Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

6,516 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $154.12/cwt ≈ $1,179/hd at 765 lb · 271 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $147.41/cwt ≈ $1,231/hd at 835 lb · 261 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $205.98/cwt -4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,077/hd at 523 lb · 223 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,516	2,222	6,659
Feeder cattle	5,557	1,781	5,711
Slaughter cattle	684	294	587
Replacement cattle	275	147	361

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher. Yearlings mostly steady. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–335	319	8	211.00–232.00	$227.30	$725	+11.48
354–395	371	20	210.00–232.00	$225.65	$837	+16.96
400–448	425	36	196.00–238.00	$220.56	$937	+14.60
400–445 thin fleshed	429	10	219.00–222.00	$219.81	$943	—
450–472 thin fleshed	464	8	216.00–221.00	$218.97	$1,016	—
450–497	476	87	195.00–230.00	$214.42	$1,021	+13.42
500–549	523	223	192.50–222.00	$205.98	$1,077	-4.02
551–595	570	201	187.00–205.00	$196.47	$1,120	-6.00
573 value added	573	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,094	—
600–640	621	199	172.50–203.00	$183.88	$1,142	+3.14
650–674	660	138	163.50–184.00	$171.11	$1,129	+2.62
700–738	728	175	155.00–170.00	$163.41	$1,190	+2.85
750–787	765	271	149.75–160.00	$154.12	$1,179	—
809–841	835	261	146.25–149.00	$147.41	$1,231	—
875	875	18	144.00	$144.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–348	336	8	199.00–202.50	$200.36	$673	+2.86
360–394	384	25	175.00–207.50	$192.63	$740	+0.63
400–444	431	45	175.00–203.00	$194.80	$840	+5.14
455–499	477	65	175.00–207.50	$192.70	$919	+8.24
502–546	524	85	180.00–197.50	$187.27	$981	+2.32
552–597	577	62	169.00–190.00	$180.40	$1,041	+4.98
600–645	626	69	152.50–179.00	$166.46	$1,042	+0.49
650–691	680	101	150.00–168.00	$158.10	$1,075	-0.52
700–746	729	131	136.00–160.00	$151.83	$1,107	+3.26
753–798	771	54	138.00–149.50	$146.56	$1,130	-3.34
810–820	815	11	138.00–148.00	$141.62	$1,154	-2.42
880–890	883	4	127.50–130.00	$128.13	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	10	182.50	$182.50	$708	—
401–442	420	37	142.00–185.00	$170.56	$716	+1.31
450–476	465	7	170.00–182.50	$175.19	$815	+6.83
505–540	520	17	132.50–176.00	$158.18	$823	-12.00
555–595	585	15	122.50–150.00	$136.42	$798	-19.57
618–644	637	30	142.00–154.00	$149.27	$951	—
666–690	676	7	120.00–135.00	$122.90	$831	—
836	836	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,095	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	8	197.50	$197.50	$739	—
462	462	5	190.00	$190.00	$878	—
509–530	522	15	183.00–200.00	$189.64	$990	—
664	664	29	166.00	$166.00	$1,102	—
764	764	49	159.50	$159.50	$1,219	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	172.50	$172.50	$674	—
435	435	6	167.50	$167.50	$729	-22.50
455–477	468	14	175.00–190.00	$183.45	$859	+0.95
503–530	524	21	167.50–176.00	$174.16	$913	—
551	551	6	177.50	$177.50	$978	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607	607	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,108	—
674–682	675	19	171.00–173.00	$172.68	$1,166	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–680	677	3	142.00–145.00	$142.99	$968	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	329	24	148.00–165.00	$159.95	$526	—
350–395	381	20	150.00–169.00	$160.24	$611	-13.04
403–448	421	81	150.00–168.00	$162.30	$683	+4.12
450–498	477	96	147.50–166.00	$158.36	$755	+2.26
502–549	531	177	142.00–159.00	$154.28	$819	+1.26
550–598	580	118	140.00–158.00	$147.49	$855	-1.16
620 value added	620	3	144.00	$144.00	$893	—
600–647	631	54	134.00–151.00	$145.11	$916	+2.96
655–694	683	128	130.00–147.00	$142.90	$976	-0.75
705–745	729	69	132.50–146.00	$139.43	$1,016	-0.26
774–775	774	23	127.00–134.00	$132.83	$1,028	-1.75
810–825	819	27	128.00–135.00	$129.51	$1,061	—
906	906	20	114.00	$114.00	$1,033	-17.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–349	325	16	169.00–179.00	$175.19	$569	—
350–398	371	26	170.00–176.00	$173.34	$643	—
412–449	437	116	167.50–179.00	$172.58	$754	+0.34
439 value added	439	5	174.00	$174.00	$764	—
458–493	476	99	165.00–175.00	$170.19	$810	-8.11
505–548	530	142	158.00–175.50	$163.82	$868	-3.26
550–598	579	167	153.00–165.50	$162.49	$941	+1.67
612–647	626	101	148.00–160.00	$152.80	$957	-1.98
652–689	673	70	145.00–158.00	$148.75	$1,001	-4.09
706–717	712	21	143.50–153.00	$147.99	$1,054	+0.89
819	819	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,228	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	5	150.00	$150.00	$558	+1.16
400–448	426	17	130.00–150.00	$135.80	$579	-4.97
465–498	484	24	132.50–148.00	$142.48	$690	-0.02
501–545	522	22	105.00–148.00	$137.46	$718	—
555–599	579	27	120.00–138.00	$135.24	$783	—
632	632	8	130.00	$130.00	$822	—
658–665	660	4	109.00–128.00	$119.97	$792	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	167.50	$167.50	$561	—
469–485	476	7	145.00–150.00	$147.18	$701	+3.42
504–531	515	12	134.00–152.50	$144.56	$744	-2.99
655–665	661	10	132.50–146.00	$140.27	$927	—
709	709	7	131.00	$131.00	$929	—
802–840	820	9	120.00–134.00	$127.92	$1,049	—
865–890	875	5	122.50–129.00	$125.14	$1,095	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	317	10	150.00–155.00	$152.78	$484	—
494	494	5	149.00	$149.00	$736	—
514–549	529	22	135.00–153.00	$146.05	$773	—
550–588	569	6	138.00–142.00	$139.93	$796	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	8	168.00	$168.00	$652	—
402	402	6	174.00	$174.00	$699	—
450	450	4	164.00	$164.00	$738	-3.50
578	578	6	161.00	$161.00	$931	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	9	152.00	$152.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–345	318	4	179.00–181.00	$179.54	$571	—
415–440	426	7	176.00–188.00	$185.43	$790	—
450–495	484	12	168.00–182.50	$173.09	$838	—
500–535	512	11	165.00–175.00	$169.82	$869	+12.37
572–595	584	7	142.50–163.00	$154.89	$905	—
655–682	676	11	136.00–140.00	$137.22	$928	-1.78
733	733	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–410	408	5	190.00–207.00	$196.83	$803	—
455–485	475	6	186.00–201.00	$190.39	$904	+19.31
525–548	542	10	178.00–184.00	$180.59	$979	+17.59
588	588	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,017	+10.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	4	120.00	$120.00	$575	—
646	646	8	120.00	$120.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1940	1393	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	8	1,300.00–2,425.00	$1,739.71	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698–1135	907	85-90%	19	20.00–47.50	$37.46	$340	-16.98
750–1295	1003	85-90%	62	42.00–66.00	$55.36	$555	-19.47
805–1275	1073	85-90%	100	62.50–78.00	$70.32	$755	—
920–1234	1098	85-90%	55	76.00–88.00	$79.58	$874	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1370	1201	80-85%	116	73.50–86.00	$80.83	$971	-5.95
1010–1385	1218	80-85%	20	60.00–74.00	$69.17	$842	-17.61
1025–1410	1244	80-85%	43	86.00–102.00	$90.70	$1,128	+3.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1307–1755	1400	75-80%	18	55.00–76.00	$70.93	$993	—
1300–1695	1440	75-80%	103	77.00–88.00	$84.04	$1,210	—
1355–1660	1507	75-80%	27	87.00–96.00	$89.49	$1,349	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1745	1464	20	70.00–99.00	$90.47	$1,324	—
1255–2200	1661	34	96.00–112.00	$105.33	$1,750	—
1430–2310	1898	21	111.00–125.00	$117.75	$2,235	-0.54

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1175	916	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	96.00–120.00	$107.95	$989
800–1300	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	71.00–95.00	$82.60	$889

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1230	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	74.00–97.50	$85.94	$816

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–995	846	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	52.50–61.00	$56.71	$480

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1180	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	68.00–69.00	$68.67	$798

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1045	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,100.91
1145–1185	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	785.00–925.00	$856.20
1000–1545	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,177.39

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743	743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	460.00	$460.00
765–995	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	500.00–900.00	$698.27
965–985	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	575.00–825.00	$763.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1102	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	875.00	$875.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–850	766	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	275.00–550.00	$443.11

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1065	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,101.06

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
975–990	978	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	925.00–1,025.00	$941.88

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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
925–1230	1066	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,362.50	—
1342	1342	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1090	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,137.50	—

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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.