Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

3,830 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $176.65/cwt -0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,514/hd at 857 lb · 122 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $167.87/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,212/hd at 722 lb · 108 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.65/cwt -3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,137/hd at 670 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,830	3,872	4,401
Feeder cattle	2,781	3,367	3,874
Slaughter cattle	774	505	527
Replacement cattle	275	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 650 lbs sold steady to firm, with over 700 lbs selling with a higher undertone on few comparisons. Feeder heifers traded steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 value added	305	1	215.00	$215.00	$656	—
343–344	344	13	203.00–205.00	$204.23	$703	—
385 unweaned	385	3	185.00	$185.00	$712	—
402–444	428	36	193.00–220.00	$207.29	$887	-7.01
451–499	481	38	193.00–216.50	$206.15	$992	-2.99
492 value added	492	5	193.00	$193.00	$950	—
502 unweaned	502	13	172.50	$172.50	$866	-16.50
501–544	521	43	197.00–208.00	$203.91	$1,062	-2.04
528 value added	528	5	182.00	$182.00	$961	—
538	538	4	170.00	$170.00	$915	-35.95
572–585	576	35	185.00–199.00	$192.89	$1,111	-5.88
603–633	607	28	175.00–180.00	$179.26	$1,088	-11.07
617 unweaned	617	12	159.00	$159.00	$981	—
609–625	618	15	156.00–171.00	$163.74	$1,012	-26.59
648 value added	648	13	186.50	$186.50	$1,209	—
655	655	13	186.00	$186.00	$1,218	-8.62
694	694	11	151.00	$151.00	$1,048	-43.62
742 value added	742	19	169.50	$169.50	$1,258	—
850–865	857	122	176.10–177.25	$176.65	$1,514	-0.47
932	932	57	172.85	$172.85	$1,611	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–387	372	12	207.00–214.00	$210.81	$784	+0.37
415–440	428	11	195.50–206.00	$199.48	$854	-1.19
465 value added	465	7	190.00	$190.00	$884	—
469 unweaned	469	5	167.00	$167.00	$783	—
463–498	488	17	170.00–199.00	$179.62	$877	-15.93
517–537	530	15	183.00–190.00	$185.74	$984	-4.69
555 unweaned	555	5	180.00	$180.00	$999	—
552–598	567	39	170.50–185.00	$177.19	$1,005	-8.57
609–646	623	16	172.75–173.00	$172.90	$1,077	-10.24
626	626	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,027	-19.14
655–686	666	41	170.00–177.00	$172.23	$1,147	-5.65
690	690	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,035	-27.88
769–798	781	19	149.00–173.00	$165.21	$1,290	—
833–838	835	11	153.50–164.50	$160.48	$1,340	—
884	884	21	163.50	$163.50	$1,445	-2.00
930	930	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,516	+7.00
982	982	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,316	-12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–483	469	10	158.00–166.00	$161.88	$759	—
500–548	524	8	160.00–176.00	$167.63	$878	+6.63
586–587	586	12	158.00–169.75	$164.85	$966	+0.35
591 value added	591	8	168.00	$168.00	$993	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	2	135.00–142.00	$138.50	$1,787	-9.50
1226–1510	1340	10	137.00–140.00	$138.35	$1,854	—
1300–1545	1371	10	144.00–145.50	$145.33	$1,992	—
1295–1610	1417	14	143.50–147.50	$145.38	$2,060	—
1445	1445	2	148.00	$148.00	$2,139	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	6	205.00	$205.00	$707	—
445	445	3	199.00	$199.00	$886	—
558	558	9	180.00	$180.00	$1,004	—
576	576	4	174.00	$174.00	$1,002	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	5	157.00	$157.00	$962	—
1003	1003	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,545	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 unweaned	330	3	147.00	$147.00	$485	—
373–391	380	10	169.00–181.00	$176.06	$669	-5.41
413–442	434	13	161.00–176.00	$169.83	$737	-2.16
436 unweaned	436	4	155.00	$155.00	$676	-13.00
459–465	462	10	160.00–162.50	$161.29	$745	-10.14
456–488 unweaned	473	11	155.00–159.00	$157.60	$745	—
500–536 unweaned	521	28	154.00–161.00	$159.14	$829	+11.63
501–543	523	41	154.00–165.00	$160.13	$837	-2.46
556–561 unweaned	557	30	151.00–154.00	$153.60	$856	+6.26
575	575	3	153.00	$153.00	$880	-11.61
620–623	622	23	144.00–152.00	$149.57	$930	-7.99
614–642	632	43	164.00–174.00	$171.42	$1,083	+13.86
642 value added	642	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,021	—
672 unweaned	672	19	145.00	$145.00	$974	—
663–688	681	22	152.50–161.75	$155.81	$1,061	-8.29
684	684	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,060	-9.10
695 value added	695	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,098	—
701–731	710	35	153.50–157.00	$155.97	$1,107	-5.16
727–742	728	73	141.00–177.50	$173.58	$1,264	+12.45
770	770	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,201	-1.24
797	797	9	144.50	$144.50	$1,152	-12.74
807–820	818	24	141.50–144.50	$141.87	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–340	326	6	191.00–197.50	$194.39	$634	—
393	393	10	179.00	$179.00	$703	—
402–443	420	51	174.00–195.00	$182.47	$766	-0.98
428 unweaned	428	14	160.00	$160.00	$685	-12.00
443 value added	443	2	176.00	$176.00	$780	—
466–498	477	22	169.00–176.00	$171.67	$819	-11.54
467–484 value added	477	12	174.00–175.00	$174.41	$832	—
496 unweaned	496	9	169.00	$169.00	$838	+9.00
502–538	515	58	168.00–180.00	$172.12	$886	-4.65
547 unweaned	547	6	163.00	$163.00	$892	—
564–573	570	13	163.00–165.00	$164.24	$936	-9.10
575–593	587	22	172.00–175.00	$174.06	$1,022	+0.72
619 value added	619	13	159.00	$159.00	$984	—
653–678	667	75	168.00–174.75	$170.81	$1,139	-2.62
697 value added	697	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,115	—
735	735	70	170.00	$170.00	$1,250	+0.67
810	810	5	154.75	$154.75	$1,253	-11.74

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	5	186.00	$186.00	$474	—
339	339	6	167.00	$167.00	$566	—
358–384	370	9	157.00–176.00	$167.23	$619	—
403–449	427	11	158.00–177.50	$166.61	$711	—
458–461	459	11	156.00–166.00	$161.44	$741	—
520–540	530	6	145.00–159.00	$151.87	$805	—
665	665	5	153.50	$153.50	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	170.00	$170.00	$654	—
407–438	423	9	153.00–168.00	$160.58	$679	+0.95
478	478	5	157.00	$157.00	$750	±0.00
505–509	508	11	149.00–150.00	$149.73	$761	-4.90
604	604	5	155.00	$155.00	$936	+11.90

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1170	1136	4	138.00–140.00	$138.51	$1,573	—
1045–1290	1157	5	140.00–142.00	$141.20	$1,634	-6.81
1145–1275	1210	2	125.00–128.00	$126.58	$1,532	—
1266	1266	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,861	—
1238–1380	1302	6	144.50–148.00	$146.93	$1,913	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–647	639	12	149.00–159.50	$155.61	$994	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	144.00	$144.00	$562	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	4	197.50	$197.50	$701	—
401 unweaned	401	7	194.00	$194.00	$778	—
438	438	3	175.50	$175.50	$769	—
506 unweaned	506	5	155.00	$155.00	$784	—
550–597	577	14	153.00–160.00	$155.94	$900	—
600–649	619	10	130.00–139.00	$133.83	$828	-1.67
660 unweaned	660	12	142.00	$142.00	$937	—
652–685	665	8	133.00–135.00	$134.14	$892	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	4	176.00	$176.00	$898	—
627	627	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,028	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	4	174.00	$174.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	4	164.00	$164.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1380	1242	80-85%	69	59.00–69.00	$64.94	$807	—
1090–1550	1244	80-85%	86	67.00–79.00	$73.23	$911	—
1175–1355	1295	80-85%	11	78.00–84.00	$81.29	$1,053	+4.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1150	1004	85-90%	16	40.00–52.00	$45.56	$457	—
900–1200	1055	85-90%	55	56.50–75.50	$66.56	$702	-12.37
855–1200	1056	85-90%	62	50.00–65.00	$59.48	$628	-19.45
1075–1140	1093	85-90%	6	74.00–79.00	$76.59	$837	+4.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1575	1428	75-80%	19	64.00–72.50	$68.84	$983	—
1340–1615	1445	75-80%	36	71.00–82.50	$75.71	$1,094	—
1380–1895	1505	75-80%	20	82.50–89.50	$84.15	$1,266	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1745	1649	65-75%	4	78.50–83.50	$80.71	$1,331	-2.16
1500–1780	1670	65-75%	6	89.00–95.50	$92.26	$1,541	+19.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–2535	1711	11	65.00–98.00	$91.25	$1,561	-14.81
1840	1840	1	114.00	$114.00	$2,098	—
1550–2155	1862	21	99.50–110.00	$105.02	$1,955	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
984–1203	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,090.00–1,280.00	$1,194.51
1185–1400	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,130.00–1,270.00	$1,201.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173–1238	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,010.00–1,100.00	$1,063.41
1180–1330	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	910.00–1,100.00	$1,050.64

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
979	979	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,190.00	$1,190.00

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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
1050–1100	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,080.00–1,090.00	$1,085.71	—
1050–1300	1176	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	1,130.00–1,400.00	$1,230.00	—
1100–1375	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,415.52	—
1150–1375	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	1,440.00–1,660.00	$1,518.46	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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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.