Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 25, 2022

3,853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.93/cwt +3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $881/hd at 528 lb · 126 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.43/cwt +1.21 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 481 lb · 102 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.69/cwt -1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 576 lb · 98 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,853	5,844	2,539
Feeder cattle	2,891	4,352	2,044
Slaughter cattle	556	898	322
Replacement cattle	406	594	173

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls early week 2.00 lower, slaughter cows late week 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	8	207.00	$207.00	$565	—
380–392	384	13	187.50–212.00	$202.58	$778	—
409–445	422	22	190.00–210.00	$201.91	$852	+4.50
455–488	471	38	189.00–215.00	$200.29	$943	+4.50
508–540	526	70	196.00–217.00	$203.72	$1,072	+18.18
550–595	568	54	185.00–201.00	$195.20	$1,109	+9.95
611–648	634	46	175.00–199.00	$188.34	$1,194	+5.84
656–670	659	37	178.00–194.50	$190.82	$1,258	+11.87
701–743	728	67	161.50–185.00	$171.94	$1,252	-3.41
758–790	763	72	169.00–175.00	$174.18	$1,329	+6.96
815–847	846	70	165.00–171.00	$165.25	$1,398	—
961	961	5	167.50	$167.50	$1,610	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	8	175.00–191.00	$185.00	$596	+5.83
350–388	366	23	174.00–190.00	$184.50	$675	+2.75
400–445	426	21	165.00–189.00	$180.82	$770	-2.86
450–490	476	28	167.50–193.00	$180.93	$861	-0.05
510–543	528	28	157.50–190.00	$178.22	$941	+7.40
554–598	577	31	162.50–180.00	$170.37	$983	-2.42
600–632	611	43	161.00–183.00	$175.18	$1,070	+4.38
651–693	671	35	152.50–170.00	$163.36	$1,096	+0.83
700–725	709	58	152.50–166.50	$164.47	$1,166	+2.91
756–790	777	95	162.00–165.50	$164.97	$1,282	+6.33
819–849	836	9	145.00–158.00	$152.34	$1,274	-5.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–396	381	9	177.00–177.50	$177.15	$675	+6.15
411–446	424	14	164.00–172.50	$169.30	$718	+1.52
461–498	485	27	160.00–170.00	$163.47	$793	+2.34
505–532	523	35	165.00–170.00	$167.79	$878	+9.57
551–591	571	45	150.00–164.00	$158.15	$903	-1.88
611	611	6	155.00	$155.00	$947	+0.88
1210	1210	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,331	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	7	185.00	$185.00	$749	+15.00
564	564	11	162.00	$162.00	$914	-3.17
662	662	17	164.00	$164.00	$1,086	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–440	434	12	125.00–130.00	$127.89	$555	+0.70
697	697	9	139.00	$139.00	$969	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	5	167.00–178.00	$173.22	$580	+10.59
350–395	368	20	165.00–172.00	$167.79	$617	-3.64
400–445	427	37	158.00–177.50	$169.89	$725	+0.02
450–499	483	79	159.00–178.00	$171.83	$830	+5.01
500–548	528	126	153.00–185.00	$166.93	$881	+3.58
552–596	576	98	150.00–170.00	$160.69	$926	-1.62
600–647	627	74	151.00–168.00	$163.03	$1,022	+2.15
655–688	680	96	152.00–165.00	$162.89	$1,108	+6.89
724–747	741	52	150.00–157.50	$156.04	$1,156	—
873	873	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,248	-4.29
957	957	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,254	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–340	326	21	155.00–172.50	$159.62	$520	-2.50
350–393	383	54	156.00–170.00	$162.12	$621	+0.57
400–445	419	52	151.00–169.00	$162.24	$680	+4.51
463–499	481	102	144.00–162.50	$154.43	$743	+1.21
502–548	526	53	133.00–163.00	$154.34	$812	+2.59
550–598	576	50	139.00–162.00	$151.22	$871	+1.68
600–643	621	17	141.00–157.50	$149.66	$929	+1.15
650–698	670	59	132.00–157.00	$147.52	$988	+0.87
720–748	735	15	132.50–155.00	$146.68	$1,078	+1.43
750–790	769	13	136.00–144.00	$138.89	$1,068	—
829	829	13	143.50	$143.50	$1,190	+5.46
875–883	882	13	135.00–140.00	$138.39	$1,221	-1.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	6	152.50–157.50	$154.89	$511	-1.77
426	426	7	147.00	$147.00	$626	+0.33
458–495	471	18	138.00–147.00	$144.24	$679	—
520–525	522	3	130.00–132.00	$130.67	$682	-9.61
560	560	3	128.00	$128.00	$717	+0.32
620–640	627	3	130.00–136.00	$132.04	$828	+7.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	6	125.00	$125.00	$481	—
590	590	11	120.00	$120.00	$708	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	14	162.50	$162.50	$918	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	5	145.00	$145.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–437	424	17	172.50–187.00	$177.76	$754	+9.86
451–489	470	19	167.50–185.00	$171.69	$807	+5.12
520–545	536	10	163.00–170.00	$165.72	$888	-3.42
629	629	7	161.00	$161.00	$1,013	+6.00
680	680	11	162.50	$162.50	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	164.00	$164.00	$722	+14.00
488	488	5	156.00	$156.00	$761	+4.37
501–549	525	10	156.00–157.50	$156.72	$823	+6.05
560–582	570	16	145.00–164.00	$154.36	$880	+6.73
610	610	3	152.00	$152.00	$927	+13.95
671	671	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,047	+18.59
725	725	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,058	+8.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	5	147.50	$147.50	$914	—
672	672	3	138.00	$138.00	$927	—
744	744	17	145.00	$145.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1330–1840	1618	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,850.00–2,075.00	$1,969.18	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–985	814	85-90%	17	30.00–41.00	$36.28	$295	+1.73
700–1230	923	85-90%	58	43.00–54.00	$50.83	$469	—
895–1225	991	85-90%	53	68.00–78.00	$70.94	$703	+2.03
758–1235	1072	85-90%	139	55.00–67.00	$59.43	$637	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1310	1180	80-85%	69	66.00–77.00	$71.72	$846	+11.13
1200–1295	1210	80-85%	11	60.00–64.00	$62.01	$750	-8.85
1030–1586	1289	80-85%	28	76.00–86.50	$80.50	$1,038	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1770	1416	75-80%	51	68.00–78.00	$73.41	$1,039	—
1325–1645	1419	75-80%	11	64.00–68.00	$66.40	$942	—
1165–1710	1478	75-80%	44	77.50–91.00	$82.32	$1,217	+10.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–2065	1543	11	70.00–89.00	$82.22	$1,269	—
1268–2000	1587	21	90.00–102.00	$95.90	$1,522	—
1490–2005	1724	9	102.00–107.00	$104.70	$1,805	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1260	866	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	115.00–140.00	$126.30	$1,094
855–1545	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	77.50–115.00	$98.34	$1,013

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1230	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	56.00–78.00	$65.85	$696

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–815	757	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	110.00–129.00	$121.10	$917
705–1100	846	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	73.00–97.50	$85.71	$725

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1140	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	56.00–72.50	$62.82	$578

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1420	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	800.00–1,200.00	$1,075.20

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1100	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	500.00–900.00	$700.62

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–783	729	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	150.00–425.00	$242.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1150	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	700.00–950.00	$837.29

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1035	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	925.00–1,075.00	$996.56
970–1060	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–900.00	$892.15

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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
1050–1210	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,200.00–1,525.00	$1,344.79	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1150	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,092.31	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1045	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,100.00	$972.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.