Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 14, 2022

3,448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $181.91/cwt -0.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 573 lb · 144 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.98/cwt -2.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,017/hd at 530 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $181.17/cwt -4.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,118/hd at 617 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,448	3,773	3,151
Feeder cattle	3,151	3,329	2,827
Slaughter cattle	253	394	288
Replacement cattle	44	50	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs unevenly steady to 5.00 lower, over 650 lbs mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–410	408	10	195.00–210.00	$201.33	$821	-17.32
440 unweaned	440	22	191.00	$191.00	$840	—
465 thin fleshed	465	6	214.50	$214.50	$997	—
474 value added	474	8	190.00	$190.00	$901	-9.00
480	480	12	200.50	$200.50	$962	-0.26
509–535	520	43	185.00–197.50	$191.61	$996	-3.27
520 thin fleshed	520	19	208.00	$208.00	$1,082	—
535 unweaned	535	52	184.00	$184.00	$984	-8.00
545 value added	545	20	198.00–198.50	$198.28	$1,081	—
552–593	566	52	183.00–193.00	$185.13	$1,048	-9.91
560–594 value added	583	51	186.00–192.00	$187.92	$1,096	-4.59
605 unweaned	605	16	169.00	$169.00	$1,022	—
600–626	618	110	177.50–191.00	$183.17	$1,132	-3.70
632 value added	632	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,106	-8.38
651–675	659	77	172.00–181.00	$178.09	$1,174	+2.49
650–689 value added	662	49	169.50–179.00	$176.22	$1,167	+3.94
705–745 value added	731	72	168.00–168.50	$168.08	$1,229	-0.83
714–740	731	20	168.00–169.50	$168.51	$1,232	-3.72
801–840	824	16	156.50–168.50	$163.85	$1,350	+1.65
853	853	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,390	—
875 value added	875	5	167.00	$167.00	$1,461	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	384	13	202.00–214.00	$205.01	$787	+1.22
410–441	423	46	181.00–197.50	$189.49	$802	-10.40
420–435 thin fleshed	425	20	214.50–218.00	$216.75	$921	—
450–496	480	45	170.00–199.00	$180.98	$869	-11.08
482–495 value added	487	19	186.50–194.00	$189.31	$922	—
500 thin fleshed	500	19	207.50	$207.50	$1,038	—
501–545	521	40	175.00–188.00	$179.58	$936	-2.24
527 value added	527	7	175.00	$175.00	$922	—
550–595	572	132	165.00–188.00	$182.78	$1,046	+1.90
575 value added	575	4	189.00	$189.00	$1,087	+0.03
595	595	8	164.00	$164.00	$976	-16.88
605–648	628	87	160.00–186.00	$172.61	$1,084	-2.06
631 value added	631	43	168.50	$168.50	$1,063	-5.50
650–695	672	70	161.00–173.25	$170.60	$1,146	-0.58
707–710	708	4	143.00–153.00	$145.51	$1,030	-19.24
703–740	720	30	156.00–168.50	$162.85	$1,173	-1.90
729 unweaned	729	9	158.50	$158.50	$1,155	—
750–785	761	20	154.50–167.00	$163.63	$1,245	-1.02
918 value added	918	15	145.00	$145.00	$1,331	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–397	387	9	180.00–184.00	$181.37	$702	-10.55
412–442	436	19	170.00–179.00	$175.93	$767	-3.33
460 value added	460	20	180.00	$180.00	$828	—
462–495	485	10	165.00–172.00	$170.00	$824	—
503–525	512	14	160.00–172.50	$165.73	$849	-4.25
562–595	571	14	157.50–172.00	$165.77	$947	+0.23
575 value added	575	39	177.00	$177.00	$1,018	—
611–630	618	8	150.00–161.00	$154.20	$953	-9.17
662–685	674	10	155.00–161.00	$158.03	$1,065	-1.97
785	785	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,240	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–393	376	25	155.50–164.00	$158.67	$597	—
415–440	423	3	160.00–165.00	$161.73	$684	+1.73
481–497	487	10	150.00–166.00	$156.53	$762	—
668	668	10	157.50	$157.50	$1,052	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–453	452	16	136.00–148.00	$142.02	$642	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
676	676	9	154.50	$154.50	$1,044	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	7	134.00	$134.00	$500	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	431	11	170.00–182.00	$177.76	$766	+3.17
460–497	479	62	167.00–185.00	$175.44	$840	+3.97
485 value added	485	9	176.00	$176.00	$854	+0.04
510–542	525	99	165.00–179.00	$171.42	$900	+2.35
535 value added	535	3	167.00	$167.00	$893	-4.23
565–570 value added	567	20	166.00–171.00	$169.49	$961	+5.02
550–592	577	83	160.00–176.00	$168.31	$971	+4.25
610	610	7	159.00	$159.00	$970	-8.68
612–613 value added	612	42	161.00–164.00	$163.19	$999	—
602–635	618	76	160.00–168.00	$162.97	$1,007	-4.71
665 value added	665	30	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—
692	692	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,128	-0.59
700–730	709	19	155.00–166.50	$159.50	$1,131	-4.42
725–730 value added	728	62	154.75–166.50	$160.60	$1,169	—
805 value added	805	12	163.00	$163.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	6	164.00	$164.00	$561	-2.93
368–395	388	24	160.00–186.50	$173.14	$672	+6.88
402–440	423	18	156.00–175.00	$169.44	$717	+6.54
440 unweaned	440	9	154.00	$154.00	$678	—
450–495	481	54	156.00–172.00	$165.80	$797	+20.80
465–495 value added	491	28	161.00–164.50	$163.63	$803	-4.98
518	518	3	145.00	$145.00	$751	-13.12
500–547	526	54	150.00–166.50	$157.91	$831	-0.21
540 unweaned	540	9	145.00	$145.00	$783	—
555–595	574	62	148.00–160.00	$156.48	$898	+1.73
563–590 value added	575	18	154.00–170.00	$160.99	$926	+6.15
620 value added	620	9	158.00	$158.00	$980	—
600–645	623	39	147.50–160.75	$153.90	$959	+0.80
655–692	670	49	148.00–157.00	$152.17	$1,020	-2.57
670–682 value added	680	15	145.25–158.00	$146.92	$999	—
720–740	727	22	144.00–155.00	$146.90	$1,068	-4.03
806	806	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,096	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	370	12	155.00–172.00	$162.57	$602	+7.64
435	435	2	145.00	$145.00	$631	-1.07
470–475	474	5	140.00–146.00	$141.19	$669	-7.26
545	545	4	149.00	$149.00	$812	+6.49
625–645	641	9	141.00–147.50	$144.86	$929	+13.86
835	835	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,002	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–440	423	11	131.00–141.00	$136.96	$579	+3.90
465–488	474	5	136.00–141.00	$138.94	$659	+17.94
560	560	2	134.00	$134.00	$750	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533–545	540	12	130.00–149.50	$141.48	$764	—
610	610	4	137.50	$137.50	$839	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–322	316	7	133.50–140.00	$136.34	$431	—
381	381	5	130.00	$130.00	$495	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–448	439	8	122.00	$122.00	$536	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	4	176.00	$176.00	$792	+6.33
510–546	539	10	149.00–151.00	$149.38	$805	-3.30
550–560	553	7	148.50–156.00	$150.67	$833	+8.77
600–646	616	26	144.00–150.50	$148.22	$913	+8.96
660–691	681	13	143.50–148.00	$145.81	$993	+8.46

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526–540	532	9	141.50	$141.50	$753	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	533	8	132.00–136.00	$133.72	$713	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728–1095	896	85-90%	5	34.00–42.00	$38.75	$347	—
865–1225	975	85-90%	12	44.00–55.00	$49.95	$487	—
1025–1065	1033	85-90%	5	66.00–66.50	$66.40	$686	—
855–1471	1099	85-90%	54	54.00–64.00	$59.39	$653	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1590	1208	80-85%	48	63.00–69.50	$66.41	$802	+0.61
1145–1555	1284	80-85%	5	70.00–78.50	$73.84	$948	+13.28
1050–1500	1333	80-85%	6	58.00–63.00	$60.87	$811	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1435	1338	75-80%	3	63.75–65.50	$64.44	$862	—
1180–1690	1388	75-80%	32	66.00–74.00	$69.71	$968	+0.02
1355–1520	1463	75-80%	3	73.50–74.50	$74.19	$1,085	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1910	1425	14	63.00–86.00	$75.89	$1,081	—
1010–2060	1586	13	88.50–97.00	$91.61	$1,453	—
1935–2060	2008	4	97.00–102.50	$100.79	$2,024	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1045	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	77.00–108.00	$85.01	$790

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1080	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–920.00	$809.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1370	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,240.00	$1,140.94

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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
1150–1290	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,060.00–1,350.00	$1,205.00	—
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,320.00	$1,320.00	—
1100–1400	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,085.00	—

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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.