Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 29, 2022

2,383 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $188.40/cwt -0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,274/hd at 676 lb · 138 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $212.29/cwt +8.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,106/hd at 521 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $168.56/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 523 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,383	3,228	3,860
Feeder cattle	1,753	2,427	3,104
Slaughter cattle	335	492	441
Replacement cattle	295	309	315

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, heavier weights steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–331	318	13	215.00–225.00	$221.83	$705	+1.24
386–392	389	11	216.00–220.00	$217.80	$847	-5.78
407–419	411	25	215.00–227.00	$223.54	$919	+12.14
450–488	471	18	205.00–222.00	$213.90	$1,007	+6.90
508–543	521	90	202.00–223.00	$212.29	$1,106	+8.25
551–585	568	47	200.00–209.00	$204.46	$1,161	-4.26
601–641	623	17	188.00–204.00	$195.49	$1,218	+0.71
658	658	11	181.00	$181.00	$1,191	-8.00
651–682	678	127	184.00–195.00	$189.04	$1,282	+0.04
705	705	37	180.00	$180.00	$1,269	-6.50
750–791	778	41	176.50–178.00	$176.88	$1,376	+5.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–387	378	21	205.00–212.50	$208.13	$787	+3.05
412 thin fleshed	412	13	219.00	$219.00	$902	—
408–432	419	19	190.00–208.00	$200.08	$838	+13.18
459–496	478	21	192.00–200.00	$196.00	$937	-0.03
511–542	521	33	192.00–200.00	$194.24	$1,012	+7.94
550–577	568	30	187.50–195.00	$190.92	$1,084	+1.55
605–638	623	20	170.00–185.00	$177.90	$1,108	+1.14
661–698	675	22	168.00–182.00	$177.12	$1,196	+0.33
730–742	734	26	175.00–179.00	$175.62	$1,289	+3.35
788–798	792	7	160.00–165.00	$162.84	$1,290	+9.06
842–845	843	11	156.00–162.50	$160.72	$1,355	—
1058	1058	20	145.50	$145.50	$1,539	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	6	192.00	$192.00	$735	—
431–438	434	7	185.00–186.00	$185.57	$805	—
513–549	527	20	162.50–182.00	$173.78	$916	+1.86
550–568	559	15	159.00–178.00	$168.48	$942	-1.75

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	7	192.50	$192.50	$912	—
503	503	14	186.00	$186.00	$936	—
623	623	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,059	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	10	206.00	$206.00	$884	—
713	713	15	182.50	$182.50	$1,301	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612–620	617	7	155.00–170.00	$163.62	$1,010	-2.38
684	684	8	176.00	$176.00	$1,204	+18.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343–346	344	17	187.50–192.00	$189.87	$653	+5.78
352–393	376	23	187.00–190.00	$188.98	$711	+4.96
421–448	432	28	185.00–195.00	$189.29	$818	+6.02
455–499	482	67	177.00–186.00	$182.33	$879	+0.19
512–549	528	62	176.00–181.00	$178.37	$942	-6.48
579–596	587	54	172.50–184.00	$178.80	$1,050	+4.21
609–624	620	23	173.00–182.50	$180.07	$1,116	+8.43
652–664	656	17	170.00–171.00	$170.30	$1,117	-4.70
703–735	705	54	167.00	$167.00	$1,177	+1.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	384	9	168.00–184.00	$174.82	$671	+2.37
408–430	419	24	165.00–178.00	$171.55	$719	+0.16
452–496	482	42	160.00–173.00	$168.42	$812	-2.02
500–547	523	81	157.50–174.00	$168.56	$882	+3.76
555–594	572	24	165.00–171.00	$168.03	$961	+0.69
640	640	16	167.00	$167.00	$1,069	+1.44
686	686	13	167.00	$167.00	$1,146	+5.97
725–743	731	24	152.50–163.00	$160.69	$1,175	+6.16
812–841	837	21	147.50–150.00	$147.85	$1,238	+4.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–397	385	8	146.00–154.00	$148.84	$573	-17.51
422–442	432	6	160.00	$160.00	$691	+8.17
563	563	6	150.00	$150.00	$844	—
675–686	681	7	130.00	$130.00	$885	—
845	845	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,098	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578–598	591	15	151.00	$151.00	$892	-9.39
618	618	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,020	—
789	789	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,065	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	6	167.50	$167.50	$549	-10.00
440	440	5	157.50	$157.50	$693	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–448	440	6	183.00–195.00	$188.89	$831	-10.14
464–492	484	16	173.00–175.00	$174.52	$845	-12.74
505–545	526	15	178.00–193.00	$183.87	$967	+8.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–498	495	7	160.00–162.50	$161.44	$799	—
557–590	574	6	165.00	$165.00	$947	+6.61
618	618	6	144.00–155.00	$149.50	$924	+1.30
667–670	668	9	145.00–161.00	$150.35	$1,004	-1.51

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–1070	823	85-90%	28	28.00–52.50	$41.97	$345	—
755–1315	870	85-90%	35	52.00–65.00	$59.87	$521	+19.76
880–1390	940	85-90%	87	65.00–77.00	$71.97	$677	—
890–1155	1084	85-90%	26	78.00–87.00	$81.17	$880	-0.51

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1315	1164	80-85%	39	81.00–87.00	$82.24	$957	+8.30
1110–1285	1239	80-85%	14	71.00–76.00	$74.63	$925	-18.72
1215–1310	1268	80-85%	9	90.00–95.00	$92.69	$1,175	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1635	1430	75-80%	27	80.00–90.00	$84.47	$1,208	-12.41
1385–1630	1496	75-80%	5	91.00–98.00	$93.06	$1,392	+5.20
1315–1750	1500	75-80%	11	72.50–79.00	$75.25	$1,129	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–2255	1519	20	80.00–98.00	$92.10	$1,399	-14.41
1290–2105	1591	23	100.00–114.00	$105.57	$1,680	—
1595–2140	1819	11	115.00–133.00	$122.24	$2,224	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
786–1150	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	127.50–145.00	$138.97	$1,279
845–1480	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	87.00–132.50	$106.15	$1,166

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1189	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	53.00–85.00	$71.16	$672

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–925	806	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	117.50–138.00	$129.03	$1,040
770–1160	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	90.00–117.50	$102.99	$885

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–940	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	73.00–81.00	$77.95	$653

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1129–1200	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1035–1480	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,225.77

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
817	817	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,075.00	$1,075.00
840–1085	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,139.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1030	979	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	550.00–1,050.00	$822.52
1072	1072	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	875.00	$875.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–960	879	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	600.00–1,000.00	$769.60

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–716	712	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	200.00–235.00	$206.83

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1319	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,550.00	—

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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.