Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

4,892 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.60/cwt +2.47 vs last sale · ≈ $892/hd at 511 lb · 223 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.03/cwt +1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 475 lb · 181 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $199.87/cwt +2.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 526 lb · 169 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,892	4,398	5,572
Feeder cattle	3,722	3,496	4,154
Slaughter cattle	761	702	947
Replacement cattle	409	200	471

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 650 lbs firm undertone. Heifers 400-600 lbs mostly steady with two loads of 500 lb heifers sharply higher undertone. Slaughter cows mostly firm to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–343	329	11	207.00–220.00	$212.35	$699	-7.14
347 fancy	347	6	231.00	$231.00	$802	—
355–398	380	31	205.00–227.50	$212.89	$809	-0.29
405–442 fancy	417	18	220.00–226.00	$223.14	$930	—
411–443 value added	418	13	197.00–207.00	$204.56	$855	—
406–446	422	61	209.00–219.00	$214.08	$903	+7.65
467 fancy	467	16	221.00	$221.00	$1,032	+5.00
474 value added	474	6	207.00	$207.00	$981	—
455–494	477	118	203.00–216.00	$210.14	$1,002	+8.91
504–540	524	149	194.00–205.50	$201.25	$1,055	+4.16
523–548 value added	540	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
541 unweaned	541	11	181.00	$181.00	$979	—
550–593	571	127	189.00–201.50	$194.83	$1,112	+24.33
567–599 value added	573	21	194.00	$194.00	$1,112	—
583 unweaned	583	17	175.50	$175.50	$1,023	—
604–645	621	139	175.00–195.00	$190.89	$1,185	+9.37
658–687	677	54	173.00–178.50	$176.33	$1,194	-2.46
673–679 value added	677	20	172.00–176.00	$174.61	$1,182	—
700–727	715	41	159.00–173.50	$169.28	$1,210	+6.87
839	839	63	156.00	$156.00	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	6	200.00	$200.00	$666	-4.96
370–390	382	13	199.00–203.00	$201.31	$769	-1.32
406–418	411	10	195.00–199.00	$197.45	$812	+3.38
450–482	463	35	185.00–198.00	$192.84	$893	-2.47
500–548	513	31	175.00–191.00	$184.59	$947	+3.17
538 value added	538	9	199.00	$199.00	$1,071	—
574 value added	574	4	189.00	$189.00	$1,085	—
580–593	588	23	164.00–175.00	$171.29	$1,007	-2.42
590	590	5	160.00	$160.00	$944	-13.71
621 unweaned	621	6	159.00	$159.00	$987	—
600–644	624	29	152.50–174.00	$168.94	$1,054	+8.94
650–693	665	18	152.00–157.00	$153.58	$1,021	-11.92
701–710	704	13	152.75–162.00	$155.90	$1,098	+3.24
816	816	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,183	+1.11
851–896	892	63	130.50–146.00	$144.83	$1,292	+4.83

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1098–1552	1262	28	143.50–146.50	$145.07	$1,831	—
1220–1325	1262	3	141.00–142.50	$141.53	$1,786	—
1400	1400	5	150.00	$150.00	$2,100	—
1470 value added	1470	1	148.50	$148.50	$2,183	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459 value added	459	9	169.50	$169.50	$778	—
475	475	7	182.00	$182.00	$864	—
516 unweaned	516	16	163.50	$163.50	$844	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	10	185.50	$185.50	$1,178	—
701	701	11	156.00	$156.00	$1,094	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626–645	637	9	152.00–153.50	$152.66	$972	+5.73
666 value added	666	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,132	—
780	780	4	140.25	$140.25	$1,094	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	9	136.00	$136.00	$611	—
557	557	5	127.00	$127.00	$707	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 thin fleshed	305	3	201.00	$201.00	$613	—
300–342	325	28	172.00–194.00	$185.92	$604	—
344 value added	344	7	174.00	$174.00	$599	—
354–386	372	38	181.00–191.00	$186.97	$696	+4.54
405–448	429	64	175.00–187.50	$180.00	$772	+3.67
463 value added	463	18	181.00	$181.00	$838	—
450–491	476	159	166.00–181.00	$173.57	$826	+1.45
488 unweaned	488	4	161.00	$161.00	$786	—
504 fancy	504	100	183.00	$183.00	$922	—
501–532	516	123	160.00–172.50	$167.77	$866	-5.04
550 unweaned	550	14	152.50	$152.50	$839	—
567 fancy	567	94	176.50	$176.50	$1,001	—
571	571	5	155.00	$155.00	$885	-6.43
555–586	578	47	154.00–157.00	$155.80	$901	-5.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	342	13	175.00–181.00	$179.71	$615	+2.87
362–396	387	35	177.00–181.00	$178.23	$690	+3.70
410–446	422	41	165.00–174.00	$170.16	$718	+0.15
456–485	471	19	159.00–170.00	$164.65	$776	+1.73
510–547	529	47	145.00–160.00	$156.76	$829	+11.76
556 unweaned	556	5	138.00	$138.00	$767	—
552–596 value added	563	16	158.00–159.00	$158.26	$891	—
555–594	579	40	142.50–151.50	$145.62	$843	-1.43
600–627	608	43	140.50–151.50	$146.61	$891	+2.40
624–640	628	25	142.00–148.00	$144.71	$909	+0.50
666	666	18	156.50	$156.50	$1,042	+16.57
678 value added	678	13	149.00	$149.00	$1,010	—
719–725	723	96	151.00–153.50	$151.65	$1,096	+14.65
734	734	5	137.50	$137.50	$1,009	+0.50
778	778	3	132.25	$132.25	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–394	387	11	145.00–159.00	$154.06	$596	—
456–464	460	12	145.00–152.00	$148.47	$683	+3.84
520	520	3	135.00	$135.00	$702	-7.50
553–590	572	16	130.00–140.00	$137.19	$785	-1.31
618–623	620	9	130.00–140.50	$135.81	$842	—
681	681	4	132.00	$132.00	$899	—
709	709	5	128.00	$128.00	$908	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–296	288	8	164.00–171.00	$167.40	$482	—
490 unweaned	490	4	158.00	$158.00	$774	—
526	526	7	155.00	$155.00	$815	—
579	579	8	148.00	$148.00	$857	—
615–624	621	8	138.00–146.00	$143.03	$888	—
656	656	4	100.00	$100.00	$656	—
828	828	9	106.00	$106.00	$878	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1042–1108	1068	10	132.00–136.00	$133.66	$1,427	—
1070–1121	1107	7	140.00–142.50	$141.61	$1,568	—
1105–1270	1213	7	144.00–146.00	$144.26	$1,750	—
1220 value added	1220	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,830	—
1372	1372	3	151.00	$151.00	$2,072	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	7	150.00	$150.00	$897	—
667	667	15	141.00	$141.00	$940	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	9	141.50	$141.50	$829	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–392	388	8	195.00	$195.00	$757	—
421–432	426	7	172.00–189.00	$179.39	$764	—
519–536	530	14	157.00–165.00	$162.20	$860	-4.43
578	578	3	143.00	$143.00	$827	-8.00
644	644	6	144.00	$144.00	$927	-9.40
693	693	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,019	—
800	800	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,072	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1175	991	85-90%	28	52.50–69.50	$61.64	$611	—
850–1200	1022	85-90%	68	63.00–76.50	$69.51	$710	+24.37
810–1150	1027	85-90%	5	35.00–49.00	$43.53	$447	-1.61
970–1200	1070	85-90%	43	73.00–87.00	$79.02	$846	+10.76

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1350	1229	80-85%	15	64.00–74.50	$68.02	$836	-8.62
1095–1375	1253	80-85%	51	73.00–83.00	$78.35	$982	+10.41
1040–1405	1254	80-85%	72	82.00–95.00	$86.86	$1,089	+18.92
1300	1300	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$910	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1575	1448	75-80%	49	82.00–94.50	$88.45	$1,281	—
1400–1700	1475	75-80%	9	64.00–74.50	$70.43	$1,039	-6.50
1390–1665	1483	75-80%	20	75.00–84.00	$80.01	$1,187	+3.08

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1855	1693	65-75%	13	87.50–98.00	$91.90	$1,556	—
1570–2175	1835	65-75%	4	80.00–84.50	$81.94	$1,504	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1905	1533	19	97.00–111.00	$103.13	$1,581	—
1320–1785	1568	9	76.00–94.00	$88.31	$1,385	—
1370–2235	1748	19	110.00–134.00	$115.26	$2,015	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
996	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,370.00	$1,370.00
1035–1134	1061	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	1,625.00–1,675.00	$1,632.84
950–1310	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,395.90
1190–1212	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,312.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1082	1082	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	840.00	$840.00
895–1290	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,171.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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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
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,020.00	$1,020.00	-1,003.68
1000–1350	1188	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,360.00	$1,271.25	-513.75
1000–1375	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,863.41	—
1100–1350	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,460.00–1,625.00	$1,536.54	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,420.00	$1,420.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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
975–1100	1034	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	1,825.00–2,100.00	$1,939.06	—

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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.