Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

2,037 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $242.32/cwt -1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,147/hd at 473 lb · 92 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $214.50/cwt -1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,321/hd at 616 lb · 64 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $273.72/cwt -1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,281/hd at 468 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,037	3,172	2,200
Feeder cattle	1,578	2,918	1,725
Slaughter cattle	444	229	420
Replacement cattle	15	25	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 8.00 higher, with advance on steers under 600 lbs. 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
277	277	3	275.00	$275.00	$762	—
338	338	6	280.00	$280.00	$946	-1.08
355–395	376	15	270.00–303.00	$279.68	$1,052	-0.57
400–428	414	22	282.00–293.00	$285.73	$1,183	+14.23
450–495	466	57	265.50–295.00	$276.33	$1,288	-0.36
490 unweaned	490	5	244.00	$244.00	$1,196	-13.41
505–510 unweaned	507	5	246.00–247.00	$246.40	$1,249	-7.61
500–547	525	56	258.00–277.00	$266.47	$1,399	-0.15
560	560	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	-24.33
555–573	568	18	254.00–261.50	$258.20	$1,467	+3.87
600–632	616	26	230.00–241.00	$235.98	$1,454	-6.73
610–644 unweaned	630	13	215.00–225.00	$220.93	$1,392	-21.31
686	686	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,509	+24.30
750–775	761	7	196.50–199.50	$198.19	$1,508	+9.82

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	4	265.00–266.00	$265.48	$871	-5.99
354–398	368	22	260.00–270.00	$265.55	$977	+10.41
370 thin fleshed	370	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,018	—
400–430	413	17	250.00–274.00	$265.66	$1,097	+3.43
450–488	470	27	257.00–273.50	$266.70	$1,253	+11.71
505–545	522	18	245.00–262.00	$254.75	$1,330	+10.25
572–595	582	13	222.00–246.00	$234.45	$1,364	-1.17
600–610	605	4	224.00–225.00	$224.50	$1,358	-0.85
715	715	3	213.50	$213.50	$1,527	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	4	225.00	$225.00	$918	-10.36
455–497	487	11	200.00–237.00	$214.48	$1,045	-25.52
541	541	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,190	+1.32

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,044	—
526 unweaned	526	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,262	—
688	688	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,445	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	7	268.00	$268.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,245	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	5	257.00	$257.00	$694	+11.14
325–328	327	7	240.00–253.00	$249.31	$815	+1.19
365–391	378	38	235.00–259.00	$247.89	$937	-2.52
412–445	428	35	240.00–254.00	$245.63	$1,051	+9.63
451–495	473	89	236.00–249.00	$242.43	$1,147	-1.96
480	480	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,147	-5.39
503–535	514	35	230.00–242.50	$235.79	$1,212	+5.79
550–585	566	43	220.00–232.50	$226.94	$1,284	+16.94
555–592	569	10	210.00–218.00	$215.72	$1,227	+5.72
600–645	614	60	210.00–220.00	$214.60	$1,318	-0.92
640	640	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,363	-2.52
670–673	670	40	203.00–207.50	$206.84	$1,386	+6.42
852–893	863	17	154.00–172.00	$165.40	$1,427	+0.90
980	980	3	153.75	$153.75	$1,507	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	305	10	229.00–246.00	$239.65	$731	+6.82
390	390	3	238.00	$238.00	$928	+6.37
410–445	433	8	230.00–241.00	$235.82	$1,021	+3.49
467–498	481	24	224.00–236.00	$232.99	$1,121	+4.36
500–525	512	16	215.00–237.00	$223.43	$1,144	+4.81
561–591	572	17	201.00–226.00	$218.95	$1,252	+5.58
614	614	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,228	+13.64
725–736	734	9	184.00–186.00	$185.56	$1,362	—
885	885	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–472	461	10	170.00–210.00	$197.55	$911	—
516–520	518	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,036	+10.48
577–593	585	17	170.00–200.00	$187.89	$1,099	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390 thin fleshed	390	11	231.00	$231.00	$901	—
400–418	409	8	224.00–229.00	$225.47	$922	—
490	490	10	210.00	$210.00	$1,029	—
552	552	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,104	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,006	-25.00
560–580	572	5	185.00–207.00	$193.62	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,092	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	12	249.00	$249.00	$884	-17.98
405–435	424	10	239.00–267.50	$259.46	$1,100	+12.24
460–495	469	26	230.00–247.00	$237.51	$1,114	+2.59
515–545	535	6	221.50–223.00	$221.98	$1,188	+15.09
550–590	570	11	182.00–215.00	$204.69	$1,167	-1.76
602–645	625	7	187.00–192.50	$190.45	$1,190	+12.21
705–720	713	4	170.00–196.00	$183.14	$1,306	—
758–770	763	11	170.00–182.00	$175.35	$1,338	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	177.00	$177.00	$988	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1390	1245	80-85%	113	88.00–97.50	$92.04	$1,146	-9.22
1180–1315	1246	80-85%	8	81.50–88.50	$85.70	$1,068	-15.56
1125–1485	1292	80-85%	19	96.50–107.50	$100.68	$1,301	+12.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1105	943	85-90%	3	58.00–64.00	$61.49	$580	—
790–1290	987	85-90%	28	62.00–78.50	$71.08	$702	-4.42
980–1168	1067	85-90%	11	88.50–90.50	$88.99	$950	+3.45
855–1190	1068	85-90%	73	79.00–88.00	$83.77	$895	-1.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1610	1498	75-80%	3	84.00–91.50	$88.33	$1,323	+4.33
1405–1740	1565	75-80%	13	91.50–97.00	$94.41	$1,478	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1690	1465	7	97.50–110.00	$100.87	$1,478	—
1410–1990	1732	8	123.00–129.00	$126.50	$2,191	—
1250–2185	1807	11	108.00–122.00	$116.05	$2,097	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1390	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,585.00	$1,512.68

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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.