Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 21, 2022

2,228 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.16/cwt -0.17 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 485 lb · 117 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.06/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $861/hd at 574 lb · 94 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.65/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $775/hd at 511 lb · 75 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,228	6,209	2,031
Feeder cattle	1,565	5,250	1,485
Slaughter cattle	389	480	367
Replacement cattle	274	479	179

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464–494	474	28	182.00–198.00	$191.40	$907	+1.38
500–544	527	48	165.00–178.00	$173.59	$915	-7.37
567–592	577	32	165.00–180.00	$175.61	$1,013	-1.80
606–644	629	59	161.00–174.00	$166.92	$1,050	-1.42
689–698	691	11	159.00–165.00	$163.35	$1,129	-2.31
701–728	716	36	150.00–168.50	$162.00	$1,160	-2.72
776	776	23	163.50	$163.50	$1,269	+2.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–343	331	14	212.50–222.50	$216.78	$718	-0.59
360–391	376	14	207.00–208.00	$207.48	$780	-7.56
415–442	422	19	205.00–214.00	$211.47	$892	-0.75
460–475	465	26	200.00–210.00	$206.63	$961	+0.91
515–537	531	14	195.00–208.00	$198.60	$1,055	+0.89
576	576	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,066	-9.19
695	695	27	177.00	$177.00	$1,230	—
709	709	15	174.00	$174.00	$1,234	+3.55
790	790	22	174.00	$174.00	$1,375	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477–490	483	16	160.00–175.00	$170.74	$825	-0.31
502–548	520	17	159.00–175.00	$166.88	$868	+5.15
583–588	585	14	157.50–160.00	$158.40	$927	+0.79
606	606	10	160.00	$160.00	$970	+4.89

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	10	174.00	$174.00	$936	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	9	208.00	$208.00	$817	+5.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	5	160.00	$160.00	$997	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	5	157.50	$157.50	$507	-3.60
355–397	373	60	150.00–165.00	$160.20	$598	-0.94
400–448	432	23	152.50–163.00	$156.25	$675	-1.17
452–499	485	117	150.00–160.00	$152.16	$738	-0.17
502–540	511	75	142.00–160.00	$151.65	$775	+2.28
555–598	574	94	140.00–158.00	$150.06	$861	+0.55
608–641	623	29	143.00–154.00	$145.90	$909	-7.25
682	682	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,050	+5.90
703–747	729	25	135.00–152.50	$149.23	$1,088	-4.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	8	170.00	$170.00	$745	-3.06
491–493	492	13	164.00–165.00	$164.61	$810	+0.02
509	509	11	165.00	$165.00	$840	-1.63
584	584	25	160.00	$160.00	$934	-6.08
705–715	707	30	157.00–158.50	$158.25	$1,119	+1.22
764	764	30	158.00	$158.00	$1,207	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–372	365	6	140.00–142.50	$141.22	$515	-2.77
400	400	5	150.00	$150.00	$600	+13.26
581	581	6	140.00	$140.00	$813	+1.85
650–694	670	27	135.00–138.00	$136.88	$917	-5.81

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–541	541	10	145.00–147.00	$146.00	$790	+2.49
628–630	629	6	132.50–135.00	$133.75	$841	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	10	170.00	$170.00	$678	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	10	140.00	$140.00	$868	+2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528–548	543	17	139.00–155.00	$144.39	$784	+0.46
555–585	575	23	140.00–156.00	$150.52	$865	-1.98
603–643	621	28	145.00–156.00	$150.32	$933	+16.81
660–686	676	10	148.00–155.00	$150.74	$1,019	+8.82
812–826	822	11	121.00–137.00	$125.31	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	5	165.00	$165.00	$667	-5.00
522	522	8	157.50	$157.50	$822	-6.54
653	653	13	164.50	$164.50	$1,074	—
743	743	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,133	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1268	1268	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1080	846	85-90%	20	30.00–40.00	$35.83	$303	+0.88
785–1260	1022	85-90%	37	45.00–54.00	$50.22	$513	-13.39
895–1265	1023	85-90%	73	53.00–66.00	$60.79	$622	-2.82
965–1137	1071	85-90%	26	67.00–72.00	$70.05	$750	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1062–1370	1166	80-85%	15	55.00–64.00	$61.36	$715	-5.53
1115–1290	1181	80-85%	16	74.00–80.00	$75.87	$896	+8.98
1035–1330	1213	80-85%	76	65.00–74.00	$70.04	$850	-5.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2090	1414	75-80%	52	66.00–75.00	$72.16	$1,020	+1.17
1340–1530	1420	75-80%	8	53.00–65.00	$61.06	$867	-9.93
1290–1740	1442	75-80%	14	75.00–81.00	$77.52	$1,118	+6.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1680	1449	18	60.00–86.00	$76.39	$1,107	-2.84
1335–2112	1645	19	88.00–100.00	$95.20	$1,566	—
1530–2165	1838	7	102.00–111.00	$106.06	$1,949	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–980	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–125.00	$108.17	$975
850–1420	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	74.00–108.00	$91.15	$1,043

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1010	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–104.00	$101.96	$826
810–990	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	75.00–97.50	$83.86	$729

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1160	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	58.00–62.50	$61.20	$655

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1080	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	68.00–75.00	$71.72	$699

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1485	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,205.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–990	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	575.00–800.00	$671.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1080	998	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$721.95
990–1305	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	800.00–900.00	$837.68

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–975	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	425.00–675.00	$581.59

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1000	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,008.28

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–1025	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,100.00	$965.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
952–1065	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00–850.00	$820.00	—

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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.