Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 20, 2023

5,770 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $204.55/cwt +1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,270/hd at 621 lb · 316 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $187.03/cwt +6.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,262/hd at 675 lb · 253 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.38/cwt -1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,169/hd at 682 lb · 238 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,770	5,361	2,222
Feeder cattle	4,994	4,625	1,781
Slaughter cattle	528	437	294
Replacement cattle	248	299	147

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots 7.00 higher on calves early week. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–332	328	8	245.00–265.00	$251.89	$826	+7.07
357–393	379	32	222.00–247.50	$236.26	$895	-4.12
407–448	425	84	223.00–250.00	$235.80	$1,002	+1.32
451–452 thin fleshed	451	7	247.50–250.00	$248.93	$1,123	—
451–490	469	103	222.50–244.00	$236.49	$1,109	+6.94
505–546	523	210	215.00–238.00	$226.07	$1,182	+3.43
552–595	574	144	205.00–222.50	$214.81	$1,233	-2.44
600–648	621	316	195.00–219.00	$204.55	$1,270	+1.59
650–699	668	125	187.00–208.00	$192.96	$1,289	+7.96
706–738	720	132	184.00–196.00	$187.88	$1,353	+4.05
789	789	9	183.00–184.00	$183.44	$1,447	+3.15
803–823	809	99	175.50–179.00	$176.44	$1,427	-2.71
819–840 value added	826	15	174.00–175.00	$174.66	$1,443	-6.34
919	919	8	171.00	$171.00	$1,571	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	200.00	$200.00	$696	—
357–388	374	23	200.00–223.00	$213.99	$800	-9.42
403–440	423	35	200.00–225.00	$216.21	$915	+1.78
456–490	471	102	197.50–222.00	$212.37	$1,000	+8.09
508–549	530	139	190.00–215.00	$208.62	$1,106	+2.24
550–593	570	123	186.00–214.00	$197.83	$1,128	-0.41
615–648	640	78	181.00–197.00	$189.83	$1,215	+7.58
652–698	675	253	170.00–196.25	$187.03	$1,262	+6.31
701 value added	701	7	171.00	$171.00	$1,199	—
700–742	724	34	167.00–178.00	$174.54	$1,264	-2.51
770–798	781	28	160.00–181.00	$174.81	$1,365	+2.62
806–828	820	22	163.00–171.00	$168.75	$1,384	+1.72
874–881	876	76	161.50–169.00	$163.68	$1,434	-1.79
910–944	926	27	161.00–166.50	$164.93	$1,527	-7.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	9	185.00	$185.00	$773	+10.48
568–598	579	8	161.00–180.00	$168.36	$975	-19.14
649	649	8	165.00	$165.00	$1,071	-5.90
676–679	677	15	165.00–169.00	$166.07	$1,124	—
706	706	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,059	-7.30
789	789	6	176.00	$176.00	$1,389	—
835	835	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,252	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
462–472	465	15	212.50–215.00	$214.32	$997	+15.32

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381–382	381	9	160.00–166.00	$162.00	$617	—
482–488	484	11	169.00–175.00	$173.35	$839	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	8	212.00	$212.00	$1,319	—
674	674	11	194.00	$194.00	$1,308	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	5	217.50	$217.50	$707	—
352–376	364	10	217.00–220.00	$218.45	$795	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	9	185.00	$185.00	$1,273	-11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	5	202.50	$202.50	$648	-13.57
358–395	375	43	200.00–219.00	$208.50	$782	+8.47
400–449	421	110	197.50–217.00	$207.64	$874	+12.15
450–495	472	225	187.00–203.00	$197.06	$930	+1.81
507–548	527	233	181.00–197.50	$190.60	$1,004	+2.95
551–587	562	61	178.00–189.00	$184.18	$1,035	+4.18
612 unweaned	612	9	166.00	$166.00	$1,016	—
619 value added	619	12	178.00	$178.00	$1,102	—
600–645	620	134	172.00–181.00	$177.34	$1,100	-1.17
660–698	682	238	168.00–175.00	$171.38	$1,169	-1.70
737 value added	737	9	168.00	$168.00	$1,238	—
772	772	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,320	—
817	817	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	7	184.00	$184.00	$550	—
305	305	7	190.00	$190.00	$580	+3.33
352–383	375	15	172.50–182.50	$178.80	$670	-7.49
408–437	421	37	177.50–192.50	$185.63	$782	+2.03
452–499	485	66	175.00–188.00	$182.52	$885	+0.53
504–548	533	83	168.00–182.50	$177.65	$947	+0.63
558–597	587	62	170.00–175.00	$171.66	$1,008	-1.28
600–644	622	141	161.00–174.00	$167.77	$1,044	-0.47
658–688	670	65	156.00–167.00	$162.05	$1,086	+0.56
705–748	719	27	150.00–166.00	$156.31	$1,124	-2.76
768–778	777	28	158.50–162.50	$162.08	$1,259	+7.45
815–835	826	7	142.00–143.00	$142.42	$1,176	-11.30
856	856	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–434	424	24	158.00–177.50	$171.00	$725	+7.96
453–498	466	32	150.00–170.00	$164.53	$767	+3.67
508–548	518	30	150.00–160.00	$155.42	$805	+1.42
564–593	577	9	142.50–145.00	$143.86	$830	-9.27
657	657	5	137.50	$137.50	$903	—
722–731	726	20	130.00–145.00	$138.03	$1,002	—
802–803	803	18	125.00	$125.00	$1,004	—
870	870	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,105	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–429	419	34	197.50–207.00	$203.76	$854	—
500	500	5	183.00	$183.00	$915	—
650	650	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,131	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	10	195.00	$195.00	$825	-0.33
697	697	31	170.00	$170.00	$1,185	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–309	307	14	162.50–167.50	$164.30	$504	—
388	388	5	160.00	$160.00	$621	—
518	518	6	165.00	$165.00	$855	-7.78
595	595	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,006	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474–498	480	15	144.00–151.00	$149.06	$715	—
553	553	3	135.00	$135.00	$747	—
612	612	3	128.00	$128.00	$783	—
668	668	3	145.00	$145.00	$969	—
781	781	4	126.00	$126.00	$984	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571–590	578	13	165.00–176.00	$169.32	$979	-8.68

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	226.00	$226.00	$988	—
461–487	474	10	205.00–222.50	$215.35	$1,021	+13.14
535	535	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,081	-3.83
550–587	571	20	175.00–195.50	$188.37	$1,076	-1.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	11	173.00	$173.00	$908	-5.99
554–596	582	24	155.00–184.00	$164.51	$957	+7.54

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	3	169.00	$169.00	$977	—
656	656	7	148.00	$148.00	$971	—
729	729	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,029	—
620	620	3	161.00	$161.00	$998	—
720	720	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220–1525	1393	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,250.00–2,100.00	$1,783.25	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–960	709	85-90%	14	30.00–51.00	$39.72	$282	—
700–1100	996	85-90%	56	50.00–67.00	$59.43	$592	—
780–1145	997	85-90%	40	80.00–94.50	$85.95	$857	—
780–1280	1004	85-90%	95	66.00–84.00	$73.32	$736	+15.67

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1330	1160	80-85%	102	79.00–91.00	$86.21	$1,000	+2.65
1000–1320	1173	80-85%	28	90.00–100.00	$94.06	$1,103	+10.50
1038–1310	1186	80-85%	19	62.00–77.00	$73.37	$870	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1470	1321	75-80%	7	70.00–81.00	$76.26	$1,007	—
1260–1770	1436	75-80%	60	82.00–92.50	$86.99	$1,249	—
1240–1885	1453	75-80%	39	92.50–101.00	$95.24	$1,384	+1.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2175	1548	11	81.00–97.00	$88.25	$1,366	—
1215–2215	1591	28	97.00–114.00	$104.83	$1,668	—
1555–2190	1831	11	109.50–130.00	$117.11	$2,144	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1095	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	96.00–135.00	$116.80	$1,057
900–1510	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	81.00–110.00	$94.79	$1,077

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–905	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	94.00–107.50	$100.88	$896
770–1035	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	81.00–105.00	$91.94	$858

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778–1090	856	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–83.00	$74.14	$635

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1160	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$923.93
1010–1350	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,299.55

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–890	824	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,354.38

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1070	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	525.00–900.00	$757.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1005–1055	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–1,000.00	$860.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1285	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,525.00	$1,485.90

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–710	693	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	125.00–400.00	$265.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743–812	778	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	950.00–1,125.00	$1,041.38
780–985	900	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	800.00–950.00	$871.74

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

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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
945–1285	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,450.00–1,775.00	$1,497.22	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–960	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,375.00	$1,208.33	—
986	986	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-50.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1050	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.