Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 22, 2024

3,930 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $304.89/cwt ≈ $2,075/hd at 680 lb · 234 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $293.94/cwt +1.94 vs last sale · ≈ $2,148/hd at 731 lb · 191 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $266.81/cwt ≈ $2,177/hd at 816 lb · 169 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,930	1,653	3,266
Feeder cattle	3,481	1,182	2,655
Slaughter cattle	449	381	611
Replacement cattle	—	90	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-550 lbs selling 5.00-7.00 higher, two pot loads of 734 lb steers sold 6.00 higher than last week's pot loads, over 800 lb sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers sold steady to firm, with 500-550 lb selling 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	5	421.00	$421.00	$1,111	—
336	336	10	396.00	$396.00	$1,331	—
404–448	422	26	358.00–385.00	$371.46	$1,568	-6.54
445 value added	445	16	360.00	$360.00	$1,602	—
458–498	476	46	345.00–386.00	$364.22	$1,734	-17.28
506–549	527	69	339.00–359.00	$347.11	$1,829	+8.54
576 thin fleshed	576	27	350.00	$350.00	$2,016	—
567–596	577	73	317.00–347.00	$339.63	$1,960	+19.90
600–649	626	161	305.00–325.50	$318.02	$1,991	+7.70
672 fancy	672	82	314.25	$314.25	$2,112	—
660–697	685	152	275.00–309.00	$299.84	$2,054	—
706 value added	706	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,906	—
711–734	732	178	276.00–299.00	$295.82	$2,165	+3.82
743	743	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,947	-30.00
757–798	786	73	254.50–283.00	$260.66	$2,049	—
814	814	12	228.00	$228.00	$1,856	—
804–818	816	157	265.00–270.25	$269.78	$2,201	—
850 value added	850	4	245.00	$245.00	$2,082	—
853–885	869	6	257.00–258.00	$257.49	$2,238	—
866–891	875	14	224.00–236.00	$231.64	$2,027	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,405	—
425	425	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,445	-1.57
478 thin fleshed	478	10	378.00	$378.00	$1,807	—
455–498	479	27	317.00–357.00	$339.39	$1,626	+11.89
510–548	528	57	308.00–340.00	$321.86	$1,699	-2.63
534 value added	534	24	331.00	$331.00	$1,768	—
540	540	6	291.00	$291.00	$1,571	-33.49
550–588	576	50	300.00–318.00	$311.25	$1,793	+6.43
570–587	581	9	293.00	$293.00	$1,702	-11.82
600–628 value added	603	36	290.00–309.50	$307.24	$1,853	—
605–649	619	54	276.00–304.00	$295.73	$1,831	+6.43
619 unweaned	619	8	278.00	$278.00	$1,721	—
655–698	683	40	262.00–298.00	$277.17	$1,893	-9.16
706 thin fleshed	706	10	286.00	$286.00	$2,019	—
700–748	723	36	255.00–281.00	$270.65	$1,957	+16.11
743 value added	743	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,947	—
757–769	764	18	256.00–269.00	$260.70	$1,992	+14.99
804	804	7	261.50	$261.50	$2,102	+21.00
892	892	4	232.00	$232.00	$2,069	-9.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1585	1293	12	185.00–190.50	$188.90	$2,442	—
1072–1585	1318	80	190.00–195.50	$193.07	$2,545	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	324.00	$324.00	$1,124	—
370	370	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,119	-30.78
438	438	3	328.00	$328.00	$1,437	—
450–475	463	6	287.50–308.00	$297.47	$1,377	-12.53
675	675	6	270.50	$270.50	$1,826	+23.50
720–725	722	7	246.00–248.00	$246.86	$1,782	+6.86
752	752	6	253.00	$253.00	$1,903	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248 thin fleshed	248	19	412.00	$412.00	$1,022	—
319 thin fleshed	319	42	405.00	$405.00	$1,292	—
378–386	381	13	320.00–337.50	$328.18	$1,250	—
410–445	427	36	307.00–328.00	$317.23	$1,355	+18.25
450–498	476	45	297.00–312.00	$306.38	$1,458	-0.25
505 value added	505	7	312.00	$312.00	$1,576	—
507–548	527	63	276.00–307.00	$292.59	$1,542	+8.17
570–578 unweaned	572	14	257.50–266.00	$264.16	$1,511	—
552–598	574	48	264.00–299.00	$278.55	$1,599	+9.08
604 value added	604	12	282.00	$282.00	$1,703	—
601–648	620	83	250.00–277.00	$262.82	$1,629	-9.25
658	658	3	248.50	$248.50	$1,635	-17.91
668 value added	668	5	267.00	$267.00	$1,784	—
650–694	677	113	242.75–267.50	$260.30	$1,762	-6.11
703–734	717	21	238.50–249.00	$245.11	$1,757	+9.94
751–798	772	28	223.00–238.00	$228.46	$1,764	—
832–847	843	17	220.50–232.50	$228.53	$1,927	—
918	918	5	224.00	$224.00	$2,056	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	336.00	$336.00	$1,337	—
405–448	439	23	322.00–349.00	$334.10	$1,467	-11.90
452–496	477	46	312.00–335.00	$317.49	$1,514	-14.95
487 value added	487	23	311.00	$311.00	$1,515	—
500–542	523	143	295.00–318.50	$309.58	$1,619	+1.62
552–591	572	69	284.00–293.50	$287.93	$1,647	-11.32
584 fancy	584	12	308.00	$308.00	$1,799	—
605–646	629	80	270.00–291.50	$278.33	$1,751	—
659–691	667	70	266.75–278.50	$274.57	$1,831	-3.68
703–747	718	33	252.00–269.00	$260.50	$1,870	—
781–789	785	12	244.50–252.50	$246.51	$1,935	—
836	836	5	243.00	$243.00	$2,031	+7.00
914	914	8	225.00	$225.00	$2,056	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	8	279.00	$279.00	$1,426	—
565–571	570	18	275.00–279.50	$278.76	$1,589	—
724	724	9	217.00	$217.00	$1,571	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1380	1293	4	186.00–190.00	$189.20	$2,446	—
1260–1585	1338	15	192.50–197.50	$194.80	$2,606	—
1295–1415	1362	3	191.50–193.50	$192.17	$2,617	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,268	+21.31
608	608	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,490	-15.75
682	682	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,630	-10.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	4	208.50	$208.50	$1,522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	369.00	$369.00	$1,144	—
421–430	424	11	282.50–358.00	$330.17	$1,400	-5.83
462–490	477	9	276.00–300.00	$288.23	$1,375	—
500–548	527	7	294.00–306.00	$301.12	$1,587	+21.12
572–597	587	17	268.00–280.00	$274.51	$1,611	+2.51
632	632	4	277.00	$277.00	$1,751	—
715–730	726	17	229.00–254.00	$242.57	$1,761	—
800	800	3	199.00	$199.00	$1,592	—
878	878	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,835	—
953–989	979	14	194.00–199.00	$197.61	$1,935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	291.00	$291.00	$1,237	—
466	466	7	319.00	$319.00	$1,487	—
550	550	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,622	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1350	1216	80-85%	12	119.00–129.00	$124.59	$1,515	-15.20
1075–1355	1250	80-85%	28	141.00–150.00	$145.81	$1,823	+20.74
1140–1415	1254	80-85%	27	130.00–143.00	$136.71	$1,714	+11.64
1280–1460	1370	80-85%	2	107.00–110.00	$108.60	$1,488	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1610	1457	75-80%	20	132.50–146.00	$139.90	$2,038	-0.65
1335–1840	1524	75-80%	33	143.00–155.00	$147.68	$2,251	+20.43
1430–1620	1542	75-80%	3	127.50–130.00	$129.15	$1,991	+1.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1025	982	85-90%	3	95.00–105.00	$99.16	$974	—
840–1195	988	85-90%	16	119.00–135.00	$127.42	$1,259	—
865–1205	1031	85-90%	9	105.00–117.00	$110.47	$1,139	-32.13
895–1175	1040	85-90%	16	132.00–148.00	$139.69	$1,453	+32.89

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1780	1780	65-75%	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,439	—
1790	1790	65-75%	1	149.50	$149.50	$2,676	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1695	1598	5	150.00–170.00	$162.69	$2,600	—
1290–2065	1777	13	155.00–193.00	$173.66	$3,086	—
1550–2030	1811	11	172.00–192.00	$178.52	$3,233	—

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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.