Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 28, 2023

5,054 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $235.73/cwt ≈ $2,162/hd at 917 lb · 236 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $271.50/cwt +3.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,577/hd at 581 lb · 156 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $254.95/cwt ≈ $1,864/hd at 731 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,054	1,122	2,383
Feeder cattle	4,315	865	1,753
Slaughter cattle	493	166	335
Replacement cattle	246	91	295

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeders 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–308	303	8	322.00–332.50	$325.48	$986	+4.47
353–384	376	31	305.00–328.00	$317.07	$1,192	-10.43
405–445	421	43	299.00–325.00	$309.97	$1,305	+17.47
455–499	483	78	289.00–312.50	$303.01	$1,464	+5.51
500–541	523	71	280.00–307.50	$297.45	$1,556	—
550–599	569	95	281.00–307.00	$291.57	$1,659	—
609–642	620	80	266.00–286.00	$279.76	$1,735	—
650–681	666	99	256.00–275.00	$266.14	$1,772	—
706–748	731	138	253.75–262.50	$254.95	$1,864	—
775	775	65	251.00	$251.00	$1,945	—
828	828	12	242.00	$242.00	$2,004	—
856	856	18	239.00	$239.00	$2,046	—
915–917	917	236	235.50–240.00	$235.73	$2,162	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–340	328	12	285.00–305.00	$295.26	$968	—
356–374	366	29	292.50–302.50	$300.70	$1,101	+8.20
402–445	427	46	275.00–300.00	$284.27	$1,214	+13.41
454–499	470	49	272.50–294.00	$286.69	$1,347	—
510–549	538	77	260.00–290.00	$278.30	$1,497	+7.13
552–599	581	156	255.00–278.00	$271.50	$1,577	+3.55
600–649	632	70	245.00–269.00	$257.40	$1,627	-0.84
659–699	678	33	238.00–245.00	$240.57	$1,631	+3.07
716–743	728	78	227.00–247.00	$244.35	$1,779	+14.86
786–792	787	31	240.00–245.50	$244.79	$1,926	—
800–845	819	27	222.50–241.00	$232.90	$1,907	+12.90
875–878	875	32	228.00–235.00	$234.56	$2,052	—
937	937	9	212.50	$212.50	$1,991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	8	265.00–272.50	$269.69	$939	—
356–389	378	19	247.50–270.00	$258.39	$977	-2.41
466–491	482	32	233.00–257.00	$247.54	$1,193	—
502–535	514	17	261.00–266.00	$263.46	$1,354	+21.06
565–596	585	33	238.00–252.00	$248.80	$1,455	-3.60
676	676	5	198.00	$198.00	$1,338	-30.42

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–526	520	13	257.50–265.00	$262.17	$1,363	-12.83
622–647	634	13	240.00–251.50	$246.08	$1,560	—
688	688	12	232.50	$232.50	$1,600	-16.50
715	715	32	240.00	$240.00	$1,716	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524–528	527	12	259.00–281.00	$273.70	$1,442	—
580–582	581	6	262.50–267.00	$265.50	$1,543	—
624	624	7	261.00	$261.00	$1,629	—
787	787	40	244.00	$244.00	$1,920	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	10	301.00	$301.00	$1,686	—
640	640	34	274.00	$274.00	$1,754	—
660	660	10	272.00	$272.00	$1,795	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,245	—
630	630	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,449	—
789	789	9	211.00	$211.00	$1,665	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	6	240.00	$240.00	$900	—
454	454	4	216.00	$216.00	$981	-14.00
514	514	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	14	202.50	$202.50	$761	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–347	326	32	237.50–265.00	$249.48	$813	—
358–396	380	51	242.50–265.00	$251.01	$954	-6.31
402–449	423	90	233.00–255.00	$245.34	$1,038	-12.16
450–498	471	83	235.00–257.50	$248.89	$1,172	-2.02
500–546	522	121	229.00–252.50	$243.17	$1,269	+8.68
550–596	572	121	227.00–248.00	$240.58	$1,376	+2.74
603–645	627	71	216.00–243.00	$234.49	$1,470	+2.50
650–695	665	34	218.00–243.00	$235.38	$1,565	—
724–747	737	81	231.00–239.50	$235.44	$1,735	+25.13
792	792	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,663	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–377	367	18	266.00–273.00	$269.99	$991	-0.01
402 fancy	402	3	307.50	$307.50	$1,236	—
405–425	414	27	262.50–264.00	$263.11	$1,089	—
451–496	481	127	259.00–272.50	$263.75	$1,269	—
508 fancy	508	33	284.00	$284.00	$1,443	—
505–548	526	77	254.00–274.00	$260.01	$1,368	+10.01
553–591	576	66	255.00–262.50	$257.65	$1,484	—
608–622	616	42	237.00–257.50	$247.87	$1,527	—
658–664	660	22	239.00–260.00	$250.74	$1,655	—
750	750	6	237.50	$237.50	$1,781	—
803	803	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,807	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	8	230.00–235.00	$233.05	$767	-2.05
355–398	381	18	220.00–236.00	$228.66	$871	+4.13
402–421	414	16	217.50–230.00	$224.46	$929	+6.43
455–498	477	18	210.00–225.00	$218.33	$1,041	-4.17
502–548	517	9	212.50–227.50	$217.84	$1,126	-3.75
550–579	569	6	228.00–229.00	$228.32	$1,299	+22.53
625	625	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,300	-4.13
650–671	659	27	180.00–202.50	$193.42	$1,275	-8.30
720–732	729	13	193.00–202.00	$195.05	$1,422	-4.95
802	802	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,484	+42.50
861	861	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,593	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566–570	567	11	237.50–244.00	$242.81	$1,377	—
708	708	28	235.00	$235.00	$1,664	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	8	264.00	$264.00	$1,185	—
652	652	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,597	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–392	390	8	211.00–232.50	$224.39	$875	—
498	498	3	190.00	$190.00	$946	—
570	570	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
782	782	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,251	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	6	203.00	$203.00	$1,441	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	330	8	277.50–320.00	$287.33	$948	—
362–398	371	12	275.00–285.00	$282.32	$1,047	—
400–438	407	24	262.50–294.00	$272.82	$1,110	—
460–498	479	16	257.50–275.00	$263.51	$1,262	-1.47
507–548	526	39	254.00–277.50	$259.40	$1,364	+8.40
580	580	6	251.00	$251.00	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–483	469	8	235.00–255.00	$241.89	$1,134	—
502–545	521	23	231.00–260.00	$246.09	$1,282	+11.10
555–598	575	15	222.50–255.00	$235.40	$1,354	-1.49
604–640	623	18	220.00–242.50	$234.91	$1,463	-5.59
673–695	678	14	220.00–222.50	$221.95	$1,505	—
709–715	711	7	228.00–232.00	$229.15	$1,629	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–387	381	6	255.00–259.00	$257.03	$979	-7.97
452	452	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,071	—
573	573	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,352	+37.00
614–632	627	14	215.00–222.00	$216.96	$1,360	—
670	670	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,374	—
700	700	6	192.50	$192.50	$1,348	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	205.00	$205.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1385	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,634.80	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–965	819	85-90%	10	47.00–70.00	$56.29	$461	—
740–1150	911	85-90%	35	71.00–89.00	$83.21	$758	+29.49
755–1375	925	85-90%	144	89.00–105.00	$94.87	$878	+41.15
860–1175	1007	85-90%	35	99.00–114.00	$106.65	$1,074	+14.36

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1290	1148	80-85%	35	94.00–104.00	$100.27	$1,151	—
1035–1300	1172	80-85%	60	102.50–115.00	$108.84	$1,276	+13.22
1015–1305	1188	80-85%	19	111.50–120.00	$116.30	$1,382	+20.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1565	1346	75-80%	16	87.00–106.00	$99.78	$1,343	—
1245–1620	1379	75-80%	50	105.00–116.00	$112.14	$1,546	—
1240–1900	1384	75-80%	20	113.00–133.00	$119.17	$1,649	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1650	1357	9	97.00–117.00	$105.98	$1,438	—
1262–1970	1479	27	115.00–131.00	$123.75	$1,830	—
1410–2465	1880	14	127.00–150.00	$134.52	$2,529	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
913	913	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,370
995–1376	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	109.00–125.00	$116.21	$1,374

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–985	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	140.00–180.00	$157.56	$1,339
745–1050	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	101.00–121.00	$111.72	$1,054

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1010	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	86.00–96.00	$91.97	$826

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
942	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,178

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1086	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1045–1335	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,458.20

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
771	771	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	750.00	$750.00
715–842	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	750.00–875.00	$814.20
779–930	839	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	700.00–850.00	$766.48

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1085	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,312.84
930–1096	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,176.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1050–1135	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1075	879	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,150.00	$1,025.65

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–870	756	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	300.00–625.00	$494.28

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–875	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00–1,600.00	$1,591.67	—
895–1050	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,975.00–2,150.00	$2,010.00	—
900–1055	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1215	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,650.00–2,000.00	$1,841.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	15	175.00	$175.00	$938	—
688	688	43	170.00	$170.00	$1,170	—

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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.