Sure, cattle auctions sell the animal for an individual price based on health, weight, body size etc.  At the extreme end animals can sell for 150,000+ if they seem to have good DNA for breeding.  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.syracuse.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;index.ssf&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;bovine_beauty_queen_sold_in_sy.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.syracuse.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;index.ssf&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;bovine_beauty...</a> Even if there just being butchered people make bids based on expected yields.  This gets back to meat grades etc.<p>However, animals are also sold in bulk without individual prices.