Incredibly wet after the rains and flooding to have much of a run this week. Our market was tested lightly this week, but it’s still so high you can’t complain when you get a sellers check. The cow market was also outstanding today with strong demand for bred cows. With low cow numbers across the country, replacements are starting to get harder to find. If you can keep your bigger heifers or young cows now is the time to hold on to them.
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
Incredibly wet after the rains and flooding to have much of a run this week. Our market was tested lightly this week, but it’s still so high you can’t complain when you get a sellers check. The cow market was also outstanding today with strong demand for bred cows. With low cow numbers across the country, replacements are starting to get harder to find. If you can keep your bigger heifers or young cows now is the time to hold on to them.