Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 24, 2022

4,459 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.88/cwt +3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $850/hd at 579 lb · 125 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.75/cwt -0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $781/hd at 525 lb · 115 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.80/cwt +3.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,171/hd at 670 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,459	4,456	3,644
Feeder cattle	3,431	3,028	2,792
Slaughter cattle	629	1,021	543
Replacement cattle	399	407	309

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders unevenly steady to 4.00 higher, with some under 500 lbs. sharply higher late week. Slaughter cows steady and bulls steady 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
318–320	319	3	190.00–197.00	$192.34	$614	-12.45
380–390	387	6	191.00–209.00	$196.90	$762	+0.12
422–440	430	25	190.00–220.00	$208.32	$896	+4.23
456–482	471	24	185.00–216.00	$196.07	$923	-6.36
524 fancy	524	12	200.50	$200.50	$1,051	—
509–542	528	67	180.00–200.00	$192.22	$1,015	+1.84
551–592	564	57	182.00–192.00	$185.59	$1,047	-3.07
608–635	617	58	172.50–178.00	$174.91	$1,079	-0.82
623 unweaned	623	20	171.00	$171.00	$1,065	-0.49
652–690	670	102	170.00–179.25	$174.80	$1,171	+3.10
736 unweaned	736	8	158.50	$158.50	$1,167	—
773	773	28	168.50	$168.50	$1,303	—
874	874	62	167.00	$167.00	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–398	385	26	184.00–196.00	$189.99	$731	+4.99
414–444	432	35	182.50–195.00	$191.12	$826	+8.92
452–495	477	27	167.50–187.50	$180.87	$863	+9.59
502–549	525	46	168.00–180.00	$174.81	$918	+1.98
553–587	575	41	162.50–177.00	$171.44	$986	+3.32
602–649	625	62	157.50–173.00	$166.74	$1,042	+4.63
655–692	670	19	152.50–170.00	$159.55	$1,069	-6.88
708–718	715	44	150.00–164.00	$158.27	$1,132	+4.01
753–783	778	78	154.00–169.00	$160.18	$1,246	+0.61
816–842	835	53	156.00–165.00	$162.09	$1,353	+6.31
907–931	922	8	144.00–153.00	$149.68	$1,380	+1.48
1056	1056	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,426	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477–494	485	26	150.00–166.00	$157.34	$763	+3.34
594	594	14	160.00	$160.00	$950	—
626	626	10	155.00	$155.00	$970	—
657–686	670	9	145.00–157.50	$150.69	$1,010	—
748	748	15	158.00	$158.00	$1,182	—
790–795	793	10	146.00–154.00	$150.01	$1,190	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	4	183.00	$183.00	$725	—
412–418	415	6	173.00–179.00	$176.02	$730	+12.62
454–472	464	21	155.00–170.00	$162.10	$752	+4.57
533–537	536	10	149.00–157.50	$154.96	$831	-4.60
551–591	574	17	144.00–150.00	$148.96	$855	+2.70
618	618	7	145.00	$145.00	$896	-6.76
672–695	690	17	145.00–150.00	$147.36	$1,017	+12.36

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	8	187.00	$187.00	$1,019	—
667	667	29	168.00	$168.00	$1,121	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	9	179.00	$179.00	$775	+4.00
473–478	476	6	163.00–175.00	$168.97	$804	-6.03
776	776	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,183	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567–572	570	16	140.00–149.00	$145.31	$828	—
686	686	4	135.00	$135.00	$926	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–343	325	9	150.00–154.00	$152.35	$495	-0.86
351–398	378	54	143.00–162.00	$154.34	$583	-0.14
406–442	424	62	145.00–160.00	$155.98	$661	+0.69
467–499	483	20	138.00–158.00	$147.61	$713	-1.39
512–548	525	115	140.00–155.00	$148.75	$781	-0.13
559–594	579	125	135.00–152.00	$146.88	$850	+3.30
600–644	631	39	135.00–146.00	$142.56	$900	-1.09
678	678	3	135.00	$135.00	$915	-5.53
706–723	712	13	135.00–143.00	$139.16	$991	-5.34
778	778	12	138.00–140.00	$139.33	$1,084	+0.85
802	802	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,099	—
858	858	23	143.00	$143.00	$1,227	+13.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–342	329	7	179.00–186.00	$183.92	$605	—
362–375	371	26	165.00–180.00	$173.45	$643	+7.61
400–447	430	44	163.00–178.00	$170.42	$733	+8.67
455–486 unweaned	473	21	156.00–160.00	$157.89	$747	+3.91
462–497	476	61	162.00–175.00	$165.93	$790	-1.37
506–519	514	29	157.00–164.50	$161.42	$830	+5.44
528–538 unweaned	532	11	155.00–157.50	$155.92	$829	+5.59
550–564	558	15	160.00–168.00	$163.15	$910	—
607–638	634	57	149.00–165.00	$161.58	$1,024	+3.33
646 unweaned	646	23	154.00	$154.00	$995	+4.00
685–688	686	31	155.00–167.00	$160.82	$1,103	+8.44
710–748	725	57	145.00–152.50	$150.40	$1,090	-1.99
836–848	841	12	147.00–148.50	$147.87	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	335	12	146.00–151.00	$149.46	$501	+8.46
420–440	427	3	140.00–142.00	$141.31	$603	—
457–495	480	33	132.00–145.00	$137.79	$661	+7.00
510–549	538	13	130.00–135.00	$130.76	$703	+1.92
550–598	577	61	130.00–140.00	$135.14	$780	+0.40
600–645	621	31	124.00–135.50	$130.68	$812	-4.13
668–692	680	14	130.00–133.00	$130.70	$889	+4.72
713–731	724	8	115.00–125.00	$121.31	$878	-6.69
802	802	4	129.00	$129.00	$1,035	—
914–931	926	13	101.00–117.00	$105.86	$980	—
992	992	10	120.00	$120.00	$1,190	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	7	150.00	$150.00	$586	—
487	487	7	148.00	$148.00	$721	+0.25
527–530	529	7	130.00–144.00	$138.02	$730	—
558–576	566	63	137.00–150.00	$148.32	$839	+4.33
618	618	5	130.00	$130.00	$803	-5.00
682	682	12	135.00	$135.00	$921	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–441	433	14	140.00–152.50	$148.73	$644	—
453	453	7	150.00	$150.00	$680	—
512–548	536	30	135.00–145.00	$141.32	$757	—
572–580	575	10	132.50–140.00	$135.53	$779	—
668–698	683	6	135.00–144.00	$139.60	$953	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	29	162.00	$162.00	$868	—
632–649	634	35	162.00–164.00	$163.71	$1,038	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	12	159.00	$159.00	$723	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–387	380	6	150.00–160.00	$155.10	$589	-22.68
422–448	433	19	150.00–171.00	$161.70	$700	+0.38
462–494	475	32	140.00–166.00	$148.83	$707	-2.76
502–549	531	44	138.00–150.00	$144.58	$768	-6.06
550–596	568	25	130.00–138.00	$133.38	$758	-14.37
635–638	637	6	130.00–132.50	$131.25	$836	-5.15
653–672	661	9	132.50–135.00	$133.87	$885	-0.03
700–712	708	15	115.00–125.00	$123.02	$871	-10.24
778–796	787	10	110.00–129.00	$119.17	$938	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	6	217.00	$217.00	$631	—
310–348	326	13	175.00–192.00	$186.07	$607	—
397	397	3	192.00	$192.00	$762	+12.79
432	432	5	176.00	$176.00	$760	-0.08
452–489	470	13	164.00–175.00	$168.54	$792	-9.62
500–537	526	19	159.00–169.00	$165.13	$869	+0.79
555–564	559	9	150.00	$150.00	$838	-5.00
602–618	611	7	150.00–155.00	$152.89	$934	+0.39
958	958	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,341	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	145.00	$145.00	$616	+6.52
488	488	4	155.00	$155.00	$756	+26.75
540	540	3	143.00	$143.00	$772	—
589	589	4	146.50	$146.50	$863	—
613–636	622	15	133.50–140.00	$136.16	$847	—
680	680	3	137.00	$137.00	$932	+30.00
758	758	4	130.00	$130.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1455	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,300.00–1,775.00	$1,485.15	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–1020	773	85-90%	43	20.00–45.00	$34.95	$270	—
800–1185	1012	85-90%	79	40.00–52.50	$49.36	$500	-18.16
785–1205	1040	85-90%	123	51.50–64.00	$57.44	$597	-10.08
955–1212	1110	85-90%	40	62.50–72.50	$66.59	$739	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1094–1290	1165	80-85%	30	51.00–63.00	$57.56	$671	—
1048–1305	1172	80-85%	70	61.50–72.50	$65.85	$772	—
1100–1305	1234	80-85%	27	69.00–86.00	$75.04	$926	+0.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1575	1381	75-80%	8	60.00–65.00	$63.61	$878	+2.24
1310–1625	1436	75-80%	33	69.00–88.00	$76.35	$1,096	+1.51
1322–1875	1513	75-80%	76	64.50–75.00	$69.18	$1,047	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1135	1073	8	70.00–104.00	$88.50	$950	—
1230–1780	1499	17	66.00–85.00	$77.87	$1,167	+0.64
1275–2185	1728	31	85.00–100.00	$92.48	$1,598	—
1575–2200	1899	14	100.00–116.00	$106.81	$2,028	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–885	818	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	106.00–140.00	$127.85	$1,046
850–1395	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	76.00–110.00	$86.59	$1,005

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	99.00	$99.00	$945
985–1310	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	68.00–73.00	$71.79	$749

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1130	906	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	79.00–109.00	$90.62	$821

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
796	796	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	140.00	$140.00	$1,114

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–935	832	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	58.00–75.00	$67.76	$564

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1310	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,150.00	$1,098.63
1075–1410	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	950.00–1,300.00	$1,117.45
1155–1293	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,000.00	$922.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1175	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	750.00–975.00	$878.07
960–1165	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	825.00–910.00	$861.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1050	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	500.00–900.00	$695.62

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–915	744	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	200.00–510.00	$377.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1080	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,200.00	$1,073.90

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
802	802	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

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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
1132–1191	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50	—
1350–1355	1352	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,309.38	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1082	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,015.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–1260	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,100.00	$987.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.