Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

5,154 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $196.81/cwt +5.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 520 lb · 173 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.62/cwt -5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,018/hd at 622 lb · 173 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.82/cwt +6.19 vs last sale · ≈ $844/hd at 515 lb · 172 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,154	3,265	4,489
Feeder cattle	4,114	2,181	3,226
Slaughter cattle	802	741	734
Replacement cattle	238	343	529

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week sold steady to 4.00 higher, late week steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows early week steady to 1.00 higher, late week 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady to spots 4.00 higher, on comparable sales.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	314	16	199.00–225.00	$209.41	$658	—
350–395	383	46	205.00–220.00	$213.37	$817	+2.82
402–445	429	77	190.00–216.00	$206.07	$884	+0.57
482–496	493	16	197.50–202.00	$200.76	$990	-0.06
500–542	520	173	180.00–208.00	$196.81	$1,023	+6.65
551–595	569	63	180.00–194.00	$186.34	$1,060	+0.34
600–649	620	149	167.50–186.00	$177.39	$1,100	—
662	662	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,119	+1.04
707–736	721	125	157.75–174.00	$164.00	$1,182	+3.00
753–775	756	45	140.00–164.00	$159.60	$1,207	+0.10
843	843	18	149.50	$149.50	$1,260	—
868	868	48	146.00	$146.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	333	9	185.00–204.00	$198.63	$661	—
355–395	372	12	180.00–200.00	$195.31	$727	+5.58
400–442	428	42	172.50–189.00	$182.86	$783	-1.33
450–498	479	84	175.00–195.00	$183.07	$877	-2.06
500–542	517	85	162.50–189.00	$175.50	$907	-0.84
550–596	581	73	162.50–179.00	$170.60	$991	-1.81
600–648	622	173	152.50–170.00	$163.62	$1,018	-5.66
650–698	676	72	148.00–168.00	$159.07	$1,075	+1.40
703–733	726	31	140.00–157.50	$151.62	$1,101	+1.10
750–770	755	4	146.00–150.00	$148.98	$1,125	-1.62
818–848	831	11	138.00–145.00	$143.22	$1,190	—
868–882	878	7	142.50	$142.50	$1,251	+2.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–390	381	7	175.00–177.00	$175.56	$669	—
413–445	423	9	165.00–174.00	$171.21	$724	+1.50
450–494	467	15	147.00–165.00	$157.83	$737	-10.08
500–535	516	9	150.00–164.00	$158.83	$820	-8.07
555–585	575	28	145.00–160.00	$151.89	$873	-8.11
636–649	645	21	142.50–155.00	$150.51	$971	+8.00
660–685	674	7	136.00–150.00	$144.83	$976	+2.80
919	919	8	123.00	$123.00	$1,130	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	5	182.00	$182.00	$930	+17.00
574	574	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,027	—
773	773	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,129	—
997	997	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,376	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	5	170.00	$170.00	$842	—
616	616	8	150.00	$150.00	$924	—
669	669	6	138.00	$138.00	$923	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	160.00	$160.00	$675	—
483	483	5	132.50	$132.50	$640	—
620	620	4	127.00	$127.00	$787	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	182.00	$182.00	$983	—
638	638	3	155.00	$155.00	$989	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	338	23	152.50–172.50	$166.94	$564	+3.47
352–399	377	56	158.00–170.00	$163.69	$617	+6.95
405–449	437	31	145.00–164.00	$155.16	$678	+2.64
450–498	476	125	145.00–162.50	$155.70	$741	+3.74
500–549	532	151	140.00–161.00	$152.83	$813	+2.40
550–599	579	151	138.00–157.00	$147.15	$852	-4.30
603–643	621	109	140.00–152.00	$146.67	$911	+1.66
651–698	677	79	125.00–147.00	$140.80	$953	+3.09
703–745	722	25	125.00–140.00	$135.04	$975	-4.46
770–796	794	73	120.00–137.75	$136.70	$1,085	+3.76
875	875	4	128.00–129.00	$128.75	$1,127	+6.74
932–940	934	4	112.50–118.00	$116.62	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–342	336	35	175.00–192.00	$187.90	$631	—
350–390	368	21	170.00–175.00	$172.25	$634	-1.86
400–445	422	77	162.00–177.50	$170.36	$719	+1.76
455–487	476	61	161.00–179.00	$166.25	$791	+2.45
500–545	515	172	153.00–174.00	$163.82	$844	+5.07
551–579	563	16	154.00–156.00	$154.37	$869	-3.84
604–636	619	90	147.50–161.00	$153.81	$952	-3.27
651–680	659	65	147.50–152.00	$149.85	$988	-0.26
708–748	734	39	132.50–142.00	$138.99	$1,020	-3.34
751–772	756	30	130.00–147.00	$142.39	$1,076	+1.39
812	812	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,039	—
852	852	3	123.00	$123.00	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	376	13	135.00–150.00	$141.57	$532	+2.57
454–485	471	9	135.00–141.00	$137.57	$648	+12.24
532	532	3	144.00	$144.00	$766	+12.82

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	5	154.00	$154.00	$906	—
885	885	6	129.00	$129.00	$1,142	+11.50
999	999	11	125.00	$125.00	$1,249	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	6	140.00	$140.00	$489	—
600	600	3	117.50	$117.50	$705	—
685–695	688	3	117.50–120.00	$119.16	$820	—

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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	350	4	182.50	$182.50	$639	-12.37
400–428	415	6	170.00–187.50	$176.46	$732	+12.50
457–492	479	20	170.00–182.00	$174.93	$838	+15.30
500–545	526	42	154.00–172.00	$162.33	$854	+5.12
555–580	571	8	150.00–170.00	$164.38	$939	+18.50
620–642	634	5	149.00–152.50	$150.29	$953	+5.04
650–697	662	26	140.00–150.00	$145.56	$964	—
700–745	734	13	130.00–144.00	$133.19	$978	-5.23
777	777	6	123.00	$123.00	$956	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	6	200.00	$200.00	$792	+11.78
418–448	432	7	182.50–185.00	$183.82	$794	-10.18
512–542	523	16	177.00–198.00	$189.84	$993	—
600	600	3	168.00	$168.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	176.00	$176.00	$546	+25.00
400–445	419	4	165.00–169.00	$167.70	$703	+25.32
459–496	484	14	156.00–165.00	$159.60	$772	—
775	775	3	117.50	$117.50	$911	—
967	967	3	102.50	$102.50	$991	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	145.00	$145.00	$722	—
871	871	4	105.00	$105.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1235	1141	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,250.00–1,475.00	$1,363.20	—
1350–1480	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,600.00–1,775.00	$1,686.17	-148.76

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1320	1168	80-85%	32	57.00–73.00	$68.01	$794	-11.36
1000–1395	1207	80-85%	142	67.00–85.00	$78.14	$943	—
1160–1385	1253	80-85%	29	75.00–90.00	$85.02	$1,065	-0.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1032	908	85-90%	13	40.00–49.00	$44.14	$401	-11.41
718–1125	938	85-90%	39	50.00–60.00	$55.25	$518	-0.30
715–1205	1065	85-90%	17	70.00–82.00	$74.97	$798	—
805–1270	1067	85-90%	131	57.00–76.00	$67.26	$718	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1490	1373	75-80%	14	65.00–74.00	$68.34	$938	-11.96
1300–1745	1460	75-80%	44	67.50–86.00	$77.15	$1,126	—
1365–1765	1514	75-80%	7	86.00–91.00	$88.22	$1,336	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1790	1504	11	77.00–99.00	$91.21	$1,372	—
1465–2395	1674	35	103.00–114.00	$109.24	$1,829	—
1412–2120	1749	40	115.00–125.00	$118.34	$2,070	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–977	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	102.50–128.00	$118.91	$1,094
765–1145	931	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	81.00–110.00	$94.97	$884

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
941–1130	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	115.00–123.00	$121.15	$1,186

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
628–945	727	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	90.00–92.50	$91.85	$668

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1005	837	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–975.00	$695.58
920–1406	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	875.00–1,200.00	$1,129.85
935–1230	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	800.00–1,050.00	$1,029.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1294	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,312.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–970	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	575.00–875.00	$700.63

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1185	1013	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,175.00	$975.21

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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
1463	1463	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705–1075	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–800.00	$675.00	-544.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
804	804	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.