Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

4,456 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.88/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $785/hd at 527 lb · 161 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.99/cwt -13.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,090/hd at 623 lb · 115 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $190.38/cwt -1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 515 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,456	5,551	4,221
Feeder cattle	3,028	4,074	3,236
Slaughter cattle	1,021	923	575
Replacement cattle	407	554	410

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders were uneven from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–340	337	5	200.00–206.00	$204.79	$690	-3.21
350–398	387	16	190.00–208.00	$196.78	$762	-6.81
407–424	413	38	190.00–215.00	$204.09	$843	+3.07
456–480	459	12	188.00–206.00	$202.43	$929	+5.78
481 unweaned	481	7	175.00	$175.00	$842	—
502–541	515	111	179.00–198.00	$190.38	$980	-1.95
554–590	562	85	181.00–191.00	$188.66	$1,060	+1.87
600–630	622	95	175.00–178.00	$175.73	$1,093	-12.84
624–630 unweaned	627	20	170.00–173.00	$171.49	$1,075	—
660–668 unweaned	663	19	170.00–173.00	$171.11	$1,134	—
655–696	677	17	171.00–175.00	$171.70	$1,162	-4.31
700–724	712	25	171.00–174.50	$173.42	$1,235	-5.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	4	185.00	$185.00	$703	-1.94
407–445	424	39	174.00–188.00	$182.20	$773	+2.50
460–497	480	20	168.00–180.00	$171.28	$822	-8.13
505–543	520	46	162.00–182.00	$172.83	$899	+2.81
550–590	575	42	160.00–179.00	$168.12	$967	+3.09
608–647	630	39	155.00–170.00	$162.11	$1,021	-4.73
655–680	664	36	165.00–168.00	$166.43	$1,105	+0.44
663–691 unweaned	684	20	154.00–156.50	$155.89	$1,066	+5.31
708–745	722	70	151.50–161.00	$154.26	$1,114	-0.40
772–794	788	23	155.00–160.00	$159.57	$1,257	+0.96
800–830	809	10	154.00–158.00	$155.78	$1,260	—
905–925	916	11	132.00–150.00	$148.20	$1,358	—
986	986	14	142.00	$142.00	$1,400	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426–427	427	11	160.00–167.50	$163.40	$698	-10.69
457–495	474	10	145.00–165.00	$157.53	$747	-8.75
512–548	540	29	139.00–169.00	$159.56	$862	-1.91
572–597	576	66	145.00–155.00	$146.26	$842	-10.82
620–643	637	36	149.50–155.00	$151.76	$967	+0.67
685	685	2	135.00	$135.00	$925	-14.43
760–799	787	10	148.00–151.00	$150.13	$1,182	+1.13

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	7	138.00	$138.00	$513	—
492	492	7	133.00	$133.00	$654	—
528–543	535	11	135.00–140.00	$136.37	$730	-10.85
581	581	8	135.00	$135.00	$784	—
612–626	615	18	133.00–135.00	$133.45	$821	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	175.00	$175.00	$770	—
456	456	5	175.00	$175.00	$798	+15.00
531	531	9	157.50	$157.50	$836	—
586	586	5	160.00	$160.00	$938	—
680	680	6	152.50	$152.50	$1,037	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	5	154.00	$154.00	$738	-6.00
544	544	9	156.00	$156.00	$849	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341–345	342	10	152.00–156.00	$153.21	$524	+1.14
350–399	386	18	150.00–160.00	$154.48	$596	-1.64
407–448	425	31	147.00–164.00	$155.29	$660	+5.00
455–497	478	49	140.00–156.00	$149.00	$712	+4.79
500–545	527	161	139.00–155.50	$148.88	$785	+1.52
550–592	567	93	135.00–150.50	$143.58	$814	+0.93
596	596	10	138.00	$138.00	$822	-4.65
600–642	619	59	135.00–146.50	$143.65	$889	+2.91
662–670	666	45	137.00–146.00	$140.53	$936	-4.23
743	743	6	144.50	$144.50	$1,074	+3.45
753–797	783	26	132.50–145.00	$138.48	$1,084	-5.52
859	859	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,117	-6.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–383	366	11	162.50–170.00	$165.84	$607	-3.39
409–440	426	42	157.00–167.50	$161.75	$689	-0.19
441–442 unweaned	442	15	153.00–155.00	$153.67	$679	—
452–478 unweaned	463	21	152.00–156.00	$153.98	$713	—
463–483	471	46	164.00–174.00	$167.30	$788	+10.22
508–541 unweaned	523	28	149.00–152.00	$150.33	$786	—
503–548	534	51	154.00–164.00	$155.98	$833	-6.87
564–590 unweaned	580	37	150.00	$150.00	$870	—
610–620	617	19	150.00–162.00	$158.25	$976	+1.08
633–644 unweaned	638	17	150.00	$150.00	$957	—
660–669 unweaned	666	8	150.00–152.00	$151.26	$1,007	—
672–685	677	92	149.00–160.50	$152.38	$1,032	—
701–720	705	62	145.00–154.50	$152.39	$1,074	+3.37
773	773	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,167	+3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	5	141.00	$141.00	$477	—
350–385	363	12	120.00–142.50	$131.28	$477	-9.33
466–495	479	10	125.00–136.00	$130.79	$626	-12.86
500–543	529	27	124.00–135.00	$128.84	$682	-9.62
557–580	565	31	126.00–147.00	$134.74	$761	-7.83
607–634	619	9	131.00–138.00	$134.81	$834	+1.50
660–680	669	7	124.00–128.00	$125.98	$843	-9.02
710	710	3	128.00	$128.00	$909	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	6	152.50	$152.50	$476	+3.28
450–488	463	31	138.00–154.00	$147.75	$684	+12.75
585–592	589	6	143.00–145.00	$143.99	$848	+3.99
648	648	5	135.00	$135.00	$875	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
932	932	16	125.00	$125.00	$1,165	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	10	155.00	$155.00	$781	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	6	107.50	$107.50	$1,037	—
1018	1018	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,018	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	6	164.00	$164.00	$817	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	326	5	170.00–179.00	$173.70	$566	—
362–390	375	5	168.00–187.50	$177.78	$667	+18.84
405–435	423	8	154.00–170.00	$161.32	$682	+1.32
455–495	464	12	145.00–165.00	$151.59	$703	+4.43
505–545	511	21	141.00–157.50	$150.64	$770	+1.74
555–586	560	31	140.00–151.00	$147.75	$827	+5.88
600–638	621	19	128.00–145.00	$136.40	$847	-9.74
626 unweaned	626	6	142.00	$142.00	$889	—
654–694	678	37	128.00–141.00	$133.90	$908	-2.90
705–745	735	16	125.00–143.00	$133.26	$979	+13.26
832	832	12	110.00	$110.00	$915	—
1038	1038	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–394	390	18	175.00–180.00	$179.21	$699	—
400–415	404	4	173.00–185.00	$176.08	$711	+8.04
452–482	465	21	172.50–193.00	$178.16	$828	+20.65
518–547	531	11	162.00–167.00	$164.34	$873	+8.61
594	594	6	155.00	$155.00	$921	—
603–617	614	12	152.50	$152.50	$936	-24.50
652	652	6	157.50	$157.50	$1,027	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–439	434	6	125.00–145.00	$138.48	$601	-19.02
450–490	478	12	120.00–137.50	$128.25	$613	—
663	663	3	107.00	$107.00	$709	—
866	866	5	100.00	$100.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–990	817	85-90%	58	30.00–44.00	$38.09	$311	—
835–1255	946	85-90%	195	52.00–65.00	$58.74	$556	+20.30
805–1260	968	85-90%	101	41.00–53.00	$48.89	$473	-10.83
815–1225	1042	85-90%	46	62.00–70.00	$67.52	$704	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1370	1142	80-85%	59	50.00–64.00	$59.98	$685	—
1100–1375	1231	80-85%	22	69.50–80.00	$74.61	$918	+6.25
1040–1740	1238	80-85%	187	60.00–73.00	$66.90	$828	-1.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1595	1393	75-80%	29	55.00–65.00	$61.37	$855	—
1290–1700	1441	75-80%	30	70.00–80.00	$74.84	$1,078	+11.35
1245–1680	1455	75-80%	148	62.00–74.00	$68.73	$1,000	-7.95

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1800	1468	23	63.00–85.00	$77.23	$1,134	—
1215–2035	1653	40	85.00–102.50	$93.97	$1,553	—
1420–2065	1824	16	102.00–111.00	$106.11	$1,935	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
681–1235	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	79.00–118.00	$97.61	$860
650–1205	944	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	95.00–135.00	$111.17	$1,049
785–1405	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	75.00–109.00	$87.07	$926

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1225	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	58.00–72.50	$67.55	$709

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–835	763	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–115.00	$105.86	$808
815–995	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	80.00–106.00	$90.91	$813

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–870	787	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–70.00	$64.11	$505

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
928–1310	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	800.00–1,150.00	$965.82
1065–1158	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	800.00–1,050.00	$915.41
1000–1640	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	900.00–1,250.00	$1,078.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
931–1220	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	675.00–900.00	$831.94
825–1490	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	600.00–975.00	$857.68
1075–1160	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$834.17

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	800.00	$800.00
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1090	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	550.00–925.00	$716.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1040	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,033.55

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–945	916	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	750.00–935.00	$828.92
855–1075	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–1,025.00	$854.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–825	742	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	525.00–650.00	$579.16
715–845	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	585.00–600.00	$591.88

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
887–925	897	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–975.00	$956.25	—
950–1050	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,091.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1170	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,133.33	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606–643	625	12	107.50–123.00	$115.48	$722	—
695	695	3	123.00	$123.00	$855	—
711	711	4	108.00	$108.00	$768	—

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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.