Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

4,809 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $168.50/cwt -5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,547/hd at 918 lb · 230 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $185.75/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,154/hd at 621 lb · 162 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.52/cwt ≈ $1,026/hd at 517 lb · 148 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,809	3,524	3,044
Feeder cattle	3,654	2,348	2,272
Slaughter cattle	739	602	438
Replacement cattle	416	574	334

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower. Yearling steers 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	220.50	$220.50	$745	-2.69
355–399	382	20	200.00–222.00	$213.19	$814	-0.94
408–440	422	19	199.00–218.00	$211.39	$892	+1.47
455–485	473	20	194.00–210.00	$205.51	$972	-0.83
500–540	513	119	188.50–215.00	$200.05	$1,026	—
531–534 unweaned	532	29	190.00–193.00	$192.24	$1,023	—
556 unweaned	556	7	186.00	$186.00	$1,034	—
550–590	568	86	185.00–201.00	$192.76	$1,095	-3.83
601–636	615	121	184.00–193.50	$188.04	$1,156	-0.48
632–644 unweaned	640	41	178.00–181.00	$179.01	$1,146	—
654–662	662	74	187.50–191.50	$187.71	$1,243	+7.19
704–724	718	24	176.00–177.00	$176.29	$1,266	—
810	810	12	165.00	$165.00	$1,336	—
918	918	230	168.50	$168.50	$1,547	-5.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–347	332	15	183.00–200.00	$193.82	$643	—
354–387	372	28	180.00–194.00	$188.48	$701	-1.52
428–449	444	15	183.00–197.50	$187.74	$834	-4.28
459–495	477	36	175.00–190.00	$181.28	$865	-7.17
502–533	518	21	167.00–180.00	$173.86	$901	-11.22
551–592	568	47	166.00–180.00	$175.21	$995	-8.64
604–644	627	45	159.00–175.00	$166.83	$1,046	-2.39
629 unweaned	629	7	156.00	$156.00	$981	—
656	656	6	152.50	$152.50	$1,000	-11.95
656–698	677	68	160.00–175.00	$167.01	$1,131	+2.56
706–742	727	50	151.00–166.00	$161.02	$1,171	-6.27
766–793	777	33	164.00–169.00	$166.99	$1,298	-0.20
800–844	829	49	146.00–157.50	$153.06	$1,269	-10.15
865–898	877	8	142.00–144.50	$142.96	$1,254	-17.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	5	185.00	$185.00	$581	+15.08
417–448	433	6	167.50–170.00	$168.79	$731	—
455–488	480	17	160.00–168.00	$165.10	$792	+1.61
518–545	527	37	160.00–170.00	$169.16	$891	—
554–570	561	19	160.00	$160.00	$898	—
633	633	3	145.00	$145.00	$918	-10.00
654–675	665	8	150.00–152.50	$151.23	$1,006	—
968	968	20	128.00	$128.00	$1,239	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	5	160.00	$160.00	$803	—
611–636	620	11	152.50–158.00	$154.55	$958	-9.16
681–689	686	12	152.50–157.50	$154.57	$1,060	—
729	729	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,137	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	7	185.00	$185.00	$775	—
523 unweaned	523	7	165.00	$165.00	$863	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	194.00	$194.00	$939	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–398	370	8	177.00–185.00	$183.81	$680	+8.81
400–412 unweaned	405	25	165.00–168.00	$166.66	$675	—
438–445	442	10	177.50–180.50	$178.69	$790	+5.69
457–486	474	19	171.00–174.50	$173.08	$820	+0.49
460–499 unweaned	481	37	152.00–164.00	$158.43	$762	—
508–545	520	60	163.00–171.00	$168.29	$875	+2.49
503–548 unweaned	529	52	152.00–161.00	$155.20	$821	+2.69
556–578	561	31	164.00–171.00	$168.09	$943	-3.80
600–625	605	104	157.50–166.00	$161.80	$979	-5.51
615–617 unweaned	617	16	152.00–155.00	$154.44	$953	-2.56
663–675	673	21	157.00–164.00	$161.90	$1,090	-0.70
683 unweaned	683	43	155.00	$155.00	$1,059	—
704–748	736	49	154.00–159.00	$155.27	$1,143	—
750	750	10	150.50	$150.50	$1,129	-7.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–328	314	18	152.50–171.00	$161.23	$506	-1.27
370–396	384	26	150.00–171.00	$157.55	$605	-7.89
402–441	429	35	154.00–162.00	$157.68	$676	-2.05
455–495	478	79	145.00–166.00	$152.73	$730	-0.15
500–545	519	90	140.00–163.00	$150.65	$782	-1.79
550–595	572	56	140.00–156.50	$146.65	$839	-2.16
615–646	630	54	138.00–156.00	$146.20	$921	-6.09
658–691	680	23	140.00–150.00	$146.25	$994	-3.17
702–742	728	22	140.00–149.00	$143.66	$1,046	-5.83
761–795	773	25	140.00–148.50	$144.99	$1,121	+1.05
833–848	842	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,187	-7.37
887–891	890	18	134.50–139.75	$138.88	$1,236	—
1040	1040	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,383	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–342	328	9	142.50–150.00	$147.40	$483	—
389	389	7	150.00	$150.00	$584	—
441	441	6	135.00	$135.00	$595	—
452–496	471	46	133.00–145.00	$140.75	$663	—
515–541	534	14	135.00–140.00	$138.93	$742	+4.12
553–588	571	13	135.00–140.00	$138.02	$788	+8.02
600–645	636	5	141.00–144.00	$141.57	$900	—
677–678	677	14	130.00–133.00	$131.93	$893	+1.93
959–962	959	22	110.00–120.00	$111.37	$1,068	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	6	150.00	$150.00	$606	—
503 unweaned	503	12	137.50	$137.50	$692	—
516–538	528	16	140.00–145.00	$142.86	$754	—
555–569	563	11	140.00–150.00	$145.52	$819	—
606	606	8	150.00	$150.00	$909	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–565	562	9	144.00–147.50	$145.15	$816	—
605–632	625	14	138.00–140.00	$138.93	$868	—
701	701	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,002	—
923	923	16	135.50	$135.50	$1,251	—
1039	1039	7	111.00	$111.00	$1,153	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	5	110.00	$110.00	$476	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	185.00	$185.00	$690	+18.75
400–433	423	9	165.00–195.00	$174.40	$738	—
488 unweaned	488	11	157.50	$157.50	$769	—
507–542	531	26	139.00–165.00	$150.28	$798	-3.39
551–598	577	70	135.00–156.00	$142.13	$820	-5.01
621–636	628	19	138.00–142.00	$139.86	$878	-12.06
664–695	677	17	131.00–152.50	$142.59	$965	-0.82
701–725	709	15	135.00–143.00	$139.69	$990	—
775	775	5	115.00	$115.00	$891	—
864	864	6	128.50	$128.50	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	7	187.50	$187.50	$688	—
410–440	433	17	180.00–188.00	$186.52	$808	—
468–492	482	13	173.00–179.00	$176.40	$850	-10.86
528–535	533	12	165.00	$165.00	$879	-5.00
554	554	5	160.00	$160.00	$886	-1.84
612	612	7	157.50	$157.50	$964	-2.50
934	934	8	131.00	$131.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1274	1274	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,235.00	$1,235.00	—
1485	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1130	1015	85-90%	24	34.00–47.00	$40.24	$408	-27.06
865–1250	1024	85-90%	174	57.00–70.00	$62.24	$637	-5.06
715–1205	1035	85-90%	71	48.00–57.50	$53.30	$552	-14.00
1035–1195	1112	85-90%	35	70.00–76.00	$71.59	$796	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1365	1212	80-85%	111	62.50–77.00	$71.76	$870	-4.46
1120–1330	1220	80-85%	26	60.00–70.00	$65.55	$800	-10.67
1030–1435	1238	80-85%	34	73.50–87.00	$79.56	$985	+3.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1725	1378	75-80%	21	58.00–70.00	$65.88	$908	-5.36
1265–1955	1421	75-80%	91	67.50–78.00	$74.50	$1,059	-13.29
1315–1745	1496	75-80%	25	77.50–84.00	$80.26	$1,201	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–2225	1440	27	70.00–90.00	$81.99	$1,181	—
1250–2165	1687	39	87.00–108.00	$95.55	$1,612	—
1415–2325	1908	17	104.00–125.00	$108.33	$2,067	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
732–1960	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	110.00–145.50	$123.29	$1,196
790–1300	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	82.00–110.00	$95.87	$979
925–1130	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	78.00–120.00	$100.74	$1,066

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
727–1030	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	110.00–133.00	$124.49	$961
740–965	816	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	85.00–107.50	$96.59	$788

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1090	893	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	64.00–85.00	$75.81	$677

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055–1670	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	60.00–75.00	$68.43	$818

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
951–980	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	750.00–1,000.00	$864.07
1045–1470	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	885.00–1,200.00	$1,055.06
1266–1309	1283	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	900.00–1,000.00	$953.81

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1090	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	500.00–950.00	$761.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–830	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–735.00	$694.65
823–1142	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	650.00–785.00	$714.87
960–1125	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	700.00–1,000.00	$890.71

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
858–930	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–975.00	$958.79
875–1232	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,083.95

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
772	772	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
790–900	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	775.00–900.00	$840.79
825–907	880	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	850.00–1,000.00	$953.11

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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
1010–1245	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,393.75	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1100	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	5	110.00	$110.00	$492	—
659	659	6	120.00	$120.00	$791	—

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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.