Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 1, 2022

10,743 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.12/cwt +1.55 vs last sale · ≈ $988/hd at 574 lb · 617 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.02/cwt +2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,163/hd at 680 lb · 506 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $191.81/cwt +0.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,196/hd at 624 lb · 382 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,743	8,439	8,398
Feeder cattle	8,862	7,023	5,516
Slaughter cattle	1,261	1,155	1,222
Replacement cattle	620	261	1,660

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except heifers under 500 lbs early week steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, late week slaughter cows 7.00 to 12.00 higher and slaughter bulls 8.00 to 11.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–346	330	44	206.00–225.00	$214.67	$708	—
366–396	378	26	207.50–215.00	$212.95	$805	+0.11
412 value added	412	6	210.00	$210.00	$865	—
400–447	430	57	200.00–220.00	$206.62	$888	+1.05
450–499	473	122	195.00–215.00	$201.89	$955	-3.24
518 unweaned	518	14	193.50	$193.50	$1,002	—
500–549	523	152	195.00–212.00	$204.30	$1,068	+0.03
527 value added	527	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,107	+6.00
558–598	577	212	194.00–212.00	$201.55	$1,163	+3.09
593 value added	593	7	201.00	$201.00	$1,192	+0.74
608 thin fleshed	608	12	207.00	$207.00	$1,259	—
600–648	622	308	183.00–204.00	$192.64	$1,198	+1.58
624 value added	624	25	197.00	$197.00	$1,229	—
643 unweaned	643	37	176.50	$176.50	$1,135	+0.50
650–698	675	219	174.00–189.50	$184.85	$1,248	+2.87
675 value added	675	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,228	+1.41
700–749	718	331	167.00–181.50	$177.40	$1,274	-0.80
728 thin fleshed	728	14	185.00	$185.00	$1,347	—
751–796	773	116	158.50–176.00	$172.35	$1,332	+0.40
822–828	825	193	156.00–173.00	$170.37	$1,406	+4.09
865–898	879	174	166.00–169.00	$167.19	$1,470	-3.81
903–945	929	147	162.00–167.35	$166.40	$1,546	—
954–985	965	29	158.00–165.00	$162.54	$1,569	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	8	202.50	$202.50	$569	—
315	315	11	205.00	$205.00	$646	-2.90
350–380	373	17	200.00–205.00	$203.27	$758	+4.63
401–448	426	63	180.00–195.00	$188.69	$804	+3.06
461–497	472	80	178.00–195.00	$186.87	$882	-0.58
500–548	523	64	173.00–193.00	$182.06	$952	-0.42
550–598	583	190	175.00–193.00	$186.29	$1,086	+1.80
591 unweaned	591	10	179.00	$179.00	$1,058	—
600–647	621	163	163.00–182.00	$175.86	$1,092	+2.77
652–697	680	104	155.00–180.00	$170.83	$1,162	+0.60
691 value added	691	6	174.00	$174.00	$1,202	—
703–749	729	186	153.00–170.50	$165.16	$1,204	+6.88
753–798	768	169	150.00–170.50	$168.88	$1,297	+20.22
803–845	835	57	150.00–163.00	$161.85	$1,351	+15.85
880–888	884	120	158.00–169.75	$163.90	$1,449	+12.90
986–993	990	61	153.50–157.00	$155.04	$1,535	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	7	190.00	$190.00	$747	+10.00
410–425	418	3	140.00–160.00	$150.12	$628	-19.28
455–495	470	28	159.00–175.00	$168.21	$791	+6.50
552–569	563	16	165.00–171.00	$168.79	$950	+8.51
607–636	614	39	155.00–165.00	$161.63	$992	—
652	652	6	152.00	$152.00	$991	+12.99
705–722	715	5	135.00–145.00	$138.94	$993	—
835	835	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,169	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	6	170.00	$170.00	$624	+5.00
416	416	19	162.50	$162.50	$676	—
462	462	21	165.00	$165.00	$762	+2.50
503–506	504	17	157.50	$157.50	$794	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	2	160.00	$160.00	$533	—
480	480	9	160.00	$160.00	$768	—
553–568	557	7	160.00–170.00	$162.91	$907	+4.91

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	9	167.00	$167.00	$954	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–342	316	30	180.00–202.50	$190.38	$602	+7.27
350–395	361	48	173.00–190.00	$184.10	$665	+3.82
403–441	423	81	164.50–182.00	$173.64	$734	-3.09
453–497	474	73	160.00–175.00	$171.39	$812	-7.43
490 value added	490	10	173.00	$173.00	$848	—
513 unweaned	513	12	155.00	$155.00	$795	—
501–548	523	216	156.00–177.00	$171.79	$898	-0.18
552–598	574	590	165.00–177.50	$171.97	$987	+1.40
555–598 value added	576	27	174.00–177.00	$175.50	$1,011	—
606 unweaned	606	24	150.00	$150.00	$909	—
603–639	619	325	161.00–178.00	$170.79	$1,057	+4.64
639 value added	639	6	168.00	$168.00	$1,074	—
650–699	680	506	158.00–174.00	$171.02	$1,163	+2.45
700–736	721	143	146.50–170.00	$166.43	$1,200	+4.88
760–791	765	23	145.00–159.00	$156.48	$1,197	-3.52
801–836	821	36	153.50–167.50	$156.01	$1,281	+5.01
855–892	889	24	146.00–156.00	$155.20	$1,380	-0.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289	289	9	170.00	$170.00	$491	—
332–348	340	13	165.00–177.50	$171.08	$582	+0.64
370–396	390	8	151.00–167.00	$161.78	$631	-1.95
400–445	425	119	150.00–172.50	$168.55	$716	+4.22
455–496	474	179	150.00–172.00	$165.63	$785	-0.56
503–546	517	114	149.00–165.00	$159.91	$827	+1.28
550–595	575	242	140.00–166.00	$157.73	$907	-3.77
601–649	625	89	140.00–162.50	$157.58	$985	+4.28
650–695	671	101	135.00–162.50	$156.53	$1,050	+3.05
700–738	708	170	140.00–166.00	$158.31	$1,121	+8.07
760–798	774	55	139.00–154.00	$153.02	$1,184	—
820	820	37	153.50	$153.50	$1,259	—
859–874	866	15	140.00–148.00	$143.43	$1,242	+3.30
964	964	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,253	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–443	413	20	130.00–153.00	$145.45	$601	+2.73
455	455	2	143.00	$143.00	$651	—
503–527	521	18	120.00–149.00	$137.61	$717	—
557–593	576	31	130.00–152.50	$145.20	$836	-0.14
609–640	615	12	128.00–138.00	$134.80	$829	—
670–673	671	10	120.00–140.00	$131.98	$886	—
705	705	3	127.00	$127.00	$895	—
750–779	768	9	110.00–138.00	$127.65	$980	—
858–897	861	45	130.00–131.00	$130.09	$1,120	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–377	364	19	140.00–148.00	$145.82	$531	—
436	436	9	142.00	$142.00	$619	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609–618	613	12	161.00–165.50	$163.61	$1,003	—
918–935	924	3	140.00–140.50	$140.33	$1,297	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	6	150.00	$150.00	$903	—
658	658	2	141.50	$141.50	$931	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	10	206.00	$206.00	$719	—
350–355	353	2	178.00–196.00	$187.06	$660	—
405–445	433	13	165.00–190.00	$177.18	$767	-11.04
458–480	467	9	177.00–191.00	$185.49	$866	+16.84
505–546	535	32	160.00–176.00	$163.65	$876	-1.42
550–596	571	23	151.00–168.00	$160.79	$918	-7.21
620–640	630	2	154.00–159.00	$156.54	$986	-2.74
650–681	663	26	147.00–159.00	$154.10	$1,022	-1.72
720	720	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,073	—
754–773	759	10	145.00–149.00	$147.79	$1,122	-0.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	13	165.00	$165.00	$678	±0.00
454–476	472	25	156.00–165.00	$163.27	$771	-6.73
505–531	519	20	155.00–157.50	$156.04	$810	—
635	635	5	140.00	$140.00	$889	-22.50
673	673	8	146.00	$146.00	$983	—
732	732	7	136.00	$136.00	$996	—
792	792	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,014	—
821–823	822	10	121.00–124.00	$122.80	$1,009	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–447	442	22	150.00	$150.00	$663	-1.00
563	563	22	150.00	$150.00	$844	—
780	780	5	125.00	$125.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–383	368	4	202.00–211.00	$206.68	$761	—
405–449	431	21	190.00–216.00	$194.41	$838	+8.37
613	613	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,005	-18.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–990	891	85-90%	7	30.00–41.00	$37.33	$333	—
745–1185	935	85-90%	67	43.00–60.00	$51.03	$477	-0.08
750–1235	1034	85-90%	203	57.50–75.00	$67.26	$695	+6.22
780–1253	1086	85-90%	99	70.00–83.00	$78.29	$850	+9.37

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1430	1196	80-85%	195	70.00–83.00	$77.93	$932	—
1100–1325	1209	80-85%	15	60.00–71.00	$66.37	$802	+5.21
1030–1400	1230	80-85%	75	82.50–93.00	$84.98	$1,045	+23.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1517	1370	75-80%	16	63.00–75.00	$70.48	$966	—
1225–1855	1424	75-80%	196	72.00–86.00	$80.71	$1,149	+5.39
1320–1930	1486	75-80%	71	82.50–99.00	$88.14	$1,310	+6.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1720	1375	11	87.50–100.00	$91.80	$1,262	—
1240–2140	1650	32	96.50–110.00	$105.83	$1,746	—
1581–2315	1843	19	109.00–121.00	$114.04	$2,102	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1030	881	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	90.00–131.00	$117.69	$1,037
615–1173	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	75.00–110.00	$86.84	$887

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–940	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,206.67

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,022

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1125	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	800.00–900.00	$850.17
1020–1120 fancy	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,336.07
960–1380	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	114	850.00–1,300.00	$1,074.92
980–1290	1124	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	900.00–1,355.00	$1,281.34
1095–1190	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	950.00–1,075.00	$1,016.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042–1270	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,384.36
1033–1220	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,300.00–1,635.00	$1,521.43
1098–1222	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,201.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1017	1017	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–975	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$861.64
820–1210	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	735.00–1,110.00	$907.37
1083	1083	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
920–1235	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,125.00–1,435.00	$1,250.17	—
980–1090	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,625.00–1,690.00	$1,652.86	—
970–1468	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,380.00	—
1460	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1178	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00–1,360.00	$1,208.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.