Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

6,389 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $196.47/cwt +0.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,017/hd at 518 lb · 249 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $162.67/cwt -1.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 736 lb · 225 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.99/cwt +2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 478 lb · 195 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,389	9,917	7,545
Feeder cattle	5,250	7,470	5,183
Slaughter cattle	1,026	1,581	987
Replacement cattle	113	866	1,375

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 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
333	333	3	220.00	$220.00	$733	+3.53
351–385	373	49	205.00–225.00	$215.84	$805	+1.97
403–448	425	99	197.00–220.00	$207.14	$880	+4.53
450–495	474	126	190.00–209.00	$201.14	$953	+1.75
509 fancy	509	10	199.00	$199.00	$1,013	-7.05
503–548	518	226	187.50–201.00	$195.89	$1,015	+6.76
501–543 thin fleshed	520	13	204.00–205.00	$204.52	$1,064	—
550–599	580	193	172.00–203.00	$189.36	$1,098	+0.29
618 fancy	618	16	181.00	$181.00	$1,119	-26.00
615–638 thin fleshed	621	31	176.00–190.00	$187.67	$1,165	-0.43
600–648	623	124	164.00–186.00	$179.45	$1,118	+5.76
651–693	680	96	167.00–186.50	$176.78	$1,202	+5.08
702–746	736	225	160.00–174.50	$162.67	$1,197	-1.41
755–778	765	89	152.00–157.50	$156.64	$1,198	-0.11
798	798	84	151.25	$151.25	$1,207	-5.50
803–815	812	98	149.50–159.50	$156.93	$1,274	+0.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	205.00	$205.00	$640	+11.85
350–398	379	24	184.00–206.00	$198.23	$751	+1.47
403–445	423	52	180.00–198.00	$190.50	$806	+1.07
450–498	479	62	177.00–191.00	$183.91	$881	+0.05
500–548	527	91	163.00–187.00	$178.40	$940	+2.29
555–599	580	154	160.00–185.00	$178.07	$1,033	+1.51
600–648	636	99	151.50–172.50	$162.15	$1,031	-1.07
649	649	17	156.00	$156.00	$1,012	-7.22
650–690	663	68	145.00–165.00	$158.59	$1,051	-3.68
705–738	721	87	143.00–160.50	$159.09	$1,147	+9.38
755–793	790	82	134.00–153.00	$147.24	$1,163	-8.01
819–844	831	22	144.00–149.00	$144.91	$1,204	-1.49
852–890	870	30	141.00–147.00	$144.61	$1,258	-4.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–395	369	6	172.50–175.00	$174.11	$642	+12.74
435	435	3	170.00	$170.00	$740	+3.81
500–545	535	15	155.00–167.50	$160.36	$858	-1.87
585–595	588	4	150.00–160.00	$157.47	$926	-7.74
675–678	677	6	130.00–138.00	$135.34	$916	-5.26
733	733	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,026	—
752–760	755	9	132.50–139.00	$136.82	$1,033	—
935	935	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,187	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	22	130.00	$130.00	$1,261	—
1046	1046	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,370	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	5	177.50	$177.50	$772	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	117.50	$117.50	$517	-38.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 fancy	325	15	199.00	$199.00	$647	—
305–348	337	14	173.00–180.00	$177.58	$598	-3.96
352–395	379	109	172.00–194.00	$185.44	$703	+3.72
403–442	426	150	161.00–180.00	$168.87	$719	+4.77
463–499	488	111	160.00–171.00	$165.58	$808	-3.99
500–504 fancy	503	41	170.00–171.00	$170.27	$856	—
502–549	529	124	153.50–170.00	$159.13	$842	+1.95
551–594	576	157	157.00–165.00	$160.24	$923	+0.92
600–624	613	65	154.00–170.50	$163.36	$1,001	+1.79
656–690	673	66	146.00–159.00	$155.60	$1,047	-0.40
709–716	713	25	154.00–158.00	$156.09	$1,113	+5.53
733	733	6	135.00	$135.00	$990	-15.56
791	791	25	138.50	$138.50	$1,096	—
805	805	46	142.00–144.00	$142.48	$1,147	+2.98
995	995	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,094	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	332	38	165.00–170.00	$169.24	$562	-1.99
353–398	379	17	159.00–170.00	$165.76	$628	-3.48
405–449	426	120	149.00–167.50	$160.11	$682	+5.07
453–498	478	195	148.50–165.00	$157.99	$755	+2.52
502–542	525	50	145.00–159.00	$151.62	$796	+4.46
550–596	579	104	144.00–159.00	$152.40	$882	+5.20
603–647	625	54	135.00–156.00	$148.34	$927	+1.24
650–698	683	173	138.50–155.00	$145.42	$993	+0.26
718–743	726	9	137.00–144.00	$139.39	$1,012	-0.69
753	753	2	125.00	$125.00	$941	-12.79
790	790	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,090	+0.21
865	865	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,012	-10.89

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	6	160.00	$160.00	$608	—
841	841	114	109.00	$109.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	4	150.00	$150.00	$506	-9.03
358	358	3	150.00	$150.00	$537	-6.30
405–447	438	5	130.00–145.00	$142.22	$623	-1.61
503	503	3	141.00	$141.00	$709	—
553	553	3	127.00	$127.00	$702	-2.00
616–625	618	4	132.00–138.00	$133.52	$825	+6.88
656	656	19	130.00	$130.00	$853	-8.00
737	737	7	120.00	$120.00	$884	-6.65
791	791	6	111.00	$111.00	$878	-15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	11	147.50	$147.50	$653	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	10	117.50	$117.50	$429	-24.30

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–446	436	15	170.00–193.00	$179.29	$782	+7.29
450–498	476	25	165.00–185.00	$170.39	$811	-5.66
510–545	530	22	157.00–168.00	$162.77	$863	-0.40
560–575	568	29	158.00–175.00	$167.38	$951	+5.83
568–573 thin fleshed	570	5	176.00–178.00	$177.20	$1,010	—
610–640	634	7	150.00–159.00	$154.26	$978	-2.50
658–690	670	19	140.00–158.00	$148.94	$998	-2.07
700–747	731	18	126.00–147.50	$137.51	$1,005	+2.76
755–799	784	17	131.00–147.00	$136.21	$1,068	—
878	878	3	125.50	$125.50	$1,102	+3.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	481	11	185.00–187.00	$186.10	$895	+3.10
513–520	517	12	177.00–197.00	$185.88	$961	+8.08
555–590	573	45	168.00–180.00	$175.34	$1,005	—
607–630	613	8	168.00–170.00	$169.49	$1,039	+4.49

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	4	140.00	$140.00	$491	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	3	140.00	$140.00	$784	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1100	900	85-90%	30	32.50–47.50	$39.82	$358	-2.28
745–1190	974	85-90%	79	48.00–62.50	$56.29	$548	+0.84
795–1295	1050	85-90%	167	59.00–74.00	$68.03	$714	-0.24
955–1260	1113	85-90%	56	73.00–81.00	$76.71	$854	-0.57

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1325	1175	80-85%	23	62.00–71.00	$67.63	$795	—
988–1410	1194	80-85%	202	70.00–79.50	$76.12	$909	—
1100–1345	1217	80-85%	51	78.00–94.00	$82.46	$1,004	-0.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1327–1735	1373	75-80%	13	65.00–73.00	$71.01	$975	-0.53
1195–1790	1425	75-80%	108	73.50–82.00	$77.97	$1,111	-0.16
1222–1850	1487	75-80%	46	80.00–90.50	$84.10	$1,251	+0.37

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–2110	1392	11	84.00–95.00	$91.97	$1,280	—
1235–2260	1743	32	97.00–109.00	$103.72	$1,808	—
1515–2060	1816	10	110.00–118.00	$113.50	$2,061	-1.08

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1092	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	69.00–100.00	$82.51	$814
795–1177	1027	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	90.00–122.00	$108.06	$1,110

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
993	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1040–1445	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,225.17
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00
1025–1385	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,035.00–1,150.00	$1,109.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
991 thin fleshed	991	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00	$700.00

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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
1000–1050	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,300.00	-400.00
1125–1150	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,010.00–1,385.00	$1,233.33	+158.33

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	100.00	$100.00	$423	—
504	504	9	116.50	$116.50	$587	—
608	608	12	106.00	$106.00	$644	—
754–780	770	58	102.00–109.00	$107.36	$827	—
830	830	33	117.25	$117.25	$973	—
873	873	5	100.00	$100.00	$873	—
934	934	19	107.00	$107.00	$999	—

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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.