Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

4,871 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.69/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,020/hd at 431 lb · 153 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $262.79/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,246/hd at 474 lb · 117 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $229.92/cwt -2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,334/hd at 580 lb · 115 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,871	4,680	4,622
Feeder cattle	3,800	3,687	3,563
Slaughter cattle	620	659	678
Replacement cattle	451	334	381

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. 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
302–330	319	5	287.50–293.00	$289.58	$924	-0.19
352–388	378	21	270.00–298.00	$277.87	$1,050	+7.76
405–448	432	81	257.00–287.50	$275.11	$1,188	+4.35
450–498	471	79	259.00–279.00	$268.73	$1,266	+4.84
462–495 unweaned	481	38	247.50–255.00	$250.43	$1,205	-4.57
503 unweaned	503	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,278	—
506–543	526	93	238.00–277.00	$262.45	$1,380	+5.29
550–594	575	86	235.00–269.00	$250.32	$1,439	-0.50
608–645	624	86	230.00–249.00	$238.06	$1,485	+8.59
654–694	674	35	223.00–230.50	$228.43	$1,540	+7.68
700–730	722	27	205.00–222.00	$217.71	$1,572	+4.53
751	751	28	212.00	$212.00	$1,592	—
859–865	863	88	187.00–193.85	$192.06	$1,657	—
903–936	916	37	180.00–183.00	$182.20	$1,669	+0.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	341	16	250.00–267.00	$261.96	$893	+2.24
353–399	383	57	246.00–270.00	$256.87	$984	+1.96
401–448	427	48	236.00–265.00	$254.72	$1,088	+2.24
454–492	474	60	232.50–255.00	$245.13	$1,162	+1.75
503–546	525	85	214.00–251.00	$241.05	$1,266	+0.57
552–593	580	115	192.00–241.00	$229.92	$1,334	-2.61
600–645	622	29	189.00–226.00	$214.30	$1,333	+3.35
650–697	674	35	200.00–216.00	$206.12	$1,389	+3.99
707–746	735	11	197.00–207.00	$199.62	$1,467	+3.32
752–795	780	29	177.50–201.00	$188.07	$1,467	-3.24
833	833	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,508	-3.19
881	881	8	183.00	$183.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–345	330	6	240.00–250.00	$244.76	$808	—
375–397	389	11	235.00–245.00	$241.49	$939	+5.31
403–448	424	24	220.00–242.50	$232.23	$985	+17.23
521–540	525	30	210.00–221.00	$216.68	$1,138	+0.85
556–595	560	37	209.00–212.00	$211.66	$1,185	+6.17
615–632	627	23	178.50–200.00	$182.50	$1,144	-12.78
767	767	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,342	—
860	860	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,419	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,243	—
501	501	9	254.00	$254.00	$1,273	—
652	652	32	219.00	$219.00	$1,428	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	8	247.50	$247.50	$988	—
422	422	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,042	+8.86
505–536	529	19	225.00	$225.00	$1,190	±0.00
649	649	6	198.00	$198.00	$1,285	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	480	6	238.00–245.00	$241.46	$1,159	-1.54

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–341	333	7	242.00–243.00	$242.73	$808	-4.68
350–391	380	43	240.00–245.00	$241.36	$917	-0.79
402–445	431	153	225.00–247.00	$236.69	$1,020	+0.78
451–494	473	72	222.50–244.00	$232.88	$1,102	+0.89
500–548	520	98	206.00–228.00	$214.36	$1,115	-6.65
548 unweaned	548	10	201.00	$201.00	$1,101	—
552–596	574	107	202.00–239.00	$210.21	$1,207	+4.72
601–633	615	80	199.00–207.00	$203.18	$1,250	+2.29
700	700	10	192.00	$192.00	$1,344	—
763–795	782	34	180.00–187.00	$182.81	$1,430	+2.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–338	333	14	210.00–230.00	$221.40	$737	-5.47
350–399	370	58	217.50–240.00	$228.50	$845	-0.72
403–445	423	36	210.00–221.00	$216.11	$914	+2.31
461–497	484	85	206.00–223.00	$215.03	$1,041	+4.31
508–545	526	73	195.00–209.00	$200.61	$1,055	-1.95
555–599	583	111	180.00–200.00	$194.14	$1,132	-0.57
600–630	611	27	185.00–197.50	$192.26	$1,175	+1.34
650–692	677	38	178.00–194.00	$187.16	$1,267	-1.82
709–738	727	17	165.00–182.50	$173.17	$1,259	+8.47
755–786	769	36	170.00–179.00	$175.64	$1,351	+8.64
811	811	8	167.50	$167.50	$1,358	+2.50
923–933	930	9	150.00–156.00	$151.99	$1,414	-3.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–343	334	11	202.50–215.00	$211.91	$708	+1.91
368–399	387	21	190.00–215.00	$201.40	$779	-0.62
422–436	431	8	192.50–197.50	$194.34	$838	-5.55
450–498	465	12	187.00–204.00	$194.73	$905	+4.44
545	545	3	172.00	$172.00	$937	-12.66
629–643	634	8	167.50–175.00	$170.35	$1,080	—
682–696	693	9	167.50–176.00	$174.14	$1,207	—
796	796	5	157.50	$157.50	$1,254	—
817	817	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,144	+7.98

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,033	—
547	547	22	209.00	$209.00	$1,143	—
613	613	15	205.00	$205.00	$1,257	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–377	371	14	202.50–210.00	$207.27	$769	—
415–423	419	6	195.00–211.00	$203.08	$851	-9.81
559	559	5	193.00	$193.00	$1,079	+15.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	6	224.00	$224.00	$992	—
455	455	17	222.00	$222.00	$1,010	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–528	513	5	195.00–197.50	$196.47	$1,008	—
653–655	654	9	185.00–194.00	$187.99	$1,229	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	9	100.00	$100.00	$631	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	5	250.00–262.50	$257.82	$853	—
381	381	6	264.00	$264.00	$1,006	—
407–440	421	36	237.00–250.00	$240.56	$1,013	+6.76
458–490	468	29	230.00–248.00	$241.62	$1,131	+1.27
500–526	515	35	212.50–233.00	$220.24	$1,134	-4.55
550–591	579	43	200.00–215.00	$208.67	$1,208	-7.33
601–642	625	29	195.00–213.00	$206.32	$1,290	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	230.00	$230.00	$764	—
350	350	5	240.00	$240.00	$840	-10.77
445	445	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,001	+1.65
468–490	479	14	217.50–225.00	$221.72	$1,062	-2.17
548	548	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,096	-12.99
558–574	564	20	175.00–200.00	$184.05	$1,038	-12.69
600–625	609	8	187.50–193.00	$190.49	$1,160	+5.01
671	671	6	153.00	$153.00	$1,027	-26.88
751–785	761	24	146.00–164.00	$153.44	$1,168	-25.56
917	917	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,284	—
974–980	975	17	125.00–128.00	$127.29	$1,241	—
1030–1032	1032	36	120.00–132.50	$130.42	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	4	217.00	$217.00	$937	—
472	472	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1295	1220	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,450.00–1,800.00	$1,591.12	—
1610–1805	1708	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,473.57	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	175.00	$175.00	$808	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–935	771	85-90%	21	35.00–60.00	$47.24	$364	—
725–1255	986	85-90%	36	55.00–71.00	$64.67	$638	-14.01
725–1225	1090	85-90%	154	71.00–88.00	$78.13	$852	—
790–1290	1095	85-90%	24	87.50–96.00	$91.18	$998	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1310	1182	80-85%	110	84.00–94.00	$88.42	$1,045	-9.82
1060–1290	1188	80-85%	24	76.50–84.00	$81.26	$965	-16.98
1020–1315	1192	80-85%	43	93.00–103.00	$96.53	$1,151	-1.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1645	1339	75-80%	67	87.50–98.50	$90.61	$1,213	—
1235–1470	1373	75-80%	15	94.00–104.00	$99.36	$1,364	+1.41
1235–1570	1407	75-80%	19	82.00–87.00	$84.81	$1,193	-6.91

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1620	1418	15	84.50–105.00	$95.36	$1,352	—
1255–2330	1580	46	105.00–117.00	$111.14	$1,756	+13.58
1475–2000	1806	19	115.00–136.00	$121.44	$2,193	-2.19

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1100	963	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	113.00–147.50	$126.42	$1,217
980–1332	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	89.00–130.00	$101.83	$1,159

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–970	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	87.00–117.50	$102.82	$934

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–960	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	60.00–84.00	$74.87	$588

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,021
1005–1215	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	83.00–88.00	$86.57	$977

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1016	1016	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1010–1375	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	96	1,100.00–1,575.00	$1,286.80
1035–1225	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,052.73

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1178	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,230.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1008	1008	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00
1023–1260	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,047.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1040	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	600.00–975.00	$909.91

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	875.00	$875.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1338	1338	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–755	707	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	375.00–400.00	$394.98

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–990	824	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,000.00	$885.13
846	846	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1005–1180	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,400.00–1,735.00	$1,599.29	—
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,685.00	$1,685.00	+135.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1100	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740–990	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.