Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 24, 2022

1,126 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.85/cwt -7.60 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 524 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.78/cwt -0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 467 lb · 39 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.21/cwt -7.57 vs last sale · ≈ $856/hd at 574 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,126	2,473	1,482
Feeder cattle	776	2,111	1,146
Slaughter cattle	296	333	328
Replacement cattle	54	29	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 1.00 to 10.00 lower and heifers uneven from 10.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	338	10	175.00–192.00	$181.56	$614	-2.14
355–380	369	13	177.00–190.00	$183.39	$677	+0.61
423–445	437	18	165.00–180.00	$174.51	$763	-13.85
455–495	472	7	170.00–177.50	$174.13	$822	-3.79
505–540	522	8	167.00–178.00	$176.20	$920	+4.59
565 unweaned	565	3	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
572	572	3	158.00	$158.00	$904	-20.87
590 fancy	590	12	188.00	$188.00	$1,109	-4.67
608 value added	608	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,088	—
605–642	628	21	150.00–170.00	$157.76	$991	-6.76
670 unweaned	670	3	143.00	$143.00	$958	—
665–680	677	9	150.00–167.00	$160.45	$1,086	-3.76
700–730	723	5	156.00–162.00	$157.16	$1,136	-8.66
755–760	759	5	142.00–158.50	$155.22	$1,178	-17.12
760 value added	760	4	168.50	$168.50	$1,281	+8.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	6	165.00	$165.00	$488	—
300–322	317	5	150.00–165.00	$161.03	$510	+4.42
375–385	380	2	155.00–165.00	$159.93	$608	-5.07
405–445	428	16	150.00–170.00	$156.86	$671	-2.84
465–490	477	12	130.00–167.00	$150.75	$719	+3.26
500–528	516	16	141.00–165.00	$161.51	$833	+5.85
550–587	571	8	137.00–150.00	$145.00	$828	+0.61
602–620	608	7	141.00–147.00	$143.57	$873	-4.46
800	800	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,048	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	278	6	148.00–157.00	$152.71	$425	-18.57
300–345	331	25	145.00–175.00	$159.44	$528	+11.89
355–395	381	32	145.00–165.00	$153.39	$584	+2.75
400–445	425	32	140.00–169.00	$152.84	$650	+2.35
450–493	467	39	141.00–161.00	$152.78	$713	+1.35
500–545	520	36	140.00–166.00	$147.16	$765	-7.12
545 unweaned	545	6	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$714	-3.64
555–596	572	29	144.00–158.00	$150.75	$862	-2.82
565–594 unweaned	582	7	142.00–144.00	$142.83	$831	—
618 value added	618	6	155.00	$155.00	$958	-17.27
618 fancy	618	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,020	—
609–640	622	16	130.00–156.00	$144.12	$896	-12.55
654 unweaned	654	4	140.00	$140.00	$916	—
650–692	675	23	136.00–161.00	$151.19	$1,021	-4.38
675 value added	675	3	163.50	$163.50	$1,104	-2.66
710–725	714	5	137.00–145.00	$139.82	$998	-7.49
810	810	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,110	-3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–292	278	8	140.00–153.00	$149.06	$414	+6.49
405–438	428	4	135.00–140.00	$137.56	$589	+6.26
450–485	471	6	130.00–144.00	$135.78	$640	-5.76
500–548	528	14	132.00–145.00	$136.55	$721	+1.08
554–595	574	20	130.00–145.00	$137.47	$789	+1.91
655–693	685	5	120.00–129.00	$123.13	$843	-5.40
700	700	1	126.00	$126.00	$882	+7.53
783	783	3	102.00	$102.00	$799	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	380	9	155.00–181.00	$170.64	$648	+0.94
400–445	416	19	140.00–184.00	$160.61	$668	+0.79
450–495	484	19	140.00–175.00	$156.38	$757	-3.42
510–543	526	15	138.00–161.00	$148.12	$779	-4.51
550–590	568	10	132.00–159.00	$144.67	$822	-6.26
600–640	617	13	125.00–145.00	$135.00	$833	-4.25
650–690	658	8	127.00–145.00	$134.73	$887	+9.37
700–735	718	6	120.00–134.00	$126.83	$911	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	516	7	122.00–132.00	$127.47	$658	-10.24
588–590	589	6	132.00–135.00	$133.50	$786	+1.39
685–695	690	2	112.00	$112.00	$773	-5.35
720–725	723	2	102.00–117.00	$109.47	$791	-4.53
790	790	3	114.00	$114.00	$901	—
865	865	3	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1900	1192	80-85%	70	51.00–69.50	$62.50	$745	+0.49
965–1455	1193	80-85%	16	68.00–72.50	$70.20	$837	+8.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1690	1377	75-80%	23	52.00–70.50	$63.12	$869	—
1210–1740	1419	75-80%	24	68.00–76.50	$72.32	$1,026	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1105	944	85-90%	11	35.00–45.00	$38.97	$368	—
840–1335	1088	85-90%	35	40.00–61.00	$50.30	$547	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–2330	1651	20	75.00–90.00	$84.28	$1,391	—
1510–1810	1654	4	94.00–99.00	$96.20	$1,591	+7.49

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1295	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	650.00–875.00	$702.29
1020–1355	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	675.00–1,200.00	$922.84
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1180–1510	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	830.00–1,400.00	$1,129.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
850–885	867	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$775.24
825–920	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–935.00	$832.02
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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	750.00	$750.00	-300.00
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,250.00	$1,075.00	+25.00
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	±0.00
1050–1100	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–975.00	$937.50	—
1200–1400	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,391.67	—
1300	1300	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
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-485.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.