Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 17, 2023

3,822 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.54/cwt +3.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,452/hd at 614 lb · 156 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $250.47/cwt +9.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,588/hd at 634 lb · 148 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $224.00/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,987/hd at 887 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,822	8,198	5,844
Feeder cattle	2,835	6,411	4,352
Slaughter cattle	572	1,322	898
Replacement cattle	415	465	594

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except yearlings early week steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady, spots 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379–389	384	20	295.00–306.00	$300.57	$1,154	+5.57
405–442	427	22	278.00–305.00	$289.08	$1,234	+9.25
453–469	462	11	285.00–295.00	$289.46	$1,337	+22.19
500–542	524	38	270.00–290.00	$282.96	$1,483	+2.98
554 fancy	554	47	294.50	$294.50	$1,632	—
550–598	577	32	266.00–285.00	$273.62	$1,579	-3.06
600–649	624	44	256.00–265.00	$259.81	$1,621	-0.54
653–696	678	21	245.00–250.00	$248.14	$1,682	-5.00
700–732	709	38	230.00–243.00	$241.26	$1,711	+2.36
756–791	766	37	220.00–238.00	$234.82	$1,799	-4.66
803	803	69	232.50	$232.50	$1,867	-2.36
874–898	887	107	224.00	$224.00	$1,987	-3.50
906–914	907	27	223.00	$223.00	$2,023	-10.72
960	960	58	212.50	$212.50	$2,040	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–345	320	13	262.50–288.00	$278.07	$890	-6.93
358–385	380	24	265.00–280.00	$273.24	$1,038	-1.80
402–439	417	29	265.00–285.00	$275.47	$1,149	+6.86
450–494	477	35	257.50–280.00	$269.02	$1,283	+4.00
502–548	527	62	256.00–275.00	$266.75	$1,406	+5.58
550–596	578	85	240.00–265.00	$253.77	$1,467	-1.30
616–649	634	148	234.00–256.00	$250.47	$1,588	+9.09
653–694	676	80	230.00–245.00	$239.00	$1,616	+4.99
710–735	723	2	213.00–216.00	$214.53	$1,551	-6.25
755–765	761	7	227.50–230.00	$228.56	$1,739	+11.18
859–895	873	48	210.00–218.50	$217.20	$1,896	+11.38
905–912	910	3	209.00–213.00	$211.67	$1,926	+22.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–388	383	10	240.00–242.50	$241.99	$927	-11.49
422–445	428	18	245.00–257.50	$253.84	$1,086	+11.73
453–495	475	20	235.00–255.00	$248.24	$1,179	+5.83
507–545	517	23	210.00–255.00	$243.83	$1,261	+10.73
550–562	555	12	230.00–238.00	$235.60	$1,308	-2.20
638–642	639	6	210.00–228.00	$221.97	$1,418	+1.01
665–690	679	4	200.00–220.00	$214.06	$1,453	-8.57
701	701	17	213.00	$213.00	$1,493	-14.50
825	825	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,402	—
940	940	5	183.00	$183.00	$1,720	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	5	250.00	$250.00	$845	—
389	389	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,031	-5.00
598	598	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,435	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–542	531	12	232.50–235.00	$233.18	$1,238	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,283	+15.00
1080	1080	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,890	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–398	390	30	259.00–269.00	$264.82	$1,033	+14.98
402–437	419	45	250.00–260.00	$254.93	$1,068	+9.66
452–496	482	91	245.00–264.50	$253.65	$1,223	+5.92
500–545	517	106	239.00–266.50	$256.75	$1,327	+15.70
560–578	571	48	235.00–246.00	$241.29	$1,378	+6.17
579 fancy	579	12	270.00	$270.00	$1,563	—
601–639	614	156	225.00–248.00	$236.54	$1,452	+3.97
707	707	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,570	+3.16
832	832	34	202.00	$202.00	$1,681	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	344	14	242.50–247.00	$246.08	$847	+11.82
350–398	377	24	220.00–257.50	$237.49	$895	-2.81
405–446	431	29	242.50–259.00	$254.69	$1,098	+18.11
450–497	474	45	222.50–259.00	$241.25	$1,144	+4.87
503–545	528	32	217.50–247.50	$235.35	$1,243	+7.24
555–593	573	43	212.00–244.00	$227.05	$1,301	+7.65
631–632	631	9	226.00	$226.00	$1,426	+6.66
675–695	682	23	192.00–215.00	$209.87	$1,431	-6.10
715–730	725	3	193.00–217.00	$208.27	$1,510	+3.04
750–755	753	7	189.00–200.00	$197.14	$1,484	—
805–842	829	13	190.50–207.00	$196.31	$1,627	—
880–890	888	12	178.00–183.00	$182.17	$1,618	+3.17
910	910	2	179.00–180.00	$179.50	$1,633	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–331	322	16	222.50–235.00	$225.58	$726	+12.52
350–380	362	11	202.50–230.00	$217.53	$787	-5.89
408–440	424	18	200.00–217.50	$206.50	$876	-8.48
455–490	477	4	214.00–235.00	$224.84	$1,072	+10.74
501–545	511	8	195.00–228.00	$210.63	$1,076	-7.71
600–621	615	10	185.00–187.50	$186.77	$1,149	-14.51
722	722	3	157.50	$157.50	$1,137	-28.88
860–890	869	30	128.00–140.00	$136.64	$1,187	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	8	246.00	$246.00	$1,168	+17.28
582	582	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,164	-19.99
663	663	6	203.00	$203.00	$1,346	—
782	782	22	208.50	$208.50	$1,630	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	18	252.00	$252.00	$1,363	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
751	751	11	130.00	$130.00	$976	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–388	382	6	222.50–240.00	$234.35	$895	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	6	260.00	$260.00	$871	+11.84
389	389	6	242.50	$242.50	$943	—
400–433	411	9	247.50–250.00	$249.12	$1,024	+11.30
463–498	473	14	212.50–263.00	$240.28	$1,137	+12.03
500–548	521	14	225.00–254.00	$241.76	$1,260	+27.40
553–599	577	22	217.50–240.00	$227.99	$1,316	+7.99
600–640	627	3	214.00–217.00	$216.04	$1,355	+0.47
655–692	676	6	187.50–215.00	$201.35	$1,361	—
717–742	727	11	202.50–210.00	$205.42	$1,493	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–378	367	15	257.50–266.00	$264.83	$972	+4.83
412–436	424	12	250.00–255.00	$252.44	$1,070	—
504	504	8	242.50	$242.50	$1,222	+0.30
588–593	591	6	236.00–237.50	$236.75	$1,399	+0.83
608–645	617	18	230.00–240.00	$234.15	$1,445	+3.71

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–488	477	5	180.00–185.00	$183.07	$873	-45.93
598	598	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,190	-11.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1260–1800	1504	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,825.00–3,500.00	$2,404.82	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1010	814	85-90%	13	41.00–65.00	$54.37	$443	+4.74
700–1190	904	85-90%	48	60.00–85.00	$75.91	$686	-0.16
870–1150	989	85-90%	18	98.00–112.50	$102.27	$1,011	+16.08
835–1340	1030	85-90%	153	84.00–97.00	$92.66	$954	-4.92

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1310	1107	80-85%	25	80.00–96.00	$92.18	$1,020	—
1015–1358	1195	80-85%	118	97.00–110.00	$102.93	$1,230	+13.71
1115–1361	1281	80-85%	25	108.00–116.00	$112.23	$1,438	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1405	1371	75-80%	4	92.00–95.00	$94.25	$1,292	-7.65
1205–1630	1408	75-80%	58	99.00–114.00	$105.63	$1,487	+17.11
1292–1725	1468	75-80%	33	109.00–117.50	$113.59	$1,668	+3.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1810	1434	14	88.00–115.00	$104.22	$1,495	—
1300–2205	1656	34	107.00–128.00	$120.64	$1,998	—
1720–2005	1839	8	130.00–138.00	$132.66	$2,440	-1.12

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
763	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	121.00	$121.00	$923
700–1235	998	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	130.00–175.00	$153.64	$1,533
875–1250	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	101.00–126.00	$117.40	$1,298

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–980	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	117.50–170.00	$146.28	$1,284
765–980	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	98.00–125.00	$111.78	$987

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
972–1101	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	33	1,135.00–1,650.00	$1,236.43
997–1280	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	1,200.00–1,850.00	$1,379.92
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,410.00	$1,410.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00
910–1080	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,150.00–1,625.00	$1,400.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–912	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,000.00	$962.90
890–987	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,055.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1094	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1110	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	775.00–1,050.00	$1,004.53

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1075	953	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,154.44
960–995	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,213.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
683	683	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	725.00	$725.00

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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
1100–1385	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,877.78	+194.45
1150–1325	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,825.00–2,100.00	$2,031.25	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1020	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,602.63	+27.63

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
914	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
978	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1199–1320	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,546.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–875	792	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–890	763	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	475.00–750.00	$641.67	—

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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.