Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 28, 2022

8,144 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $183.28/cwt +1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 612 lb · 370 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $205.37/cwt -0.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,074/hd at 523 lb · 255 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.18/cwt ≈ $1,096/hd at 760 lb · 249 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,144	8,987	8,519
Feeder cattle	6,704	7,776	7,296
Slaughter cattle	1,229	986	796
Replacement cattle	211	225	427

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 6.00 higher, spots 8.00 higher, heifers uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bull steady to 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
286–289	287	19	232.00–235.00	$233.11	$669	—
316–343	329	23	220.00–232.50	$224.29	$738	-6.55
353–393	370	43	209.00–230.00	$222.65	$824	+1.44
406–443	422	94	217.00–228.00	$222.39	$938	+6.37
451–495	475	145	199.00–225.00	$218.89	$1,040	+8.59
501–548	523	255	185.00–215.00	$205.37	$1,074	-0.18
562 value added	562	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,124	—
550–590	573	59	180.00–210.00	$196.76	$1,127	-0.60
601–634 thin fleshed	605	83	190.00–194.00	$191.12	$1,156	—
600–645	614	287	172.00–196.00	$181.01	$1,111	+3.28
660–675	666	10	177.00–193.00	$188.48	$1,255	+17.27
701–744	721	161	158.00–165.50	$161.03	$1,161	-5.61
750–790	763	136	158.00–166.00	$160.79	$1,227	+2.35
805–849	833	163	152.00–162.50	$157.08	$1,308	+4.39
933–946	942	53	147.00–149.00	$147.56	$1,390	+7.08
985	985	23	143.50	$143.50	$1,413	+4.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–348	343	13	181.00–215.00	$200.41	$687	—
351–396	369	46	195.00–217.50	$204.63	$755	+1.28
400–447	430	96	178.00–214.00	$198.66	$854	+1.07
455–498	474	85	173.50–212.50	$204.52	$969	+6.70
500–548	518	114	169.00–200.00	$191.33	$991	+4.63
551–589	581	95	165.00–196.00	$187.05	$1,087	+4.21
608–646	629	98	152.00–171.00	$163.27	$1,027	+1.33
652–698	672	175	152.00–176.00	$164.22	$1,104	+0.09
712–745	737	104	152.00–157.00	$153.96	$1,135	±0.00
750–790	766	70	147.00–157.00	$151.86	$1,163	-1.91
801–813	811	92	147.50–152.25	$151.19	$1,226	+1.44
896	896	68	147.50	$147.50	$1,322	-1.13
902–908	903	35	142.00–142.50	$142.40	$1,286	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–375	359	13	145.00–175.00	$165.81	$595	-4.19
418–440	434	31	180.00–185.00	$184.35	$800	+3.11
450–498	481	28	160.00–185.00	$178.97	$861	+1.73
503–540	519	35	165.00–176.00	$168.97	$877	+0.46
580–599	593	52	137.00–174.00	$170.35	$1,010	+0.82
623	623	3	136.00	$136.00	$847	-11.60
699	699	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,055	±0.00
750–785	777	13	129.00–137.00	$135.29	$1,051	—
810	810	9	142.00	$142.00	$1,150	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583–591	587	6	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$913	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	5	135.00	$135.00	$942	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	328	23	170.00–195.00	$177.20	$581	-10.39
355–385	372	69	175.00–190.00	$185.06	$688	+1.46
400–445	425	160	164.00–187.50	$175.55	$746	-0.13
450–499	475	94	162.00–181.00	$171.64	$815	-3.00
501–548	529	159	158.00–177.00	$167.52	$886	-4.61
550–593	565	107	155.00–176.00	$170.28	$962	+2.77
601–645	624	163	146.00–165.00	$158.07	$986	-0.81
667–690	686	44	155.00–160.00	$159.21	$1,092	+3.51
705–741	718	75	143.00–152.00	$148.31	$1,065	+3.58
750–788	760	249	139.00–149.00	$144.18	$1,096	—
813–834	829	55	141.00–146.50	$144.03	$1,194	+6.36
856–858	858	49	139.50–141.00	$139.59	$1,198	+5.46
907–927	911	18	134.00–139.00	$137.87	$1,256	+8.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	13	180.00	$180.00	$493	—
305–349	337	58	150.00–177.50	$170.14	$573	+2.18
353–396	378	90	150.00–178.00	$172.16	$651	+0.77
400–448	431	125	142.00–167.00	$162.56	$701	-1.14
450–496	480	170	146.00–168.00	$160.78	$772	+1.05
500–548	530	117	140.00–162.00	$153.97	$816	-3.20
550–595	576	170	135.00–164.00	$155.06	$893	-0.35
603–646	630	71	131.00–149.00	$145.67	$918	-0.21
653–695	668	122	130.00–152.00	$146.54	$979	-2.42
700–745	734	126	130.00–141.00	$140.15	$1,029	+0.34
750–793	765	17	130.00–140.00	$136.34	$1,043	—
837	837	40	130.00–139.00	$137.88	$1,154	-0.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	4	139.00–145.00	$141.20	$522	-10.80
415–440	426	9	127.50–135.00	$132.23	$563	-12.50
450–480	473	25	120.00–140.00	$135.20	$639	-11.49
500–526	511	15	130.00–144.00	$135.60	$693	-6.30
560–590	575	4	109.00–115.00	$111.70	$642	-27.99
628	628	7	138.00	$138.00	$867	+5.88
675–695	678	7	125.00	$125.00	$848	-13.62

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	4	148.00	$148.00	$901	—
732	732	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,017	—
873	873	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,091	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
844	844	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,198	-0.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	81.00	$81.00	$300	—
570	570	2	90.00	$90.00	$513	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	344	8	182.50–185.00	$184.70	$635	-0.30
350–393	362	27	174.00–205.00	$197.69	$716	—
403–443	417	40	170.00–188.00	$182.47	$761	+16.07
480–490	488	34	155.00–184.00	$180.98	$883	+4.97
505–535	522	13	168.00–181.00	$172.97	$903	+1.53
550–595	572	37	164.00–182.00	$172.55	$987	+15.22
658	658	6	151.00	$151.00	$994	+9.31
710–748	735	6	138.00–148.00	$141.77	$1,042	—
765–785	775	5	137.00–143.00	$138.98	$1,077	+4.98
875–880	878	4	110.00–116.50	$114.50	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	205.00	$205.00	$830	+13.47
450–488	470	8	190.00–202.00	$196.07	$922	+8.54
505–535	524	15	188.00–189.00	$188.74	$989	+8.24
578–583	581	13	181.00–195.00	$188.36	$1,094	-1.64
612–625	616	9	170.00–184.00	$180.39	$1,111	+23.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–393	384	11	159.00–165.00	$161.78	$621	—
547	547	9	167.00	$167.00	$913	—
550–590	570	11	150.00–166.00	$162.92	$929	+4.49
667	667	5	140.00	$140.00	$934	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–517	513	9	150.00	$150.00	$770	—
567	567	11	142.50–150.00	$146.59	$831	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1165	847	85-90%	24	37.00–47.50	$43.00	$364	+2.97
780–1270	957	85-90%	78	50.00–65.00	$56.38	$540	—
743–1370	1022	85-90%	186	62.00–80.50	$70.17	$717	—
870–1220	1059	85-90%	82	75.00–86.50	$80.21	$849	+9.26

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1425	1201	80-85%	194	73.00–93.50	$83.14	$999	+2.19
1015–1325	1215	80-85%	83	84.00–100.00	$87.68	$1,065	+6.73
1060–1395	1239	80-85%	15	70.00–79.00	$75.48	$935	-5.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1306–1835	1426	75-80%	161	76.00–92.50	$84.33	$1,203	+11.36
1335–1733	1503	75-80%	17	63.00–81.50	$76.43	$1,149	-16.26
1310–1747	1506	75-80%	58	86.00–97.00	$89.33	$1,345	-3.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1775	1566	12	81.00–97.00	$90.40	$1,416	—
1240–2295	1658	69	97.00–112.00	$104.74	$1,737	—
1530–2405	1901	29	111.00–128.00	$115.37	$2,193	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1160	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	97.50–125.00	$115.16	$1,009
798–1220	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	82.00–105.00	$91.55	$964

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1230	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	950.00–1,100.00	$1,088.94
991–1355	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	950.00–1,260.00	$1,074.81
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–960	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,050.00	$951.05
800–1120	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–1,060.00	$987.78

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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
920–1020	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,282.14	—
990–1100	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,160.00	—
1413	1413	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–790	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,203.33	—
813–901	869	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–510.00	$506.25	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	9	111.00	$111.00	$664	-1.72
625–647	635	10	106.00–108.00	$107.24	$681	—

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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.