Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

8,454 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.07/cwt -4.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,109/hd at 744 lb · 364 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.78/cwt ≈ $1,119/hd at 773 lb · 308 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $195.96/cwt +4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 522 lb · 277 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,454	9,463	8,179
Feeder cattle	7,281	7,161	7,094
Slaughter cattle	1,027	1,199	776
Replacement cattle	146	1,103	309

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, most of the gain early week. Slaughter cows and bulls 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	330	3	180.00–197.00	$185.15	$611	-7.85
351–395	373	45	170.00–202.50	$197.55	$737	-0.96
400–441	418	42	170.00–190.00	$180.67	$755	-7.16
440 value added	440	6	190.00	$190.00	$836	—
459–493	474	105	180.00–190.00	$182.60	$866	-3.08
500–546	515	158	162.00–186.00	$179.07	$922	+1.35
550–597	577	152	150.00–193.00	$179.40	$1,035	-2.11
600–648	631	268	147.00–171.00	$162.69	$1,027	-1.05
650–690	666	138	140.00–171.00	$164.31	$1,094	+6.94
713–749	744	364	145.00–153.00	$149.07	$1,109	-4.69
757–798	775	117	145.50–153.00	$148.37	$1,150	+0.33
825–849	835	47	135.00–145.00	$141.64	$1,183	-6.66
870–879	878	139	143.35–145.00	$143.54	$1,260	-3.22
916	916	7	132.50	$132.50	$1,214	+2.01
968	968	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,316	+15.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–348	327	33	205.00–222.50	$212.67	$695	+7.67
380–397	390	25	197.00–222.50	$211.56	$825	+0.33
400–435	421	76	195.00–215.00	$202.13	$851	-4.46
468 thin fleshed	468	6	204.50	$204.50	$957	—
452–498	473	110	192.50–207.50	$200.49	$948	-0.57
502 unweaned	502	9	181.00	$181.00	$909	-15.00
501–548	523	268	184.00–205.00	$196.46	$1,027	+4.56
550–593	564	130	171.50–199.00	$192.48	$1,086	+4.26
600–643	622	235	160.00–190.00	$175.95	$1,094	+0.33
650–666	661	40	172.00–176.00	$173.44	$1,146	+5.99
701 value added	701	16	156.00	$156.00	$1,094	—
701–745	719	95	152.00–165.00	$158.66	$1,141	-2.49
813–846	823	194	148.00–154.50	$149.34	$1,229	-4.29
860	860	7	140.50	$140.50	$1,208	—
903–938	928	57	138.00–145.00	$142.97	$1,327	-0.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–387	381	19	160.00–190.00	$181.74	$692	-5.44
416–439	429	11	167.00–177.00	$172.59	$740	+2.76
451–498	475	65	130.00–178.00	$171.96	$817	—
506–540	514	53	155.00–170.00	$162.91	$837	—
551–598	576	135	133.00–170.00	$165.95	$956	+2.14
608–641	625	17	130.00–155.00	$147.68	$923	-2.86
683–690	684	22	137.00–154.00	$151.62	$1,037	+1.09
718–735	729	11	135.00–145.00	$140.91	$1,027	—
826	826	27	133.00	$133.00	$1,099	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	20	153.00	$153.00	$1,063	—
994	994	39	141.00	$141.00	$1,402	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	5	156.00	$156.00	$660	+11.00
488	488	5	135.00	$135.00	$659	-20.00
543	543	5	151.00	$151.00	$820	—
567–598	581	9	150.00–156.00	$152.75	$887	—
625	625	12	133.00	$133.00	$831	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	9	42.50	$42.50	$290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	331	31	169.00–180.00	$175.63	$581	-1.52
366–398	385	50	168.00–175.00	$171.68	$661	-0.08
405–447	429	144	159.00–176.00	$167.25	$718	-0.08
453–496	476	201	155.50–177.00	$166.30	$792	+1.55
503–543	522	249	154.00–169.00	$160.93	$840	+1.99
537 value added	537	23	174.00	$174.00	$934	—
550–599	574	183	148.00–168.00	$160.51	$921	+3.55
600–640	617	129	144.00–158.00	$153.17	$945	-1.13
650–673	668	25	141.75–150.00	$145.08	$969	-6.65
716–733	725	76	145.00–147.00	$145.93	$1,058	-5.98
753–778	773	308	140.25–146.25	$144.78	$1,119	—
816	816	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,142	±0.00
872–880	874	73	137.00	$137.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–338	320	23	150.00–167.50	$163.77	$524	+1.75
365–396	379	20	157.00–165.00	$160.61	$609	-4.67
402–445	418	62	145.00–161.00	$153.53	$642	-5.84
450–499	476	203	145.00–161.00	$156.45	$745	+0.42
501–549	529	125	140.00–155.00	$150.20	$795	-0.05
550–596	571	235	136.00–155.00	$149.39	$853	+0.22
600–648	628	118	135.00–148.00	$143.38	$900	-3.10
656–699	668	73	139.00–148.00	$141.85	$948	-1.91
700–745	725	22	134.50–143.00	$137.97	$1,000	-2.76
762–782	781	82	137.00–143.50	$143.19	$1,118	+9.69
816–828	827	75	132.00	$132.00	$1,092	±0.00
851	851	16	129.00	$129.00	$1,098	—
879–894	883	81	130.00–133.00	$130.71	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–335	320	3	130.00–140.00	$136.51	$437	—
377–394	386	15	121.00–157.00	$143.95	$556	-11.07
430–438	434	4	120.00–138.00	$125.97	$547	-15.02
458–499	485	32	124.00–148.00	$143.43	$696	-1.29
506–531	523	12	135.00	$135.00	$706	-5.64
555–583	570	21	140.00–141.00	$140.29	$800	+1.64
618–645	628	14	105.00–137.50	$128.31	$806	-4.50
660–680	667	20	135.00–139.00	$138.14	$921	+0.93
745	745	16	132.00	$132.00	$983	—
756–797	779	9	126.00–127.50	$126.65	$987	-6.04

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–371	365	16	143.00–147.50	$144.36	$527	—
547	547	6	128.00	$128.00	$700	+4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	5	154.00	$154.00	$767	—
701	701	7	120.50	$120.50	$845	—
945	945	2	122.50	$122.50	$1,158	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	6	190.00	$190.00	$657	+1.00
423	423	2	165.00	$165.00	$698	-9.27
450–485	472	21	165.00–175.00	$170.97	$807	+1.69
500–549	533	27	151.00–171.00	$163.50	$871	-5.01
577–595	583	24	144.00–165.00	$159.28	$929	-3.47
600–637	625	25	146.00–159.00	$149.96	$937	-1.41
655–698	666	18	124.00–146.00	$135.54	$903	+10.54
700–749	721	33	129.00–144.00	$140.17	$1,011	+6.98
764–773	768	11	130.00–137.00	$133.20	$1,023	—
815–830	826	7	123.00–129.00	$127.29	$1,051	—
890	890	7	127.00	$127.00	$1,130	—
900–905	903	5	112.00–120.00	$116.81	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	6	205.00	$205.00	$676	—
408	408	9	185.00	$185.00	$755	-7.50
511–521	514	20	173.00–176.00	$175.14	$900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	145.00	$145.00	$536	-24.00
482–491	486	10	160.00–162.50	$161.49	$785	—
500–545	530	3	130.00–145.00	$134.72	$714	-12.28
691	691	5	140.00	$140.00	$967	+0.69

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	5	140.00	$140.00	$514	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1075	843	85-90%	21	32.50–48.00	$42.68	$360	—
738–1190	936	85-90%	49	50.00–60.00	$56.67	$530	+0.67
760–1295	1006	85-90%	159	60.50–73.50	$67.32	$677	-0.09
801–1225	1037	85-90%	80	72.50–81.50	$75.89	$787	+8.48

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1272	1151	80-85%	18	61.50–71.50	$67.42	$776	+1.47
990–1415	1194	80-85%	192	70.00–81.50	$76.63	$915	+10.68
1062–1355	1202	80-85%	73	79.00–87.50	$82.18	$988	+6.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1780	1422	75-80%	122	72.00–82.50	$78.25	$1,113	—
1335–1730	1426	75-80%	8	68.00–72.00	$70.80	$1,010	—
1340–1920	1566	75-80%	59	82.00–88.50	$84.04	$1,316	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1840	1447	16	73.00–97.50	$88.29	$1,278	—
1345–2200	1665	32	98.50–112.00	$105.50	$1,757	—
1580–2120	1833	22	109.50–124.00	$115.57	$2,118	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
806–1085	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	80.00–96.00	$87.33	$760
725–1006	884	(<2 yrs)	Open	28	117.50–127.00	$122.49	$1,083

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–992	961	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	120.00–122.50	$120.89	$1,162

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	85.00	$85.00	$667

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1170	1128	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–960.00	$858.96
890–1380	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	800.00–1,350.00	$1,058.07
1108–1230	1149	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$851.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	860.00	$860.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1448	1448	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–960	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	760.00–785.00	$772.34

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–750	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00

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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
1010–1325	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,035.00–1,375.00	$1,205.00	+102.14

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	2	130.00	$130.00	$641	+25.00
604	604	9	120.00	$120.00	$725	—
703	703	15	118.00	$118.00	$830	—
806–842	824	18	115.25–115.75	$115.51	$952	+18.51
853	853	10	116.25	$116.25	$992	—

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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.