Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 8, 2022

6,642 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.75/cwt +0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 530 lb · 248 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $163.86/cwt -2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,521/hd at 928 lb · 187 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.76/cwt -2.36 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 568 lb · 179 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,642	10,743	5,749
Feeder cattle	5,093	8,862	4,991
Slaughter cattle	1,048	1,261	623
Replacement cattle	501	620	135

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers were mixed 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with some light weight calves 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 10.00 higher and bulls steady to 7.00 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
320–348	336	17	215.00–232.00	$225.34	$757	+10.67
357–390	375	11	220.00–225.00	$222.84	$836	+9.89
407–436	422	27	197.50–215.00	$200.63	$847	-5.99
445 fancy	445	5	222.00	$222.00	$988	—
451–487	472	96	195.00–212.00	$202.41	$955	+0.52
501–546	531	118	192.00–211.00	$202.12	$1,073	-2.18
543 unweaned	543	4	188.00	$188.00	$1,021	-5.50
550–595	566	64	192.00–205.50	$195.35	$1,106	-6.20
600–649	632	131	184.00–200.00	$190.51	$1,204	-2.13
658–681	671	91	183.00–185.50	$184.24	$1,236	-0.61
703–745	732	122	165.00–183.00	$177.23	$1,297	-0.17
762	762	13	173.00	$173.00	$1,318	+0.65
802–828	812	8	165.00–170.00	$168.09	$1,365	-2.28
912–948	928	187	163.00–164.10	$163.86	$1,521	-2.54
987	987	16	154.50	$154.50	$1,525	-8.04
1010	1010	25	159.00	$159.00	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	369	21	190.00–210.00	$204.82	$756	+1.55
400–449	433	88	180.00–197.00	$188.67	$817	-0.02
451–498	483	64	180.00–197.00	$191.80	$926	+4.93
500–546	521	121	175.00–190.00	$183.43	$956	+1.37
552–599	570	145	174.00–191.00	$182.26	$1,039	-4.03
600–647	626	89	165.00–182.00	$175.95	$1,101	+0.09
653–698	677	117	165.00–181.00	$175.10	$1,185	+4.27
735	735	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,213	-0.16
760–792	776	83	152.00–169.50	$167.94	$1,303	-0.94
870–895	874	21	148.00–163.00	$160.80	$1,405	-3.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	4	186.00	$186.00	$621	—
455–486	478	43	166.00–180.00	$172.83	$826	+4.62
500–548	528	19	168.00–172.00	$171.07	$903	—
578–595	585	10	156.00–172.50	$162.72	$952	-6.07
657–681	664	11	163.00–170.00	$164.96	$1,095	+12.96

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	7	180.00	$180.00	$594	—
490	490	16	155.00–160.00	$157.19	$770	-7.81
525	525	6	153.00	$153.00	$803	-4.50
688	688	7	145.00	$145.00	$998	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,087	—
753	753	9	164.00	$164.00	$1,235	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	8	202.50	$202.50	$597	—
335–338	336	7	200.00–202.50	$201.42	$677	+11.04
353–393	378	45	174.00–207.50	$196.24	$742	+12.14
400–449	429	100	168.00–194.00	$178.37	$765	+4.73
452–498	478	102	164.00–182.00	$176.48	$844	+5.09
501–547	530	248	160.00–180.00	$171.75	$910	-0.04
550–599	568	179	155.00–179.00	$169.76	$964	-2.21
600–647	627	176	150.00–178.00	$170.12	$1,067	-0.67
650–683	666	123	166.00–173.00	$169.52	$1,129	-1.50
700–748	729	28	146.00–167.00	$162.11	$1,182	-4.32
780	780	24	161.00	$161.00	$1,256	+4.52
815	815	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,125	-18.01
960	960	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,344	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289–295	292	7	155.00–169.00	$161.07	$470	-8.93
323–340	329	31	161.00–185.00	$171.46	$564	+0.38
354–397	372	64	155.00–187.50	$176.46	$656	+14.68
401–447	426	106	160.00–175.00	$166.70	$710	-1.85
453–499	477	161	150.00–176.00	$166.81	$796	+1.18
500–544	519	86	150.00–165.00	$158.14	$821	-1.77
555–598	576	132	140.00–167.00	$159.87	$921	+2.14
605–647	625	51	140.00–163.00	$155.62	$973	-1.96
670–696	690	63	135.00–162.00	$154.58	$1,067	-1.95
710–739	737	24	138.00–156.00	$148.89	$1,097	-9.42
757	757	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,196	+4.98
848	848	8	148.00	$148.00	$1,255	-5.50
858	858	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,158	-8.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	368	12	140.00–160.00	$154.97	$570	—
434	434	9	159.00	$159.00	$690	+13.55
463–496	483	21	142.00–158.00	$151.57	$732	+8.57
511–538	516	31	132.00–151.00	$137.93	$712	+0.32
558–581	573	29	137.00–149.00	$146.47	$839	+1.27
631	631	10	140.00	$140.00	$883	+5.20
889	889	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,191	+3.91

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–490	483	24	130.00–135.00	$133.80	$646	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	160.00	$160.00	$771	—
720	720	4	135.00	$135.00	$972	—
812	812	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,056	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	428	22	183.00–195.00	$191.33	$819	-3.08
452–490	469	21	180.00–200.00	$191.79	$899	—
500–548	526	15	183.00–195.00	$187.98	$989	—
560–565	564	4	180.00–190.00	$182.48	$1,029	—
650–656	654	11	165.00–169.00	$166.64	$1,090	—
715	715	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,108	—
815	815	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–378	376	7	180.00–184.00	$180.55	$679	-6.51
415–418	416	10	170.00–175.00	$173.49	$722	-3.69
540–542	542	11	165.00–169.00	$168.64	$914	+4.99
550–593	567	16	155.00–181.00	$170.77	$968	+9.98
601–629	617	9	150.00	$150.00	$926	-6.54
654–672	665	10	150.00–169.00	$157.48	$1,047	+3.38
711	711	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,017	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	4	179.00	$179.00	$607	—
400–435	429	18	160.00	$160.00	$686	-5.00
528–536	531	13	153.00–157.00	$154.55	$821	-1.49
550–596	575	25	151.00–166.00	$158.38	$911	—
882	882	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,155	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	11	170.00	$170.00	$617	—
508	508	9	150.00	$150.00	$762	—
572–594	578	19	140.00–150.00	$147.29	$851	-2.71

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
891–1255	1091	80-85%	10	63.50–73.00	$69.71	$761	—
915–1425	1175	80-85%	181	76.00–90.00	$81.21	$954	+3.28
1057–1460	1239	80-85%	109	84.00–97.00	$88.55	$1,097	+3.57
1360	1360	80-85%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,401	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1015	813	85-90%	20	35.00–49.50	$41.80	$340	—
750–1425	986	85-90%	41	52.50–65.00	$57.92	$571	—
773–1370	1057	85-90%	130	62.00–78.00	$70.34	$743	-7.95
975–1212	1085	85-90%	42	76.00–83.50	$79.54	$863	+1.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1785	1414	75-80%	103	77.00–91.00	$83.93	$1,187	+3.22
1395–1545	1470	75-80%	2	74.00–75.00	$74.47	$1,095	-13.67
1195–2060	1620	75-80%	112	88.00–100.00	$93.45	$1,514	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1785	1396	13	84.50–95.00	$91.26	$1,274	-0.54
1280–2310	1684	29	97.00–112.00	$106.39	$1,792	+0.56
1505–2220	1819	22	114.00–125.00	$118.79	$2,161	+4.75

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1040	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	90.00–135.00	$116.72	$1,056
855–1175	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	77.00–108.00	$89.92	$879

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–850	819	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	75.00–87.50	$80.88	$662
952	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	78.00	$78.00	$743

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1035	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–130.00	$124.66	$1,209
1016	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	107.50	$107.50	$1,092

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
827	827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	69.00	$69.00	$571

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205–1335	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	111.00–112.00	$111.53	$1,416

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	1,085.00	$1,085.00
878–1200	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	710.00–1,000.00	$901.60
1005–1355	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	129	900.00–1,350.00	$1,145.19
1095–1250	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	900.00–1,075.00	$986.43

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–900	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	725.00–900.00	$818.67
922	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	435.00	$435.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	94.00	$94.00	$987
1085–1145	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	84.00–88.00	$85.96	$950

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1095	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	775.00–875.00	$823.01

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–855	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
795–995	868	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	750.00–1,100.00	$903.69
885–1255	1084	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–1,325.00	$985.41

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–885	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–875.00	$817.66

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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
875–1185	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	45	1,125.00–1,425.00	$1,350.56	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1060–1300	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,246.43	-133.57
1177	1177	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—
1350–1490	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,500.00	$1,412.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–875	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	675.00–950.00	$879.17	—
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	970.00	$970.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1583	1583	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1708	1708	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1205	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$1,016.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
808	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–434	432	11	121.00–127.00	$123.16	$532	—
498	498	5	130.00	$130.00	$647	—
505	505	6	138.00	$138.00	$697	—
652–685	663	12	113.50–129.00	$118.84	$788	—
724–730	729	17	131.00–139.00	$136.41	$994	—
828–848	830	33	130.00	$130.00	$1,079	—
864–897	875	25	129.00–130.00	$129.33	$1,132	—
926	926	16	132.00	$132.00	$1,222	—
965	965	38	126.00	$126.00	$1,216	—

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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.