Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

1,507 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.14/cwt -8.68 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 521 lb · 67 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.42/cwt -6.46 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 576 lb · 63 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.12/cwt -3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $949/hd at 620 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,507	1,179	1,109
Feeder cattle	1,233	1,113	944
Slaughter cattle	222	66	136
Replacement cattle	52	—	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers very uneven from 3.00 lower to 15.00 higher and heifers steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–292	265	14	182.00–202.00	$193.93	$514	-1.07
335–338	336	7	193.00–204.00	$200.73	$674	+9.34
350–398	384	14	172.00–200.00	$184.02	$707	-5.00
418 fancy	418	3	210.00	$210.00	$878	+6.16
400–435	424	10	180.00–196.00	$190.38	$807	-0.28
464–475	468	14	180.00–195.00	$187.78	$879	-0.69
450–492 fancy	479	22	201.00–210.00	$206.45	$989	-2.07
502–520 fancy	508	7	195.00–202.50	$199.65	$1,014	+1.08
500–548	532	24	179.00–189.00	$186.11	$990	+0.16
536 unweaned	536	8	175.00	$175.00	$938	—
554–555 fancy	554	6	202.50–205.00	$203.33	$1,126	+13.55
553–590	570	23	160.00–180.00	$174.99	$997	-7.07
572	572	3	162.50	$162.50	$930	-19.56
609 fancy	609	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,078	-4.19
600–640	622	45	150.00–175.00	$166.23	$1,034	-7.01
610–632	627	4	164.00–165.00	$164.76	$1,033	-8.48
678–690	683	26	156.00–163.50	$160.67	$1,097	+5.67
708 unweaned	708	3	140.00	$140.00	$991	—
715–726	720	12	149.50–158.00	$154.27	$1,111	+6.77
755–775	771	14	147.00–157.00	$154.90	$1,194	+10.90
840	840	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,302	—
860	860	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,178	—
923	923	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,200	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266–280	271	8	165.00–172.00	$167.71	$454	—
303–340	309	6	167.00–170.00	$167.55	$518	—
360–390	382	9	154.00–175.00	$159.89	$611	-21.05
420–445	431	11	157.00–178.00	$164.45	$709	-10.46
453–495	472	14	150.00–170.00	$161.77	$764	-19.90
508–545	523	17	150.00–175.00	$157.13	$822	+1.52
550–592	574	15	154.00–170.00	$163.74	$940	-1.83
600–640	626	5	140.00	$140.00	$876	+2.21
650–690	675	4	135.00–145.00	$137.54	$928	-2.64
718	718	3	132.00	$132.00	$948	-11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	9	152.50–172.00	$166.10	$553	-3.08
350–396	381	23	146.00–174.00	$161.97	$617	-0.92
403–448	431	37	145.00–175.00	$161.13	$694	-2.88
467 fancy	467	3	167.00	$167.00	$780	-4.83
450–498	476	27	150.00–170.00	$157.41	$749	-6.53
512–520 fancy	517	8	164.00	$164.00	$848	-8.46
500–542	521	56	148.00–172.00	$161.33	$841	-1.61
523	523	3	150.00	$150.00	$784	-12.94
565–570 fancy	566	5	160.00–163.00	$160.60	$909	—
550–595	577	58	140.00–160.00	$151.71	$875	-7.17
600–640	613	18	132.00–155.00	$142.26	$872	—
623 value added	623	40	158.00	$158.00	$984	—
662 fancy	662	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,006	—
655–698	677	15	131.00–144.00	$138.85	$940	-0.48
705–723	719	4	130.00–138.00	$136.04	$978	+2.70
750–765	754	4	136.00–138.00	$136.51	$1,029	—
825	825	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,097	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266–267	266	7	130.00–155.00	$144.26	$384	—
318	318	2	140.00	$140.00	$445	-0.34
360–395	376	17	137.00–155.00	$145.18	$546	+8.08
420–445	429	10	125.00–150.00	$137.85	$591	—
460–495	482	19	135.00–154.00	$143.18	$690	+2.50
510–548	539	20	126.50–155.00	$140.10	$755	-5.26
555–590	569	21	135.00–142.00	$139.41	$793	+6.95
625–640	637	5	125.00–130.00	$127.19	$810	-1.62
680–690	685	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$839	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	377	13	161.00–175.00	$169.48	$639	-7.52
420–439	430	10	163.00–175.00	$171.46	$737	-5.54
458–480	466	12	150.00–183.00	$171.85	$801	+20.08
500–549	528	23	145.00–166.00	$158.85	$839	—
570–597	586	9	140.00–169.00	$152.87	$896	—
600–648	618	24	125.00–155.00	$141.64	$875	—
655–685	674	12	125.00–134.00	$129.34	$872	-1.66
700–720	706	6	121.00–130.50	$128.75	$909	—
754–773	759	11	115.00–130.50	$126.20	$958	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–368	367	6	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$549	—
425–427	426	6	135.00–149.00	$142.02	$605	+2.02
470	470	2	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
533–545	539	6	139.00–156.00	$147.41	$795	—
565–585	575	9	130.00–136.00	$132.49	$762	—
808–826	821	10	100.00–100.50	$100.15	$822	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1235	1158	80-85%	3	63.00–67.50	$65.52	$759	-15.15
860–1865	1181	80-85%	20	67.00–77.00	$73.71	$871	-6.96
885–1675	1203	80-85%	26	76.50–90.00	$81.75	$983	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1420	1241	75-80%	6	74.00–77.00	$75.38	$935	—
1205–1648	1436	75-80%	30	78.00–88.00	$82.41	$1,183	+2.21
1165–1850	1447	75-80%	9	84.00–92.50	$88.22	$1,277	+8.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1035	895	85-90%	3	45.00–52.00	$47.70	$427	—
730–1255	960	85-90%	17	50.00–68.00	$58.12	$558	—
870–1165	1026	85-90%	4	68.00–75.00	$70.80	$726	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–2225	1492	11	90.00–105.00	$98.29	$1,466	—
1305–2043	1786	23	107.00–124.50	$113.87	$2,034	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
958–1105	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	935.00–975.00	$958.62
1030–1135	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–1,150.00	$977.86
1038–1255	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,075.00	$971.62

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
745–907	862	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	775.00–875.00	$851.88
895–985	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–1,090.00	$904.34
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1000–1400	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,061.11	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.