Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

4,433 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $146.50/cwt ≈ $1,379/hd at 941 lb · 172 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $169.43/cwt +6.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,230/hd at 726 lb · 116 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.32/cwt -9.00 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 615 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,433	4,254	6,367
Feeder cattle	3,045	3,780	5,223
Slaughter cattle	813	424	473
Replacement cattle	575	50	671

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week on a lighter test, steers under 600 lbs mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower, 600-650 lbs mostly steady, over 650 lbs not well tested, lower undertone noted. Heifers under 550 lbs steady to firm, over 550 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	4	225.00	$225.00	$891	+4.05
409–448	432	63	200.00–225.00	$214.83	$928	-8.63
438 value added	438	3	207.00	$207.00	$907	-8.00
453 thin fleshed	453	27	224.00	$224.00	$1,015	—
450–495	476	44	209.00–219.50	$214.75	$1,022	-0.87
483 value added	483	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,038	+14.30
501 thin fleshed	501	12	218.60	$218.60	$1,095	—
509–548	533	80	199.00–218.00	$206.66	$1,101	-3.36
568 thin fleshed	568	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,170	—
559–599	575	79	183.00–201.00	$196.85	$1,132	+2.66
583 unweaned	583	6	167.00	$167.00	$974	—
605–637	621	54	177.00–191.50	$182.94	$1,136	-3.41
650–680	660	63	161.00–182.25	$174.73	$1,153	+5.91
670–682	676	6	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$1,051	-5.14
703–732	726	116	157.00–170.25	$169.43	$1,230	+2.63
764	764	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,245	+5.82
785–790	788	14	135.00–139.00	$137.00	$1,080	-20.18
823–849	836	10	140.00–145.00	$142.54	$1,192	-7.46
854–894	889	67	140.00–148.50	$147.96	$1,315	+3.98
932–946	941	172	145.75–148.00	$146.50	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	332	15	200.00–220.00	$206.02	$684	—
372–388	380	6	208.00–215.00	$211.57	$804	+3.25
400–445	428	20	182.00–207.00	$196.72	$842	-4.28
455–488	470	34	187.00–206.00	$196.13	$922	-4.11
518–547	535	25	183.00–198.00	$192.74	$1,031	+2.74
568–590	573	24	164.00–192.00	$176.73	$1,013	-6.97
630	630	3	151.00	$151.00	$951	-18.49
609–648	634	20	164.00–176.00	$169.44	$1,074	-0.05
651–694	679	37	155.00–166.50	$160.83	$1,092	-1.83
672–695	680	9	142.00–146.00	$144.64	$984	-18.02
700–718	709	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,014	-13.78
707–738	718	46	146.00–157.75	$153.76	$1,104	-3.02
783	783	5	143.50	$143.50	$1,124	-8.27

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038–1044	1041	102	132.25–133.50	$132.89	$1,383	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1185	1148	3	140.00–144.00	$141.38	$1,623	—
1162	1162	4	106.00	$106.00	$1,232	—
1318	1318	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,779	—
1280–1393	1334	5	140.00–145.00	$142.21	$1,897	—
1392	1392	8	145.00	$145.00	$2,018	+6.17
1172–1585	1394	70	140.00–151.00	$143.00	$1,993	+4.17
1436	1436	4	138.50	$138.50	$1,989	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	7	174.00	$174.00	$715	—
458–495	481	8	170.00–171.00	$170.36	$819	—
525	525	3	160.00	$160.00	$840	—
557–592	570	13	152.00–159.00	$155.52	$886	-1.73
602	602	5	136.00	$136.00	$819	—
702	702	3	140.00	$140.00	$983	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	201.00	$201.00	$679	—
746	746	10	149.00	$149.00	$1,112	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
661	661	8	146.00	$146.00	$965	—
700	700	3	132.00	$132.00	$924	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–391	378	14	178.00–190.00	$185.23	$700	-5.88
389 unweaned	389	15	176.00	$176.00	$685	—
400	400	5	178.00	$178.00	$712	-0.45
410–445	429	15	179.00–190.00	$184.22	$790	+5.77
462 value added	462	3	178.00	$178.00	$822	+16.10
450–495	470	58	174.00–197.00	$185.09	$870	+1.18
480–493 unweaned	486	7	160.00–161.00	$160.44	$780	—
488–498 thin fleshed	492	16	199.00–200.00	$199.62	$982	+2.14
505–508 thin fleshed	507	9	193.00–194.00	$193.33	$980	—
501–545	532	47	161.00–190.00	$169.11	$900	-6.24
564 thin fleshed	564	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,015	—
560–590	569	20	164.00–172.00	$168.69	$960	-0.64
597 value added	597	12	167.00	$167.00	$997	—
600–643	615	96	147.00–165.50	$155.32	$955	-9.00
691–695	693	15	146.25–147.00	$146.55	$1,016	-9.12
801	801	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,041	-14.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	9	183.00	$183.00	$611	—
369–395	379	13	160.00–165.00	$163.82	$621	—
396 thin fleshed	396	6	176.00	$176.00	$697	—
400–433	421	8	160.00–174.00	$167.21	$704	+7.21
450–494	477	28	149.00–174.00	$154.63	$738	-14.76
519–545	528	48	140.00–172.00	$150.05	$792	-14.54
538	538	3	142.00	$142.00	$764	-22.59
558–574	564	30	135.00–157.00	$141.04	$795	-13.81
581 unweaned	581	9	121.00	$121.00	$703	—
612	612	3	142.00	$142.00	$869	-14.81
601–648	618	19	140.00–156.00	$148.86	$920	-7.95
647 value added	647	5	154.00	$154.00	$996	—
679–689	685	17	155.00–159.50	$157.66	$1,080	+5.12
720 value added	720	3	144.00	$144.00	$1,037	—
704–740	729	69	125.00–161.75	$157.54	$1,148	+16.54
729	729	5	137.50	$137.50	$1,002	-3.50
840	840	12	145.50	$145.50	$1,222	+5.75

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1219–1235	1223	9	138.00	$138.00	$1,688	—
1168–1418	1306	37	140.00–146.00	$142.78	$1,865	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	5	145.00	$145.00	$594	—
488	488	4	139.00	$139.00	$678	-14.00
648	648	5	130.00	$130.00	$842	-15.00
668	668	4	123.00	$123.00	$822	-7.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–393	371	7	164.00–172.00	$166.42	$617	+4.42
438–443	441	8	161.00–163.00	$161.99	$714	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	5	111.00	$111.00	$728	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	7	173.00	$173.00	$659	—
401 unweaned	401	7	197.00	$197.00	$790	—
460	460	3	190.00	$190.00	$874	+13.00
478 unweaned	478	7	194.00	$194.00	$927	—
544–547	545	7	149.00–159.00	$153.30	$835	-5.70
556 unweaned	556	8	146.00	$146.00	$812	—
558	558	3	155.00	$155.00	$865	—
627–649	636	5	135.00–140.00	$137.04	$872	-7.96
777	777	4	115.00	$115.00	$894	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	4	211.00	$211.00	$812	—
459	459	6	208.00	$208.00	$955	—
563	563	4	174.00	$174.00	$980	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1445	1275	80-85%	15	58.00–73.50	$64.56	$823	-7.58
1120–1400	1283	80-85%	53	67.50–80.50	$73.81	$947	+1.67
1095–1600	1299	80-85%	52	77.50–93.00	$84.63	$1,099	+2.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1750	1486	75-80%	28	71.00–84.50	$77.12	$1,146	+2.05
1325–1830	1509	75-80%	55	77.00–92.50	$83.93	$1,267	—
1435–1765	1539	75-80%	14	65.00–74.50	$68.58	$1,055	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1150	997	85-90%	17	50.00–65.50	$55.73	$556	—
800–1280	1025	85-90%	37	58.00–73.00	$65.20	$668	+10.20
850–1180	1040	85-90%	3	31.00–41.00	$37.23	$387	-17.77
960–1245	1082	85-90%	32	69.00–86.50	$75.07	$812	+1.20

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640–1735	1692	65-75%	3	75.00–78.00	$76.83	$1,300	—
1615–1945	1742	65-75%	11	81.00–91.50	$86.27	$1,503	-1.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1995	1759	6	82.00–101.00	$91.83	$1,615	—
1445–2410	1898	22	94.00–115.00	$104.11	$1,976	-11.31
1560–2475	2024	30	107.00–125.00	$116.64	$2,361	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1525	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	78	1,275.00–1,625.00	$1,491.38
1233	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00
1445	1445	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1367	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,767.62
1443	1443	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–995	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	875.00–975.00	$936.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
858–865	862	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,112.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1017	1017	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1100–1450	1307	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,950.00–2,125.00	$2,046.43	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1150	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,750.00–1,850.00	$1,800.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1250	1139	(<2 yrs)	Open	31	2,475.00–2,650.00	$2,584.68	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1150	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	2,125.00–2,375.00	$2,226.72	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	1,725.00–1,985.00	$1,874.29	—

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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.