Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

3,524 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $173.58/cwt ≈ $1,597/hd at 920 lb · 240 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.44/cwt -2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $806/hd at 529 lb · 102 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.45/cwt ≈ $1,131/hd at 688 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,524	2,462	5,113
Feeder cattle	2,348	1,731	4,057
Slaughter cattle	602	400	676
Replacement cattle	574	331	380

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 450 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, heavier weight steer and heifer calves uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Too few yearlings last week for a market comparison, however undertones steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	190.00	$190.00	$730	-3.50
402–438	424	32	185.00–197.50	$192.02	$814	-0.46
470–499	492	44	185.00–193.00	$188.45	$927	+1.86
508–549	528	22	177.50–188.00	$185.08	$977	+7.89
556–597	577	46	175.00–188.00	$183.85	$1,061	+12.32
603–644	628	21	160.00–174.00	$169.22	$1,063	+0.35
650–696	688	102	160.00–175.00	$164.45	$1,131	—
701–744	720	46	161.00–173.00	$167.29	$1,204	+2.29
758–792	778	71	157.00–169.00	$167.19	$1,301	—
814–849	824	85	158.00–165.50	$163.21	$1,345	-4.79
856	856	10	160.00	$160.00	$1,370	—
986	986	21	156.00	$156.00	$1,538	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–344	337	9	220.00–230.00	$223.19	$752	+7.81
353–395	376	11	210.00–220.00	$214.13	$805	+10.19
404–438	420	16	200.00–217.50	$209.92	$882	+5.45
466–494	475	57	197.50–216.00	$206.34	$980	-4.99
550–593	568	61	193.00–210.00	$196.59	$1,117	-1.61
611–649	630	14	188.00–189.00	$188.52	$1,188	-2.43
653–693	678	70	177.00–187.00	$180.52	$1,224	—
853	853	12	166.00	$166.00	$1,416	—
902–921	920	240	166.00–174.00	$173.58	$1,597	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–318	315	7	162.50–180.00	$169.92	$535	—
473–496	489	16	160.00–165.00	$163.49	$799	—
626–629	628	16	155.00	$155.00	$973	-2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	8	182.50	$182.50	$783	—
546	546	7	163.00	$163.00	$890	—
621–637	627	8	160.00–166.00	$163.71	$1,026	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	8	193.00	$193.00	$1,013	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	7	183.00	$183.00	$1,149	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	7	177.50	$177.50	$873	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	5	135.00	$135.00	$699	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–318	314	6	162.50	$162.50	$510	-13.75
354–394	373	44	160.00–170.00	$165.44	$617	-5.10
403–447	423	29	152.00–165.00	$159.73	$676	-2.70
451–497	475	82	145.00–158.00	$152.88	$726	-5.63
508–547	529	102	145.00–162.00	$152.44	$806	-2.61
552–587	570	57	140.00–159.00	$148.81	$848	-4.97
611–647	628	50	143.00–157.50	$152.29	$956	+0.78
685–698	692	14	149.00–150.00	$149.42	$1,034	—
714–747	733	32	143.00–155.00	$149.49	$1,096	-3.56
767–799	784	24	140.00–149.00	$143.94	$1,128	—
804–848	824	9	147.00–150.00	$148.37	$1,223	+2.80

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	5	175.00	$175.00	$628	-0.33
433	433	7	173.00	$173.00	$749	-2.86
478–495	488	13	171.00–176.00	$172.59	$842	—
515–537	527	30	164.00–167.50	$165.80	$874	-3.20
527–533 unweaned	530	10	150.00–155.00	$152.51	$808	—
559–568	565	13	162.50–176.00	$171.89	$971	+0.61
611 unweaned	611	51	157.00	$157.00	$959	—
607–638	618	34	162.00–170.00	$167.31	$1,034	+5.17
655–690	668	51	162.00–164.00	$162.60	$1,086	—
754–798	783	24	156.00–160.00	$157.55	$1,234	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–532	523	19	128.00–142.00	$134.81	$705	-2.55
575	575	6	130.00	$130.00	$748	—
676	676	5	130.00	$130.00	$879	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	6	163.00	$163.00	$725	+13.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662	662	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,006	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–373	373	6	165.00–167.50	$166.25	$620	—
526–548	536	28	140.00–160.00	$153.67	$824	+7.67
558–585	566	16	140.00–150.00	$147.14	$833	-6.49
602–632	613	16	150.00–154.00	$151.92	$931	-2.85
680–695	689	10	142.50–144.00	$143.41	$988	-6.59
912	912	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,240	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–483	465	16	180.00–192.50	$187.26	$871	+6.91
544	544	10	170.00	$170.00	$925	+2.00
552–569	563	8	160.00–165.00	$161.84	$911	—
643	643	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,029	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1075	890	85-90%	61	45.00–60.00	$53.91	$480	+13.16
710–1165	905	85-90%	19	34.00–45.00	$43.32	$392	—
875–1275	1011	85-90%	202	60.00–72.50	$67.30	$680	-4.30
900–1240	1098	85-90%	49	72.50–86.00	$75.93	$834	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038–1310	1098	80-85%	34	65.00–72.00	$68.96	$757	—
1055–1305	1136	80-85%	19	82.00–96.00	$84.66	$962	+5.76
1050–1250	1215	80-85%	94	72.50–81.00	$76.22	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1630	1378	75-80%	12	69.00–74.00	$71.24	$982	-9.77
1270–1605	1433	75-80%	15	83.00–102.00	$87.79	$1,258	—
1250–1715	1434	75-80%	55	74.00–82.50	$77.94	$1,118	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1605	1402	11	75.00–91.00	$86.26	$1,209	—
1270–2025	1587	17	92.00–106.00	$98.80	$1,568	—
1480–2210	1795	11	106.00–114.00	$108.81	$1,953	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
739–1125	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	28	112.50–143.00	$128.81	$1,146
835–1390	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	84.00–118.00	$103.13	$1,105

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–738	723	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	120.00–144.00	$134.75	$974
700–1145	867	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	82.50–120.00	$101.46	$880

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
792–1280	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	65.00–82.50	$75.54	$769

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1105	929	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	70.00–82.50	$76.78	$713

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1026–1085	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,077.92
1030–1390	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,177.16

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
946–988	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,071.15
940–1080	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	45	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,185.91

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1045	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	600.00–1,050.00	$861.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1220	1101	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,000.00	$951.01

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–865	742	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	235.00–500.00	$412.51

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210–1228	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,133.99

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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
1225–1230	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,475.00–1,500.00	$1,486.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–925	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,091.67	+16.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1265	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.