Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

5,617 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.19/cwt +10.28 vs last sale · ≈ $872/hd at 512 lb · 220 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.55/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $799/hd at 531 lb · 197 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.39/cwt +4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,053/hd at 531 lb · 179 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,617	4,459	5,373
Feeder cattle	4,427	3,431	3,940
Slaughter cattle	822	629	928
Replacement cattle	368	399	505

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 10.00 higher, spots 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–349	328	19	202.00–225.00	$209.66	$688	+17.32
355 thin fleshed	355	10	226.00	$226.00	$802	—
352–395	378	34	200.00–217.50	$203.45	$769	+6.55
420 fancy	420	3	223.50	$223.50	$939	—
405–448	429	127	195.00–231.00	$218.06	$935	+9.74
472 unweaned	472	26	190.00	$190.00	$897	—
451–498	474	124	191.50–217.50	$202.76	$961	+6.69
500–539 unweaned	517	32	174.00–189.00	$186.17	$962	—
500–542	534	147	192.00–210.00	$201.05	$1,074	+8.83
551 unweaned	551	12	175.00	$175.00	$964	—
551–598	579	98	185.00–200.00	$190.25	$1,102	+4.66
604 unweaned	604	28	173.50	$173.50	$1,048	+2.50
600–647	626	66	174.00–192.00	$181.73	$1,138	+6.82
650–685	666	54	170.00–186.00	$177.88	$1,185	+3.08
711–741	720	46	169.00–177.00	$172.00	$1,238	—
762	762	5	176.50	$176.50	$1,345	+8.00
855–860	856	29	168.00–170.00	$169.52	$1,451	+2.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–390	376	17	192.50–196.00	$193.91	$729	+3.92
415–448	433	48	177.00–200.00	$193.17	$836	+2.05
447 unweaned	447	6	169.00	$169.00	$755	—
450–499	491	28	176.00–192.50	$184.07	$904	+3.20
503–549	533	104	170.00–189.00	$179.62	$957	+4.81
551–599	574	70	165.00–185.00	$172.57	$991	+1.13
611–649	635	79	157.50–175.00	$168.46	$1,070	+1.72
650–686	662	82	153.00–174.00	$167.23	$1,107	+7.68
700–746	721	40	152.50–170.00	$163.49	$1,179	+5.22
750–789	777	37	150.00–168.50	$163.53	$1,271	+3.35
800–842	834	18	158.00–169.00	$167.02	$1,393	+4.93
850–882	860	26	151.00–167.00	$164.94	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	5	169.00	$169.00	$537	—
448	448	2	167.50	$167.50	$750	-8.52
460–495	476	19	155.00–175.00	$168.43	$802	+6.33
505–538	519	18	140.00–170.00	$160.71	$834	+5.75
572–595	579	23	145.00–160.00	$152.97	$886	+4.01
656–660	658	9	138.00–160.00	$147.74	$972	+0.38
705–741	734	5	140.00–145.00	$140.96	$1,035	—
750–772	763	5	137.00–145.00	$141.86	$1,082	—
803	803	3	117.00	$117.00	$940	—
978	978	3	103.00	$103.00	$1,007	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	208.00	$208.00	$886	—
476	476	14	194.00	$194.00	$923	—
551	551	11	180.00	$180.00	$992	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	6	172.50	$172.50	$849	+3.53
630	630	18	160.00	$160.00	$1,008	—
774	774	5	167.00	$167.00	$1,293	+14.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–598	592	15	168.00–172.00	$170.92	$1,012	+10.92
617	617	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,074	+19.00
741	741	8	163.00	$163.00	$1,208	+5.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,088	—
841	841	19	166.00	$166.00	$1,396	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	150.00	$150.00	$550	—
521	521	4	137.50	$137.50	$716	—
663	663	3	131.00	$131.00	$869	-4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	15	175.00	$175.00	$551	-8.92
350–381	372	46	167.50–182.50	$170.95	$636	-2.50
404–431	424	123	170.00–189.00	$182.24	$773	+11.82
455–499	479	85	160.00–175.00	$169.78	$813	+3.85
484 unweaned	484	6	154.50	$154.50	$748	-3.39
500–541	512	208	159.50–181.00	$170.92	$875	+9.50
515 unweaned	515	12	157.50	$157.50	$811	+1.58
550–589	574	84	157.00–162.00	$160.17	$919	-2.98
607–648	618	138	157.00–181.25	$173.49	$1,072	+11.91
651–690	667	96	155.00–165.00	$161.45	$1,077	+0.63
722–738	729	11	149.00–163.50	$157.47	$1,148	+7.07
763–799	791	27	142.00–154.50	$151.82	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	322	19	155.00–165.00	$161.95	$521	+9.60
370–390	383	31	157.00–167.50	$160.79	$616	+6.45
400–449	432	49	145.00–168.00	$159.94	$691	+3.96
450–495	476	157	149.00–164.00	$157.00	$747	+9.39
501–548	531	197	144.00–160.00	$150.55	$799	+1.80
555–598	570	106	140.00–155.00	$146.80	$837	-0.08
600–646	625	47	140.00–158.00	$146.26	$914	+3.70
654–688	673	29	146.00–160.00	$155.49	$1,046	+20.49
715–742	724	20	142.00–152.50	$150.27	$1,088	+11.11
755–776	767	19	141.00–150.00	$144.98	$1,112	+5.65
881	881	4	142.50	$142.50	$1,255	-0.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–368	363	11	135.00–150.00	$141.92	$515	—
410–448	427	11	133.00–157.00	$143.61	$613	+2.30
458–495	476	18	125.00–145.00	$139.96	$666	+2.17
500–549	523	39	130.00–153.00	$139.38	$729	+8.62
553–598	582	18	125.00–136.00	$134.40	$782	-0.74
600–642	617	19	120.00–144.00	$131.45	$811	+0.77
652–695	672	16	130.00–137.50	$133.88	$900	+3.18
704–748	734	13	124.00–135.00	$127.24	$934	+5.93
750–785	759	4	125.00–130.00	$128.71	$977	—
912	912	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,094	+14.14

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	5	151.00	$151.00	$758	+9.68
905–939	924	7	124.00–135.00	$130.38	$1,205	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	8	164.50	$164.50	$841	+2.50

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	8	130.00	$130.00	$412	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	6	176.00	$176.00	$655	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–568	567	6	140.00–150.00	$144.99	$822	-3.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	8	195.00	$195.00	$618	—
368–393	382	12	184.00–202.00	$195.35	$746	+40.25
418–449	426	16	169.00–182.00	$179.78	$766	+18.08
451–496	482	23	145.00–160.00	$155.77	$751	+6.94
515–542	522	28	135.00–158.00	$152.31	$795	+7.73
551–596	578	53	145.00–155.00	$151.01	$873	+17.63
604–645	628	14	130.00–144.00	$137.83	$866	+6.58
650–698	671	22	130.00–144.00	$138.49	$929	+4.62
705–742	722	13	126.00–132.00	$129.07	$932	+6.05
852	852	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,082	—
981	981	7	110.00	$110.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	10	140.00	$140.00	$465	—
374–398	381	12	130.00–150.00	$136.97	$522	—
499	499	4	130.00	$130.00	$649	-25.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–470	468	13	169.00–189.00	$175.18	$820	+6.64
575	575	5	160.00	$160.00	$920	+10.00
624	624	5	152.50	$152.50	$952	-0.39

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1065	886	85-90%	45	25.00–42.00	$36.90	$327	—
710–1195	932	85-90%	77	42.00–56.00	$48.23	$450	—
775–1285	1046	85-90%	162	50.00–65.00	$58.29	$610	+0.85
885–1215	1059	85-90%	33	65.00–77.00	$69.30	$734	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1352	1194	80-85%	132	62.00–74.00	$68.35	$816	+2.50
1080–1325	1201	80-85%	24	57.50–65.00	$61.49	$738	-13.55
1085–1395	1231	80-85%	53	72.00–84.00	$75.75	$932	+0.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1665	1410	75-80%	27	58.00–65.00	$62.40	$880	-13.95
1295–1825	1465	75-80%	33	73.00–89.00	$78.32	$1,147	—
1040–1755	1485	75-80%	126	62.50–75.00	$70.84	$1,052	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023–1135	1063	8	75.00–100.00	$91.90	$977	+3.40
1105–1710	1405	21	62.50–87.50	$78.69	$1,106	—
1255–1975	1667	30	88.00–105.00	$96.44	$1,608	—
1510–2270	1904	11	106.00–118.00	$110.15	$2,097	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–1200	986	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	89.00–118.00	$102.20	$1,008
760–1230	993	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	112.00–132.00	$125.58	$1,247
925–1395	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	75.00–100.00	$84.90	$942

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1210	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	75.00–92.50	$82.90	$767
745–1055	954	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–132.00	$121.37	$1,158

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1175	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	68.00–75.00	$71.01	$728

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–915	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–75.00	$72.72	$606

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1080	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	885.00–1,200.00	$976.30
1090–1410	1202	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	850.00–985.00	$919.81
990–1545	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	66	835.00–1,400.00	$1,166.60

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1075	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	600.00–925.00	$712.84
993	993	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
917	917	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	750.00	$750.00
1010–1245	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	600.00–975.00	$859.16

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828–1190	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	975.00–1,250.00	$1,036.25

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1146	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912–920	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00–975.00	$941.47
730–1200	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–950.00	$874.25
965–1020	993	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,100.00	$978.46

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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
1055–1385	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,371.88	+159.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–1165	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	7	111.00	$111.00	$534	—
730	730	3	123.00	$123.00	$898	—

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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.