Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

4,892 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $189.76/cwt +5.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 577 lb · 336 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.47/cwt +2.24 vs last sale · ≈ $956/hd at 571 lb · 276 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.35/cwt +10.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 668 lb · 273 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,892	3,814	3,914
Feeder cattle	4,524	3,020	3,531
Slaughter cattle	338	654	333
Replacement cattle	30	140	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 10.00 higher, greatest advance under 500 lbs. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	328	12	225.00–235.00	$229.40	$752	—
350–398	377	37	220.00–235.00	$228.29	$861	+14.88
400–444	431	51	208.00–232.00	$223.40	$963	+16.83
450–495	468	112	199.00–222.00	$211.49	$990	+7.84
505	505	9	175.00	$175.00	$884	-20.92
500–549	529	158	180.00–206.00	$197.29	$1,044	+1.37
510–545 value added	533	26	200.00–211.00	$203.64	$1,085	-1.47
550–595	573	177	180.50–198.50	$192.10	$1,101	+22.10
551–599 value added	581	130	183.00–200.00	$190.69	$1,108	+9.19
575–592 unweaned	582	23	165.00–170.00	$168.01	$978	+0.51
590	590	6	184.00	$184.00	$1,086	+9.00
604–610 value added	606	23	185.00–193.50	$188.35	$1,141	+12.35
628	628	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,036	-10.03
600–645	630	136	174.00–193.00	$180.01	$1,134	+4.98
655–670 unweaned	664	12	150.00–169.50	$157.42	$1,045	+1.55
650–699	668	197	169.00–187.00	$179.04	$1,196	+8.17
655–690 value added	670	64	172.50–187.00	$180.15	$1,207	+7.15
700–716 value added	711	51	175.00–182.00	$177.03	$1,259	+2.86
711–719	714	14	159.00–165.00	$162.71	$1,162	-7.72
700–735 unweaned	719	12	151.00–155.00	$152.47	$1,096	-3.53
700–745	725	111	168.50–185.00	$181.03	$1,312	+10.60
750–795	770	76	165.50–184.00	$177.22	$1,365	+9.97
760–785 value added	777	19	180.50–186.00	$182.20	$1,416	+12.20
820	820	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,320	-2.14
838–845	842	4	164.50–165.00	$164.75	$1,387	+1.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	329	6	209.00–213.00	$210.95	$694	—
350–392	371	25	200.00–223.00	$206.87	$767	+7.96
400–445	422	37	192.50–224.00	$207.93	$877	+17.07
452–498	482	64	185.00–213.00	$194.54	$938	+9.83
500–546	525	53	172.50–193.00	$181.73	$954	-0.56
560	560	7	171.00	$171.00	$958	-1.17
550–597	579	73	167.50–188.00	$176.17	$1,020	+4.00
605 unweaned	605	3	150.00	$150.00	$908	—
600–636	616	37	165.00–172.00	$168.33	$1,037	-0.18
658 thin fleshed	658	12	179.00	$179.00	$1,178	—
665–683	678	23	165.00–172.00	$169.06	$1,146	+2.38
739	739	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,212	+2.50
775 unweaned	775	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,209	—
788	788	6	164.50	$164.50	$1,296	—
801	801	67	169.00	$169.00	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	3	170.00	$170.00	$889	-2.00
530	530	9	166.75	$166.75	$884	-5.25
555–599	571	14	155.50–166.50	$162.08	$925	-4.42

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	200.00	$200.00	$672	—
531–548	533	14	170.00	$170.00	$906	—
727	727	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,163	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	5	160.50	$160.50	$979	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–345	344	4	189.00–194.00	$191.51	$659	+6.55
380–395	392	19	182.50–190.00	$184.29	$722	-0.28
400–448	426	82	173.00–188.00	$180.53	$769	-1.55
454–495	471	93	167.00–182.00	$176.04	$829	+1.59
475–497 value added	488	32	172.00–188.50	$178.07	$869	—
519 unweaned	519	7	155.00	$155.00	$804	—
500–549	528	186	162.00–181.50	$169.80	$897	-1.88
530 value added	530	9	180.50	$180.50	$957	—
560	560	14	180.00	$180.00	$1,008	+14.17
555–598	567	21	145.50–155.00	$150.90	$856	-14.93
550–595	570	207	158.00–175.00	$167.91	$957	+2.08
581–585 value added	583	34	169.00–171.00	$169.89	$990	+0.39
614 value added	614	19	166.50	$166.50	$1,022	-4.34
600–640	622	137	156.25–165.50	$160.98	$1,001	-5.99
610–645	627	32	150.00–157.00	$152.99	$959	-13.98
634	634	25	170.00	$170.00	$1,078	+3.03
657–660 unweaned	659	6	140.00	$140.00	$923	-14.99
651–670	660	78	154.25–167.50	$159.07	$1,050	-3.93
700	700	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,015	-7.00
705	705	16	164.75	$164.75	$1,161	+12.75
720	720	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,138	+6.00
790	790	3	144.00	$144.00	$1,138	-10.00
805	805	3	141.25	$141.25	$1,137	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	331	13	175.00–186.00	$180.72	$598	-3.88
350–395	384	19	165.00–188.00	$175.13	$672	-2.86
409–445	425	46	160.00–181.50	$172.24	$732	-1.82
450–498	475	93	160.00–174.00	$167.09	$794	+2.27
488 value added	488	10	169.00	$169.00	$825	—
502–549	525	67	155.00–167.00	$162.13	$851	+0.04
525	525	5	159.00	$159.00	$835	-3.09
552–597	568	41	150.00–161.00	$154.74	$879	-2.82
600–640	628	24	152.00–158.00	$156.03	$980	+1.53
674–697	688	10	154.00–158.00	$155.57	$1,070	+0.80
707	707	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,060	+12.00
747	747	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,053	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	6	170.00	$170.00	$734	+24.48
493	493	3	160.00	$160.00	$789	—
530	530	3	150.00	$150.00	$795	-1.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	4	128.00	$128.00	$666	-24.05
560–595	572	6	141.00–147.00	$144.92	$829	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	102.00	$102.00	$382	—
495	495	3	132.00	$132.00	$653	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	4	121.00	$121.00	$926	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	144.00	$144.00	$864	-14.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–435	424	15	160.00–210.00	$177.12	$751	—
450–498	482	29	154.00–184.00	$175.31	$845	—
511–540	522	11	151.00–169.00	$162.51	$848	+2.76
560–584	574	12	140.00–145.00	$143.82	$826	-1.27
605–648	632	9	130.00–143.00	$138.95	$878	—
660–665	664	8	140.00–145.00	$143.76	$955	+4.97
740–748	745	5	131.00–137.00	$134.62	$1,003	+5.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574–580	577	7	113.00–134.00	$124.95	$721	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	4	150.00	$150.00	$646	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1395	1273	80-85%	42	65.00–72.00	$67.86	$864	+4.19
1175–1425	1340	80-85%	7	59.00–64.00	$62.37	$836	—
1225–1600	1348	80-85%	8	71.50–75.00	$72.64	$979	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–975	973	85-90%	3	36.00–39.50	$38.34	$373	-13.18
920–1045	997	85-90%	12	41.00–54.00	$49.72	$496	-1.80
925–1232	1102	85-90%	39	54.00–62.00	$57.42	$633	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1635	1471	75-80%	17	65.25–73.50	$68.09	$1,002	-2.36
1485	1485	75-80%	1	71.50	$71.50	$1,062	+1.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1915	1579	8	60.00–84.00	$74.40	$1,175	—
1400–2215	1819	13	86.00–98.50	$90.91	$1,654	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1220	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	920.00–1,100.00	$996.75

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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.