Auction price guide
Holstein auction prices
Historical sold per-head auction records with valuation-ready catalog evidence. Use these as market context, not as a current quote or appraisal.
Methodology
Creatures includes a public auction record only when it is a sold live animal priced per head and its catalog provides breed, normalized sex, age, identity or description, plus supporting size, registration, or pedigree evidence. Missing registration evidence stays unknown.
Sales through Aug 8, 2026. Data release current release. Computed Aug 20, 2026.
Price trend
Monthly buckets are shown because enough months have at least 15 qualifying records.
Price summary
Last 13 active sale months in the 24-month dataset window.
| Median | $2,800 |
|---|---|
| Average | $4,906 |
| Middle 50% | $2,100 to $3,600 |
| Observed range | $625 to $200,000 |
| Sample | 953 records across 30 auctions |
By sex
Prices are shown only for groups with at least 15 sold records. Smaller groups keep their record count for context.
| Group | Records | Median | Middle 50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 946 | $2,800 | $2,075 to $3,600 |
| Male | 7 | — | — |
By age band
| Group | Records | Median | Middle 50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1to2years | 693 | $2,900 | $2,300 to $3,550 |
| Under1year | 200 | $1,800 | $1,400 to $2,400 |
| 3plusyears | 60 | $4,500 | $3,300 to $9,600 |
By registration
| Group | Records | Median | Middle 50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration unknown | 672 | $2,400 | $1,900 to $3,050 |
| Registered | 281 | $4,300 | $3,400 to $9,600 |
Related Cattle price guides
Other qualifying breed guides from the same public auction release.
Recent public auction sales
Animal labels are scrubbed when they appear to identify a farm or program; names tied to a farm or program are not shown.
| Sale | Date | Venue | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 40 | Aug 8, 2026 | Summer Premier All-Breeds Dairy Sale | $3,200 |
| 3376 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $4,400 |
| 420 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $4,300 |
| 438 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $4,000 |
| 8997 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $3,950 |
| 434 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $3,950 |
| 9017 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $3,900 |
| 482 | Jul 16, 2026 | BRUBACKER'S JULY Monthly Production Sale | $3,850 |
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Common questions
Where do these Holstein prices come from?
Creatures computes this guide from live-animal auction records that are sold and priced per head, with breed, normalized sex, age, catalog identity or description, and supporting size, registration, or pedigree evidence. This page uses 953 records with sales through Aug 8, 2026.
Why are some breeds not shown as separate price guides?
Breed pages are published only when Creatures can confidently match the auction breed label and enough sold, priced records appear across multiple auctions and recent months.
Are these prices current market quotes?
No. They are historical public auction summaries for the data release shown on the page, not a current quote or appraisal.