Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 7, 2022

12,457 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.33/cwt -2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 811 lb · 464 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.15/cwt -4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,089/hd at 618 lb · 442 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.50/cwt -10.96 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 630 lb · 404 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,457	7,318	14,788
Feeder cattle	10,335	6,165	13,388
Slaughter cattle	1,264	991	951
Replacement cattle	858	162	449

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 2.00 to 15.00 lower with the most decline on calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 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
285	285	6	185.00	$185.00	$527	—
328–337	333	9	175.00–190.00	$183.43	$611	-12.19
352–398	368	56	170.00–195.00	$181.63	$668	-11.45
400–440	425	83	175.00–192.50	$186.56	$793	-1.79
450–499	477	289	172.00–193.00	$183.13	$874	-5.82
502–548	524	176	166.00–190.00	$181.44	$951	-0.94
553–599	579	359	160.00–190.00	$179.64	$1,040	-7.57
600–649	620	120	148.00–166.00	$157.60	$977	-4.48
674 value added	674	35	158.00	$158.00	$1,065	—
650–699	687	322	145.00–163.00	$154.68	$1,063	-8.33
700–747	711	142	140.00–153.00	$150.60	$1,071	-4.84
751–793	767	145	136.00–153.50	$150.35	$1,153	-4.43
805–845	823	343	140.00–146.50	$145.76	$1,200	+2.94
858–899	876	193	138.00–147.00	$142.25	$1,246	-4.29
940	940	55	138.00	$138.00	$1,297	—
959–998	984	23	133.00–136.50	$134.19	$1,320	—
1010	1010	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,353	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	8	205.00	$205.00	$605	-15.00
301–330	317	12	190.00–215.00	$202.61	$642	-9.52
370–397	384	55	200.00–217.00	$210.67	$809	-8.05
402–443	425	87	189.00–212.00	$197.53	$840	-17.56
403–447 thin fleshed	428	40	213.00–216.00	$214.96	$920	-18.04
450–496	475	264	190.00–211.00	$206.32	$980	-5.99
498 fancy	498	34	215.00	$215.00	$1,071	—
502–537 thin fleshed	518	40	207.00–211.00	$208.79	$1,082	—
500–528 fancy	525	206	210.00–215.00	$210.83	$1,107	—
500–544	525	89	181.50–208.00	$194.25	$1,020	-9.51
555–593	564	38	177.00–192.00	$183.64	$1,036	-12.19
610 value added	610	14	183.00	$183.00	$1,116	—
616 thin fleshed	616	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,140	—
600–635	618	300	164.00–181.00	$172.24	$1,064	-7.00
614–624 fancy	619	123	184.00–185.00	$184.54	$1,142	-4.46
650–679	668	51	159.00–170.00	$166.63	$1,113	-3.35
686 value added	686	14	170.00	$170.00	$1,166	—
701–728	709	179	156.00–165.00	$161.83	$1,147	-5.42
752–758 value added	756	35	158.00–159.50	$158.55	$1,199	—
751–791	780	176	146.00–157.00	$154.26	$1,203	-8.15
806–819	811	464	148.00–155.00	$152.33	$1,235	-2.37
920	920	17	140.00	$140.00	$1,288	-5.00
1049	1049	19	139.00	$139.00	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–396	380	19	150.00–182.00	$168.68	$641	—
405–448	427	17	140.00–172.50	$162.14	$692	-15.36
450–495	472	24	140.00–172.50	$166.99	$788	+2.32
502–548	526	50	140.00–172.50	$165.05	$868	+0.77
560–597	584	207	134.00–171.00	$165.41	$966	-5.50
601–631	612	31	145.00–152.00	$150.11	$919	—
660–695	684	25	134.00–150.00	$144.73	$990	-6.41
783–796	793	30	143.00–147.00	$145.20	$1,151	—
887	887	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,197	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–346	333	13	160.00–165.00	$162.40	$541	—
403	403	17	147.50	$147.50	$594	—
470–485	478	10	155.00–160.00	$157.46	$753	—
505–531	523	18	150.00–160.00	$152.68	$799	—
569–593	575	38	140.00–160.00	$154.58	$889	—
640	640	7	140.00	$140.00	$896	—
698	698	14	138.00	$138.00	$963	—
725	725	6	128.00	$128.00	$928	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
923	923	16	136.00	$136.00	$1,255	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–628	621	5	148.00–158.00	$151.93	$943	+1.93
803–845	820	4	134.00–137.00	$135.97	$1,115	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–442	433	9	118.00–132.00	$127.16	$551	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–343	336	7	155.00–167.00	$158.25	$532	-7.59
354–388	371	54	147.00–164.00	$159.32	$591	-9.38
403–449	431	92	141.00–159.00	$153.65	$662	-9.90
458–497	476	201	140.00–159.00	$154.53	$736	-2.69
500–549	529	209	135.00–155.00	$150.25	$795	-6.12
550–599	577	229	134.00–156.00	$148.36	$856	-7.10
600–649	622	208	125.00–147.00	$143.18	$891	-5.03
650–692	673	252	124.00–146.50	$142.60	$960	-3.40
700–740	718	85	129.00–142.00	$138.45	$994	-1.75
753–798	775	198	136.00–140.50	$138.25	$1,071	-4.51
825–848	833	40	133.00–134.00	$133.80	$1,115	-7.20
908	908	13	131.00	$131.00	$1,189	—
1043	1043	49	117.50	$117.50	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	7	172.50	$172.50	$509	—
301–348	320	51	165.00–181.00	$170.65	$546	-11.45
350–390	370	46	162.00–178.00	$167.21	$619	-16.66
402–446	423	105	158.00–179.00	$165.54	$700	-10.03
454–499	468	157	156.00–177.00	$162.97	$763	-18.99
489 fancy	489	89	180.50	$180.50	$883	—
500–543	517	194	153.00–166.00	$160.70	$831	-13.05
520 fancy	520	65	182.50	$182.50	$949	—
550–595	571	95	148.00–168.00	$161.80	$924	-10.10
603–646	630	404	148.00–158.00	$150.50	$948	-11.14
651–675	661	33	138.00–152.00	$146.90	$971	-9.26
710–718	712	29	134.50–151.00	$145.84	$1,038	-5.76
755–784	775	10	134.00–138.00	$135.17	$1,048	-20.11
829	829	21	138.00	$138.00	$1,144	-3.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–398	374	53	131.00–155.00	$148.79	$556	+15.77
400–448	424	82	125.00–147.00	$142.88	$606	—
450–495	477	108	136.00–151.00	$143.43	$684	+14.43
507–541	529	93	133.50–146.50	$143.16	$757	+5.00
550–597	572	112	100.00–146.00	$140.12	$801	+0.12
615–630	620	20	136.00–146.00	$142.76	$885	+17.76
653–665	658	9	131.00–133.00	$132.10	$869	—
703–740	724	13	118.00–123.00	$120.97	$876	—
760–776	767	7	131.00–135.00	$133.27	$1,022	-3.73

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–322	320	10	142.00–150.00	$144.36	$462	—
386	386	27	130.00	$130.00	$502	—
438–448	444	8	135.00–140.00	$136.85	$608	—
450	450	5	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
501–545	520	7	120.00–135.00	$126.74	$659	—
550–597	577	7	131.00–132.00	$131.41	$758	—
621	621	8	125.00	$125.00	$776	—
804	804	16	132.00	$132.00	$1,061	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	22	145.00	$145.00	$876	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	3	130.00	$130.00	$880	—
1031	1031	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,217	-1.02
1133	1133	4	107.00	$107.00	$1,212	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	366	16	170.00–175.00	$173.60	$635	-9.70
410–444	425	25	155.00–177.50	$173.50	$737	+3.50
470–495	488	13	155.00–174.00	$169.66	$828	-18.34
500–533	519	7	169.00–175.00	$170.84	$887	-1.89
558–595	571	10	143.00–160.00	$152.15	$869	-20.65
600–638	631	7	145.00–158.00	$155.37	$980	—
663–670	665	3	130.00–140.00	$136.64	$909	-6.60
719	719	4	137.00	$137.00	$985	-2.90
750–785	765	3	120.00–136.00	$127.88	$978	-5.12
875–880	878	5	114.00–117.00	$115.20	$1,011	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	12	131.00–170.00	$158.20	$680	—
450–485	464	4	140.00–150.00	$147.20	$683	-7.80
514–535	524	23	150.00–155.00	$154.12	$808	—
585–590	588	16	152.00–156.00	$154.37	$908	-0.14
609	609	20	140.00	$140.00	$853	—
715	715	5	130.00	$130.00	$930	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	6	146.00	$146.00	$711	—
660–680	671	23	130.00	$130.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	4	183.00	$183.00	$774	—
500–541	532	6	176.00–180.00	$178.66	$950	-10.54
622	622	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1420–1690	1560	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,800.00–2,500.00	$2,203.77	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1230	898	85-90%	22	32.00–49.00	$43.35	$389	+2.12
770–1235	1005	85-90%	67	50.00–63.00	$58.39	$587	—
778–1330	1092	85-90%	240	60.00–77.00	$69.39	$758	-12.11
800–1310	1111	85-90%	54	77.00–86.50	$80.14	$890	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1705	1435	75-80%	26	65.00–80.00	$72.52	$1,041	—
1315–1915	1478	75-80%	205	75.00–89.50	$81.99	$1,212	+8.96
1325–2075	1534	75-80%	30	85.00–94.00	$87.51	$1,342	-3.34

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1395	1238	80-85%	151	75.00–90.00	$81.45	$1,008	-10.98
1035–1395	1238	80-85%	28	65.00–79.00	$72.05	$892	-20.38
1135–1465	1283	80-85%	35	84.50–97.00	$88.07	$1,130	+16.01

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1218–2025	1510	34	70.00–96.50	$90.39	$1,365	-2.08
1260–2345	1777	81	96.00–110.00	$104.34	$1,854	-0.73
1440–2550	1883	23	109.00–129.00	$115.29	$2,171	-0.25

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620–765	709	(<2 yrs)	Open	137	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,043.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
706–1012	902	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	115.00–129.00	$122.39	$1,104
755–1240	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	78.00–97.00	$87.57	$896

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
585	585	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1290	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	660.00–1,375.00	$1,205.54
940–1380	1133	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	71	885.00–1,350.00	$1,133.30
990–1440	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	108	700.00–1,775.00	$1,470.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1240	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,434.57
1250–1590	1382	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,400.04

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–940	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–735.00	$707.32
875–1000	951	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,218.70
940–1080	986	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	83	1,300.00–1,775.00	$1,601.48

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1163–1207	1182	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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
900–970	931	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,725.00	—
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	1,800.00–2,100.00	$1,985.42	—
940–1190	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,400.86	—
980–1210	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,681.25	—
1000–1290	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,345.35	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	8	130.00	$130.00	$484	—
433	433	8	124.00	$124.00	$537	—
456–480	470	44	121.00–126.00	$124.96	$587	—
544	544	7	116.00	$116.00	$631	—
554–591	577	23	105.00–120.00	$115.72	$668	—
623–649	646	16	105.00–112.00	$111.16	$718	—
755–783	775	11	97.00–112.00	$110.13	$854	—
870–894	881	35	108.00–111.50	$109.64	$966	—
960–966	965	11	107.00–108.50	$108.36	$1,046	—
1100	1100	6	81.00	$81.00	$891	—

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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.