Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

1,583 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.71/cwt +0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $848/hd at 528 lb · 72 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $182.70/cwt +1.49 vs last sale · ≈ $944/hd at 517 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.19/cwt +2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 578 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,583	2,182	1,191
Feeder cattle	1,045	1,888	941
Slaughter cattle	463	149	217
Replacement cattle	75	145	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 1.00 to 5.00 lower, except some 600-700 lb steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–292	273	9	181.00–200.00	$191.19	$522	+3.75
303–343	323	10	177.00–190.00	$180.97	$585	+2.55
375–388	382	6	184.00–195.00	$189.59	$724	-4.32
415–445	434	6	167.00–182.00	$173.55	$753	-9.72
455 unweaned	455	3	155.00	$155.00	$705	—
460–490	483	4	177.00–190.00	$186.90	$903	+6.73
501–535 fancy	506	20	186.00–198.00	$196.10	$992	-2.06
500–545	525	25	160.00–181.00	$171.98	$903	-8.24
550–585	558	10	165.00–185.00	$178.92	$998	+4.32
565	565	3	150.00	$150.00	$848	-24.60
600 unweaned	600	3	146.00	$146.00	$876	—
605	605	3	157.00	$157.00	$950	-10.09
610 value added	610	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,068	+7.00
605–640	626	12	150.00–165.00	$157.46	$986	-9.63
666 fancy	666	13	182.50	$182.50	$1,215	—
659–695	674	7	170.00–174.00	$171.77	$1,158	+5.60
730 fancy	730	5	167.50	$167.50	$1,223	—
738	738	6	153.00	$153.00	$1,129	-7.17
830	830	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,145	-17.00
930	930	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,311	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	339	6	155.00–170.00	$164.05	$556	+4.61
360–385	368	8	132.00–160.00	$146.17	$538	-8.18
410–435	423	3	157.00–171.00	$165.81	$701	+7.72
455–485	476	11	146.00–168.00	$156.44	$745	-7.60
500–545	519	20	135.00–167.00	$153.11	$795	-7.77
550–596	578	28	149.00–167.00	$156.50	$905	-1.42
619	619	4	145.00	$145.00	$898	-1.12
650–688	670	14	130.00–145.00	$135.34	$907	-9.78
750–755	753	2	132.00–140.00	$135.99	$1,024	-9.01
800	800	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,160	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	22	147.00–170.00	$158.02	$517	+6.46
350–390	373	13	140.00–165.00	$152.63	$569	-2.20
420 value added	420	3	171.00	$171.00	$718	—
400–448	421	33	145.00–167.00	$154.54	$651	-2.53
468 unweaned	468	3	125.00	$125.00	$585	—
465–471 fancy	469	9	162.00–170.00	$167.36	$785	—
450–490	482	27	140.00–162.00	$152.44	$735	-3.79
521 value added	521	28	171.00	$171.00	$891	-2.35
500–548	532	44	145.00–165.00	$154.16	$820	+0.75
550–588	570	21	145.00–163.00	$152.76	$871	-0.39
580 unweaned	580	3	120.00	$120.00	$696	—
581–598 fancy	587	17	162.00	$162.00	$951	—
606 fancy	606	7	159.00	$159.00	$964	—
600–646	624	17	132.00–156.00	$145.91	$910	-9.33
638	638	4	142.00	$142.00	$906	-13.24
650–685	671	13	137.00–150.00	$143.48	$963	-7.36
670–672	671	7	130.00–139.00	$133.86	$898	-16.98
700–745	730	9	137.00–150.00	$147.32	$1,075	+0.73
808–842	826	7	130.00–135.00	$133.02	$1,099	-1.98
911	911	14	129.00	$129.00	$1,175	-4.20
912	912	6	135.50	$135.50	$1,236	+2.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293–298	296	6	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$413	-0.21
305–310	308	5	140.00–145.00	$142.00	$437	-1.41
370–392	380	23	125.00–147.00	$138.66	$527	+0.51
400–448	432	17	125.00–145.00	$136.18	$588	-3.87
450–495	475	28	120.00–145.00	$134.59	$639	-4.51
500–535	520	40	125.00–155.00	$139.66	$726	+2.30
550–595	572	22	122.00–141.00	$132.73	$759	-4.30
660–697	679	22	115.00–140.00	$124.15	$843	-10.91
700	700	3	120.00	$120.00	$840	—
763	763	3	105.00	$105.00	$801	—
873	873	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,109	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	5	105.00	$105.00	$520	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	375	4	165.00–167.00	$166.52	$624	-0.45
410–445	429	33	140.00–182.50	$161.78	$694	-12.91
460–499	486	32	140.00–165.00	$151.07	$734	-10.42
501–540	514	18	145.00–162.00	$152.62	$784	-5.87
555–585	575	15	145.00–155.00	$150.28	$864	-4.06
600–648	617	24	133.00–145.00	$139.34	$860	-6.45
650–685	671	10	117.00–140.00	$129.91	$872	-3.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	386	4	150.00–167.00	$162.87	$629	+3.87
410–445	426	11	135.00–145.00	$138.81	$591	+0.99
450–495	475	21	125.00–145.00	$137.47	$653	-4.42
515–543	536	12	130.00–137.00	$134.08	$719	-1.20
555–585	562	5	136.00–144.00	$140.04	$787	+3.20
633–643	638	6	112.00–115.00	$113.49	$724	—
698	698	3	110.00	$110.00	$768	-21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1420–1910	1735	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,020.00–2,275.00	$2,132.04	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1710	1219	80-85%	114	55.00–73.50	$64.97	$792	+1.37
875–1675	1228	80-85%	32	70.00–82.00	$73.71	$905	+10.11
1195–1640	1377	80-85%	3	45.00–56.00	$51.63	$711	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1645	1349	75-80%	23	62.00–73.00	$67.76	$914	—
1190–1685	1452	75-80%	26	70.00–80.00	$74.58	$1,083	+0.29
1550–1765	1681	75-80%	4	77.00–80.50	$78.60	$1,321	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1070	940	85-90%	3	60.00–62.00	$61.24	$576	—
820–1200	1053	85-90%	36	48.00–64.00	$54.82	$577	-3.60
875–1515	1187	85-90%	8	35.00–47.00	$41.20	$489	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	1	63.00	$63.00	$989	—
930–2110	1572	21	79.50–100.50	$91.13	$1,433	—
1775–2100	1953	5	104.00–119.00	$110.17	$2,152	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
942	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	90.50	$90.50	$853

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1190	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–800.00	$745.55
1005–1280	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	800.00–1,085.00	$943.65
1035–1500	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	825.00–1,125.00	$951.41
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
845–985	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	675.00–910.00	$822.22
870–990	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–910.00	$798.23
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00

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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
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00	-320.00
1000–1100	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,125.00	—
1000–1250	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	865.00–1,250.00	$1,133.33	—
1100–1300	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,335.00–1,725.00	$1,595.00	—
1100–1300	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,166.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	-400.00
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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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.