Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 10, 2023

5,145 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $243.15/cwt +12.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,388/hd at 571 lb · 383 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $211.78/cwt +6.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,233/hd at 582 lb · 252 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $230.91/cwt +7.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,455/hd at 630 lb · 247 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,145	3,842	3,652
Feeder cattle	4,231	3,146	2,508
Slaughter cattle	632	399	734
Replacement cattle	282	297	410

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeder calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher, yearlings 4.00 to 6.00 higher and late week steers uneven from 6.00 lower to 4.00 higher and heifers steady spots 4.00 to 8.00 higher under 425 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	37	267.50–292.00	$281.17	$925	+19.46
350–395	373	22	262.50–279.00	$267.49	$998	+5.66
405–448	428	71	257.00–285.00	$264.84	$1,134	+2.59
451–459 thin fleshed	455	16	279.00–281.00	$280.12	$1,275	—
462 unweaned	462	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,192	—
454–497	473	62	252.50–271.00	$263.24	$1,245	+24.68
503–549	524	82	237.00–266.00	$249.56	$1,308	+6.89
551–598	571	383	235.00–263.00	$243.15	$1,388	+12.09
603–644	630	247	200.00–248.00	$230.91	$1,455	+7.11
655–682	672	28	213.00–222.00	$220.50	$1,482	+9.09
700–745	703	26	179.00–208.00	$205.88	$1,447	+10.88
765–780	770	38	183.00–204.50	$202.59	$1,560	—
853–898	889	35	187.00–188.00	$187.81	$1,670	+3.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	14	250.00–260.00	$256.13	$840	+9.55
352–398	379	51	240.00–263.00	$253.63	$961	+9.99
411–445	427	57	231.00–252.50	$243.47	$1,040	+0.98
451–492	472	114	229.00–255.00	$241.78	$1,141	+14.04
503–543	526	73	220.00–235.00	$228.67	$1,203	+8.31
561–598	574	47	222.50–240.00	$232.15	$1,333	+15.90
602–648	625	17	200.00–210.00	$205.74	$1,286	+2.93
658–678	668	10	197.00–216.00	$205.39	$1,372	+3.71
723–744	735	11	180.00–193.00	$187.15	$1,376	+1.38
977	977	8	163.00	$163.00	$1,593	—
1025–1042	1040	43	145.00–162.00	$160.44	$1,669	+2.44
1100	1100	61	155.00	$155.00	$1,705	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	225.00	$225.00	$770	+17.50
354	354	7	232.50	$232.50	$823	+23.50
410–445	431	5	225.00–227.50	$226.55	$976	+11.55
455–490	477	28	177.50–222.50	$210.31	$1,003	+15.60
542–549	546	12	200.00–216.00	$206.62	$1,128	+24.34
624	624	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,217	+9.46
667	667	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,181	+0.33
737	737	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,106	-13.00
845–847	847	17	140.00–155.00	$151.48	$1,283	+4.48

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	7	226.00	$226.00	$895	—
475	475	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,069	—
554–588	574	10	200.00–226.00	$215.97	$1,240	+18.47
745	745	5	197.00	$197.00	$1,468	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	254.00	$254.00	$1,006	—
498	498	15	250.00	$250.00	$1,245	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	8	175.00	$175.00	$649	—
508	508	3	175.00	$175.00	$889	-20.00
598	598	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,046	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	421	11	220.00–240.00	$225.37	$949	+0.37

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–341	332	17	232.50–247.50	$234.53	$779	-4.79
353–389	379	115	230.00–255.00	$242.04	$917	+17.72
403 thin fleshed	403	6	247.50	$247.50	$997	-0.50
402–448	423	111	222.50–249.00	$231.43	$979	+8.06
452 unweaned	452	13	242.00	$242.00	$1,094	—
452–495	466	142	220.00–242.50	$229.96	$1,072	+10.53
500–542	516	164	214.00–231.00	$223.25	$1,152	+6.29
538 thin fleshed	538	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,307	—
558–596	582	252	210.00–222.00	$211.78	$1,233	+6.87
605–648	630	105	189.00–218.00	$207.55	$1,308	+20.16
667–697	684	22	196.00–200.00	$197.24	$1,349	+9.58
700–719	708	25	182.50–199.00	$192.29	$1,361	—
755–771	769	67	182.50–185.00	$182.79	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–348	334	5	200.00–212.50	$207.82	$694	-3.18
350–398	375	37	205.00–227.50	$219.05	$821	+14.34
402–448	422	50	200.00–222.50	$212.56	$897	+10.56
455–499	475	76	195.00–219.00	$209.32	$994	+9.20
503–548	520	54	190.00–209.00	$200.94	$1,045	+6.76
552–598	569	102	187.00–209.00	$201.29	$1,145	+12.72
602–635	619	25	173.00–194.00	$187.09	$1,158	+4.60
650–691	681	108	167.00–193.00	$187.70	$1,278	+10.09
700–738	715	11	164.00–183.00	$174.77	$1,250	+12.89
752–792	768	5	155.00–165.00	$160.88	$1,236	-8.12
847	847	11	171.50	$171.50	$1,453	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	327	10	185.00–210.00	$199.42	$652	—
388	388	3	201.00	$201.00	$780	+13.38
436–448	439	18	167.50–196.00	$176.44	$775	+5.25
454–498	478	24	185.00–194.00	$187.96	$898	-2.81
519–538	524	17	182.50–187.50	$186.08	$975	+3.58
592–594	593	11	179.00–185.00	$180.63	$1,071	+21.07
603–630	623	13	168.00–180.00	$173.63	$1,082	+15.63
802–820	809	11	136.00	$136.00	$1,100	-2.00
952	952	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,238	—
1061	1061	11	133.00	$133.00	$1,411	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	6	217.50	$217.50	$674	—
376–378	377	14	215.00–227.50	$223.92	$844	+23.46
420–440	432	5	197.50	$197.50	$853	—
477	477	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,002	—
561–595	576	9	181.00–187.50	$184.52	$1,063	+3.52

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	16	227.50	$227.50	$1,103	+9.50
709	709	8	186.00	$186.00	$1,319	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	5	190.00	$190.00	$931	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–443	414	10	215.00–222.50	$217.41	$900	-0.98
458–492	472	9	200.00–215.00	$209.24	$988	-4.37
505–548	523	18	197.50–216.00	$209.79	$1,097	+7.35
552–596	572	20	172.50–190.00	$183.76	$1,051	-1.13
635–638	636	7	192.00–193.00	$192.29	$1,223	—
661–693	675	7	167.50–185.00	$177.30	$1,197	+0.63
702–741	729	10	175.00	$175.00	$1,276	—
941–948	945	16	125.00–135.00	$130.64	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	6	255.00	$255.00	$961	+12.00
440–448	445	8	224.00–242.50	$230.86	$1,027	—
450–498	476	30	217.50–233.00	$223.53	$1,064	—
539	539	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,159	+4.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	217.00	$217.00	$868	+28.00
492	492	3	180.00	$180.00	$886	—
557	557	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,192	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1285	1175	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,454.43	—
1305–1685	1531	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,065.10	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712–1060	874	85-90%	9	30.00–51.00	$46.18	$404	—
685–1195	933	85-90%	45	55.00–70.00	$60.12	$561	-1.25
760–1270	985	85-90%	122	72.00–88.00	$79.80	$786	—
870–1215	1080	85-90%	44	87.50–97.00	$90.86	$981	+12.54

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1330	1166	80-85%	108	85.00–96.50	$91.50	$1,067	-6.93
910–1365	1170	80-85%	48	75.00–87.00	$83.32	$975	-15.11
1055–1300	1209	80-85%	43	96.00–106.50	$99.21	$1,199	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1695	1435	75-80%	64	87.00–100.00	$94.24	$1,352	+9.79
1335–1540	1441	75-80%	23	68.00–88.00	$84.64	$1,220	—
1315–1850	1490	75-80%	18	98.00–109.00	$102.09	$1,521	+2.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1162–2030	1424	24	75.00–104.00	$95.76	$1,364	—
1275–2155	1624	35	100.00–119.00	$112.69	$1,830	+2.08
1406–2375	1807	28	113.50–134.00	$124.58	$2,251	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–990	879	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	120.00–156.00	$135.35	$1,190
820–1330	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	85.00–127.50	$106.66	$1,099

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1055	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	87.00–130.00	$102.57	$921

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–835	746	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	57.50–75.00	$70.76	$528

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1206	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,206.39
1070–1395	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,262.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–975	942	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	850.00–1,050.00	$932.80
960–1125	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	800.00–1,050.00	$925.79

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1095	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,142.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–965	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	650.00–1,000.00	$788.15

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–775	708	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	300.00–650.00	$465.72

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1305–1550	1387	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,435.00–1,650.00	$1,551.18

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–920	911	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,000.00	$929.12
965	965	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,240.00	$1,240.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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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
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1315–1367	1346	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,725.00–1,825.00	$1,765.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1050–1160	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,433.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,612.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–950	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.