Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 18, 2022

12,617 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.54/cwt +1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 524 lb · 594 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $190.16/cwt +5.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,268/hd at 667 lb · 437 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.69/cwt -0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,006/hd at 626 lb · 416 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,617	16,066	6,605
Feeder cattle	10,584	13,897	5,558
Slaughter cattle	1,683	1,905	833
Replacement cattle	350	264	214

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week steady to 4.00 higher, late week feeder calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, yearlings steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 10.00 lower, spots up to 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 10.00 lower, spots 12.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–337	327	14	217.50–232.50	$225.87	$739	+14.87
406–448	429	84	195.00–212.50	$203.40	$873	+2.20
455–488	469	71	194.00–210.00	$199.64	$936	+2.00
508–548	531	209	190.00–207.00	$198.77	$1,055	+0.87
550–599	577	259	188.00–207.00	$199.42	$1,151	+1.22
602–649	628	322	180.00–196.00	$186.68	$1,172	-6.77
639 fancy	639	10	200.00	$200.00	$1,278	—
661 fancy	661	131	205.00	$205.00	$1,355	—
650–698	669	306	176.00–186.00	$183.81	$1,230	-0.75
700–742	715	166	162.00–180.00	$172.98	$1,237	-1.11
730 fancy	730	33	181.00	$181.00	$1,321	—
753–790	776	153	167.00–179.50	$171.05	$1,327	+1.99
807–842	820	272	162.00–171.00	$167.19	$1,371	-0.91
852–870	853	215	164.00–168.50	$165.19	$1,409	+0.54
935	935	19	158.00	$158.00	$1,477	+3.70
1010	1010	25	154.00	$154.00	$1,555	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–380	371	56	170.00–210.00	$199.14	$739	+3.72
407–446	430	58	170.00–193.00	$186.35	$801	-1.88
451–496	477	111	170.00–192.50	$184.30	$879	-2.28
500–549	525	237	172.00–191.00	$181.38	$952	+0.37
550–598	574	294	158.00–188.00	$179.39	$1,030	-0.55
600–649	632	351	160.00–179.00	$171.25	$1,082	-2.26
650–698	679	302	155.00–180.00	$172.89	$1,174	+0.63
700–748	724	236	152.00–168.50	$165.51	$1,198	+4.66
750–787	771	76	135.00–167.00	$166.04	$1,280	+8.18
805–833	818	48	159.00–163.50	$161.64	$1,322	+2.16
861–876	873	131	154.00–161.00	$160.40	$1,400	+4.71
906	906	28	154.00	$154.00	$1,395	+1.50
957	957	61	154.00	$154.00	$1,474	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–334	329	12	152.00–190.00	$181.53	$597	—
353–392	382	17	162.00–194.00	$181.60	$694	+21.60
407–448	421	55	145.00–176.00	$166.55	$701	-1.83
452–498	475	112	150.00–177.00	$172.09	$817	-1.59
502–548	528	94	140.00–172.00	$166.08	$877	+2.10
551–597	575	89	140.00–170.00	$161.48	$929	-1.00
603–636	617	39	150.00–162.00	$154.88	$956	+0.26
650–698	678	18	155.00–161.00	$158.47	$1,074	+3.85

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–347	340	26	177.50–180.00	$178.04	$605	—
446	446	6	164.00	$164.00	$731	—
487–498	494	15	162.00–165.00	$162.99	$805	-2.01
528	528	6	157.50	$157.50	$832	+5.50
668	668	8	141.00	$141.00	$942	+3.52

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–442	440	8	100.00	$100.00	$440	—
538	538	4	115.00	$115.00	$619	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	9	147.00	$147.00	$1,141	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
754	754	7	110.50	$110.50	$833	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–342	338	18	172.50–190.00	$179.07	$605	—
377–397	392	31	187.50–190.00	$188.36	$738	+10.74
403 fancy	403	24	191.00	$191.00	$770	—
401–446	425	97	172.00–183.00	$176.06	$748	+0.31
453–499	473	221	157.00–180.00	$174.48	$825	+0.01
500–547	524	594	150.00–175.00	$166.54	$873	+1.15
550–596	575	372	150.50–168.00	$164.18	$944	-0.98
600–642	626	416	150.00–168.00	$160.69	$1,006	-0.69
651–694	673	178	157.00–163.75	$161.79	$1,089	+0.72
700–737	723	307	144.00–162.25	$158.09	$1,143	-3.99
766–796	775	52	154.00–157.00	$156.00	$1,209	+0.92
804–828	805	70	151.00–153.00	$151.09	$1,216	-1.48
850	850	16	155.00	$155.00	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	9	150.50	$150.50	$519	-15.62
358–397	378	25	140.00–170.00	$162.68	$615	-4.98
400–448	429	120	144.00–170.00	$162.61	$698	+0.90
450–498	478	274	140.00–171.00	$163.12	$780	-1.39
500–549	530	199	130.00–160.00	$152.08	$806	-4.20
550–598	576	191	140.00–161.00	$155.51	$896	+0.10
600–649	621	168	135.00–156.00	$151.18	$939	-1.42
650–694	668	118	135.00–156.00	$150.80	$1,007	+0.13
711–749	739	29	134.00–153.00	$149.34	$1,104	+1.12
750–788	770	5	127.00–136.00	$131.27	$1,011	-17.98
803–837	824	19	138.00–144.00	$139.46	$1,149	+3.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–393	384	13	120.00–135.00	$130.35	$501	-25.84
405–447	431	29	120.00–151.00	$139.13	$600	-6.47
450–498	480	27	120.00–152.00	$133.99	$643	-12.23
500–538	528	15	110.00–125.00	$122.10	$645	-14.98
552–595	570	24	120.00–142.50	$136.81	$780	-0.21
600–645	617	21	110.00–144.00	$134.23	$828	+4.23
686–694	691	8	133.00–141.00	$135.98	$940	+0.32
710–715	712	9	127.50–140.00	$134.42	$957	+14.42
755	755	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,004	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	4	141.00	$141.00	$790	-5.00
630–636	634	19	145.00	$145.00	$919	—
731–735	732	8	130.00–134.50	$133.93	$980	—
874	874	7	138.50	$138.50	$1,210	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	9	142.50	$142.50	$499	—
461	461	6	135.00	$135.00	$622	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–325	323	5	160.00–172.50	$169.99	$549	-10.01
365–375	368	4	151.00–157.00	$155.47	$572	-22.03
408–441	428	43	160.00–182.00	$175.59	$752	+8.24
455–495	473	8	154.00–159.00	$156.38	$740	-11.36
500–530	509	31	140.00–167.00	$155.24	$790	-4.42
560–590	575	18	140.00–160.00	$153.09	$880	+9.29
604–635	614	46	135.00–159.00	$149.42	$917	-6.43
655–694	684	15	138.00–151.00	$148.74	$1,017	+12.01
710–744	738	11	138.50–150.00	$145.80	$1,076	+6.57
760–785	772	10	134.50–145.00	$137.89	$1,065	—
803–835	811	4	138.00–142.00	$139.03	$1,128	—
925–947	942	4	108.00–123.00	$119.32	$1,124	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	327	3	140.00–143.00	$141.01	$461	—
417	417	10	171.00	$171.00	$713	+20.50
450–495	463	19	135.00–165.00	$150.63	$697	-3.57
552–565	556	26	130.00–157.00	$147.78	$822	+5.26
600	600	7	145.00	$145.00	$870	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–487	476	17	150.00–160.00	$152.78	$727	—
630	630	6	144.00	$144.00	$907	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–1140	750	85-90%	67	19.00–40.00	$25.30	$190	—
720–1180	947	85-90%	98	25.00–52.00	$44.96	$426	—
775–1265	1030	85-90%	223	51.00–67.00	$58.41	$602	—
805–1190	1045	85-90%	68	62.50–75.00	$68.98	$721	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1280	1148	80-85%	38	50.00–62.00	$57.63	$662	—
1000–1390	1196	80-85%	263	61.00–74.00	$67.54	$808	-1.23
1048–1375	1211	80-85%	83	72.00–82.00	$74.90	$907	-1.69

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1740	1413	75-80%	38	56.50–65.50	$62.60	$885	-17.70
1240–1700	1417	75-80%	204	66.00–77.00	$71.97	$1,020	-8.33
1325–1715	1496	75-80%	62	76.00–90.50	$82.60	$1,236	-3.09

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–2275	1608	17	77.00–92.00	$87.35	$1,405	—
1295–2390	1785	47	91.00–107.50	$99.51	$1,776	-6.89
1440–2355	1903	16	102.00–113.00	$106.80	$2,032	-11.19

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–1113	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	33	87.50–133.00	$103.65	$879
825–1175	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	85.00–124.00	$96.74	$1,013

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
647	647	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	110.00	$110.00	$712

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,014

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1215	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	700.00–1,210.00	$1,014.93
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
1015–1390	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	700.00–1,150.00	$928.50
1240–1320 fancy	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,302.39

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	750.00	$750.00
920–960	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	685.00–800.00	$748.83

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1215	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,229.13

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1020	858	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–825.00	$735.23
875–1015	914	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	600.00–900.00	$729.38
975–1195	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,025.00	$906.22

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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
1052–1482	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,133.50	+16.50
1245–1460	1353	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,075.00	$987.50	—
1383	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—
1449	1449	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,275.00	$1,275.00	-108.33
1430–1509	1461	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,178.82	—
1433–1670	1491	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,025.00–1,310.00	$1,098.21	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
879–1024	952	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	400.00–650.00	$525.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	-288.89

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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.