Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 25, 2022

8,439 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $178.20/cwt +3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,281/hd at 719 lb · 564 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $190.84/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,198/hd at 628 lb · 555 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.15/cwt +5.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,040/hd at 626 lb · 381 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,439	12,617	6,514
Feeder cattle	7,023	10,584	5,590
Slaughter cattle	1,155	1,683	698
Replacement cattle	261	350	226

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifer calves 2.00 to 7.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher, with heavy weight steers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, spots up to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390	371	13	200.00–218.00	$212.84	$790	—
404–447	424	62	190.00–215.00	$205.57	$872	+2.17
455–498	477	68	195.00–212.00	$205.13	$978	+5.49
495 value added	495	8	202.00	$202.00	$1,000	—
511–517 fancy	513	16	211.00–214.00	$211.76	$1,086	—
517 value added	517	9	204.00	$204.00	$1,055	—
505–546	531	129	191.00–210.00	$204.27	$1,085	+5.50
550–596	575	158	191.00–208.00	$198.46	$1,141	-0.96
587–593 value added	591	27	195.00–208.00	$200.26	$1,184	—
612 unweaned	612	8	176.00	$176.00	$1,077	—
600–648	628	547	181.00–196.50	$191.06	$1,200	+4.38
661–694	674	259	172.00–188.00	$181.98	$1,227	-1.83
674–693 value added	682	47	180.00–181.00	$180.59	$1,232	—
700–748	719	564	164.00–184.00	$178.20	$1,281	+5.22
750–791	782	41	158.00–174.50	$171.95	$1,345	+0.90
788 value added	788	13	172.00	$172.00	$1,355	—
800–845	820	176	164.00–171.50	$166.28	$1,363	-0.91
824 value added	824	8	154.00	$154.00	$1,269	—
858	858	36	171.00	$171.00	$1,467	+5.81
1030	1030	122	156.35	$156.35	$1,610	+2.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	88	200.00–215.00	$207.90	$686	—
355–396	370	31	171.00–207.50	$198.64	$735	-0.50
400–449	432	63	174.00–191.00	$185.63	$802	-0.72
450–497	468	65	176.50–190.00	$187.45	$877	+3.15
506–541	523	78	175.00–190.00	$182.48	$954	+1.10
531 value added	531	5	186.00	$186.00	$988	—
554–598	571	142	169.00–190.00	$184.49	$1,053	+5.10
605–646	631	84	165.00–179.00	$173.09	$1,092	+1.84
656–695	676	318	154.00–180.00	$170.23	$1,151	-2.66
702–749	725	23	149.00–168.00	$158.28	$1,148	-7.23
755–796	788	5	143.00–150.00	$148.66	$1,171	-17.38
838	838	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,223	-15.64
857	857	7	151.00	$151.00	$1,294	-9.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	194.00	$194.00	$660	+12.47
374–398	382	9	180.00	$180.00	$688	-1.60
435–436	436	10	167.00–175.00	$169.40	$739	+2.85
460–490	476	8	155.00–166.00	$161.71	$770	-10.38
533–536	535	7	150.00–157.50	$155.37	$831	-10.71
560–595	574	10	145.00–167.50	$160.28	$920	-1.20
655–657	657	4	130.00–142.00	$139.01	$913	-19.46
908	908	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,180	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	18	158.00	$158.00	$899	—
687	687	19	153.00	$153.00	$1,051	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	9	165.00	$165.00	$653	—
468	468	5	162.50	$162.50	$760	-0.49
561–565	563	12	150.00–155.00	$152.93	$861	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
948	948	12	124.75	$124.75	$1,183	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
987	987	10	143.00	$143.00	$1,411	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–299	281	25	197.50–204.00	$198.89	$559	—
328–343	341	26	181.00–200.00	$183.11	$624	+4.04
379 fancy	379	6	200.00	$200.00	$758	—
372–389	385	40	168.00–186.00	$180.28	$694	-8.08
401 fancy	401	9	199.00	$199.00	$798	+8.00
400–437	424	55	160.00–185.00	$176.73	$749	+0.67
457–498	474	159	164.00–184.00	$178.82	$848	+4.34
505–549	524	157	159.50–180.00	$171.97	$901	+5.43
531 fancy	531	21	176.50	$176.50	$937	—
550–596	575	272	158.00–175.00	$170.57	$981	+6.39
600–649	626	381	152.00–173.50	$166.15	$1,040	+5.46
650–678	667	161	147.00–173.00	$168.57	$1,124	+6.78
707–749	725	83	146.00–168.00	$161.55	$1,171	+3.46
730 value added	730	6	156.00	$156.00	$1,139	—
779	779	16	160.00	$160.00	$1,246	+4.00
802	802	14	151.00	$151.00	$1,211	-0.09
887	887	51	155.50	$155.50	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–345	333	52	154.00–175.00	$170.44	$568	+19.94
379–395	380	19	153.00–171.00	$163.73	$622	+1.05
400–448	428	80	140.00–175.00	$164.33	$703	+1.72
450–498	475	98	140.00–175.00	$166.19	$789	+3.07
503–545	528	86	148.00–165.00	$158.63	$838	+6.55
552–598	577	208	130.00–165.00	$161.50	$932	+5.99
600–646	635	81	138.50–159.00	$153.30	$973	+2.12
650–694	673	88	130.00–160.00	$153.48	$1,033	+2.68
710–738	736	42	140.00–151.00	$150.24	$1,106	+0.90
860–871	864	8	139.00–142.00	$140.13	$1,211	—
950	950	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,282	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–393	377	12	125.00–152.50	$144.33	$544	+13.98
408–433	419	7	142.50–143.00	$142.72	$598	+3.59
496	496	9	153.00	$153.00	$759	+19.01
551–590	558	13	124.00–150.00	$145.34	$811	+8.53
849	849	16	134.50	$134.50	$1,142	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
923–945	930	4	120.00–133.00	$126.77	$1,179	—
1155	1155	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,270	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	198.00	$198.00	$786	+42.53
425–449	437	10	180.00–196.00	$188.22	$823	+12.63
460–485	473	4	163.00–174.00	$168.65	$798	+12.27
513–530	522	9	156.00–170.00	$165.07	$862	+9.83
570	570	3	168.00	$168.00	$958	+14.91
610–648	628	11	141.00–169.00	$159.28	$1,000	+9.86
655–695	672	8	146.00–164.00	$155.82	$1,047	+7.08
765–788	780	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,154	+10.11
865–885	875	2	120.00–126.00	$122.97	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441–443	442	12	185.00–187.50	$186.04	$822	—
456–467	462	15	180.00–197.00	$187.61	$867	—
555	555	2	176.00	$176.00	$977	—
625	625	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	10	175.00	$175.00	$611	+33.99
420	420	6	165.00	$165.00	$693	-6.00
480	480	4	170.00	$170.00	$816	+19.37
600	600	5	162.50	$162.50	$975	+17.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	151.00	$151.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1075	906	85-90%	19	30.00–41.00	$36.63	$332	—
725–1195	923	85-90%	48	44.00–58.00	$51.11	$472	+6.15
740–1283	1045	85-90%	229	53.00–66.00	$61.04	$638	-7.94
745–1185	1055	85-90%	50	66.00–75.00	$68.92	$727	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1370	1201	80-85%	163	61.00–77.50	$69.86	$839	-5.04
1005–1340	1202	80-85%	26	55.00–66.00	$61.16	$735	-13.74
1005–1390	1255	80-85%	62	72.00–82.00	$74.58	$936	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1650	1405	75-80%	21	55.00–71.00	$65.00	$913	+2.40
1270–1700	1436	75-80%	122	67.00–81.00	$75.32	$1,082	+3.35
1315–1975	1486	75-80%	60	78.00–96.00	$81.44	$1,210	-1.16

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2155	1478	29	71.00–94.00	$84.99	$1,256	—
1305–2015	1719	28	91.00–107.00	$98.65	$1,696	—
1570–2300	1883	9	102.00–111.00	$105.01	$1,977	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1165	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	74.00–109.00	$89.83	$829
720–1180	1008	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	90.00–125.00	$111.39	$1,123

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1063–1100	1082	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	119.00–126.00	$122.56	$1,326

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
787	787	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	75.00	$75.00	$590

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1100	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	675.00–975.00	$804.80
820–1390	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	700.00–1,300.00	$1,042.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1160	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	600.00–900.00	$804.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00	$600.00
780–790	784	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	695.00–875.00	$797.30

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1320	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,285.00–1,300.00	$1,286.29

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–865	841	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	710.00–1,060.00	$900.94
940–1215	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,140.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
693	693	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00

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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
1197–1265	1214	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,100.00	$987.50	—
1200–1425	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.00	—
1350–1425	1384	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,110.00–1,325.00	$1,222.00	+137.00
1185–1498	1397	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,235.00	+150.00
1394–1465	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,325.00–1,525.00	$1,413.89	+138.89
1600–1660	1620	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,385.00	$1,378.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1173	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	10	122.00	$122.00	$797	—
740	740	13	118.00	$118.00	$873	—
754–780	766	20	101.00–114.00	$111.56	$855	—
820	820	4	113.00	$113.00	$927	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	4	95.00	$95.00	$684	—
853	853	2	96.00	$96.00	$819	—

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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.