Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

5,489 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $261.84/cwt +10.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 567 lb · 244 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.94/cwt +9.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,312/hd at 570 lb · 236 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $273.43/cwt -10.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,431/hd at 524 lb · 204 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,489	5,981	5,278
Feeder cattle	4,694	3,882	4,256
Slaughter cattle	795	1,299	1,022
Replacement cattle	—	800	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs higher undertone on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows 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
318–340	327	26	301.00–311.00	$305.24	$998	+17.53
350–398	374	35	290.00–308.00	$297.87	$1,114	-5.47
425–435 fancy	426	15	305.00–310.00	$306.61	$1,306	—
401–445	428	124	272.00–297.00	$286.34	$1,226	+8.21
438 unweaned	438	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,064	-8.42
450–498	468	109	268.00–296.00	$278.43	$1,303	-7.50
476 unweaned	476	8	260.00	$260.00	$1,238	-12.00
501–546	523	177	261.00–297.50	$271.21	$1,418	-10.62
527 fancy	527	27	288.00	$288.00	$1,518	-15.86
552–570 thin fleshed	556	13	276.00–280.00	$276.95	$1,540	+1.95
550–596	568	231	249.00–272.00	$260.99	$1,482	+13.29
600–640 fancy	610	24	258.50–261.00	$259.16	$1,581	—
606–648	627	125	227.00–246.00	$235.36	$1,476	-5.15
657 fancy	657	15	248.00	$248.00	$1,629	—
651–693	685	148	214.00–239.00	$228.76	$1,567	+11.49
706–708	707	8	213.00–219.00	$216.00	$1,527	-7.66
750–790	758	15	200.00–217.50	$213.85	$1,621	-4.72
806–807	806	20	196.25–204.00	$199.74	$1,610	+3.35
850–880	857	127	190.00–202.75	$193.47	$1,658	—
905–910	907	180	188.50–191.00	$190.16	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–338	324	7	285.00	$285.00	$923	+26.00
351 unweaned	351	5	262.50	$262.50	$921	-12.50
380	380	3	262.00	$262.00	$996	-2.61
428–437	432	35	257.00–269.00	$263.36	$1,138	+13.51
450–492	468	41	235.00–262.00	$249.53	$1,168	+5.31
466–495 thin fleshed	476	15	263.00–267.00	$265.24	$1,263	—
513–530 thin fleshed	525	11	261.00–262.50	$262.10	$1,376	-3.90
505–543	532	46	230.00–255.00	$250.39	$1,332	+17.43
582	582	8	207.00	$207.00	$1,205	-13.94
554–599	584	54	182.00–237.00	$226.22	$1,321	+5.28
600–645	618	25	203.00–229.00	$218.88	$1,353	+15.38
650–685	663	42	203.00–218.00	$210.70	$1,397	+3.65
702–740	723	18	183.50–198.00	$192.76	$1,394	-5.74
757–771	769	39	191.25–199.75	$195.35	$1,502	+1.35
809	809	16	186.00–191.00	$189.75	$1,535	+1.75
914–943	924	14	184.00	$184.00	$1,700	-2.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1315	1253	16	170.00–173.50	$171.50	$2,149	+5.53
1478	1478	4	184.00	$184.00	$2,720	—
1150–1800	1488	33	176.00–181.50	$178.48	$2,656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	222.00	$222.00	$926	—
462–490	472	7	220.00–235.00	$225.45	$1,064	+7.45
516	516	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,099	—
552–592	572	6	200.00–201.00	$200.48	$1,147	—
637	637	5	202.50	$202.50	$1,290	—
651–654	653	15	195.00–214.00	$203.84	$1,331	—
801	801	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,362	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,380	—
606	606	8	221.00	$221.00	$1,339	—
1012	1012	6	177.00	$177.00	$1,791	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	5	209.00	$209.00	$1,097	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–339	323	39	237.00–265.00	$251.66	$813	-10.84
355–395	379	42	235.00–255.00	$244.26	$926	-9.78
398 thin fleshed	398	4	267.00	$267.00	$1,063	—
401–447	423	102	235.00–259.00	$248.95	$1,053	-1.29
426 thin fleshed	426	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,172	—
455–496	473	138	230.00–253.00	$244.30	$1,156	+5.54
477 thin fleshed	477	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,255	—
502–543 fancy	515	82	247.50–274.00	$258.25	$1,330	+4.25
504–539	521	94	221.00–256.00	$236.21	$1,231	+14.28
559–566 fancy	562	11	255.00–259.00	$257.17	$1,445	+22.92
558–581 thin fleshed	566	43	234.00–241.00	$237.86	$1,346	—
554–598	572	182	210.00–252.00	$226.42	$1,295	+8.87
602–636	619	73	207.50–224.00	$214.25	$1,326	-3.96
650–689	667	43	204.50–209.50	$207.01	$1,381	-11.99
700–736	724	59	197.25–205.00	$202.00	$1,462	+10.67
764–795	783	12	181.00–185.50	$183.11	$1,434	-2.04
805–807	806	10	178.50–181.00	$180.25	$1,453	-8.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	5	267.50	$267.50	$709	-7.50
337–345	342	8	232.50–247.00	$241.64	$826	+9.75
354–377	363	34	227.50–242.50	$238.77	$867	+13.94
400–445	422	60	220.00–236.00	$229.13	$967	+10.58
447 thin fleshed	447	15	233.00	$233.00	$1,042	—
452–493	474	40	208.00–231.00	$223.39	$1,059	+3.93
500–538	518	47	206.00–224.00	$212.91	$1,103	+9.41
552–599	580	14	185.00–219.00	$201.90	$1,171	+1.21
600 thin fleshed	600	15	219.00	$219.00	$1,314	—
612–645	631	17	190.00–211.00	$200.43	$1,265	+17.43
651–694	671	19	189.00–196.00	$194.50	$1,305	+1.47
719–735	726	47	182.50–193.50	$187.57	$1,362	+9.38
814	814	12	177.50	$177.50	$1,445	+2.50
868–874	872	15	168.50–172.25	$171.26	$1,493	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	9	201.00	$201.00	$635	—
413–414	413	10	205.00–213.00	$209.80	$866	—
450–495	467	19	174.00–229.00	$198.86	$929	-2.14
509–545	521	12	195.00–208.00	$200.29	$1,044	—
552–593	571	17	190.00–210.00	$196.79	$1,124	—
637–648	643	6	184.50–194.00	$189.21	$1,217	—
694	694	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,249	+10.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1206–1233	1216	8	169.00–169.50	$169.19	$2,057	—
1212–1482	1281	12	170.00–173.50	$171.27	$2,194	-6.22
1070–1453	1318	26	178.00–182.00	$180.56	$2,380	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	5	177.00	$177.00	$614	—
482	482	6	192.00	$192.00	$925	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	271.00	$271.00	$935	+22.00
392	392	3	252.50	$252.50	$990	+14.03
426–434	430	8	220.00–224.00	$221.98	$955	-15.95
483–496	491	24	222.50–241.00	$233.16	$1,145	+24.87
566–568	567	10	216.00–226.00	$221.01	$1,253	+26.01
615	615	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,175	-6.00
660	660	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,353	+20.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–438	425	16	245.00–273.00	$258.63	$1,099	—
450–464	458	7	258.00–272.50	$264.11	$1,210	—
518–533	523	15	214.00–246.00	$224.87	$1,176	+5.96
590	590	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,210	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1385	1240	80-85%	23	80.50–87.00	$84.93	$1,053	-0.46
1100–1390	1253	80-85%	67	88.00–97.50	$93.42	$1,171	—
1145–1370	1278	80-85%	29	89.00–104.00	$99.93	$1,277	+21.56

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1065	935	85-90%	3	55.00–60.00	$58.24	$545	—
850–1160	992	85-90%	17	69.00–80.00	$76.01	$754	—
875–1220	1030	85-90%	47	81.00–90.00	$86.75	$894	-8.14
975–1150	1067	85-90%	24	91.00–101.50	$94.59	$1,009	+8.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1615	1444	75-80%	27	93.00–98.00	$95.89	$1,385	—
1385–1655	1478	75-80%	10	81.00–90.00	$86.34	$1,276	-16.58
1300–1645	1484	75-80%	26	97.00–107.00	$103.00	$1,529	+0.08

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1780	1675	65-75%	11	104.50–112.50	$107.66	$1,803	+10.62
1650–1815	1736	65-75%	7	95.00–102.00	$98.25	$1,706	-8.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2225	1713	9	123.00–138.00	$128.44	$2,200	+11.28
1510–2275	1869	14	112.00–122.00	$118.79	$2,220	—

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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.