Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

4,329 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $194.38/cwt +4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,324/hd at 681 lb · 208 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $186.28/cwt +3.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,516/hd at 814 lb · 180 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $171.55/cwt ≈ $1,577/hd at 919 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,329	4,508	3,851
Feeder cattle	2,743	3,862	3,329
Slaughter cattle	534	646	522
Replacement cattle	1,052	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 450-700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, several pots 800-850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 850 lbs firm undertone. Heifers 400-500 lbs lower undertone on a light test, 500-600 lb heifers unevenly steady and 600-650 lbs firm to higher undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	10	253.00	$253.00	$835	+15.00
358–383	365	24	235.00–239.00	$237.79	$868	+13.18
400–447	420	18	213.00–224.00	$219.99	$924	+1.03
451 fancy	451	13	230.00	$230.00	$1,037	—
459–496	481	53	210.00–224.00	$214.91	$1,034	+1.32
500–538	521	37	208.00–224.50	$213.85	$1,114	+2.39
572–598	587	58	205.00–219.00	$214.97	$1,262	+28.97
600–617	615	27	207.50–214.00	$209.02	$1,285	+5.53
650–694	681	208	190.00–197.50	$194.38	$1,324	+1.38
703–729	717	17	190.00–191.00	$190.46	$1,366	+3.96
756	756	7	187.50	$187.50	$1,418	+3.52
811–815	814	180	185.35–186.75	$186.28	$1,516	+3.77
854	854	60	177.50	$177.50	$1,516	—
904–933	919	116	171.25–171.85	$171.55	$1,577	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	9	228.00–237.50	$232.18	$669	—
340–348	345	5	217.50–222.50	$220.53	$761	—
402 unweaned	402	6	190.00	$190.00	$764	—
420–437	429	6	205.00–207.00	$206.02	$884	-3.53
468 thin fleshed	468	26	222.00	$222.00	$1,039	—
455–496	478	22	203.00–208.00	$206.28	$986	+14.28
479–493 unweaned	483	13	178.00–185.50	$183.54	$886	—
510–548	534	23	195.00–206.00	$197.56	$1,055	+9.56
537–538 unweaned	537	10	168.00–194.00	$183.59	$986	-10.41
555–597 unweaned	574	33	150.00–183.00	$168.19	$965	-8.96
550–594	578	43	189.00–199.00	$193.97	$1,121	+2.73
602–618	606	11	157.00–175.00	$170.00	$1,030	-21.90
663	663	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,061	-20.67
653–693	666	10	147.00–159.00	$153.44	$1,022	-27.23
701–746	726	16	171.00–177.00	$174.47	$1,267	-0.28
800–833	824	49	171.00–178.00	$173.18	$1,427	—
929	929	5	143.50	$143.50	$1,333	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	54	181.00	$181.00	$1,281	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1368	1290	27	145.50–148.00	$146.50	$1,890	—
1398	1398	3	151.00	$151.00	$2,111	—
1325–1593	1516	7	138.00–143.50	$139.37	$2,113	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	6	184.00	$184.00	$942	—
705–723	720	19	142.00–150.00	$148.76	$1,071	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	5	135.25	$135.25	$729	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	7	232.00	$232.00	$705	—
436	436	14	182.00	$182.00	$794	-5.00
488–493	490	8	175.00	$175.00	$858	-6.98
514–549	532	90	175.00–187.00	$180.35	$959	-2.65
576 thin fleshed	576	27	191.75	$191.75	$1,104	—
606–621	610	57	178.75–182.75	$179.89	$1,097	-5.05
653	653	72	176.75	$176.75	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	4	190.00	$190.00	$659	-1.00
366 unweaned	366	11	179.00	$179.00	$655	—
388–396	393	7	180.00–184.00	$182.31	$716	—
403–443	420	28	174.00–184.00	$180.11	$756	-6.17
419–436 unweaned	428	8	165.00–168.00	$166.53	$713	-14.47
450–486	460	43	168.00–174.00	$171.12	$787	-7.01
453–496 unweaned	475	33	154.00–165.50	$159.72	$759	-7.29
506–531	520	37	155.50–174.00	$170.81	$888	-1.47
525–549 unweaned	542	15	155.00–160.00	$158.31	$858	—
551 unweaned	551	5	159.00	$159.00	$876	+13.28
550–598	570	30	168.00–172.50	$170.76	$973	+0.73
602	602	3	143.00	$143.00	$861	-21.62
650–661	656	22	142.50–169.50	$158.22	$1,038	-7.68
711–713	712	9	138.00–153.00	$147.99	$1,054	-18.09
782	782	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,165	—
875	875	6	135.50	$135.50	$1,186	-37.50
940	940	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,363	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	5	179.00	$179.00	$653	+19.00
463–486	476	16	144.50–163.00	$152.37	$725	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1242	1192	12	144.00–148.50	$146.61	$1,748	—
1235	1235	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,754	-2.88

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464–469	466	9	129.00–130.00	$129.55	$604	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394 unweaned	394	5	144.00	$144.00	$567	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	7	172.00	$172.00	$764	-35.35
450–481	462	13	186.00–190.00	$187.50	$866	-18.28
510–518	513	11	158.00–176.00	$167.23	$858	-24.80
555	555	6	179.00	$179.00	$993	+1.58
592 unweaned	592	8	144.00	$144.00	$852	—
615–639	630	17	145.50–178.50	$162.93	$1,026	-2.32
655	655	3	144.00	$144.00	$943	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	6	146.00	$146.00	$727	—
521	521	4	130.00	$130.00	$677	-26.00
608	608	6	140.00	$140.00	$851	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1145	942	85-90%	12	44.50–54.00	$49.27	$464	—
935–1200	1050	85-90%	22	70.00–79.00	$73.43	$771	-1.00
850–1185	1055	85-90%	56	57.00–68.00	$63.92	$674	-10.51
950–1100	1055	85-90%	5	80.00–83.00	$81.63	$861	+7.20

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1340	1213	80-85%	32	62.00–74.00	$67.38	$817	-6.52
1130–1375	1259	80-85%	48	71.00–85.50	$78.20	$985	-10.88
1140–1400	1309	80-85%	9	83.50–91.00	$86.95	$1,138	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1615	1447	75-80%	29	75.00–85.50	$80.96	$1,171	+3.98
1375–1555	1451	75-80%	10	65.00–73.50	$69.76	$1,012	—
1355–1595	1493	75-80%	13	85.50–91.50	$88.34	$1,319	-2.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–1915	1694	65-75%	8	81.50–89.50	$84.87	$1,438	-3.01
1660–1720	1700	65-75%	3	75.00–78.50	$76.48	$1,300	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1795	1566	7	89.00–101.00	$95.07	$1,489	—
1780	1780	1	120.00	$120.00	$2,136	—
1275–2580	1784	21	103.00–114.00	$108.11	$1,929	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
993	993	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	925.00	$925.00
1096–1158	1133	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	925.00–1,075.00	$1,008.36
1055–1209	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	900.00–1,100.00	$1,012.24
1083–1253	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,379.08
1108–1488	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	1,250.00–1,525.00	$1,401.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1164–1340	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	1,675.00–1,775.00	$1,726.07
1192–1348	1261	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,700.00–1,950.00	$1,784.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1088	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1161–1326	1238	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,954.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
954	954	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1045–1078	1062	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,650.78

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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
950–1200	1066	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	34	1,200.00–1,475.00	$1,336.76	—
950–1150	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	1,650.00–2,000.00	$1,850.00	—
1000–1300	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	1,575.00–1,800.00	$1,670.65	—
1150–1250	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,700.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1000	929	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,540.48	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1250	1231	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,937.50	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450–1650	1530	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,625.00–1,750.00	$1,675.00	—

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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
1050–1100	1069	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,887.50	—

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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.