Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 17, 2023

4,680 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $210.72/cwt +1.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 478 lb · 144 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $202.56/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,063/hd at 525 lb · 144 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.97/cwt ±-0.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,093/hd at 473 lb · 129 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,680	5,145	3,401
Feeder cattle	3,687	4,231	2,474
Slaughter cattle	659	632	515
Replacement cattle	334	282	412

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 4.00 higher, heifers uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	319	12	280.00–295.00	$289.77	$924	+8.60
370–396	385	26	262.50–283.00	$270.11	$1,040	+2.62
409–447	427	33	264.00–280.00	$270.76	$1,156	+5.92
462	462	8	247.00	$247.00	$1,141	-16.24
453–494	467	99	256.00–277.00	$263.89	$1,232	+0.65
497 unweaned	497	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,267	-3.00
505–520 fancy	510	6	266.00–273.50	$270.95	$1,382	—
502–547	523	119	250.00–268.00	$257.16	$1,345	+7.60
550–581	564	51	229.00–262.00	$250.82	$1,415	+7.67
602–642	625	114	220.00–236.00	$229.47	$1,434	-1.44
650–688	667	62	214.00–234.00	$220.75	$1,472	+0.25
701–747	732	56	200.00–215.50	$213.18	$1,560	+7.30
809–831	816	12	193.00–202.50	$199.28	$1,626	—
932	932	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,696	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–335	327	10	250.00–275.00	$259.72	$849	+3.59
353–398	387	38	245.00–266.00	$254.91	$987	+1.28
400–448	424	88	232.50–260.00	$252.48	$1,071	+9.01
452–492	471	44	235.00–252.50	$243.38	$1,146	+1.60
505–543	521	44	225.00–247.50	$240.48	$1,253	+11.81
552–592	580	35	212.00–240.00	$232.53	$1,349	+0.38
605–643	633	39	202.00–225.00	$210.95	$1,335	+5.21
652–692	667	36	189.00–206.50	$202.13	$1,348	-3.26
708–735	729	20	191.00–200.00	$196.30	$1,431	+9.15
756–772	760	13	191.00–193.00	$191.31	$1,454	—
800–845	823	2	177.00–191.00	$184.19	$1,516	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–382	378	8	232.50–242.50	$236.18	$893	+3.68
410–420	415	2	215.00	$215.00	$892	-11.55
480–490	485	2	211.00–218.00	$214.54	$1,041	+4.23
500–543	534	24	201.00–221.00	$215.83	$1,153	+9.21
550–569	560	8	205.00–206.00	$205.49	$1,151	—
618–635	625	8	185.00–207.00	$195.28	$1,220	+0.28

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,191	+18.00
587	587	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,356	+15.03
966–982	974	8	145.00–155.00	$150.04	$1,461	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	8	235.00–240.00	$238.14	$1,055	+12.77
516	516	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,161	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	174.00	$174.00	$842	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	335	21	242.50–262.50	$247.41	$829	+12.88
352–388	368	29	236.00–257.50	$242.15	$891	+0.11
400–446	425	95	222.50–252.00	$235.91	$1,003	+4.48
452–490	473	123	220.00–241.00	$231.99	$1,097	+2.03
476 unweaned	476	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,000	-32.00
502–541	525	54	212.00–232.00	$221.01	$1,160	-2.24
550–596	562	104	203.00–215.00	$205.49	$1,155	-6.29
596 unweaned	596	9	192.00	$192.00	$1,144	—
602–648	635	120	199.50–208.00	$200.89	$1,276	-6.66
651–680	666	19	195.00–201.00	$198.22	$1,320	+0.98
759–780	771	16	178.00–182.50	$179.94	$1,387	-2.85
842–843	843	84	173.50–177.75	$175.27	$1,478	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–348	343	14	217.50–232.50	$226.87	$778	+19.05
358–395	377	27	217.50–235.00	$229.22	$864	+10.17
400–448	425	73	202.00–229.00	$213.80	$909	+1.24
450–499	478	144	192.50–220.00	$210.72	$1,007	+1.40
500–548	525	144	190.00–212.50	$202.56	$1,063	+1.62
554–598	577	87	184.00–200.00	$194.71	$1,123	-6.58
602–649	621	65	177.00–198.00	$190.92	$1,186	+3.83
659–694	675	87	174.00–194.00	$188.98	$1,276	+1.28
722–745	730	6	152.50–171.00	$164.70	$1,202	-10.07
762	762	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,273	+6.12
807	807	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,332	—
852	852	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,397	—
923	923	11	155.00	$155.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	8	210.00	$210.00	$674	+10.58
378–392	388	11	190.00–210.00	$202.02	$784	+1.02
410–428	419	4	195.00–205.00	$199.89	$838	+23.45
465–496	481	33	180.00–199.00	$190.29	$915	+2.33
500–525	511	14	177.50–189.00	$184.66	$944	-1.42
575	575	12	176.00	$176.00	$1,012	-4.63
802–833	824	18	130.00–136.00	$132.02	$1,088	-3.98

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–491	471	16	199.00–233.00	$214.50	$1,010	+24.50
574–588	580	12	189.00–195.00	$192.46	$1,116	—
872	872	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,421	—
1031	1031	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,392	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	5	205.00	$205.00	$670	-12.50
403–437	428	20	202.50–220.00	$212.89	$911	+15.39
572	572	10	178.00	$178.00	$1,018	-6.52

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	245.00	$245.00	$909	—
452–453	453	12	225.00–227.50	$226.04	$1,024	—
945	945	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,484	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–367	365	7	150.00–180.00	$162.92	$595	—
481	481	5	164.00	$164.00	$789	—
625	625	2	136.00	$136.00	$850	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–393	374	13	249.00–252.50	$250.77	$938	—
420–434	430	11	200.00–249.00	$223.35	$960	+5.94
460–488	477	10	215.00–238.00	$223.89	$1,068	+14.65
505–548	522	34	200.00–225.00	$212.99	$1,112	+3.20
584–594	589	11	180.00–200.00	$196.74	$1,159	+12.98
600–640	613	3	177.00–190.00	$185.48	$1,137	-6.81
682–695	687	12	172.00–192.00	$179.88	$1,236	+2.58
710–712	711	3	169.00–182.00	$173.33	$1,232	-1.67
775	775	2	179.00	$179.00	$1,387	—
1067–1068	1068	9	128.00–130.00	$128.67	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433–438	436	6	225.00–242.50	$233.80	$1,019	+2.94
459–492	475	14	230.00–246.00	$240.35	$1,142	+16.82
500–546	522	12	220.00–235.00	$224.79	$1,173	+9.79
596	596	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1165	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,366.88	-87.55
1060–1655	1414	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,800.00–2,100.00	$1,969.27	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	220.00	$220.00	$752	—
352	352	2	215.00	$215.00	$757	—
550	550	3	171.00	$171.00	$940	-43.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1025	889	85-90%	16	40.00–55.00	$50.20	$446	+4.02
732–1130	918	85-90%	51	53.50–70.00	$64.74	$594	+4.62
730–1230	997	85-90%	184	70.00–88.00	$78.68	$784	-1.12
910–1180	1011	85-90%	16	86.00–93.00	$89.84	$908	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1360	1146	80-85%	112	85.00–96.50	$88.83	$1,018	—
1015–1380	1165	80-85%	40	75.00–85.00	$81.70	$952	-9.80
1065–1365	1191	80-85%	20	95.00–103.00	$98.24	$1,170	+14.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1540	1396	75-80%	10	96.00–100.50	$97.95	$1,367	—
1250–1740	1428	75-80%	63	87.50–98.50	$91.72	$1,310	-2.52
1270–1895	1467	75-80%	27	78.00–87.00	$83.95	$1,232	-18.14

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1970	1541	34	106.00–118.00	$112.57	$1,735	—
1215–2100	1563	24	83.00–106.00	$97.56	$1,525	—
1585–2200	1836	19	118.00–132.00	$123.63	$2,270	-0.95

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–897	831	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	114.00–149.00	$126.33	$1,050
790–1155	1023	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	125.00–147.00	$139.33	$1,425
790–1250	1056	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	80.00–127.50	$97.12	$1,026

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1075	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	81.00–113.00	$91.00	$837

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1160	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,043.66
950–1345	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,238.72
1142–1320	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,125.00–1,225.00	$1,207.68

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1095	892	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	600.00–1,050.00	$889.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
794	794	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	960.00	$960.00
730–955	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$842.51
845–1180	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–1,085.00	$945.21
980–1170	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	725.00–1,075.00	$899.77

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–995	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,215.34

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–945	820	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,000.00	$969.51

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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
1175–1230	1189	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1116–1295	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	1,875.00–2,000.00	$1,979.17	-170.83

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1080	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,316.67	—

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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.