Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

7,293 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.27/cwt +1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 578 lb · 204 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.53/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 530 lb · 167 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.70/cwt -5.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 617 lb · 156 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,293	10,630	7,488
Feeder cattle	4,839	9,444	4,918
Slaughter cattle	784	753	602
Replacement cattle	1,670	433	1,968

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 4.00 lower and heifers steady, spots 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	12	180.00–195.00	$183.60	$688	-16.40
403–446	437	42	175.00–197.00	$185.86	$812	-8.70
450–498	474	115	175.00–197.50	$182.85	$867	-6.38
520 unweaned	520	7	159.00	$159.00	$827	—
510–549	528	133	170.00–183.00	$177.86	$939	-7.36
558–597	578	204	168.00–181.00	$176.27	$1,019	+1.50
600–648	617	156	158.00–173.50	$164.70	$1,016	-5.48
663–699	679	59	152.00–168.00	$162.17	$1,101	-3.06
703–744	725	74	150.00–169.00	$162.22	$1,176	-3.11
751–775	760	31	155.00–160.00	$157.81	$1,199	-7.70
807–841	825	27	157.50–165.00	$162.22	$1,338	-3.07
882	882	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,411	+2.29
956	956	16	155.00	$155.00	$1,482	—
1064	1064	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–338	335	5	210.00–222.00	$219.24	$734	-0.97
360–381	376	24	211.00–231.00	$221.65	$833	+3.20
418–436	426	43	201.00–222.00	$210.33	$896	-5.30
450–488	468	62	207.50–220.00	$213.17	$998	+3.65
502–548	524	88	182.00–207.50	$195.26	$1,023	-4.47
550–592	574	73	182.00–191.50	$188.75	$1,083	-1.29
600–648	625	144	175.00–186.50	$178.82	$1,118	-3.86
650–685	661	75	169.00–188.00	$176.41	$1,166	-2.27
710–744	741	42	163.00–172.00	$164.22	$1,217	-12.40
767	767	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,296	-11.13
825	825	23	165.00	$165.00	$1,361	-3.00
866	866	66	170.50	$170.50	$1,477	-6.13
900	900	59	173.00	$173.00	$1,557	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	8	180.00	$180.00	$655	+6.33
432–442	436	18	165.00–172.50	$169.97	$741	+5.38
458–492	479	34	157.50–175.00	$166.54	$798	+6.08
503–539	523	43	145.00–165.00	$159.72	$835	-2.85
561–593	580	45	155.00–165.00	$160.63	$932	+3.18
601–637	613	19	153.00–154.00	$153.52	$941	+3.47
657–696	683	15	145.00–150.00	$148.40	$1,014	-1.60
759–765	761	8	140.00–148.00	$144.99	$1,103	+7.99
801–805	802	20	137.00–150.00	$148.04	$1,187	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–631	614	16	172.00–173.00	$172.55	$1,059	—
673	673	21	174.00	$174.00	$1,171	-3.02

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	162.50	$162.50	$730	—
462–479	473	12	130.00–150.00	$136.51	$646	-17.88
587–596	591	15	140.00–150.00	$144.70	$855	+28.43
644	644	4	135.00	$135.00	$869	+22.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431–448	442	11	165.00–170.00	$166.77	$737	—
590	590	5	160.00	$160.00	$944	-7.83
608	608	5	159.00	$159.00	$967	—
713	713	8	166.00	$166.00	$1,184	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	6	180.00	$180.00	$666	+5.00
547–548	548	14	155.00–157.50	$156.25	$856	—
625	625	5	155.00	$155.00	$969	-2.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	20	180.00	$180.00	$824	-20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	165.00	$165.00	$454	+15.00
302–348	331	41	158.00–180.00	$170.07	$563	+3.03
354–397	379	30	155.00–181.00	$167.77	$636	+1.57
401–448	423	93	150.00–169.00	$159.34	$674	-0.43
451–497	481	132	145.00–170.50	$155.28	$747	-3.30
502–545	518	146	144.00–162.00	$156.25	$809	+2.16
557–597	572	141	140.00–160.00	$151.51	$867	-3.72
610–645	629	71	135.00–158.50	$148.81	$936	-2.49
656–695	674	102	135.00–157.50	$148.32	$1,000	-0.95
702–741	727	48	139.00–158.00	$147.14	$1,070	-4.41
750–772	762	33	139.50–154.00	$148.03	$1,128	+0.11
847	847	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,059	-15.40

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	183.00	$183.00	$615	-6.53
385 unweaned	385	12	160.00	$160.00	$616	—
385–398	387	50	182.00–195.00	$192.56	$745	+6.76
400–443	423	77	167.50–186.00	$176.78	$748	+0.50
445 unweaned	445	15	154.00	$154.00	$685	—
462–499	476	75	163.00–182.00	$175.50	$835	+3.40
482 unweaned	482	14	158.00	$158.00	$762	—
500–549	530	167	163.00–178.00	$168.53	$893	-2.34
575 unweaned	575	11	156.00	$156.00	$897	—
551–597	580	105	160.00–170.00	$162.81	$944	-6.12
601–649	632	127	153.50–166.00	$161.89	$1,023	-6.65
667–683	673	16	161.00–163.00	$162.24	$1,092	-0.37
715–736	723	10	153.00–154.50	$153.61	$1,111	-9.16
786	786	16	145.00	$145.00	$1,140	-17.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–382	371	16	142.50–155.00	$147.30	$546	+0.69
412–420	415	8	130.00–145.00	$135.69	$563	-6.43
466–497	482	29	140.00–150.00	$145.82	$703	+4.41
505–535	517	45	130.00–140.00	$135.95	$703	-1.38
568–598	588	24	135.00–140.00	$136.23	$801	-1.66
658–692	673	12	125.00–135.00	$131.39	$884	+4.13
706–740	720	11	117.00–138.00	$127.19	$916	—
940	940	5	100.00	$100.00	$940	-10.00
956	956	6	100.00	$100.00	$956	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	8	150.00	$150.00	$636	—
471–482	476	10	150.00–154.00	$151.51	$721	-0.63
528–548	538	6	144.00–150.00	$146.94	$791	—
604–615	611	32	150.00–158.00	$152.22	$930	+17.22

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	5	150.00	$150.00	$568	—
510–534	525	14	139.00–150.00	$144.87	$761	-13.04

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	6	165.00	$165.00	$716	—
450	450	12	159.00	$159.00	$716	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	3	125.00	$125.00	$698	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–438	417	13	155.00–165.00	$161.18	$672	+9.10
469–495	481	12	150.00–158.00	$154.97	$745	-4.10
503–537	518	31	144.00–158.00	$150.86	$781	-3.57
550–598	573	52	138.00–155.00	$148.05	$848	-2.41
601–631	607	36	141.00–152.50	$148.19	$900	-1.08
672–696	691	15	144.50–150.00	$145.57	$1,006	-1.65
703–745	719	13	135.00–140.00	$136.99	$985	-6.99
768–786	775	18	115.00–133.00	$128.66	$997	-2.34
878–895	884	9	115.00–120.00	$118.31	$1,046	—
983	983	7	105.00	$105.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	5	225.00	$225.00	$716	—
361–381	372	14	180.00–217.50	$201.92	$751	—
423–442	433	15	175.00–215.00	$195.53	$847	+18.03
500–505	504	29	160.00–184.00	$178.25	$898	+3.82
564–575	568	9	158.00–167.00	$161.04	$915	+3.54
615	615	11	162.00	$162.00	$996	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–475	474	8	156.00–165.00	$161.64	$766	+16.64
530–544	537	15	150.00–159.00	$156.15	$839	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1295	1217	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,407.26	—
1280–1745	1539	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	1,900.00–2,600.00	$2,299.12	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	5	146.00–150.00	$148.40	$739	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1232	1232	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1085	922	85-90%	40	20.00–44.00	$36.41	$336	—
765–1160	1002	85-90%	76	34.00–54.00	$47.34	$474	-1.59
700–1235	1036	85-90%	50	60.00–74.00	$66.13	$685	+17.20
860–1265	1071	85-90%	136	47.50–63.00	$56.27	$603	-12.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1935	1408	75-80%	107	55.50–73.00	$68.71	$967	-8.97
1290–1835	1417	75-80%	49	69.50–84.00	$74.90	$1,061	-2.78
1300–1680	1422	75-80%	30	46.00–64.00	$59.02	$839	-18.66

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1305	1173	80-85%	28	69.00–82.00	$75.71	$888	—
1060–1310	1200	80-85%	26	50.00–62.00	$58.45	$701	-17.44
1050–1328	1250	80-85%	118	57.50–72.50	$65.57	$820	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–2120	1473	31	65.00–86.00	$79.28	$1,168	—
1280–2175	1631	38	84.50–100.00	$90.74	$1,480	—
1655–2180	1862	18	95.00–114.00	$104.36	$1,943	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
913	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	75.00	$75.00	$685
780–1095	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	100.00–148.00	$129.50	$1,195
865–1540	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	77.00–117.50	$94.22	$1,058

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–980	841	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–138.00	$113.67	$956
745–1105	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	76.00–110.00	$89.35	$807

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
738	738	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	80.00	$80.00	$590
855–1512	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	64.00–79.00	$69.66	$783

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1218	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	58.00–73.00	$69.57	$694

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1014	1014	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,278

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1348	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	860.00–1,175.00	$985.36
930–1288	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	69	600.00–1,100.00	$980.12
950–1530	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	175	800.00–1,575.00	$1,333.17
1221–1356	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,591.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1293	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	84	700.00–1,050.00	$888.61
980–1155	1059	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	600.00–825.00	$785.34

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1105	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	55	500.00–1,000.00	$852.32
815–1160	1023	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	500.00–900.00	$725.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1268–1269	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	66	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,928.80

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1319	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
982–1020	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,185.00	$1,077.83
890–1060	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	49	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,255.73

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205–1510	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,090.25
1249	1249	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–917	756	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	225.00–550.00	$420.01

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1023	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
864	864	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00
758–1125	878	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	875.00–1,175.00	$976.74
962	962	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
1140	1140	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–910	784	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	650.00–850.00	$740.63

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1082	1082	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385–1575	1469	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	1,650.00–1,850.00	$1,770.65	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1291–1375	1319	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,300.00	—
1335	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1132–1200	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,750.00–1,800.00	$1,784.21	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1148	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–1070	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,200.00	$993.75	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1325	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,231.25	-68.75

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
961	961	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.