Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 16, 2023

3,776 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $279.82/cwt +11.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,754/hd at 627 lb · 138 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $257.50/cwt +6.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 577 lb · 128 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.07/cwt -5.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,557/hd at 671 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,776	3,544	4,456
Feeder cattle	2,968	2,533	3,028
Slaughter cattle	565	718	1,021
Replacement cattle	243	293	407

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers early week 2.00 to 6.00 higher, late week steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	333	7	290.00–313.00	$296.30	$987	-3.70
373	373	9	300.00	$300.00	$1,119	+8.24
405–445	421	24	262.50–287.50	$277.17	$1,167	-15.77
429 unweaned	429	10	260.00	$260.00	$1,115	—
455–495	476	27	266.00–285.00	$278.22	$1,324	-8.31
482–488 unweaned	486	17	250.00–252.50	$251.62	$1,223	+0.43
500–507 unweaned	505	19	240.00–242.00	$241.37	$1,219	-3.93
500–549	528	74	245.00–277.50	$264.25	$1,395	-0.44
550–597	577	128	240.00–268.00	$257.50	$1,486	+1.85
611–622 unweaned	617	15	220.00–240.00	$229.24	$1,414	+3.03
605–648	627	61	238.00–256.00	$247.50	$1,552	+1.22
655–662 unweaned	658	7	215.00–217.50	$216.42	$1,424	—
650–678	662	36	225.00–254.00	$240.14	$1,590	-8.85
741	741	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,697	-7.91
750–790	760	14	230.00–245.00	$239.22	$1,818	+5.58
828–839	835	14	233.00–238.00	$236.57	$1,975	+9.36
855	855	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,992	—
900	900	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	365	12	305.00–328.00	$316.73	$1,156	-1.31
400–446	442	11	308.00–310.00	$308.16	$1,362	-9.91
460–482	470	10	290.00–310.00	$298.52	$1,403	-4.59
502–511 unweaned	507	10	278.00–286.00	$282.03	$1,430	—
505–508	508	41	300.00–313.50	$312.85	$1,589	+20.81
562–566	563	36	288.00–292.00	$291.33	$1,640	-0.67
606–641	627	138	266.50–292.00	$279.82	$1,754	+11.38
669 fancy	669	7	278.50	$278.50	$1,863	—
657–684	672	38	254.00–275.50	$267.10	$1,795	+5.00
700–730	719	89	253.00–256.00	$254.44	$1,829	-1.20
765	765	13	253.00	$253.00	$1,935	—
802–840	810	27	232.00–241.00	$237.47	$1,924	+4.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	250.00	$250.00	$800	—
375	375	3	227.50–242.50	$237.50	$891	—
415–443	427	24	232.50–261.00	$252.97	$1,080	-3.14
452–490	472	7	220.00–250.00	$242.39	$1,144	+36.45
532	532	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,197	-2.04
553–595	566	13	200.00–235.00	$215.01	$1,217	-19.99
623	623	12	195.00–215.00	$210.00	$1,308	—
673–690	676	12	218.00–219.00	$218.83	$1,479	—
757–783	770	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,540	+15.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	37	250.00	$250.00	$1,720	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,253	—
500	500	14	280.00	$280.00	$1,400	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	22	86.00	$86.00	$408	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,223	—
638	638	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,340	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	5	202.50	$202.50	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–345	323	7	225.00–232.50	$231.35	$747	-17.04
350–397	381	16	240.00–257.50	$248.33	$946	+5.76
425–448	436	34	220.00–240.00	$233.50	$1,018	-8.11
453–491	472	53	215.00–237.50	$227.07	$1,072	-4.50
468–498 unweaned	486	10	215.50–220.00	$218.27	$1,061	-9.73
503–545 unweaned	514	20	210.00–217.00	$212.81	$1,094	-0.84
500–544	517	45	216.00–238.00	$224.88	$1,163	-1.27
551–598	577	90	203.00–233.00	$217.81	$1,257	-2.54
550–595 unweaned	579	23	210.00–215.00	$211.82	$1,226	+3.82
602–648	625	50	200.00–225.00	$214.24	$1,339	-9.39
670–698	685	31	197.00–226.00	$217.91	$1,493	+3.21
708–718	712	12	205.00–212.00	$209.24	$1,490	—
750–783	764	39	185.00–220.00	$211.93	$1,619	—
800–812	807	9	180.00–208.50	$196.07	$1,582	+11.07
851	851	26	212.50	$212.50	$1,808	+23.50
918	918	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,652	-9.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–333	323	8	272.00–280.00	$274.85	$888	—
391–392	392	18	265.00–267.50	$266.53	$1,045	-5.32
442–448	446	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,093	-5.00
467	467	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,158	-8.83
503–547	517	79	232.50–260.00	$246.03	$1,272	-1.20
553–585	565	20	225.00–240.00	$234.28	$1,324	-6.67
598 unweaned	598	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,346	+6.06
605–620	611	29	237.00	$237.00	$1,448	-3.85
650–693	671	125	220.00–239.00	$232.07	$1,557	-5.06
719	719	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,654	-0.46
763	763	67	238.25	$238.25	$1,818	+8.17
838	838	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–333	332	9	200.00–225.00	$211.06	$701	+2.65
432–442	438	5	213.00–217.50	$214.78	$941	+7.46
462–466	465	10	208.00–210.00	$209.60	$975	+4.17
501–548	521	39	200.00–215.00	$210.96	$1,099	+6.62
550–574	570	6	185.00–200.00	$197.59	$1,126	-10.41
600–648	630	20	180.00–207.50	$193.94	$1,222	+0.60
660–689	673	9	191.00–200.00	$195.90	$1,318	-4.10
752	752	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,278	—
1003	1003	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,605	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–537	526	27	222.50–229.00	$226.92	$1,194	—
649	649	12	230.00	$230.00	$1,493	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	177.50–180.00	$178.75	$858	-26.25
505–518	511	5	185.00–187.50	$186.49	$953	—
590	590	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,062	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	7	112.00	$112.00	$408	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	6	175.00	$175.00	$542	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	5	227.00	$227.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	425	28	230.00–265.00	$243.38	$1,034	-0.06
452–486	471	9	230.00–250.00	$236.93	$1,116	+8.92
500–538	514	13	210.00–225.00	$215.57	$1,108	-18.16
555–599	575	18	197.50–230.00	$211.46	$1,216	-4.12
601–624	612	44	195.00–211.00	$202.95	$1,242	-7.66
650–665	658	2	186.00–208.00	$196.87	$1,295	—
720	720	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,296	-24.22
811	811	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	265.00	$265.00	$882	-37.50
357–367	362	6	275.00–280.00	$277.47	$1,004	-28.59
547	547	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,313	-22.00
594–595	594	11	240.00–242.50	$241.59	$1,435	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,010	—
545	545	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,131	-5.94
728	728	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,201	—
818	818	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,227	—
882	882	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,000.00	—
1125–1405	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,685.00–2,550.00	$1,966.68	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1075	858	85-90%	20	50.00–70.00	$63.77	$547	—
700–1215	976	85-90%	72	65.00–82.50	$76.04	$742	-12.07
826–1230	1048	85-90%	93	75.00–94.00	$85.19	$893	—
970–1195	1067	85-90%	15	87.50–101.00	$95.25	$1,016	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–2065	1385	75-80%	87	92.50–104.00	$97.83	$1,355	—
1260–1870	1424	75-80%	30	84.00–94.00	$89.44	$1,274	-1.28
1325–1755	1468	75-80%	47	105.00–114.00	$107.75	$1,582	+5.40

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1415	1176	80-85%	44	80.00–91.00	$87.06	$1,024	-2.10
975–1285	1177	80-85%	11	105.00–116.00	$109.99	$1,295	+20.83
965–1465	1178	80-85%	75	87.50–103.00	$93.98	$1,107	+4.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1145	1106	4	100.00–118.00	$104.56	$1,156	—
1265–1855	1540	20	86.00–116.00	$104.03	$1,602	—
1250–2145	1676	19	105.00–126.00	$115.46	$1,935	—
1335–2265	1887	6	120.00–154.00	$131.89	$2,489	-1.57

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–985	899	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	132.50–160.00	$142.78	$1,284
780–1130	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	100.00–130.00	$114.57	$1,101

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1090	897	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–132.00	$112.90	$1,013
870–1155	1032	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00–175.00	$151.43	$1,563
1040–1275	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–131.00	$113.95	$1,345

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–820	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–100.00	$87.24	$689

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1105	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,283.28
975–1500	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	1,150.00–1,900.00	$1,460.60
1230–1405	1318	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1065	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,379.67
910–1175	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,258.64

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1075	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	900.00–1,175.00	$1,063.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1155–1183	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,825.00–1,850.00	$1,845.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–960	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	775.00–1,000.00	$886.02
1055–1165	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,091.73

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–980	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,217.57
925–950	940	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,025.00–1,150.00	$1,100.80
905–1075	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,350.00	$1,144.32

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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
1082–1520	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,750.00–2,150.00	$1,930.56	—
1254	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—
1388–1450	1409	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1595	1595	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
832–872	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

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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.