Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 1, 2023

5,050 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $204.78/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,456/hd at 711 lb · 209 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $247.77/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,406/hd at 567 lb · 183 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $192.86/cwt +0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,230/hd at 638 lb · 159 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,050	4,871	3,265
Feeder cattle	4,154	3,800	2,181
Slaughter cattle	451	620	741
Replacement cattle	445	451	343

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week calves steady to 5.00 higher and yearlings steady to weak, late week steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–332	321	41	250.00–278.00	$266.85	$857	+4.89
350–399	380	41	242.00–270.00	$263.44	$1,001	+6.57
401–449	427	99	240.00–272.50	$254.69	$1,088	-0.03
452–498	478	111	230.00–258.00	$243.47	$1,164	-1.66
500–536	518	54	214.00–257.50	$236.64	$1,226	-4.41
555–598	588	46	217.00–243.00	$230.73	$1,357	+0.81
600–649	625	55	208.00–234.00	$224.41	$1,403	+10.11
650–690	669	19	200.00–222.50	$210.51	$1,408	+4.39
705–730	711	209	190.00–212.50	$204.78	$1,456	+5.16
755–799	790	80	175.00–200.00	$192.46	$1,520	+4.39
840	840	10	184.50	$184.50	$1,550	+3.50
911–919	913	34	181.00–183.50	$181.52	$1,657	—
965–980	970	3	161.00–165.00	$162.35	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–446	425	88	265.00–284.00	$275.35	$1,170	+0.24
458–498	486	48	245.00–276.00	$268.98	$1,307	+0.25
504–545	522	96	243.00–276.00	$265.49	$1,386	+3.04
565 unweaned	565	15	234.50	$234.50	$1,325	—
550–588	567	157	237.50–261.00	$248.25	$1,408	-2.07
577 fancy	577	11	259.00	$259.00	$1,494	—
612 unweaned	612	7	223.50	$223.50	$1,368	—
626–648	638	46	226.50–240.00	$233.71	$1,491	-4.35
657–685	674	15	222.00–229.00	$223.76	$1,508	-4.67
676 unweaned	676	8	218.00	$218.00	$1,474	—
721–727	726	35	217.00–218.00	$217.23	$1,577	-0.48
850	850	10	190.00	$190.00	$1,615	-2.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–399	379	38	218.00–255.00	$247.54	$938	+6.05
405–422	417	11	210.00–240.00	$218.92	$913	-13.31
456–495	482	38	205.00–235.00	$221.37	$1,067	—
488 thin fleshed	488	52	246.00	$246.00	$1,200	—
508–532	521	16	225.00–247.50	$230.90	$1,203	+14.22
580–590	585	2	170.00–175.00	$172.48	$1,009	-39.18
620–648	628	21	181.00–223.00	$212.34	$1,333	+29.84
711–748	721	9	175.00–194.00	$185.32	$1,336	—
838	838	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,358	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	7	195.00–200.00	$196.43	$1,031	—
552–568	565	16	190.00–205.00	$193.70	$1,094	—
614	614	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,167	—
667–668	667	13	176.00–186.00	$177.54	$1,184	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469–493	480	17	210.00–215.00	$211.19	$1,014	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	12	243.00	$243.00	$1,385	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,247	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–297	284	18	232.50–245.00	$236.99	$673	—
310–349	334	18	213.00–242.50	$231.04	$772	+9.64
350–395	376	42	220.00–238.00	$229.74	$864	+1.24
405–445	424	77	213.00–236.00	$225.72	$957	+9.61
451–499	476	90	205.00–220.00	$214.52	$1,021	-0.51
504 thin fleshed	504	10	217.00	$217.00	$1,094	—
500–549	527	105	190.00–211.00	$201.94	$1,064	+1.33
543 value added	543	7	212.00	$212.00	$1,151	—
550–593	574	39	185.00–196.00	$192.38	$1,104	-1.76
601–648	638	159	183.00–194.50	$192.86	$1,230	+0.60
650–697	667	46	170.00–193.00	$183.60	$1,225	-3.56
700–745	723	36	162.50–181.00	$175.31	$1,267	+2.14
757–784	774	26	167.00–183.00	$177.42	$1,373	+1.78
800–832	809	15	163.50–178.00	$173.96	$1,407	+6.46
868	868	61	166.00	$166.00	$1,441	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–341	316	15	250.00–255.00	$251.80	$796	+9.07
351–398	374	34	230.00–250.00	$245.55	$918	+4.19
400–448	422	58	228.00–251.00	$239.73	$1,012	+3.04
454–465	459	41	221.50–245.00	$237.17	$1,089	+4.29
507–545	527	119	208.00–233.00	$221.67	$1,168	+7.31
528 thin fleshed	528	20	227.00	$227.00	$1,199	—
550–589	569	106	201.00–221.00	$211.58	$1,204	+1.37
584 unweaned	584	7	206.00	$206.00	$1,203	—
600–630	618	51	196.00–210.00	$202.34	$1,250	-0.84
650–689	662	28	192.00–216.00	$198.84	$1,316	—
764	764	31	188.00	$188.00	$1,436	+5.19
800	800	7	184.50	$184.50	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–345	332	18	187.50–220.00	$201.54	$669	-10.37
358–398	380	19	193.00–215.00	$208.13	$791	+6.73
408–433	418	22	180.00–210.00	$199.76	$835	+5.42
468–476	473	9	181.00–207.50	$198.98	$941	+4.25
532–547	542	47	187.00–191.00	$190.04	$1,030	+18.04
556–597	582	22	167.50–190.00	$186.39	$1,085	—
608	608	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,064	+4.65
682–695	687	15	157.50–178.00	$169.55	$1,165	-4.59
921	921	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	5	185.00	$185.00	$827	—
648	648	10	169.00	$169.00	$1,095	+69.00
655–687	676	9	150.00–160.00	$153.23	$1,036	—
734–745	736	15	134.00–148.00	$140.93	$1,037	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	14	197.00	$197.00	$1,152	—
890	890	16	158.00	$158.00	$1,406	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	12	160.00	$160.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	6	250.00	$250.00	$872	+20.00
352–388	368	8	230.00–240.00	$236.17	$869	-3.83
430–445	439	12	225.00–240.00	$230.91	$1,014	+5.91
455–493	480	10	214.00–232.00	$218.83	$1,050	-2.89
505–542	522	8	200.00–215.00	$207.37	$1,082	+7.37
567–593	576	18	180.00–207.50	$198.92	$1,146	+14.87
610–648	630	40	180.00–205.00	$195.18	$1,230	+4.69
662–690	676	18	185.00–199.00	$191.63	$1,295	+38.63
710–715	714	4	173.00–174.00	$173.75	$1,241	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	7	260.00	$260.00	$946	-4.00
468–475	470	11	242.00–247.50	$243.52	$1,145	+1.90
542–546	545	13	220.00–228.00	$225.55	$1,229	+5.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	5	172.00	$172.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1158	1158	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1270	1123	80-85%	21	78.00–85.50	$82.52	$927	—
935–1355	1138	80-85%	100	85.00–95.00	$89.62	$1,020	—
1015–1365	1200	80-85%	22	95.00–105.00	$98.50	$1,182	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–905	818	85-90%	8	35.00–55.00	$46.85	$383	—
775–1265	959	85-90%	26	58.00–70.00	$65.37	$627	+0.70
795–1180	982	85-90%	88	70.00–86.00	$80.10	$787	+15.43
885–1145	1011	85-90%	16	87.00–93.00	$89.75	$907	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1780	1430	75-80%	15	74.00–86.00	$82.60	$1,181	-2.21
1310–1630	1452	75-80%	8	97.50–103.50	$99.84	$1,450	—
1215–1690	1561	75-80%	58	86.00–96.50	$90.74	$1,416	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1115	1077	5	90.00–103.00	$96.62	$1,041	—
1225–1675	1379	12	80.00–104.00	$95.85	$1,322	—
1255–1940	1482	37	105.00–118.00	$110.47	$1,637	—
1485–2160	1788	17	118.00–135.00	$123.18	$2,202	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1165	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	106.00–154.00	$126.39	$1,204
770–1260	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	91.00–120.00	$99.40	$1,002
705–1410	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	54	86.00–115.00	$97.19	$997

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
792–825	809	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–130.00	$116.71	$944
730–945	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	82.00–102.00	$93.07	$793

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1147	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	79.00–85.00	$82.90	$860

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–915	812	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	72.00–84.00	$79.29	$644

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1180	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,077.84
1015–1415	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	1,000.00–1,575.00	$1,284.48
1252	1252	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1005	933	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	635.00–860.00	$756.42
870–1020	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00–950.00	$909.52
835–1105	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	700.00–1,100.00	$970.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–945	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	500.00–925.00	$790.84

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1060	954	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,148.36

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	910.00	$910.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
998–1155	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,387.16	+112.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–960	864	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,298.08	+223.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1300	1294	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00	—

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–785	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–950.00	$816.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290–1855	1573	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,125.00	$2,062.50	—

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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.