Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 28, 2022

10,630 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $176.77/cwt +2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,269/hd at 718 lb · 436 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.41/cwt +1.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,199/hd at 672 lb · 290 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.93/cwt +8.93 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 574 lb · 286 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,630	2,228	10,668
Feeder cattle	9,444	1,565	9,273
Slaughter cattle	753	389	931
Replacement cattle	433	274	464

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, yearlings lightly tested, undertones steady to firm. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	328	39	213.00–227.50	$220.21	$722	+3.43
350–392	370	47	209.00–230.00	$218.45	$808	+10.97
400–442	423	79	200.00–232.50	$215.63	$912	+4.16
464 thin fleshed	464	8	227.00	$227.00	$1,053	—
455–499	469	121	199.00–217.50	$209.52	$983	+2.89
505 unweaned	505	11	188.00	$188.00	$949	—
524 value added	524	8	203.00	$203.00	$1,064	—
500–548	529	203	189.00–207.00	$199.73	$1,057	+1.13
550–594	571	173	182.00–200.00	$190.04	$1,085	+5.04
602–644	622	243	170.00–189.00	$182.68	$1,136	—
662 value added	662	18	180.00	$180.00	$1,192	—
667 unweaned	667	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,094	—
650–698	673	265	169.50–189.50	$178.68	$1,203	+1.68
700–743	717	421	172.00–185.00	$176.62	$1,266	+2.62
738 value added	738	15	181.00	$181.00	$1,336	—
766–799	792	162	172.00–183.75	$180.13	$1,427	+6.13
801–841	818	76	171.00–182.50	$179.25	$1,466	—
822	822	18	168.00	$168.00	$1,381	—
862–895	873	156	170.00–178.00	$176.63	$1,542	—
907	907	24	177.00	$177.00	$1,605	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	7	206.00	$206.00	$544	—
330–345	333	5	200.00	$200.00	$666	—
362–389	374	44	187.50–208.00	$200.00	$748	—
405–445	425	71	182.00–200.00	$194.56	$827	—
452–496	475	183	175.00–199.00	$189.23	$899	-2.17
500–546	524	229	169.50–198.00	$185.22	$971	+11.63
550–598	579	259	164.00–185.50	$174.77	$1,012	-0.84
600–648	624	285	157.50–176.00	$170.18	$1,062	+3.26
652–698	680	230	155.00–177.00	$165.23	$1,124	+1.88
700–749	719	139	155.00–172.50	$165.33	$1,189	+3.33
752–798	780	89	153.00–170.00	$165.51	$1,291	+2.01
809–837	826	58	157.50–170.00	$165.29	$1,365	—
861–897	876	24	150.00–163.00	$157.71	$1,382	—
923–932	924	38	156.00–163.00	$156.74	$1,448	—
1006	1006	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–378	376	12	161.00–180.00	$173.67	$653	—
433–442	435	14	153.00–174.00	$164.59	$716	—
455–499	479	37	150.00–177.00	$160.46	$769	-10.28
505–548	528	67	145.00–175.00	$162.57	$858	-4.31
552–598	579	76	147.00–167.00	$157.45	$912	-0.95
625–640	633	2	146.00–154.00	$150.05	$950	-9.95
692	692	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,038	—
710	710	3	136.00–144.00	$141.33	$1,003	—
778	778	9	137.00	$137.00	$1,066	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	5	202.50	$202.50	$701	—
434	434	8	200.00	$200.00	$868	—
454	454	8	200.00	$200.00	$908	—
512	512	16	191.00	$191.00	$978	—
623–646	633	18	175.00–181.00	$176.98	$1,120	—
713	713	64	179.00	$179.00	$1,276	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	5	175.00	$175.00	$690	—
469–493	485	36	162.50–184.00	$168.87	$819	—
580–586	584	11	160.00–177.00	$172.40	$1,007	—
608	608	5	157.50	$157.50	$958	—
693	693	12	167.00	$167.00	$1,157	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–464	462	11	180.00–190.00	$184.52	$852	—
555–595	570	16	160.00–177.50	$167.83	$957	—
685–689	686	19	165.00–168.00	$167.05	$1,146	—
777	777	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,220	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	7	130.00	$130.00	$514	—
410	410	11	138.00	$138.00	$566	—
452–478	467	7	150.00–157.50	$154.39	$721	—
562–585	580	9	112.50–130.00	$116.27	$674	—
642	642	5	112.50	$112.50	$722	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–485	483	8	199.00–200.00	$199.62	$964	—
668–688	672	21	173.00–178.00	$177.02	$1,190	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318 thin fleshed	318	4	204.00	$204.00	$649	—
300–346	334	24	180.00–195.00	$189.53	$633	—
351–395	372	66	179.00–196.00	$185.80	$691	—
404–449	429	100	170.00–184.50	$176.28	$756	+6.28
450–496	479	203	165.00–179.00	$172.10	$824	+7.49
502–545	523	263	162.00–178.00	$170.87	$894	+5.87
529 value added	529	14	175.00	$175.00	$926	—
551–599	574	286	162.00–175.00	$168.93	$970	+8.93
602–648	626	209	155.00–174.00	$168.54	$1,055	—
664–694	681	137	154.00–167.00	$162.61	$1,107	—
722 value added	722	27	162.00	$162.00	$1,170	—
710–742	729	45	153.00–167.00	$162.77	$1,187	+4.52
757–766	765	41	154.00–164.00	$162.20	$1,241	+4.20
843	843	3	145.50	$145.50	$1,227	—
866 value added	866	22	158.00	$158.00	$1,368	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	9	150.00	$150.00	$396	—
311–340	320	37	160.00–175.00	$167.04	$535	+9.54
350–398	373	101	159.00–173.00	$166.20	$620	+6.00
403–448	433	144	150.00–170.00	$159.77	$692	+3.52
450–498	474	205	150.00–166.00	$158.58	$752	+6.42
502–549	524	259	143.00–162.50	$154.09	$807	+2.44
555–595	579	244	140.00–163.00	$155.23	$899	+5.17
600–649	622	164	134.00–160.00	$151.30	$941	+5.40
652–697	676	97	140.00–155.00	$149.27	$1,009	-4.73
700–742	713	59	130.00–159.00	$151.55	$1,081	+2.32
768–783	775	14	133.00–156.00	$147.92	$1,146	—
809–840	826	28	125.00–148.00	$140.40	$1,160	—
882–899	889	26	135.00–144.50	$139.81	$1,243	—
916	916	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,191	—
959	959	8	136.00	$136.00	$1,304	—
1053	1053	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,369	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	386	21	140.00–157.00	$146.61	$566	+5.39
400–447	423	16	130.00–150.00	$142.12	$601	-7.88
450–498	475	46	130.00–146.00	$141.41	$672	—
500–548	534	58	120.00–145.00	$137.33	$733	—
551–591	568	37	130.00–145.00	$137.89	$783	-2.11
622–648	635	45	128.00–142.50	$136.18	$865	—
655–691	685	11	125.00–135.00	$127.26	$872	-9.62
762–780	770	30	117.00–121.00	$119.11	$917	—
922–923	923	9	100.00–115.00	$110.00	$1,015	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–484	471	14	150.00–155.00	$152.14	$717	—
562–598	589	33	140.00–157.00	$148.88	$877	—
608–622	613	8	135.00	$135.00	$828	+1.25
965	965	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,303	—
1015–1018	1017	3	112.00–117.00	$115.34	$1,173	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–495	464	10	152.50–156.00	$154.88	$719	—
513–540	521	16	155.00–164.00	$157.91	$823	—
555–588	575	13	140.00–150.00	$146.29	$841	—
692	692	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,038	—
726	726	10	150.00	$150.00	$1,089	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	165.00	$165.00	$815	—
536	536	9	164.00	$164.00	$879	—
625	625	10	168.00	$168.00	$1,050	—
674	674	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,112	—
829	829	9	158.00	$158.00	$1,310	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	6	177.00	$177.00	$704	+7.00
544	544	8	163.00	$163.00	$887	—
552	552	5	160.00	$160.00	$883	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–385	382	4	125.00–143.00	$134.08	$512	—
452	452	3	115.00	$115.00	$520	—
592	592	12	115.00	$115.00	$681	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	371	18	165.00–170.00	$165.79	$615	—
400–433	417	6	150.00–154.00	$152.08	$634	—
452–492	482	35	150.00–171.50	$159.07	$767	—
502–548	525	40	140.00–165.00	$154.43	$811	+10.04
550–592	572	35	140.00–158.00	$150.46	$861	-0.06
601–648	628	63	135.00–157.50	$149.27	$937	-1.05
652–695	674	11	134.00–155.00	$147.22	$992	-3.52
713–736	728	30	138.00–149.00	$143.98	$1,048	—
762	762	8	131.00	$131.00	$998	—
816–824	821	10	125.00–135.00	$128.98	$1,059	+3.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	6	177.50	$177.50	$761	+12.50
485–488	487	7	165.00–167.50	$166.43	$811	—
500–520	508	29	170.00–181.00	$174.43	$886	+16.93
597	597	7	157.50	$157.50	$940	—
633	633	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	145.00	$145.00	$699	—
589	589	7	135.00	$135.00	$795	—
611	611	4	130.00	$130.00	$794	—
687	687	3	125.00	$125.00	$859	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1630	1630	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1065	866	85-90%	33	21.00–44.00	$33.48	$290	—
775–1285	1007	85-90%	78	40.00–54.00	$48.93	$493	-1.29
935–1225	1069	85-90%	35	62.50–77.00	$68.58	$733	-1.47
915–1320	1086	85-90%	117	47.50–65.00	$58.15	$632	-11.90

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1880	1426	75-80%	27	72.50–84.00	$77.68	$1,108	+16.62
1305–1590	1432	75-80%	32	55.00–67.00	$62.43	$894	-15.09
1290–1825	1460	75-80%	117	62.50–76.00	$70.12	$1,024	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1325	1207	80-85%	16	70.00–78.00	$75.89	$916	+5.85
1040–1372	1210	80-85%	115	60.00–74.00	$68.26	$826	-1.78
1000–1335	1215	80-85%	37	55.00–67.00	$63.64	$773	-6.40

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–2080	1517	27	74.00–88.00	$82.69	$1,254	—
1185–2095	1691	39	87.50–101.00	$93.59	$1,583	—
1425–2475	1815	21	102.00–117.00	$106.29	$1,929	+0.23

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–930	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	85.00–100.00	$92.60	$796
770–1265	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	116.00–130.00	$120.35	$1,069
815–1385	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	78.00–115.00	$97.64	$1,097

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–891	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	117.50–131.00	$119.15	$1,058
760–1055	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	80.00–100.00	$92.25	$833

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1045	793	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	65.00–75.00	$72.05	$571

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
788–1295	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	65.00–75.00	$70.48	$706

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1165	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–1,100.00	$973.91
1010–1535	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	900.00–1,475.00	$1,176.32
1250–1430	1278	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	760.00–900.00	$845.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1185	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	500.00–650.00	$589.86
956–1325	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	725.00–1,000.00	$905.96

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1055	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	500.00–900.00	$666.43
910–945	917	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	500.00–550.00	$510.31

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
663–899	768	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	175.00–550.00	$406.36

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1072	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,200.00	$1,070.14

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
848–1075	924	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	900.00–1,050.00	$991.81

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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
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	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.