Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 14, 2022

5,107 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.04/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $881/hd at 572 lb · 178 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $181.63/cwt +2.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 629 lb · 132 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.89/cwt -0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 525 lb · 131 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,107	5,802	4,473
Feeder cattle	3,974	4,615	3,599
Slaughter cattle	797	669	441
Replacement cattle	336	518	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 7.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–342	333	8	205.00–220.00	$214.22	$713	+9.09
370–399	389	18	200.00–221.00	$211.03	$821	+11.03
400–449	429	56	199.00–225.00	$210.86	$905	+6.60
415–437 thin fleshed	432	12	227.00–230.00	$227.72	$984	—
462 thin fleshed	462	10	224.00	$224.00	$1,035	—
455–499	485	51	197.50–217.50	$204.44	$992	-0.85
504–545	523	105	190.00–210.00	$201.64	$1,055	+3.72
552–590	567	127	184.00–199.00	$190.36	$1,079	+0.78
602–649	629	132	165.00–189.00	$181.63	$1,142	+2.39
650–696	669	87	161.00–181.00	$172.97	$1,157	+5.64
700–740	719	51	146.00–166.00	$158.37	$1,139	+4.87
755–761	760	26	152.00–154.00	$153.77	$1,169	+3.77
825–840	827	21	146.50–149.00	$146.86	$1,215	+1.86
876	876	9	144.00	$144.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–336	325	22	189.00–200.00	$194.37	$632	+4.10
355–395	382	21	182.00–200.00	$188.85	$721	+8.91
400–440	431	37	184.00–200.00	$188.72	$813	+3.36
450–499	477	57	175.00–195.00	$185.23	$884	+3.42
501–548	532	105	169.00–189.00	$177.58	$945	-0.95
550–598	568	71	165.00–186.00	$174.42	$991	-2.18
600–646	620	105	152.50–174.00	$166.68	$1,033	+3.28
655–699	676	45	142.00–159.00	$155.00	$1,048	-2.26
735–747	741	10	154.50–155.00	$154.75	$1,147	+6.78
750–790	772	41	132.50–151.00	$145.44	$1,123	+6.01
813–849	837	9	139.00–140.00	$139.68	$1,169	+2.82
850–895	877	6	130.00–138.00	$134.49	$1,179	+3.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–445	424	23	171.00–180.00	$176.00	$746	+10.11
452–497	485	26	152.50–171.00	$160.04	$776	-10.28
500–549	518	43	155.00–169.00	$163.47	$847	-2.78
552–595	573	36	150.00–165.00	$159.71	$915	-0.44
605–645	630	11	135.00–154.00	$148.38	$935	-0.07

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	6	170.00	$170.00	$690	—
500–544	531	10	163.00–165.00	$163.57	$869	—
557–587	577	20	163.00–166.00	$164.99	$952	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	5	161.00	$161.00	$839	+1.00
617–624	622	11	166.00–168.00	$167.46	$1,042	-4.54

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–427	424	14	192.50–205.00	$202.39	$858	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–431	423	14	157.00–165.00	$159.86	$676	+5.99

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,127	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–336	335	11	172.50–175.00	$173.86	$582	+2.28
360–395	370	23	169.00–178.00	$171.66	$635	+0.43
404–442	420	99	164.00–183.00	$173.57	$729	-0.16
464 fancy	464	5	181.00	$181.00	$840	—
454–499	472	108	166.00–178.00	$172.00	$812	+7.54
505 unweaned	505	10	151.00	$151.00	$763	—
501–548	527	121	150.00–168.00	$159.54	$841	+0.57
550–598	572	178	149.00–158.00	$154.04	$881	+1.87
602–640	625	101	145.00–154.00	$149.95	$937	+0.74
650	650	14	147.00	$147.00	$956	+5.00
706–734	717	87	136.00–144.00	$139.97	$1,004	+2.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	323	27	150.00–168.00	$159.25	$514	-1.35
360–398	387	55	150.00–167.50	$158.41	$613	-0.37
401–447	427	74	150.00–167.00	$157.73	$674	+5.60
450–498	473	96	145.00–165.00	$154.41	$730	+1.50
500–547	527	104	135.00–153.00	$146.93	$774	-3.56
550–599	571	107	132.50–148.00	$141.09	$806	-1.48
600–645	623	57	132.50–145.00	$139.09	$867	-0.37
652–690	671	57	125.00–143.00	$135.75	$911	-2.31
719–744	731	14	120.00–137.00	$130.39	$953	-4.16
751–789	771	33	116.00–133.00	$127.02	$979	-3.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	145.00	$145.00	$573	-4.31
405–445	424	4	132.00–142.00	$136.70	$580	-3.23
510–535	521	12	125.00–137.00	$129.66	$676	-5.08
632–645	639	6	115.00–120.00	$117.53	$751	-5.27
670–678	676	5	115.00–120.00	$115.99	$784	-8.02
783	783	9	115.00	$115.00	$900	-11.90

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	8	145.00	$145.00	$705	—
515	515	5	152.00	$152.00	$783	—
555	555	7	151.50	$151.50	$841	—
701	701	17	138.00	$138.00	$967	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–482	470	8	140.00–155.00	$149.23	$701	+4.23
507–543	530	8	130.00–135.00	$133.20	$706	—
719	719	9	131.00	$131.00	$942	-1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	13	107.50	$107.50	$545	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	7	174.00	$174.00	$764	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	5	169.00	$169.00	$686	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	383	10	140.00–197.00	$162.63	$623	-6.35
400–448	428	13	135.00–179.00	$156.39	$669	-9.95
452–498	480	32	165.00–177.00	$171.01	$821	+4.01
510–540	533	14	132.50–175.00	$145.86	$777	-12.04
552–595	564	21	153.00–163.50	$160.49	$905	+17.36
605–645	631	7	140.00–157.00	$147.83	$933	+5.93
652–695	673	26	132.50–144.00	$137.82	$928	—
706–730	710	10	133.00–135.00	$133.70	$949	+33.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	363	6	209.00–221.00	$217.69	$790	—
403–432	411	7	196.00–205.00	$198.70	$817	—
451–483	463	10	175.00–202.00	$187.92	$870	+24.42
512–528	521	23	153.00–185.50	$167.92	$875	+8.05
558–595	572	11	150.00–151.00	$150.27	$860	+0.27
626	626	5	145.00	$145.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	4	162.00	$162.00	$667	—
510–532	527	4	130.00–142.50	$133.03	$701	-30.97
620–635	630	3	127.50–130.00	$129.18	$814	-23.32

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1027	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1415	1034	80-85%	61	63.00–77.50	$70.08	$725	—
1040–1380	1209	80-85%	33	90.00–100.00	$94.50	$1,143	+15.43
850–1630	1224	80-85%	185	77.00–91.00	$83.80	$1,026	+14.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–1065	808	85-90%	17	29.00–48.00	$40.16	$324	—
625–1250	948	85-90%	81	46.00–66.00	$56.88	$539	—
740–1330	1042	85-90%	69	65.00–80.00	$72.83	$759	—
1025–1305	1178	85-90%	14	78.00–86.00	$81.91	$965	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1770	1350	75-80%	78	77.50–90.00	$83.74	$1,130	—
1225–1550	1386	75-80%	26	90.00–99.00	$94.18	$1,305	+10.45
1320–1600	1474	75-80%	4	75.00–78.00	$75.92	$1,119	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–2185	1599	22	73.00–103.00	$96.58	$1,544	—
1265–2290	1719	38	97.50–119.00	$110.11	$1,893	—
1375–2220	1843	29	111.00–132.00	$125.31	$2,309	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1100	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	90.00–102.50	$97.49	$1,020
1102	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	85.00	$85.00	$937

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
658–700	665	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	119.00–145.00	$140.44	$934

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–830	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	82.50–97.50	$88.72	$692
745–840	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	85.00–105.00	$94.01	$752

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1015	940	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	107.00–115.00	$110.68	$1,040

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1232	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	875.00–1,250.00	$1,121.85
825–1180	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	800.00–1,150.00	$1,015.87
1040–1290	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	825.00–1,000.00	$854.72

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1020	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	600.00–1,050.00	$774.89
740–990	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	600.00–1,000.00	$721.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1191	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1140–1388	1286	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,361.13

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–900	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	625.00–700.00	$660.96
855–1035	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–775.00	$704.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1110	1066	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–950.00	$851.88

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–1135	868	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	700.00–1,000.00	$798.85
850–900	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	750.00–950.00	$847.14
830–990	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,000.00	$843.60

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
702–800	751	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–750.00	$691.58
828	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
627–800	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	375.00–550.00	$427.22

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–820	752	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	675.00–900.00	$759.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
1321	1321	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1332–1432	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,714.29	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1080–1215	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,150.00–1,575.00	$1,383.33	+100.64
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
715–800	772	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–700.00	$666.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00	$650.00	—
625	625	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611	611	9	110.00	$110.00	$672	—

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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.