Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 1, 2022

4,519 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $170.68/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,331/hd at 780 lb · 245 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.81/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,017/hd at 621 lb · 162 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.65/cwt +6.96 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 565 lb · 127 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,519	3,853	6,874
Feeder cattle	3,702	2,891	4,522
Slaughter cattle	540	556	520
Replacement cattle	277	406	1,832

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher, with some calves 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390	376	33	202.50–222.00	$210.53	$792	+7.95
409–435	417	10	210.00–218.00	$215.74	$900	+13.83
454–488	478	34	200.00–219.00	$211.32	$1,010	+11.03
508 thin fleshed	508	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,097	—
521 value added	521	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,107	—
504–549	526	83	200.00–218.00	$209.96	$1,104	+6.24
557–592	579	72	194.00–216.00	$202.66	$1,173	+7.46
602–646	628	109	182.00–201.00	$190.90	$1,199	+2.56
652–683	667	62	176.00–195.00	$181.87	$1,213	-8.95
720	720	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,195	-5.94
711–737	721	79	170.00–173.00	$170.99	$1,233	-0.95
774 value added	774	11	167.00	$167.00	$1,293	—
753–787	780	234	166.50–173.10	$170.85	$1,333	-3.33
802–830	817	24	161.00–167.00	$165.75	$1,354	+0.50
869	869	14	162.00	$162.00	$1,408	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–334	323	20	182.00–200.00	$188.28	$608	+3.28
354–395	367	16	180.00–196.00	$186.58	$685	+2.08
410–447	437	50	175.00–199.00	$185.61	$811	+4.79
470–499	487	56	177.50–197.50	$186.08	$906	+5.15
500–542	520	67	175.00–197.50	$187.58	$975	+9.36
550–596	577	69	170.00–188.00	$180.87	$1,044	+10.50
602–648	630	71	165.00–182.00	$173.74	$1,095	-1.44
650–685	672	57	160.00–175.00	$167.20	$1,124	+3.84
708–748	728	72	163.00–167.50	$165.13	$1,202	+0.66
759–796	774	22	158.00–163.50	$161.37	$1,249	-3.60
832–844	840	21	150.00–157.50	$154.42	$1,297	+2.08
882	882	3	152.50	$152.50	$1,345	—
913	913	8	145.00–150.00	$148.13	$1,352	—
975	975	8	138.50	$138.50	$1,350	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–342	335	4	147.00–167.50	$158.69	$532	—
353–396	373	26	170.00–180.00	$174.13	$650	-3.02
412–427	422	19	175.00–180.00	$177.21	$748	+7.91
460–482	471	22	166.00–177.50	$171.29	$807	+7.82
505–545	527	11	155.00–175.00	$168.40	$887	+0.61
550–598	577	31	142.50–168.00	$161.88	$934	+3.73
620–628	625	20	154.50–162.00	$157.48	$984	+2.48
656–675	660	5	140.00–148.50	$146.76	$969	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–417	413	10	165.00–168.00	$167.09	$690	—
464–470	466	11	163.00–166.00	$163.83	$763	—
520–527	525	10	155.00–174.00	$168.35	$884	—
640–643	642	9	163.00–169.00	$167.01	$1,072	—
806	806	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,265	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	6	165.00	$165.00	$789	—
642–644	643	18	173.00	$173.00	$1,112	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	15	143.00	$143.00	$805	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
747	747	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,262	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	5	208.00	$208.00	$1,121	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–325	311	8	168.00–180.00	$175.77	$547	+2.55
360–373	371	6	167.50–168.00	$167.58	$622	-0.21
401–420	414	26	162.50–180.00	$172.57	$714	+2.68
472 thin fleshed	472	8	182.00	$182.00	$859	—
458–499	473	78	163.00–177.00	$172.56	$816	+0.73
505–543	517	102	159.00–173.00	$169.37	$876	+2.44
550–593	565	127	155.00–178.00	$167.65	$947	+6.96
602–635	621	162	154.00–168.00	$163.81	$1,017	+0.78
651–680	655	33	159.00–165.00	$162.02	$1,061	-0.87
703–738	717	60	146.00–161.00	$157.16	$1,127	+1.12
752–769	762	104	153.50–159.00	$155.55	$1,185	—
868	868	9	144.50	$144.50	$1,254	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	331	20	156.00–167.50	$162.77	$539	+3.15
354–390	366	42	159.00–175.00	$166.14	$608	+4.02
402–440	419	33	159.00–175.00	$167.55	$702	+5.31
450–496	471	81	132.00–170.00	$159.16	$750	+4.73
501–548	528	101	142.50–163.00	$157.20	$830	+2.86
550–599	573	80	140.00–161.00	$154.29	$884	+3.07
600–648	630	95	140.00–159.00	$152.92	$963	+3.26
661–697	686	107	140.00–156.50	$151.89	$1,042	+4.37
700–748	723	32	134.00–157.00	$152.81	$1,105	+6.13
765–780	774	10	150.00	$150.00	$1,161	+11.11
821–846	841	30	144.00–147.50	$146.82	$1,235	+3.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	333	12	150.00–157.50	$155.81	$519	+0.92
352–392	374	11	120.00–157.50	$141.59	$530	—
401–426	414	22	135.00–155.00	$148.88	$616	+1.88
560–595	578	3	130.00–135.00	$132.55	$766	+4.55
680–685	683	3	120.00	$120.00	$820	—
705–732	722	5	112.50–116.00	$113.28	$818	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459–493	469	15	166.00–177.00	$173.07	$812	—
561	561	32	166.00	$166.00	$931	+3.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	5	150.00	$150.00	$780	—
562–568	566	11	150.00–157.00	$151.89	$860	—
632	632	10	152.00	$152.00	$961	—
809	809	7	149.00	$149.00	$1,205	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	5	152.50	$152.50	$912	—
698	698	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,012	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–322	312	4	191.00–200.00	$195.64	$610	—
372–385	375	13	173.00–194.00	$178.88	$671	—
430–448	439	23	160.00–174.00	$167.19	$734	+3.19
450–485	469	15	157.50–184.00	$163.80	$768	+7.80
520–540	528	8	165.00–177.00	$167.78	$886	+11.06
550–580	562	10	160.00–173.00	$168.16	$945	+13.80
632–633	632	8	157.00–159.00	$158.25	$1,000	+6.25
655–699	689	7	140.00–157.50	$154.18	$1,062	-1.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	185.00	$185.00	$620	—
400–439	414	22	179.00–195.00	$188.83	$782	+11.07
454–475	462	8	165.00–175.00	$168.86	$780	-2.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	3	175.00	$175.00	$616	—
540–543	542	6	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$810	—
560–585	573	2	140.00–150.00	$145.11	$831	—
635	635	2	130.00	$130.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1150	871	85-90%	19	34.00–45.00	$40.77	$355	—
715–1150	1002	85-90%	41	45.00–60.00	$52.36	$525	—
790–1210	1015	85-90%	85	61.00–75.00	$69.13	$702	—
895–1195	1029	85-90%	41	73.00–84.00	$77.22	$795	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1200	1149	80-85%	12	60.00–74.00	$71.10	$817	—
1015–1330	1188	80-85%	92	76.00–89.00	$80.94	$962	+9.22
1020–1345	1210	80-85%	50	84.00–97.00	$88.11	$1,066	+26.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1525	1360	75-80%	4	63.00–74.00	$69.89	$951	—
1225–1670	1439	75-80%	51	87.00–98.50	$88.50	$1,274	+22.10
1325–1670	1467	75-80%	50	77.00–89.00	$84.93	$1,246	+2.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1615	1393	20	77.00–97.00	$90.09	$1,255	—
1225–2335	1654	28	97.00–108.00	$102.81	$1,700	—
1522–2290	1926	18	108.00–120.00	$111.64	$2,150	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
747–1175	911	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	107.00–149.00	$127.41	$1,161
840–1275	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	81.00–93.00	$88.64	$902
750–1655	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	79.00–112.50	$95.22	$1,095

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
753–860	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	100.00–138.00	$129.89	$1,043
780–1125	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	87.00–112.00	$94.68	$869

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–960	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	56.00–73.00	$68.90	$654

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1039–1320	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	900.00–1,200.00	$1,118.20

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
754–1075	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	600.00–950.00	$760.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1175	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,150.00	$1,086.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1115	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$868.83

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
758–825	775	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	700.00–750.00	$713.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–960	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00–900.00	$887.90

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
812–975	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	785.00–1,000.00	$899.17	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1190	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,166.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1325	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,430.00	—

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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.