Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

9,838 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.84/cwt +0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,074/hd at 722 lb · 377 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $153.50/cwt -3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,269/hd at 827 lb · 343 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $163.64/cwt +2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,196/hd at 731 lb · 317 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,838	8,144	9,554
Feeder cattle	7,676	6,704	7,311
Slaughter cattle	1,631	1,229	1,036
Replacement cattle	531	211	1,207

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steady to 5.00 lower, spots up to 10.00 lower late week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–346	327	36	203.00–237.50	$222.15	$726	-2.14
355–399	391	36	198.00–232.00	$222.39	$870	-0.26
400–447	428	181	196.00–230.00	$218.51	$935	-3.88
455–498	486	65	196.00–217.00	$205.08	$997	-13.81
521	521	45	192.00	$192.00	$1,000	-13.37
501–540	525	164	183.00–217.00	$203.89	$1,070	-1.48
552–593	565	57	175.00–210.00	$197.12	$1,114	+0.36
615 thin fleshed	615	27	189.00	$189.00	$1,162	-2.12
610–647	633	106	174.00–186.00	$179.29	$1,135	-1.72
653–675	667	48	171.00–180.00	$174.90	$1,167	-13.58
704–740	731	317	155.50–168.00	$163.64	$1,196	+2.61
751–795	776	23	144.00–160.00	$156.87	$1,217	-3.92
803–840	827	343	151.00–156.00	$153.50	$1,269	-3.58
898	898	69	151.00	$151.00	$1,356	—
915–923	916	90	143.00–146.00	$144.21	$1,321	-3.35
984	984	69	137.50	$137.50	$1,353	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–343	327	50	180.00–217.00	$204.69	$669	+4.28
355–399	380	87	176.00–217.50	$206.15	$783	+1.52
400–445	426	65	175.00–212.00	$200.20	$853	+1.54
450–499	479	134	170.00–213.00	$190.76	$914	-13.76
501–548	523	144	168.00–197.50	$188.34	$985	-2.99
550–592	573	142	160.00–190.00	$183.03	$1,049	-4.02
600–649	627	147	152.00–173.00	$166.42	$1,043	+3.15
650–692	675	105	150.00–170.00	$162.32	$1,096	-1.90
703–746	730	127	140.00–158.00	$153.22	$1,119	-0.74
757–788	771	60	149.00–158.50	$154.93	$1,195	+3.07
800–848	825	204	140.00–151.50	$149.43	$1,233	-1.76
860–890	878	235	130.00–148.00	$146.33	$1,285	-1.17
887	887	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,277	-3.50
918–947	931	149	130.00–142.50	$139.83	$1,302	-2.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	386	14	160.00–177.50	$172.99	$668	+7.18
405–446	426	36	145.00–185.00	$174.90	$745	-9.45
455–483	473	13	145.00–182.00	$170.36	$806	-8.61
515–548	533	17	150.00–179.00	$170.02	$906	+1.05
553–589	565	18	172.50–179.00	$175.95	$994	+5.60
635–640	639	4	137.00–153.00	$145.27	$928	+9.27
650–695	684	5	130.00–142.00	$135.76	$929	-15.24
710–746	742	9	121.00–143.00	$138.27	$1,026	—
832	832	39	140.00	$140.00	$1,165	-2.00
895	895	46	144.00	$144.00	$1,289	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–925	922	3	115.00–125.00	$118.35	$1,091	—
1002	1002	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,182	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	5	176.00	$176.00	$882	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	4	144.00	$144.00	$799	-11.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	20	195.00	$195.00	$581	—
300–348	332	40	164.00–197.50	$189.83	$630	+12.63
350–396	375	96	166.00–192.00	$184.78	$693	-0.28
401–445	420	152	162.00–185.00	$172.41	$724	-3.14
451–486	469	112	160.00–177.00	$172.56	$809	+0.92
500–549	527	103	153.00–174.00	$165.98	$875	-1.54
553–595	572	99	149.00–169.00	$162.78	$931	-7.50
600–648	627	122	146.00–165.00	$158.13	$991	+0.06
650–694	681	35	144.00–153.00	$149.60	$1,019	-9.61
706–745 fancy	721	120	152.00–154.75	$154.25	$1,112	—
705–746	722	257	140.00–151.00	$146.31	$1,056	-2.00
750–780	767	128	137.00–150.50	$144.30	$1,107	+0.12
815–841	820	89	139.00–143.00	$142.86	$1,171	-1.17
890	890	11	144.00	$144.00	$1,282	+4.41
1151	1151	13	121.00	$121.00	$1,393	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	7	170.00	$170.00	$486	-10.00
300–348	341	43	150.00–181.00	$174.30	$594	+4.16
350–395	377	59	150.00–185.00	$171.09	$645	-1.07
403–449	426	123	149.00–168.00	$163.63	$697	+1.07
450–496	471	184	146.00–168.00	$161.70	$762	+0.92
502–549	536	95	140.00–162.00	$153.28	$822	-0.69
550–590	569	231	139.00–161.00	$154.79	$881	-0.27
602–647	628	93	131.00–152.00	$145.43	$913	-0.24
655–698	683	70	131.00–150.00	$143.44	$980	-3.10
700–744	722	175	130.00–144.00	$143.00	$1,032	+2.85
770–784	780	151	127.00–141.00	$139.50	$1,088	+3.16
812	812	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,056	-7.88
942	942	17	130.00	$130.00	$1,225	—
974	974	16	126.00	$126.00	$1,227	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	380	39	123.00–162.50	$152.49	$579	+11.29
405–430	424	14	120.00–140.00	$132.45	$562	+0.22
465–495	482	15	115.50–149.00	$134.59	$649	-0.61
500–540	508	8	110.00–128.00	$121.64	$618	-13.96
550–595	561	8	117.50–137.50	$131.61	$738	+19.91
645	645	3	110.00–115.00	$113.33	$731	-24.67
657–692	674	22	114.50–139.00	$127.15	$857	+2.15
869	869	8	129.00	$129.00	$1,121	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–346	330	10	137.50–147.50	$143.80	$475	—
617–624	621	10	125.00–127.50	$126.26	$784	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	6	127.00	$127.00	$869	—
726	726	4	134.00	$134.00	$973	-5.00
818	818	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,006	—
1120	1120	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,254	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–395	368	14	178.00–195.00	$190.02	$699	-7.67
405–430	411	18	170.00–186.00	$184.13	$757	+1.66
450–495	474	23	170.00–188.00	$177.90	$843	-3.08
502–547	523	53	162.00–177.00	$168.76	$883	-4.21
551–595	571	52	153.00–175.00	$167.17	$955	-5.38
605–640	621	14	150.00–163.00	$156.87	$974	—
650–695	678	21	140.00–154.00	$145.55	$987	-5.45
705–735	723	4	136.00–149.00	$140.19	$1,014	-1.58
778–795	787	4	123.00–140.00	$131.41	$1,034	-7.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	312	5	203.00–205.00	$203.61	$635	—
425–443	439	13	190.00–211.00	$196.18	$861	-8.82
465–485	478	12	190.00–194.00	$192.75	$921	-3.32
503–546	529	19	175.00–187.00	$183.24	$969	-5.50
557–595	577	18	166.00–185.00	$176.33	$1,017	-12.03
607–614	610	11	162.00–165.00	$163.63	$998	-16.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	370	3	155.00–160.00	$158.27	$586	-3.51
411	411	9	170.00	$170.00	$699	—
473–490	482	4	150.00–164.00	$156.88	$756	—
515–537	518	26	140.00–160.00	$158.62	$822	-8.38
638–645	640	3	135.00–140.00	$138.32	$885	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	8	110.00	$110.00	$463	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290–1400	1380	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,600.00–2,300.00	$1,909.87	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–1055	862	85-90%	22	35.50–50.00	$43.58	$376	—
635–1240	885	85-90%	130	51.00–66.00	$59.59	$527	—
755–1405	1036	85-90%	247	65.00–80.00	$73.04	$757	+2.87
830–1245	1061	85-90%	102	79.00–92.00	$81.98	$870	+1.77

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1358	1196	80-85%	112	85.00–93.00	$86.87	$1,039	—
945–1408	1199	80-85%	267	72.00–91.00	$82.07	$984	—
1035–1380	1212	80-85%	13	73.00–81.00	$77.27	$937	-10.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1470	1418	75-80%	5	76.00–78.00	$77.01	$1,092	-7.32
1310–1675	1422	75-80%	73	86.00–94.50	$88.35	$1,256	+4.02
1315–1970	1443	75-80%	140	76.00–90.50	$83.91	$1,211	-0.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1810	1463	18	70.00–97.00	$90.81	$1,329	—
1325–2130	1666	56	97.00–110.00	$105.40	$1,756	+0.66
1420–2265	1849	21	110.00–121.00	$113.49	$2,098	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1080	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	66.00–101.00	$88.88	$808
812–1071	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	25	105.00–128.00	$118.63	$1,151

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1130	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	102.00–122.00	$112.36	$1,065
975–1120	1048	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	109.50–120.00	$114.39	$1,199

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1380	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	81	925.00–1,250.00	$1,101.79
1175–1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,167.88
1040–1475	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	69	850.00–1,525.00	$1,377.42
1180–1255	1214	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	975.00–1,035.00	$1,002.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1303	1303	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1350–1475	1413	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,285.00–1,425.00	$1,351.90

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–970	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	860.00–900.00	$882.69
765–1135	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,085.00	$985.96

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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
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1040–1290	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	80	1,485.00–1,800.00	$1,622.19	—
1170–1315	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,162.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–725	724	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,025.00–1,085.00	$1,072.14	—
720–790	749	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,198.44	—
710–790	761	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	925.00–1,250.00	$1,155.48	-47.85

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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.