Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

4,064 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.24/cwt +7.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,092/hd at 580 lb · 175 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $180.24/cwt +4.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,126/hd at 625 lb · 134 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.97/cwt ≈ $1,270/hd at 730 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,064	1,602	3,116
Feeder cattle	3,398	911	2,767
Slaughter cattle	666	461	349
Replacement cattle	—	230	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers firm to higher undertone when compared to last week's light receipts. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	377	15	217.50–231.00	$225.14	$849	-4.33
408 value added	408	2	223.00	$223.00	$910	—
403–448	429	50	217.00–235.00	$226.01	$970	-0.65
463 value added	463	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,028	—
471–497	484	41	210.00–227.00	$216.51	$1,048	+0.97
494 unweaned	494	10	201.00	$201.00	$993	—
504–543	521	69	209.00–225.50	$216.26	$1,127	+6.42
526 unweaned	526	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,052	—
550–597	570	109	205.00–217.50	$212.94	$1,214	-5.69
583 value added	583	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,271	—
592 unweaned	592	10	194.50	$194.50	$1,151	—
604–626 thin fleshed	618	16	214.50–215.50	$215.13	$1,330	—
624 value added	624	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,298	—
605–647	628	78	198.00–214.00	$209.10	$1,313	+6.15
653–699	682	109	191.25–205.00	$197.60	$1,348	-3.62
709 value added	709	8	186.00	$186.00	$1,319	—
700–738	722	69	182.00–190.50	$188.45	$1,361	—
755–797	776	45	181.00–185.00	$183.51	$1,424	-2.49
821 value added	821	4	168.50	$168.50	$1,383	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	214.00	$214.00	$826	—
414–447	438	22	200.00–211.00	$208.98	$915	-1.02
428–449 unweaned	439	6	201.00–203.00	$202.02	$887	—
463–498	485	21	195.00–211.00	$204.87	$994	+4.87
500–539	520	38	196.00–222.00	$206.99	$1,076	+1.96
519–549 value added	525	23	210.50–226.00	$213.89	$1,123	—
512–547 unweaned	532	12	189.00–194.00	$191.00	$1,016	—
552–598	579	24	191.00–200.00	$194.58	$1,127	-0.92
603–610 value added	604	30	204.00–209.00	$208.49	$1,259	—
602–643	620	37	185.50–202.00	$194.52	$1,206	+5.52
656–673	658	62	187.00–190.50	$190.10	$1,251	+6.68
700–744	724	17	175.00–177.00	$175.75	$1,272	—
747 value added	747	18	180.75	$180.75	$1,350	—
759 thin fleshed	759	5	185.50	$185.50	$1,408	—
769 value added	769	5	181.50	$181.50	$1,396	—
750–791	770	25	170.00–180.00	$175.87	$1,354	—
805–825	823	33	167.50–177.00	$168.63	$1,388	—
855–890	877	8	159.50–165.50	$161.69	$1,418	—
922	922	17	167.00	$167.00	$1,540	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1089	1089	4	151.00	$151.00	$1,644	—
1288–1377	1340	17	152.50–156.00	$153.88	$2,062	+3.35
1212–1474	1359	32	145.00–154.50	$150.37	$2,044	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
679	679	21	185.50	$185.50	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–460	459	6	185.00–190.00	$187.49	$861	—
555	555	3	177.00	$177.00	$982	—
682 value added	682	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,214	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	150.00	$150.00	$555	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,110	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	160.00	$160.00	$947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–346	324	14	213.00–227.00	$220.48	$714	+20.48
372–398	385	6	209.00–210.00	$209.52	$807	-0.48
401–441	413	33	199.00–213.00	$206.81	$854	+16.07
449 value added	449	5	187.00	$187.00	$840	—
452–496	471	59	196.00–208.00	$203.08	$957	+12.34
469–488 thin fleshed	474	12	219.00–220.00	$219.74	$1,042	—
501–542	524	101	188.00–203.00	$195.60	$1,025	+18.80
551 value added	551	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,030	—
555–599	581	171	178.00–196.25	$188.27	$1,094	+7.96
603–645	625	134	175.00–188.00	$180.24	$1,126	+4.13
656–695	678	79	178.50–184.00	$181.59	$1,231	+1.59
710–746	730	125	172.75–180.50	$173.97	$1,270	—
791	791	11	167.50	$167.50	$1,325	—
918	918	6	155.50	$155.50	$1,427	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369 unweaned	369	4	174.00	$174.00	$642	—
388–393	390	9	180.00–200.00	$190.82	$744	—
403–420	411	21	185.00–198.00	$194.88	$801	—
455–489	475	26	179.00–197.00	$185.23	$880	+5.38
503–549	528	47	178.00–188.00	$183.87	$971	+13.66
552–593	573	73	172.00–183.00	$177.21	$1,015	+8.99
601–646	619	52	170.00–181.25	$175.91	$1,089	+7.32
621 value added	621	4	167.00	$167.00	$1,037	—
656–695	667	119	160.00–180.00	$175.30	$1,169	+10.81
704–707 value added	707	24	170.00–171.00	$170.83	$1,208	—
706–745	712	99	166.50–175.25	$173.48	$1,235	—
776–785	777	65	164.50–173.25	$172.57	$1,341	—
818 value added	818	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,301	—
856	856	38	168.75	$168.75	$1,444	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1122–1347	1183	14	148.00–150.50	$149.29	$1,766	—
1280–1302	1300	10	153.50–154.00	$153.55	$1,996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557–565	561	6	165.00	$165.00	$926	+5.00
642	642	6	157.50	$157.50	$1,011	—
721	721	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,045	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	6	154.00	$154.00	$715	—
524	524	7	140.00	$140.00	$734	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–458	458	8	177.00–188.00	$183.88	$842	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	6	130.00	$130.00	$473	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390 unweaned	390	5	180.00	$180.00	$702	—
395	395	4	201.00	$201.00	$794	-25.00
424	424	4	217.00	$217.00	$920	—
471–498	479	13	187.00–210.00	$202.65	$971	+24.65
594	594	7	178.00	$178.00	$1,057	-3.00
616	616	10	182.00	$182.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	4	230.00	$230.00	$886	+7.00
528–537	534	13	199.00–209.00	$205.19	$1,096	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1125	982	85-90%	15	48.00–69.50	$60.81	$597	—
795–1220	1016	85-90%	46	76.00–89.00	$83.85	$852	+29.09
765–1150	1044	85-90%	46	84.50–98.50	$90.35	$943	+20.68
825–1155	1062	85-90%	19	65.00–80.00	$74.17	$788	-15.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1385	1229	80-85%	21	74.00–85.50	$82.01	$1,008	-11.04
1100–1445	1241	80-85%	61	85.00–95.75	$89.00	$1,104	+1.63
1150–1395	1282	80-85%	30	91.00–106.00	$96.77	$1,241	+18.60

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1675	1456	75-80%	27	86.00–95.50	$90.24	$1,314	+0.74
1300–1675	1493	75-80%	29	93.00–103.50	$97.32	$1,453	+7.82
1400–1780	1544	75-80%	15	76.00–89.50	$83.54	$1,290	+0.54

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1760	1661	65-75%	6	100.00–110.50	$105.39	$1,751	+1.52
1675	1675	65-75%	1	86.50	$86.50	$1,449	-17.37
1715	1715	65-75%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,492	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1895	1606	5	93.00–103.50	$98.10	$1,575	—
1530–2035	1761	20	105.00–115.50	$110.31	$1,943	—
1435–2450	1781	14	116.00–128.00	$121.18	$2,158	—

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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.