Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 21, 2022

3,069 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $197.25/cwt +6.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,333/hd at 676 lb · 150 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.26/cwt +9.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 581 lb · 107 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $184.86/cwt +8.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,349/hd at 730 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,069	4,116	3,513
Feeder cattle	1,352	3,216	2,198
Slaughter cattle	268	900	342
Replacement cattle	1,449	—	973

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 higher, 500-600 lbs traded steady to firm, and over 600 lbs on a light comparison sold with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher, with heifers over 600 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone on a light test. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	14	224.00	$224.00	$777	+7.15
450–485	473	27	218.00–225.00	$222.67	$1,053	+19.01
512–539	528	27	196.00–208.00	$199.38	$1,053	+1.38
550–582	570	23	190.00–194.00	$191.89	$1,094	+2.44
584 thin fleshed	584	84	200.00	$200.00	$1,168	—
676 fancy	676	150	197.25	$197.25	$1,333	+0.25
722–732	730	82	180.00–185.85	$184.86	$1,349	+3.44
927	927	57	175.50	$175.50	$1,627	+0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	373	5	205.00–212.00	$209.11	$780	+9.11
400–435	418	15	189.00–201.00	$197.98	$828	+2.48
495	495	3	198.00	$198.00	$980	—
513–535	523	11	183.00–190.00	$186.48	$975	+1.47
567–578	573	17	173.00–183.00	$179.47	$1,028	-1.30
608–643	630	16	173.00–178.00	$175.91	$1,108	+0.79
662–693	669	15	172.00–178.00	$175.96	$1,177	+3.81
728	728	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,289	+7.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	11	150.00	$150.00	$1,164	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	4	175.00	$175.00	$894	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1475	1398	2	149.00–151.50	$150.32	$2,101	+1.24

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–381	377	15	186.00–189.00	$186.58	$703	+3.20
405–435	418	14	181.00–190.00	$185.22	$774	+4.70
458–490	470	29	175.50–185.00	$180.72	$849	+3.43
503–549	526	47	172.00–184.00	$177.99	$936	+3.70
554–590	559	59	170.00–178.00	$172.10	$962	+6.10
605–610	608	22	174.00–178.00	$174.91	$1,063	+28.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	5	189.00	$189.00	$520	+7.00
309	309	4	169.00	$169.00	$522	-15.00
411 unweaned	411	4	169.00	$169.00	$695	—
440–445	442	17	167.00–172.00	$170.17	$752	+2.19
459–498	476	23	168.00–171.00	$170.19	$810	+6.93
515–545	529	13	164.00–170.00	$166.27	$880	+4.94
552–595	579	9	160.00–165.50	$162.15	$939	+11.47
711	711	7	153.25	$153.25	$1,090	-2.75
757	757	6	144.50	$144.50	$1,094	+0.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1146–1300	1205	13	153.50–155.50	$154.39	$1,860	—
1215	1215	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,786	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	14	1,485.00	$1,485.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	4	156.00	$156.00	$821	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	4	188.00	$188.00	$919	+4.39
532	532	10	161.00	$161.00	$857	-8.58
632	632	5	159.50	$159.50	$1,008	+10.17
654	654	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,001	—
729	729	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,086	+10.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	7	180.00	$180.00	$918	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1120	1000	85-90%	10	35.00–50.00	$42.59	$426	-14.27
915–1160	1058	85-90%	33	51.50–62.00	$56.86	$602	-8.26
1085–1095	1090	85-90%	2	68.50–71.00	$69.74	$760	-1.05
1015–1220	1113	85-90%	16	62.00–66.50	$64.15	$714	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1260	1232	80-85%	5	53.00–59.00	$56.03	$690	-8.11
1145–1360	1250	80-85%	22	60.00–66.00	$63.35	$792	-6.60
1170–1350	1265	80-85%	25	67.00–72.50	$69.70	$882	-0.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1485	1431	75-80%	7	62.00–68.50	$64.64	$925	—
1385–1590	1483	75-80%	10	77.00–87.50	$81.79	$1,213	+8.09
1375–1600	1485	75-80%	12	69.00–75.50	$72.62	$1,078	-1.08

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1670	1633	65-75%	6	85.00–88.00	$86.99	$1,421	—
1640–1655	1648	65-75%	3	80.00–83.00	$82.00	$1,351	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–2050	1639	11	83.00–94.00	$91.17	$1,494	—
1350–2220	1758	10	96.00–104.00	$98.34	$1,729	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1024–1339	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	1,625.00–1,975.00	$1,775.81
1267	1267	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00	$900.00
1115–1465	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,150.00–1,410.00	$1,273.93
1245–1377	1284	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	1,000.00–1,170.00	$1,036.44
1316	1316	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,340.00	$1,340.00
1412–1454	1432	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,039.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1092	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,130.44
1088	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,410.00	$1,410.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,020.00	$1,020.00
1155–1275	1231	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	860.00–930.00	$906.12
1363–1448	1414	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,104.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
937–1398	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,000.00–2,025.00	$2,016.04
1196–1450	1259	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,975.00–2,025.00	$1,992.60
1368	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1382	1382	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1556	1556	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,310.00	$1,310.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1212	1108	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	2,025.00–2,525.00	$2,230.84
1201–1380	1285	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	150	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,560.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
942–1137	1043	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,929.16
950–1246	1151	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	86	1,875.00–2,300.00	$2,119.39

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
948–977	963	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,201.13

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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
1100–1250	1176	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,380.88	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1375–1500	1438	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	950.00	$950.00	—
1100–1500	1241	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	1,625.00–2,000.00	$1,790.38	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,460.00	$1,460.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,140.00	$1,140.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1200	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	2,850.00–3,000.00	$2,918.18	—

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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.