Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 30, 2023

3,793 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $226.50/cwt ≈ $2,122/hd at 937 lb · 228 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $289.55/cwt +4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,538/hd at 531 lb · 173 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $269.31/cwt +9.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,666/hd at 618 lb · 140 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,793	3,301	5,617
Feeder cattle	2,981	2,433	4,427
Slaughter cattle	557	594	822
Replacement cattle	255	274	368

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, yearlings steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	321	17	302.50–325.00	$314.94	$1,011	-10.47
351–392	376	67	317.00–338.00	$330.77	$1,244	+34.89
365–393 unweaned	376	29	300.00	$300.00	$1,128	—
405–449	425	45	307.00–331.00	$319.85	$1,359	—
426 fancy	426	6	338.00	$338.00	$1,440	—
438–449 unweaned	447	21	300.00–302.50	$300.35	$1,343	+25.35
450–480	462	92	300.00–324.00	$318.92	$1,473	+26.26
473–491 unweaned	477	29	291.00–298.00	$294.74	$1,406	—
502–539	530	127	288.00–300.00	$296.53	$1,572	+10.74
529–546 unweaned	535	46	262.50–279.00	$270.27	$1,446	—
550–597	569	45	270.00–285.00	$279.63	$1,591	+15.03
600–614 unweaned	610	22	253.00–256.00	$253.94	$1,549	—
604–648	620	118	260.50–280.50	$272.18	$1,688	+12.54
652–666	663	27	250.00–264.00	$257.94	$1,710	+9.58
715	715	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,823	—
760	760	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,938	+24.00
937	937	228	226.50	$226.50	$2,122	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–320	316	6	275.00–307.00	$292.49	$924	+10.32
356–396	377	21	273.00–305.00	$294.00	$1,108	+2.00
410–441	432	18	265.00–292.50	$282.75	$1,221	+20.78
452–497	477	47	269.00–292.50	$281.00	$1,340	+16.25
526–549	537	57	252.50–278.50	$266.33	$1,430	+11.01
550–591	589	18	250.00–273.50	$272.28	$1,604	+27.45
598 unweaned	598	18	240.00	$240.00	$1,435	+27.95
600–647	626	82	236.00–263.00	$247.21	$1,548	+10.52
655 unweaned	655	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,474	—
655–698	674	21	230.00–249.00	$237.37	$1,600	+7.00
700–744	719	20	227.50–238.00	$233.29	$1,677	+20.03
765–794	790	54	225.00–238.00	$233.38	$1,844	+6.59
808–815	810	3	215.00–225.00	$221.65	$1,795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–317	312	5	245.00–262.50	$255.66	$798	—
350–375	366	6	242.50–250.00	$245.52	$899	—
435–445	438	3	215.00–232.50	$220.92	$968	-16.88
476	476	7	262.50	$262.50	$1,250	+8.78
500–532	520	17	229.00–245.00	$238.20	$1,239	+2.52
563–591	582	19	200.00–243.00	$234.51	$1,365	—
600–645	614	11	200.00–230.00	$219.05	$1,345	+6.05
653	653	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469–496	477	16	213.00–221.00	$218.40	$1,042	—
701	701	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,279	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–494	483	13	180.00–230.00	$199.93	$966	-20.07
648	648	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,069	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	6	262.50	$262.50	$1,260	—
662	662	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,582	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	10	240.00	$240.00	$946	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	292.50	$292.50	$1,310	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	5	262.50	$262.50	$850	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–330	325	9	245.00–249.00	$245.45	$798	+16.03
366–399	389	34	233.00–250.00	$241.10	$938	+5.50
400–440	416	37	220.00–245.00	$234.44	$975	+7.66
455–497	480	103	220.00–245.00	$232.29	$1,115	+14.99
501–543	517	86	218.00–237.00	$227.80	$1,178	+15.08
550 unweaned	550	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,141	+19.75
553–567 value added	561	11	205.00–220.00	$211.73	$1,188	—
550–594	569	33	210.00–229.00	$221.33	$1,259	+12.84
601–646	621	92	200.00–224.00	$215.63	$1,339	+12.85
650–683	663	53	192.50–226.00	$206.18	$1,367	-1.19
767–770	769	10	190.00–216.00	$203.03	$1,561	-4.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	5	265.00	$265.00	$890	±0.00
350–395	368	28	254.00–275.00	$262.96	$968	-7.53
401–428	425	59	261.00–268.00	$267.34	$1,136	+19.26
451–479	469	40	255.00–263.00	$261.03	$1,224	+24.48
505–538	522	28	240.00–247.50	$245.79	$1,283	+14.65
554–565	558	35	230.00–233.50	$232.70	$1,298	+2.70
602–625	621	26	221.00–230.00	$225.38	$1,400	+1.71
683–694	691	10	222.00	$222.00	$1,534	—
788	788	15	205.00	$205.00	$1,615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	373	24	204.00–230.00	$217.89	$813	+5.75
410–428	422	3	192.00–206.00	$196.53	$829	+3.52
450–495	472	10	195.00–212.50	$207.31	$979	+6.68
500–542	531	17	185.00–215.00	$211.23	$1,122	—
550	550	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,138	+17.00
615–645	627	39	165.00–195.00	$186.72	$1,171	+4.19
852	852	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,534	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	10	207.50	$207.50	$859	—
613	613	15	211.00	$211.00	$1,293	—
705	705	5	198.00	$198.00	$1,396	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	15	227.50	$227.50	$648	—
686	686	5	188.00	$188.00	$1,290	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–485	484	4	185.00	$185.00	$895	±0.00
521	521	4	170.00	$170.00	$886	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	7	216.00	$216.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–396	389	7	182.50–187.50	$183.86	$715	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,154	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	290.00–301.00	$295.54	$910	+20.54
430	430	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,148	—
455–485	465	12	240.00–257.00	$246.60	$1,147	+38.55
515–547	529	12	220.00–238.00	$233.56	$1,236	+14.64
552–598	570	26	220.00–249.50	$232.17	$1,323	+12.04
605–626	615	16	209.00–224.00	$211.50	$1,301	+14.08
650–690	677	9	197.50–221.00	$205.64	$1,392	+8.64
722	722	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,444	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–448	437	8	267.50–310.00	$284.11	$1,242	+25.61
478	478	2	279.00	$279.00	$1,334	+41.53
592–599	595	16	240.00–246.00	$243.73	$1,450	+20.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–475	469	7	231.00–235.00	$232.21	$1,089	+2.40
525–547	537	6	191.00–219.50	$207.80	$1,116	+7.80
701	701	5	173.50	$173.50	$1,216	—
971	971	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,262	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1150	1048	(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	1,550.00–1,850.00	$1,724.47	—
1275–1785	1485	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,800.00–2,400.00	$2,097.64	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–1005	854	85-90%	20	50.00–65.00	$56.02	$478	—
715–1235	988	85-90%	62	60.00–75.00	$70.35	$695	—
830–1275	1001	85-90%	140	75.00–90.00	$80.85	$809	+7.41
1048–1160	1087	85-90%	6	91.00–99.00	$95.56	$1,039	+3.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1710	1398	75-80%	37	70.00–88.00	$82.64	$1,155	-1.10
1235–1810	1481	75-80%	69	85.00–100.00	$95.37	$1,412	—
1330–1825	1532	75-80%	24	101.00–110.00	$103.98	$1,593	+1.06

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1275	1160	80-85%	13	74.00–87.00	$82.28	$954	—
1015–1355	1233	80-85%	82	85.00–100.00	$90.69	$1,118	+8.26
1175–1370	1273	80-85%	6	101.00–109.00	$103.62	$1,319	+9.86

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1870	1523	34	95.00–110.00	$104.16	$1,586	—
1445–2245	1740	19	105.00–125.00	$118.43	$2,061	—
1520–2365	1840	13	127.00–136.00	$130.69	$2,405	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1040	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	147.50–177.50	$163.24	$1,425
750–1310	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	98.00–127.00	$112.91	$1,050
970–1620	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	105.00–142.50	$118.91	$1,392

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–735	706	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	150.00–155.00	$154.13	$1,088
705–1110	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	102.50–137.50	$117.39	$1,057

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140–1295	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	90.00–100.00	$93.53	$1,105

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1015	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	78.00–97.00	$85.11	$740

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1157	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00
975–1470	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	1,200.00–1,725.00	$1,421.72

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1090	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	625.00–1,200.00	$1,070.13

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1080	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,318.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1235	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,150.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–950	925	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,097.30

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1090	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,371.15	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–950	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,683.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.