Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 12, 2022

5,099 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $186.07/cwt +5.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,258/hd at 676 lb · 381 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $184.01/cwt +1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 581 lb · 110 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $191.54/cwt +2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 480 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,099	6,282	5,596
Feeder cattle	3,421	5,386	3,604
Slaughter cattle	1,078	896	800
Replacement cattle	600	—	1,192

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs mostly firm to 5.00 higher, 600-800 lbs steady to firm, over 800 lbs weak to lower undertone. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	227.50	$227.50	$780	—
360–395	382	11	217.50–229.00	$225.12	$860	-9.39
413–442	431	8	214.00–215.00	$214.36	$924	-9.45
451–498	478	43	208.00–221.00	$216.24	$1,034	+0.73
500–546	512	74	197.00–218.00	$210.98	$1,080	+2.60
503–514 thin fleshed	512	20	219.50–220.50	$220.30	$1,128	—
557–598	588	77	187.00–201.00	$191.68	$1,127	-6.78
598	598	11	185.50	$185.50	$1,109	-12.96
615	615	90	193.50	$193.50	$1,190	+17.88
657–690	676	381	181.75–189.50	$186.07	$1,258	+0.73
721	721	45	180.00	$180.00	$1,298	-3.51
825–842	830	89	173.75–178.00	$176.64	$1,466	+26.14
880–888	883	94	173.00–174.00	$173.64	$1,533	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	4	204.00	$204.00	$712	—
389–395	391	8	195.00–200.00	$198.11	$775	-8.38
400–438	413	11	206.00–209.00	$207.07	$855	-0.37
424 unweaned	424	4	189.00	$189.00	$801	—
445 thin fleshed	445	12	213.00	$213.00	$948	—
453–491	474	28	189.00–207.00	$196.97	$934	+4.39
498	498	4	181.00	$181.00	$901	-11.58
510–545	537	35	178.00–190.00	$186.21	$1,000	+10.21
546	546	4	170.00	$170.00	$928	-6.00
556–590	576	56	174.00–183.00	$179.23	$1,032	-5.16
577 unweaned	577	10	169.00	$169.00	$975	-2.20
578–588	581	11	170.00	$170.00	$988	-14.39
600–644	609	38	173.50–185.00	$180.74	$1,101	+9.24
663–684	673	50	165.00–180.00	$173.93	$1,171	-0.96
700–717	706	30	166.50–176.25	$173.43	$1,224	-0.78
708	708	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,133	-14.21
758	758	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,114	-17.50
814	814	6	173.50	$173.50	$1,412	+7.83
828	828	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,317	-6.67

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1475	1307	7	143.00–147.00	$145.25	$1,898	-14.10
1280–1620	1407	19	152.00–158.00	$153.95	$2,166	+0.45
1355–1500	1442	26	149.00–154.00	$152.67	$2,202	-0.83
1230–1767	1508	13	144.00–150.00	$147.49	$2,224	—
1595	1595	5	142.00	$142.00	$2,265	—
1600–1657	1643	4	148.00–150.00	$148.49	$2,440	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398 unweaned	398	4	177.00	$177.00	$704	—
428–445	439	10	163.00–185.00	$171.55	$753	-13.45
522	522	5	164.00	$164.00	$856	-13.06
604–648	628	16	161.00–167.00	$164.28	$1,032	-3.19
650	650	4	153.00	$153.00	$994	-7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	13	164.50	$164.50	$1,025	—
682–693	688	18	149.50–164.00	$159.84	$1,100	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	5	170.00	$170.00	$536	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	4	169.50	$169.50	$1,483	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	3	153.00	$153.00	$979	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	202.50	$202.50	$830	+9.18
460–498	475	65	179.00–192.00	$186.07	$884	+5.32
459–497 fancy	487	42	200.00	$200.00	$974	-8.99
500–547	519	57	174.50–183.00	$180.24	$935	-0.13
540 thin fleshed	540	23	193.50	$193.50	$1,045	—
570–582	581	110	173.50–184.50	$184.01	$1,069	+7.21
605–638	624	53	175.00–179.00	$176.95	$1,104	+1.81
665–687	682	104	175.00–180.00	$178.95	$1,220	+26.29
816	816	10	148.25	$148.25	$1,210	+5.25
928	928	6	151.25	$151.25	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	7	177.00	$177.00	$572	-9.44
361–393	379	23	173.00–179.00	$175.63	$666	+0.63
408–448	427	26	170.00–183.00	$176.71	$755	+0.87
437–438 unweaned	438	16	164.00–166.00	$164.62	$721	—
451–491 unweaned	470	15	143.00–156.00	$150.59	$708	—
453–496	474	22	170.00–175.00	$172.52	$818	+0.27
509–545	530	50	163.00–172.00	$167.41	$887	-2.93
534	534	8	159.00	$159.00	$849	-11.34
543 unweaned	543	3	155.00	$155.00	$842	—
566	566	4	144.00	$144.00	$815	-19.63
560–597	576	48	160.00–168.00	$165.74	$955	+2.11
585 unweaned	585	4	140.00	$140.00	$819	—
608	608	6	163.00	$163.00	$991	+14.00
600–642 unweaned	621	10	144.00–145.50	$144.78	$899	—
604–636	623	29	155.00–170.00	$162.26	$1,011	-2.32
679	679	5	154.50	$154.50	$1,049	-5.90
701–735	716	18	149.00–167.00	$160.41	$1,149	+3.40
742	742	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,072	-5.00
822	822	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,151	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	158.00	$158.00	$510	-19.20
402–435	415	11	153.00–169.00	$163.47	$678	-3.53
457–478	465	8	149.00–155.00	$152.69	$710	-7.31
481 unweaned	481	4	140.00	$140.00	$673	—
508–548	527	11	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$777	-12.18
556–579	567	16	150.00–155.50	$152.68	$866	—
645	645	4	145.00	$145.00	$935	-0.28
661–688	672	16	143.50–149.50	$147.86	$994	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1103–1438	1291	15	145.00–147.50	$146.75	$1,895	—
1265–1425	1339	8	148.50–154.50	$150.45	$2,015	-6.39

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	8	130.00	$130.00	$784	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	4	150.00	$150.00	$920	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	4	129.50	$129.50	$600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–387	369	13	185.00–202.50	$194.13	$716	—
430–447 unweaned	442	14	157.00–172.00	$166.74	$737	—
458–496	477	8	166.00–169.00	$167.44	$799	—
491 unweaned	491	4	161.00	$161.00	$791	-20.00
539 unweaned	539	6	160.00	$160.00	$862	—
603–618	612	7	136.00–146.50	$142.06	$869	-15.31
652–692 unweaned	665	12	135.00–142.50	$139.90	$930	—
685	685	4	145.00	$145.00	$993	-5.00
801	801	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,041	—
971	971	5	107.00	$107.00	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	222.50	$222.50	$739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	4	140.00	$140.00	$735	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1565	1270	80-85%	69	58.00–66.50	$62.90	$799	-13.00
1105–1490	1279	80-85%	94	63.00–73.50	$68.74	$879	-7.16
1165–1360	1288	80-85%	24	72.50–79.50	$75.01	$966	-0.89
1370	1370	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$726	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1180	987	85-90%	38	33.00–49.00	$43.52	$430	—
845–1200	1050	85-90%	56	58.00–69.00	$63.32	$665	-1.02
735–1225	1070	85-90%	62	48.00–60.00	$55.74	$596	-8.60
1025–1100	1075	85-90%	3	71.00–73.00	$71.68	$771	+0.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1740	1471	75-80%	48	62.00–70.50	$65.61	$965	-0.14
1330–1755	1474	75-80%	63	69.00–79.50	$73.24	$1,080	+7.49
1485–1580	1517	75-80%	3	59.00–60.50	$59.52	$903	-22.07
1430–1850	1592	75-80%	25	77.50–85.50	$82.17	$1,308	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605–1820	1707	65-75%	5	83.50–89.50	$87.01	$1,485	+7.82
1630–1945	1713	65-75%	12	73.50–82.50	$78.72	$1,348	-0.47
1650–1890	1732	65-75%	3	64.00–69.00	$66.50	$1,152	-12.69

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1930	1574	23	78.00–90.00	$85.97	$1,353	—
1320–2295	1836	20	92.00–103.00	$96.24	$1,767	—
1610–2155	1916	9	101.00–110.00	$105.55	$2,022	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1078–1418	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	59	1,230.00–1,600.00	$1,455.92
1090–1555	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	1,335.00–1,600.00	$1,468.07
1127–1322	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	1,010.00–1,275.00	$1,116.14
1355–1398	1372	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,190.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1310	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,778.44
1275–1405	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,825.00–1,875.00	$1,842.76
1281–1422	1362	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,654.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1002–1174	1089	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	950.00–990.00	$963.16
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	770.00	$770.00
1158	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1029–1123	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,274.46

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
957–1115	1053	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,700.00–2,025.00	$1,846.86
1063	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1114–1230	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,375.00–1,525.00	$1,435.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1154	1154	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1122–1188	1158	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	2,175.00–2,225.00	$2,202.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1004	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1004–1014	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,325.00–1,375.00	$1,339.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
793	793	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	810.00	$810.00

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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
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1150–1500	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,675.00	$1,565.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	910.00	$910.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.