Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

13,680 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.17/cwt +8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,114/hd at 625 lb · 532 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.45/cwt +16.38 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 571 lb · 493 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $179.94/cwt +17.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,035/hd at 575 lb · 475 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,680	3,437	12,648
Feeder cattle	11,838	1,180	11,022
Slaughter cattle	1,608	1,402	1,206
Replacement cattle	234	855	420

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week's sales, steers and heifers under 700 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, heavier weights traded with a firm undertone, on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–339	315	40	210.00–225.00	$215.15	$678	+9.68
376–394	388	28	203.00–215.00	$207.98	$807	+8.46
402–447	422	137	193.00–207.50	$201.75	$851	—
447 thin fleshed	447	5	215.00	$215.00	$961	—
456–499	475	215	193.50–210.00	$200.52	$952	+6.73
500–546	518	288	187.00–209.00	$195.13	$1,011	+2.65
550–597	571	286	180.00–203.00	$193.74	$1,106	+14.09
614–626 thin fleshed	618	20	190.00	$190.00	$1,174	—
601–645	625	498	169.00–189.00	$178.06	$1,113	+8.28
638	638	14	165.00	$165.00	$1,053	-4.78
650–685	663	193	159.00–182.00	$175.71	$1,165	+10.98
700–738	718	373	157.00–171.00	$162.77	$1,169	+6.77
750–794	773	215	157.00–168.00	$160.55	$1,241	+7.55
800–849	826	149	154.00–165.00	$159.75	$1,320	+15.75
864–899	891	122	148.00–159.50	$158.10	$1,409	+18.10
901–912	911	82	141.00–145.00	$144.70	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	314	30	176.00–205.00	$201.33	$632	+4.33
351–398	381	48	190.00–207.00	$200.74	$765	+17.36
400–446	427	83	175.00–193.00	$186.97	$798	+4.10
450–496	481	292	170.00–193.00	$184.15	$886	+7.90
500–548	523	247	170.50–188.00	$180.99	$947	+12.94
550–598	575	475	156.00–187.00	$179.94	$1,035	+17.79
600–649	633	200	155.00–171.00	$164.60	$1,042	+10.06
650–698	676	427	140.00–171.00	$164.14	$1,110	+15.27
701–748	727	113	137.00–157.00	$153.23	$1,114	+6.10
750–797	784	161	134.00–157.00	$152.36	$1,195	+12.36
829–843	835	56	147.00–152.00	$149.16	$1,245	—
881–894	886	98	129.00–149.00	$145.13	$1,286	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–345	338	6	190.00	$190.00	$642	—
376–395	384	9	185.00–192.50	$189.10	$726	—
405–431	414	9	170.00–172.00	$170.69	$707	—
466–495	485	50	140.00–175.00	$168.72	$818	+12.78
500–543	519	46	135.00–170.00	$164.14	$852	+16.55
553–597	580	105	130.00–170.00	$168.14	$975	+30.79
607–645	616	21	142.50–150.00	$148.13	$912	—
654–698	673	26	142.50–152.50	$148.48	$999	—
873	873	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,039	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	8	155.00	$155.00	$711	—
503–540	534	20	150.00–152.00	$151.72	$810	—
572	572	10	155.00	$155.00	$887	—
624	624	7	136.00	$136.00	$849	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,051	—
775–796	785	24	152.00–160.00	$156.28	$1,227	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–667	667	16	149.50–154.50	$151.94	$1,013	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	5	169.00	$169.00	$911	—
598	598	4	165.50	$165.50	$990	+23.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
831	831	4	108.00	$108.00	$897	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–338	331	44	170.00–185.00	$175.62	$581	—
358–389	374	44	167.00–180.00	$174.97	$654	+5.42
400–448	423	215	163.00–181.00	$172.02	$728	+7.26
454–499	478	331	161.50–182.00	$172.42	$824	+11.29
500–549	524	319	157.00–175.00	$168.68	$884	+11.64
509–535 fancy	526	32	178.00–180.00	$179.52	$944	—
550–598	571	478	150.50–176.00	$166.50	$951	+16.43
573 fancy	573	15	165.00	$165.00	$945	—
615 unweaned	615	14	148.00	$148.00	$910	—
600–641	619	343	144.00–174.00	$162.20	$1,004	+17.39
652–691	665	139	150.50–165.00	$159.06	$1,058	+17.08
701–741	716	187	144.50–160.00	$151.83	$1,087	—
766–793	783	130	138.00–152.25	$149.75	$1,173	—
800–834	816	183	137.00–151.00	$145.07	$1,184	—
858–875	864	12	139.00–141.00	$140.21	$1,211	—
941	941	13	140.00	$140.00	$1,317	—
973	973	13	130.00	$130.00	$1,265	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	8	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
325–343	337	11	165.00–169.00	$166.46	$561	+12.13
354–391	371	64	159.00–168.00	$164.09	$609	+5.71
400–448	428	156	148.00–163.00	$156.96	$672	+7.87
450–499	477	296	144.00–163.00	$154.84	$739	+2.98
500–547	522	274	140.00–163.00	$153.63	$802	+5.85
550–598	574	274	140.00–163.00	$154.50	$887	+12.74
600–647	624	156	130.00–155.00	$145.68	$909	+7.42
650–698	676	212	136.00–155.00	$149.10	$1,008	+15.02
708–736	723	111	125.00–146.00	$140.15	$1,013	—
752–796	778	293	120.00–147.50	$145.04	$1,128	+17.04
800–808	805	3	123.00–133.50	$130.02	$1,047	+7.02
861–898	874	19	130.00–135.00	$131.28	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	7	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
350–396	381	18	120.00–157.00	$144.08	$549	+4.08
415–445	433	28	130.00–147.00	$137.15	$594	-3.35
453–483	475	32	125.00–147.00	$142.40	$676	+21.35
512–545	532	25	110.00–142.50	$130.41	$694	+17.41
551–589	579	37	135.00–142.00	$139.72	$809	—
720	720	5	123.00	$123.00	$886	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–610	605	4	142.00–147.00	$144.52	$874	—
768	768	6	136.50	$136.50	$1,048	—
910–925	918	2	116.00–129.50	$122.81	$1,127	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
791	791	10	113.00	$113.00	$894	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–390	385	3	175.00–195.00	$181.75	$700	—
405–442	433	16	171.00–186.00	$173.81	$753	-2.83
450–497	467	13	163.00–180.00	$173.58	$811	+1.13
500–540	519	20	154.00–170.00	$160.73	$834	-2.04
561–590	569	53	150.00–169.00	$161.97	$922	+1.02
605–630	617	3	154.00–159.00	$156.32	$964	+7.32
652–685	669	26	142.00–154.00	$149.45	$1,000	+18.42
815–845	830	2	126.00–132.00	$128.95	$1,070	—
905–910	906	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,033	-0.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	12	200.00	$200.00	$714	—
415	415	26	182.00	$182.00	$755	—
472–490	481	28	176.00–186.00	$181.09	$871	—
572	572	12	165.50	$165.50	$947	—
600–605	603	7	155.00	$155.00	$935	-7.00
659–675	663	13	160.00–161.00	$160.24	$1,062	—
703	703	14	147.50	$147.50	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–497	488	35	155.00–162.50	$156.83	$765	—
504	504	5	155.00	$155.00	$781	—
562	562	17	152.00	$152.00	$854	—
642	642	18	136.00	$136.00	$873	—
699	699	5	135.00	$135.00	$944	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	5	152.50	$152.50	$695	—
648	648	5	127.00	$127.00	$823	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1390	1181	80-85%	282	70.00–86.00	$80.43	$950	—
1015–1400	1222	80-85%	211	83.00–94.00	$86.32	$1,055	+4.25
1120–1295	1225	80-85%	16	65.00–75.00	$69.42	$850	-12.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677–1200	868	85-90%	25	37.00–55.00	$45.68	$397	+2.11
650–1185	884	85-90%	42	51.00–67.00	$57.97	$512	+14.40
725–1290	1041	85-90%	175	62.00–78.00	$71.50	$744	+2.30
885–1220	1070	85-90%	112	77.00–88.00	$79.94	$855	+2.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1885	1443	75-80%	204	75.00–87.50	$82.80	$1,195	-2.95
1290–1877	1458	75-80%	113	86.00–97.00	$88.50	$1,290	+18.38
1280–1650	1500	75-80%	7	71.00–75.00	$72.71	$1,091	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1725	1428	9	88.00–99.00	$93.34	$1,333	—
1205–2395	1755	51	100.00–115.00	$107.83	$1,892	—
1395–2235	1799	28	114.00–129.00	$120.37	$2,165	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
872–1088	959	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	87.00–112.00	$100.10	$960
845–1295	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	85.00–119.00	$97.63	$979

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
772	772	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	112.50	$112.50	$868

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
981	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.50	$82.50	$809

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1330	1146	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	800.00–1,000.00	$913.03
1058–1435	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	850.00–1,275.00	$1,086.96
1390 fancy	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
958	958	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1065–1180	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,264.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1245	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00–1,100.00	$936.98

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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
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+86.96
905–1405	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,135.00–1,410.00	$1,286.67	+58.89
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,443.75	+215.97
1090–1290	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	935.00–1,085.00	$1,010.00	—
1335	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1580	1580	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518–524	522	16	118.00–119.00	$118.31	$618	—
580	580	11	112.00	$112.00	$650	—
621	621	7	117.00	$117.00	$727	—
680	680	6	117.00	$117.00	$796	—
748	748	3	110.00	$110.00	$823	—
813	813	10	108.00	$108.00	$878	—
909–920	917	24	115.00–115.50	$115.36	$1,058	—
952	952	14	115.00	$115.00	$1,095	—

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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.