Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 29, 2023

4,232 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $279.52/cwt +12.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,459/hd at 522 lb · 168 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $247.59/cwt +0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,565/hd at 632 lb · 150 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $226.91/cwt +5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,066/hd at 470 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,232	6,622	3,596
Feeder cattle	3,148	5,208	2,581
Slaughter cattle	732	926	737
Replacement cattle	352	488	278

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders steady on a light test, late week steers under 650 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, heifers under 650 lbs 8.00 to 15.00 higher, and heavier weights not well tested. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	317	17	285.00–292.00	$289.81	$919	+24.81
380–397	391	10	285.00–292.00	$287.13	$1,123	+7.19
402–447	424	75	267.50–295.00	$283.11	$1,200	+10.50
476–499	485	25	267.00–276.00	$269.79	$1,308	-6.64
504 fancy	504	8	293.00	$293.00	$1,477	—
501–537	523	160	270.00–288.50	$278.85	$1,458	+11.66
552–586	573	77	257.00–272.00	$263.03	$1,507	+1.26
600–648	632	150	242.50–253.00	$247.59	$1,565	+0.13
651–699	680	42	224.00–254.00	$235.63	$1,602	+2.71
762	762	39	207.50	$207.50	$1,581	—
827	827	43	195.50	$195.50	$1,617	-10.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	328	5	255.00–259.00	$258.27	$847	-3.30
378	378	12	270.00	$270.00	$1,021	+9.01
400–449	428	81	250.00–275.00	$257.42	$1,102	+7.26
450–495	471	46	250.00–269.00	$259.42	$1,222	+3.82
484	484	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,162	-15.60
501–548	522	83	240.00–262.50	$254.16	$1,327	+8.62
555–583	575	14	229.00–253.00	$235.92	$1,357	-7.34
600–641	612	38	225.00–243.00	$233.74	$1,430	+10.16
663–699	690	75	203.00–229.00	$212.95	$1,469	-4.12
700–720	714	7	197.50–210.00	$201.00	$1,435	-6.12
755–780	776	31	199.50–212.00	$205.75	$1,597	+8.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–325	324	5	252.50–255.00	$254.00	$823	+12.86
357–393	370	13	237.50–255.00	$243.65	$902	+2.28
460–498	476	17	228.00–240.00	$235.13	$1,119	-1.38
502–535	515	5	227.50–237.00	$233.05	$1,200	+6.85
574–595	577	11	194.00–220.00	$213.94	$1,234	-6.55
622–627	626	11	192.50–200.00	$197.97	$1,239	—
658–699	686	47	190.00–210.00	$199.16	$1,366	—
719–738	728	13	184.00–190.00	$188.46	$1,372	—
794	794	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,469	—
1118	1118	14	150.00	$150.00	$1,677	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–388	382	6	220.00	$220.00	$840	-7.50
421	421	6	238.00	$238.00	$1,002	—
495	495	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,040	—
508–522	515	6	205.00–215.00	$209.93	$1,081	-3.07
766	766	10	130.00	$130.00	$996	-30.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–444	443	12	165.00–185.00	$181.69	$805	-23.11

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,354	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	324	7	235.00–242.50	$237.02	$768	+3.23
350–396	388	30	233.00–242.00	$240.26	$932	+6.40
400–445	427	98	220.00–238.00	$228.49	$976	+3.56
451–497	470	109	212.50–236.00	$226.91	$1,066	+5.28
500–549	529	100	205.00–235.00	$222.01	$1,174	+11.66
552–588	572	67	207.50–222.50	$215.28	$1,231	+3.02
600–649	635	69	200.00–213.00	$206.94	$1,314	+11.16
652–691	688	82	191.00–208.50	$200.49	$1,379	+1.58
723–734	727	12	173.00–185.00	$180.96	$1,316	-9.35
847	847	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,457	—
858–884	882	22	156.50–181.00	$158.67	$1,399	-8.83
954	954	16	156.00	$156.00	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	10	257.50	$257.50	$834	+3.87
352–393	383	28	240.00–256.00	$246.68	$945	+4.94
412–446	439	68	232.00–254.00	$245.15	$1,076	+4.44
454–486	470	102	229.00–260.00	$248.47	$1,168	+12.03
500–549	520	34	222.50–225.00	$223.24	$1,161	-13.59
525	525	27	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	-11.83
573 fancy	573	41	248.50	$248.50	$1,424	—
555–598	587	16	229.50–238.50	$231.63	$1,360	+1.29
602–631	621	50	209.00–234.50	$219.14	$1,361	-12.38
652–661	659	12	219.00–223.00	$221.67	$1,461	+9.40
700–705	705	13	195.00–200.00	$195.38	$1,377	—
755–790	773	2	185.00–196.00	$190.62	$1,473	+5.23
839	839	5	187.00	$187.00	$1,569	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	211.00	$211.00	$701	-4.39
375	375	2	213.00	$213.00	$799	+10.17
405–438	421	22	202.00–215.00	$210.23	$885	+10.69
458–492	475	10	190.00–213.00	$205.18	$975	+7.45
500–540	520	2	200.00–202.00	$201.04	$1,045	+15.89
560–575	562	17	200.00	$200.00	$1,124	+8.75
648	648	7	176.00	$176.00	$1,140	-5.93
853	853	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,280	+10.82

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	8	185.00	$185.00	$868	+3.81
875–884	880	19	125.00–130.00	$127.36	$1,121	-2.64
902	902	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,173	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	230.00	$230.00	$782	—
404	404	7	230.00	$230.00	$929	—
488	488	8	200.00	$200.00	$976	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–433	428	10	175.00–205.00	$189.82	$812	+6.82
588	588	6	158.00	$158.00	$929	—
728	728	3	135.00	$135.00	$983	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	417	11	210.00–219.00	$212.41	$886	—
563	563	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,196	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	7	145.00	$145.00	$494	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	369	12	227.00–240.00	$231.29	$853	-6.71
415	415	2	256.00	$256.00	$1,062	+19.77
450–494	480	29	225.00–254.00	$229.96	$1,104	+5.30
510–515	513	3	217.00–221.00	$219.68	$1,127	+6.86
562–580	574	11	200.00–226.00	$213.46	$1,225	+1.34
600–649	639	5	194.00–197.50	$194.66	$1,244	—
673	673	8	208.00	$208.00	$1,400	—
712	712	5	177.00–186.00	$182.40	$1,299	—
802	802	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,227	—
880	880	4	156.50	$156.50	$1,377	—
950	950	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–414	412	7	235.00–242.50	$240.38	$990	-8.62
517–537	525	16	225.00–233.00	$229.15	$1,203	—
584	584	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,314	—
607–627	620	17	215.00–230.00	$224.82	$1,394	+1.22
650	650	6	215.00–223.00	$219.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1440–1495	1463	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,750.00–1,925.00	$1,823.97	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1300	1158	80-85%	41	75.00–94.00	$87.49	$1,013	—
1035–1392	1158	80-85%	176	87.50–105.00	$97.66	$1,131	—
1040–1385	1202	80-85%	59	104.00–117.00	$108.46	$1,304	+13.19

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1065	874	85-90%	6	48.00–60.00	$53.40	$467	—
700–1210	932	85-90%	30	64.00–81.00	$73.14	$682	+3.04
855–1225	987	85-90%	37	90.00–110.00	$100.77	$995	+15.10
845–1235	1054	85-90%	138	75.00–96.00	$87.90	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1575	1360	75-80%	18	84.50–96.00	$91.89	$1,250	—
1245–1775	1369	75-80%	84	90.00–107.00	$101.30	$1,387	+13.35
1272–1800	1464	75-80%	56	103.50–125.00	$109.77	$1,607	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1870	1464	11	102.00–109.00	$106.64	$1,561	+4.66
1255–2040	1539	33	110.00–125.00	$117.49	$1,808	—
1320–1940	1546	18	120.00–132.00	$126.30	$1,953	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–1055	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	96.00–134.00	$115.41	$1,056
795–1190	979	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	122.50–158.00	$140.26	$1,373
930–1315	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	96.00–126.00	$107.60	$1,205

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–875	774	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	128.00–169.00	$143.81	$1,113
765–1025	906	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	90.00–122.50	$106.71	$967

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1150	1111	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,039.92
945–1375	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,370.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1040	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,050.00–1,475.00	$1,311.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
913	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	900.00	$900.00
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,018.75

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–945	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	675.00–925.00	$817.42

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1125	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,200.00	$1,087.72

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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
1028–1150	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,683.33	—
1100–1350	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,450.00–2,075.00	$1,925.00	—
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–980	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,775.00–1,900.00	$1,837.50	—
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.