Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 30, 2022

3,596 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.94/cwt -10.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 622 lb · 135 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.22/cwt -15.18 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 526 lb · 116 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.64/cwt +2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 629 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,596	7,029	4,476
Feeder cattle	2,581	5,869	3,654
Slaughter cattle	737	878	469
Replacement cattle	278	282	353

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower on comparable sales, late week steers and heifers mostly steady to firm on comparable sales. 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
300–332	321	9	202.00–220.00	$207.08	$665	-4.15
350–393	372	24	200.00–210.00	$203.07	$755	-6.77
400–437	416	27	192.50–208.00	$199.47	$830	-1.93
460–495	471	68	189.00–200.00	$196.54	$926	-4.93
474–495 thin fleshed	476	10	205.00	$205.00	$976	—
500–543	524	39	177.50–195.00	$186.84	$979	-11.39
546 unweaned	546	21	191.00	$191.00	$1,043	-1.22
550–585	563	34	171.00–187.00	$181.60	$1,022	-6.82
600–636	622	135	164.00–178.50	$176.94	$1,101	-10.76
650–667	663	22	168.00–172.00	$170.09	$1,128	—
705–748	721	19	161.00–168.00	$164.43	$1,186	—
750–761	752	42	156.50–157.00	$156.61	$1,178	—
810	810	13	151.00	$151.00	$1,223	-5.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	192.50	$192.50	$645	-7.50
380–393	392	16	183.00–185.00	$183.12	$718	-14.94
400–440	424	44	175.00–195.00	$188.10	$798	+4.08
452–495	480	73	175.00–190.00	$181.46	$871	-4.24
502–545	528	95	165.00–181.00	$174.77	$923	-8.81
560–598	583	54	160.00–172.00	$163.66	$954	-10.35
600–648	617	77	153.00–167.00	$161.51	$997	-9.46
655–682	670	35	140.00–166.00	$154.79	$1,037	-4.66
705–732	722	40	140.00–152.50	$145.45	$1,050	-8.44
753–797	785	18	140.00–148.00	$144.91	$1,138	-0.21
825	825	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,180	-5.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	7	175.00	$175.00	$676	+0.49
450–487	476	15	165.00–175.00	$169.90	$809	+2.99
534–540	538	23	157.50–163.00	$158.92	$855	-8.17
553–595	566	19	145.00–157.50	$151.48	$857	-3.80
650–655	654	12	130.00–147.00	$144.59	$946	-5.06

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	5	162.50	$162.50	$941	+0.50
604–626	614	15	157.00–161.00	$159.10	$977	—
660–697	684	17	140.00–146.00	$144.69	$990	-23.31
819	819	24	143.00	$143.00	$1,171	—
1031	1031	9	125.00	$125.00	$1,289	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	182.50	$182.50	$602	-2.50
455–488	465	19	170.00–179.00	$176.02	$818	+2.88
597	597	3	140.00	$140.00	$836	-35.00
600	600	3	140.00	$140.00	$840	—
680	680	3	135.00	$135.00	$918	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	5	121.00	$121.00	$666	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–328	319	6	167.50–170.00	$168.79	$538	+14.02
350–395	382	29	151.00–163.00	$155.26	$593	-10.64
400–448	435	61	145.00–164.00	$158.58	$690	+0.31
455–498	486	67	142.00–157.00	$152.76	$742	+2.01
505–545	523	78	146.00–153.00	$149.51	$782	+0.52
555–595	574	96	135.00–150.00	$145.34	$834	-1.59
600–648	629	111	138.00–149.00	$144.64	$910	+2.14
654–699	678	20	130.00–142.50	$135.46	$918	-1.88
703–729	722	47	128.00–140.00	$136.62	$986	+0.39
840	840	7	127.00	$127.00	$1,067	-1.15
943	943	8	123.50	$123.50	$1,165	+0.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	373	19	165.00–176.00	$170.80	$637	-4.98
410–442	426	37	162.50–174.00	$166.70	$710	-6.54
460–485	472	60	156.00–164.00	$160.31	$757	-6.63
500–548	524	98	152.00–164.00	$156.00	$817	-14.91
534 unweaned	534	18	151.00	$151.00	$806	-5.00
553–570	564	18	151.50–157.00	$153.66	$867	-6.14

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	6	154.00	$154.00	$728	—
536–542	538	10	146.00–150.00	$148.39	$798	+6.89
654	654	7	128.00	$128.00	$837	—
719	719	27	132.50	$132.50	$953	-2.50
928	928	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	341	6	120.00–129.00	$125.58	$428	—
381	381	5	148.00	$148.00	$564	+5.63
405–425	410	4	113.00–135.00	$124.13	$509	—
455–465	463	4	130.00–135.00	$131.23	$608	-5.51
500–530	510	3	122.50–123.00	$122.83	$626	-14.19
625	625	2	130.00	$130.00	$812	—
760	760	2	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	5	172.50	$172.50	$547	+9.01
437	437	3	147.50	$147.50	$645	—
580	580	6	140.00	$140.00	$812	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–441	436	13	161.00–179.00	$167.67	$731	-2.63
455–495	481	18	160.00–176.00	$168.57	$811	+13.57
510–540	530	9	157.50–167.00	$160.60	$851	+10.59
555–585	577	8	142.00–160.00	$148.54	$857	-7.34
637–646	641	13	127.50–146.00	$136.48	$875	-11.98
663–690	679	18	120.00–143.00	$135.27	$918	-8.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–498	484	13	164.00–166.00	$165.30	$800	+2.45
501–527	510	20	165.00–174.00	$166.37	$848	+2.37
577	577	3	164.00	$164.00	$946	+3.00
608–620	618	11	154.00	$154.00	$952	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	140.00	$140.00	$648	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1015	854	85-90%	32	26.00–51.00	$38.33	$327	—
750–1285	959	85-90%	94	50.00–62.00	$57.13	$548	—
780–1270	1046	85-90%	142	60.00–76.00	$68.78	$719	—
965–1225	1056	85-90%	18	70.00–85.00	$78.18	$826	+10.21

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1340	1177	80-85%	20	65.00–74.00	$69.27	$815	-17.34
1085–1310	1181	80-85%	30	82.00–94.00	$87.82	$1,037	+1.21
985–1340	1236	80-85%	197	69.50–86.00	$81.02	$1,001	+13.80

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1515	1363	75-80%	5	71.00–78.00	$74.31	$1,013	-8.17
1300–1755	1430	75-80%	72	72.00–87.00	$83.61	$1,196	+9.85
1295–1650	1469	75-80%	16	88.00–94.00	$90.22	$1,325	+3.14

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1875	1481	24	71.00–99.00	$91.69	$1,358	—
1230–2315	1666	28	97.00–112.00	$106.16	$1,769	—
1305–2125	1746	13	112.00–122.50	$116.57	$2,035	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1070	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	112.00–128.00	$119.53	$1,180
825–1635	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	80.00–108.00	$91.76	$975

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1030	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	73.00–107.50	$87.15	$759

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–945	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	51.00–69.00	$60.03	$511

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1550	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	875.00–1,275.00	$1,131.67
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042	1042	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00
995–1190	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	750.00–1,000.00	$882.66

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
934–1083	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	950.00–1,125.00	$1,012.93

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1075	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	550.00–900.00	$715.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1265	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,176.35

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–900	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	400.00–425.00	$408.93

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1000	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–825.00	$730.81
775–925	868	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,025.00	$936.42
915–1095	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	775.00–900.00	$829.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–810	793	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	575.00–725.00	$667.02

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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
1075–1155	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,236.11	-113.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1198	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,381.25	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1030	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—

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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.