Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 19, 2022

2,463 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.00/cwt +16.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,472/hd at 887 lb · 129 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $168.50/cwt ≈ $1,562/hd at 927 lb · 68 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.06/cwt -3.92 vs last sale · ≈ $824/hd at 568 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,463	4,081	1,683
Feeder cattle	1,621	3,298	1,290
Slaughter cattle	466	478	238
Replacement cattle	376	305	155

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves steady to 4.00 lower, most weights not well tested. Yearling steers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 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
312–342	327	12	200.00	$200.00	$654	—
358–389	369	15	191.00–204.00	$198.38	$732	+1.04
418–448	430	25	180.00–196.00	$188.44	$810	-10.73
452–490	463	42	180.00–197.00	$188.21	$871	-4.18
502–548	527	48	168.00–185.00	$180.07	$949	-1.03
552–583	565	35	172.50–180.00	$177.53	$1,003	-0.61
627–643	636	22	165.00–177.50	$170.38	$1,084	+5.16
653–677	669	40	155.00–170.00	$162.99	$1,090	-5.14
705–722	717	29	150.00–161.00	$158.63	$1,137	+0.33
756–787	764	11	160.00–160.50	$160.36	$1,225	+2.50
804	804	12	153.50	$153.50	$1,234	-6.89
887	887	129	166.00	$166.00	$1,472	+16.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	222.00	$222.00	$857	+4.77
435	435	9	208.00	$208.00	$905	-6.25
470	470	43	200.00–207.00	$204.40	$961	-1.94
553–562	560	45	180.00–188.00	$185.32	$1,038	-5.07
616	616	7	186.00	$186.00	$1,146	+3.15
668–672	670	26	176.00–179.00	$177.15	$1,187	-8.55
927	927	68	168.50	$168.50	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–397	378	7	165.00–180.00	$171.75	$649	—
522–540	530	9	147.00–165.00	$155.60	$825	-2.39
637	637	8	152.50	$152.50	$971	+19.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–385	377	6	175.00–180.00	$177.44	$669	—
495	495	5	175.00	$175.00	$866	—
699	699	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,118	+2.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	7	170.00	$170.00	$547	—
406–408	407	9	160.00	$160.00	$651	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–329	321	12	155.00–167.00	$163.15	$524	+0.66
362–385	372	9	150.00–155.00	$151.62	$564	-15.79
405–425	413	12	140.00–157.50	$152.12	$628	-8.92
454–490	474	16	143.00–155.00	$147.98	$701	-11.36
500–544	536	20	145.00–155.00	$147.52	$791	-8.96
550–596	568	58	140.00–152.50	$145.06	$824	-3.92
612–646	624	55	140.00–153.00	$145.19	$906	-5.34
650–670	663	8	145.00	$145.00	$961	-0.72
790	790	8	143.00	$143.00	$1,130	+5.37
850	850	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–335	334	6	170.00–172.00	$171.00	$571	—
350–396	377	18	167.00–176.00	$173.70	$655	—
407–444	427	31	164.00–175.00	$167.78	$716	-2.72
454–455	455	9	175.00–178.00	$176.33	$802	+6.92
512 unweaned	512	10	159.00	$159.00	$814	—
502–527	518	32	160.00–164.00	$161.28	$835	-4.49
550–561	553	31	157.00–160.00	$158.85	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	7	132.50–140.00	$135.71	$532	-2.88
572	572	6	130.00	$130.00	$744	-5.28
610–633	628	13	131.00–138.00	$133.53	$839	+13.36
660–687	674	6	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$826	-4.17
722–745	731	10	110.00–115.00	$111.97	$819	-25.25

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	158.00	$158.00	$673	—
542	542	11	145.00	$145.00	$786	-11.50
676	676	5	140.00	$140.00	$946	—
899	899	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,178	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	140.00	$140.00	$465	—
474	474	9	138.00	$138.00	$654	—
668–686	678	7	120.00–130.00	$124.22	$842	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	5	150.00	$150.00	$550	-20.00
560–592	573	32	138.00–154.00	$144.62	$829	-11.43
618–645	624	17	140.00–152.50	$148.89	$929	+4.07
685–688	687	6	120.00–123.00	$121.50	$835	-25.78
775	775	7	138.00	$138.00	$1,070	—
856–898	872	8	129.00–130.00	$129.61	$1,130	—
971	971	11	123.00	$123.00	$1,194	—
1058	1058	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	7	175.00–200.00	$188.42	$601	—
420–445	433	6	165.00–170.00	$167.57	$726	—
465	465	12	183.00	$183.00	$851	-7.00
538	538	5	160.00	$160.00	$861	-13.71
570–590	583	8	155.00–161.00	$157.20	$916	—
696	696	5	157.50	$157.50	$1,096	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	12	155.00	$155.00	$536	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1705	1448	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,673.58	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1215	793	85-90%	35	30.00–46.00	$38.37	$304	—
765–1175	858	85-90%	67	47.00–55.00	$50.98	$437	—
740–1125	892	85-90%	80	57.00–66.00	$61.08	$545	—
840–1235	1025	85-90%	24	67.00–75.00	$69.59	$713	+1.58

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1345	1168	80-85%	62	65.00–75.00	$71.65	$837	—
1025–1350	1202	80-85%	21	76.00–83.00	$78.55	$944	+3.93
1080–1305	1208	80-85%	38	55.00–65.00	$61.55	$744	-4.90

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1475	1420	75-80%	14	57.00–68.00	$63.67	$904	-13.22
1320–1660	1472	75-80%	11	78.00–86.00	$81.00	$1,192	+11.85
1320–1828	1480	75-80%	66	68.00–77.00	$73.93	$1,094	+4.78

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1935	1488	19	60.00–89.00	$81.55	$1,213	+1.78
1215–2120	1669	21	90.00–104.00	$96.65	$1,613	—
1665–2460	1912	7	106.00–117.00	$108.36	$2,072	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1319	1107	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	108.00–133.50	$117.45	$1,300
825–1540	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	75.00–116.00	$87.64	$1,049

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
756–960	809	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	50.00–76.00	$71.27	$577

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–780	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–128.00	$119.51	$920
755–1012	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	75.00–100.00	$90.25	$775

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
831–1425	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	55.00–76.00	$68.22	$671

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1075	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	500.00–875.00	$683.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1200	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	600.00–950.00	$796.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1125	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,100.00	$1,001.53
1080–1565	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,107.42

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1080	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,025.00	$989.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	900.00	$900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–950	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–1,000.00	$833.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.