Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 15, 2022

2,712 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.49/cwt +5.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,035/hd at 590 lb · 139 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.95/cwt +8.10 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 527 lb · 97 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $187.91/cwt +5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,272/hd at 677 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,712	2,746	4,893
Feeder cattle	2,064	1,661	3,889
Slaughter cattle	456	448	599
Replacement cattle	192	637	405

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, calves sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with spots of 12.00 higher on some light weights. Yearlings not well tested but sold with higher undertones. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	313	8	217.50–228.00	$223.79	$700	—
350	350	5	208.00	$208.00	$728	—
410–432	419	32	207.50–218.00	$212.87	$892	+1.87
452–490	472	31	205.00–225.00	$217.95	$1,029	+12.55
509–545	527	39	206.00–216.00	$209.48	$1,104	+4.25
570–598	587	39	201.00–213.00	$206.98	$1,215	+6.57
600–625	619	49	197.50–206.00	$202.74	$1,255	+6.34
656–688	677	95	181.00–195.00	$187.91	$1,272	+5.32
701–742	713	53	171.50–184.00	$177.33	$1,264	—
810	810	10	169.00	$169.00	$1,369	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–396	391	10	205.00	$205.00	$802	—
402–410	405	9	195.00–196.00	$195.66	$792	—
459–486	470	61	184.00–200.00	$191.66	$901	-3.36
505–548	536	17	187.50–198.00	$196.11	$1,051	+8.43
551–581	561	24	183.00–193.00	$188.69	$1,059	+7.30
600–648	614	50	175.00–186.00	$177.49	$1,090	-0.43
656–680	676	66	162.50–177.00	$166.84	$1,128	-4.90
715–747	734	23	167.00–170.00	$168.72	$1,238	+6.20
752–775	762	17	155.00–163.00	$160.04	$1,220	+0.43
843	843	15	160.00	$160.00	$1,349	—
898	898	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,338	—
1022	1022	14	130.00	$130.00	$1,329	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–586	585	17	158.00–173.50	$170.79	$999	-21.21
642	642	10	154.00	$154.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–378	372	13	173.00–185.00	$180.73	$672	-6.27
491	491	7	180.00	$180.00	$884	+20.75
501–517	508	7	170.00–180.00	$174.36	$886	-2.07

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–428	421	7	180.00–190.00	$185.64	$782	—
653	653	9	172.50	$172.50	$1,126	+1.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	10	203.00	$203.00	$1,047	+0.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–336	316	21	187.50–190.00	$189.11	$598	—
398	398	5	183.00	$183.00	$728	—
405–441	434	24	176.00–182.00	$178.52	$775	—
456–492	471	27	176.00–190.00	$181.32	$854	+6.33
509–545	527	97	170.00–183.00	$179.95	$948	+8.10
560–594	590	139	170.00–177.00	$175.49	$1,035	+5.17
601–632	608	90	164.00–175.00	$171.47	$1,043	+6.78
650–674	658	54	163.00–178.00	$173.68	$1,143	+13.68
723	723	31	166.00	$166.00	$1,200	—
760–768	765	7	159.00–161.00	$159.85	$1,223	+8.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–345	344	19	165.00–175.00	$169.72	$584	+4.72
353–395	369	23	162.50–177.50	$172.74	$637	+6.55
405–443	432	44	162.50–176.00	$169.92	$734	+5.02
450–498	474	60	155.00–170.00	$164.63	$780	+4.02
510–535	521	43	152.00–169.00	$162.80	$848	+0.94
551–582	564	61	152.00–165.00	$160.70	$906	+6.17
601–648	624	24	152.50–156.00	$154.07	$961	-3.56
658–672	664	16	146.00–153.00	$150.13	$997	-3.50
700–735	715	19	146.00–151.00	$148.47	$1,062	-3.82

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	5	160.00	$160.00	$578	—
452–470	458	9	150.00–160.00	$156.58	$717	—
545	545	14	155.00	$155.00	$845	—
568	568	5	155.00	$155.00	$880	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	6	155.00	$155.00	$530	+1.50
430	430	12	135.00	$135.00	$580	+5.00
570–582	576	6	128.00–140.00	$134.06	$772	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	5	176.00	$176.00	$912	—
727	727	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,185	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	5	205.00	$205.00	$826	—
460–492	473	21	177.50–190.00	$181.61	$859	—
506–528	515	13	173.00–195.00	$182.23	$938	+11.74
587	587	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,039	±0.00
665–667	666	6	167.50–168.00	$167.75	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	7	166.00	$166.00	$664	-2.85
463–491	472	13	150.00–152.50	$151.70	$716	-12.30
546	546	9	166.00	$166.00	$906	+18.54
550–560	555	6	140.00–155.00	$147.43	$818	—
622–642	632	6	142.50–156.00	$149.14	$943	-13.86

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1020	734	85-90%	22	39.00–46.00	$42.22	$310	—
750–1005	822	85-90%	33	50.00–63.00	$57.36	$471	—
855–1140	1042	85-90%	90	66.00–76.00	$71.12	$741	-1.53
835–1165	1046	85-90%	48	77.00–84.00	$80.21	$839	+7.56

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1280	1149	80-85%	65	79.00–87.50	$82.29	$946	+8.94
1015–1290	1194	80-85%	25	69.00–79.00	$75.20	$898	-19.00
1030–1290	1205	80-85%	28	89.00–98.00	$92.09	$1,110	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1510	1345	75-80%	12	73.00–81.00	$77.51	$1,043	—
1254–1650	1445	75-80%	67	82.00–90.00	$87.41	$1,263	—
1325–1970	1487	75-80%	30	90.00–104.00	$95.17	$1,415	-0.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1445	1343	6	81.00–96.00	$91.14	$1,224	—
1220–2095	1621	16	98.00–109.00	$103.22	$1,673	—
1555–2000	1826	9	110.00–121.00	$115.55	$2,110	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1120	932	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	118.00–143.00	$128.19	$1,195
820–1215	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	82.00–118.00	$99.42	$996

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–975	849	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	117.50–140.00	$127.66	$1,084
815–970	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	85.00–115.00	$99.33	$888

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1120	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,131.04
1045–1396	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,050.00–1,525.00	$1,329.07

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–995	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	425.00–800.00	$649.55

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1090	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	950.00–1,225.00	$1,131.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1080	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,000.00	$950.31

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–910	887	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,100.00	$935.53

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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
975–1155	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,358.33	—
1126	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.