Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

5,070 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $213.84/cwt +1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,119/hd at 523 lb · 206 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $186.33/cwt ≈ $1,550/hd at 832 lb · 178 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $184.35/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,161/hd at 630 lb · 162 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,070	2,292	4,151
Feeder cattle	4,030	1,987	3,219
Slaughter cattle	800	305	727
Replacement cattle	240	—	205

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, 400-650 lb steers and heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher, with 500-550 lb steers selling spots 7.00-8.00 higher, feeders over 650 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on light comparisons. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–336 value added	327	10	225.00–248.00	$236.83	$774	—
326–343	332	6	217.00–223.00	$219.07	$727	—
332 unweaned	332	5	225.00	$225.00	$747	—
373	373	3	234.00	$234.00	$873	+7.50
373 unweaned	373	4	226.00	$226.00	$843	+12.00
384–399 value added	392	24	226.00–240.00	$232.46	$911	—
416–445 unweaned	426	33	220.00–224.50	$222.90	$950	—
404–446	427	57	217.00–240.00	$227.79	$973	-2.93
410–446 value added	442	40	221.00–224.00	$221.56	$979	—
458–492 value added	469	18	214.00–221.00	$216.45	$1,015	—
469	469	7	186.00	$186.00	$872	—
455–493	472	81	214.00–230.00	$223.47	$1,055	—
457–498 unweaned	485	15	205.00–209.00	$207.65	$1,007	-2.11
513–519 value added	517	27	215.00–221.00	$219.38	$1,134	—
500–541 unweaned	523	44	183.00–205.00	$195.05	$1,020	—
509–549	524	132	203.00–225.00	$219.37	$1,149	+7.06
543	543	3	196.50	$196.50	$1,067	-15.81
566 value added	566	9	211.00	$211.00	$1,194	—
550–593	570	99	207.00–220.00	$214.81	$1,224	+6.22
583 unweaned	583	13	193.00	$193.00	$1,125	+1.50
585	585	9	186.00	$186.00	$1,088	-22.59
600–608 value added	604	11	193.50–194.50	$193.95	$1,171	—
603–645	611	91	200.00–216.50	$213.98	$1,307	+7.24
651–687	663	69	184.00–210.25	$200.91	$1,332	-1.59
681 value added	681	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,253	—
693	693	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,234	—
711–723 value added	720	14	180.50–181.50	$180.78	$1,302	—
713–737	734	86	180.25–187.00	$181.30	$1,331	-7.26
740	740	14	176.50	$176.50	$1,306	-12.06
828–834	832	178	185.00–187.00	$186.33	$1,550	—
870–893	880	106	172.25–177.25	$174.95	$1,540	—
929	929	56	177.50	$177.50	$1,649	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–385	384	9	215.00–220.00	$217.67	$836	—
432–438	435	16	193.00–209.00	$198.01	$861	-7.76
486 thin fleshed	486	8	212.00	$212.00	$1,030	—
488	488	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,020	+7.47
500–525	514	13	191.00–202.00	$196.59	$1,010	+3.13
533	533	3	193.00	$193.00	$1,029	-0.46
550–575	556	35	188.00–200.00	$194.55	$1,082	+1.86
565 unweaned	565	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,000	—
612–633	617	41	185.00–195.75	$193.14	$1,192	+4.74
663–697 value added	683	12	184.50–188.75	$187.03	$1,277	—
651–698	684	44	170.50–192.00	$185.21	$1,267	+4.45
726	726	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,249	-2.73
719–743	729	10	179.50–181.00	$180.11	$1,313	+5.38
768 value added	768	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,344	—
755–786	776	18	169.00–180.00	$173.54	$1,347	+1.89

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1227	1227	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,914	—
1149–1595	1260	14	144.00–146.50	$145.17	$1,829	+5.39
1165–1530	1337	34	147.00–151.00	$148.28	$1,983	—
1418	1418	4	154.50	$154.50	$2,191	—
1468–1615	1529	11	140.00–146.50	$143.75	$2,198	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	212.00	$212.00	$767	—
408	408	6	214.00	$214.00	$873	—
414 value added	414	4	211.00	$211.00	$874	—
471	471	5	184.00	$184.00	$867	—
503 value added	503	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
841	841	5	165.50	$165.50	$1,392	+2.00
974	974	5	138.50	$138.50	$1,349	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,072	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330 value added	318	5	192.00–198.00	$194.26	$618	—
333	333	8	223.00	$223.00	$743	+10.50
353–379 value added	369	20	196.00–201.00	$197.22	$728	—
398	398	6	213.00	$213.00	$848	+8.00
404–432 value added	408	25	193.00–200.00	$196.92	$803	—
400–434	421	22	200.00–211.00	$207.47	$873	+6.42
450 unweaned	450	4	180.00	$180.00	$810	-4.00
453 fancy	453	17	210.00	$210.00	$951	—
450–469 value added	464	29	189.00–193.00	$190.45	$884	—
459–495	483	71	191.00–205.00	$199.84	$965	+4.94
502–510 unweaned	507	23	174.00–181.00	$177.02	$897	—
503–540 value added	520	27	187.00–191.00	$189.95	$988	—
501–546	521	95	183.00–196.00	$192.98	$1,005	+3.71
550 unweaned	550	3	171.00	$171.00	$940	-8.00
551–595	571	97	183.00–193.00	$188.68	$1,077	+1.83
588 value added	588	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,094	—
610 thin fleshed	610	21	194.00	$194.00	$1,183	—
610 value added	610	11	179.00	$179.00	$1,092	—
609–646	635	130	177.00–190.25	$183.24	$1,164	-2.76
651–676	656	124	181.00–186.25	$184.42	$1,210	-10.58
734–739	738	86	170.50–175.50	$174.69	$1,289	—
758	758	8	176.00	$176.00	$1,334	+5.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294 unweaned	294	8	205.00	$205.00	$603	—
304 unweaned	304	4	169.00	$169.00	$514	—
325	325	4	188.00	$188.00	$611	—
382–389 unweaned	388	19	161.00–194.00	$187.15	$726	—
406 unweaned	406	5	186.00	$186.00	$755	—
409–423	413	10	194.00–196.00	$194.61	$804	+10.65
468–486	476	24	171.50–186.00	$181.86	$866	+2.03
476 unweaned	476	5	173.00	$173.00	$823	—
505–548	537	47	166.00–186.00	$179.29	$963	+4.57
578 unweaned	578	10	161.00	$161.00	$931	-3.88
573–585	579	16	172.50–179.00	$174.56	$1,011	-4.32
587	587	10	177.00	$177.00	$1,039	-1.88
603–649	627	83	152.50–179.00	$174.06	$1,091	+0.72
657–682	670	21	169.50–174.50	$171.84	$1,151	+5.45
698 value added	698	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,201	—
708–746	718	35	158.25–171.50	$168.45	$1,209	+11.39
768	768	22	167.50	$167.50	$1,286	+17.18
880	880	13	151.75	$151.75	$1,335	-2.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1405	1148	6	142.00–145.50	$143.42	$1,646	—
1095–1385	1216	21	144.50–150.50	$148.42	$1,805	—
1358	1358	5	156.50	$156.50	$2,125	—
1342–1605	1440	5	144.00–147.50	$145.88	$2,101	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	184.00	$184.00	$672	—
429	429	6	182.00	$182.00	$781	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	135.00	$135.00	$427	—
385	385	4	136.00	$136.00	$524	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	5	161.00	$161.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–442	426	9	209.00–217.00	$212.69	$906	—
586	586	8	175.00	$175.00	$1,026	—
650 unweaned	650	16	176.00	$176.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	201.00	$201.00	$706	—
424 unweaned	424	4	209.00	$209.00	$886	—
486 unweaned	486	8	192.00	$192.00	$933	—
511	511	6	176.00	$176.00	$899	-5.76
654	654	5	155.50	$155.50	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	156.00	$156.00	$516	—
356	356	9	150.00	$150.00	$534	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1390	1255	80-85%	83	78.00–87.00	$83.39	$1,047	+4.62
1125–1480	1267	80-85%	39	70.00–80.50	$75.97	$963	-9.77
1160–1385	1299	80-85%	30	85.00–93.00	$88.66	$1,152	+19.24

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1150	955	85-90%	18	45.00–66.00	$56.02	$535	—
785–1225	1076	85-90%	53	71.00–81.00	$75.30	$810	-4.24
860–1275	1079	85-90%	28	59.00–76.00	$67.69	$730	-11.85
945–1225	1092	85-90%	21	80.00–90.00	$83.67	$914	+4.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1545	1444	75-80%	13	68.00–79.50	$74.41	$1,074	—
1365–1790	1468	75-80%	50	78.00–88.00	$84.27	$1,237	+6.95
1290–1735	1487	75-80%	32	87.50–101.50	$91.87	$1,366	+14.55

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1790	1632	65-75%	7	92.00–98.00	$95.07	$1,552	—
1435–1820	1647	65-75%	28	82.50–90.50	$87.69	$1,444	—
1755	1755	65-75%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,351	-24.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2310	1639	11	115.00–127.00	$119.85	$1,964	—
1315–2185	1718	31	100.00–117.50	$110.09	$1,891	+0.70
1830–1890	1860	2	95.00–100.00	$97.46	$1,813	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1058	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,240.00	$1,225.61
1154–1203	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,350.00–1,575.00	$1,505.52
1135–1360	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,040.00–1,130.00	$1,081.20
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1359	1359	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,370.00	$1,370.00
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,140.00	$1,140.00
1195	1195	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	960.00	$960.00

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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
1100–1150	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,240.00	—
1250–1300	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	2,075.00–2,275.00	$2,116.67	—
1250–1350	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,530.00–1,625.00	$1,577.50	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1200	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,825.00–1,925.00	$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	5	1,570.00	$1,570.00	—

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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.