Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 21, 2023

1,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $250.91/cwt +5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,234/hd at 492 lb · 57 head

heavy 5-weight M 1-2 steers $258.40/cwt ≈ $1,475/hd at 571 lb · 30 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $231.99/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,441/hd at 621 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,122	5,189	3,228
Feeder cattle	865	2,811	2,427
Slaughter cattle	166	554	492
Replacement cattle	91	1,824	309

Market comments — USDA reporter

Too few feeders for an adequate market comparison, but undertones were steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	292.50	$292.50	$1,068	+3.42
405–440	424	13	255.00–279.00	$270.86	$1,148	-13.06
503–540	515	24	252.00–283.00	$271.17	$1,397	-4.57
558–575	561	5	260.00–270.00	$267.95	$1,503	-2.58
600–645	624	27	250.00–262.00	$258.24	$1,611	-1.50
668	668	4	237.50	$237.50	$1,586	-6.90
708–737	723	6	229.00–230.00	$229.49	$1,659	-7.09
840	840	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,848	+4.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–397	386	11	247.50–280.00	$260.80	$1,007	-5.73
400–439	422	9	253.00–267.50	$260.01	$1,097	-4.19
503–546	524	14	224.00–250.00	$242.40	$1,270	-16.66
560–596	583	16	235.00–254.00	$252.40	$1,471	+4.03
608–625	614	6	212.50–230.00	$224.06	$1,376	-23.44
669–682	677	10	226.00–230.00	$228.42	$1,546	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,424	—
557–588	571	30	250.00–267.50	$258.40	$1,475	—
679	679	19	249.00	$249.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	332	6	309.00–324.00	$321.01	$1,066	-0.99
370	370	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,212	+2.50
415	415	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,214	-16.36
498	498	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,482	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—
450	450	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	10	252.50	$252.50	$740	—
352–390	378	7	250.00–265.00	$257.32	$973	+5.24
400–412	407	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,048	+8.77
460–496	492	57	235.00–256.00	$250.91	$1,234	+5.13
502–538	514	22	225.00–247.50	$234.49	$1,205	-9.98
550–580	567	21	226.00–243.00	$237.84	$1,349	+0.22
604–626	621	29	223.00–235.00	$231.99	$1,441	-3.50
703–715	707	6	206.00–214.00	$210.31	$1,487	-16.17
886	886	22	180.00	$180.00	$1,595	-6.36
1031	1031	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–348	345	9	225.00–240.00	$235.10	$811	+5.10
370–398	384	13	220.00–240.00	$224.53	$862	+4.53
410–448	427	12	207.50–230.00	$218.03	$931	+1.33
470	470	7	212.50–230.00	$222.50	$1,046	+3.83
506–509	507	11	220.00–222.50	$221.59	$1,123	+4.14
550–584	569	12	200.00–220.00	$205.79	$1,171	—
622–628	626	7	210.00–217.50	$212.13	$1,328	—
670–680	674	7	192.00–210.00	$201.72	$1,360	—
721–726	723	12	200.00	$200.00	$1,446	-6.00
830	830	13	142.50	$142.50	$1,183	—
956	956	14	132.50	$132.50	$1,267	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	6	240.00	$240.00	$883	—
453	453	9	248.00	$248.00	$1,123	—
534	534	11	235.00	$235.00	$1,255	—
625	625	25	235.00	$235.00	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	11	270.00	$270.00	$1,050	-17.69
504	504	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,260	-11.45

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	11	240.00–257.50	$248.14	$1,012	-8.91
528–530	529	5	227.50–240.00	$234.99	$1,243	-10.88
552–568	559	18	234.00–247.50	$236.89	$1,324	-0.27
600–615	613	9	220.00–243.00	$240.50	$1,474	+16.59

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–497	487	8	255.00–270.00	$264.98	$1,290	-1.02
547	547	10	251.00	$251.00	$1,373	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	5	265.00	$265.00	$983	—
490	490	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,225	—
553	553	6	199.00	$199.00	$1,100	—
978	978	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,291	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1595	1595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1165	931	85-90%	5	40.00–69.00	$53.72	$500	-30.36
800–1235	971	85-90%	13	70.00–87.00	$80.44	$781	-26.83
900–1125	991	85-90%	9	98.00–112.00	$103.56	$1,026	-3.71
860–1265	1013	85-90%	36	81.50–104.00	$92.29	$935	-4.14

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1285	1157	80-85%	11	102.00–112.00	$106.98	$1,238	+0.75
1000–1260	1169	80-85%	7	87.50–100.00	$95.62	$1,118	-1.17
1140–1265	1229	80-85%	4	111.50–115.00	$113.65	$1,397	-0.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1565	1406	75-80%	10	105.00–111.00	$107.47	$1,511	-8.60
1340–1705	1468	75-80%	5	95.00–102.50	$99.58	$1,462	—
1395–1520	1474	75-80%	5	113.50–118.00	$115.33	$1,700	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1710	1411	9	110.00–125.00	$120.33	$1,698	—
1515–1905	1653	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,901	—
1675–1930	1783	4	130.00–132.50	$131.20	$2,339	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–840	778	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	133.00–180.00	$163.60	$1,273
745–1015	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	111.00–130.00	$120.88	$1,049

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1265–1451	1391	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	114.00–125.00	$117.28	$1,631

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–850	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–92.00	$90.94	$728

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1050–1425	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,250.00–1,900.00	$1,453.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–995	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,225.00	$1,054.43
815–985	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–860.00	$810.19
1025–1180	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,080.27

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–975	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,274.77
810–1085	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,775.00	$1,481.08

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–880	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	775.00–1,100.00	$978.85

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–775	743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	500.00–550.00	$534.75

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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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
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00	+295.00

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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.