Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 8, 2022

2,746 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.69/cwt +0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,029/hd at 625 lb · 85 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $196.40/cwt +5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,224/hd at 623 lb · 81 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $168.10/cwt +6.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 884 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,746	4,519	2,954
Feeder cattle	1,661	3,702	2,465
Slaughter cattle	448	540	285
Replacement cattle	637	277	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves traded mostly steady while some better tested six-weights traded 6.00 higher. Best tested eight-weight feeder steers traded 4.00 higher. Heifer calves traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cattle 3.00 to 6.00 higher., bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	207.50	$207.50	$822	-3.03
413–425	420	10	205.00–212.50	$211.00	$886	-4.74
451–454	452	10	205.00–206.00	$205.40	$928	-5.92
467 unweaned	467	10	192.50	$192.50	$899	—
518–540	531	19	200.00–211.00	$205.23	$1,090	-4.73
562–598	582	25	195.00–209.00	$200.41	$1,166	-2.25
602–643	623	81	189.00–202.00	$196.40	$1,224	+5.50
671–685	677	31	177.50–189.00	$182.59	$1,236	+0.72
786	786	6	172.00	$172.00	$1,352	+1.15
884	884	60	168.10	$168.10	$1,486	+6.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	8	192.00–197.50	$194.06	$664	+5.78
436–445	442	22	195.00–200.00	$196.57	$869	+10.96
480–492	485	13	187.50–200.00	$195.02	$946	+8.94
501–539	527	35	180.00–198.00	$187.68	$989	+0.10
555–593	570	56	178.00–184.00	$181.39	$1,034	+0.52
600–648	633	31	177.00–179.00	$177.92	$1,126	+4.18
654–692	676	45	170.00–175.00	$171.74	$1,161	+4.54
721–742	732	8	161.00–164.00	$162.52	$1,190	-2.61
774–791	785	11	158.00–162.50	$159.61	$1,253	-1.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	10	165.00	$165.00	$442	—
343	343	14	182.50	$182.50	$626	+23.81
387	387	7	187.00	$187.00	$724	+12.87
423–442	430	16	175.00–184.00	$180.53	$776	+3.32
462–494	478	17	150.00–165.00	$159.25	$761	-12.04
502–522	516	21	175.00–183.00	$176.43	$910	+8.03
583–598	588	10	165.00–178.00	$168.97	$994	+7.09

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642	642	18	181.00	$181.00	$1,162	+13.99
668	668	5	171.00	$171.00	$1,142	—
768	768	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,260	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	20	192.00	$192.00	$1,094	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	5	175.00	$175.00	$724	—
476 unweaned	476	7	167.50	$167.50	$797	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	7	202.50	$202.50	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	5	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1442–1613	1545	5	120.00–126.00	$122.24	$1,889	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–484	473	32	173.00–176.00	$174.99	$828	+2.43
478 unweaned	478	10	169.00	$169.00	$808	—
511–541	529	39	168.00–176.00	$171.85	$909	+2.48
552–575	563	42	165.00–173.00	$170.32	$959	+2.67
605–648	625	85	159.00–169.50	$164.69	$1,029	+0.88
652	652	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,043	-2.02
791	791	29	151.50	$151.50	$1,198	-4.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–334	325	9	165.00	$165.00	$536	+2.23
373–395	384	15	160.00–172.50	$166.19	$638	+0.05
406–447	430	33	155.00–172.50	$164.90	$709	-2.65
450–498	473	34	150.00–168.00	$160.61	$760	+1.45
509–547	534	55	155.00–166.00	$161.86	$864	+4.66
566–589	578	20	150.00–161.00	$154.53	$893	+0.24
612–631	624	16	155.00–159.00	$157.63	$984	+4.71
665–693	676	20	150.00–157.00	$153.63	$1,039	+1.74
706–708	707	14	152.00–153.00	$152.29	$1,077	-0.52
779	779	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,161	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347–348	347	15	152.50–157.50	$153.50	$533	-2.31
368–395	383	7	140.00–145.00	$142.06	$544	+0.47
442	442	8	130.00	$130.00	$575	-18.88
455–477	466	6	142.50	$142.50	$664	—
698	698	6	137.00	$137.00	$956	+17.00
703	703	9	115.00	$115.00	$808	+1.72

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	8	165.00	$165.00	$962	+12.50
657	657	11	158.00	$158.00	$1,038	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	9	174.00	$174.00	$884	—
590	590	5	164.00	$164.00	$968	-2.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	10	167.00	$167.00	$982	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	6	145.00	$145.00	$732	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–362	361	8	187.50–200.00	$195.30	$705	—
428–449	445	14	182.50–197.00	$194.01	$863	+5.18
508–528	518	6	170.00–171.00	$170.49	$883	—
552	552	6	177.00	$177.00	$977	—
631	631	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–449	433	9	165.00–177.50	$168.85	$731	+1.66
455	455	6	164.00	$164.00	$746	+0.20
522–540	531	6	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$783	-20.32
617	617	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,006	+4.75
659–673	665	7	140.00–145.00	$142.17	$945	-12.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1485	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,250.00–1,650.00	$1,482.49	-17.51
1485	1485	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1222	1222	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1515	1515	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1490	1490	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1665	1665	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 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
700–868	768	85-90%	16	38.00–48.00	$40.79	$313	—
760–1065	876	85-90%	42	54.00–63.00	$59.04	$517	+18.27
790–1235	1032	85-90%	90	65.00–77.00	$72.65	$750	-4.57
965–1105	1032	85-90%	23	77.00–87.00	$82.17	$848	+4.95

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1295	1149	80-85%	9	68.00–78.00	$73.35	$843	+2.25
1030–1310	1173	80-85%	65	80.00–88.00	$84.94	$996	+4.00
1010–1350	1197	80-85%	43	89.00–108.00	$94.20	$1,128	+13.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1575	1299	75-80%	16	67.00–81.00	$76.43	$993	—
1216–1520	1378	75-80%	53	83.00–90.00	$86.97	$1,198	+17.08
1290–1650	1483	75-80%	34	91.00–101.00	$95.87	$1,422	+10.94
1600	1600	75-80%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,776	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1090	1033	8	97.00–101.00	$99.31	$1,026	—
1100–1705	1429	13	79.00–96.00	$90.25	$1,290	—
1105–2025	1526	19	97.00–109.00	$103.06	$1,573	—
1340–2160	1706	11	109.00–125.00	$118.10	$2,015	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1120	877	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	105.00–130.00	$119.08	$1,044
810–1380	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	81.00–114.00	$96.85	$995

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–845	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	117.50–125.00	$121.19	$967
725–1030	841	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–97.50	$85.44	$719

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	59.00	$59.00	$487

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1092	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1092–1095	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,055.79
1069–1208	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	110	1,025.00–1,500.00	$1,386.02
1050–1305	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	950.00–1,250.00	$1,173.22
1080–1381	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,391.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1014–1250	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	950.00–1,060.00	$1,012.04
1000–1288	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	900.00–1,400.00	$1,137.53
1018–1268	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	950.00–1,250.00	$1,180.08
1050–1401	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	59	950.00–1,375.00	$1,246.89

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–850	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	750.00–975.00	$886.61
775–1020	879	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	650.00–900.00	$788.61
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	950.00	$950.00
900–999	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,307.82
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
965–992	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	975.00–1,000.00	$979.07

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–745	711	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	200.00–400.00	$300.47

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1060	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,050.00	$980.35

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,625.00	+458.33
1150–1200	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,383.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,050.00	$891.67	-7.50
875–925	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,025.00	$906.25	+7.08

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–875	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	775.00–825.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.