Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

3,228 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $183.59/cwt +3.64 vs last sale · ≈ $943/hd at 514 lb · 95 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $188.38/cwt -0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,093/hd at 580 lb · 95 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $233.91/cwt +21.04 vs last sale · ≈ $995/hd at 426 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,228	2,712	2,289
Feeder cattle	2,427	2,064	1,789
Slaughter cattle	492	456	289
Replacement cattle	309	192	211

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 450 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, heavier weight steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Yearlings not well tested, undertones steady to firm. The bulk of slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, high dressing bulls 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	5	207.50	$207.50	$683	—
354–397	383	36	191.00–213.00	$205.08	$785	+0.08
401–445	426	32	180.00–199.00	$186.90	$796	-8.76
451–496	475	39	185.00–203.00	$196.03	$931	+4.37
502–548	533	75	181.00–195.00	$186.30	$993	-9.81
550–598	580	88	180.00–197.00	$189.37	$1,098	+0.68
582	582	7	176.00	$176.00	$1,024	-12.69
602–641	624	55	169.00–184.00	$176.76	$1,103	-0.73
658–672	665	17	174.00–180.00	$176.79	$1,176	+9.95
724–748	741	20	161.00–175.00	$172.27	$1,277	+3.55
758–798	778	18	152.50–155.00	$153.78	$1,196	-6.26
856	856	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,335	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	337	12	217.50–230.00	$220.59	$743	-3.20
350–388	365	33	217.00–230.00	$223.58	$816	+15.58
400–440 thin fleshed	423	67	235.00–245.00	$238.95	$1,011	—
430–440	437	15	211.00–216.00	$211.40	$924	-1.47
455–496	481	53	205.00–212.50	$207.00	$996	-10.95
499 thin fleshed	499	23	230.00	$230.00	$1,148	—
500–538	525	54	200.00–212.50	$204.04	$1,071	-5.44
570–592	578	36	200.00–216.00	$208.72	$1,206	+1.74
602–641	634	34	187.50–203.00	$194.78	$1,235	-7.96
652–655	654	30	189.00	$189.00	$1,236	+1.09
705	705	13	186.50	$186.50	$1,315	+9.17
767	767	17	171.00	$171.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–541	526	14	162.50–177.00	$171.92	$904	-2.44
571–592	578	25	165.00–175.00	$170.23	$984	—
612–640	630	16	160.00–165.00	$163.18	$1,028	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	9	178.00	$178.00	$917	—
595	595	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,071	—
644	644	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,069	—
662	662	6	157.50	$157.50	$1,043	-15.00
731	731	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,235	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	12	200.00	$200.00	$600	—
404	404	15	200.00	$200.00	$808	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	6	150.00	$150.00	$638	—
456	456	8	155.00	$155.00	$707	—
599	599	7	165.00	$165.00	$988	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438–441	439	18	212.00–217.00	$214.23	$940	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	12	196.00	$196.00	$1,090	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–341	336	21	183.00–187.50	$184.09	$619	-5.02
382–390	388	12	181.00–185.00	$184.02	$714	+1.02
419 thin fleshed	419	32	210.00	$210.00	$880	—
410–436	424	33	180.00–186.00	$183.27	$777	+4.75
461–472	466	21	177.50–187.00	$182.14	$849	+0.82
505–546	512	84	175.00–187.75	$184.85	$946	+4.90
527 unweaned	527	11	174.00	$174.00	$917	—
553–599	573	69	174.00–176.00	$174.59	$1,000	-0.90
605–637	617	57	170.00–173.00	$171.64	$1,059	+0.17
650	650	26	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	+1.32
738	738	22	165.75	$165.75	$1,223	-0.25
857	857	15	157.00	$157.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–399	387	30	165.00–179.00	$172.45	$667	-0.29
416–448	435	35	167.50–177.50	$171.39	$746	+1.47
455–496	481	50	165.00–176.00	$170.44	$820	+5.81
502–546	526	53	157.50–169.00	$164.80	$867	+2.00
550–592	580	73	156.00–172.50	$167.34	$971	+6.64
615–641	632	80	150.00–167.50	$165.56	$1,046	+11.49
665–678	672	6	158.00–164.00	$161.03	$1,082	+10.90
707–742	723	42	149.00–160.50	$154.53	$1,117	+6.06
817–841	829	15	135.00–149.00	$143.48	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–337	325	9	152.50–162.50	$155.59	$506	+0.59
382–388	386	21	164.00–167.50	$166.35	$642	—
412–437	429	19	140.00–155.00	$151.83	$651	+16.83
458–488	473	9	153.00–155.00	$154.33	$730	—
541–544	543	14	150.00	$150.00	$814	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–427	422	15	155.00–173.00	$160.85	$679	—
498	498	6	165.00	$165.00	$822	—
575–587	577	27	157.50–165.00	$160.39	$925	+5.39

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	14	175.00	$175.00	$872	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	7	177.50	$177.50	$545	—
374	374	7	173.00	$173.00	$647	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	207.50	$207.50	$774	—
413–443	422	27	185.00–205.00	$199.03	$840	-5.97
463–480	473	7	186.00–189.00	$187.26	$886	+5.65
500–545	534	44	170.00–189.00	$175.41	$937	-6.82
552–574	562	11	170.00–171.00	$170.54	$958	-6.46
615–638	628	7	165.00–169.00	$166.68	$1,047	—
658	658	15	168.00	$168.00	$1,105	+0.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502 thin fleshed	502	12	178.00	$178.00	$894	—
533	533	9	150.00	$150.00	$800	-16.00
552–579	566	33	147.00–165.00	$158.39	$896	+10.96
606–642	632	19	145.00–150.00	$148.20	$937	-0.94
660–665	661	13	150.00–158.00	$151.86	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1155–1510	1333	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,250.00–1,600.00	$1,448.31	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–965	860	85-90%	39	34.00–47.00	$40.11	$345	—
780–1175	1044	85-90%	62	56.00–66.00	$61.97	$647	-18.24
900–1180	1047	85-90%	77	67.00–79.00	$71.19	$745	-9.02
925–1185	1080	85-90%	33	80.00–91.00	$81.68	$882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1895	1382	75-80%	28	70.00–81.00	$75.97	$1,050	—
1310–1640	1424	75-80%	21	92.00–110.00	$96.88	$1,380	+9.47
1270–1780	1473	75-80%	65	83.00–92.50	$87.86	$1,294	-7.31

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1380	1100	80-85%	52	80.00–90.00	$85.96	$946	—
1035–1330	1156	80-85%	29	64.00–79.00	$73.94	$855	—
1010–1375	1209	80-85%	20	89.00–107.00	$93.35	$1,129	+1.26

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1645	1408	12	81.00–100.00	$95.50	$1,345	—
1230–2125	1534	31	100.00–114.00	$106.51	$1,634	—
1440–2345	1918	23	114.00–136.00	$125.14	$2,400	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1160	926	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	115.00–145.00	$127.78	$1,183
835–1345	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	85.00–122.50	$104.38	$1,051

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–940	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	120.00–147.50	$130.85	$1,027
725–915	827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	85.00–125.00	$100.94	$835

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–965	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	60.00–81.00	$72.28	$617

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–1110	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	79.00–82.50	$81.32	$890

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1330	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,168.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1140	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	700.00–950.00	$835.95

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–750	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	150.00–350.00	$229.98

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1045	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	425.00–900.00	$663.20

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–960	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,130.94

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
758–825	787	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–750.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1095	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1150	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,325.00	-33.33

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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.