Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

4,714 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.61/cwt +2.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 615 lb · 226 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $241.50/cwt +15.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,253/hd at 519 lb · 180 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $213.40/cwt +8.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,344/hd at 630 lb · 149 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,714	5,770	6,516
Feeder cattle	3,832	4,994	5,557
Slaughter cattle	546	528	684
Replacement cattle	336	248	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except for some heifers late week spots 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	331	16	240.00–255.00	$250.47	$829	-1.42
350–395	371	33	228.00–265.00	$245.08	$909	+8.82
400–448	424	61	235.00–260.00	$248.13	$1,052	+12.33
429 thin fleshed	429	9	263.00	$263.00	$1,128	—
452–488	470	62	227.00–254.00	$236.02	$1,109	-0.47
468–484 thin fleshed	474	14	259.00–265.00	$262.81	$1,246	+13.88
504–548	519	180	225.00–251.00	$241.50	$1,253	+15.43
555 thin fleshed	555	8	247.00	$247.00	$1,371	—
559–596	577	121	213.00–231.00	$221.48	$1,278	+6.67
601–649	630	149	199.00–227.00	$213.40	$1,344	+8.85
654–699	677	124	190.00–208.00	$194.53	$1,317	+1.57
706–748	732	135	185.00–193.00	$190.20	$1,392	+2.32
786	786	19	178.00	$178.00	$1,399	-5.44
801–842	832	38	175.00–180.00	$176.96	$1,472	+0.52
907–937	920	19	171.00–176.00	$173.27	$1,594	+2.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–399	388	15	205.00–228.00	$217.83	$845	+3.84
408–448	429	15	215.00–233.00	$229.58	$985	+13.37
452–494	464	24	200.00–222.50	$209.07	$970	-3.30
500–545	524	60	202.50–223.00	$212.33	$1,113	+3.71
568–598	578	57	196.00–212.00	$205.32	$1,187	+7.49
605–646	635	46	180.00–204.00	$191.91	$1,219	+2.08
650–698	672	65	176.00–197.50	$187.35	$1,259	+0.32
703–735	712	26	173.50–179.50	$177.38	$1,263	+2.84
750–788	768	44	162.50–179.00	$175.63	$1,349	+0.82
820–840	830	4	165.00–167.50	$165.62	$1,375	-3.13
869	869	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,469	+5.32
900–917	910	12	154.00–163.00	$158.52	$1,443	-6.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	5	205.00	$205.00	$625	—
381–395	387	7	200.00–215.00	$206.56	$799	—
433–445	437	11	185.00–205.00	$192.40	$841	+7.40
463–480	472	6	185.00–191.00	$187.95	$887	—
515–545	530	14	171.00–193.00	$181.50	$962	—
550–570	561	7	170.00–185.00	$180.31	$1,012	+11.95
605–641	637	16	150.00–170.00	$165.81	$1,056	+0.81
655–695	660	9	147.00–172.50	$167.85	$1,108	+1.78

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	15	220.00	$220.00	$1,034	—
578	578	12	221.00	$221.00	$1,277	—
610	610	11	207.00	$207.00	$1,263	-5.00
688	688	13	192.25	$192.25	$1,323	-1.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	7	202.50	$202.50	$946	—
540	540	12	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	—
564–578	569	16	195.00–210.00	$205.20	$1,168	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	14	170.00	$170.00	$554	—
474	474	9	153.00	$153.00	$725	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	6	257.50	$257.50	$922	—
421	421	5	235.00	$235.00	$989	—
452–488	475	8	237.50–241.00	$239.75	$1,139	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	7	206.00	$206.00	$1,174	—
694	694	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,180	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	4	156.00	$156.00	$774	-17.35

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–332	328	9	215.00–222.50	$219.97	$722	+17.47
356–397	379	45	202.00–228.00	$215.36	$816	+6.86
400–448	420	56	202.50–219.00	$208.36	$875	+0.72
452–495	470	86	196.00–215.00	$201.34	$946	+4.28
502–545	524	77	187.00–206.00	$191.48	$1,003	+0.88
558–598	580	70	182.50–192.00	$187.23	$1,086	+3.05
601–638	615	226	175.00–184.00	$179.61	$1,105	+2.27
653–690	680	64	170.00–178.00	$173.15	$1,177	+1.77
715	715	22	170.00	$170.00	$1,216	—
760–765	761	18	161.00–175.00	$172.65	$1,314	+1.65
805	805	7	169.50	$169.50	$1,364	+4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–345	319	18	190.00–206.00	$197.96	$631	+7.96
360–390	372	15	180.00–200.00	$186.84	$695	+8.04
402–448	429	65	175.00–202.00	$190.95	$819	+5.32
456–497	484	33	177.50–196.00	$186.01	$900	+3.49
500–542	529	78	166.00–188.00	$177.98	$942	+0.33
550–595	583	131	160.00–180.00	$177.08	$1,032	+5.42
600–634	621	56	150.00–177.00	$165.12	$1,025	-2.65
653–685	665	91	150.00–169.00	$162.85	$1,083	+0.80
768–778	773	6	143.00–151.00	$147.03	$1,137	-15.05
842	842	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,305	+12.58
885–892	891	5	148.00–159.00	$156.81	$1,397	+6.81
933–940	937	14	120.00–128.00	$123.41	$1,156	—
1062	1062	15	138.00	$138.00	$1,466	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	331	5	162.00–170.00	$164.81	$546	—
355–365	358	10	170.00–177.00	$173.14	$620	—
414–435	419	20	157.50–173.00	$162.16	$679	-8.84
475–490	485	12	160.00–178.00	$164.98	$800	+0.45
513–543	526	12	140.00–160.00	$147.55	$776	-7.87
569	569	8	150.00	$150.00	$854	+6.14
620	620	2	146.00	$146.00	$905	—
710–740	721	8	132.50–137.00	$135.27	$975	-2.76
751–773	758	10	120.00–135.00	$124.59	$944	—
842	842	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,137	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	200.00	$200.00	$718	—
460	460	5	177.00	$177.00	$814	—
520–534	528	12	175.00–182.50	$179.42	$947	—
569	569	18	179.00	$179.00	$1,019	+9.68

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	15	201.00	$201.00	$900	-2.76
533	533	15	191.00	$191.00	$1,018	+8.00
618	618	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,112	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	24	175.00	$175.00	$562	—
402	402	12	169.00	$169.00	$679	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	5	190.00	$190.00	$593	+25.70
443	443	11	191.00	$191.00	$846	—
497	497	11	184.00	$184.00	$914	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	146.00	$146.00	$569	—
402	402	2	145.00	$145.00	$583	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	375	11	185.00–217.50	$199.28	$747	—
403–437	426	9	193.00–210.00	$198.36	$845	—
452–472	462	4	195.00–208.00	$201.36	$930	—
535–538	536	5	175.00–189.00	$183.38	$983	+10.38
568–588	577	7	178.00–190.00	$184.76	$1,066	+20.25
616	616	7	166.00	$166.00	$1,023	—
664–682	672	12	143.00–168.00	$153.58	$1,032	—
765	765	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,109	—
888–897	895	10	140.00–145.00	$144.01	$1,289	—
996	996	5	125.00	$125.00	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	235.00	$235.00	$865	—
405–439	428	12	210.00–235.00	$218.42	$935	-7.58
521–546	536	23	202.00–214.00	$208.60	$1,118	+6.60
556–595	572	11	191.00–210.00	$200.38	$1,146	+12.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410–1470	1438	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,751.80	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1260	921	85-90%	14	30.00–54.00	$48.09	$443	—
720–1275	949	85-90%	53	55.00–70.00	$60.43	$573	—
805–1160	994	85-90%	21	81.00–90.00	$83.91	$834	+24.48
810–1285	1090	85-90%	116	67.00–84.00	$74.37	$811	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1400	1165	80-85%	119	80.00–93.00	$87.33	$1,017	+1.12
992–1330	1168	80-85%	28	66.00–81.50	$76.76	$897	-17.30
1015–1350	1199	80-85%	16	93.00–105.00	$96.71	$1,160	+23.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1655	1411	75-80%	17	73.00–83.00	$79.51	$1,122	-7.48
1300–1700	1438	75-80%	45	83.00–94.00	$90.07	$1,295	+3.08
1310–1768	1496	75-80%	23	94.00–100.00	$96.35	$1,441	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2070	1436	17	82.00–99.00	$93.00	$1,335	—
1235–2170	1625	32	100.00–114.00	$106.41	$1,729	—
1540–2110	1867	14	110.50–131.00	$119.83	$2,237	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1422	1041	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	118.00–137.00	$123.95	$1,290
625–1360	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	93.00–127.00	$107.49	$1,134
850–1545	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	85.00–115.00	$98.18	$1,085

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–995	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	80.00–114.00	$91.92	$847

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–995	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$949.49
1000–1250	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,151.57
1025–1422	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,409.38

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1075	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–1,200.00	$1,074.03
865–1322	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,050.00–1,500.00	$1,240.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1098	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	500.00–1,050.00	$854.87

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395–1515	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,600.00	$1,445.93

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–745	737	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	225.00–260.00	$236.40

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–708	699	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–950.00	$911.99
850–965	879	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	825.00–1,200.00	$1,009.06
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1116	1116	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1125–1275	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,450.00–1,850.00	$1,716.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1130	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,377.78	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1409	1409	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.