Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 30, 2022

3,437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $193.50/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 529 lb · 76 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.65/cwt -12.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,037/hd at 577 lb · 71 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.73/cwt -8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 671 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,437	8,454	3,374
Feeder cattle	1,180	7,281	1,272
Slaughter cattle	1,402	1,027	736
Replacement cattle	855	146	1,366

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers mostly steady, spots up to 3.00 higher on 500-600 lbs. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–348	333	6	200.00–209.00	$205.47	$684	-7.20
350–385	368	4	199.00–200.00	$199.52	$734	-12.04
457–495	470	14	193.00–196.00	$193.79	$911	-6.70
522 thin fleshed	522	11	199.50	$199.50	$1,041	—
503–548	530	65	184.00–198.00	$192.48	$1,020	-3.98
550–594	577	71	170.00–185.50	$179.65	$1,037	-12.83
603 unweaned	603	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,001	—
600–645	631	44	162.00–176.00	$169.78	$1,071	-6.17
655–682	671	66	155.00–169.00	$164.73	$1,105	-8.71
735	735	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,147	-2.66
758	758	8	153.00	$153.00	$1,160	—
803	803	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,156	-5.34
882	882	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,235	-0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	197.00	$197.00	$686	+11.85
375–394	392	15	182.00–187.00	$183.38	$719	-14.17
408–445	426	14	170.00–190.00	$182.87	$779	+2.20
480–495	485	19	168.00–185.00	$176.25	$855	-6.35
500–547	514	23	161.00–180.00	$168.05	$864	-11.02
550–597	574	38	154.00–170.00	$162.15	$931	-17.25
600–637	625	26	150.00–159.00	$154.54	$966	-8.15
650–695	671	17	140.00–156.00	$148.87	$999	-15.44
720–747	729	16	139.00–148.00	$147.13	$1,073	-1.94
765–770	767	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,074	-8.37

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	10	126.00	$126.00	$554	-30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–475	470	2	150.00–162.00	$155.94	$733	-16.02
510–530	518	3	140.00–156.00	$147.59	$765	-15.32
580–590	583	3	136.00–140.00	$137.35	$801	-28.60

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	4	139.00	$139.00	$981	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	3	142.00	$142.00	$805	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	366	7	169.00–170.00	$169.55	$621	-2.13
415–418	417	8	162.50–167.00	$164.76	$687	-2.49
458–490	480	32	158.00–162.50	$161.13	$773	-5.17
508–549	534	60	153.00–162.50	$157.04	$839	-3.89
563–596	582	51	147.00–154.50	$150.07	$873	-10.44
600–629	614	23	142.00–148.00	$144.81	$889	-8.36
659–669	664	10	140.00–144.00	$141.98	$943	-3.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	338	4	150.00–168.00	$154.33	$522	-9.44
350–386	374	11	150.00–162.00	$158.38	$592	-2.23
400–445	424	7	145.00–158.00	$149.09	$632	-4.44
450–498	476	37	140.00–157.50	$151.86	$723	-4.59
500–543	523	32	134.00–154.50	$147.78	$773	-2.42
555–596	578	48	135.00–149.00	$141.76	$819	-7.63
600–645	631	22	130.00–145.00	$138.26	$872	-5.12
655–690	676	22	125.00–138.00	$134.08	$906	-7.77
770	770	2	128.00	$128.00	$986	-15.19
800	800	2	123.00	$123.00	$984	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	125.00–145.00	$140.00	$553	-3.95
435	435	2	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$611	+14.53
450–495	470	5	111.00–137.00	$121.05	$569	-22.38
503	503	3	113.00	$113.00	$568	-22.00
608–610	609	3	125.00	$125.00	$761	-3.31
652	652	3	100.00	$100.00	$652	-38.14

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1076	1076	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,237	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	4	86.00	$86.00	$538	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	195.00	$195.00	$673	+5.00
405–445	424	4	162.00–185.00	$176.64	$749	+11.64
450–495	470	15	165.00–185.00	$172.45	$811	+1.48
506–544	527	22	156.00–172.00	$162.77	$858	-0.73
560–570	563	4	149.00–165.00	$160.95	$906	+1.67
615–620	619	5	140.00–152.00	$149.00	$922	-0.96
683–690	686	5	125.00–145.00	$131.03	$899	-4.51
755–770	764	4	123.00–139.00	$131.27	$1,003	-1.93
908–940	916	10	112.00–118.00	$114.03	$1,045	-2.78

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1400	1273	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	1,600.00–2,800.00	$2,227.88	—
1400–1600	1467	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,027.27	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	6	184.00	$184.00	$946	+8.86
608	608	2	162.00	$162.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1300	1228	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,420.67	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1330	1205	80-85%	305	70.00–79.50	$76.59	$923	-5.59
1080–1320	1221	80-85%	160	79.00–90.00	$82.07	$1,002	-0.11
1015–1320	1237	80-85%	13	60.00–70.00	$67.64	$837	-14.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1050	895	85-90%	10	37.00–47.50	$43.57	$390	—
740–1090	924	85-90%	58	50.00–60.00	$56.55	$523	-0.12
790–1230	1040	85-90%	204	60.00–75.00	$69.20	$720	-6.69
910–1200	1085	85-90%	80	74.00–83.50	$77.60	$842	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1312–1740	1412	75-80%	132	74.00–83.00	$78.14	$1,103	-0.11
1315–1680	1436	75-80%	68	83.00–93.00	$85.75	$1,231	+14.95
1327–1550	1451	75-80%	16	68.00–73.00	$70.12	$1,017	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2365	1494	15	76.00–99.00	$91.28	$1,364	—
1325–2400	1722	30	99.00–111.00	$106.02	$1,826	—
1760–2120	1921	11	113.00–119.00	$115.46	$2,218	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
737–1130	976	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	92.00–102.50	$95.40	$931

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
766	766	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	85.00	$85.00	$651

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
1040–1248	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	218	950.00–1,360.00	$1,137.63

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1390	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	128	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,335.71

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–890	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	735.00–860.00	$800.44
860–1210	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	64	800.00–925.00	$880.74

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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
870–940	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,313.04	—
910–1040	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,164.52	—
910–1090	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,452.78	—
910–1140	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	81	950.00–1,500.00	$1,227.78	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
790–920	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	900.00–1,125.00	$975.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680–720	701	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,693.75	—
705–720 thin fleshed	711	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	800.00–950.00	$864.29	—

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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.