Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

3,652 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.44/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $957/hd at 624 lb · 114 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.52/cwt +1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 519 lb · 98 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.10/cwt -4.83 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 473 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,652	5,606	5,244
Feeder cattle	2,508	4,196	4,032
Slaughter cattle	734	808	697
Replacement cattle	410	602	515

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers early week uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, late week steers 7.00 to 13.00 lower, heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 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
302–317	305	14	216.00–217.50	$216.33	$660	-5.24
366–395	381	43	203.00–215.00	$208.64	$795	-7.14
409–445	429	49	195.00–213.00	$205.38	$881	-2.86
457–485	466	33	192.50–211.00	$204.64	$954	-1.05
505–546	525	44	197.50–209.00	$202.53	$1,063	+0.76
550–587	570	69	182.00–198.00	$191.10	$1,089	+2.38
604–634	619	58	163.50–187.00	$181.19	$1,122	+1.12
650–667	663	34	171.00–177.00	$175.55	$1,164	+5.15
701–743	724	34	140.00–174.00	$158.40	$1,147	-0.74
908	908	12	140.00	$140.00	$1,271	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	312	15	190.00–206.00	$193.95	$605	-5.25
400–449	423	42	177.50–195.00	$186.07	$787	-5.19
459–499	476	79	177.50–195.00	$189.53	$902	+1.40
502–549	534	78	165.00–194.00	$184.88	$987	-2.27
550–595	571	23	165.00–180.00	$173.10	$988	-0.67
612–647	631	39	152.50–175.00	$163.40	$1,031	-2.58
655–697	672	39	150.00–165.00	$157.73	$1,060	-4.16
715–748	730	16	142.50–161.00	$152.50	$1,113	-2.32
802–838	809	23	127.50–144.00	$135.38	$1,095	-7.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	4	170.00	$170.00	$654	+2.48
418–445	429	9	167.50–172.50	$170.77	$733	-7.34
452–492	467	11	163.00–176.00	$170.16	$795	+2.25
504–548	526	25	155.00–170.00	$161.36	$849	-11.36
554–597	577	39	145.00–163.00	$158.94	$917	+2.18
616–642	629	20	148.00–154.00	$151.23	$951	—
654–692	677	14	135.00–149.00	$142.53	$965	+4.55
705	705	3	122.50	$122.50	$864	—
965	965	5	100.00	$100.00	$965	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	7	166.00	$166.00	$481	—
550	550	3	142.50	$142.50	$784	—
600	600	4	127.50	$127.50	$765	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	5	188.00	$188.00	$750	—
608	608	5	155.00	$155.00	$942	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	5	187.50	$187.50	$823	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	313	13	178.00–180.00	$179.33	$561	-1.25
350–380	367	42	170.00–177.00	$174.35	$640	-2.57
405–445	422	82	162.00–174.00	$168.70	$712	-1.78
458–498	487	59	158.00–160.00	$159.14	$775	-9.59
500–539	519	98	154.00–165.00	$159.52	$828	+1.23
554–598	571	71	151.00–168.00	$160.24	$915	+2.33
611–633	624	114	147.00–165.50	$153.44	$957	+0.12
656–691	676	14	145.00–147.00	$145.83	$986	-6.41
748	748	12	141.00	$141.00	$1,055	+0.45
759–776	769	15	136.50–141.00	$138.28	$1,063	-3.01
807	807	3	127.50	$127.50	$1,029	—
866	866	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,143	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	5	152.50	$152.50	$468	-4.81
362–398	378	26	150.00–165.00	$159.44	$603	-6.92
402–448	424	27	147.00–160.00	$156.00	$661	-3.60
452–498	473	84	145.00–159.00	$152.10	$719	-4.83
514–538	524	17	150.00–153.00	$151.40	$793	+1.11
550–580	569	59	141.00–152.00	$145.68	$829	-0.03
602–648	617	65	131.00–150.00	$145.05	$895	-0.19
655–685	668	3	135.00–141.00	$137.81	$921	-0.19
705–709	708	11	125.00–135.00	$131.38	$930	+1.09
765–790	780	3	118.00–123.00	$120.31	$938	-12.69
802–842	830	12	126.00–132.50	$129.54	$1,075	+1.01
896	896	5	122.00	$122.00	$1,093	—
905	905	3	117.50	$117.50	$1,063	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	21	158.00	$158.00	$763	+1.08
590	590	36	150.50	$150.50	$888	+8.00
706	706	17	135.00	$135.00	$953	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–382	377	11	162.00–162.50	$162.27	$612	—
450–472	461	25	151.00–155.00	$152.87	$705	+7.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	4	152.50	$152.50	$593	+17.52
424	424	6	138.00	$138.00	$585	+6.95
470–485	476	7	132.50–144.00	$138.98	$662	+12.93
560–597	583	10	120.00–127.00	$123.16	$718	-8.80

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	8	176.00	$176.00	$620	—
444	444	8	162.50	$162.50	$722	—
571	571	5	150.00	$150.00	$856	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	5	128.00	$128.00	$730	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	3	116.00	$116.00	$800	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	2	165.00	$165.00	$713	-4.08
468–470	469	6	171.00–172.50	$171.75	$806	+7.17
510–545	526	9	154.00–166.00	$159.02	$836	-16.52
622–635	629	6	135.00–148.00	$141.43	$890	-9.56
687	687	5	135.00	$135.00	$927	—
710	710	3	127.50	$127.50	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	478	8	155.00–162.50	$159.18	$761	+12.33
594–599	597	8	135.00–142.00	$138.49	$827	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	3	194.00	$194.00	$683	—
419	419	7	177.00	$177.00	$742	-11.31
631	631	5	154.00	$154.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1580	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,663.67	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–990	844	85-90%	13	30.00–45.00	$39.21	$331	—
740–1180	923	85-90%	65	46.00–62.00	$55.07	$508	-0.27
755–1270	1024	85-90%	175	62.00–77.00	$67.59	$692	-0.49
815–1185	1080	85-90%	24	74.00–83.00	$78.47	$847	+0.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1052–1320	1125	80-85%	75	84.00–89.00	$86.16	$969	—
910–1310	1180	80-85%	26	53.00–76.00	$70.95	$837	-0.96
1050–1335	1226	80-85%	158	74.00–85.00	$82.21	$1,008	-1.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1825	1388	75-80%	61	76.00–86.00	$82.44	$1,144	—
1300–1545	1392	75-80%	11	70.00–76.00	$73.78	$1,027	—
1355–1635	1429	75-80%	33	86.00–88.00	$86.88	$1,242	+1.14

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1160	1088	9	86.00–103.00	$93.99	$1,023	—
1218–2030	1507	14	77.00–98.00	$92.08	$1,388	—
1325–2105	1682	37	95.00–111.00	$104.06	$1,750	-1.96
1595–2172	1879	14	112.00–125.00	$116.37	$2,187	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1080	986	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	107.50–118.00	$111.48	$1,099
922–1365	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	73.00–100.00	$84.30	$917

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
712–960	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	97.00–116.00	$105.23	$840
742–1035	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	71.00–118.00	$85.96	$740

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1000	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	58.00–70.00	$62.75	$557

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1325	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,240.15
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1245	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	750.00–1,000.00	$932.11

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1155	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	500.00–900.00	$760.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1160	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	975.00–1,075.00	$1,028.64
985–1175	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	925.00–950.00	$934.34

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–825	766	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	225.00–500.00	$381.44

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
932–935	935	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	950.00–1,100.00	$1,083.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
778–920	828	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	550.00–825.00	$667.70

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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
1175–1250	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,505.56	-344.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1119	1119	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1050–1200	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,160.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,475.00	$1,475.00	-200.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.