Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

5,778 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.16/cwt -3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $785/hd at 526 lb · 213 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.50/cwt -2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 574 lb · 178 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.57/cwt -1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 479 lb · 159 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,778	5,154	5,724
Feeder cattle	4,547	4,114	4,589
Slaughter cattle	823	802	619
Replacement cattle	408	238	516

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, spots 8.00 higher on mid-weights. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269–295	279	8	200.50–235.00	$221.31	$617	—
308	308	5	207.50	$207.50	$639	-1.91
364 thin fleshed	364	5	224.00	$224.00	$815	—
355–385	372	38	200.00–215.00	$209.18	$778	-4.19
400–447	428	86	187.50–217.00	$205.34	$879	-0.73
450–488	465	88	195.00–209.00	$203.03	$944	+2.27
509 thin fleshed	509	5	213.00	$213.00	$1,084	—
505–546	529	125	185.00–206.00	$196.01	$1,037	-0.80
550–592	569	120	187.00–200.00	$195.91	$1,115	+9.57
600–647	616	119	174.00–197.00	$185.09	$1,140	+7.70
657–661	660	18	174.00–176.00	$175.56	$1,159	+6.56
709	709	25	165.00	$165.00	$1,170	+1.00
761	761	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,195	-2.60
802	802	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,147	—
874–894	893	104	145.00	$145.00	$1,295	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	16	201.00	$201.00	$571	—
302–340	319	21	177.50–197.50	$188.47	$601	-10.16
353–388	373	34	185.00–195.00	$188.65	$704	-6.66
400–448	436	101	175.00–193.00	$184.55	$805	+1.69
450–498	472	103	175.00–192.50	$182.29	$860	-0.78
500–545	519	76	162.50–189.00	$175.44	$911	-0.06
550–595	575	121	162.50–182.00	$168.70	$970	-1.90
600–649	630	66	150.00–174.00	$166.63	$1,050	+3.01
650–697	689	51	150.00–168.00	$157.51	$1,085	-1.56
706–740	713	37	144.00–160.00	$155.34	$1,108	+3.72
754–790	774	74	146.50–152.00	$149.10	$1,154	+0.12
808–840	819	25	136.00–147.00	$144.09	$1,180	+0.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	372	17	175.00–183.00	$178.96	$666	+3.40
450–488	479	25	162.50–174.00	$170.25	$815	+12.42
500–535	518	21	150.00–171.00	$163.41	$846	+4.58
550–595	581	9	152.50–161.00	$155.91	$906	+4.02
605–645	618	53	137.00–157.50	$153.48	$949	+2.97
685	685	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	+10.17
725	725	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,015	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
747	747	55	158.25	$158.25	$1,182	—
849	849	65	151.50	$151.50	$1,286	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	179.00	$179.00	$626	—
500	500	5	173.00	$173.00	$865	—
614	614	5	146.00	$146.00	$896	-4.00
651	651	11	156.00	$156.00	$1,016	+18.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	11	197.00	$197.00	$973	—
512	512	6	189.00	$189.00	$968	+7.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752–783	765	7	120.00–123.00	$121.68	$931	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	6	160.00–165.00	$162.50	$821	-19.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–267	259	25	170.00–175.00	$171.86	$445	—
329–349	339	48	155.00–171.00	$163.31	$554	-3.63
353–396	376	53	150.00–167.50	$160.74	$604	-2.95
402–448	435	77	145.00–161.00	$154.33	$671	-0.83
450–499	479	159	140.00–160.00	$154.57	$740	-1.13
502–546	526	213	138.00–155.00	$149.16	$785	-3.67
550–598	574	178	138.00–150.00	$144.50	$829	-2.65
600–648	619	133	130.00–148.00	$141.77	$878	-4.90
655–685	664	69	130.00–142.50	$140.11	$930	-0.69
719–736	730	19	126.00–135.00	$131.73	$962	-3.31
755–798	778	13	120.00–130.00	$125.29	$975	-11.41
821–840	827	20	120.00–130.00	$127.16	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–293	292	17	173.00–182.50	$180.85	$528	—
300–340	309	18	167.00–178.00	$174.54	$539	-13.36
350–395	382	38	165.00–179.00	$171.62	$656	-0.63
405–448	428	92	162.00–175.00	$167.07	$715	-3.29
453–487	467	90	160.00–166.00	$161.90	$756	-4.35
501–548	529	78	150.00–166.00	$157.54	$833	-6.28
555–596	569	23	147.50–155.00	$152.56	$868	-1.81
611–637	622	117	150.00–152.00	$150.28	$935	-3.53
653	653	34	145.00	$145.00	$947	-4.85
726	726	8	134.00	$134.00	$973	-4.99
775	775	68	143.00	$143.00	$1,108	+0.61
835	835	3	127.50	$127.50	$1,065	-0.50
964	964	51	125.75	$125.75	$1,212	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	9	141.00–152.50	$147.66	$490	—
350–387	377	13	135.00–155.00	$143.97	$543	+2.40
400–445	430	3	135.00–139.00	$137.28	$590	—
450–493	478	11	125.00–144.00	$135.69	$649	-1.88
517–542	534	9	137.00–140.00	$139.03	$742	-4.97
560–585	576	4	124.00–130.00	$126.35	$728	—
670–699	694	6	120.00–122.50	$122.10	$847	—
707	707	3	108.00	$108.00	$764	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	9	162.50	$162.50	$567	—
363–395	379	6	145.00–150.00	$147.39	$559	—
452–496	486	29	135.00–149.00	$143.43	$697	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	6	155.00	$155.00	$676	—
452–495	473	11	139.00–153.00	$142.94	$676	—
729	729	9	135.00	$135.00	$984	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	6	162.50	$162.50	$674	—
477	477	7	162.00	$162.00	$773	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	168.00	$168.00	$657	—
420–433	429	7	175.00–178.00	$177.51	$762	+1.05
450–497	482	35	140.00–177.00	$157.53	$759	-17.40
500–549	526	33	135.00–170.00	$155.76	$819	-6.57
555–589	572	26	140.00–150.00	$146.01	$835	-18.37
612–638	626	24	142.00–153.00	$145.10	$908	-5.19
650–663	657	20	138.00–146.00	$141.95	$933	-3.61

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	12	185.00	$185.00	$707	-15.00
427–440	434	6	170.00–172.50	$171.27	$743	-12.55
506–532	518	9	163.00–166.00	$164.37	$851	-25.47
558–587	574	13	153.00–155.00	$153.90	$883	—
601–624	611	11	153.00–155.00	$153.93	$941	-14.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–435	418	4	155.00–162.00	$156.82	$656	-10.88
465–480	470	3	162.50–166.00	$164.81	$775	+5.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1615	1476	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	1,550.00–2,000.00	$1,856.82	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1175	1130	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,126.07	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1180	805	85-90%	29	35.00–47.00	$43.00	$346	—
755–1270	956	85-90%	150	49.00–61.00	$54.16	$518	—
800–1260	1092	85-90%	156	57.00–75.00	$66.71	$728	-0.55
885–1210	1095	85-90%	68	70.00–88.00	$78.75	$862	+11.49

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1252	1180	80-85%	14	66.00–73.00	$70.46	$831	+2.45
1005–1360	1186	80-85%	133	68.00–84.00	$77.32	$917	+9.31
1065–1345	1200	80-85%	55	79.00–96.00	$86.69	$1,040	+8.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1650	1409	75-80%	86	68.00–85.00	$79.76	$1,124	—
1305–1690	1428	75-80%	24	79.50–99.50	$86.18	$1,231	—
1365–1450	1431	75-80%	11	60.00–75.00	$72.38	$1,036	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1185	1029	4	76.00–87.00	$81.65	$840	—
1045–1570	1363	21	73.00–98.00	$91.87	$1,252	—
1260–2000	1680	32	95.00–110.00	$105.09	$1,766	-4.15
1512–2280	1921	17	110.00–122.00	$114.07	$2,191	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1070	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	100.00–119.00	$115.91	$1,027
808–1265	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	75.00–107.50	$90.57	$940

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778–805	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	106.00–119.00	$115.20	$910
755–1065	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	74.00–106.00	$91.57	$835

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–945	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	53.00–70.00	$64.16	$567

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1075	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	67.50–71.00	$68.79	$671

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1060	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	500.00–925.00	$701.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
979–1305	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	1,050.00–1,325.00	$1,178.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1305	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	775.00–1,000.00	$893.07

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–860	732	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	350.00–475.00	$392.42

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1030	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,050.00	$998.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–995	945	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–975.00	$915.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	635.00	$635.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1052–1056	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,302.27	—
1050–1098	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,230.77	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1090	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–950	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–875.00	$725.00	—

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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.