Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

7,029 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $186.98/cwt +1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,151/hd at 616 lb · 492 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $197.60/cwt +0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,049/hd at 531 lb · 382 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.94/cwt +5.04 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 477 lb · 324 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,029	5,778	5,671
Feeder cattle	5,869	4,547	4,749
Slaughter cattle	878	823	601
Replacement cattle	282	408	321

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves early week steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves early week 3.00 to 6.00 higher, spots 12.00 higher, late week steers 3.00 to 9.00 lower and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–345	324	18	201.00–217.50	$211.23	$684	+3.73
356 value added	356	5	207.00	$207.00	$737	—
358 unweaned	358	8	201.00	$201.00	$720	—
356–368	363	21	205.00–213.00	$209.84	$762	+0.66
405–449	428	119	189.00–212.00	$201.40	$862	-3.94
455 value added	455	10	207.00	$207.00	$942	—
451–487 unweaned	469	58	194.00–200.00	$196.86	$923	—
451–499	469	111	192.00–203.00	$201.47	$945	-1.56
509–547	530	342	175.00–204.50	$198.23	$1,051	+2.22
536–545 unweaned	540	40	191.00–193.00	$192.22	$1,038	—
550–585	576	124	184.00–195.00	$188.42	$1,085	-7.49
601–648	615	446	158.00–194.75	$187.70	$1,154	+2.61
612–632 unweaned	622	46	179.00–181.00	$179.96	$1,119	—
699	699	92	175.00	$175.00	$1,223	—
814–831	829	74	152.00–157.25	$156.69	$1,299	+13.69
1051	1051	29	129.25	$129.25	$1,358	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–345	336	12	200.00	$200.00	$672	+11.53
366–392	377	26	192.50–205.00	$198.06	$747	+9.41
400–442	428	35	177.00–194.00	$184.02	$788	-0.53
450–492	476	69	175.00–199.00	$185.70	$884	+3.41
502–549	533	123	167.50–192.00	$183.58	$978	+8.14
550–599	578	111	164.50–180.00	$174.01	$1,006	+5.31
600–646	621	93	157.50–178.00	$170.97	$1,062	+4.34
658–695	679	66	150.00–170.00	$159.45	$1,083	+1.94
700–731	726	31	147.50–160.00	$153.89	$1,117	-1.45
761–794	780	14	140.00–151.00	$145.12	$1,132	-3.98
818–820	820	24	140.00–151.00	$148.26	$1,216	+4.17
857–893	884	25	131.00–142.00	$134.67	$1,190	—
964–974	970	12	125.00–133.00	$129.69	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	379	16	162.50–182.50	$174.51	$661	-4.45
413–438	426	33	162.00–180.00	$169.70	$723	—
451–489	471	59	157.50–179.00	$166.91	$786	-3.34
508–535	520	66	162.00–171.00	$167.09	$869	+3.68
552–590	561	24	148.50–165.00	$155.28	$871	-0.63
602–648	618	51	145.00–160.00	$153.40	$948	-0.08
653–692	669	36	144.00–152.50	$149.65	$1,001	-5.35
758	758	3	136.50	$136.50	$1,035	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	200.00	$200.00	$874	—
456	456	24	194.00	$194.00	$885	—
547	547	15	186.00	$186.00	$1,017	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–441	432	16	175.00–187.50	$183.77	$794	—
461	461	5	178.00	$178.00	$821	—
552	552	6	162.00	$162.00	$894	—
667	667	10	168.00	$168.00	$1,121	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	185.00	$185.00	$638	—
475–491	485	20	169.00–185.00	$173.14	$840	—
589	589	8	175.00	$175.00	$1,031	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	27	158.00	$158.00	$1,209	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	144.00	$144.00	$778	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	8	170.00–175.00	$173.13	$554	-1.41
361 value added	361	7	170.00	$170.00	$614	—
362–391	372	42	172.00–178.00	$175.78	$654	+4.16
415 unweaned	415	13	161.00	$161.00	$668	—
400–436	424	98	164.00–184.00	$173.24	$735	+6.17
451–497	477	324	161.00–174.00	$166.94	$796	+5.04
523 unweaned	523	11	156.00	$156.00	$816	—
504–548	533	312	147.00–178.25	$170.91	$911	+13.37
556–597	570	135	147.00–170.00	$159.80	$911	+7.24
600–645	627	250	138.00–167.50	$160.98	$1,009	+10.70
652–680	668	30	135.00–147.50	$142.95	$955	-2.05
774	774	52	144.00	$144.00	$1,115	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–333	333	9	153.00–157.00	$154.77	$515	-8.54
351 thin fleshed	351	8	178.00	$178.00	$625	—
350–389	377	73	155.00–171.00	$165.90	$625	+5.16
400–449	429	63	147.00–164.00	$158.27	$679	+3.94
450–499	479	95	140.00–161.00	$150.75	$722	-3.82
501–548	527	131	138.00–158.00	$148.99	$785	-0.17
551–598	574	201	137.00–154.00	$146.93	$843	+2.43
600–645	625	98	120.00–153.00	$142.50	$891	+0.73
650–697	678	39	132.00–142.50	$137.34	$931	-2.77
711–728	714	17	135.00–136.50	$136.23	$973	+4.50
772–799	788	12	131.00–138.00	$135.14	$1,065	+9.85
808–819	816	34	128.00–128.50	$128.15	$1,046	+0.99
927	927	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,140	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–358	355	18	174.00–178.00	$176.24	$626	—
419	419	7	175.00	$175.00	$733	—
464	464	24	172.00	$172.00	$798	—
509–523	513	44	171.00–175.00	$173.80	$892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–396	369	13	136.00–151.00	$142.37	$525	-1.60
456–493	486	34	128.00–142.50	$136.74	$665	+1.05
502–541	535	20	130.00–142.50	$137.02	$733	-2.01
580–597	587	12	135.00	$135.00	$792	+8.65
656–675	667	7	118.50–125.00	$121.24	$809	-0.86

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	16	161.00	$161.00	$681	+6.00
533–540	537	14	141.00–142.00	$141.50	$760	—
556–582	568	21	150.00–151.00	$150.49	$855	—
727	727	15	135.00	$135.00	$981	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	19	159.00	$159.00	$798	—
741	741	17	132.00	$132.00	$978	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–346	343	8	157.50–167.00	$163.49	$561	+0.99
485–496	488	18	148.00–150.00	$149.44	$729	+6.01

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	4	122.50	$122.50	$505	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–445	429	20	160.00–178.00	$170.30	$731	-7.21
476–491	485	13	155.00	$155.00	$752	-2.53
520–548	541	12	149.00–151.00	$150.01	$812	-5.75
561–590	575	39	148.00–161.00	$155.88	$896	+9.87
608–645	621	37	137.00–154.00	$148.46	$922	+3.36
672	672	5	144.00	$144.00	$968	+2.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	7	185.00	$185.00	$688	±0.00
415–445	432	14	174.00–182.50	$178.28	$770	+7.01
462–482	475	23	159.00–165.00	$162.85	$774	—
502	502	6	164.00	$164.00	$823	-0.37
570	570	3	161.00	$161.00	$918	+7.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1450	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	8	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,431.92	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	3	142.50	$142.50	$841	—
680–685	682	5	134.00–135.00	$134.60	$918	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	162.50	$162.50	$609	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1080	840	85-90%	40	27.50–48.00	$42.13	$354	-0.87
690–1235	938	85-90%	111	48.00–61.00	$55.68	$522	—
755–1270	1063	85-90%	192	57.00–75.00	$67.97	$723	+1.26
820–1215	1069	85-90%	38	71.00–84.00	$76.58	$819	+9.87

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1330	1192	80-85%	36	81.00–95.00	$86.61	$1,032	+9.29
985–1495	1200	80-85%	192	73.00–85.00	$79.45	$953	-7.24
990–1415	1207	80-85%	31	58.00–73.00	$67.22	$811	-19.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1695	1391	75-80%	121	74.00–86.00	$82.48	$1,147	—
1335–1640	1418	75-80%	15	65.00–77.50	$73.76	$1,046	-6.00
1320–1670	1479	75-80%	19	82.00–91.00	$87.08	$1,288	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–2050	1424	20	74.00–99.00	$90.88	$1,294	—
1285–1975	1589	27	97.50–110.00	$104.64	$1,663	—
1595–2060	1781	20	112.00–137.00	$119.25	$2,124	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1245	1011	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	114.00–120.00	$116.46	$1,177
1020–1295	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	73.00–109.00	$91.09	$1,032

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1015	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	78.00–112.50	$87.36	$799

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–960	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	55.00–67.00	$59.49	$513

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1100	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$965.84
1055–1452	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,312.53

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1135	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	575.00–925.00	$694.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1160	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	700.00–1,000.00	$872.44

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–955	781	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	275.00–525.00	$383.56

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1148	1079	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,138.11

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	775.00	$775.00

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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
1060–1250	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,265.00	—
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–975	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,200.00	$1,046.88	—

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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.