Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 12, 2023

7,083 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $224.63/cwt -5.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 533 lb · 214 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $221.05/cwt +4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,850/hd at 837 lb · 162 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $211.49/cwt -11.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,218/hd at 576 lb · 156 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,083	6,906	2,978
Feeder cattle	5,562	5,638	2,157
Slaughter cattle	1,014	902	600
Replacement cattle	507	366	221

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 15.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold mixed from 2.00-4.00 higher early week to steady to 5.00 lower late week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–345	326	15	293.00–307.50	$302.38	$986	+16.04
359–375	368	12	290.00–304.00	$298.69	$1,099	+4.29
401–449	433	58	277.50–300.00	$290.38	$1,257	-3.47
450–497	474	109	260.00–294.00	$274.01	$1,299	-15.22
500–545	524	144	253.00–295.00	$280.25	$1,469	-2.56
528 unweaned	528	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,320	—
556–598	579	136	250.00–285.00	$262.88	$1,522	-12.14
608–645	625	134	235.00–273.00	$260.79	$1,630	+9.24
639 value added	639	11	255.00	$255.00	$1,629	—
657–678	671	113	235.00–249.00	$244.82	$1,643	-1.70
701–739	713	52	221.00–235.00	$226.18	$1,613	+3.18
831–845	837	162	214.50–226.00	$221.05	$1,850	+4.49
916–936	922	84	208.50–211.00	$210.27	$1,939	-7.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–328	317	15	260.00–285.00	$270.20	$857	+10.20
356–383	374	33	265.00–280.00	$273.84	$1,024	+4.00
408–439	422	37	247.50–277.50	$268.36	$1,132	+0.07
468–495	485	26	240.00–260.00	$252.06	$1,222	-15.97
500–545	525	86	236.00–267.50	$251.41	$1,320	-12.25
551–595	572	89	235.00–257.50	$247.79	$1,417	-2.86
600–648	625	136	217.00–247.00	$232.38	$1,452	-8.63
661 unweaned	661	36	212.50	$212.50	$1,405	—
659–692	681	110	220.00–237.00	$229.64	$1,564	+1.41
712–748	737	40	206.00–213.00	$211.19	$1,556	+0.19
752–797	777	45	200.00–211.00	$204.64	$1,590	+1.26
810–825	821	4	200.00–201.00	$200.25	$1,644	—
885–895	894	136	185.00–204.50	$203.51	$1,819	+6.01
909	909	5	198.00	$198.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	318	11	227.50–272.50	$255.37	$812	—
350	350	3	241.00	$241.00	$844	—
408–439	428	29	217.50–260.00	$248.16	$1,062	+0.55
465–493	485	41	231.00–253.00	$241.38	$1,171	-0.93
504–543	525	63	230.00–250.00	$238.09	$1,250	-3.31
556–597	576	81	205.00–236.00	$223.85	$1,289	-2.43
605–648	631	20	180.00–221.00	$208.50	$1,316	-12.67
655–692	674	48	185.00–217.50	$207.74	$1,400	-1.54
763–798	772	12	175.00–185.00	$178.21	$1,376	—
810–820	815	2	150.00–170.00	$160.06	$1,304	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,344	—
536–545	541	23	228.00–245.00	$236.95	$1,282	—
556–589	573	50	223.00–242.50	$231.22	$1,325	-13.98
637	637	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,433	-14.56
696	696	17	213.00	$213.00	$1,482	—
736	736	16	216.00	$216.00	$1,590	+1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–411	408	8	235.00–240.00	$236.85	$966	+4.70
493	493	7	197.50	$197.50	$974	-45.88
517–548	532	20	200.00–223.00	$218.43	$1,162	+0.56
559–599	580	15	180.00–200.00	$188.99	$1,096	-36.01

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	323	5	185.00–210.00	$199.64	$645	—
422–438	432	5	180.00–189.00	$183.52	$793	—
454–480	463	14	192.00–227.50	$214.36	$992	-15.64
545–547	547	8	194.00–198.00	$195.00	$1,067	-24.35
627	627	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,078	-8.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409–424	414	13	250.00–262.50	$253.94	$1,051	-11.06
495	495	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,287	-6.43
535	535	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,284	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	8	289.00	$289.00	$1,179	—
615	615	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,538	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	136.00	$136.00	$534	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	329	30	230.00–251.00	$245.76	$809	—
375–399	394	24	227.50–250.00	$243.44	$959	+1.50
403–448	429	96	224.00–253.00	$240.02	$1,030	-4.89
452–498	480	153	220.00–235.00	$228.34	$1,096	-9.83
500–549	533	214	207.50–231.00	$224.63	$1,197	-5.12
552–597	576	156	195.00–219.00	$211.49	$1,218	-11.45
602–643	621	70	190.00–213.00	$207.50	$1,289	-5.68
652–695	671	106	183.00–210.00	$200.88	$1,348	-8.26
725	725	14	204.00	$204.00	$1,479	+7.99
755–780	773	5	172.50–188.00	$179.74	$1,389	-7.26
811–838	830	19	167.00–182.50	$176.69	$1,467	—
941	941	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	252.50	$252.50	$816	-8.50
371	371	4	249.00	$249.00	$924	-14.00
402–448	417	13	240.00–259.00	$248.45	$1,036	-12.15
451–480	465	66	234.00–249.00	$237.85	$1,106	-16.43
500–542	528	69	228.00–247.00	$238.55	$1,260	-20.97
536 unweaned	536	18	233.00	$233.00	$1,249	—
551–598	571	132	216.00–231.00	$225.34	$1,287	-2.65
602–637	619	117	206.00–220.00	$214.83	$1,330	-11.19
652–668	660	31	206.00–218.50	$213.41	$1,409	-6.09
750–766	758	25	198.00–216.00	$212.41	$1,610	+13.45
891	891	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	215.00	$215.00	$666	-10.33
363–388	377	11	225.00–227.50	$226.40	$854	+4.02
405–447	424	59	200.00–238.00	$230.49	$977	+7.59
467–488	480	28	185.00–220.00	$204.83	$983	-13.02
505–545	529	71	195.00–217.50	$210.48	$1,113	+3.65
569–594	582	23	184.00–205.00	$191.21	$1,113	-17.42
615	615	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,107	-1.00
691	691	8	180.00	$180.00	$1,244	-12.74
709–732	720	18	160.00–185.00	$176.14	$1,268	—
942	942	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,441	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–466	458	11	225.00–236.00	$231.93	$1,062	—
517–540	530	24	218.00–224.00	$221.21	$1,172	—
552–576	571	20	215.00–217.50	$215.48	$1,230	—
632	632	5	217.00	$217.00	$1,371	—
656–678	666	11	201.00	$201.00	$1,339	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–488	470	10	192.50–205.00	$196.40	$923	-1.28
519–548	533	14	162.50–180.00	$171.13	$912	—
639	639	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,022	—
750	750	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,125	—
868	868	9	135.00	$135.00	$1,172	+5.00
985	985	8	117.00	$117.00	$1,152	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	36	219.50	$219.50	$1,328	—
828	828	14	185.00	$185.00	$1,532	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
784	784	42	204.00	$204.00	$1,599	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	6	220.00	$220.00	$774	—
405–430	425	5	170.00–175.00	$174.05	$740	-44.65
475	475	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,040	—
560–569	566	6	170.00–185.00	$180.05	$1,019	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,169	+4.00
521	521	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,167	+1.74

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
717	717	6	136.00	$136.00	$975	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	250.00	$250.00	$788	-17.00
388–390	388	5	240.00–252.50	$249.99	$970	—
425–443	434	39	232.50–261.00	$251.43	$1,091	+10.87
462–471	467	13	225.00–236.00	$231.55	$1,081	+8.28
500–542	523	41	207.00–230.00	$224.92	$1,176	+7.29
580	580	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,177	-17.23
602–612	610	8	204.00–220.00	$207.95	$1,268	-6.73
668	668	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,329	-10.70
750–779	773	6	165.00–172.00	$166.13	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–498	463	20	243.00–247.00	$245.01	$1,134	—
528–545	532	17	232.50–243.00	$235.39	$1,252	-3.67
558–590	574	6	220.00–239.00	$229.24	$1,316	—
606–638	619	35	210.00–227.00	$216.68	$1,341	—
665–680	671	22	210.00–226.00	$216.05	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–433	427	8	220.00–223.00	$221.90	$948	+9.90
472–494	484	9	185.00–199.00	$194.00	$939	-26.00
501–530	513	12	175.00–197.50	$189.56	$972	+11.62
550	550	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1208–1400	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,706.99	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1040	817	85-90%	31	40.00–55.00	$50.60	$413	—
700–1255	962	85-90%	115	60.00–78.00	$71.04	$683	+0.39
805–1125	972	85-90%	20	91.00–100.00	$94.17	$915	+23.52
730–1220	1015	85-90%	191	78.00–91.00	$84.29	$856	-3.81

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1435	1165	80-85%	174	87.50–102.50	$94.42	$1,100	-12.94
1015–1310	1182	80-85%	96	72.50–90.00	$85.66	$1,013	-21.70
1075–1440	1239	80-85%	22	101.00–112.00	$104.18	$1,291	+5.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1905	1377	75-80%	146	93.00–102.00	$96.55	$1,329	+3.12
1270–1645	1419	75-80%	61	79.00–92.00	$88.69	$1,259	-20.78
1305–1735	1440	75-80%	24	102.50–110.00	$105.11	$1,514	-4.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1790	1404	23	90.00–109.00	$103.39	$1,452	—
1265–2210	1647	29	107.50–123.00	$116.62	$1,921	—
1415–2195	1825	22	120.00–140.00	$128.17	$2,339	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1285	902	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	132.50–172.50	$150.81	$1,360
790–1205	939	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	92.00–124.00	$107.01	$1,005
765–1675	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	87.00–125.00	$102.75	$1,159

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–990	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	122.50–152.50	$140.58	$1,188
700–1090	879	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	86.00–125.00	$99.36	$873

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1110	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$963.17
1208	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00
840–1475	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	88	1,025.00–1,475.00	$1,301.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1146	1016	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,198.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–947	881	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	525.00–1,000.00	$887.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–945	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,000.00	$910.96
785–1220	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	650.00–1,100.00	$922.44

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
609	609	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	250.00	$250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–940	855	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,025.00	$960.23

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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
1042–1150	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,150.00–1,525.00	$1,360.58	+85.58

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,222.62	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1112	1112	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1095–1535	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,525.00–1,725.00	$1,622.22	—
980–1460	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,650.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	775.00	$775.00	—

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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.