Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 24, 2022

3,140 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.08/cwt ≈ $1,396/hd at 861 lb · 105 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.96/cwt +3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 666 lb · 95 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $203.92/cwt +10.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,065/hd at 522 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,140	3,830	2,433
Feeder cattle	2,450	2,781	2,043
Slaughter cattle	690	774	390
Replacement cattle	—	275	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs steady to firm, over 650 lb not well tested. Feeder heifers 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, 500-600 lbs lower undertone and yearling heifers over 650 lbs firm undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	381	13	214.00–226.00	$218.56	$833	—
408–445	424	27	205.00–226.00	$212.53	$901	+5.24
464–488	481	23	201.00–215.00	$205.90	$990	-0.25
500–547	522	81	195.00–214.00	$204.46	$1,067	+0.55
527 unweaned	527	4	193.00	$193.00	$1,017	+20.50
551–599	583	69	187.00–205.00	$194.47	$1,134	+1.58
601 fancy	601	4	199.50	$199.50	$1,199	—
608–626	616	64	179.00–191.00	$184.58	$1,137	+20.84
654–690	674	70	177.00–185.50	$182.01	$1,227	-3.99
701–743	730	25	176.00–182.00	$177.84	$1,298	—
733	733	9	170.50	$170.50	$1,250	—
763	763	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	9	200.00–213.00	$204.29	$670	—
378–388	384	10	207.00–210.00	$208.30	$800	-2.51
401–445	416	16	191.00–201.00	$195.05	$811	-4.43
465–498	478	20	185.00–200.00	$193.84	$927	+14.22
505–544	520	27	175.00–193.00	$185.17	$963	-0.57
540	540	3	171.00	$171.00	$923	-14.74
556–580	568	21	170.00–182.00	$175.14	$995	-2.05
610–647	626	33	170.00–180.00	$175.95	$1,101	+11.95
657–698	685	27	160.00–173.50	$165.60	$1,134	+15.60
713	713	5	158.50	$158.50	$1,130	—
715–744	728	12	170.50–174.00	$172.50	$1,256	—
758–793	781	9	150.00–169.00	$162.86	$1,272	-2.35
805–812	810	12	173.00–174.50	$173.37	$1,404	+12.89
864	864	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,244	-19.50
894	894	4	149.50	$149.50	$1,337	-14.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1428	1339	34	142.00–148.00	$144.59	$1,936	+6.24
1275–1495	1345	9	138.00–143.00	$140.92	$1,895	+2.57
1334–1409	1367	9	150.50–151.00	$150.73	$2,060	+5.40
1305–1462	1411	11	143.00–148.50	$146.20	$2,063	+0.82
1205–1625	1424	10	135.00–140.00	$138.49	$1,972	-6.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–378	367	7	160.00–165.00	$161.47	$593	—
481	481	6	181.00	$181.00	$871	+19.12
515	515	4	171.00	$171.00	$881	+3.37
740	740	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,202	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–438	428	14	182.00–191.00	$186.26	$797	+3.79
465–477 unweaned	473	14	149.00–151.00	$150.30	$711	-18.70
472–495	483	31	166.00–188.00	$174.98	$845	+3.31
512–537	526	24	168.00–175.00	$170.18	$895	-1.94
565–586	578	21	162.50–169.00	$165.77	$958	+1.53
612–635	620	14	162.50–165.00	$163.41	$1,013	—
653–670	666	95	163.00–177.50	$172.96	$1,152	+2.15
779	779	70	167.85	$167.85	$1,308	—
812–822	816	25	155.50–169.00	$165.48	$1,350	+10.73
858–863	861	105	160.50–163.25	$162.08	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–319	314	10	180.00–183.00	$181.78	$571	—
355–392	384	21	166.00–187.00	$177.55	$682	+1.49
405–444	427	51	159.00–176.00	$171.90	$734	+2.07
434 unweaned	434	10	151.00	$151.00	$655	-4.00
450–495	477	54	156.00–176.00	$166.64	$795	+5.35
490 unweaned	490	3	150.00	$150.00	$735	-7.60
500–535	513	32	161.00–165.00	$162.96	$836	+2.83
516	516	4	146.00	$146.00	$753	-14.13
512–549 unweaned	536	15	130.00–140.00	$134.89	$723	-24.25
582	582	4	152.00	$152.00	$885	-1.00
567–597	586	22	155.00–156.50	$155.60	$912	+2.60
600–635	608	40	155.00–168.00	$162.59	$989	+13.02
611–623	619	22	149.50–152.00	$150.47	$931	+0.90
663–693	675	15	162.50	$162.50	$1,097	+6.69
701–744	723	20	143.50–162.50	$150.42	$1,088	-23.16
766–798	780	9	144.50–146.50	$145.41	$1,134	-10.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	9	169.00	$169.00	$632	-1.00
491	491	4	145.00	$145.00	$712	-12.00
517–546	534	7	130.00–146.00	$136.64	$730	-13.09
600–611	607	13	135.00–153.00	$143.18	$869	-11.82
690	690	11	148.00	$148.00	$1,021	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	5	135.00	$135.00	$509	-9.00
407–449	430	15	134.00–142.00	$138.79	$597	—
463	463	12	124.00	$124.00	$574	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1173	1144	6	142.00–144.00	$143.03	$1,636	+4.52
1170–1211	1197	6	149.00–149.50	$149.34	$1,788	—
1155–1405	1289	5	140.00–143.00	$141.15	$1,819	-5.85
1240–1445	1304	9	143.00–149.00	$146.38	$1,909	-0.55

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	6	160.00	$160.00	$661	-6.61
648	648	5	127.50	$127.50	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	199.00	$199.00	$768	+1.50
510–541	523	15	160.00–178.00	$170.88	$894	—
551–560	554	11	164.00–170.00	$167.80	$930	+11.86
616–617	616	14	155.00–161.00	$157.57	$971	+23.74
752	752	6	142.50	$142.50	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	4	197.50	$197.50	$932	—
522–542	539	20	184.00–188.00	$187.42	$1,010	+11.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	14	159.00	$159.00	$735	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1355	1246	80-85%	41	57.00–67.00	$63.47	$791	-9.76
1100–1375	1273	80-85%	69	67.00–78.00	$71.61	$912	-9.68
1175–1375	1307	80-85%	10	75.50–86.00	$79.38	$1,037	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1100	1002	85-90%	15	35.00–50.00	$42.65	$427	-2.91
850–1200	1026	85-90%	55	52.00–63.00	$58.73	$603	+13.17
970–1150	1063	85-90%	6	71.00–76.50	$73.24	$779	+13.76
915–1200	1075	85-90%	33	63.50–72.50	$67.23	$723	-9.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1575	1450	75-80%	13	62.00–69.00	$65.93	$956	—
1375–1650	1481	75-80%	29	70.00–77.50	$73.59	$1,090	—
1390–1640	1514	75-80%	12	78.50–88.00	$82.38	$1,247	-1.77

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1855	1693	65-75%	8	87.00–94.00	$90.61	$1,534	-1.65
1740	1740	65-75%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,253	—
1685–1845	1762	65-75%	3	80.50–83.50	$81.88	$1,443	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–2250	1653	12	83.50–99.00	$91.77	$1,517	—
1330–2260	1745	11	98.00–107.50	$103.13	$1,800	+11.88
2030–2105	2068	2	110.00–113.00	$111.53	$2,306	—

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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.