Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

7,018 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.15/cwt +5.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,041/hd at 581 lb · 273 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.89/cwt +5.82 vs last sale · ≈ $935/hd at 520 lb · 272 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.30/cwt -0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,106/hd at 631 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,018	6,976	6,236
Feeder cattle	5,655	5,245	5,410
Slaughter cattle	1,179	699	708
Replacement cattle	184	1,032	118

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 4.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows early week steady to 2.00 lower, late week cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–341	322	32	216.00–234.00	$223.69	$720	+7.84
355–395	373	36	209.00–232.50	$222.89	$831	+9.30
401–438	420	85	205.00–226.00	$214.60	$901	+5.68
450–495	477	85	205.00–217.50	$207.61	$990	+5.00
501–548	521	51	196.00–211.00	$203.48	$1,060	-2.92
555–598	581	131	196.00–210.00	$202.34	$1,176	+1.22
600–648	619	140	190.00–208.00	$198.10	$1,226	+5.77
660–687	675	78	189.00–200.00	$194.91	$1,316	+4.24
700–747	722	169	174.00–196.00	$185.90	$1,342	+0.23
802–838	827	67	170.00–178.00	$175.90	$1,455	+3.53
850–873	865	95	172.00–178.00	$174.03	$1,505	+2.48
937	937	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,499	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	3	194.00–211.00	$200.78	$659	-6.78
350–395	372	22	180.00–215.00	$199.97	$744	-4.16
420–437	427	39	185.00–205.00	$197.08	$842	+10.50
455–499	479	140	184.00–204.00	$198.14	$949	+7.62
500–546	530	168	180.00–198.00	$190.31	$1,009	+1.37
550–599	573	126	180.00–198.00	$191.37	$1,097	+8.79
603–647	630	76	172.00–188.00	$184.85	$1,165	+7.53
650–695	663	110	170.00–188.00	$181.91	$1,206	+3.45
703 unweaned	703	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,090	—
701–748	729	35	169.00–182.00	$178.31	$1,300	+6.35
750–796	781	59	161.00–180.50	$176.82	$1,381	+5.95
845–847	847	29	168.00–169.00	$168.83	$1,430	+15.83
963–982	967	59	151.00–155.00	$154.17	$1,491	—
1006	1006	16	152.00	$152.00	$1,529	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	390	3	165.00–172.00	$167.27	$652	-21.46
400–430	411	5	159.00–175.00	$168.67	$693	-6.54
465–495	471	9	168.00–170.00	$169.55	$799	-3.32
505–545	526	23	155.00–173.00	$166.85	$878	+1.91
550–595	581	32	150.00–175.00	$167.34	$972	-0.33
615–645	634	6	150.00–161.50	$157.36	$998	—
650–693	679	3	148.00–156.00	$150.55	$1,022	—
706	706	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,130	—
831–845	835	12	127.00–150.00	$146.30	$1,222	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
856	856	18	138.00	$138.00	$1,181	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
639	639	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,157	—
915–918	917	4	153.50–154.00	$153.62	$1,409	—
1065	1065	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,502	—
1133	1133	4	138.50	$138.50	$1,569	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	4	174.00	$174.00	$981	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	326	24	185.00–197.00	$194.14	$633	+1.92
363–393	370	26	182.00–201.00	$194.35	$719	+10.09
400–447	423	148	179.50–195.00	$187.11	$791	+7.25
450–499	482	137	172.00–186.00	$181.42	$874	+3.48
503–545	520	272	172.00–185.00	$179.89	$935	+5.82
550–598	581	267	166.00–188.00	$179.49	$1,043	+5.94
594 unweaned	594	6	164.00	$164.00	$974	—
604–648	631	191	163.00–182.00	$175.30	$1,106	-0.31
655–682	671	50	160.00–180.00	$175.05	$1,175	+5.22
701–725	723	157	154.50–173.75	$173.18	$1,252	+12.96
753–771	768	109	157.00–171.00	$170.35	$1,308	+18.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	10	200.00	$200.00	$550	+15.00
305–345	331	23	161.00–190.00	$175.10	$580	-2.58
361–398	376	41	168.00–192.00	$185.23	$696	+5.51
405–448	431	78	159.00–175.00	$169.96	$733	+3.09
450–495	472	166	150.00–179.00	$174.05	$822	+6.94
503–545	523	90	150.00–172.50	$166.49	$871	+1.30
550–596	579	156	150.00–172.00	$166.59	$965	+4.68
610–647	635	97	155.00–168.00	$163.93	$1,041	+2.52
652–685	665	21	152.00–166.00	$162.42	$1,080	-0.67
703–740	729	10	146.00–148.00	$147.19	$1,073	+1.45
760–783	774	46	160.00–166.00	$164.07	$1,270	+2.19
864	864	15	157.00	$157.00	$1,356	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	8	165.00	$165.00	$516	+10.00
352–397	377	59	160.00–175.00	$171.88	$648	—
410–445	425	9	140.00–155.00	$146.43	$622	-8.23
460–498	479	16	122.00–157.50	$143.51	$687	+18.51
615–640	634	13	157.00–157.50	$157.39	$998	—
685–690	687	3	120.00–133.00	$128.65	$884	—
745	745	24	150.00–157.00	$155.83	$1,161	—
790	790	19	156.00	$156.00	$1,232	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–695	678	14	145.00–160.00	$150.00	$1,017	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	7	162.00	$162.00	$585	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	374	7	178.00–197.00	$190.39	$712	—
415–430	425	3	181.00–184.00	$182.69	$776	+2.96
455–498	483	40	171.00–195.00	$181.03	$874	+2.03
528–543	533	16	174.00–179.00	$175.80	$937	+0.13
570–590	587	10	155.00–175.00	$170.07	$998	+1.38
615–645	621	24	150.00–169.00	$166.24	$1,032	+6.15
658–690	678	21	150.00–169.00	$165.01	$1,119	+13.01
708–735	717	3	147.00–158.00	$154.24	$1,106	+0.86
918–940	933	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,260	+16.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–345	328	11	200.00–215.00	$207.83	$682	—
426–435	430	10	201.00–204.00	$202.78	$872	+17.78
480–485	483	6	193.00–197.00	$195.01	$942	—
515–540	526	31	184.00–186.00	$184.26	$969	-5.78
560–566	563	15	183.00–195.50	$186.82	$1,052	—
600–645	611	16	170.00–179.00	$176.23	$1,077	-0.30
655–690	678	3	178.00–186.00	$180.91	$1,227	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	8	152.50	$152.50	$576	-29.50
449	449	20	158.00	$158.00	$709	—
484–490	486	22	140.00–165.00	$158.12	$768	—
534	534	16	160.00	$160.00	$854	+10.00
558	558	15	157.50	$157.50	$879	+5.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	6	195.00	$195.00	$665	—
408–417	416	13	161.00–175.00	$172.89	$719	+5.84
482–488	484	8	150.00–165.00	$160.59	$777	-11.41
508–542	525	12	138.00–167.00	$159.87	$839	-1.58
552–598	582	27	162.50–170.00	$166.75	$970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+17.37

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1155	876	85-90%	33	35.50–55.50	$46.30	$406	—
785–1220	973	85-90%	76	54.00–68.00	$60.21	$586	—
750–1325	1032	85-90%	179	65.00–79.50	$72.37	$747	-0.52
860–1195	1087	85-90%	38	76.00–85.50	$80.56	$876	+1.50

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1013–1305	1160	80-85%	28	67.50–76.50	$72.46	$841	-0.26
1000–1360	1175	80-85%	209	73.50–89.00	$82.68	$971	+9.96
1075–1335	1231	80-85%	53	84.00–96.50	$88.13	$1,085	+0.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1755	1338	75-80%	19	72.00–78.00	$75.61	$1,012	—
1245–1725	1408	75-80%	132	75.00–90.00	$85.44	$1,203	—
1310–1855	1460	75-80%	49	87.00–97.00	$89.96	$1,313	-1.16

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2380	1478	13	80.00–99.00	$89.03	$1,316	—
1205–2365	1658	56	95.00–114.50	$106.74	$1,770	—
1475–2300	1807	30	114.00–130.00	$119.26	$2,155	+13.91

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–1180	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	107.00–141.00	$122.61	$1,073
605–1215	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	80.00–124.00	$95.19	$923

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
972	972	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00	$900.00
920–1100	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	825.00–1,075.00	$952.05
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
932–1390	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	925.00–1,300.00	$1,122.63

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
761	761	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1015	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–925.00	$824.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1232	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–1005	893	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	760.00–1,550.00	$1,411.39

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1270	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,362.50	+215.00
1368	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	-25.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	4	137.00	$137.00	$470	—
510–540	528	13	133.00–135.00	$134.53	$710	—
568–586	577	19	127.00–135.00	$132.38	$764	—
613–629	623	38	124.00–134.00	$131.47	$819	—
675–678	676	5	125.00–131.00	$127.41	$861	—
705–730	709	7	125.00–133.00	$131.82	$935	—
818–848	830	38	120.00–133.00	$129.50	$1,075	—
853	853	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,126	—

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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.