50	50	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-2.50
60	60	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	+15.83
65	65	1	105.00	$105.00	-23.13
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	+0.83
70–75	71	4	145.00–160.00	$155.00	+55.83
80	80	4	170.00–180.00	$175.00	-10.00
85	85	1	55.00	$55.00	-58.33
100–125	108	3	75.00–80.00	$76.67	-58.33
100–140	116	10	170.00–225.00	$194.50	+59.50
135	135	1	140.00	$140.00	-72.86
150	150	2	245.00–250.00	$247.50	+65.83

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	35.00	$35.00	-24.55
40	40	6	50.00	$50.00	+25.00
60	60	4	100.00	$100.00	+35.00
73	73	4	65.00	$65.00	±0.00
92	92	2	92.50	$92.50	+27.50
123	123	2	85.00	$85.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233–295	254	3	60.00–65.00	$63.06	$160	+0.56

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	200.00	$200.00	+32.50
80	80	2	170.00	$170.00	-5.00
85	85	1	170.00	$170.00	-5.00
100	100	1	220.00	$220.00	—
150	150	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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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.