Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 28, 2022

2,199 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $200.38/cwt -1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 521 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.01/cwt +2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 519 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.11/cwt +4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 516 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,199	2,692	2,941
Feeder cattle	1,757	2,386	2,637
Slaughter cattle	352	271	194
Replacement cattle	90	35	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs steady to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	6	203.00	$203.00	$605	—
310	310	5	214.00	$214.00	$663	—
360–396	379	10	200.00–220.00	$210.89	$799	+6.27
405–437	424	13	220.00–227.00	$222.22	$942	+10.00
445 value added	445	7	219.00	$219.00	$975	—
450–488	470	43	206.00–238.00	$217.35	$1,022	+2.25
496	496	8	202.50	$202.50	$1,004	+6.00
500–540	521	48	193.50–218.50	$204.90	$1,068	+13.90
508–549	521	15	170.00–195.00	$185.90	$969	-5.10
555–579	562	21	165.00–182.00	$175.22	$985	-5.78
555–596	575	28	177.00–207.00	$189.17	$1,088	-3.29
613–632	620	11	160.00–172.50	$166.34	$1,031	-8.69
620 unweaned	620	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,023	—
600–645	631	21	155.00–176.50	$166.76	$1,052	-8.27
694	694	23	160.00	$160.00	$1,110	+6.00
725	725	5	160.75	$160.75	$1,165	-8.25
759–779	767	10	146.50–150.50	$148.13	$1,136	—
838	838	8	145.50	$145.50	$1,219	—
1078	1078	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,294	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	190.00	$190.00	$542	-2.35
310–335	319	8	190.00–196.00	$192.51	$614	+3.54
362–380	372	8	177.00–215.00	$193.04	$718	+3.91
375 value added	375	16	204.00	$204.00	$765	-2.00
402–443	428	28	178.00–212.00	$193.18	$827	+6.57
450–482	466	19	184.00–212.50	$194.99	$909	+0.24
500–540	515	18	176.00–199.50	$190.82	$983	+4.32
535 value added	535	13	198.00	$198.00	$1,059	—
550–575	562	12	169.00–187.50	$178.40	$1,003	+1.69
570	570	5	160.00	$160.00	$912	-16.71
600–632	612	22	161.00–177.00	$167.20	$1,023	-1.75
702–730	716	4	140.00–155.50	$147.60	$1,057	-7.81
781	781	4	143.50	$143.50	$1,121	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–375	367	6	170.00–175.00	$172.44	$633	-1.56
460–480	472	5	155.00–173.00	$162.02	$765	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	4	180.00	$180.00	$518	—
378–398	388	6	172.00–173.00	$172.51	$669	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	328	16	168.00–178.00	$170.76	$560	+9.76
365–389	380	16	165.00–174.00	$169.25	$643	+2.76
409	409	5	158.00	$158.00	$646	-9.00
400–445	431	32	168.50–178.00	$172.51	$744	+1.14
450–464	458	29	162.00–169.00	$165.65	$759	+8.65
488–499	494	8	155.00–162.00	$158.46	$783	-9.42
500–522	506	34	157.00–169.00	$164.26	$831	+6.29
530–537	535	19	154.00–156.00	$155.48	$832	+11.48
555–598	565	10	151.00–154.00	$153.36	$866	+14.86
550–590	569	10	141.00–146.00	$144.10	$820	-15.51
605–645	624	13	148.00–155.00	$150.12	$937	+10.12
628–641	634	14	143.00–146.00	$144.92	$919	+4.92
635 unweaned	635	6	139.00	$139.00	$883	—
668–674	671	11	146.00–147.00	$146.54	$983	-3.21
712–715	715	30	139.00–148.00	$146.95	$1,051	+2.79
759	759	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,078	+1.74
851	851	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,106	+4.13
1012–1025	1016	7	122.00–125.00	$122.86	$1,248	—
1092	1092	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,256	—
1115	1115	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,316	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	4	176.00	$176.00	$387	—
295	295	3	162.00	$162.00	$478	+2.00
310 value added	310	8	175.00	$175.00	$542	—
338–340	339	4	150.00–160.00	$155.01	$525	-7.65
355–395	378	17	150.00–165.00	$159.34	$602	+3.06
405–449	435	53	148.00–176.00	$161.64	$703	+1.33
452–495	473	23	151.00–162.50	$156.18	$739	-1.07
500–545	519	58	145.00–159.50	$155.01	$805	+2.13
560	560	4	134.00	$134.00	$750	-16.81
552–585	570	24	142.00–152.00	$146.30	$834	-4.51
620	620	5	140.00	$140.00	$868	-8.00
604–640	628	16	143.00–148.00	$144.68	$909	-3.32
680	680	7	145.00	$145.00	$986	+4.99
705–748	731	5	132.00–137.00	$133.93	$979	—
834	834	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,068	-6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–394	379	12	137.00–141.00	$139.61	$529	-5.39
401	401	4	144.00	$144.00	$577	-0.32
465–495	484	10	141.00–146.00	$143.66	$695	+3.93
551–565	556	12	130.00–141.00	$133.73	$744	-4.27
608–645	626	10	119.00–137.00	$129.49	$811	+1.49

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–397	385	6	140.00–147.00	$143.39	$552	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	12	180.00–183.00	$181.60	$690	-8.40
410–440	423	10	184.00–215.00	$193.81	$820	+16.63
451–495	478	22	159.00–176.00	$167.28	$800	-10.36
498	498	3	167.00	$167.00	$832	—
508–540	521	23	165.00–179.00	$171.18	$892	+7.83
558–595	573	8	141.00–155.50	$150.23	$861	-0.76
612–645	627	19	135.00–153.00	$142.48	$893	-0.44
730–735	733	4	122.50–129.50	$125.99	$924	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–840	798	85-90%	6	35.00–50.00	$39.00	$311	—
855–1200	1025	85-90%	40	55.00–70.00	$63.87	$655	-1.23
1060–1186	1120	85-90%	7	79.50–82.00	$80.51	$902	+7.63
935–1282	1122	85-90%	40	68.00–78.50	$74.11	$832	+1.23

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1385	1228	80-85%	4	77.00–78.00	$77.41	$951	—
1015–1460	1264	80-85%	61	81.00–88.50	$85.18	$1,077	+0.90
1080–1390	1298	80-85%	12	88.00–92.00	$90.10	$1,169	-1.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,068	+3.00
1270–1630	1433	75-80%	29	83.00–89.00	$87.24	$1,250	—
1318–1645	1454	75-80%	5	89.50–91.50	$90.95	$1,322	+2.97

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1915	1576	13	84.50–103.00	$93.96	$1,481	—
1178–2145	1734	18	100.00–118.00	$109.43	$1,898	+1.54
2055	2055	1	122.50	$122.50	$2,517	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1025	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	89.00–93.50	$91.66	$920

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1255	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	950.00–1,050.00	$990.13
1075–1300	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,020.00–1,400.00	$1,315.87
1025–1275	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	975.00–1,375.00	$1,210.18

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,460.00	$1,460.00	+260.00
990–1080	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	975.00–1,000.00	$987.50	—

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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.