Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

5,905 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.29/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 527 lb · 252 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.60/cwt +10.94 vs last sale · ≈ $999/hd at 572 lb · 207 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.00/cwt +4.36 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 617 lb · 184 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,905	3,596	5,895
Feeder cattle	4,717	2,581	4,666
Slaughter cattle	854	737	770
Replacement cattle	334	278	459

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves early week 5.00 to 10.00 higher and yearlings traded with a higher undertone, late week feeders traded steady. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	379	19	185.00–203.00	$192.34	$729	+9.22
401–443	429	46	175.00–195.00	$184.45	$791	-3.65
450–495	470	107	175.00–194.00	$183.41	$862	+1.95
500–546	524	123	169.00–193.00	$180.58	$946	+5.81
553–594	572	207	160.00–185.00	$174.60	$999	+10.94
600–646	620	144	145.00–178.00	$164.73	$1,021	+3.22
650–698	677	58	140.00–168.00	$159.42	$1,079	+4.63
715–742	724	66	138.00–160.00	$152.11	$1,101	+6.66
752–794	766	63	150.00–157.00	$153.76	$1,178	+8.85
802–833	831	46	135.00–143.00	$138.61	$1,152	-4.39
857	857	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,183	—
902–920	906	27	130.00–143.00	$139.76	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	313	3	200.00–201.00	$200.32	$627	-6.76
380–385	383	15	203.00–213.00	$210.68	$807	+7.61
415–422	418	18	200.00–205.00	$202.22	$845	+2.75
475 value added	475	14	210.00	$210.00	$998	—
455–497	478	74	192.00–218.00	$210.51	$1,006	+13.97
500–545	530	127	174.00–210.00	$194.31	$1,030	+7.47
550–598	578	105	175.00–200.00	$189.71	$1,097	+8.11
597	597	29	170.00	$170.00	$1,015	-11.60
600 value added	600	8	187.00	$187.00	$1,122	—
600–640	616	140	165.00–198.00	$186.84	$1,151	+9.90
664–685	669	37	164.00–179.00	$173.93	$1,164	+3.84
725	725	46	169.00	$169.00	$1,225	+4.57
789	789	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,255	—
857	857	49	156.50	$156.50	$1,341	—
1031	1031	54	134.00	$134.00	$1,382	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	180.00	$180.00	$603	—
385	385	6	180.00	$180.00	$693	+5.00
400–442	431	7	163.00–173.00	$168.30	$725	—
453–495	475	35	162.50–175.00	$171.33	$814	+1.43
518–549	531	77	151.00–178.00	$167.29	$888	+8.37
557–597	587	61	151.00–165.00	$157.23	$923	+5.75
600–639	613	15	146.00–157.50	$153.12	$939	—
658–695	672	8	138.00–144.00	$141.67	$952	-2.92
870	870	19	127.50	$127.50	$1,109	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–469	461	17	167.00–188.00	$179.21	$826	—
504	504	11	188.00	$188.00	$948	—
553–580	569	41	157.00–170.00	$162.30	$923	-0.20
615	615	11	166.00	$166.00	$1,021	+6.90
665–686	674	9	152.50–161.00	$157.16	$1,059	+12.47

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	8	180.00	$180.00	$718	—
420–426	424	14	181.00–183.00	$181.57	$770	—
505–532	521	30	171.00–180.00	$174.46	$909	—
550	550	8	168.00	$168.00	$924	—
604	604	5	160.00	$160.00	$966	+20.00
658	658	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,046	+24.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–349	333	19	155.00–175.00	$164.37	$547	-4.42
350–398	379	38	151.00–175.00	$162.63	$616	+7.37
400–448	427	44	142.50–170.00	$160.01	$683	+1.43
450–499	477	106	142.50–164.00	$155.67	$743	+2.91
500–549	527	252	142.50–162.00	$155.29	$818	+5.78
550–599	573	89	141.00–154.00	$146.88	$842	+1.54
600–637	617	184	137.50–151.50	$149.00	$919	+4.36
652–698	686	53	135.00–145.00	$143.53	$985	+8.07
711–730	717	45	140.00–146.00	$144.32	$1,035	+7.70
755–761	760	18	133.00–142.00	$140.01	$1,064	—
806	806	12	140.25	$140.25	$1,130	+13.25
882	882	3	122.50	$122.50	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–328	319	6	165.00–170.00	$167.90	$536	—
352–397	378	29	166.00–185.00	$175.46	$663	+4.66
400–442	420	78	157.00–182.00	$166.37	$699	-0.33
436 value added	436	8	182.00	$182.00	$794	—
454–499	476	105	157.00–178.00	$167.14	$796	+6.83
515 value added	515	14	183.00	$183.00	$942	—
500–547	520	156	151.00–182.00	$168.66	$877	+12.66
550–599	578	85	152.50–173.00	$162.65	$940	+8.99
599 unweaned	599	9	153.00	$153.00	$916	—
600–633	621	167	145.00–165.00	$156.56	$972	—
651–661	658	19	158.00–159.00	$158.26	$1,041	—
708–729	714	23	140.00–149.50	$146.17	$1,044	—
750	750	10	139.00	$139.00	$1,042	—
886	886	33	133.50	$133.50	$1,183	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–482	480	6	145.00–156.00	$150.52	$722	-3.48
510–546	536	11	154.00–156.00	$155.48	$833	+7.09
552–592	559	23	144.00–156.00	$151.98	$850	—
616	616	8	145.00	$145.00	$893	—
901	901	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,144	+7.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	5	168.00	$168.00	$736	—
459	459	6	168.00	$168.00	$771	—
505–548	515	24	154.00–160.00	$155.66	$802	—
550–562	555	7	153.00–157.00	$154.74	$859	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	136.00	$136.00	$469	+10.42
443	443	5	135.00	$135.00	$598	+10.87
486	486	4	140.00	$140.00	$680	+8.77
540	540	3	137.50–140.00	$138.33	$747	+15.50
560–592	582	14	135.00–140.00	$137.42	$800	—
668–690	675	4	124.00–127.50	$125.37	$846	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	5	169.00	$169.00	$750	—
528	528	8	160.00	$160.00	$845	—
626	626	7	157.00	$157.00	$983	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	5	160.00	$160.00	$694	+12.50
454–472	458	13	158.00–161.00	$158.71	$727	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	124.00	$124.00	$518	—
485	485	4	120.00	$120.00	$582	—
705	705	8	110.00	$110.00	$776	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–391	377	11	172.50–175.00	$173.44	$654	—
438	438	9	161.00	$161.00	$705	-6.67
468–472	471	9	170.00–174.00	$172.01	$810	+3.44
508–538	524	19	150.00–164.00	$155.81	$816	-4.79
552–596	579	27	147.50–160.00	$155.02	$898	+6.48
605–630	621	10	140.00–149.00	$143.44	$891	+6.96
701–742	720	15	131.00–140.00	$135.58	$976	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–490	478	19	170.00–185.00	$176.63	$844	+11.33
502–536	520	13	164.00–175.00	$171.05	$889	+4.68
560–583	568	24	161.00–168.00	$163.13	$927	-0.87
600–625	614	7	148.00–150.00	$148.84	$914	-5.16
657	657	3	146.00	$146.00	$959	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	354	5	152.00–153.00	$152.80	$541	—
602–615	609	6	120.00–127.50	$123.71	$753	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–382	375	7	162.50–167.50	$165.32	$620	—
475–477	477	4	156.00–157.00	$156.75	$748	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1280–1405	1343	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,317.74	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1395	1196	80-85%	227	70.00–88.00	$82.57	$988	-5.25
1020–1330	1212	80-85%	48	82.00–101.00	$90.12	$1,092	+9.10
1035–1380	1242	80-85%	21	61.00–76.00	$71.43	$887	-9.59

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–1095	796	85-90%	12	31.00–50.00	$41.40	$330	—
735–1045	861	85-90%	56	50.00–63.00	$57.82	$498	+19.49
795–1290	1082	85-90%	155	60.00–78.00	$71.36	$772	-6.82
910–1215	1108	85-90%	39	73.00–90.00	$80.29	$890	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1490	1366	75-80%	6	70.00–78.00	$75.32	$1,029	+1.01
1250–1690	1372	75-80%	114	73.00–89.00	$85.07	$1,167	+10.76
1275–1775	1474	75-80%	67	83.50–102.00	$91.55	$1,349	+1.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1720	1420	14	73.00–99.00	$91.76	$1,303	—
1250–2180	1640	31	101.50–114.00	$107.80	$1,768	—
1390–2150	1819	33	115.00–132.50	$121.08	$2,202	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1175	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	115.00–127.50	$121.94	$1,128
820–1395	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	73.00–120.00	$91.42	$943

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728–1250	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	76.00–96.00	$89.98	$908

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1140	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	57.00–66.00	$62.34	$593

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1009–1278	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,137.06

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–980	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	675.00–925.00	$803.97

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1095	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	950.00–1,200.00	$1,068.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1138	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00–950.00	$864.64

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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
1135–1175	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,207.14	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145–1285	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,650.00	$1,456.25	+75.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1132	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,283.33	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	5	103.00	$103.00	$702	—

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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.