Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 15, 2023

6,176 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.14/cwt +15.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,352/hd at 570 lb · 340 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $273.19/cwt +12.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,426/hd at 522 lb · 236 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.56/cwt +10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,245/hd at 522 lb · 210 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,176	6,096	4,892
Feeder cattle	4,636	4,542	3,722
Slaughter cattle	1,190	1,184	761
Replacement cattle	350	370	409

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, heavier weights steady to firm on a light test. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–326	313	19	296.00–313.00	$304.33	$953	—
368 value added	368	11	280.00	$280.00	$1,030	—
350–397	379	40	281.00–296.00	$286.93	$1,087	-5.47
401–444	423	60	276.00–299.50	$283.92	$1,201	+6.93
450–496 value added	468	38	276.00–284.00	$281.71	$1,318	—
451–493	473	69	271.00–286.00	$276.42	$1,307	+3.41
508–513 thin fleshed	510	47	282.00–287.50	$285.46	$1,456	—
515–525 value added	522	12	279.00–280.00	$279.67	$1,460	—
500–544	525	177	260.50–279.00	$269.49	$1,415	+6.44
550–596	578	176	245.00–270.00	$256.35	$1,482	+7.93
594	594	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,390	-14.42
601	601	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,400	-6.67
600–618 value added	603	11	242.00–247.00	$246.07	$1,484	—
619–638 thin fleshed	626	27	253.00–253.50	$253.19	$1,585	—
617–646	632	96	233.00–248.00	$241.71	$1,528	+2.04
659–686	666	64	220.00–235.00	$230.61	$1,536	+6.31
683–694	691	13	206.00–214.00	$207.82	$1,436	-16.48
698 value added	698	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,536	—
703–715	707	6	212.50–215.50	$213.51	$1,510	-6.74
750–779	761	102	211.50–212.00	$211.95	$1,613	+8.83
801	801	35	208.75	$208.75	$1,672	+4.53
926	926	56	197.00	$197.00	$1,824	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	5	287.50	$287.50	$975	—
383–397	392	11	267.00–271.00	$269.36	$1,056	+5.51
420–448	440	35	242.00–270.00	$263.30	$1,159	+6.51
450–488	469	44	236.00–264.00	$255.80	$1,200	-1.60
495 unweaned	495	11	238.00	$238.00	$1,178	-9.32
512 value added	512	15	259.00	$259.00	$1,326	—
506–547	525	31	219.00–252.00	$235.77	$1,238	-13.81
553–597	588	46	221.00–244.00	$234.57	$1,379	+3.95
615–649	637	45	210.00–231.00	$224.62	$1,431	-1.03
652 thin fleshed	652	36	245.25	$245.25	$1,599	—
686–688	687	21	219.50	$219.50	$1,508	+13.34
727–732	729	7	195.00–209.25	$201.13	$1,466	+7.83
783–794	788	11	185.50–192.00	$189.02	$1,489	+14.02

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1121	1098	5	164.00–166.00	$164.37	$1,805	—
1194	1194	8	173.50	$173.50	$2,072	—
1283–1400	1335	9	169.00–173.00	$170.71	$2,279	-6.28
1195–1445	1348	43	173.00–178.50	$176.08	$2,374	-0.91
1363–1468	1413	22	180.00–183.50	$182.31	$2,576	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–443	425	6	222.00–240.00	$230.62	$980	+18.93
475–496	490	10	234.00–239.00	$235.45	$1,154	+6.54
558–589	568	15	205.00–209.00	$207.40	$1,178	+11.54
600–639	617	9	200.00–213.00	$207.02	$1,277	-10.48
672	672	4	193.50	$193.50	$1,300	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–536	514	14	164.50–232.00	$206.84	$1,063	—
602	602	14	213.00	$213.00	$1,282	—
740	740	4	197.00	$197.00	$1,458	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	4	283.00	$283.00	$795	—
337	337	3	271.00	$271.00	$913	—
668	668	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,423	—
797	797	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,435	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,066	—
825	825	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,444	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,052	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–342	334	10	235.00–242.00	$239.85	$801	—
368 value added	368	9	249.00	$249.00	$916	—
354–380	371	22	237.50–247.00	$241.70	$897	—
401–448	418	87	234.00–249.00	$240.95	$1,007	+3.31
421–442 value added	437	16	254.00–255.00	$254.24	$1,111	—
455–489 value added	465	20	252.00–257.00	$253.58	$1,179	—
450–496	471	104	232.00–252.00	$242.46	$1,142	+5.37
480–493 fancy	484	19	255.50–257.50	$256.86	$1,243	—
501 fancy	501	16	258.00	$258.00	$1,293	—
507–514 thin fleshed	512	24	247.00–254.00	$252.27	$1,292	—
500–549	525	155	225.00–250.00	$233.57	$1,226	+5.18
515–537 value added	525	15	236.00–255.00	$247.51	$1,299	—
550–581	570	330	222.00–242.00	$237.56	$1,354	+17.67
565–590	574	10	213.00–234.00	$223.22	$1,281	+3.33
608–644	623	85	210.00–232.50	$222.88	$1,389	+5.16
659–683	666	34	200.00–208.00	$204.84	$1,364	-1.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	220.00	$220.00	$741	-15.66
350–387	365	12	211.00–228.00	$222.77	$813	-11.10
415–445	430	37	207.00–230.00	$219.90	$946	-5.14
450–494	476	55	216.00–228.00	$219.24	$1,044	-1.65
526–528 value added	526	19	251.00–258.00	$256.52	$1,349	—
515–539	527	42	204.00–248.00	$225.99	$1,191	+14.80
537	537	3	186.00	$186.00	$999	-25.19
538 unweaned	538	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,092	—
559 unweaned	559	8	203.00	$203.00	$1,135	—
551–572 value added	560	7	231.00–246.00	$239.43	$1,341	—
566	566	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,302	+24.25
550–597	580	92	191.00–235.00	$214.23	$1,243	+19.23
608–625	617	11	180.00–197.00	$187.61	$1,158	-12.39
660–668	664	50	192.00–193.50	$192.78	$1,280	+7.88
678	678	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,288	+5.10
701–726	707	20	184.00–191.00	$188.66	$1,334	+7.57
750–777	761	107	172.50–200.00	$194.96	$1,484	+6.00
820	820	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,517	+12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	211.00	$211.00	$713	—
387	387	3	196.00	$196.00	$759	-4.00
444	444	4	190.00	$190.00	$844	-6.53
526–527	527	16	227.00–228.00	$227.31	$1,198	+42.82
581–585	582	45	173.50–200.00	$195.17	$1,136	+11.16
613	613	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,085	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058–1183	1133	5	163.00–170.00	$167.39	$1,897	—
1213–1333	1251	29	176.50–179.50	$178.91	$2,238	+2.40

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	7	221.00	$221.00	$877	—
438	438	6	207.00	$207.00	$907	—
489	489	6	219.00	$219.00	$1,071	—
515–547	532	11	206.00–215.00	$211.04	$1,123	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–343	328	8	244.00	$244.00	$800	—
452–477	463	20	205.00–217.50	$214.66	$994	-13.09
502–544	519	34	210.00–223.00	$219.10	$1,137	+19.10
583	583	7	214.50	$214.50	$1,251	+18.75
603–640	621	31	198.00–212.00	$205.31	$1,275	+9.66
658–682	673	12	193.00–204.00	$197.36	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,012	—
482	482	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,157	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	4	190.00	$190.00	$819	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1370	1226	80-85%	96	89.00–98.50	$94.19	$1,155	+1.61
1120–1365	1250	80-85%	18	81.00–89.00	$85.40	$1,068	-16.35
1135–1405	1266	80-85%	117	98.00–113.00	$103.18	$1,306	+1.43
1230–1575	1397	80-85%	3	77.50–80.00	$79.27	$1,107	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1045	949	85-90%	6	60.00–71.50	$66.13	$628	—
805–1150	1001	85-90%	26	70.00–80.00	$76.28	$764	—
765–1210	1010	85-90%	68	81.00–90.50	$86.17	$870	-6.63
845–1185	1050	85-90%	62	89.00–105.00	$95.06	$998	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1700	1456	75-80%	56	99.00–115.00	$105.36	$1,534	+10.54
1295–1670	1473	75-80%	7	83.50–90.00	$87.31	$1,286	-15.97
1375–1585	1476	75-80%	33	91.00–98.50	$95.75	$1,413	-7.53

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1840	1632	65-75%	12	106.00–120.00	$112.37	$1,834	—
1585–1700	1658	65-75%	4	95.00–102.00	$98.62	$1,635	-9.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–2470	1731	9	112.50–124.00	$118.95	$2,059	—
1350–2035	1764	16	124.00–141.00	$131.21	$2,315	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,860.00	$1,860.00
1163	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1180–1335	1248	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,260.00–1,400.00	$1,352.02
1152–1450	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	1,380.00–1,650.00	$1,527.15
1490	1490	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,725.00	$1,725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1060	1060	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,725.00	$1,725.00

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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
1000–1200	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	2,250.00–2,625.00	$2,384.68	—
1100–1300	1170	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	1,660.00–1,725.00	$1,685.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,910.00–1,975.00	$1,955.50	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,590.00	$1,590.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,730.00	$1,730.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1100	1046	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	2,725.00–2,825.00	$2,767.86	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	1,800.00–1,925.00	$1,868.18	—

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	5	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

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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.