Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

6,622 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $270.73/cwt +25.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,542/hd at 570 lb · 344 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $267.19/cwt +16.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,408/hd at 527 lb · 256 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.83/cwt +14.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 515 lb · 209 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,622	5,878	7,029
Feeder cattle	5,208	4,928	5,869
Slaughter cattle	926	639	878
Replacement cattle	488	311	282

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher. Yearlings steady to 4.00 higher. 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
318	318	3	265.00	$265.00	$843	-27.00
355–389	370	38	261.00–290.00	$279.94	$1,036	—
406–438	423	83	257.00–280.00	$272.61	$1,153	+8.06
450–499	475	118	249.00–289.00	$276.43	$1,313	+15.59
500–549	527	256	254.00–279.00	$267.19	$1,408	+16.16
554–578 fancy	559	199	275.00–278.00	$277.26	$1,550	—
553–596	584	145	245.00–266.50	$261.77	$1,529	+15.30
602–649	635	177	229.50–257.00	$247.46	$1,571	+13.97
650–695	677	120	223.00–243.00	$232.92	$1,577	+7.43
700–736	717	84	211.00–232.00	$221.42	$1,588	+2.24
829	829	20	206.00	$206.00	$1,708	+10.50
872	872	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,744	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–349	330	31	250.00–270.00	$261.57	$863	-2.36
362–396	382	18	252.00–267.50	$260.99	$997	+2.61
405–444	425	49	240.00–257.50	$250.16	$1,063	-2.23
450–495	475	119	239.00–264.00	$255.60	$1,214	+7.93
500–546	529	101	225.00–258.00	$245.54	$1,299	+1.11
552–597	575	110	225.50–250.00	$243.26	$1,399	+8.99
606–643	623	106	215.00–230.00	$223.58	$1,393	+7.60
664–696	677	46	205.00–225.00	$217.07	$1,470	+13.27
716–749	736	68	195.00–209.00	$207.12	$1,524	+8.72
756–767	763	21	190.00–203.00	$197.35	$1,506	+0.35
839	839	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,510	-2.55
1076	1076	54	152.00	$152.00	$1,636	—
1112	1112	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,835	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–328	322	8	230.00–247.50	$241.14	$776	-8.66
383–388	385	11	240.00–243.00	$241.37	$929	-3.60
400–443	419	26	230.00–242.50	$233.07	$977	-1.19
468–490	477	39	225.00–247.50	$236.51	$1,128	+13.03
517–540	531	37	197.00–237.50	$226.20	$1,201	-0.06
586–588	587	10	215.00–226.00	$220.49	$1,294	+6.57

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	9	212.50	$212.50	$742	—
368	368	6	227.50	$227.50	$837	+16.74
532	532	6	213.00	$213.00	$1,133	+30.00
588	588	5	207.50	$207.50	$1,220	—
762	762	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,219	+50.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	6	240.00	$240.00	$787	—
350	350	4	215.00	$215.00	$752	—
432–444	439	7	201.00–210.00	$204.80	$899	—
460–472	470	11	220.00–237.50	$225.86	$1,062	—
578	578	3	170.00	$170.00	$983	-20.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–414	406	11	225.00–240.00	$231.95	$942	-15.05
591	591	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,359	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
676	676	9	239.00	$239.00	$1,616	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642	642	7	211.00	$211.00	$1,355	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–346	338	24	224.00–244.00	$233.79	$790	+7.72
379–393	382	27	225.00–240.00	$233.86	$893	+7.65
400–448	426	77	200.00–233.00	$224.93	$958	+4.29
450–496	477	145	187.50–232.50	$221.63	$1,057	+5.72
500–548	523	158	187.50–222.50	$210.35	$1,100	+5.21
551–596	576	162	205.00–217.50	$212.26	$1,223	+13.45
605–646	630	146	190.00–207.50	$195.78	$1,233	+9.30
657–698	671	14	194.00–202.00	$198.91	$1,335	+18.16
713–747	734	65	187.00–199.00	$190.31	$1,397	+21.31
759–786	764	90	171.50–187.00	$182.97	$1,398	-0.74
810	810	10	163.00	$163.00	$1,320	-12.00
878	878	5	167.50	$167.50	$1,471	+7.50
949	949	39	156.00	$156.00	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–330	323	26	244.00–260.00	$253.63	$819	+6.41
362–370	364	12	239.00–245.00	$241.74	$880	+3.39
400–444	426	154	225.00–247.50	$240.71	$1,025	+9.37
459–499	480	72	225.00–243.00	$236.44	$1,135	+9.35
502–545	515	209	218.00–243.00	$236.83	$1,220	+14.58
550–597	570	120	218.00–233.00	$230.34	$1,313	+11.73
609–635	611	102	221.00–234.00	$231.52	$1,415	+30.63
662–664	663	54	207.75–214.00	$212.27	$1,407	+16.56
757–799	765	31	174.00–188.00	$185.39	$1,418	-0.11
943	943	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,471	-13.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–341	332	10	210.00–217.50	$215.39	$715	—
363–398	377	17	185.00–215.00	$202.83	$765	-2.15
402–447	426	32	185.00–210.00	$199.54	$850	+0.13
452–494	467	28	184.00–210.00	$197.73	$923	-1.24
500–540	525	31	170.00–200.00	$185.15	$972	-0.62
561–595	575	18	175.00–200.00	$191.25	$1,100	—
625–641	633	19	177.00–188.00	$181.93	$1,152	—
700–734	710	13	176.00–186.00	$179.18	$1,272	+42.18
858–893	862	25	138.00–147.50	$139.18	$1,200	+25.18
953	953	28	147.00	$147.00	$1,401	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	14	238.00	$238.00	$885	—
507	507	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,014	-2.60
597	597	26	207.00	$207.00	$1,236	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	476	17	180.00–185.00	$181.19	$862	+48.19
702–716	710	9	130.00–135.00	$132.20	$939	—
864	864	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,123	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	21	209.00	$209.00	$1,292	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	185.00	$185.00	$731	—
420	420	3	183.00	$183.00	$769	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,110	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	238.00	$238.00	$876	-4.57
400–440	415	8	229.00–241.00	$236.23	$980	+9.13
486–492	487	14	215.00–233.00	$224.66	$1,094	+1.70
500–516	510	11	200.00–217.50	$212.82	$1,085	-24.11
553–595	578	41	207.50–217.00	$212.12	$1,226	+16.61
1170	1170	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,743	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	4	271.00	$271.00	$854	—
418	418	3	249.00	$249.00	$1,041	-4.20
467–499	486	17	242.00–253.00	$247.08	$1,201	+6.55
607–630	620	7	217.50–228.00	$223.60	$1,386	+7.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	221.00	$221.00	$966	—
473	473	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,026	—
505	505	8	211.00	$211.00	$1,066	—
568	568	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,147	—
615–621	618	7	186.00	$186.00	$1,149	+9.26

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1070	831	85-90%	8	40.00–59.00	$48.30	$401	—
700–1190	915	85-90%	43	60.00–77.00	$70.10	$641	+3.49
735–1205	963	85-90%	318	75.00–93.00	$85.67	$825	+4.69
795–1295	1044	85-90%	72	85.00–109.00	$95.40	$996	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1330	1200	80-85%	149	85.00–101.00	$95.27	$1,143	—
1030–1325	1204	80-85%	56	100.00–112.00	$104.77	$1,261	—
1105–1370	1210	80-85%	20	83.00–91.00	$86.45	$1,046	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1560	1399	75-80%	14	79.00–93.00	$87.95	$1,230	+2.69
1316–1745	1403	75-80%	75	90.00–103.00	$98.32	$1,379	-4.16
1325–1815	1448	75-80%	51	103.00–117.00	$106.83	$1,547	+10.97

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1745	1459	18	80.00–109.00	$101.98	$1,488	+1.34
1225–1987	1620	42	110.00–124.00	$116.85	$1,893	—
1340–2065	1783	22	124.00–130.00	$126.52	$2,256	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
732–1215	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	130.00–160.00	$146.82	$1,383
895–1595	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	89.00–135.00	$112.38	$1,325

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1090	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	122.00–142.50	$132.03	$1,170
700–1050	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	95.00–129.00	$112.83	$1,046

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1130	888	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	82.00–92.50	$90.42	$803

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1085–1135	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,216.09
1038–1510	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	1,100.00–1,550.00	$1,295.28

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1192	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,075.00–1,400.00	$1,212.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1133–1370	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,525.77

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1070	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	675.00–1,000.00	$897.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1145	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	650.00–1,025.00	$915.72
930–1130	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$969.41
985–1085	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,085.00–1,125.00	$1,104.03

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1165	1028	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,100.00	$1,000.73

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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
960–1120	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,191.67	—
1025–1185	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,469.23	—
1204	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
810–875	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,197.50	-127.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1237	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,707.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–950	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–820	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–700.00	$675.00	—

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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.