Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 20, 2022

4,175 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $166.10/cwt ≈ $1,418/hd at 854 lb · 595 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.77/cwt ≈ $1,136/hd at 769 lb · 247 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.94/cwt -0.72 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 579 lb · 97 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,175	2,978	6,927
Feeder cattle	3,223	2,157	6,022
Slaughter cattle	689	600	587
Replacement cattle	263	221	318

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves 3.00 to 7.00 higher, yearlings 5.00 to 10.00 higher, except heifers late week steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher early week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–443	430	27	190.00–200.00	$194.75	$837	+2.12
455–498	479	22	188.00–208.00	$198.41	$950	+7.18
501–544	527	52	182.50–201.00	$190.88	$1,006	+4.51
560–598	575	28	179.00–192.00	$181.90	$1,046	-0.28
600–635	622	47	170.00–182.00	$175.72	$1,093	+7.45
650–699	676	33	155.00–173.00	$169.98	$1,149	—
705–745	723	26	152.50–163.00	$161.22	$1,166	-0.13
836	836	60	168.50	$168.50	$1,409	+13.00
854	854	595	166.10	$166.10	$1,418	—
984	984	59	148.60	$148.60	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–392	376	17	182.00–197.50	$190.72	$717	+3.22
420–445	435	16	170.00–182.00	$177.63	$773	-4.97
460–490	476	35	171.00–185.00	$182.20	$867	+2.42
500–548	526	88	158.00–184.00	$175.69	$924	-3.02
550–595	576	77	154.00–175.00	$168.17	$969	+2.51
592 unweaned	592	20	152.50	$152.50	$903	—
605–648	627	67	144.00–170.00	$163.15	$1,023	+0.39
658–692	670	49	158.00–166.00	$161.53	$1,082	+6.52
720–748	741	4	131.00–147.50	$143.49	$1,063	-3.44
768–798	786	45	130.00–152.50	$148.45	$1,167	+5.45
800–822	820	41	134.00–152.75	$150.77	$1,236	-0.35
863	863	19	151.00	$151.00	$1,303	+1.75
941	941	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,317	—
979	979	16	143.00	$143.00	$1,400	—
1000	1000	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,360	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–433	423	6	173.00–175.00	$174.02	$736	-5.98
462–498	481	17	165.00–182.00	$174.77	$841	-0.23
525	525	5	174.00	$174.00	$914	—
611	611	26	154.00	$154.00	$941	—
665	665	35	164.00	$164.00	$1,091	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	322	3	185.00	$185.00	$596	—
360–399	375	17	175.00–185.00	$181.64	$681	—
425–444	436	7	160.00–167.50	$163.13	$711	-3.70
471–490	478	8	165.00–175.00	$171.16	$818	+5.75
538–546	544	13	163.00–167.00	$163.91	$892	-0.64
550–571	559	9	150.00–156.00	$153.28	$857	-0.45
635–645	643	16	130.00–142.00	$135.79	$873	-10.75
757	757	3	125.00	$125.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	5	135.00	$135.00	$633	—
500	500	5	131.00	$131.00	$655	—
588–598	591	14	130.00–135.00	$133.55	$789	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548–549	548	9	176.00–182.00	$178.67	$979	—
718	718	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,106	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	5	151.00	$151.00	$757	—
882	882	5	101.00	$101.00	$891	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	8	192.50	$192.50	$862	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–339	337	4	167.50–168.00	$167.75	$565	-2.25
382–385	383	3	162.50–164.00	$163.00	$624	-3.79
405–443	426	37	153.00–169.00	$161.52	$688	+5.52
450–495	484	45	154.00–165.00	$160.03	$775	-0.74
500–544	527	78	149.00–166.00	$157.91	$832	+3.34
550–593	566	68	150.00–160.00	$156.00	$883	+5.36
600–646	640	60	144.00–156.00	$153.49	$982	+4.74
691	691	35	142.50	$142.50	$985	—
709–711	710	9	145.00–150.00	$147.23	$1,045	—
757–794	769	247	147.00–148.50	$147.77	$1,136	—
856	856	31	135.50	$135.50	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	5	159.00	$159.00	$491	-4.00
360–395	371	15	156.00–167.00	$162.28	$602	+3.39
403–434	422	39	145.00–165.00	$155.76	$657	+0.98
450–498	481	95	141.00–159.00	$151.44	$728	+0.63
505–547	532	45	138.00–152.00	$145.92	$776	+2.24
550–595	573	63	127.00–151.00	$142.22	$815	+0.38
601–645	625	43	134.00–144.00	$138.71	$867	+0.35
658–696	676	17	139.00–148.00	$144.29	$975	+9.84
720–738	729	12	132.50–135.00	$134.16	$978	-4.00
815	815	3	132.50	$132.50	$1,080	-2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	4	140.00–150.00	$142.50	$456	+1.17
355–375	365	13	142.50–158.00	$151.59	$553	+3.49
438–448	443	6	150.00–155.00	$152.47	$675	+25.13
509	509	5	138.00	$138.00	$702	+1.03
690–695	691	4	124.00–129.00	$126.00	$871	—
903	903	7	105.00	$105.00	$948	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–443	426	21	150.00–165.00	$156.52	$667	+6.52
450–498	464	10	149.00–153.00	$151.71	$704	+9.21
517	517	5	150.00	$150.00	$776	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–538	515	9	154.00–158.00	$155.72	$802	—
616	616	10	153.00	$153.00	$942	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	5	155.00	$155.00	$777	±0.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	120.00	$120.00	$539	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–348	335	9	175.00–176.00	$175.65	$588	+6.44
352–383	375	12	172.50–178.00	$173.79	$652	+11.14
400	400	5	175.00	$175.00	$700	+10.16
480–495	484	17	157.50–166.00	$161.83	$783	-4.00
589–598	592	16	145.00–153.00	$149.71	$886	+4.90
702–745	717	14	130.00–138.00	$133.42	$957	+3.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	480	12	167.00–178.00	$171.88	$825	—
520–532	529	12	155.00–163.00	$160.75	$850	-2.25
576–588	581	13	154.00–167.50	$159.99	$930	+2.23
630–640	638	11	144.00–152.00	$150.56	$961	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493–495	494	7	154.00–157.00	$154.86	$765	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–800	779	85-90%	9	38.00–49.00	$44.27	$345	—
715–1185	864	85-90%	87	50.00–66.00	$59.64	$515	-0.29
815–1220	1003	85-90%	165	65.00–81.00	$74.19	$744	—
835–1270	1066	85-90%	57	75.00–89.00	$83.31	$888	+1.33

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1295	1106	80-85%	13	71.00–79.00	$75.12	$831	—
1015–1318	1157	80-85%	105	77.00–90.00	$85.56	$990	+1.70
1045–1390	1225	80-85%	59	89.00–107.00	$94.45	$1,157	+19.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1375	1299	75-80%	9	73.00–76.00	$74.04	$962	—
1280–1625	1455	75-80%	67	77.00–91.00	$86.49	$1,258	—
1250–1742	1482	75-80%	40	88.00–108.00	$95.12	$1,410	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1685	1369	10	86.00–105.00	$98.02	$1,342	—
1250–2190	1599	24	100.00–117.00	$109.88	$1,757	—
1490–2245	1801	15	116.50–135.50	$122.23	$2,201	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1145	919	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	114.00–130.00	$120.48	$1,107
725–1235	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	77.00–110.00	$100.06	$935

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1080	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	77.00–107.50	$89.15	$816

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
887–1100	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	725.00–1,050.00	$902.69

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1032	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	700.00–925.00	$762.29

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–785	778	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$667.24

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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
975–1090	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,089.29	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	675.00	$675.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–975	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$966.67	—

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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.