Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

5,551 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $169.00/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,568/hd at 928 lb · 229 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.21/cwt -8.52 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 473 lb · 120 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $175.00/cwt +10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,438/hd at 822 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,551	4,809	3,799
Feeder cattle	4,074	3,654	2,803
Slaughter cattle	923	739	581
Replacement cattle	554	416	415

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 3.00 to 10.00 lower, except some yearlings early week steady to firm. Heifers 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	208.00	$208.00	$707	-12.50
379–392	385	9	191.00–214.00	$203.59	$784	-9.60
400–402	401	12	191.00–206.00	$201.02	$806	-10.37
423 unweaned	423	17	185.00	$185.00	$783	—
450–499	473	41	190.00–202.00	$196.65	$930	-8.86
508–547	532	83	181.75–206.00	$192.33	$1,023	-7.72
552–588	567	46	184.00–189.00	$186.79	$1,059	-5.97
557–595 unweaned	572	15	165.00–176.00	$173.50	$992	-12.50
614–631	626	41	181.00–195.00	$188.57	$1,180	+0.53
650–681	666	34	175.00–176.50	$176.01	$1,172	-11.70
712–730	721	41	169.00–186.00	$178.91	$1,290	+2.62
822	822	120	175.00	$175.00	$1,438	+10.00
928	928	229	169.00	$169.00	$1,568	+0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	6	180.00	$180.00	$589	-13.82
352–392	377	23	182.00–197.00	$186.94	$705	-1.54
400–449	422	51	170.00–197.50	$179.70	$758	-8.04
450–489	472	35	172.50–187.00	$179.41	$847	-1.87
500–545	518	94	165.00–180.00	$170.02	$881	-3.84
551–598	579	81	159.00–179.00	$165.03	$956	-10.18
601–645	623	76	158.00–177.00	$166.84	$1,039	+0.01
653–669 unweaned	662	19	150.00–151.00	$150.58	$997	—
650–689	676	75	155.00–175.00	$165.99	$1,122	-1.02
710–729	724	37	145.00–166.00	$154.66	$1,120	-6.36
755–796	779	69	155.00–164.00	$158.61	$1,236	-8.38
899	899	35	164.50	$164.50	$1,479	+21.54
993	993	14	140.00	$140.00	$1,390	—
1179	1179	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,415	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	382	18	175.00–177.50	$176.23	$673	—
400–428	408	10	170.00–183.00	$174.09	$710	+5.30
455–497	474	49	160.00–173.00	$166.28	$788	+1.18
507–534	526	19	150.00–170.00	$161.47	$849	-7.69
563–595	577	20	155.00–160.00	$157.08	$906	-2.92
608–640	624	8	145.00–157.50	$151.09	$943	+6.09
650–660	654	7	149.00–150.00	$149.43	$977	-1.80
755	755	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,125	—
812–819	815	21	143.00–145.00	$144.72	$1,179	—
995	995	20	138.50	$138.50	$1,378	+10.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	7	170.00	$170.00	$539	—
363–391	376	11	176.00–189.00	$182.15	$685	—
473	473	5	160.00	$160.00	$757	—
611	611	9	159.00	$159.00	$971	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	5	160.00	$160.00	$739	—
558	558	13	159.00	$159.00	$887	—
766	766	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541–542	542	9	145.00–150.00	$147.22	$798	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	160.00	$160.00	$544	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–348	339	32	150.00–160.00	$152.07	$516	-9.16
352–395	370	26	150.00–165.00	$156.12	$578	-1.43
412–442	426	66	140.00–161.00	$150.29	$640	-7.39
450–498	473	120	135.00–159.00	$144.21	$682	-8.52
500–545	521	85	140.00–154.00	$147.36	$768	-3.29
550–595	566	90	135.00–157.50	$142.65	$807	-4.00
600–647	624	60	130.00–150.00	$140.74	$878	-5.46
650–685	665	15	136.00–150.00	$144.76	$963	-1.49
725–746	739	51	135.00–145.00	$141.05	$1,042	-2.61
769	769	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,107	-0.99
810	810	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,118	-3.00
882–892	888	8	134.00–140.00	$136.23	$1,210	-2.65
920	920	10	131.00	$131.00	$1,205	—
1038	1038	9	126.00	$126.00	$1,308	-7.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	3	177.00	$177.00	$501	—
358–399	381	14	162.00–175.00	$169.23	$645	-14.58
410–443	425	28	155.00–173.50	$161.94	$688	-16.75
455–498	469	84	152.00–173.00	$157.08	$737	-16.00
509–542	521	68	154.00–172.00	$162.85	$848	-5.44
564–597	579	34	152.00–155.00	$153.29	$888	-14.80
620–629	628	101	154.25–165.00	$157.17	$987	-4.63
726–737	728	47	145.00–149.50	$149.02	$1,085	-6.25
772	772	6	147.50	$147.50	$1,139	-3.00
930	930	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,283	—
980	980	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,313	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	371	10	137.50–144.00	$140.61	$522	-9.39
410–442	432	22	135.00–149.00	$139.75	$604	+4.75
467–495	478	7	140.00–151.00	$143.65	$687	+2.90
504–548	520	40	127.50–148.00	$138.46	$720	-0.47
555–597	585	31	134.00–149.00	$142.57	$834	+4.55
605–638	625	33	125.00–142.00	$133.31	$833	-8.26
659	659	12	135.00	$135.00	$890	+3.07
890	890	6	131.00	$131.00	$1,166	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	330	10	145.00–152.50	$149.22	$492	—
376	376	15	154.00	$154.00	$579	—
410–449	424	30	135.00–150.00	$140.84	$597	-9.16
475	475	5	135.00	$135.00	$641	—
500–547	523	22	135.00–150.00	$139.60	$730	-3.26
571	571	10	140.00	$140.00	$799	-5.52

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–493	481	17	130.00–138.00	$135.39	$651	—
552–572	568	17	125.00–137.50	$130.92	$744	—
708	708	6	122.00	$122.00	$864	—
759–787	768	9	90.00–114.00	$98.19	$754	—
836	836	6	111.00	$111.00	$928	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	5	145.00	$145.00	$563	—
433–448	441	11	145.00	$145.00	$639	—
462–499	481	12	135.00	$135.00	$649	—
886	886	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,152	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	5	153.00	$153.00	$630	—
454	454	8	156.00	$156.00	$708	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	383	23	145.00–181.00	$158.94	$609	-26.06
445–448	447	9	160.00	$160.00	$715	-14.40
471–498	480	61	138.00–161.00	$147.16	$706	—
500–542	524	50	135.00–157.00	$148.90	$780	-1.38
551–590	568	39	128.00–149.00	$141.87	$806	-0.26
601–636	612	23	130.00–155.00	$146.14	$894	+6.28
650–660	656	7	130.00–146.00	$136.80	$897	-5.79
709	709	8	120.00	$120.00	$851	-19.69
852–882	862	9	110.00–126.00	$120.54	$1,039	-7.96
984	984	7	108.00	$108.00	$1,063	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–447	425	31	162.50–175.00	$168.04	$714	-18.48
459–479	470	24	153.00–166.00	$157.51	$740	-18.89
505–544	523	32	154.00–160.00	$155.73	$814	-9.27
637	637	6	177.00	$177.00	$1,127	+19.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	160.00	$160.00	$627	—
411	411	4	157.50	$157.50	$647	—
510	510	3	141.00	$141.00	$719	—
592–597	595	8	140.00–142.00	$140.75	$837	—
640–645	641	4	140.00	$140.00	$897	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	5	142.00	$142.00	$694	—
592	592	4	135.00	$135.00	$799	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–1140	914	85-90%	36	22.00–45.00	$38.44	$351	—
825–1285	987	85-90%	226	54.50–68.00	$59.72	$589	—
705–1290	1001	85-90%	151	45.00–54.00	$51.51	$516	+11.27
790–1230	1104	85-90%	39	64.50–74.00	$70.11	$774	-1.48

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1405	1212	80-85%	36	51.50–67.50	$60.71	$736	-11.05
1020–1335	1239	80-85%	117	62.50–74.00	$68.36	$847	-11.20
1145–1338	1268	80-85%	17	70.00–77.00	$72.96	$925	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1750	1446	75-80%	31	55.00–67.00	$63.49	$918	-11.01
1375–1650	1489	75-80%	17	72.50–83.00	$76.68	$1,142	-3.58
1290–1720	1490	75-80%	97	65.00–75.00	$70.16	$1,045	-10.10

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1277–1825	1509	24	75.00–88.50	$81.23	$1,226	—
1105–2400	1765	29	85.00–102.00	$94.06	$1,660	—
1470–2150	1932	14	102.50–115.00	$106.02	$2,048	-2.31

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778–1158	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	102.00–110.00	$104.85	$900
820–1390	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	80.00–108.00	$91.76	$975

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1450	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	54.00–80.00	$71.45	$757

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–975	817	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	109.00–122.50	$115.49	$944
735–960	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	83.00–105.00	$91.90	$783

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	85.00	$85.00	$650
792–1070	892	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	50.00–76.00	$69.12	$617
910	910	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	82.50	$82.50	$751

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1218	1218	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	112.00	$112.00	$1,364

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
952–1039	996	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	775.00–825.00	$801.09
940–1220	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	710.00–925.00	$853.47
895–1325	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	650.00–925.00	$869.81

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–1080	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	550.00–900.00	$765.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1176	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1010–1505	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	950.00–1,300.00	$1,142.83

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
958–1115	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	950.00–1,175.00	$1,043.38

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00
847–934	897	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,000.00	$939.28

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–975	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	950.00–1,250.00	$1,134.38	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1177	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,187.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1311	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
871–886	878	9	100.00–115.00	$108.27	$951	—

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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.