Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 7, 2023

3,644 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.95/cwt +18.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,497/hd at 578 lb · 138 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $298.10/cwt +19.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 584 lb · 126 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.51/cwt +10.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,355/hd at 524 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,644	3,460	2,746
Feeder cattle	2,840	2,647	1,661
Slaughter cattle	504	479	448
Replacement cattle	300	334	637

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, calves 4.00-8.00 higher spots 10.00 higher, yearlings steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower and bulls steady to 6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	6	300.00	$300.00	$933	-0.36
358–391	379	29	295.00–330.00	$318.97	$1,209	+19.25
400–448	425	38	301.00–327.00	$311.20	$1,323	+15.21
450–489	467	26	295.00–331.00	$306.20	$1,430	+11.19
510–548	531	110	281.00–304.00	$290.71	$1,544	+14.24
552–599	584	126	277.00–305.00	$298.10	$1,741	+19.40
605–637	619	101	263.00–300.00	$285.26	$1,766	+22.06
654–690	676	71	255.00–285.00	$260.22	$1,759	+1.72
707–740	721	98	240.00–263.25	$252.90	$1,823	+26.90
753–768	761	10	242.00–242.50	$242.25	$1,844	—
825	825	32	236.00	$236.00	$1,947	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–343	323	12	272.00–312.50	$287.68	$929	+6.30
368–395	389	19	280.00–291.00	$285.21	$1,109	+8.27
405–448	426	37	262.50–292.00	$278.61	$1,187	+2.42
460–495	486	84	265.00–293.00	$275.41	$1,338	+2.16
530–548	536	18	250.00–272.50	$260.11	$1,394	+1.51
551–599	580	67	247.50–277.00	$259.29	$1,504	+7.37
602–631	616	40	240.00–260.00	$254.38	$1,567	+4.08
669–692	683	34	241.00–249.50	$243.12	$1,661	-1.06
712–741	730	22	225.00–243.00	$235.43	$1,719	+2.09
813–849	822	51	218.00–236.00	$227.27	$1,868	+6.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	439	5	250.00–267.50	$256.86	$1,128	+6.06
460–488	478	18	252.50–262.50	$253.57	$1,212	+1.07
502–527	520	21	228.00–247.50	$241.31	$1,255	-5.23
563–590	574	13	240.00–245.00	$242.78	$1,394	+14.67
622	622	5	237.50	$237.50	$1,477	—
740	740	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,295	—
801	801	7	207.00	$207.00	$1,658	+4.46

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,364	—
513	513	13	293.00	$293.00	$1,503	—
568	568	9	294.00	$294.00	$1,670	—
611	611	6	266.00	$266.00	$1,625	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	6	202.50	$202.50	$774	-25.00
478–494	489	10	217.50–235.00	$227.19	$1,111	+12.81
560	560	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,232	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,122	—
578	578	12	226.00	$226.00	$1,306	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612–626	623	9	220.00–222.50	$221.95	$1,383	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–338	311	13	262.50–265.00	$264.58	$823	—
352–391	370	13	262.50–275.00	$268.00	$992	-3.74
405–440	423	24	260.00–278.00	$268.05	$1,134	+2.13
458–499	484	109	251.00–267.50	$257.56	$1,247	+0.64
504–547	524	110	242.00–262.50	$256.83	$1,346	+8.98
528 fancy	528	10	277.00	$277.00	$1,463	—
550–592	578	138	242.00–264.25	$258.95	$1,497	+18.95
603–635	620	50	244.00–256.00	$251.61	$1,560	+10.87
672	672	6	236.00	$236.00	$1,586	—
791	791	7	219.00	$219.00	$1,732	+2.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–390	367	28	232.50–258.00	$249.03	$914	-0.83
402–448	430	32	240.00–257.50	$251.23	$1,080	+8.50
453–497	479	53	225.00–248.00	$241.63	$1,157	-1.13
513–547	538	95	219.00–243.00	$230.37	$1,239	-4.75
550–596	576	99	220.00–241.00	$233.65	$1,346	+10.26
609–625	615	17	227.50–235.00	$231.16	$1,422	+22.07
651–697	675	85	207.50–230.00	$221.37	$1,494	+5.50
711–736	733	36	222.00–226.00	$225.57	$1,653	+5.85
768–792	785	10	214.00–219.00	$217.53	$1,708	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–445	424	9	207.50–227.50	$220.32	$934	+11.98
495–498	497	10	217.50–220.00	$219.25	$1,090	+12.58
630	630	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,235	—
660–697	680	13	200.00–215.00	$205.25	$1,396	—
712–722	715	7	185.00–195.00	$192.11	$1,374	—
758	758	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–440	429	5	187.50–202.00	$196.05	$841	—
557	557	5	120.00	$120.00	$668	—
761–777	769	12	130.00–140.00	$135.05	$1,039	—
886	886	9	135.00	$135.00	$1,196	—
966	966	7	132.50	$132.50	$1,280	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	225.00	$225.00	$862	—
504–537	513	23	232.50–237.00	$235.77	$1,210	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	7	202.50	$202.50	$668	—
355–361	359	12	202.50–210.00	$204.97	$736	—
479	479	7	185.00	$185.00	$886	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	16	275.00	$275.00	$1,224	+11.00
555	555	5	262.50	$262.50	$1,457	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,120	—
600–628	616	14	215.00–230.50	$224.03	$1,380	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,293	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,066	—
405–445	427	16	247.50–268.00	$255.22	$1,090	-22.08
515–526	524	17	240.00–257.50	$245.86	$1,288	+6.88
560–578	568	9	210.00–256.00	$230.80	$1,311	-6.40
607–635	620	11	200.00–253.00	$222.22	$1,378	-12.78
830	830	9	182.00	$182.00	$1,511	—
1024	1024	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	9	308.00	$308.00	$964	—
454–467	460	7	290.00–299.00	$295.08	$1,357	+31.40
510–538	524	6	247.50–250.00	$248.78	$1,304	-12.52
585	585	8	248.00	$248.00	$1,451	-4.34
610–645	632	20	242.00–267.00	$254.41	$1,608	+7.91

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,006	—
555	555	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,027	—
628	628	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,287	+30.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1685	1685	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1405	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1035	794	85-90%	11	50.00–68.00	$57.57	$457	+0.78
714–1175	867	85-90%	67	70.00–92.00	$83.96	$728	+1.26
760–1175	967	85-90%	30	104.00–123.00	$109.17	$1,056	+0.36
815–1215	1000	85-90%	65	89.00–105.00	$99.06	$991	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1320	1151	80-85%	99	103.00–114.00	$108.15	$1,245	-0.90
1018–1305	1161	80-85%	28	92.50–105.00	$100.02	$1,161	+0.63
1035–1370	1202	80-85%	42	113.00–125.00	$116.89	$1,405	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1565	1333	75-80%	10	100.00–105.00	$101.40	$1,352	-10.94
1330–1790	1399	75-80%	60	105.00–115.50	$111.93	$1,566	—
1230–1820	1453	75-80%	28	115.00–126.00	$118.53	$1,722	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1850	1480	10	91.00–117.00	$109.14	$1,615	—
1315–2165	1600	16	110.00–130.00	$122.83	$1,965	—
1460–2145	1820	21	122.50–150.00	$135.79	$2,471	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1030	857	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	130.00–172.50	$151.34	$1,297
715–1075	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	102.00–124.00	$110.96	$996

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1070	948	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	123.00–180.00	$141.45	$1,341
1015–1375	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	104.00–120.00	$112.23	$1,305

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–840	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	82.50–97.50	$93.36	$719

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1495	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,250.00–1,950.00	$1,697.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1090	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,250.00–1,550.00	$1,442.81

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–1025	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	850.00–1,100.00	$981.69

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–705	681	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	300.00–550.00	$369.54

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–825	821	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	950.00–1,075.00	$970.30

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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
1100–1150	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,900.00–1,925.00	$1,912.50	-544.64
1090–1365	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,916.67	-83.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1090	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,650.00–1,950.00	$1,755.36	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–960	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,216.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1152	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	11	134.00	$134.00	$805	—

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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.