Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 14, 2022

6,209 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.72/cwt +0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,188/hd at 721 lb · 203 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.08/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 570 lb · 199 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.33/cwt -3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 475 lb · 195 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,209	8,578	5,932
Feeder cattle	5,250	7,128	4,961
Slaughter cattle	480	843	607
Replacement cattle	479	607	364

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–347	333	20	195.00–212.50	$203.33	$677	+7.33
356–395	378	18	197.00–209.00	$199.55	$754	-0.27
403–447	421	64	182.50–202.50	$194.91	$821	+4.60
450–499	483	81	175.00–202.50	$190.02	$918	+5.93
500–546	525	156	170.00–190.00	$180.96	$950	-2.42
552–599	580	134	167.00–186.50	$177.41	$1,029	-0.73
601–649	631	167	155.00–177.00	$168.34	$1,062	-2.31
651–695	671	104	155.00–170.00	$165.66	$1,112	-1.80
701–745	721	203	155.00–168.00	$164.72	$1,188	+0.06
759–790	771	63	156.00–166.50	$161.47	$1,245	-0.80
858–882	860	45	144.00–162.00	$160.37	$1,379	+16.76
920	920	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,380	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–340	330	12	209.00–223.00	$217.37	$717	-5.46
355–398	380	39	203.00–228.00	$215.04	$817	-3.24
400–440	422	41	207.00–220.00	$212.22	$896	-6.73
454–476	466	134	199.00–219.00	$205.72	$959	+2.19
500–549	515	50	189.00–206.50	$197.71	$1,018	-2.18
552–596	573	175	187.00–206.00	$194.19	$1,113	-2.23
603–643	621	176	172.50–205.00	$183.41	$1,139	-7.71
650–670	655	22	174.50–175.00	$174.62	$1,144	-3.06
714	714	60	170.00–171.50	$170.45	$1,217	-11.96
792	792	69	172.50	$172.50	$1,366	-6.93
811	811	34	168.00	$168.00	$1,362	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	185.00	$185.00	$629	+10.00
389	389	5	173.00	$173.00	$673	-6.03
422–448	439	10	171.00–180.00	$176.86	$776	+2.65
465–490	476	22	165.00–179.00	$171.05	$814	+3.33
515–549	531	72	150.00–171.00	$161.73	$859	-1.86
557–595	579	64	145.00–165.00	$157.61	$913	-4.09
602–642	617	42	140.00–161.00	$155.11	$957	+0.52
665–675	673	5	145.00	$145.00	$976	-5.45
712–742	730	28	145.00–152.50	$149.63	$1,092	—
855	855	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,240	-5.00
1038–1042	1040	6	133.50–135.00	$134.25	$1,396	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–472	470	9	162.50–182.00	$168.95	$794	—
550–561	556	16	160.00–179.00	$169.80	$944	—
616	616	11	165.00	$165.00	$1,016	±0.00
695	695	9	164.00	$164.00	$1,140	—
712–748	730	6	140.00–155.00	$147.68	$1,078	-19.26
810–822	816	6	149.00–157.50	$153.28	$1,251	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	150.00	$150.00	$570	—
408	408	6	142.50	$142.50	$581	+2.50
478–498	482	10	150.00–154.00	$153.17	$738	—
544	544	4	150.00	$150.00	$816	+10.00
595	595	9	160.00	$160.00	$952	+10.00
638	638	7	138.00	$138.00	$880	—
696	696	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,044	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–390	362	13	201.00–203.00	$202.50	$733	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	8	155.00	$155.00	$919	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	7	190.00	$190.00	$931	+12.26

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314 unweaned	314	5	155.00	$155.00	$487	—
312–348	327	14	152.50–169.00	$161.10	$527	+4.16
355–382	376	54	150.00–168.00	$161.14	$606	-1.74
400–442	421	105	152.00–165.00	$157.42	$663	-1.48
452–499	475	195	141.00–160.00	$152.33	$724	-3.16
505–541	523	105	140.00–157.50	$149.37	$781	-3.37
550–599	568	127	140.00–160.00	$149.51	$849	-1.86
602–632	613	42	146.00–159.00	$153.15	$939	+4.11
653–693	679	79	145.00–150.00	$148.10	$1,006	-1.62
723	723	7	154.00	$154.00	$1,113	+7.38
762–785	767	15	130.00–135.00	$133.98	$1,028	-11.83
829	829	43	141.50	$141.50	$1,173	—
958	958	22	125.00	$125.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	324	25	171.00–173.00	$172.17	$558	-2.35
358–394	370	29	167.00–181.00	$173.13	$641	-2.07
401–441	415	83	165.00–183.00	$173.06	$718	-0.19
455–499	471	117	161.00–173.00	$164.59	$775	-0.70
506–543	525	67	161.00–170.50	$166.63	$875	-1.59
551–588	570	199	160.00–170.00	$166.08	$947	-0.28
606–642	626	64	157.00–171.00	$165.61	$1,037	-2.01
650–698	667	108	155.50–163.00	$158.00	$1,054	-7.42
725–733	730	42	156.50–158.00	$157.03	$1,146	-3.88
751	751	30	158.00	$158.00	$1,187	-0.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–321	320	10	135.00–150.00	$145.53	$466	-0.67
387–393	389	16	138.00–147.50	$143.99	$560	-2.04
420–441	429	17	130.00–142.50	$136.74	$587	-5.05
450–499	477	34	128.00–148.00	$137.68	$657	-2.70
500–536	520	36	130.00–141.00	$137.44	$715	-0.90
555–590	575	24	131.00–145.00	$138.15	$794	-1.07
614 unweaned	614	8	130.00	$130.00	$798	—
604–645	622	26	130.00–140.00	$136.60	$850	-1.45
660–695	678	25	132.00–145.00	$142.69	$967	+7.86
720–739	732	8	135.00	$135.00	$988	+4.99
763	763	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,030	—
863	863	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,079	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476–499	489	14	138.00–144.00	$141.21	$691	-8.24
518–530	523	10	142.50–145.00	$143.51	$751	-1.49
742	742	6	130.00	$130.00	$965	—
833	833	7	148.00	$148.00	$1,233	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542–545	543	20	125.00–135.00	$130.35	$708	—
662–692	680	5	130.00	$130.00	$884	+5.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	5	155.00	$155.00	$670	+10.00
620	620	12	138.00	$138.00	$856	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	5	168.00	$168.00	$526	—
495	495	5	168.00	$168.00	$832	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–482	476	7	150.00–155.00	$152.83	$727	-0.46
508–514	510	29	138.00–153.00	$143.93	$734	-1.93
550–595	560	14	144.00–155.00	$152.50	$854	+3.59
627–648	640	22	129.00–135.00	$133.51	$854	-11.64
650–685	656	24	132.50–148.50	$141.92	$931	-5.22
702–728	711	9	125.00–135.00	$131.59	$936	-4.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–447	416	10	170.00	$170.00	$707	-12.34
472–491	486	19	162.50–184.00	$168.65	$820	+9.64
501–530	511	33	160.00–175.00	$164.04	$838	-5.50
551–590	573	21	160.00–170.00	$164.08	$940	+5.72
602–612	606	9	154.00–157.50	$156.17	$946	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	10	166.00	$166.00	$803	+10.50
548	548	3	149.00	$149.00	$817	—
603	603	3	135.00	$135.00	$814	—
635 unweaned	635	6	130.00	$130.00	$826	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	5	145.00	$145.00	$594	—
528	528	13	128.00	$128.00	$676	-13.25
598	598	3	141.00	$141.00	$843	+5.05

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1100	830	85-90%	26	28.00–43.00	$34.95	$290	—
780–1235	998	85-90%	99	47.50–66.00	$58.85	$587	+10.98
840–1150	1001	85-90%	50	41.50–53.00	$46.95	$470	—
815–1200	1005	85-90%	25	57.50–72.00	$63.61	$639	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1315	1189	80-85%	92	60.00–73.00	$66.89	$795	+8.40
1080–1310	1227	80-85%	29	68.00–82.50	$75.09	$921	+8.22
1075–1315	1250	80-85%	25	55.00–64.00	$58.21	$728	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1775	1418	75-80%	80	60.00–75.00	$70.99	$1,007	+2.43
1345–1562	1470	75-80%	9	60.00–65.00	$62.53	$919	-12.02
1330–1860	1488	75-80%	33	73.00–83.00	$77.01	$1,146	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1640	1441	15	68.00–86.00	$79.23	$1,142	—
1430–2355	1676	7	96.00–117.00	$105.88	$1,775	—
1160–2450	1692	26	85.00–103.00	$95.86	$1,622	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1025	957	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–117.50	$104.37	$999
978–980	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	101.00–109.00	$104.56	$1,024
825–1450	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	77.00–118.00	$96.54	$1,091

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	34	75.00	$75.00	$716
825–1245	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	65.00–75.00	$69.95	$757

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1075	809	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	77.50–115.00	$93.70	$758
760–1070	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	112.00–134.00	$121.33	$1,143

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1070	897	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	58.00–75.00	$65.17	$585

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
873	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,100

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1053	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1064	1064	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00
955–1345	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	900.00–1,250.00	$1,128.70

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1050	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	600.00–925.00	$793.74
952	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00
940–1025	976	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	585.00–800.00	$703.27
998	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1245	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	650.00–975.00	$830.00
1068–1081	1076	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	750.00–875.00	$828.48

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–810	719	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	125.00–585.00	$357.16

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–930	768	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	600.00–775.00	$702.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–815	813	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$833.40
943	943	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1395	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,455.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1118	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	960.00–1,150.00	$1,086.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	95.00	$95.00	$505	—
769	769	5	95.00	$95.00	$731	—

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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.