Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 2, 2022

9,917 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.86/cwt -3.91 vs last sale · ≈ $881/hd at 479 lb · 298 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.25/cwt +7.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,213/hd at 781 lb · 293 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.47/cwt -2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 476 lb · 267 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,917	7,885	8,015
Feeder cattle	7,470	6,437	5,756
Slaughter cattle	1,581	1,240	1,004
Replacement cattle	866	208	1,255

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 700 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 lower, heavier weights steady to 3.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	10	180.00–200.00	$193.15	$630	-13.63
351–396	376	67	180.00–200.00	$196.76	$740	-6.63
397 value added	397	17	202.00	$202.00	$802	—
402–449	429	89	180.00–198.00	$189.43	$813	-1.72
450–499	479	298	173.00–191.00	$183.86	$881	-3.94
500–548	523	171	165.00–184.00	$176.11	$921	-3.17
551–598	570	146	159.00–186.00	$176.56	$1,006	-2.83
580 value added	580	13	170.00	$170.00	$986	—
600–646	620	256	155.00–166.00	$163.22	$1,012	-0.30
650–690	672	43	145.00–167.00	$162.27	$1,090	-2.67
700–749	739	76	144.00–155.00	$149.71	$1,106	-4.96
752–795	781	293	145.00–156.75	$155.25	$1,213	+7.11
808 value added	808	14	148.50	$148.50	$1,200	—
813–845	821	48	130.00–150.00	$146.40	$1,202	-0.32
870–895	881	217	131.00–150.00	$149.26	$1,315	+2.26
920	920	12	144.00	$144.00	$1,325	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	7	230.00	$230.00	$674	—
313–337	322	13	207.50–222.50	$216.47	$697	-5.33
361–398	384	39	210.00–220.00	$213.87	$821	-6.70
408 thin fleshed	408	10	221.00	$221.00	$902	—
402–447	423	106	192.00–220.00	$202.61	$857	-9.25
453–491	478	96	190.00–206.00	$199.39	$953	-9.94
500–547	521	148	184.00–202.00	$189.13	$985	-8.87
513–528 fancy	528	96	206.00–208.50	$206.05	$1,088	—
552–597	578	109	173.00–195.00	$189.07	$1,093	-0.78
617 fancy	617	39	207.00	$207.00	$1,277	—
601–630 thin fleshed	619	37	187.00–190.00	$188.10	$1,164	—
602–635	622	83	163.00–180.00	$173.69	$1,080	-6.56
650–670 fancy	653	30	174.50–178.50	$175.05	$1,143	—
650–690	662	103	155.00–180.00	$171.70	$1,137	-5.34
666 value added	666	12	169.00	$169.00	$1,126	—
705–745	726	158	150.00–169.50	$164.08	$1,191	+1.69
760–772	763	39	150.00–161.00	$156.75	$1,196	-1.76
800–821	817	89	146.00–159.75	$156.08	$1,275	+2.49
856–890	883	126	144.00–157.00	$156.00	$1,377	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–360	355	2	152.00–171.00	$161.37	$573	-22.04
400–430	415	4	158.00–175.00	$166.19	$690	+4.03
450–498	481	28	154.00–177.00	$166.75	$802	-7.74
508–545	527	27	155.00–170.00	$162.23	$855	-3.81
550–599	573	72	143.00–171.00	$165.21	$947	-5.15
635–646	643	29	145.00–157.00	$151.78	$976	+6.24
688–695	690	16	122.00–155.00	$140.60	$970	-3.60

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	18	156.00	$156.00	$690	—
500–531	509	28	145.00–151.00	$149.21	$759	—
690	690	12	139.00	$139.00	$959	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	176.00	$176.00	$929	—
558	558	8	173.50	$173.50	$968	—
651	651	7	150.00	$150.00	$976	—
931	931	13	125.00	$125.00	$1,164	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	337	18	176.00–190.00	$181.54	$612	-4.66
353–392	375	39	177.00–188.00	$181.72	$681	-4.40
401–449	428	145	162.00–170.00	$164.10	$702	-8.28
450–496	478	191	160.50–175.00	$169.57	$811	+0.62
501–546	520	194	152.00–164.00	$157.18	$817	-7.54
557 value added	557	20	156.00	$156.00	$869	-6.00
550–594	566	223	152.00–169.00	$159.32	$902	-1.78
606 fancy	606	30	176.50	$176.50	$1,070	—
607 value added	607	19	168.00	$168.00	$1,020	—
601–649	627	207	154.00–166.00	$161.57	$1,013	-0.51
653–698	670	69	147.00–162.00	$156.00	$1,045	-2.17
702–748	714	247	144.00–156.50	$150.56	$1,075	+1.49
750–772	754	32	141.50–151.50	$149.31	$1,126	+9.46
808	808	62	139.50	$139.50	$1,127	-1.27
830 value added	830	19	136.00	$136.00	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–333	313	18	160.00–180.00	$171.23	$536	-4.87
360–399	376	56	160.00–175.00	$169.24	$636	-7.91
413–448	433	160	148.00–161.00	$155.04	$671	-4.21
450–498	476	267	147.00–161.00	$155.47	$740	-2.14
500–547	522	139	141.00–153.00	$147.16	$768	-4.99
550–598	572	162	140.00–152.50	$147.20	$842	-2.49
602–649	628	156	139.00–153.00	$147.10	$924	-2.44
651–693	670	28	132.00–150.00	$145.16	$973	-5.03
703–745	718	63	134.00–142.00	$140.08	$1,006	-4.09
750–791	770	77	130.00–142.00	$137.79	$1,061	+0.96
809	809	38	135.00	$135.00	$1,092	-2.72
860–881	877	14	126.00–135.00	$127.89	$1,122	-11.11
987	987	13	126.00	$126.00	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	9	160.00	$160.00	$446	—
300–348	322	16	135.00–165.00	$159.03	$512	—
352–395	375	70	126.00–167.00	$156.30	$586	-3.70
405–445	437	9	125.00–148.00	$143.83	$629	—
455–490	472	50	140.00–149.00	$144.13	$680	+7.83
563	563	6	129.00	$129.00	$726	-5.31
620–643	632	10	100.00–136.00	$126.64	$800	-6.70
685	685	6	138.00	$138.00	$945	+1.00
735–747	738	15	123.00–128.00	$126.65	$935	—
776	776	9	126.00	$126.00	$978	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
903–905	903	9	137.00–137.50	$137.44	$1,241	—
959–992	985	19	133.50–134.00	$133.60	$1,316	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	9	154.00	$154.00	$511	+22.53
378–393	382	16	140.00–147.00	$141.80	$542	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	9	145.50	$145.50	$965	+14.50
901–940	906	8	129.50–131.00	$130.81	$1,185	+2.31

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–392	382	7	177.00–185.00	$180.31	$689	—
406	406	14	172.00	$172.00	$698	-6.80
455–470	463	2	173.00–179.00	$176.05	$815	-0.54
510–545	536	41	142.00–171.00	$163.17	$875	-3.35
551–585	572	53	138.00–167.00	$161.55	$924	-5.70
607–639	621	27	150.00–162.00	$156.76	$973	+2.86
650–685	674	16	148.00–158.00	$151.01	$1,018	+6.56
705–730	717	12	127.00–138.00	$134.75	$966	-7.97
850–883	856	12	118.00–128.00	$121.65	$1,041	-7.79
915–923	920	4	115.00–121.00	$118.75	$1,092	+0.75
1035	1035	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–491	475	41	157.00–167.00	$164.73	$782	+14.98
538–546	540	13	157.00	$157.00	$848	—
648	648	4	145.00	$145.00	$940	—
700–720	710	2	90.00–110.00	$99.86	$709	—
758	758	10	124.00	$124.00	$940	—
918	918	3	95.00	$95.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240–1500	1350	(<2 yrs)	N/A	13	1,500.00–2,600.00	$2,110.94	—
1500–1800	1647	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,100.00–2,900.00	$2,392.71	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	183.00	$183.00	$851	—
510–513	511	5	176.00–179.00	$177.80	$909	+2.36
603	603	7	165.00	$165.00	$995	-1.34

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1155	908	85-90%	25	27.00–49.00	$42.10	$382	—
725–1180	961	85-90%	96	48.00–62.50	$55.45	$533	—
760–1290	1062	85-90%	322	60.00–75.00	$68.27	$725	-2.34
798–1345	1111	85-90%	96	75.00–82.00	$77.28	$859	-1.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
931–1355	1205	80-85%	61	64.00–74.00	$70.30	$847	-7.64
1000–1450	1208	80-85%	249	73.50–83.50	$77.55	$937	-0.39
1055–1310	1209	80-85%	47	80.00–95.00	$83.08	$1,004	+5.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1715	1399	75-80%	42	65.00–75.00	$71.54	$1,001	-1.50
1300–1830	1442	75-80%	190	74.00–84.00	$78.13	$1,127	—
1370–1585	1459	75-80%	16	82.00–87.50	$83.73	$1,222	+3.80

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1840	1471	13	81.00–98.50	$91.84	$1,351	—
1205–2410	1645	58	96.00–110.00	$104.41	$1,718	—
1455–2200	1827	14	110.00–121.00	$114.58	$2,093	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823–995	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	75.00–92.00	$84.38	$738
710–1075	962	(<2 yrs)	Open	58	85.00–130.00	$113.86	$1,095

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1290	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	635.00–1,175.00	$940.93
970–1370	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	171	710.00–1,375.00	$1,086.78
940–1367	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	775.00–985.00	$880.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1460	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	61	1,060.00–1,485.00	$1,389.78
1405–1435	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,085.00	$1,067.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1140–1233	1209	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,263.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
778–820	785	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	750.00–850.00	$767.41
835–1140	1048	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	875.00–1,350.00	$1,183.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–910	853	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	500.00–875.00	$778.39

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1180	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	70	2,100.00–2,650.00	$2,317.86	—
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1140–1190	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	1,700.00–2,300.00	$1,900.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+492.86
1020–1040	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,600.00–1,675.00	$1,645.00	+437.86
970–1160	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,087.50	-387.86
920–1180	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	1,150.00–1,500.00	$1,315.79	-159.57
980–1190	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	900.00–1,125.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
842–1010	884	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–990	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–850.00	$787.50	—

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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.