Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 3, 2023

3,842 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $248.68/cwt +8.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,311/hd at 527 lb · 145 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $223.80/cwt +0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,405/hd at 628 lb · 118 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.96/cwt +10.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,148/hd at 529 lb · 115 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,842	4,557	5,606
Feeder cattle	3,146	3,595	4,196
Slaughter cattle	399	623	808
Replacement cattle	297	339	602

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher, with some late week sales 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–349	337	41	252.50–272.50	$261.71	$882	+1.71
358–392	377	46	252.50–270.00	$261.83	$987	-4.90
379 fancy	379	10	284.00	$284.00	$1,076	—
407 thin fleshed	407	25	287.00	$287.00	$1,168	—
400–446	430	73	247.50–278.00	$262.25	$1,128	+3.39
456–498	470	60	232.50–252.50	$238.56	$1,121	-9.99
502–547	525	106	231.00–263.50	$242.67	$1,274	+2.77
533 thin fleshed	533	39	265.00	$265.00	$1,412	—
557–595	570	91	226.00–241.00	$231.06	$1,317	-3.37
603–643	628	118	211.00–233.00	$223.80	$1,405	+1.44
653–687	666	56	202.50–218.00	$211.41	$1,408	+3.11
731	731	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,425	-7.59
806	806	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,491	+5.00
873	873	28	184.00	$184.00	$1,606	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–328	320	9	241.00–255.00	$246.58	$789	+12.39
370–390	383	21	232.00–262.50	$243.64	$933	+1.19
400–448	426	52	230.00–255.00	$242.49	$1,033	+9.83
450–494	475	62	217.50–249.00	$227.74	$1,082	-0.14
502–549	531	60	205.00–239.00	$220.36	$1,170	-3.04
554–598	578	61	202.50–229.00	$216.25	$1,250	+5.88
625–641	630	37	196.00–209.00	$202.81	$1,278	+5.26
660–699	677	31	187.50–208.00	$201.68	$1,365	+10.87
730–740	738	4	179.00–188.00	$185.77	$1,371	+2.60
763–789	779	17	170.00–180.00	$178.42	$1,390	+2.99
800–846	816	32	170.00–180.00	$178.05	$1,453	+0.55
1034	1034	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	3	207.50	$207.50	$647	-10.00
384	384	10	209.00	$209.00	$803	-16.79
410	410	4	215.00	$215.00	$882	+2.45
475–496	492	16	180.00–221.00	$194.71	$958	-24.29
505–533	520	16	175.00–195.00	$182.28	$948	-22.50
550–592	567	5	172.00–185.00	$179.57	$1,018	-30.23
620–636	630	16	184.00–189.00	$185.54	$1,169	—
655	655	3	175.00–180.00	$176.67	$1,157	—
732	732	8	163.00	$163.00	$1,193	—
836	836	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,229	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	230.00	$230.00	$902	-12.50
406	406	5	225.00	$225.00	$914	—
456–484	474	25	214.00–220.00	$216.09	$1,024	-19.91
619	619	5	204.00	$204.00	$1,263	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	215.00	$215.00	$940	—
571	571	5	197.50	$197.50	$1,128	—
677	677	6	185.00–197.00	$191.00	$1,293	+4.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	11	250.00	$250.00	$1,258	+19.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	8	195.00	$195.00	$1,049	+37.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296–298	297	17	244.00–248.00	$245.41	$729	—
300–345	329	27	235.00–250.00	$239.32	$787	+13.04
350–394	370	51	215.00–239.00	$224.32	$830	+1.52
404 thin fleshed	404	21	248.00	$248.00	$1,002	—
404–449	423	90	212.00–233.00	$223.37	$945	+2.59
452–497	478	82	210.00–230.00	$219.43	$1,049	+6.50
504–540	529	115	204.00–230.50	$216.96	$1,148	+10.87
550–598	567	107	190.00–225.50	$204.91	$1,162	+3.61
606–612	607	17	186.00–195.50	$187.39	$1,137	+1.27
650–662	660	15	187.00–189.00	$187.66	$1,239	+0.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	211.00	$211.00	$665	-0.22
353–388	376	55	197.50–212.50	$204.71	$770	+3.00
405–448	433	38	192.50–218.00	$202.00	$875	+2.27
452–498	480	57	191.00–213.00	$200.12	$961	+2.52
500–548	527	69	182.50–203.00	$194.18	$1,023	+9.04
578–590	584	34	183.00–191.00	$188.57	$1,101	+4.93
602–637	623	38	168.00–191.00	$182.49	$1,137	+6.35
654–696	678	47	166.00–184.50	$177.61	$1,204	+6.99
725–747	732	9	150.00–168.00	$161.88	$1,185	-2.97
790	790	7	169.00	$169.00	$1,335	+7.96
834	834	20	166.50	$166.50	$1,389	—
865–879	873	10	150.00–160.50	$158.05	$1,380	+4.05
913–948	935	8	129.00–134.00	$130.83	$1,223	—
1073	1073	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–390	378	41	171.00–192.50	$187.62	$709	-5.87
425–448	445	8	170.00–180.00	$171.19	$762	+2.95
455–498	476	14	185.00–195.00	$190.77	$908	+11.05
521	521	7	182.50	$182.50	$951	+22.20
550–598	581	14	150.00–187.00	$159.56	$927	—
642	642	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,014	+1.00
699	699	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,118	-9.00
792	792	5	125.00	$125.00	$990	—
834	834	10	138.00	$138.00	$1,151	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–372	368	15	217.50–230.00	$226.63	$834	—
477	477	8	218.00	$218.00	$1,040	+3.00
514–515	514	14	207.00–210.00	$207.86	$1,068	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–382	375	5	197.50–202.50	$200.46	$752	—
508–513	510	5	187.00–190.00	$188.79	$963	—
594	594	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,075	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	179.00	$179.00	$788	—
491	491	7	175.00	$175.00	$859	—
502	502	2	135.00	$135.00	$678	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559	559	7	188.00	$188.00	$1,051	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–444	433	12	210.00–230.00	$218.39	$946	+3.56
465–494	483	8	192.50–251.00	$213.61	$1,032	—
502–548	517	12	190.00–226.00	$202.44	$1,047	-2.56
560–582	580	10	180.00–214.00	$184.89	$1,072	—
685	685	9	172.50–180.00	$176.67	$1,210	-11.26
1053–1080	1070	8	120.00–124.00	$122.52	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	10	243.00	$243.00	$957	-8.00
401–408	404	13	238.00–282.00	$255.10	$1,031	—
500–543	533	18	203.00–225.50	$210.69	$1,123	-13.64
602–625	611	5	197.00–197.50	$197.30	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	170.00	$170.00	$581	—
409	409	7	189.00	$189.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1645	1291	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,350.00–1,900.00	$1,562.66	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1855	1855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1010	789	85-90%	17	31.00–51.00	$45.37	$358	—
730–1185	904	85-90%	44	50.00–70.00	$61.37	$555	-16.88
955–1110	1029	85-90%	10	88.00–99.00	$92.40	$951	+1.28
855–1300	1080	85-90%	70	70.00–87.00	$78.32	$846	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1300	1143	80-85%	67	85.00–96.50	$90.66	$1,036	—
1005–1275	1155	80-85%	24	64.00–85.00	$79.99	$924	-20.76
1028–1300	1172	80-85%	14	96.00–105.00	$98.43	$1,154	+15.11

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1302–1650	1397	75-80%	37	85.00–95.00	$91.99	$1,285	—
1170–1660	1405	75-80%	13	80.00–89.00	$84.45	$1,187	-0.18
1335–1845	1493	75-80%	13	97.00–105.00	$99.84	$1,491	+6.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1935	1537	15	89.00–101.00	$96.18	$1,478	—
1355–2185	1644	32	100.00–117.00	$110.61	$1,818	-0.07
1525–2515	1847	20	116.00–134.00	$121.72	$2,248	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1025	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	90.00–100.00	$92.94	$890
750–1082	979	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	115.00–140.00	$129.60	$1,269
815–1395	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	83.00–120.00	$97.00	$1,065

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–955	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	112.50–153.00	$133.42	$1,121
715–995	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	82.50–114.00	$88.98	$812

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–920	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	51.00–79.00	$70.73	$586

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1130	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	74.00–79.00	$77.42	$759

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1220	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,168.65
1035–1255	1161	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	925.00–1,175.00	$1,096.64
950–1495	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	1,000.00–1,700.00	$1,333.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1010	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	500.00–1,000.00	$777.63
960–1090	1013	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–900.00	$760.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1070	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	760.00–890.00	$830.43
965–1070	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,050.00	$966.05
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1125	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,140.45

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–905	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	400.00–625.00	$467.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–805	778	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–900.00	$861.19

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1051–1150	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,309.09	-14.35
1085–1105	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,387.50	+64.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1288	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,900.00–2,200.00	$1,991.07	+178.57

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–907	893	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–1,050.00	$1,018.75	—
978	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	+193.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–950	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,625.00	+107.14

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

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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.