Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

2,714 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.55/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 472 lb · 88 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $197.11/cwt -3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 476 lb · 85 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.91/cwt +0.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 575 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,714	5,005	7,423
Feeder cattle	2,163	2,410	6,491
Slaughter cattle	551	1,197	932
Replacement cattle	—	1,398	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 650 lbs steady to firm undertone, with a couple of pot loads of yearlings over 900 lbs selling with a firm undertone. 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
350–372	363	24	207.00–209.00	$207.59	$754	-8.41
392 unweaned	392	5	187.00	$187.00	$733	—
415–448	439	36	202.00–216.00	$210.29	$923	+7.83
442	442	22	195.00	$195.00	$862	-7.46
460	460	12	190.00	$190.00	$874	-10.83
453–498	477	60	190.00–201.00	$196.34	$937	-4.49
479–488 fancy	483	13	204.00–210.00	$207.20	$1,001	—
516 fancy	516	7	203.00	$203.00	$1,047	—
506–540	523	72	188.00–199.00	$192.72	$1,008	+2.09
552–589	575	83	177.00–185.00	$179.91	$1,034	-14.58
632–645	642	36	173.00–179.00	$178.17	$1,144	-8.10
661–695	682	22	162.00–169.00	$167.68	$1,144	-2.72
753–764	759	12	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$1,180	—
795	795	5	149.50	$149.50	$1,189	—
816	816	7	154.00	$154.00	$1,257	+1.90
870–898	889	9	140.00–145.00	$143.37	$1,275	-13.13
895	895	4	136.00	$136.00	$1,217	-20.50
902	902	60	150.00	$150.00	$1,353	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293–296	294	11	194.00–205.00	$200.97	$591	+3.97
342	342	3	201.00	$201.00	$687	-2.04
354–393	364	21	198.00–205.00	$202.28	$736	+3.43
415–439	427	23	171.00–194.00	$184.61	$788	-2.11
451–490	470	35	180.00–191.00	$186.14	$875	-0.33
471 unweaned	471	4	180.00	$180.00	$848	+12.21
505–540	521	18	171.00–183.00	$177.04	$922	-2.33
534 unweaned	534	7	153.00	$153.00	$817	-21.11
560–580	572	10	168.00–176.00	$170.68	$976	+5.56
584	584	8	150.00	$150.00	$876	-15.12
613–649	631	12	155.00–160.00	$158.51	$1,000	-8.30
715	715	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,065	-5.75
755	755	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,049	-2.43

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1197	1197	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,676	—
1225–1585	1423	19	142.00–147.50	$145.56	$2,071	—
1325–1596	1494	8	148.00–148.50	$148.17	$2,214	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	4	168.50	$168.50	$627	—
457–465	461	6	161.00–165.00	$163.02	$752	—
512–543	535	11	170.00–174.00	$171.04	$915	+15.82

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
664	664	4	148.00	$148.00	$983	—
727	727	10	143.75	$143.75	$1,045	+0.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1014	1014	10	134.00	$134.00	$1,359	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
968	968	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,210	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–339	326	13	183.00–184.00	$183.60	$599	—
350–395	374	45	181.00–190.00	$185.26	$693	+1.06
400–447	419	47	176.00–182.00	$178.48	$748	+1.34
451–474	457	39	160.00–167.00	$164.08	$750	-8.06
477–493	484	49	170.00–182.50	$173.91	$842	+1.77
502–544	524	77	162.50–172.00	$165.94	$870	-6.57
540	540	3	161.00	$161.00	$869	-11.51
555–588	578	29	166.50–174.50	$168.61	$975	+4.40
605–616	610	20	160.00–165.00	$162.59	$992	+1.39
643	643	5	149.50	$149.50	$961	-11.70
655–668	661	13	154.00–156.00	$155.07	$1,025	—
728	728	67	150.25	$150.25	$1,094	—
792	792	5	141.50	$141.50	$1,121	—
947	947	27	131.00	$131.00	$1,241	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308 thin fleshed	308	6	191.00	$191.00	$588	+6.00
306–327	315	7	167.00–182.00	$173.67	$547	—
364–397	379	21	165.00–176.00	$173.41	$657	-3.59
380	380	5	155.00	$155.00	$589	-22.00
410–448	430	31	160.00–168.00	$165.00	$710	-3.18
452–479	465	26	160.00–165.00	$163.52	$760	+1.97
509–544	525	19	151.00–159.50	$158.15	$830	+2.91
555–561	559	11	155.00–160.00	$158.41	$886	+8.33
573 unweaned	573	9	135.50	$135.50	$776	—
601–640	621	21	146.75–150.00	$148.47	$922	+0.69
697	697	5	140.50	$140.50	$979	+0.12
743	743	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,003	-11.28

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1017	1017	52	132.85	$132.85	$1,351	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419 unweaned	419	7	140.00	$140.00	$587	—
408–438	429	11	148.00–151.00	$149.15	$640	+2.38
450–495	475	25	135.50–147.00	$141.66	$673	-6.84

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
973	973	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,265	—
1222–1362	1269	6	148.00–149.00	$148.66	$1,886	+5.16
1270	1270	3	143.50	$143.50	$1,822	±0.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
774	774	10	133.25	$133.25	$1,031	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	171.00	$171.00	$761	+7.48
510–511	511	7	158.00	$158.00	$807	—
557–584	572	11	148.00–160.00	$153.31	$877	-2.69
600 unweaned	600	5	146.00	$146.00	$876	—
668	668	5	144.00	$144.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	7	198.00	$198.00	$887	+10.82
474	474	10	193.00	$193.00	$915	+3.00
600	600	3	156.50	$156.50	$939	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	147.00	$147.00	$619	-13.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1385	1233	80-85%	18	65.00–74.00	$70.76	$872	-7.58
1105–1380	1261	80-85%	58	73.00–82.50	$78.59	$991	+8.55
1130–1520	1286	80-85%	43	82.00–92.00	$84.99	$1,093	+30.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1220	995	85-90%	35	50.00–61.00	$56.15	$559	+16.18
820–1205	1001	85-90%	10	35.00–49.00	$43.06	$431	-17.10
885–1160	1012	85-90%	20	64.00–74.00	$69.03	$699	+8.87
925–1170	1048	85-90%	23	75.00–86.00	$79.97	$838	+9.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1555	1468	75-80%	6	69.00–74.50	$72.92	$1,070	-7.30
1385–1610	1477	75-80%	20	83.50–92.00	$85.91	$1,269	+5.69
1380–1655	1483	75-80%	38	76.00–83.00	$79.82	$1,184	-0.40

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–1850	1711	65-75%	12	82.50–90.00	$85.12	$1,456	-1.77
1600–1815	1715	65-75%	7	75.00–80.50	$77.69	$1,332	-9.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–2285	1621	18	97.00–108.00	$103.64	$1,680	—
1350–2820	1738	5	86.00–96.00	$90.23	$1,568	—
1710–2260	2040	7	112.00–124.00	$116.13	$2,369	—

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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.