Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 5, 2022

2,450 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $164.24/cwt -2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,117/hd at 680 lb · 83 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.00/cwt +6.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,204/hd at 680 lb · 79 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $182.51/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,064/hd at 583 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,450	2,383	4,196
Feeder cattle	1,748	1,753	3,312
Slaughter cattle	383	335	468
Replacement cattle	319	295	416

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers over 550 lbs and all weights of heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher and light weight steers 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 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
315–340	336	12	213.00–230.00	$215.02	$722	-6.81
405–439	428	48	208.00–217.00	$213.50	$914	-10.04
454–498 unweaned	469	9	200.00	$200.00	$938	—
450–489	473	32	205.00–221.00	$207.91	$983	-5.99
509 unweaned	509	5	190.00	$190.00	$967	—
509–534	521	40	200.00–215.00	$206.02	$1,073	-6.27
559 unweaned	559	5	197.00	$197.00	$1,101	—
585	585	23	208.00	$208.00	$1,217	+3.54
604–636	618	17	199.00–206.00	$202.45	$1,251	+6.96
626 unweaned	626	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,189	—
669	669	52	191.50	$191.50	$1,281	+2.46
706–748	711	24	180.00–185.00	$180.66	$1,284	+0.66
815	815	56	175.50	$175.50	$1,430	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–388	369	6	191.00–202.50	$196.45	$725	-11.68
400–428	418	37	181.00–190.00	$184.92	$773	-15.16
457–495	469	38	179.00–195.00	$185.87	$872	-10.13
505–546	524	24	180.00–190.00	$184.67	$968	-9.57
553–589	573	25	180.00–188.00	$183.29	$1,050	-7.63
602–640	615	16	173.00–188.00	$177.34	$1,091	-0.56
651–672	659	14	170.00–180.00	$172.19	$1,135	-4.93
704–732	716	14	161.00–165.00	$163.70	$1,172	-11.92
775	775	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,318	+7.16
993	993	10	150.00	$150.00	$1,490	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–437	425	16	185.00–197.00	$192.37	$818	—
491	491	19	192.00	$192.00	$943	-0.50
514–521	516	23	180.00–187.00	$181.54	$937	-4.46
768	768	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,190	—
935	935	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,374	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	192.50	$192.50	$824	—
482–493	488	8	178.00–191.00	$184.57	$901	—
539	539	5	173.00	$173.00	$932	—
588–589	589	16	175.00	$175.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476–482	479	10	175.00	$175.00	$838	—
556	556	6	160.00	$160.00	$890	-8.48

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	6	167.50	$167.50	$472	—
329–345	339	11	175.00–185.00	$178.53	$605	—
382–397	391	14	174.00–177.50	$175.69	$687	+0.87
413–445	433	15	172.50–175.00	$173.51	$751	+1.96
462–495	481	39	160.00–173.00	$165.79	$797	-2.63
502–548	531	73	157.50–170.00	$163.99	$871	-4.57
551–592	574	37	160.00–168.00	$165.77	$952	-2.26
606–644	633	51	157.50–170.00	$162.81	$1,031	-4.19
651–694	680	83	150.00–168.50	$164.24	$1,117	-2.76
801–840	811	12	148.00–156.00	$153.93	$1,248	+6.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	192.50	$192.50	$593	—
350–384	371	8	187.50	$187.50	$696	-1.48
401–415	407	19	184.00–195.00	$189.82	$773	+0.53
453–490 unweaned	478	19	165.00–170.00	$166.50	$796	—
458–497	482	39	176.00–191.00	$187.90	$906	+5.57
505–513	511	17	177.00–190.00	$186.98	$955	+8.61
566–596	583	74	176.00–191.50	$182.51	$1,064	+3.71
680	680	79	177.00	$177.00	$1,204	+6.70
750–761	753	24	161.00	$161.00	$1,212	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	17	178.00	$178.00	$790	+20.50
506	506	9	170.00	$170.00	$860	—
563	563	6	160.00	$160.00	$901	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	186.00	$186.00	$632	—
370–396	386	8	182.50–187.50	$185.70	$717	—
411	411	18	192.00	$192.00	$789	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	7	163.00	$163.00	$720	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392–396	394	8	176.00–178.00	$177.01	$697	—
468–498	481	10	165.00–172.00	$168.63	$811	+7.19
500–548	526	22	150.00–165.00	$158.30	$833	—
572–594	582	25	163.00–165.00	$164.27	$956	-0.73
650–685	669	10	136.00–152.00	$144.42	$966	-5.93
705–712	710	9	149.00–150.00	$149.67	$1,063	—
781	781	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,125	—
993	993	8	115.00	$115.00	$1,142	—
1034	1034	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,292	—
1064	1064	18	125.00	$125.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–378	375	7	188.00–198.00	$192.25	$721	—
462–491	481	13	177.00–185.00	$182.08	$876	+7.56
565–570	568	6	176.00–179.00	$177.49	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1325	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,219.06	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1095	852	85-90%	42	52.00–61.00	$57.05	$486	-2.82
710–885	857	85-90%	12	36.00–50.00	$40.42	$346	-19.45
935–1125	966	85-90%	33	77.00–84.00	$80.70	$780	—
895–1175	1009	85-90%	81	63.00–75.00	$70.06	$707	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1280	1216	80-85%	14	70.00–77.00	$73.49	$894	-1.14
1120–1260	1237	80-85%	55	78.00–86.00	$81.09	$1,003	+6.46
1050–1735	1251	80-85%	15	87.00–98.00	$90.65	$1,134	-2.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1650	1398	75-80%	9	70.00–79.00	$75.54	$1,056	—
1270–1615	1432	75-80%	43	79.00–90.00	$84.52	$1,210	+0.05
1315–1785	1519	75-80%	15	90.00–99.00	$91.73	$1,393	+16.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1590	1358	14	82.50–97.00	$90.54	$1,230	—
1115–2060	1496	29	100.00–114.00	$104.84	$1,568	—
1395–2255	1754	18	114.00–138.00	$118.92	$2,086	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1160	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	116.00–147.50	$131.24	$1,211
1000–1592	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	83.00–122.50	$95.33	$1,127

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
706	706	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	84.00	$84.00	$593
729–830	752	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	61.00–80.00	$74.86	$563

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–855	791	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	110.00–146.00	$124.55	$985
745–975	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	84.00–122.50	$100.95	$861

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1080	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	59.00–80.00	$73.86	$703

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1105	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,049.49
1175–1220	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,112.07
1000–1545	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,150.00–1,475.00	$1,268.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
852–1060	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	675.00–950.00	$794.09

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1379	1379	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1080	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	725.00–850.00	$770.45
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1015	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	975.00–1,125.00	$998.41

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–740	719	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	350.00–425.00	$380.88

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–950	893	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$952.15

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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
1020–1285	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,870.00	—
1033–1375	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,488.64	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1075	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,225.00	—
715–1070	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–1,150.00	$941.67	—

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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.