Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

3,948 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.28/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,199/hd at 669 lb · 162 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $180.34/cwt -2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,119/hd at 621 lb · 150 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $158.60/cwt +7.09 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 623 lb · 131 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,948	5,280	4,691
Feeder cattle	2,688	4,242	3,417
Slaughter cattle	259	290	245
Replacement cattle	1,001	748	1,029

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 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
389	389	7	220.00	$220.00	$856	+5.00
409–430	423	23	202.50–209.00	$206.99	$876	-6.21
428 value added	428	9	215.50	$215.50	$922	—
477–487	485	9	208.00–209.00	$208.22	$1,010	-4.60
518	518	14	169.25	$169.25	$877	-33.23
517–537	523	39	190.00–203.00	$196.03	$1,025	-6.45
562	562	5	179.50	$179.50	$1,009	-14.15
571 unweaned	571	3	170.00	$170.00	$971	-3.00
550–594	577	116	185.00–196.50	$189.05	$1,091	-4.60
607 value added	607	8	168.00	$168.00	$1,020	—
616	616	11	156.75	$156.75	$966	-25.99
601–640	622	131	169.50–187.00	$183.07	$1,139	+0.33
652 thin fleshed	652	19	185.00	$185.00	$1,206	—
654–687	671	143	170.00–180.50	$178.52	$1,198	-3.86
714–720	717	43	163.00–166.50	$165.65	$1,188	-1.63
752–777	764	13	158.50–161.50	$160.45	$1,226	-3.06
856	856	4	157.00	$157.00	$1,344	+7.30
954	954	54	143.35	$143.35	$1,368	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	210.00	$210.00	$733	—
397	397	3	209.00	$209.00	$830	+5.94
430 value added	430	11	208.50	$208.50	$897	—
407–440	432	37	185.00–208.00	$195.10	$843	+1.01
450–490	474	32	178.50–196.50	$190.03	$901	-13.62
486–490 value added	489	24	190.00	$190.00	$929	—
492 unweaned	492	9	160.50	$160.50	$790	—
513–545	529	69	170.50–188.50	$178.27	$943	-10.12
548	548	4	163.00	$163.00	$893	-25.39
556	556	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,001	+4.38
567–569	568	12	169.75–182.50	$175.05	$994	-0.57
571 value added	571	10	175.00	$175.00	$999	—
601–647	628	54	160.00–174.50	$169.98	$1,067	-6.12
662–693	676	10	165.00–166.50	$165.46	$1,119	-0.20
690	690	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,063	-11.66
700	700	19	169.00	$169.00	$1,183	+7.77
705	705	3	135.00	$135.00	$952	-26.23
750–781	760	9	144.50–154.75	$151.24	$1,149	-6.00
831	831	7	142.50	$142.50	$1,184	-10.00
838	838	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,194	-10.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	6	167.50	$167.50	$1,111	—
767	767	12	145.00	$145.00	$1,112	—
833	833	6	144.75	$144.75	$1,206	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	177.50	$177.50	$692	-2.63
403–431	413	14	179.50–185.00	$180.93	$747	+5.44
452–497	474	58	167.00–179.50	$173.71	$823	-6.76
503 thin fleshed	503	4	180.00	$180.00	$905	—
524	524	6	163.00	$163.00	$854	-8.60
502–540	525	52	164.50–177.00	$171.02	$898	-0.58
546 unweaned	546	8	160.00	$160.00	$874	±0.00
552–591	576	99	157.10–165.50	$161.94	$933	-6.68
600–648	630	68	157.50–168.00	$162.18	$1,022	-0.02
651–691	659	114	145.50–163.75	$159.34	$1,050	+6.24
672	672	6	145.00	$145.00	$974	-8.10
735	735	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,161	+8.70
740	740	20	155.00	$155.00	$1,147	+5.70
757	757	16	135.00	$135.00	$1,022	-16.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435 value added	435	14	166.50	$166.50	$724	—
446 unweaned	446	11	165.00	$165.00	$736	—
447	447	6	160.00	$160.00	$715	-6.37
450 value added	450	5	163.50	$163.50	$736	—
483–498	491	28	162.50–167.50	$165.24	$811	+3.82
511–543	522	25	150.00–167.50	$160.46	$838	+2.88
527 value added	527	8	169.50	$169.50	$893	—
542 thin fleshed	542	26	163.50	$163.50	$886	—
566 unweaned	566	7	132.50	$132.50	$750	—
556–591	572	42	143.00–162.50	$152.74	$874	-6.97
579 value added	579	9	160.00	$160.00	$926	—
586	586	8	145.50	$145.50	$853	-14.21
618 thin fleshed	618	77	166.75	$166.75	$1,031	—
613–649	629	37	141.00–159.00	$150.11	$944	-1.40
635 value added	635	7	154.00	$154.00	$978	—
637	637	10	130.50	$130.50	$831	-21.01
658	658	4	125.00	$125.00	$822	-27.68
655–687	676	24	143.50–153.00	$150.79	$1,019	-1.89
765–768	767	8	134.50–135.75	$135.13	$1,036	-4.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	149.50	$149.50	$501	—
371 value added	371	6	165.00	$165.00	$612	—
492	492	10	149.50	$149.50	$736	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	9	145.00	$145.00	$850	—
792	792	11	128.00	$128.00	$1,014	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	169.00	$169.00	$718	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1340	1138	80-85%	29	70.50–82.00	$77.05	$877	—
1045–1350	1256	80-85%	16	83.00–90.50	$85.74	$1,077	—
1225–1320	1283	80-85%	5	64.00–71.00	$68.48	$879	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1030	900	85-90%	3	32.50–42.50	$38.18	$344	—
850–1115	955	85-90%	6	51.00–62.00	$57.38	$548	-1.63
880–1110	988	85-90%	26	60.00–72.00	$66.04	$652	+7.03
955–1140	1045	85-90%	12	76.00–87.00	$79.17	$827	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1665	1401	75-80%	28	79.00–85.00	$81.79	$1,146	-5.09
1420	1420	75-80%	1	72.50	$72.50	$1,030	-14.38
1315–1605	1451	75-80%	13	81.50–91.50	$86.60	$1,257	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715	1715	65-75%	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,423	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1620	1518	5	82.50–94.50	$87.97	$1,335	—
1385–2275	1732	9	98.00–109.00	$104.69	$1,813	+0.78
2010	2010	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,211	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1275–1550	1424	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	39	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,461.43
1350–1500	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,513.16

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1450	1432	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,425.00–1,550.00	$1,468.12

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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
1150–1350	1233	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	1,575.00–1,775.00	$1,661.67	—
1200–1300	1267	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,535.00–1,750.00	$1,606.67	-465.55
1250–1300	1281	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	2,125.00	$2,125.00	+52.78
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1300–1500	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	50	1,675.00–1,850.00	$1,767.60	—
1350–1400	1381	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,700.00–1,725.00	$1,715.63	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1100	1046	(<2 yrs)	Open	80	1,800.00–2,175.00	$2,069.06	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1100	995	(<2 yrs)	Open	39	2,175.00–2,200.00	$2,191.67	—
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	2,625.00	$2,625.00	+350.56

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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.