Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 4, 2022

6,103 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $164.44/cwt +2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,450/hd at 882 lb · 426 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $175.54/cwt +7.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,303/hd at 742 lb · 328 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $164.25/cwt +9.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,511/hd at 920 lb · 315 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,103	9,139	3,987
Feeder cattle	4,744	7,556	3,291
Slaughter cattle	961	1,130	492
Replacement cattle	398	453	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except some heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–498	488	15	194.00–213.00	$206.66	$1,009	-0.81
505–540	522	40	190.00–211.00	$202.51	$1,057	-0.88
550–590	575	53	187.00–199.00	$196.12	$1,128	+1.35
603–645	614	69	180.00–196.00	$189.44	$1,163	+6.96
652–693	672	253	172.00–182.00	$177.58	$1,193	+2.13
715–745	742	328	164.00–178.35	$175.54	$1,303	+7.15
753–794	777	203	162.00–169.50	$165.01	$1,282	+5.26
819–846	832	307	153.50–165.00	$161.00	$1,340	+1.77
869–897	882	426	160.60–167.75	$164.44	$1,450	+2.69
920	920	315	164.25	$164.25	$1,511	+9.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–349	330	15	172.50–200.00	$190.16	$628	+3.02
405–445	427	109	170.00–195.00	$186.48	$796	±0.00
455–492	473	88	172.50–195.00	$181.44	$858	-2.37
505–548	521	69	168.00–195.00	$182.44	$951	+4.48
551–599	575	83	162.50–179.00	$171.18	$984	-5.01
611–646	627	55	155.00–170.00	$163.53	$1,025	-2.18
653–690	669	60	153.00–167.50	$158.84	$1,063	-2.32
704–729	719	42	156.00–161.00	$157.53	$1,133	+7.05
750–797	772	124	130.00–160.00	$158.77	$1,226	+11.25
800–848	837	141	135.00–158.00	$155.36	$1,300	+3.89
947	947	30	135.50	$135.50	$1,283	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	338	13	155.00–180.00	$174.11	$588	-7.87
388	388	18	170.00	$170.00	$660	-9.04
402–448	426	56	160.00–176.00	$173.59	$739	-1.13
470–488	478	11	157.50–171.00	$166.79	$797	-3.61
520–531	526	39	159.00–177.00	$168.90	$888	-0.13
550–595	572	39	130.00–162.50	$152.54	$873	-8.81
605–646	624	30	122.50–152.50	$147.22	$919	-6.62
703–748	726	15	130.00–145.00	$137.77	$1,000	-2.23

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	7	175.00	$175.00	$856	-4.75
523–532	526	9	165.00–172.00	$167.36	$880	+2.27
561–570	568	33	163.00–166.00	$164.94	$937	-11.06

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–567	566	6	156.00–170.00	$163.01	$923	-1.99

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	326	6	152.50–158.00	$154.65	$504	-4.34
353–399	385	35	162.00–171.00	$166.41	$641	+5.08
405–437	413	40	144.00–166.00	$156.41	$646	-1.67
450–493	471	74	142.50–162.50	$157.46	$742	+1.71
502–547	523	86	138.00–159.00	$150.62	$788	-2.69
551–595	568	123	134.00–160.00	$151.19	$859	+1.65
602–646	620	58	141.00–154.00	$147.74	$916	-1.26
688	688	4	145.00	$145.00	$998	-1.23
709–732	713	40	135.00–149.00	$142.16	$1,014	+1.09
755–782	778	25	133.00–144.00	$142.46	$1,108	+0.71
852–855	853	3	120.00–138.00	$126.01	$1,075	-10.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	10	161.00–181.00	$172.76	$553	—
350–375	356	4	160.00	$160.00	$570	—
415–445	435	6	157.00–164.00	$161.22	$701	-7.31
472–498	483	24	156.00–166.00	$163.81	$791	-6.75
505–549	525	71	152.00–167.00	$160.87	$845	-1.17
555–595	565	52	151.00–162.00	$158.62	$896	-0.42
602–645	621	74	150.00–161.50	$159.70	$992	+5.18
650–692	668	103	151.00–160.00	$156.30	$1,044	+2.39
745	745	16	152.50	$152.50	$1,136	+1.78
774	774	20	147.00	$147.00	$1,138	—
809–816	812	12	143.00–147.00	$145.32	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	139.00	$139.00	$480	-12.54
388–395	391	5	121.00–135.00	$129.34	$506	-15.66
420–445	430	7	120.00–130.00	$124.19	$534	-23.99
488–495	490	16	110.00–135.00	$130.63	$640	-8.59
508–548	530	6	128.00–134.00	$131.43	$697	-10.57
605–635	620	2	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$803	+6.49
715–735	729	13	125.00	$125.00	$911	+0.75

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	19	150.00–161.00	$158.78	$643	—
844	844	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,190	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–578	577	10	147.00–156.00	$153.31	$885	+0.81

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	6	158.00	$158.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	11	172.00	$172.00	$587	—
357–395	378	29	165.00–179.00	$172.64	$653	-13.36
422–442	437	17	160.00–178.00	$167.45	$732	+3.51
455–498	481	21	145.00–170.00	$156.94	$755	-6.83
540–545	542	3	150.00–159.00	$154.32	$836	-2.46
561–590	570	21	142.50–160.00	$151.72	$865	+0.47
620–623	623	16	140.00–148.00	$140.50	$875	-7.37
651–672	655	12	132.50–133.00	$132.59	$868	-12.66

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–488	476	17	165.00–171.00	$167.64	$798	-5.76
500–518	508	25	161.00–172.00	$168.18	$854	+3.60
555–585	573	10	160.00–165.00	$161.86	$927	-3.56
618–641	632	8	155.00	$155.00	$980	-0.73
652	652	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1010	905	85-90%	24	40.00–53.00	$46.13	$417	+1.39
746–1275	959	85-90%	138	55.00–69.00	$62.10	$596	—
715–1230	1059	85-90%	199	68.00–81.00	$76.55	$811	+1.54
945–1260	1083	85-90%	34	79.00–87.00	$82.99	$899	+1.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1370	1140	80-85%	41	70.00–81.00	$78.55	$895	—
1000–1325	1180	80-85%	31	91.00–107.50	$96.41	$1,138	+21.18
1030–1356	1193	80-85%	225	80.00–90.50	$84.62	$1,010	+9.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1550	1355	75-80%	22	75.00–80.00	$78.48	$1,063	+1.29
1235–1635	1371	75-80%	113	79.00–91.00	$87.23	$1,196	+10.04
1250–1745	1447	75-80%	48	92.00–108.00	$97.24	$1,407	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1925	1490	17	84.00–104.00	$97.20	$1,448	—
1270–2140	1710	14	104.00–117.00	$109.72	$1,876	—
1365–2200	1852	16	115.00–129.00	$122.84	$2,275	+0.82

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1218	952	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	105.00–140.00	$124.13	$1,182
942–1245	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	84.00–115.00	$98.06	$1,067

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–905	808	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	110.00–140.00	$121.64	$983
740–1110	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	82.00–109.00	$90.20	$819

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
708–925	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	60.00–77.50	$65.76	$516

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1185	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	74.00–81.00	$77.32	$764

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1310	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	900.00–1,275.00	$1,116.96

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–842	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	450.00–900.00	$683.49

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
614–720	649	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	200.00–325.00	$246.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1108	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	825.00–900.00	$877.29

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1025	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	925.00–950.00	$941.12

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1430	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,100.00–1,590.00	$1,414.58	-72.09
1425–1600	1542	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,550.00	$1,491.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1110	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665–798	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	400.00–820.00	$701.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
818–1085	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,150.00	$1,012.50	—

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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.