Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 24, 2023

4,707 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $227.09/cwt ≈ $1,883/hd at 829 lb · 241 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $253.57/cwt +6.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,424/hd at 562 lb · 157 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $267.94/cwt +8.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,651/hd at 616 lb · 144 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,707	3,822	3,853
Feeder cattle	3,543	2,835	2,891
Slaughter cattle	757	572	556
Replacement cattle	407	415	406

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves early week 4.00 to 8.00 higher, yearlings steady and late week steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–392	380	24	290.00–297.50	$292.45	$1,111	-8.12
407–447	431	50	270.00–313.00	$305.42	$1,316	+16.34
455–481	472	21	278.00–297.50	$291.24	$1,375	+1.78
524–533	526	73	286.00–291.00	$287.93	$1,515	+4.97
551–596	572	43	268.50–279.00	$277.04	$1,585	+3.42
604–645	616	144	250.00–277.00	$267.94	$1,651	+8.13
650–665	657	93	248.00–265.50	$260.44	$1,711	+12.30
705–740	712	29	223.00–245.00	$239.50	$1,705	-1.76
751–796	787	92	234.50–246.00	$235.89	$1,856	+1.07
837	837	15	227.50	$227.50	$1,904	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–322	315	5	280.00–287.50	$282.90	$891	+4.83
385–399	391	21	267.50–285.00	$279.80	$1,094	+6.56
402–438	424	39	265.00–287.50	$274.59	$1,164	-0.88
460–499	476	34	262.50–282.50	$271.25	$1,291	+2.23
500–540	528	66	252.50–272.50	$264.70	$1,398	-2.05
550–590	570	36	246.00–270.00	$262.70	$1,497	+8.93
601–635	623	48	216.00–256.00	$242.55	$1,511	-7.92
650–669	658	28	230.00–243.00	$234.78	$1,545	-4.22
719–732	725	16	227.00–230.00	$228.12	$1,654	+13.59
782	782	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,713	-9.56
811–845	829	241	220.00–228.75	$227.09	$1,883	—
865–884	882	18	203.00–218.00	$216.37	$1,908	-0.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	250.00	$250.00	$828	—
350–381	364	12	250.00–257.50	$254.51	$926	+12.52
415–418	416	7	245.00–259.00	$251.02	$1,044	-2.82
460–492	484	32	249.00–260.00	$256.31	$1,241	+8.07
501–546	515	44	245.00–255.00	$249.54	$1,285	+5.71
570–587	582	28	222.50–239.00	$233.98	$1,362	-1.62
610–611	611	10	212.00–237.00	$229.51	$1,402	+7.54
662	662	6	217.50	$217.50	$1,440	+3.44
821	821	13	197.50	$197.50	$1,621	+27.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	54	258.00	$258.00	$1,700	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	7	272.50	$272.50	$1,079	+7.50
492–497	495	6	260.00–278.00	$269.05	$1,332	—
501–502	502	19	240.00–257.50	$248.28	$1,246	—
559–570	564	11	240.00–244.00	$241.84	$1,364	+1.84
635	635	5	227.50	$227.50	$1,445	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–461	454	23	199.00–212.50	$207.73	$943	—
541	541	25	217.50	$217.50	$1,177	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	10	263.00	$263.00	$1,404	—
620–625	623	5	235.00–240.00	$238.01	$1,483	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	5	287.00	$287.00	$1,441	—
700	700	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
747	747	9	155.00	$155.00	$1,158	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	6	180.00	$180.00	$958	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–399	392	22	255.00–280.00	$267.32	$1,048	+2.50
401–442	419	61	244.00–270.00	$262.49	$1,100	+7.56
405–448 unweaned	438	17	252.50–254.00	$253.67	$1,111	—
458–497	480	53	247.50–259.00	$252.77	$1,213	-0.88
509–548	525	81	243.00–258.00	$250.93	$1,317	-5.82
553 fancy	553	81	266.50	$266.50	$1,474	-3.50
552–599	571	76	232.00–251.00	$239.78	$1,369	-1.51
600–644	620	107	222.50–238.00	$234.83	$1,456	-1.71
650–688	675	91	226.00–233.00	$228.78	$1,544	—
700–718	711	35	212.50–220.50	$217.87	$1,549	-4.13
769–784	774	12	216.00–218.00	$216.68	$1,677	—
863	863	15	209.50	$209.50	$1,808	—
918	918	6	186.50	$186.50	$1,712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–347	338	8	242.00–262.50	$250.79	$848	+4.71
354–392	368	40	237.00–257.00	$246.84	$908	+9.35
402–448	437	58	240.00–252.50	$249.28	$1,089	-5.41
455–496	481	60	227.50–247.50	$238.76	$1,148	-2.49
508–548	527	46	220.00–237.00	$231.47	$1,220	-3.88
555–598	576	43	212.50–230.00	$219.77	$1,266	-7.28
620–648	631	11	213.00–225.00	$218.39	$1,378	-7.61
660–698	683	24	200.00–225.00	$216.05	$1,476	+6.18
727–740	734	40	205.00–217.50	$211.29	$1,551	+3.02
756	756	11	215.00	$215.00	$1,625	+17.86
808–837	824	22	181.50–187.50	$183.56	$1,513	-12.75
863	863	8	202.00	$202.00	$1,743	+19.83
912	912	8	190.00	$190.00	$1,733	+10.50
1089	1089	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,797	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	6	227.50	$227.50	$667	—
321–328	325	23	220.00–237.50	$229.65	$746	+4.07
355–379	368	9	225.00–230.00	$227.86	$839	+10.33
400–435	421	16	216.00–227.00	$220.87	$930	+14.37
451–476	463	20	214.00–225.00	$217.98	$1,009	-6.86
500–538	520	16	208.00–217.50	$213.12	$1,108	+2.49
551–575	561	21	215.00–220.00	$217.12	$1,218	—
784	784	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,388	—
894	894	9	132.50	$132.50	$1,185	-4.14
930–937	932	13	120.00–133.00	$129.30	$1,205	—
1053	1053	9	141.00	$141.00	$1,485	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,222	—
594 unweaned	594	57	239.00	$239.00	$1,420	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	8	225.00	$225.00	$918	—
519	519	14	227.50	$227.50	$1,181	—
635	635	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,397	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	209.00	$209.00	$713	—
431	431	8	208.00	$208.00	$896	—
457–483	468	7	192.00–207.50	$200.65	$939	—
535	535	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,043	—
597	597	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,224	—
788	788	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,300	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	9	257.50	$257.50	$1,154	—
532	532	6	246.00	$246.00	$1,309	—
584	584	9	236.00	$236.00	$1,378	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
972	972	7	110.00	$110.00	$1,069	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	5	238.00	$238.00	$1,083	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–449	437	14	220.00–252.00	$245.13	$1,071	-3.99
450–481	471	9	240.00–259.00	$246.06	$1,159	+5.78
505–544	530	18	230.00–245.00	$233.47	$1,237	-8.29
552–595	577	7	227.00–235.00	$231.72	$1,337	+3.73
608–615	611	5	215.00–232.50	$222.05	$1,357	+6.01
658	658	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,434	+16.65
720	720	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,368	-15.42
878	878	8	165.00	$165.00	$1,449	—
992	992	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,409	—
1056–1085	1064	7	130.00–137.50	$132.18	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	272.00	$272.00	$843	—
388	388	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,067	+10.17
415–437	424	18	255.00–270.00	$262.97	$1,115	+10.53
462–470	464	10	247.50–249.00	$248.70	$1,154	—
556–585	562	28	242.00–250.00	$245.54	$1,380	+8.79
715	715	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,530	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	250.00	$250.00	$938	—
407	407	3	235.00	$235.00	$956	—
473–488	483	10	236.00–251.00	$242.02	$1,169	+58.95
508	508	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,107	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	219.00	$219.00	$843	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1365	1127	80-85%	215	97.00–107.50	$103.79	$1,170	+11.61
975–1260	1130	80-85%	25	84.00–97.50	$93.45	$1,056	+1.27
1015–1330	1177	80-85%	54	108.00–118.50	$112.22	$1,321	+9.29

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–820	756	85-90%	4	42.00–64.00	$55.80	$422	—
690–1205	872	85-90%	44	66.00–85.00	$78.16	$682	—
700–1205	960	85-90%	118	85.00–96.00	$91.26	$876	-11.01
795–1135	989	85-90%	98	95.00–115.00	$100.46	$994	-1.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1580	1371	75-80%	71	101.00–114.00	$108.22	$1,484	+13.97
1325–1575	1439	75-80%	5	85.00–98.00	$92.48	$1,331	-13.15
1285–1740	1468	75-80%	20	111.00–121.00	$114.98	$1,688	+1.39

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1048	1048	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,352	—
1330–1805	1519	9	98.00–113.00	$106.84	$1,623	—
1245–2110	1530	29	112.50–127.00	$121.15	$1,854	—
1295–1995	1701	17	127.00–142.00	$132.79	$2,259	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1125	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	100.00–124.00	$113.20	$1,018
700–1035	902	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–168.00	$142.75	$1,288

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975–1020	997	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–162.50	$155.16	$1,547
1042–1345	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	96.00–127.50	$106.42	$1,196

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–900	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	88.00–91.00	$88.96	$754

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1017	1017	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,820

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1079–1100	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,241.24
1105–1195	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,135.00–1,350.00	$1,240.59
1005–1350	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	1,175.00–1,750.00	$1,513.91

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1000	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,406.35
770–1175	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,150.00–1,725.00	$1,328.37
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
777	777	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	960.00	$960.00
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00
845–980	931	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	750.00–1,050.00	$1,003.15

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1401	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,884.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968–1012	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,335.00	$1,195.67
1075–1185	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,100.00	$1,001.65

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
975–1310	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,700.00–2,350.00	$1,946.25	-85.00
1100–1215	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,908.33	-122.92
1100–1375	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,550.00–2,575.00	$2,566.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1235–1275	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,550.00–2,800.00	$2,758.33	+211.66
1300–1322	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	2,325.00–2,500.00	$2,363.89	—
1395	1395	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1087	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–980	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,550.00	$1,300.00	—
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00	+147.37

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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.