Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 20, 2023

3,872 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $232.53/cwt +2.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,311/hd at 564 lb · 210 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $181.94/cwt -3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,052/hd at 578 lb · 147 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $222.98/cwt +0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,394/hd at 625 lb · 140 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,872	4,710	3,081
Feeder cattle	3,044	3,704	2,177
Slaughter cattle	441	588	756
Replacement cattle	387	418	148

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher, except early week heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–346	324	24	247.50–260.00	$251.96	$816	-12.30
358 fancy	358	8	276.00	$276.00	$988	—
379	379	8	260.00	$260.00	$985	+8.48
412 thin fleshed	412	8	277.00	$277.00	$1,141	—
406–448	423	60	247.50–267.50	$253.19	$1,071	+2.60
452–498	480	90	239.50–257.50	$249.09	$1,196	+2.51
501–548	529	108	230.00–255.00	$240.15	$1,270	-0.96
555–588	564	210	227.50–239.00	$232.53	$1,311	+2.91
601–648	625	140	207.00–230.00	$222.98	$1,394	+0.28
652–695	667	76	200.00–219.50	$205.76	$1,372	-2.15
708	708	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,324	-8.13
808	808	22	176.00	$176.00	$1,422	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	317	14	229.00–237.50	$235.33	$746	—
360–397	390	27	233.00–240.00	$234.58	$915	+6.05
408–448	426	35	216.00–240.00	$229.25	$977	-3.19
450–490	476	35	216.00–240.00	$231.17	$1,100	+4.93
504–541	525	79	220.00–232.50	$226.20	$1,188	+5.18
555–598	576	71	214.00–227.50	$221.84	$1,278	+6.87
618–639	629	26	181.00–210.00	$198.86	$1,251	+3.70
668–698	684	22	187.50–195.00	$191.55	$1,310	+0.98
705–743	727	39	175.00–190.00	$183.51	$1,334	+3.18
755–798	771	18	175.00–182.00	$179.49	$1,384	+2.21
827–840	829	11	168.00–174.00	$172.90	$1,433	+2.06
902	902	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,470	—
965	965	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,496	—
1064	1064	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,490	-6.51
1288	1288	18	133.00	$133.00	$1,713	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	5	210.00	$210.00	$762	-6.82
453–486	469	25	200.00–217.50	$210.46	$987	+6.26
529–536	532	11	185.00–205.00	$192.33	$1,023	-2.67
558–588	575	9	185.00–192.00	$190.26	$1,094	+14.22
849	849	8	133.00	$133.00	$1,129	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	9	259.00	$259.00	$1,267	—
602	602	14	222.00	$222.00	$1,336	-1.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	212.50	$212.50	$888	—
623–642	634	7	172.50–189.00	$179.45	$1,138	-3.05

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	6	235.00	$235.00	$898	—
536	536	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,152	-2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	9	180.00	$180.00	$817	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	6	145.00	$145.00	$954	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	329	26	202.50–207.50	$203.18	$668	+2.74
366–395	377	16	200.00–210.00	$206.22	$777	+3.49
400–447	418	47	185.00–207.50	$197.87	$827	-8.41
450–499	476	39	180.00–202.50	$184.95	$880	-13.52
500–548	530	125	172.00–188.00	$183.71	$974	-1.17
553–598	578	147	173.00–189.00	$181.94	$1,052	-3.09
602–649	626	46	167.50–175.00	$173.15	$1,084	+0.31
667–677	673	35	165.00–175.00	$170.59	$1,148	+3.00
700–725	709	29	155.00–173.00	$166.97	$1,184	+4.84
827	827	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,108	-25.00
951	951	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	309	21	219.00–238.00	$231.55	$715	+5.75
354–398	383	64	215.00–228.00	$220.36	$844	+0.51
404–440	422	89	210.00–222.50	$215.48	$909	-2.03
451–490	470	55	205.00–226.00	$212.02	$996	-3.92
500–533	516	112	193.00–212.50	$202.51	$1,045	-2.36
557–598	560	37	192.00–194.00	$193.60	$1,084	-3.02
600–648	611	39	182.50–197.00	$186.71	$1,141	+3.85
675–695	688	6	177.00–183.00	$178.96	$1,231	-0.04
711–728	715	12	162.50–175.00	$171.82	$1,229	-6.18
755–797	775	24	164.00–169.00	$166.64	$1,291	-4.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	6	187.50	$187.50	$572	+6.39
350	350	2	182.50	$182.50	$639	-2.09
454–498	470	13	170.00–175.00	$172.83	$812	-4.16
620–638	623	16	140.00–150.00	$141.92	$884	-14.11
630	630	3	145.00	$145.00	$914	-11.03
659	659	13	150.00	$150.00	$988	+1.20
795	795	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,026	-4.74

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	8	139.00	$139.00	$810	—
681	681	12	120.00	$120.00	$817	—
732	732	6	120.00	$120.00	$878	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	7	202.50	$202.50	$812	—
475	475	5	192.00	$192.00	$912	—
558–574	563	12	169.00–185.00	$179.57	$1,011	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	6	155.00	$155.00	$840	+25.21
556	556	6	147.50	$147.50	$820	—
711	711	5	120.00	$120.00	$853	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	200.00	$200.00	$898	—
592	592	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,095	-1.00
650	650	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,118	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	6	200.00	$200.00	$916	—
530	530	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,034	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–342	331	11	237.50–251.00	$245.18	$812	—
433–445	438	5	238.00–242.50	$239.83	$1,050	-0.17
452–470	460	17	221.00–232.00	$226.72	$1,043	-3.28
552–575	563	22	209.00–215.00	$211.34	$1,190	—
686	686	10	182.00	$182.00	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	224.00	$224.00	$892	—
455	455	4	200.00	$200.00	$910	-16.79
521	521	8	204.00	$204.00	$1,063	—
572–592	580	8	185.00–197.00	$191.32	$1,110	-7.60
690–697	694	5	160.00–177.50	$166.96	$1,159	+0.11
730	730	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,241	—
895–898	897	7	112.50–132.50	$123.94	$1,112	-0.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195–1790	1446	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	1,400.00–2,150.00	$1,979.60	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1170	891	85-90%	20	30.00–60.00	$50.22	$447	+6.77
705–1170	971	85-90%	35	55.00–70.00	$65.08	$632	-0.42
835–1215	1043	85-90%	22	82.00–100.00	$89.10	$929	+0.32
820–1190	1072	85-90%	106	70.00–87.00	$78.78	$845	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1275	1185	80-85%	11	65.00–84.00	$77.68	$921	-10.62
1030–1445	1224	80-85%	19	95.00–106.00	$100.28	$1,227	-0.20
1070–1325	1267	80-85%	78	86.00–96.00	$89.84	$1,138	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1695	1419	75-80%	8	75.00–87.00	$82.43	$1,170	—
1380–1580	1419	75-80%	38	87.50–96.00	$91.65	$1,301	—
1300–1595	1441	75-80%	23	95.00–110.00	$100.01	$1,441	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
979	979	4	118.00	$118.00	$1,155	—
1335–1670	1521	8	88.00–102.00	$96.89	$1,474	—
1320–2235	1578	31	102.00–117.00	$110.08	$1,737	—
1545–2370	1839	18	112.50–130.00	$121.05	$2,226	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–970	912	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	120.00–140.00	$129.71	$1,183
810–1185	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	82.00–110.00	$93.46	$928

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1580	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	88.00–115.00	$100.87	$935

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–995	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–76.00	$71.50	$625

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–945	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–80.00	$76.01	$657

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1144–1150	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,275.00–1,500.00	$1,474.88
1010–1395	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,335.00
1130–1375	1279	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,246.51

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–961	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,263.27
815–1180	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	850.00–1,350.00	$1,063.88

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1010	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	600.00–1,000.00	$927.76

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
936	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,925.00	$1,925.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1090	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	850.00–1,050.00	$1,000.42

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1194	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–795	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	175.00–510.00	$307.09

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
692–775	737	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	800.00–1,125.00	$1,037.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
958–1050	1008	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,175.69

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–989	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	1,925.00–2,125.00	$2,021.30	—
1212	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1045	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,066.67	-33.33
1125–1150	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,278.57	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165–1280	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,616.67	—
1255–1290	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,095.00	-21.67

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1372	1372	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1447	1447	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–975	963	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,283.33	±0.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	10	137.00	$137.00	$611	—
564	564	7	137.00	$137.00	$773	—

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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.