Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 2, 2023

1,547 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $250.38/cwt +0.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 480 lb · 69 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $240.60/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,254/hd at 521 lb · 69 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $286.29/cwt -13.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,481/hd at 517 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,547	1,900	1,657
Feeder cattle	1,278	1,659	1,354
Slaughter cattle	189	201	263
Replacement cattle	80	40	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifers under 475 lbs steady to 8.00 higher, over 475 lbs steady to 12.00 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
350–395	378	21	300.00–319.00	$309.71	$1,171	-15.90
405–435	424	15	305.00–317.50	$310.88	$1,318	-9.54
415–444 unweaned	440	23	290.00–303.00	$302.01	$1,329	—
465	465	4	272.50	$272.50	$1,267	-37.17
460–475	471	22	297.50–306.00	$301.69	$1,421	-7.98
513 unweaned	513	17	283.00	$283.00	$1,452	+3.00
500–545	519	38	265.00–300.50	$287.76	$1,493	-16.13
560–565	562	27	260.00–292.00	$287.27	$1,614	-6.99
560–592	579	5	248.00–250.00	$249.23	$1,443	-45.03
595–598 unweaned	597	4	259.00–263.00	$261.01	$1,558	-22.85
600–630	623	27	245.00–270.00	$256.03	$1,595	-33.13
619–635	624	12	240.00–250.00	$246.61	$1,539	-42.55
627–645 unweaned	631	10	225.00–263.50	$249.35	$1,573	-11.73
650	650	22	255.25–256.50	$255.36	$1,660	-15.33
660 unweaned	660	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,511	—
700–738	721	8	235.00–241.00	$237.91	$1,715	-13.59
730	730	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,796	-5.50
740 value added	740	9	249.00	$249.00	$1,843	-21.00
765	765	8	241.00	$241.00	$1,844	-22.58
805	805	3	236.50	$236.50	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	289	5	280.00–300.00	$288.17	$833	-25.83
340	340	3	313.00	$313.00	$1,064	+7.87
350–387	371	8	280.00–290.00	$283.61	$1,052	-23.49
400–445	413	20	281.00–311.00	$306.90	$1,267	-7.48
465 unweaned	465	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,283	—
460–488	476	19	260.00–280.00	$266.97	$1,271	-24.31
500–540	517	25	257.00–284.50	$273.37	$1,413	-22.16
544–547 unweaned	545	7	220.00–240.00	$231.40	$1,261	-48.60
560–575 unweaned	565	13	240.00–257.00	$248.25	$1,403	—
560–578	568	9	250.00–259.00	$253.98	$1,443	-24.50
625	625	6	248.50	$248.50	$1,553	-15.68
635	635	4	240.50	$240.50	$1,527	-23.68
658–690	663	14	233.00–241.00	$236.78	$1,570	-15.03
755	755	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,820	-0.78
802	802	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,853	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	299.00	$299.00	$972	—
351–390	369	10	260.00–297.00	$276.61	$1,021	—
422–430	425	5	240.00–257.50	$250.42	$1,064	—
595	595	10	242.00	$242.00	$1,440	—
610	610	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,403	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–475	463	4	240.00–257.00	$248.73	$1,152	-15.94
565	565	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,362	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,397	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	14	283.00	$283.00	$891	+21.26
355–395	387	24	270.00–297.00	$291.35	$1,128	+37.47
390 unweaned	390	8	288.00	$288.00	$1,123	+53.00
415 unweaned	415	6	230.00–252.00	$241.00	$1,000	-0.64
400–440	421	21	255.00–295.00	$276.78	$1,165	+21.18
462–488 unweaned	472	9	208.00–260.00	$234.03	$1,105	-3.97
452–498	481	60	230.00–277.50	$252.83	$1,216	-4.07
501–540	520	51	227.50–259.00	$246.61	$1,282	-10.83
505–542 unweaned	525	18	208.00–237.50	$223.57	$1,174	-0.04
555–598	585	18	232.00–240.00	$235.24	$1,376	-15.51
640–645	643	5	230.00–232.00	$230.80	$1,484	-14.14
645 unweaned	645	4	215.50	$215.50	$1,390	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–332	324	5	277.50–282.50	$280.45	$909	+3.45
355–395	382	12	285.00–299.00	$293.94	$1,123	+21.24
402–438	415	17	287.50–300.00	$296.11	$1,229	+20.91
441 unweaned	441	18	299.00	$299.00	$1,319	—
450 unweaned	450	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,238	—
458–495	470	10	272.50–305.00	$286.90	$1,348	+13.15
500–532	507	12	247.00–264.00	$256.31	$1,299	-6.19
510–530 unweaned	520	9	220.00–250.00	$239.94	$1,248	-8.80
550–569 unweaned	563	6	240.00–242.50	$240.81	$1,356	-23.45
550–586	580	17	240.00–250.00	$244.93	$1,421	-21.26
562–590	584	12	233.00–243.00	$237.55	$1,387	-28.64
600–630 unweaned	610	12	220.00–235.00	$226.12	$1,379	-10.38
640	640	5	246.25	$246.25	$1,576	-16.72
650–695	670	11	228.50–238.00	$231.98	$1,554	-17.43
700 value added	700	14	239.25	$239.25	$1,675	—
715	715	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,637	-20.80
785	785	5	234.00	$234.00	$1,837	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	363	8	240.00–250.00	$242.59	$881	—
400	400	4	220.00–230.00	$225.00	$900	-1.29
493	493	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	248.00	$248.00	$694	—
449	449	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,033	+4.53
653	653	5	219.50	$219.50	$1,433	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	3	242.50	$242.50	$1,225	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	383	8	261.00–281.00	$268.68	$1,029	—
402–418	413	7	270.00–307.00	$291.57	$1,204	+3.51
460–493	474	16	228.00–285.00	$253.97	$1,204	+1.69
500–530	515	10	230.00–251.00	$239.63	$1,234	-23.68
570–590	575	11	208.00–210.00	$209.10	$1,202	-37.24

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	4	250.00	$250.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,138	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$520	—
1020–1050	1035	85-90%	2	94.50–98.50	$96.47	$998	—
878–1190	1049	85-90%	13	65.00–80.50	$74.92	$786	—
950–1232	1066	85-90%	46	80.00–92.00	$85.54	$912	-9.87

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1315	1272	80-85%	3	104.00–104.50	$104.17	$1,325	+14.94
1070–1465	1301	80-85%	27	90.00–102.00	$96.82	$1,260	—
1185–1378	1311	80-85%	7	81.00–91.50	$86.63	$1,136	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1600	1490	75-80%	14	95.00–104.50	$101.57	$1,513	-0.05
1475–1665	1570	75-80%	2	105.00–105.50	$105.23	$1,652	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1820	1702	3	106.00–113.00	$109.69	$1,867	—
1470–2070	1772	9	106.00–130.00	$116.68	$2,068	-1.13
1790–2000	1895	2	131.00–136.00	$133.64	$2,532	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	144.00	$144.00	$1,130

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	88.00	$88.00	$1,065

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1305	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,400.00–1,910.00	$1,662.51
990–1400	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,430.00	$1,358.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	88.00	$88.00	$986

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090–1140	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,600.00	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,585.00	$1,585.00	—

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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.