Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

3,401 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.18/cwt +0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $971/hd at 630 lb · 187 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.99/cwt +0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 527 lb · 118 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.62/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $696/hd at 415 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,401	3,652	4,405
Feeder cattle	2,474	2,508	3,434
Slaughter cattle	515	734	654
Replacement cattle	412	410	317

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341–345	343	9	192.50–195.00	$193.62	$664	-0.33
369–395	383	30	187.00–208.00	$192.34	$737	—
400–448	424	27	180.00–196.00	$188.13	$798	+2.06
460–498	481	67	177.50–195.00	$184.61	$888	-4.92
502–549	524	59	168.00–190.00	$179.98	$943	-4.90
550–598	576	51	165.00–183.00	$171.19	$986	-1.91
604–645	621	40	160.00–177.00	$168.57	$1,047	+5.17
670–699	685	25	155.00–169.00	$163.49	$1,120	+5.76
707–746	732	32	150.00–160.00	$154.16	$1,128	+1.66
803–848	818	37	138.00–146.50	$142.58	$1,166	+7.20
924–928	927	16	135.50–137.00	$136.44	$1,265	—
999	999	12	134.00	$134.00	$1,339	—
1040–1048	1044	4	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$1,263	—
1050–1055	1052	3	121.00–123.00	$122.33	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–340	316	14	207.50–222.00	$214.35	$677	-1.98
356–395	377	49	205.00–222.00	$212.78	$802	+4.14
400–448	422	67	200.00–220.00	$211.91	$894	+6.53
445 thin fleshed	445	11	226.00	$226.00	$1,006	—
452–483	470	35	200.00–214.00	$205.11	$964	+0.47
501–548	520	63	185.00–209.00	$197.83	$1,029	-4.70
552–575	560	31	185.00–197.00	$191.00	$1,070	-0.10
600–631	619	47	168.00–194.50	$187.35	$1,160	+6.16
669–682	675	17	166.00–189.00	$178.54	$1,205	+2.99
702–705	703	26	168.00–172.00	$171.23	$1,204	+12.83
731	731	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,170	+1.60
772–778	777	10	150.00–155.50	$154.41	$1,200	—
815–840	832	3	145.00–151.00	$148.33	$1,234	—
870–875	872	3	138.00–139.00	$138.33	$1,206	—
912–916	913	3	137.00–138.00	$137.67	$1,257	-2.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–428	418	7	170.00–175.00	$172.92	$723	+2.15
500–518	510	11	150.00–169.00	$162.70	$830	+1.34
575–580	579	11	153.00–161.00	$158.56	$918	-0.38
705	705	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	+22.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	15	180.00	$180.00	$650	—
622	622	5	159.00	$159.00	$989	+4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	8	170.00	$170.00	$879	—
557–585	566	9	161.00–178.00	$172.15	$974	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	13	199.00	$199.00	$957	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	12	145.00	$145.00	$644	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–490	474	6	160.00–164.00	$161.93	$768	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	151.00	$151.00	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	8	182.50	$182.50	$493	—
310–349	344	10	175.00–182.50	$181.48	$624	+2.15
354–396	370	40	170.00–180.00	$174.72	$646	+0.37
400–432	415	80	160.00–178.00	$167.62	$696	-1.08
452–498	472	71	157.00–165.00	$161.14	$761	+2.00
500–547	527	118	151.00–166.00	$159.99	$843	+0.47
556–597	579	73	152.00–158.00	$156.27	$905	-3.97
603–648	630	187	146.00–162.00	$154.18	$971	+0.74
655–677	661	65	146.00–155.00	$151.56	$1,002	+5.73
700–743	737	15	143.00–146.00	$143.38	$1,057	+2.38
771	771	9	138.00	$138.00	$1,064	-0.28
806	806	15	137.50	$137.50	$1,108	+10.00
868	868	8	132.00	$132.00	$1,146	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	38	155.00–172.50	$163.68	$545	+11.18
364–392	378	52	157.50–172.50	$164.93	$623	+5.49
405–448	429	56	150.00–165.00	$157.18	$674	+1.18
455–499	480	63	143.00–160.00	$153.28	$736	+1.18
510–542	532	5	142.50–148.00	$146.85	$781	-4.55
555–595	571	24	142.50–152.00	$148.30	$847	+2.62
610	610	3	143.00	$143.00	$872	-2.05
660–687	677	17	138.00–147.00	$141.42	$957	+3.61
700–702	701	4	132.50–133.00	$132.75	$931	+1.37
788	788	18	135.50	$135.50	$1,068	+15.19
809	809	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,100	+6.46

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	24	156.00	$156.00	$543	—
474	474	16	152.50	$152.50	$723	-0.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–342	327	12	137.50–140.00	$138.34	$452	—
373–390	382	6	135.00–145.00	$140.11	$535	-12.39
475–496	484	10	132.00–138.00	$134.99	$653	-3.99
702	702	3	115.00	$115.00	$807	—
880	880	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,047	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	8	160.00	$160.00	$794	—
513	513	5	161.00	$161.00	$826	—
616	616	9	155.50	$155.50	$958	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	5	135.00	$135.00	$898	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	5	167.50	$167.50	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	9	205.00	$205.00	$549	—
380	380	14	203.00	$203.00	$771	+9.00
400–429	418	11	181.00–182.50	$181.52	$759	+4.52
461–469	466	12	175.00–179.00	$177.35	$826	—
509	509	5	169.00	$169.00	$860	—
572	572	5	165.00	$165.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–443	435	6	162.50–173.00	$167.85	$730	+2.85
465–473	470	8	157.50–184.00	$167.33	$786	-4.42
554–588	568	19	140.00–156.00	$149.56	$850	—
600	600	7	154.00–158.00	$156.29	$938	+14.86
808	808	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	155.00	$155.00	$679	—
475	475	3	145.00	$145.00	$689	-14.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1460–1790	1628	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,575.00–2,050.00	$1,891.30	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–925	800	85-90%	18	28.00–49.00	$41.44	$332	—
760–1145	938	85-90%	37	50.00–62.00	$56.67	$532	+1.60
785–1215	1014	85-90%	116	61.00–77.00	$69.76	$707	+2.17
800–1230	1088	85-90%	45	74.50–84.00	$79.00	$860	+0.53

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1325	1142	80-85%	16	62.00–76.00	$72.77	$831	-13.39
1035–1360	1205	80-85%	21	85.00–93.00	$87.43	$1,054	+5.22
1005–1330	1214	80-85%	78	72.00–85.00	$81.45	$989	-0.76

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1475	1386	75-80%	7	62.00–75.00	$71.83	$996	-10.61
1300–1560	1409	75-80%	18	86.00–92.00	$88.43	$1,246	+1.55
1250–1685	1414	75-80%	73	72.00–86.00	$82.85	$1,171	-4.03
1435	1435	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,507	+18.12

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1049–2161	1457	39	94.00–112.00	$103.24	$1,504	—
1130–1785	1511	16	81.00–98.00	$90.12	$1,362	-1.96
1580–2145	1812	21	105.50–135.00	$118.08	$2,140	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1056	941	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	108.00–133.00	$121.33	$1,142
755–1435	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	75.00–115.00	$94.10	$964

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–875	778	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–122.50	$108.43	$844
710–945	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	73.00–112.50	$84.70	$684

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–905	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	60.00–66.00	$64.25	$544

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–990	846	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	58.00–69.00	$63.12	$534

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–998	878	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	475.00–750.00	$614.52
710–985	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	500.00–925.00	$795.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1190	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	700.00–1,025.00	$902.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1215	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,175.12
1260	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1145	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	975.00–1,100.00	$1,010.66

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752–815	773	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	235.00–400.00	$292.99

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–925	845	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	700.00–800.00	$736.49

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755–950	887	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	750.00–800.00	$790.00	-110.00
875–995	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	800.00–1,200.00	$1,010.19	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1190	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1158	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1083–1170	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,226.56	+66.56

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	675.00	$675.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	118.00	$118.00	$590	—

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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.