Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

8,987 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.69/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,247/hd at 817 lb · 397 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.77/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,178/hd at 766 lb · 296 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $205.77/cwt +7.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,072/hd at 521 lb · 290 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,987	9,444	8,559
Feeder cattle	7,776	7,104	7,473
Slaughter cattle	986	1,167	690
Replacement cattle	225	1,173	396

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 13.00 higher with the most gains noted on calves under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows sold from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady 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
306–348	322	54	217.50–236.00	$230.84	$743	+18.18
350–393	362	44	200.00–226.00	$221.21	$801	+12.21
369–383 fancy	377	12	232.00	$232.00	$875	—
392 value added	392	6	226.00	$226.00	$886	—
404–443	424	129	196.00–232.00	$216.02	$916	+9.99
452–498	477	152	187.50–216.50	$210.30	$1,003	+1.41
503–545	521	280	182.00–214.00	$205.55	$1,071	+7.34
521 value added	521	10	212.00	$212.00	$1,105	—
550–599	562	154	178.50–210.00	$197.36	$1,109	+5.41
603–626 fancy	609	35	192.00–204.50	$196.80	$1,199	+9.45
600–644	620	136	167.00–190.00	$177.73	$1,102	+5.10
655–696	679	140	167.00–179.00	$171.21	$1,163	+2.85
702–743	723	211	146.00–174.00	$166.64	$1,205	+7.00
755–769	759	90	157.00–160.75	$158.44	$1,203	+3.70
805–832	817	397	140.00–153.60	$152.69	$1,247	-0.27
857	857	8	156.00	$156.00	$1,337	+6.75
903–929	918	217	139.25–142.10	$140.48	$1,290	-0.81
965–993	982	25	139.00–140.00	$139.39	$1,369	+1.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	9	210.00	$210.00	$605	—
355–397	384	58	177.00–215.00	$203.35	$781	+21.83
406–437	430	44	177.00–205.00	$197.59	$850	+6.56
450–499	475	133	172.00–207.50	$197.82	$940	+14.53
500–546	530	147	160.00–194.00	$186.70	$990	+5.60
573–575 value added	574	12	184.00–193.00	$187.76	$1,078	—
555–597	580	169	165.00–193.00	$182.84	$1,060	-1.68
603–645	620	143	157.00–166.00	$161.94	$1,004	+3.74
651–695	685	182	145.00–166.50	$164.13	$1,124	+6.33
700–745	723	65	137.00–156.50	$153.96	$1,113	+4.41
750–798	766	296	140.00–156.50	$153.77	$1,178	+3.09
842	842	16	149.75	$149.75	$1,261	+4.17
851–885	868	121	148.00–149.00	$148.63	$1,290	+5.38
943	943	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,179	—
959	959	6	134.00	$134.00	$1,285	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–345	337	6	170.00–175.00	$172.56	$582	—
364	364	7	170.00	$170.00	$619	+13.53
425–447	435	12	180.00–182.50	$181.24	$788	+16.48
484–498	489	25	175.00–183.00	$177.24	$867	+8.88
507–531	524	13	165.00–170.00	$168.51	$883	+25.67
570–593	579	47	163.00–174.00	$169.53	$982	+9.19
601–635	613	13	139.00–151.00	$147.60	$905	+13.46
688	688	10	151.00	$151.00	$1,039	+17.71
720	720	16	143.00	$143.00	$1,030	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547–548	547	14	154.00–161.00	$159.50	$872	—
838	838	9	118.00	$118.00	$989	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	11	208.00	$208.00	$591	—
310–348	326	44	180.00–195.00	$187.59	$612	+10.15
362–399	380	46	180.00–190.00	$183.60	$698	+9.50
407–445	429	158	160.00–183.00	$175.68	$754	+4.30
450–499	475	165	162.00–182.00	$174.64	$830	+8.75
485	485	4	158.00	$158.00	$766	-7.89
503–546	520	258	156.00–183.00	$172.13	$895	+9.34
550–595	565	127	153.00–177.00	$167.51	$946	+8.93
566 value added	566	6	169.00	$169.00	$957	—
606–646	614	234	154.00–164.00	$158.88	$976	+5.78
653–668	662	95	153.00–158.25	$155.70	$1,031	+4.56
708–733	719	192	131.50–149.00	$144.73	$1,041	+1.49
800–849	836	98	129.00–144.00	$137.67	$1,151	+1.15
880–897	891	35	127.50–137.00	$134.13	$1,195	—
908–940	912	16	125.00–129.50	$128.92	$1,176	-2.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–349	331	51	154.00–176.00	$167.96	$556	+4.78
350–399	376	48	154.00–175.00	$171.39	$644	+10.54
405–446	429	68	154.00–170.00	$163.70	$702	+8.43
452–495	476	121	140.00–170.00	$159.73	$760	+6.41
501–549	528	221	136.00–164.00	$157.17	$830	+5.40
550–598	570	136	130.00–164.00	$155.41	$886	+4.81
601–646	619	107	125.00–153.00	$145.88	$903	+3.17
650–694	679	212	128.00–153.00	$148.96	$1,011	+6.83
703–743	713	125	130.00–142.00	$139.81	$997	-0.42
814	814	6	138.50	$138.50	$1,127	+10.12
871–883	878	9	124.00–129.00	$127.32	$1,118	-3.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	152.00	$152.00	$532	—
408–429	424	20	130.00–147.50	$144.73	$614	+5.68
454–489	480	31	130.00–150.00	$146.69	$704	+8.62
524–545	537	18	140.00–145.00	$141.90	$762	+4.41
570–595	582	28	120.00–145.00	$139.69	$813	+1.37
630–632	631	8	124.00–137.00	$132.12	$834	—
655–690	687	114	135.00–151.00	$138.62	$952	+12.86
764	764	4	110.00	$110.00	$840	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–485	462	8	125.00–135.00	$130.85	$605	-7.15
650–676	670	12	114.00–115.00	$114.76	$769	—
715	715	10	112.00	$112.00	$801	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	23	142.50	$142.50	$1,197	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	419	18	179.00–197.00	$191.53	$803	-10.04
472–489	482	35	178.00–200.00	$187.53	$904	+1.96
505–535	508	2	175.00–181.00	$180.50	$917	+2.90
554	554	8	190.00	$190.00	$1,053	+20.10
608–646	631	27	151.00–172.50	$157.22	$992	-2.44
633	633	14	155.00	$155.00	$981	-4.66
655–680	672	9	151.00–161.00	$154.25	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	—	—	10	185.00	$185.00	$638	—
403–440	424	—	—	6	163.00–170.00	$166.40	$706	-6.19
485–493	489	—	—	8	175.00–177.00	$176.01	$861	+11.23
518–530	525	—	—	7	170.00–172.50	$171.44	$900	+10.90
570–575	572	—	—	3	155.00–159.00	$157.33	$900	+0.64
660–690	675	—	—	9	129.00–149.00	$141.69	$956	+7.68
765	765	—	—	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,025	—
1094	1094	—	—	4	105.00	$105.00	$1,149	—
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571–595	582	22	155.00–162.50	$158.43	$922	+7.83
616	616	5	130.00	$130.00	$801	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1880	1880	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1470	1137	80-85%	29	64.00–79.00	$71.43	$812	—
860–1610	1220	80-85%	182	72.00–91.50	$80.95	$988	-1.15
1035–1510	1280	80-85%	58	83.00–106.00	$88.71	$1,135	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658–1095	849	85-90%	24	30.00–48.00	$40.03	$340	—
730–1165	945	85-90%	46	50.00–65.00	$57.78	$546	—
793–1325	1085	85-90%	151	62.00–82.50	$70.95	$770	-11.99
877–1440	1155	85-90%	31	76.00–94.50	$81.62	$943	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1920	1407	75-80%	11	60.00–79.00	$72.97	$1,027	-2.94
1110–1845	1469	75-80%	168	75.00–91.50	$82.97	$1,219	-0.97
1295–1765	1521	75-80%	20	86.00–98.00	$92.69	$1,410	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1810	1516	21	84.00–96.00	$91.13	$1,382	+0.49
1295–2350	1726	46	94.00–112.00	$103.64	$1,789	+0.34
1485–2185	1875	24	111.00–130.00	$114.44	$2,146	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1245	943	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	110.00–126.00	$122.42	$1,154
894–1160	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	107.50–115.00	$111.52	$1,115

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1185	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	75.00–105.00	$84.42	$855
1165	1165	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,072

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
500–610	573	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	40.00–54.00	$49.93	$286

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
764–890	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	130.00–141.00	$138.92	$1,091

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–774	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–92.50	$77.55	$586

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1315	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	760.00–1,200.00	$971.42
995–1300	1161	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	775.00–1,000.00	$880.06
1010–1350	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	775.00–1,400.00	$1,095.12
1245–1347	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,090.80

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1615	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,480.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1181	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	85.00	$85.00	$1,004
1285–1286	1286	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	76.00–81.00	$79.00	$1,016
1287	1287	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	84.00	$84.00	$1,081

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1475	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1025	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	810.00–1,100.00	$959.67

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	77.00	$77.00	$681

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1080	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$823.66

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–900	888	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,050.00	$1,050.00
945–1080	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	825.00–1,100.00	$1,008.71

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–795	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	650.00–725.00	$688.47

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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
1075–1185	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,525.00	+191.40
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+374.00
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+374.00
1085–1290	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,610.00	+284.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–439	424	12	100.00–105.00	$101.73	$431	—
453–493	482	11	105.00–108.00	$107.23	$517	—
528	528	4	117.00	$117.00	$618	—
554–590	570	45	105.00–116.00	$112.72	$643	—
677	677	3	107.00	$107.00	$724	—
724–749	733	41	100.00–107.00	$102.25	$749	—
773	773	3	106.00	$106.00	$819	—
828	828	4	100.00	$100.00	$828	—
878	878	3	100.00	$100.00	$878	—
920	920	3	99.00	$99.00	$911	—
961	961	14	97.00	$97.00	$932	—

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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.