Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 14, 2022

2,959 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.75/cwt +3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,288/hd at 843 lb · 59 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $148.00/cwt +17.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,332/hd at 900 lb · 58 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.59/cwt -5.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 669 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,959	6,747	3,765
Feeder cattle	1,703	6,153	2,884
Slaughter cattle	739	594	554
Replacement cattle	517	—	327

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 700-750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 750 lbs higher undertone. Heifers under 600 lbs mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs higher undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	424	15	203.00–211.00	$208.43	$884	+0.95
460–475	470	20	197.00–200.00	$197.84	$930	-2.35
503–547	533	46	191.00–206.75	$196.82	$1,049	-1.67
554–583	568	23	190.00–203.00	$195.18	$1,109	+5.68
618–623	619	42	187.00–191.00	$190.31	$1,178	+9.86
654–698	688	21	164.75–175.00	$171.80	$1,182	-1.68
726	726	6	158.50	$158.50	$1,151	-6.10
789	789	18	154.25	$154.25	$1,217	+0.33
843	843	59	152.75	$152.75	$1,288	+3.08
868	868	31	147.35	$147.35	$1,279	+4.29
900	900	58	148.00	$148.00	$1,332	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	6	204.00–206.00	$205.05	$677	-10.95
360–398	383	5	201.00–204.00	$202.87	$777	+3.90
405–448	426	8	190.00	$190.00	$809	-6.69
457–498	477	26	175.00–197.00	$186.85	$891	+0.97
508–545	529	9	179.00–181.00	$179.98	$952	+2.69
560–590	573	24	165.00–184.00	$173.05	$992	-3.12
602–618	609	25	155.00–169.50	$160.57	$978	-6.76
661–696	669	58	147.50–159.25	$154.59	$1,034	+4.59
712–740	731	9	147.00–152.00	$150.38	$1,099	+1.85
752–795	772	27	140.00–147.50	$145.22	$1,121	+5.22
862	862	5	142.25	$142.25	$1,226	+8.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1560	1400	29	136.50–142.50	$139.26	$1,950	+0.24
1150–1549	1442	12	119.00–130.00	$127.51	$1,839	—
1455	1455	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	3	180.00	$180.00	$877	—
502	502	5	167.00	$167.00	$838	+5.00
569	569	14	139.50	$139.50	$794	-20.50
643	643	8	142.50	$142.50	$916	-8.27
688	688	4	143.50	$143.50	$987	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–346	339	12	179.00–183.00	$181.05	$614	—
410–443	429	17	181.00–193.00	$185.28	$795	+13.06
457–461 fancy	458	17	194.00–197.00	$195.94	$897	—
461–480	468	14	177.00–189.00	$181.63	$850	+14.43
507 thin fleshed	507	3	184.00	$184.00	$933	+4.00
517–530	527	43	168.00–175.00	$172.78	$911	+14.56
556–580	570	35	168.75–175.50	$171.57	$978	+17.98
588	588	4	159.00	$159.00	$935	+5.41
610–646	634	34	153.00–164.00	$160.20	$1,016	+8.06
659–679	668	27	149.00–155.00	$150.99	$1,009	+0.32
827	827	9	139.00	$139.00	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	374	12	167.00–174.00	$169.25	$633	+10.48
380 thin fleshed	380	4	179.00	$179.00	$680	+3.50
402–440	414	24	166.00–175.00	$170.95	$708	+4.94
452–491	468	36	159.00–170.00	$165.06	$772	+5.31
480 unweaned	480	3	132.00	$132.00	$634	—
500–541	530	26	150.00–161.00	$156.84	$831	+6.00
558 unweaned	558	6	135.50	$135.50	$756	—
558–585	572	12	147.00–159.00	$151.43	$866	+4.60
631	631	4	146.00	$146.00	$921	+1.23
651–672	663	12	135.00–137.50	$136.10	$902	-7.48
704–717	711	10	133.00–140.00	$136.47	$970	-1.00
810	810	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,061	-7.15

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1258	1258	4	136.50	$136.50	$1,717	—
1222–1388	1311	38	134.00–143.50	$139.67	$1,831	+0.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	4	160.00	$160.00	$486	+3.35
390	390	4	145.00	$145.00	$566	—
422–445	434	6	148.00–153.00	$150.43	$653	+2.43
566–568	567	10	126.00–136.00	$130.99	$743	-6.96

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1021	1021	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,195	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	4	120.00	$120.00	$668	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	5	218.00	$218.00	$621	—
396	396	3	196.00	$196.00	$776	-7.10
408	408	3	199.00	$199.00	$812	+2.47
455–485	465	14	174.00–190.00	$184.04	$856	+3.16
488 unweaned	488	6	166.00	$166.00	$810	—
517–542	535	15	156.00–170.00	$163.57	$875	+1.20
562 unweaned	562	5	141.00	$141.00	$792	—
578–598	589	8	135.00–152.00	$143.07	$843	-12.84
620–644	633	13	143.00–148.00	$145.74	$923	+2.74
655–695	670	13	135.00–147.00	$139.71	$936	+8.71
935	935	6	119.50	$119.50	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	203.00	$203.00	$847	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1445	1260	80-85%	54	73.00–85.00	$78.29	$986	+3.20
1115–1498	1273	80-85%	28	59.00–74.50	$69.41	$884	-5.68
1125–1430	1295	80-85%	53	78.00–94.00	$86.00	$1,114	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1140	1014	85-90%	23	49.00–69.50	$60.24	$611	-6.20
735–1260	1039	85-90%	9	36.00–61.00	$50.67	$526	-15.77
850–1140	1040	85-90%	35	63.00–74.50	$68.03	$708	+1.59
875–1200	1066	85-90%	23	72.00–87.00	$78.46	$836	+24.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1795	1499	75-80%	35	81.00–94.00	$87.14	$1,306	+17.64
1415–1620	1508	75-80%	8	68.00–76.00	$71.03	$1,071	-12.60
1325–1750	1524	75-80%	34	75.00–86.00	$80.77	$1,231	-2.86

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1955	1725	65-75%	5	86.00–96.00	$88.87	$1,533	+0.57
1620–1950	1751	65-75%	7	77.00–85.00	$82.38	$1,442	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–2255	1724	6	90.50–98.00	$93.72	$1,616	-10.92
1365–2200	1775	35	110.00–134.00	$116.11	$2,061	-0.16
1300–2495	1879	24	100.00–111.50	$105.46	$1,982	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1320	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,375.00–1,580.00	$1,495.45
1189–1300	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–1,575.00	$1,541.21
1160–1374	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,120.00–1,350.00	$1,260.83
1135–1590	1354	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,325.00–1,525.00	$1,424.40

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1483	1342	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	2,050.00–2,075.00	$2,063.82
1439–1545	1484	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,375.00–1,575.00	$1,464.21

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–920	887	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	870.00	$870.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–968	954	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–1,625.00	$1,590.57

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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
1200–1525	1434	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	2,000.00–2,025.00	$2,008.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,750.00–1,825.00	$1,800.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,610.00	$1,610.00	—
1150–1400	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,540.00–1,675.00	$1,588.75	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,430.00	$1,430.00	—

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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
930–1000	967	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,290.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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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.