Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 18, 2022

5,844 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.31/cwt +0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $932/hd at 574 lb · 169 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $167.22/cwt +4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,299/hd at 777 lb · 142 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.73/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $991/hd at 577 lb · 134 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,844	9,648	4,824
Feeder cattle	4,352	7,009	4,110
Slaughter cattle	898	1,998	387
Replacement cattle	594	641	327

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves steady to 4.00 lower, spots 6.00 lower, with yearling steers early week 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	330	29	169.00–187.50	$179.17	$591	-8.04
355–398	379	57	176.00–194.00	$181.75	$689	-10.93
400–436	427	51	175.00–191.00	$183.68	$784	-1.86
453–490	471	79	164.00–185.00	$180.98	$852	+1.64
500–548	526	113	161.00–180.00	$170.82	$899	-6.89
550–599	577	126	160.00–179.00	$172.79	$997	+0.18
580 unweaned	580	8	155.00	$155.00	$899	—
600–640	616	119	157.50–177.00	$170.80	$1,052	+4.59
650–696	671	76	152.00–172.50	$162.53	$1,091	-5.54
706–744	732	41	145.00–167.00	$161.56	$1,183	+8.11
750–788	776	32	146.00–162.00	$158.64	$1,231	+1.39
805–832	825	108	143.00–160.00	$157.67	$1,301	+2.90
858	858	8	158.00	$158.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414–445	423	40	191.00–204.00	$197.41	$835	-0.22
450–482	460	16	188.00–204.00	$195.79	$901	-2.06
503–541	529	51	181.00–194.00	$185.54	$982	-12.01
554–596	562	50	180.00–194.00	$185.25	$1,041	-8.93
608	608	23	182.50	$182.50	$1,110	-7.45
650–694	666	72	176.00–181.00	$178.95	$1,192	-3.34
706–732	713	108	168.00–177.00	$175.35	$1,250	-0.10
756–789	777	142	166.00–170.00	$167.22	$1,299	+4.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	321	18	155.00–175.00	$168.15	$540	-4.47
396	396	5	171.00	$171.00	$677	-0.59
408–441	427	20	160.00–172.50	$167.78	$716	-1.16
455–497	478	26	150.00–170.00	$161.13	$770	-4.47
500–547	527	45	150.00–167.00	$158.22	$834	-3.01
555–589	573	41	153.00–166.00	$160.03	$917	+2.84
600–640	625	31	140.00–157.00	$154.12	$963	-2.08
660–695	678	4	141.00–145.00	$142.95	$969	-7.57
721	721	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,074	+2.34
868	868	6	142.00	$142.00	$1,233	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–393	371	13	172.00–175.00	$173.53	$644	-14.47
406	406	7	170.00	$170.00	$690	—
457–489	476	30	179.00–181.00	$180.23	$858	—
550–595	571	27	134.00–170.50	$165.17	$943	+6.17
606–619	610	16	162.00–165.00	$164.05	$1,001	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	6	175.00	$175.00	$642	—
461–485	466	5	160.00–170.00	$167.92	$783	+12.92
556–589	570	29	150.00–176.00	$160.37	$914	+2.56

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	7	150.00	$150.00	$618	—
516	516	6	155.00	$155.00	$800	—
556	556	5	150.00	$150.00	$834	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	10	191.00	$191.00	$802	—
669	669	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,171	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–435	424	3	120.00–141.00	$127.19	$539	—
505	505	7	122.50	$122.50	$619	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–575	557	7	138.00–155.00	$143.03	$797	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,119	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–310	308	4	162.50–163.00	$162.63	$501	-2.77
383–398	394	31	162.50–175.50	$171.43	$675	+7.61
400–446	420	93	157.50–173.00	$169.87	$713	+2.09
450–491	482	91	157.50–172.00	$166.82	$804	-0.82
510–548	529	121	150.00–175.00	$163.35	$864	-0.96
552–598	574	169	151.00–176.00	$162.31	$932	+0.07
603–640	609	81	149.00–164.50	$160.88	$980	-1.41
668	668	8	156.00	$156.00	$1,042	-6.83
704	704	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,105	-0.65
766	766	14	154.00	$154.00	$1,180	-1.18
850–851	851	19	142.50–149.50	$147.29	$1,253	+10.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	334	11	142.50–170.00	$162.12	$541	-6.50
353–396	369	74	141.00–169.00	$161.55	$596	+3.03
400–449	430	88	140.00–165.00	$157.73	$678	+2.49
452–496	477	103	141.00–162.00	$153.22	$731	-2.59
500–545	525	74	142.50–158.00	$151.75	$797	-1.02
551–595	575	98	132.50–157.00	$149.54	$860	-2.64
602–643	623	43	140.00–156.00	$148.51	$925	-0.41
653–695	668	51	137.00–152.00	$146.65	$980	-3.92
702–748	718	35	136.00–150.00	$145.25	$1,043	+5.27
800–828	810	15	134.00–140.00	$138.04	$1,118	—
877	877	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,228	—
930–934	931	13	130.00–135.00	$131.54	$1,225	+12.54

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–388	380	19	157.50–163.00	$160.63	$610	—
410	410	11	163.00	$163.00	$668	+9.89
455–467	459	9	151.00–159.00	$156.29	$717	+1.94
523–531	525	35	157.00	$157.00	$824	—
676	676	21	149.00	$149.00	$1,007	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–332	330	9	155.00–157.50	$156.66	$517	+14.02
368–398	383	8	145.00–150.00	$147.40	$565	+2.52
429–440	433	8	140.00–157.50	$146.67	$635	+6.84
528–548	533	11	140.00–141.00	$140.28	$748	+0.02
564–567	565	15	125.00–133.00	$127.68	$721	-7.54
609–635	613	17	120.00–127.50	$124.55	$763	-11.07

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	160.00	$160.00	$531	—
462–493	477	14	145.00–153.00	$148.43	$708	—
500–530	524	8	140.00–152.00	$148.51	$778	-4.11
650–675	667	3	130.00–135.00	$131.63	$878	-18.37
701	701	5	136.00	$136.00	$953	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	4	171.00	$171.00	$778	—
617	617	3	155.00	$155.00	$956	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–342	331	12	165.00–170.00	$168.45	$558	-4.55
360–399	381	20	145.00–170.00	$166.14	$633	+4.55
400–440	426	28	135.00–167.00	$150.00	$639	-14.44
452–492	472	24	135.00–155.00	$151.63	$716	-10.27
503–543	523	45	142.00–159.00	$150.67	$788	+3.50
550–595	569	41	130.00–155.00	$147.63	$840	-2.04
600–640	625	13	107.50–148.00	$138.05	$863	-5.98
690–696	693	24	130.00–146.00	$137.41	$952	—
731	731	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,009	—
753	753	10	138.00	$138.00	$1,039	—
926	926	6	115.00	$115.00	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–445	429	8	165.00–172.50	$167.90	$720	-27.10
455–495	470	27	159.00–170.00	$166.57	$783	-3.43
525–541	536	13	161.00–175.00	$169.14	$907	-2.20
555	555	7	159.00	$159.00	$882	—
601	601	4	155.00	$155.00	$932	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–1125	804	85-90%	31	20.00–43.00	$34.55	$278	—
690–1335	878	85-90%	77	40.00–54.00	$48.90	$429	+6.45
895–1160	972	85-90%	43	67.00–74.00	$68.91	$670	+12.25
750–1260	1028	85-90%	229	54.00–68.00	$61.60	$633	-12.57

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1300	1145	80-85%	37	75.00–86.00	$77.79	$891	-4.78
1005–1350	1154	80-85%	37	55.00–64.00	$60.59	$699	—
1075–1305	1204	80-85%	164	64.00–75.00	$70.86	$853	-1.85

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1685	1380	75-80%	33	60.00–67.00	$62.94	$869	-22.45
1260–1870	1488	75-80%	115	64.50–77.50	$71.99	$1,071	—
1340–1645	1510	75-80%	38	77.00–86.00	$79.04	$1,194	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1111	1080	11	92.00–116.00	$108.24	$1,169	+11.24
1175–2205	1486	26	74.00–90.00	$84.15	$1,250	—
1225–2365	1613	39	90.00–103.00	$97.77	$1,577	—
1530–2145	1854	14	104.00–115.00	$106.28	$1,970	-8.29

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1110	812	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	115.00–144.00	$131.96	$1,072
735–1305	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	59	75.00–123.00	$92.04	$959

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–865	748	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	115.00–141.00	$127.23	$952
700–985	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	75.00–117.00	$92.09	$789

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1020	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	59.00–75.00	$62.09	$558

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
952–1305	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	62.00–74.00	$65.71	$716

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1128	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	450.00–900.00	$748.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1245	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	625.00–925.00	$813.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1350	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	975.00–1,125.00	$1,047.83

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
587–705	628	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	175.00–450.00	$325.29

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1065	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,050.00	$1,002.57
1060–1095	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	925.00–975.00	$959.76

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–930	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	675.00–950.00	$730.26	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
878–1125	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,081.82	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.