light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers$199.84/cwt+27.44 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 429 lb · 10 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
408
378
338
Feeder cattle
103
165
27
Slaughter cattle
305
213
311
Market comments — USDA reporter
No comparison to last week due to the Holiday but slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were trending lower but a good offering of steers and heifers with active buyer participation. No coverage on cows and bulls this week. All classes of feeder calves were trend sharply higher with lost of buyer interest.
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
No comparison to last week due to the Holiday but slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were trending lower but a good offering of steers and heifers with active buyer participation. No coverage on cows and bulls this week. All classes of feeder calves were trend sharply higher with lost of buyer interest.