Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

3,747 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $168.50/cwt ≈ $1,515/hd at 899 lb · 228 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $158.51/cwt -5.48 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 521 lb · 143 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.29/cwt -6.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,141/hd at 670 lb · 135 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,747	2,450	5,013
Feeder cattle	3,074	1,748	4,119
Slaughter cattle	398	383	541
Replacement cattle	275	319	353

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, yearling steers steady and yearling heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows and 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
366–393	371	17	205.00–217.00	$214.76	$797	—
406–427	417	48	200.00–210.00	$204.19	$851	-9.31
461–492	477	50	200.00–217.00	$210.93	$1,006	+3.02
522–523 thin fleshed	523	17	214.00–222.00	$217.76	$1,139	—
501–549	536	71	190.00–205.00	$199.08	$1,067	-6.94
564–578	573	13	188.00–204.00	$197.94	$1,134	-10.06
607–646	637	124	187.00–195.00	$189.08	$1,204	-13.37
660	660	15	185.50	$185.50	$1,224	-6.00
711–721	718	71	177.00–186.00	$180.01	$1,292	-0.65
809–843	818	95	169.00–170.00	$169.82	$1,389	-5.68
899	899	228	168.50	$168.50	$1,515	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	5	200.00	$200.00	$722	+3.55
421–445	434	38	180.00–195.00	$185.36	$804	+0.44
450–492	472	77	175.00–195.00	$183.24	$865	-2.63
501–548	531	93	174.00–185.00	$181.58	$964	-3.09
561–598	577	66	170.00–187.00	$177.06	$1,022	-6.23
604–627	614	70	168.00–185.00	$175.18	$1,076	-2.16
650–695	665	63	168.00–179.00	$172.89	$1,150	+0.70
701–726	711	30	152.50–170.00	$161.38	$1,147	-2.32
752–791	774	14	160.00–162.00	$160.83	$1,245	-9.17
864	864	15	142.50	$142.50	$1,231	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	381	16	165.00–180.00	$177.36	$676	—
425–430	428	8	170.00–175.00	$173.14	$741	—
468–498	475	28	159.00–171.00	$167.53	$796	-7.47
510–549	539	22	160.00–170.00	$161.29	$869	—
558–595	567	17	150.00–160.00	$157.64	$894	-2.36
649	649	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,064	—
699	699	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,139	—
745	745	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,080	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	13	186.00	$186.00	$785	-6.50
498	498	17	183.00	$183.00	$911	-1.57
619–647	631	7	158.00–166.00	$161.52	$1,019	—
704	704	17	170.00	$170.00	$1,197	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	13	152.50	$152.50	$782	-29.04
563	563	7	165.00	$165.00	$929	—
611–620	614	8	155.00–160.00	$156.89	$963	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	10	140.00	$140.00	$885	—
674	674	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,045	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–386	385	11	200.00–210.00	$202.71	$780	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–345	339	6	182.50–189.00	$185.81	$630	-6.69
362–378	370	19	180.00	$180.00	$666	-7.50
427	427	12	178.00	$178.00	$760	-11.82
455–494	472	23	173.00–180.00	$175.76	$830	-12.14
526–548	541	133	172.00–178.75	$177.05	$958	-9.93
566–597	591	61	170.00–173.00	$171.76	$1,015	-10.75
609–648	625	39	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$1,047	—
667–679	670	135	169.00–172.00	$170.29	$1,141	-6.71
700	700	26	166.00	$166.00	$1,162	—
815	815	12	155.00	$155.00	$1,263	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–393	372	6	157.50–162.50	$159.86	$595	-15.83
414–447	430	41	161.00–172.50	$164.73	$708	-8.78
450–499	472	85	152.50–165.00	$157.79	$745	-8.00
501–548	521	143	150.00–167.00	$158.51	$826	-5.48
550–598	572	99	150.00–166.00	$157.24	$899	-8.53
608–616	612	24	155.00–163.00	$158.94	$973	-3.87
660–690	680	32	152.50–160.00	$158.35	$1,077	-5.89
830	830	8	142.00	$142.00	$1,179	-11.93
860	860	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	8	160.00	$160.00	$504	—
395–398	397	12	150.00	$150.00	$596	—
480	480	5	153.00	$153.00	$734	—
518–546	537	12	140.00–156.00	$151.47	$813	—
556–568	559	13	135.00–142.00	$140.36	$785	—
608–645	627	13	130.00–145.00	$138.38	$868	—
909	909	7	136.00	$136.00	$1,236	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	15	142.50	$142.50	$650	—
598	598	6	155.00	$155.00	$927	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–317	314	8	177.50–185.00	$180.27	$566	—
422–439	434	11	157.50	$157.50	$684	-20.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	7	170.00	$170.00	$636	-7.01
410–433	422	6	173.00–175.00	$174.03	$734	—
455–483	474	19	155.00–168.00	$161.40	$765	-7.23
518–548	536	32	155.00–167.00	$159.19	$853	+0.89
552–596	574	19	150.00–165.00	$156.52	$898	-7.75
612–642	631	20	145.00–159.00	$151.31	$955	—
710–730	720	6	130.00	$130.00	$936	-19.67
779	779	5	125.00	$125.00	$974	-19.00
840	840	5	114.00	$114.00	$958	—
860	860	7	129.00	$129.00	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	6	187.50–200.00	$193.61	$654	—
389	389	5	185.00	$185.00	$720	-7.25
421–431	425	12	185.00–187.50	$186.44	$792	—
460	460	6	175.00–178.00	$176.50	$812	-5.58
619	619	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	+1,230.94

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–975	866	85-90%	13	30.00–52.00	$45.05	$390	+4.63
775–1155	967	85-90%	103	62.00–75.00	$70.85	$685	-9.85
850–1225	997	85-90%	25	52.00–62.00	$57.94	$578	-22.76
900–1200	1113	85-90%	41	76.00–88.00	$80.97	$901	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1280	1175	80-85%	14	71.00–77.00	$74.90	$880	—
1045–1290	1196	80-85%	56	78.00–85.00	$81.14	$970	—
1100–1285	1221	80-85%	15	87.00–96.00	$89.35	$1,091	+15.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1470	1349	75-80%	12	73.00–79.00	$74.52	$1,005	—
1295–1790	1405	75-80%	55	78.00–87.50	$83.66	$1,175	-0.86
1320–1730	1429	75-80%	18	88.00–92.00	$89.58	$1,280	+5.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1865	1400	19	79.00–99.00	$90.53	$1,267	—
1245–1975	1549	20	100.00–113.00	$106.55	$1,650	—
1580–1805	1725	7	113.00–119.00	$115.42	$1,991	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
782–995	893	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	108.00–142.00	$133.88	$1,196
851–1220	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	84.00–126.00	$104.27	$1,023

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
788–1020	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	60.00–82.50	$72.30	$644

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020–1270	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	75.00–82.00	$79.06	$904

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–935	867	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	118.00–124.00	$119.97	$1,040
820–1070	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	88.00–110.00	$99.98	$935

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1475	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,171.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1165	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	800.00–1,000.00	$879.44

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1015	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	500.00–875.00	$736.72

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1115	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,066.27

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–830	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	325.00–460.00	$367.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–875	845	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	750.00–1,000.00	$814.72

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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
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.