Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

3,289 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $199.95/cwt +5.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,048/hd at 524 lb · 218 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.58/cwt ±-0.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 622 lb · 211 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.04/cwt -2.59 vs last sale · ≈ $877/hd at 522 lb · 173 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,289	1,786	3,844
Feeder cattle	2,967	1,602	3,598
Slaughter cattle	292	174	206
Replacement cattle	30	10	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. 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
350–390	372	27	196.00–212.00	$202.84	$755	-6.24
400–445	424	72	190.00–212.00	$202.93	$860	-1.02
449	449	5	190.00	$190.00	$853	-13.95
458–491	474	69	190.00–206.00	$197.93	$938	-0.20
475 value added	475	11	201.00	$201.00	$955	-2.14
500–546	521	135	190.00–214.00	$200.60	$1,045	+4.76
511–548 value added	525	46	204.00–216.00	$211.81	$1,112	—
531 unweaned	531	27	183.50	$183.50	$974	—
546	546	10	181.00	$181.00	$988	+3.00
550–586	566	61	183.50–200.00	$191.57	$1,084	+0.27
580	580	8	180.00	$180.00	$1,044	-11.30
587 value added	587	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,145	—
596 unweaned	596	12	168.50	$168.50	$1,004	—
602–644	616	104	170.00–182.50	$179.54	$1,106	+1.27
605–644 unweaned	626	61	160.50–174.75	$169.18	$1,059	+4.88
602–643 value added	631	43	178.00–187.00	$180.71	$1,140	—
640	640	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,056	-13.27
659–694	672	85	165.50–175.50	$168.75	$1,134	-7.07
650–695 value added	678	31	171.00–178.00	$173.75	$1,178	—
681 unweaned	681	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,110	—
711–716 value added	714	31	166.00–174.50	$170.27	$1,216	—
704–734 unweaned	718	31	148.00–163.75	$157.77	$1,133	—
721–722	721	6	164.50–165.00	$164.67	$1,187	—
734	734	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,174	—
752–795	758	28	152.00–171.00	$161.52	$1,224	-1.40
784 unweaned	784	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,117	—
806–807	806	17	149.00–154.50	$153.53	$1,237	—
863	863	3	145.50	$145.50	$1,256	—
1019	1019	16	137.00	$137.00	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	13	193.00–210.00	$203.39	$657	+5.65
355–390	373	19	190.00–206.00	$198.01	$739	-5.40
440–442	441	5	180.00–187.00	$184.19	$812	-3.72
452–490	469	64	174.00–192.00	$184.71	$866	-6.56
500–545	526	40	170.00–188.00	$180.46	$949	+7.16
550–595	578	55	165.00–181.00	$171.08	$989	—
621 value added	621	11	169.00	$169.00	$1,049	—
602–642	626	39	160.00–173.00	$165.92	$1,039	—
660–670	664	17	152.00–164.00	$158.27	$1,051	-4.73
715	715	3	154.25	$154.25	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	193.00	$193.00	$608	—
410	410	3	176.00	$176.00	$722	—
498	498	3	160.00	$160.00	$797	—
675–683	681	8	147.00–150.00	$147.74	$1,006	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	8	171.00	$171.00	$971	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443 value added	443	6	192.00	$192.00	$851	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	324	5	190.00–195.00	$192.15	$623	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–322	312	8	180.00–192.00	$188.91	$589	+2.38
378 value added	378	7	195.00	$195.00	$737	+13.50
350–399	384	29	183.00–197.50	$189.55	$728	+5.56
411–440	428	34	179.00–186.50	$182.91	$783	+0.27
429 value added	429	16	190.00	$190.00	$815	—
450–495	477	79	169.00–184.00	$175.44	$837	+5.58
498 value added	498	6	171.00	$171.00	$852	—
503–533	511	30	168.00–172.00	$170.89	$873	+9.35
500–545	524	135	159.00–178.00	$168.17	$881	-2.63
527–543	533	8	154.00–156.00	$155.24	$827	-15.56
557–580 value added	565	39	156.00–170.00	$161.62	$913	—
568–571	570	11	153.00	$153.00	$872	-11.75
573	573	16	170.00	$170.00	$974	+5.25
555–595	575	88	150.00–167.00	$163.46	$940	-1.29
602	602	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,005	+9.19
605–610 unweaned	609	19	149.00–161.50	$158.09	$963	—
604–645	623	47	154.00–166.50	$163.09	$1,016	+5.28
606–646 value added	623	34	155.50–166.50	$163.14	$1,016	—
645	645	4	149.00	$149.00	$961	-8.81
671	671	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,060	+8.75
650–699	679	57	149.25–155.50	$153.09	$1,039	+3.84
683 unweaned	683	3	140.00	$140.00	$956	—
700–705 unweaned	702	8	136.00–136.75	$136.47	$958	—
715–718	716	7	148.00–149.75	$149.00	$1,067	-1.85
751	751	8	138.50	$138.50	$1,040	—
753	753	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,084	—
885	885	5	126.50	$126.50	$1,120	-9.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	14	168.00–179.00	$174.18	$575	-2.84
365–395	386	13	167.00–179.00	$170.92	$660	-3.20
410–445	427	52	162.00–180.00	$172.41	$736	+3.86
452–495	481	67	150.00–176.50	$165.85	$798	+5.78
512–542	528	34	149.00–165.00	$157.74	$833	-2.94
559–593	570	56	148.00–165.00	$155.37	$886	-2.65
608–638	616	19	145.00–152.50	$148.68	$916	—
658–662	660	5	143.00–149.00	$146.61	$968	-2.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	6	155.00	$155.00	$598	—
410	410	3	157.00	$157.00	$644	—
465–467	466	5	145.00–150.00	$146.99	$685	—
608–612	609	7	140.00–143.50	$142.50	$868	—
615	615	3	134.00	$134.00	$824	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	160.00	$160.00	$621	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	421	11	185.00–190.00	$186.38	$785	—
470–485	476	10	160.00–172.00	$165.63	$788	—
515–540	523	9	145.00–180.00	$166.64	$872	+1.64
570–585	578	4	152.00	$152.00	$879	—
615–645	631	13	136.00–150.00	$142.99	$902	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1210	961	85-90%	20	48.00–65.00	$58.20	$559	—
975–1065	1020	85-90%	2	76.00–82.50	$79.11	$807	—
940–1325	1074	85-90%	46	65.00–75.75	$72.30	$777	-1.89

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1490	1270	80-85%	33	79.00–85.50	$81.99	$1,041	+3.99
1040–1466	1314	80-85%	13	85.25–88.50	$86.90	$1,142	—
1260–1685	1362	80-85%	6	75.50–78.00	$76.61	$1,043	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1580	1478	75-80%	10	81.00–85.50	$83.81	$1,239	—
1430–1660	1490	75-80%	5	85.50–88.50	$86.90	$1,295	—
1615	1615	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,276	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1420	1315	3	77.00–98.00	$88.89	$1,169	—
1605–1745	1675	2	119.00–124.00	$121.60	$2,037	—
1400–2045	1824	8	100.00–115.00	$110.09	$2,008	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1275	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	960.00–1,150.00	$1,110.79
915–1250	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,175.00	$1,026.82

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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.