Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 5, 2023

6,906 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $229.75/cwt +7.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,213/hd at 528 lb · 253 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $283.01/cwt +3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 525 lb · 231 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $257.40/cwt +33.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,363/hd at 529 lb · 204 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,906	4,232	5,905
Feeder cattle	5,638	3,148	4,717
Slaughter cattle	902	732	854
Replacement cattle	366	352	334

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 15.00 higher, with some spots of 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher, with some high dressing bulls 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
305–318	311	11	285.00–290.00	$286.34	$891	-3.47
337 value added	337	7	287.50	$287.50	$969	—
352–385	369	27	287.50–301.00	$294.40	$1,086	+7.27
403–446	433	108	281.00–303.00	$293.85	$1,272	+10.74
458 value added	458	12	280.00	$280.00	$1,282	—
468 unweaned	468	9	280.00	$280.00	$1,310	—
450–494	476	68	276.00–296.00	$289.23	$1,377	+19.44
501–544	525	220	265.00–292.50	$282.81	$1,485	+3.96
526 value added	526	11	287.00	$287.00	$1,510	—
558 unweaned	558	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,395	—
554–586	570	64	263.00–285.00	$275.02	$1,568	+11.99
596 value added	596	14	264.00	$264.00	$1,573	—
601–648	622	144	242.00–262.00	$251.55	$1,565	+3.96
628 unweaned	628	18	246.00	$246.00	$1,545	—
650–656	653	49	242.00–255.00	$246.52	$1,610	+10.89
725	725	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,617	—
757–781	773	30	214.00–215.00	$214.54	$1,658	+7.04
812–841	827	147	199.00–224.75	$216.56	$1,791	+21.06
852–888	856	30	200.00–216.00	$214.34	$1,835	—
908	908	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,979	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	260.00	$260.00	$806	+1.73
360–399	375	20	253.00–275.00	$269.84	$1,012	-0.16
400–441	422	28	256.00–281.00	$268.29	$1,132	+10.87
452–496	477	133	256.00–277.50	$268.03	$1,279	+8.61
502–549	522	165	250.00–275.00	$263.66	$1,376	+9.50
553–594	573	156	232.50–262.50	$250.65	$1,436	+14.73
600–647	616	154	225.00–253.00	$241.01	$1,485	+7.27
652–698	682	113	219.00–238.00	$228.23	$1,557	+15.28
700–743	725	45	202.50–218.00	$211.00	$1,530	+10.00
751–797	777	88	195.00–215.00	$203.38	$1,580	-2.37
880	880	11	197.50	$197.50	$1,738	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–393	386	8	262.50–265.00	$264.09	$1,019	+20.44
412–439	423	19	237.50–257.50	$247.61	$1,047	—
463–499	484	66	232.50–252.50	$242.31	$1,173	+7.18
502–548	522	86	225.00–252.50	$241.40	$1,260	+8.35
555–597	578	19	202.00–240.00	$226.28	$1,308	+12.34
615–648	638	52	210.00–234.00	$221.17	$1,411	+23.20
676–686	680	13	205.00–212.00	$209.28	$1,423	+10.12

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–392	389	10	235.00–240.00	$238.53	$928	—
482	482	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,109	—
518–549	535	32	190.00–242.50	$219.35	$1,174	—
571	571	18	229.00	$229.00	$1,308	—
617	617	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,111	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	8	252.50	$252.50	$1,265	—
555–577	572	17	242.50–246.00	$245.20	$1,403	—
608–609	609	27	237.00–240.00	$239.56	$1,459	—
705	705	19	215.00	$215.00	$1,516	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–368	366	10	222.50–225.00	$223.76	$819	+3.76
411–448	427	7	225.00–238.00	$232.15	$991	-5.85
465–488	471	16	235.00–250.00	$243.38	$1,146	+33.38
500–547	533	18	205.00–227.50	$217.87	$1,161	+7.94
555	555	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,249	—
641	641	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,378	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	267.50	$267.50	$950	—
412	412	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,092	—
456–465	461	23	265.00–267.50	$266.43	$1,228	—
671–685	680	19	208.00–220.00	$212.36	$1,444	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–398	380	30	235.00–250.00	$241.94	$919	+1.68
400–446	429	109	225.00–258.00	$244.91	$1,051	+16.42
450–498	481	74	228.00–245.00	$238.17	$1,146	+11.26
501–546	528	253	217.00–242.50	$229.75	$1,213	+7.74
550–596	577	180	210.00–236.00	$222.94	$1,286	+7.66
601–649	621	143	205.00–222.50	$213.18	$1,324	+6.24
664–697	681	78	204.00–213.00	$209.14	$1,424	+8.65
730–738	734	16	195.00–197.00	$196.01	$1,439	+15.05
768	768	41	187.00	$187.00	$1,436	—
892	892	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,516	+11.33
900–907	901	35	161.50–171.00	$162.87	$1,467	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	5	261.00	$261.00	$851	+3.50
387	387	9	263.00	$263.00	$1,018	+16.32
402–449	435	122	245.00–264.00	$260.60	$1,134	+15.45
451–498	474	98	244.00–268.00	$254.28	$1,205	+5.81
482 value added	482	15	265.00	$265.00	$1,277	—
500 unweaned	500	16	232.50	$232.50	$1,162	—
500–548	532	188	239.00–267.00	$259.52	$1,381	+34.52
555–599	566	49	227.00–230.00	$227.99	$1,290	-3.64
602–616	608	46	219.00–234.00	$226.02	$1,374	+6.88
645 value added	645	11	216.00	$216.00	$1,393	—
659	659	12	219.50	$219.50	$1,447	-2.17
703–747	736	35	198.00–205.50	$200.99	$1,479	+5.61
750–761	753	13	190.00–203.00	$198.96	$1,498	+8.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–343	325	25	216.00–232.50	$225.33	$732	+14.33
365–372	369	6	210.00–235.00	$222.38	$821	+9.38
405–442	426	37	207.00–237.50	$222.90	$950	+12.67
454–498	479	68	208.00–227.50	$217.85	$1,044	+12.67
501–545	516	43	195.00–220.00	$206.83	$1,067	+5.79
558–583	569	9	207.00–210.00	$208.63	$1,187	+8.63
632	632	6	181.00	$181.00	$1,144	+5.00
658–693	674	18	190.00–196.00	$192.74	$1,299	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	12	236.00	$236.00	$1,161	+36.00
501–544	518	30	210.00–229.00	$222.26	$1,151	—
574	574	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,228	—
613	613	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–424	421	11	210.00–225.00	$220.99	$930	—
479–496	486	18	190.00–202.50	$197.68	$961	+12.68
688	688	6	175.00–186.00	$180.50	$1,242	—
725	725	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,211	—
851	851	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,106	+2.64

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,095	+32.59
492–498	496	15	223.00–225.00	$223.66	$1,109	—
691	691	7	199.00	$199.00	$1,375	—
740	740	8	175.00	$175.00	$1,295	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–345	338	9	215.00–235.00	$223.66	$756	—
400–422	406	12	215.00–220.00	$218.70	$888	+28.88

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,135	—
531	531	9	238.00	$238.00	$1,264	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	267.00	$267.00	$873	—
419–439	429	20	230.00–262.50	$240.56	$1,032	-15.44
465–490	475	10	215.00–237.00	$223.27	$1,061	-6.69
522–533	528	6	205.00–230.00	$217.63	$1,149	-2.05
553–592	568	13	208.00–233.00	$220.23	$1,251	+6.77
602–639	622	24	197.50–221.00	$214.68	$1,335	+20.02
654–698	667	10	202.50–213.00	$209.70	$1,399	+1.70
712	712	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,296	-0.40
1139	1139	7	128.00	$128.00	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	212.00	$212.00	$884	—
478	478	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,052	—
515–523	520	8	152.50–221.00	$177.94	$925	—
635	635	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,257	—
650	650	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,280	—
854–867	860	13	130.00–155.00	$141.63	$1,218	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	413	8	240.00–282.00	$255.27	$1,054	+14.89
512–529	522	17	236.00–244.00	$239.06	$1,248	+9.91
711	711	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,522	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	13	100.00	$100.00	$905	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,140	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1105	906	85-90%	10	47.00–60.00	$52.94	$480	-20.20
705–1185	951	85-90%	53	60.00–81.00	$70.65	$672	—
765–1215	1026	85-90%	206	74.50–96.00	$88.10	$904	—
880–1215	1098	85-90%	67	90.00–112.00	$98.28	$1,079	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1310	1137	80-85%	27	82.00–95.00	$91.82	$1,044	—
1015–1315	1192	80-85%	45	103.00–113.00	$107.36	$1,280	+19.87
955–1330	1220	80-85%	241	87.50–106.00	$98.48	$1,201	-9.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1725	1372	75-80%	79	95.00–107.00	$103.13	$1,415	+1.83
1262–1720	1379	75-80%	19	81.00–96.00	$93.43	$1,288	-7.87
1255–1805	1438	75-80%	38	104.00–120.00	$109.47	$1,574	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1455	1289	7	85.00–110.00	$100.83	$1,300	—
1240–2280	1519	23	104.50–124.00	$116.41	$1,768	-1.08
1275–2040	1761	15	125.00–140.00	$131.88	$2,322	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
838–1010	882	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	123.00–166.00	$154.20	$1,360
855–1370	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	88.00–130.00	$103.24	$1,192

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
698–885	743	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	125.00–168.00	$151.45	$1,125
715–1025	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	88.00–130.00	$104.05	$922

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–750	732	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	77.50–82.50	$79.97	$585

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1550	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,341.33
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1053	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,271.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1205	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	950.00–1,200.00	$1,090.12

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–793	792	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	600.00–750.00	$637.39
875–995	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,050.00	$940.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1075	995	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,200.00	$983.06

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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
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1090–1095	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,785.00	$1,785.00	—
1035–1095	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	860.00	$860.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,500.00	$1,500.00	-337.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.