Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 31, 2023

3,460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.74/cwt +5.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,512/hd at 628 lb · 157 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.00/cwt -13.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,390/hd at 579 lb · 141 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.85/cwt -3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,294/hd at 522 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,460	4,707	4,519
Feeder cattle	2,647	3,543	3,702
Slaughter cattle	479	757	540
Replacement cattle	334	407	277

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady, spots 5.00 higher on heifer calves. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 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
302–348	317	11	300.00–302.00	$300.36	$952	—
350–398	374	66	290.00–308.00	$299.72	$1,121	+7.27
400 thin fleshed	400	7	317.50	$317.50	$1,270	—
419–447	427	31	289.00–304.00	$295.99	$1,264	-9.43
450–496	466	49	290.00–305.00	$295.01	$1,375	+3.77
515–538	532	46	275.00–278.00	$276.47	$1,471	-11.46
553–589	568	108	270.00–284.00	$278.70	$1,583	+1.66
608–634	620	61	249.00–272.00	$263.20	$1,632	-4.74
658–659	659	20	255.00–262.00	$258.50	$1,704	-1.94
735	735	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,661	-13.50
900	900	58	230.25	$230.25	$2,072	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	8	278.00–282.50	$281.38	$943	-1.52
358–391	374	14	265.00–285.00	$276.94	$1,036	-2.86
408–442	426	28	251.00–287.50	$276.19	$1,177	+1.60
454–493	474	57	255.00–284.50	$273.25	$1,295	+2.00
505–549	527	47	250.00–270.00	$258.60	$1,363	-6.10
560–595	576	34	230.00–265.00	$251.92	$1,451	-10.78
606–648	631	51	246.00–252.50	$250.30	$1,579	+7.75
667–688	677	35	237.50–248.00	$244.18	$1,653	+9.40
735–738	737	9	225.00–237.50	$233.34	$1,720	+5.22
757–782	771	22	222.00–233.00	$228.96	$1,765	+9.96
813–814	813	11	211.00–229.50	$221.09	$1,797	-6.00
866–878	871	8	209.00–220.00	$215.84	$1,880	-0.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	250.00	$250.00	$775	±0.00
355	355	2	233.00	$233.00	$827	-21.51
435–447	445	17	230.00–260.00	$250.80	$1,116	-0.22
452–466	462	10	252.50	$252.50	$1,167	-3.81
508–546	531	10	245.00–247.50	$246.54	$1,309	-3.00
552–591	568	18	222.50–237.50	$228.11	$1,296	-5.87
808–822	813	6	180.00–214.00	$202.54	$1,647	+5.04

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	227.50	$227.50	$885	—
469–479	473	18	200.00–225.00	$214.38	$1,014	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,248	-4.05
570	570	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,468	+15.66
652	652	5	237.50	$237.50	$1,548	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	283.00	$283.00	$1,370	—
824	824	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,813	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,218	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	6	266.00	$266.00	$928	—
376–382	380	24	260.00–280.00	$271.74	$1,033	+4.42
422–445	431	68	255.00–275.00	$265.92	$1,146	+3.43
451–498	472	111	245.00–269.00	$256.92	$1,213	+4.15
502–544	522	116	242.00–252.00	$247.85	$1,294	-3.08
562–599	579	141	232.00–244.50	$240.00	$1,390	+0.22
608–640	628	157	228.00–249.00	$240.74	$1,512	+5.91
714–741	729	64	217.00–224.00	$220.99	$1,611	+3.12
758–784	776	31	214.00–218.00	$216.87	$1,683	+0.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–345	335	16	242.50–257.50	$249.86	$837	-0.93
361–399	381	49	236.00–257.50	$249.86	$952	+3.02
400–447	424	50	226.00–254.00	$242.73	$1,029	-6.55
470–499	495	7	241.00–254.00	$242.76	$1,202	+4.00
500–546	530	62	227.50–241.00	$235.12	$1,246	+3.65
550–598	584	63	214.00–233.00	$223.39	$1,305	+3.62
605–648	617	21	202.50–216.00	$209.09	$1,290	-9.30
662–697	683	21	210.00–220.00	$215.87	$1,474	-0.18
700–721	703	29	215.00–220.50	$219.72	$1,545	+8.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	16	227.50	$227.50	$653	±0.00
300–310	308	4	190.00–200.00	$197.56	$608	-32.09
353–380	362	9	202.50–227.50	$213.20	$772	-14.66
405–448	436	21	197.00–217.50	$208.34	$908	-12.53
460–489	471	21	201.00–215.00	$206.67	$973	-11.31
500–531	517	15	200.00–210.00	$204.72	$1,058	-8.40
899	899	10	132.50	$132.50	$1,191	±0.00
923	923	12	132.50	$132.50	$1,223	+3.20

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	5	247.50	$247.50	$827	—
728	728	13	215.00	$215.00	$1,565	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	7	264.00	$264.00	$1,146	+6.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
846	846	7	194.00	$194.00	$1,641	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	5	160.00	$160.00	$592	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–445	424	11	273.00–287.00	$277.30	$1,176	+32.17
466–488	475	7	237.50–241.00	$239.04	$1,135	-7.02
502–545	522	14	224.00–260.00	$238.98	$1,247	+5.51
556–588	572	8	230.00–244.00	$237.20	$1,357	+5.48
638	638	11	235.00	$235.00	$1,499	+12.95
737	737	37	211.50	$211.50	$1,559	+21.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–485	460	11	260.00–267.50	$263.68	$1,213	+14.98
508–536	524	27	255.00–272.50	$261.30	$1,369	—
553–590	564	17	250.00–258.00	$252.34	$1,423	+6.80
625–646	638	15	238.00–248.00	$246.50	$1,573	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1615–1630	1623	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,000.00–3,950.00	$3,477.20	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–630	618	2	163.00–187.50	$175.00	$1,082	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1310	1159	80-85%	82	102.00–115.50	$109.05	$1,264	-3.17
1065–1330	1161	80-85%	18	91.00–105.00	$99.39	$1,154	-12.83
975–1465	1198	80-85%	63	113.00–128.00	$117.26	$1,405	+5.04

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1025	788	85-90%	9	51.00–67.00	$56.79	$448	+0.99
700–1035	881	85-90%	29	70.00–91.00	$82.70	$729	+4.54
770–1255	977	85-90%	31	103.00–118.00	$108.81	$1,063	+8.35
770–1190	1071	85-90%	57	90.00–104.00	$98.76	$1,058	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1780	1330	75-80%	63	104.00–117.00	$112.34	$1,494	—
1280–1480	1360	75-80%	4	98.00–104.00	$101.49	$1,380	-6.73
1295–1865	1494	75-80%	58	114.00–125.00	$119.16	$1,780	+4.18

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1595	1333	12	90.00–117.50	$108.71	$1,449	—
1230–1860	1563	24	110.00–130.00	$124.11	$1,940	—
1165–2335	1696	19	130.00–146.00	$136.39	$2,313	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–970	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	135.00–177.50	$157.19	$1,380
755–1005	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	102.00–129.00	$111.25	$1,006

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005–1285	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	121.00–155.00	$130.23	$1,476
820–1495	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	116.00–135.00	$123.85	$1,476

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1058–1279	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,285.00–1,500.00	$1,371.07
1025–1330	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,617.19

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1052	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,575.00	$1,408.68
905–1135	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,300.00–1,675.00	$1,409.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1028	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	850.00–1,150.00	$1,055.39

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1250	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,735.00–2,300.00	$2,200.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1135	1036	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,610.00	$1,428.55

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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
1110–1140	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,457.14	—
1164	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,000.00	$2,000.00	+53.75
1145–1215	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,860.00	—
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1128–1255	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	2,500.00–2,835.00	$2,818.25	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1033	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
954–990	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,916.67	+166.67

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–1085	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,416.67	—

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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.