Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

4,622 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.04/cwt +0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 528 lb · 140 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.50/cwt +2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 570 lb · 118 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.05/cwt -1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,013/hd at 675 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,622	3,401	4,219
Feeder cattle	3,563	2,474	2,980
Slaughter cattle	678	515	644
Replacement cattle	381	412	595

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	322	16	182.50–210.00	$190.89	$615	-2.73
350–395	380	22	186.00–211.00	$198.61	$755	+6.27
402–449	426	59	180.00–205.00	$189.83	$809	+1.70
452–495	481	63	182.50–204.00	$189.71	$913	+5.10
502–545	518	78	169.00–192.00	$182.94	$948	+2.96
550–599	571	68	166.00–184.00	$173.81	$992	+2.62
600–645	630	80	154.00–171.00	$164.64	$1,037	-3.93
655–698	681	96	155.00–170.00	$159.72	$1,088	-3.77
702–740	709	9	145.00–159.00	$154.09	$1,092	-0.07
750–796	775	44	142.50–150.00	$145.49	$1,128	—
800–832	823	12	140.00–147.00	$142.46	$1,172	-0.12
875–898	883	31	136.00–142.00	$138.65	$1,224	—
911–943	927	32	130.00–142.00	$138.34	$1,282	+1.90
1126	1126	13	134.50	$134.50	$1,514	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	323	15	210.00–225.00	$218.26	$705	+3.91
360–398	385	39	211.00–229.00	$220.95	$851	+8.17
400–445	426	68	200.00–225.00	$212.11	$904	+0.20
452–478	466	48	200.00–218.00	$206.12	$961	+1.01
500–545	520	73	186.00–206.00	$195.70	$1,018	-2.13
554–588	567	95	185.00–200.00	$190.45	$1,080	-0.55
608–646	636	32	172.00–187.00	$179.47	$1,141	-7.88
696	696	42	175.00	$175.00	$1,218	-3.54
707–725	717	16	165.00–171.00	$168.41	$1,207	-2.82
768	768	33	160.00	$160.00	$1,229	+5.59
808	808	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,172	-3.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	372	10	178.00–196.00	$183.49	$683	—
402–442	425	16	165.00–177.50	$171.76	$730	-1.16
455–495	478	35	156.00–175.00	$166.69	$797	—
504–549	525	53	154.00–167.00	$163.24	$857	+0.54
550–565	556	14	160.00–175.00	$164.68	$916	+6.12
601–646	617	18	152.50–163.00	$159.39	$983	—
680	680	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,040	—
1005	1005	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,206	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	6	161.00	$161.00	$1,122	—
724–727	725	10	145.00–160.00	$155.49	$1,127	—
984	984	6	130.50	$130.50	$1,284	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–425	420	8	155.00–162.50	$159.74	$671	—
485	485	3	155.00	$155.00	$752	+4.00
614	614	6	150.00	$150.00	$921	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	10	148.00	$148.00	$861	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	8	204.00	$204.00	$747	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	329	15	175.00–180.00	$177.58	$584	-3.90
360–390	374	40	167.50–185.00	$175.16	$655	+0.44
400–445	421	93	160.00–179.00	$166.87	$703	-0.75
452–495	472	84	157.00–168.00	$162.42	$767	+1.28
501–549	528	140	155.00–167.00	$160.04	$845	+0.05
550–592	570	118	155.00–167.00	$158.50	$903	+2.23
605–635	617	82	146.00–157.00	$154.82	$955	+0.64
651–684	675	111	149.25–155.00	$150.05	$1,013	-1.51
705–747	728	51	141.00–145.00	$142.93	$1,041	-0.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	318	7	160.00–162.50	$161.25	$513	-2.43
353–398	377	67	157.00–171.00	$163.43	$616	-1.50
400–445	428	65	150.00–164.00	$156.70	$671	-0.48
450–495	476	62	145.00–160.00	$154.48	$735	+1.20
500–548	525	60	142.00–157.00	$151.34	$795	+4.49
552–595	573	60	140.00–155.00	$149.08	$854	+0.78
635–648	642	4	136.00–145.00	$141.26	$907	-1.74
664–689	679	75	130.00–145.00	$142.09	$965	+0.67
705–737	721	51	132.50–142.50	$140.79	$1,015	+8.04
756–776	764	33	125.00–133.00	$130.09	$994	-5.41
805–845	823	21	125.00–130.00	$128.01	$1,054	-7.99
879	879	8	129.00	$129.00	$1,134	—
941	941	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,092	—
952–978	956	22	114.00–129.00	$126.91	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–342	323	12	150.00–152.50	$150.86	$487	+12.52
355–398	374	12	138.00–155.00	$147.91	$553	+7.80
410–448	440	11	135.00–141.00	$135.96	$598	—
460–492	475	15	115.00–142.50	$132.17	$628	-2.82
560–583	572	11	130.00–141.00	$137.49	$786	—
655–695	663	6	130.00–135.00	$130.83	$867	—
752	752	3	117.00	$117.00	$880	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	8	169.00	$169.00	$657	+1.50
418	418	5	157.00	$157.00	$656	—
453	453	16	168.00	$168.00	$761	—
518	518	6	155.00	$155.00	$803	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–415	409	8	148.00–151.00	$149.14	$610	—
500–532	522	10	152.50–163.00	$159.99	$835	—
629	629	12	156.00	$156.00	$981	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–392	389	4	140.00	$140.00	$545	—
577	577	18	123.00–135.00	$129.00	$744	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	150.00	$150.00	$592	—
433	433	6	164.00	$164.00	$710	—
458	458	4	145.00	$145.00	$664	—
632	632	4	123.00	$123.00	$777	-32.50

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–395	379	19	165.00–183.00	$171.50	$650	—
437	437	11	167.00	$167.00	$730	-0.85
482–495	489	13	173.00–177.50	$176.20	$862	+8.87
500–542	526	13	155.00–167.00	$160.85	$846	—
588–596	593	7	148.00–150.00	$148.85	$883	-0.71
609–643	624	24	143.00–146.00	$144.48	$902	-11.81
682	682	5	136.00	$136.00	$928	—
856	856	12	122.00	$122.00	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–394	385	14	185.00	$185.00	$712	-18.00
405–437	433	8	187.00–200.00	$188.52	$816	+7.00
480	480	9	175.00	$175.00	$840	-2.35
532–538	535	14	160.00–170.00	$166.25	$889	-2.75
558–596	578	11	159.00–165.00	$163.15	$943	-1.85
602–621	611	24	152.00–163.00	$158.53	$969	—
658–675	668	7	146.00–153.00	$148.96	$995	—
758	758	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,061	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	155.00	$155.00	$775	—
550–588	568	8	145.00–158.00	$153.35	$871	—
755	755	3	122.50	$122.50	$925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1535	1457	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,475.00–2,000.00	$1,752.77	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–985	834	85-90%	19	32.00–50.00	$43.97	$367	+2.53
750–1200	920	85-90%	86	50.00–65.00	$55.39	$510	-1.28
760–1210	1004	85-90%	135	61.00–76.00	$68.45	$687	-1.31
920–1200	1067	85-90%	30	75.00–81.00	$77.81	$830	-1.19

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1350	1194	80-85%	22	65.00–74.00	$69.49	$830	—
1020–1325	1195	80-85%	160	70.00–85.00	$79.79	$953	—
1105–1315	1218	80-85%	33	80.00–89.00	$84.86	$1,034	+3.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1470	1369	75-80%	10	67.00–77.00	$70.59	$966	-1.24
1290–1697	1408	75-80%	85	72.00–85.00	$82.14	$1,157	-6.29
1230–1685	1445	75-80%	19	80.00–89.00	$85.04	$1,229	-19.96

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1695	1397	15	71.00–97.00	$88.12	$1,231	—
1300–2130	1703	23	96.00–114.00	$104.03	$1,772	—
1445–2260	1842	19	106.50–136.00	$118.58	$2,184	+0.50

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1158	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	94.00–133.00	$111.28	$1,003
810–1438	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	45	79.00–119.00	$94.44	$907

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–975	844	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	72.50–105.00	$83.95	$709

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1025	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	54.00–69.00	$62.24	$569

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1080	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	55.00–68.00	$60.03	$558

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–970	902	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	500.00–575.00	$526.48
755–1060	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	550.00–975.00	$761.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1322	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,132.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1102	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	550.00–950.00	$808.90

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1100	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	950.00–1,200.00	$1,077.99

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–750	743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	350.00–425.00	$368.94

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–935	864	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	775.00–875.00	$815.96

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1131–1275	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,350.00–1,425.00	$1,388.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1175	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,289.29	+289.29
1056	1056	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1025	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,305.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–930	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,000.00	$950.00	+160.00

↑ Back to top

Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–418	411	7	105.00–116.00	$111.20	$457	—
508	508	3	110.00	$110.00	$559	-8.00

↑ Back to top

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.