Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 7, 2022

5,802 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $197.99/cwt -7.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 522 lb · 269 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.57/cwt -4.92 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 576 lb · 191 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.91/cwt -5.45 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 480 lb · 159 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,802	6,516	9,041
Feeder cattle	4,615	5,557	7,651
Slaughter cattle	669	684	752
Replacement cattle	518	275	638

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 lower, some heifers up to 15.00 lower late week. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–295	287	6	207.00–207.50	$207.24	$595	—
310–345	321	11	200.00–210.00	$205.13	$658	-22.17
350–380	365	2	200.00	$200.00	$730	-25.65
402–446	425	27	192.50–214.00	$204.26	$868	-16.30
453–490	476	121	197.50–213.00	$205.29	$977	-9.13
500–548	522	263	187.00–208.00	$197.92	$1,033	-8.06
529 fancy	529	6	201.00	$201.00	$1,063	—
550–571	561	78	183.00–198.00	$189.58	$1,064	-6.89
600–639	618	74	164.00–190.00	$179.24	$1,108	-4.64
650–692	667	147	165.00–174.00	$167.33	$1,116	-3.78
700–735	719	59	147.00–158.00	$153.50	$1,104	-9.91
755	755	21	150.00	$150.00	$1,132	-4.12
813	813	68	145.00	$145.00	$1,179	-2.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	4	187.50	$187.50	$551	—
300–340	313	22	180.00–199.00	$190.27	$596	-10.09
350–397	383	53	175.00–194.00	$179.94	$689	-12.69
400–448	424	53	175.00–197.50	$185.36	$786	-9.44
450–498	479	90	175.00–193.00	$181.81	$871	-10.89
502–549	525	81	167.00–187.50	$178.53	$937	-8.74
551–596	574	102	167.00–184.00	$176.60	$1,014	-3.80
612–647	634	32	150.00–173.00	$163.40	$1,036	-3.06
651–692	667	126	151.00–164.00	$157.26	$1,049	-0.84
702–748	725	131	140.00–153.00	$147.97	$1,073	-3.86
762–797	787	26	135.00–145.00	$139.43	$1,097	-7.13
802–829	811	59	130.00–140.00	$136.86	$1,110	-4.76
866–897	883	49	130.00–138.00	$131.46	$1,161	+3.33
1035	1035	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,294	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	385	9	162.50–175.00	$170.60	$657	-11.90
422–446	433	27	155.00–175.00	$165.89	$718	-4.67
470–485	475	3	169.00–171.00	$170.32	$809	-4.87
500–545	511	21	160.00–173.00	$166.25	$850	+8.07
564–595	582	55	157.50–173.00	$160.15	$932	+23.73
610–625	618	6	144.00–153.00	$148.45	$917	-0.82
660–697	687	12	139.00–147.50	$141.71	$974	+18.81
904	904	10	126.50	$126.50	$1,144	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	8	165.00	$165.00	$619	-7.50
601–638	615	19	145.00–150.00	$147.20	$905	—
709	709	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,028	—
805	805	23	139.00	$139.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–331	325	8	165.00–168.00	$166.47	$541	—
381	381	5	160.00	$160.00	$610	—
408–425	418	27	149.00–164.00	$153.87	$643	—
531	531	5	130.00	$130.00	$690	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	6	191.00	$191.00	$928	+1.00
524	524	11	187.00	$187.00	$980	-2.64
691	691	17	164.00	$164.00	$1,133	-2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	5	167.00	$167.00	$803	—
504	504	6	160.00	$160.00	$806	—
625	625	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,075	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–545	542	6	154.00–159.00	$155.65	$844	—
563–580	566	7	152.50–157.50	$156.12	$884	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	4	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$469	—
300–345	332	8	150.00–167.50	$160.60	$533	+0.65
350–390	383	35	150.00–166.00	$158.78	$608	-1.46
400–448	425	92	145.00–161.00	$152.13	$647	-10.17
456–499	480	159	145.00–161.00	$152.91	$734	-5.45
500–549	524	144	138.00–156.00	$150.49	$789	-3.79
550–598	576	191	136.00–152.50	$142.57	$821	-4.92
603–648	626	116	134.00–145.00	$139.46	$873	-5.65
651–694	673	71	133.00–140.50	$138.06	$929	-4.84
705–712	709	40	134.00–137.00	$134.55	$954	-4.88
759–795	779	69	120.00–133.50	$130.47	$1,016	-2.36
805–833	821	21	116.00–129.50	$125.59	$1,031	-3.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	5	173.00	$173.00	$497	—
310–347	334	10	167.50–175.00	$171.58	$573	-3.61
358–385	371	11	167.00–176.00	$171.23	$635	-2.11
404–445	431	92	163.00–184.50	$173.73	$749	+1.15
450–498	478	26	163.00–169.00	$164.46	$786	-5.73
501–548	517	90	152.00–174.00	$158.97	$822	-4.85
550–575	561	83	150.00–155.00	$152.17	$854	-10.32
600–646	622	51	144.00–156.00	$149.21	$928	-3.59
674	674	19	142.00	$142.00	$957	-6.75
703–723	708	22	137.00–138.00	$137.72	$975	-10.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–333	329	15	140.00–150.00	$148.09	$487	—
360–395	375	52	140.00–156.00	$149.31	$560	-0.69
407–445	416	28	135.00–145.00	$139.93	$582	+4.13
454–495	473	33	135.00–146.00	$140.86	$666	-1.62
502–547	533	22	130.00–140.00	$134.74	$718	-2.72
550–598	591	19	130.00–138.00	$134.76	$796	-0.48
610–645	622	7	120.00–125.00	$122.80	$764	-7.20
655–668	664	3	122.00–125.00	$124.01	$823	+4.04
760–780	771	11	126.00–128.00	$126.90	$978	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–292	278	24	170.00–185.00	$175.14	$487	—
356–369	363	20	162.00–172.50	$167.34	$607	—
492	492	14	145.00	$145.00	$713	-4.00
669–678	672	9	135.00–137.00	$135.67	$912	—
703	703	9	132.00	$132.00	$928	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	10	175.00	$175.00	$710	+1.00
538	538	16	158.00	$158.00	$850	—
669	669	11	140.00	$140.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–387	383	12	135.00	$135.00	$517	—
475–494	485	21	130.00–134.00	$132.13	$641	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	131.00	$131.00	$544	—
545	545	3	126.00	$126.00	$687	—
750	750	3	110.00	$110.00	$825	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	4	184.00	$184.00	$521	—
364–390	378	9	160.00–181.00	$168.98	$639	—
400–441	423	10	160.00–177.00	$166.34	$704	-19.09
494	494	10	167.00	$167.00	$825	-6.09
503–539	526	17	141.00–170.00	$157.90	$831	-11.92
551–579	558	26	131.00–148.00	$143.13	$799	-11.76
618–648	633	15	137.50–143.00	$141.90	$898	—
723	723	7	100.00	$100.00	$723	-37.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	16	163.50	$163.50	$757	-26.89
512–539	524	18	150.00–168.00	$159.87	$838	-20.72
581	581	7	150.00	$150.00	$872	-23.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	4	166.00	$166.00	$784	+46.00
549	549	4	164.00	$164.00	$900	—
559–580	572	11	152.00–159.00	$154.49	$884	—
635	635	3	152.50	$152.50	$968	+32.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–578	569	6	130.00–143.00	$136.60	$777	—
618–648	633	6	130.00–138.00	$133.91	$848	—
662	662	3	136.00	$136.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130–1300	1215	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,339.51	—
1312–1580	1446	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,400.00–2,400.00	$1,946.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1650	1650	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658–1205	845	85-90%	28	20.00–45.00	$37.43	$316	—
702–1230	968	85-90%	89	43.00–62.00	$55.77	$540	—
805–1280	1066	85-90%	99	62.00–76.00	$69.24	$738	-1.08
950–1190	1075	85-90%	32	74.00–82.00	$77.15	$829	+6.83

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1345	1212	80-85%	99	73.00–86.00	$79.07	$958	+9.90
1010–1340	1221	80-85%	34	62.50–73.00	$69.34	$847	+0.17
1080–1310	1230	80-85%	43	86.00–90.00	$87.62	$1,078	+18.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1660	1393	75-80%	112	74.00–87.00	$83.73	$1,166	—
1335–1675	1423	75-80%	34	86.00–95.00	$88.89	$1,265	+4.85
1280–1685	1443	75-80%	6	51.00–73.00	$63.38	$915	-20.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1700	1406	18	64.00–98.00	$85.61	$1,204	—
1238–2180	1666	35	98.00–112.00	$105.64	$1,760	+0.31
1535–2295	1929	18	112.00–125.00	$117.02	$2,257	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1360	874	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–131.00	$111.60	$975
888–1420	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	74.00–107.00	$88.08	$964

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1095	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	70.00–107.50	$87.11	$803

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1075	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	58.00–69.00	$62.62	$584

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1165	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	69.00–80.00	$74.27	$830

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	40	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1205–1259	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,485.00–1,490.00	$1,487.55
1259	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,525.00	$1,525.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
746–1150	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	500.00–925.00	$769.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042–1420	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	1,050.00–1,425.00	$1,180.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–900.00	$883.33
922–1050	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,047.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1260	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	625.00–1,050.00	$908.05

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,475.00	$1,475.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
852	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	475.00	$475.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
777–878	812	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	750.00–850.00	$786.04

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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
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1000–1305	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,282.69	—
1316	1316	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00	-225.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1002–1128	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,160.00	+22.50
1120–1228	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	900.00–1,150.00	$1,065.38	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,125.00	$968.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.