Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

8,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $173.66/cwt -2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,431/hd at 824 lb · 217 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $158.14/cwt -0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $990/hd at 626 lb · 189 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $178.34/cwt +3.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,297/hd at 727 lb · 164 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,000	8,861	7,126
Feeder cattle	6,268	7,238	4,477
Slaughter cattle	1,530	1,458	1,440
Replacement cattle	202	165	1,209

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week steers steady to 4.00 higher and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher; late week steers under 700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to firm and heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–325	311	17	200.00–205.00	$201.11	$625	+1.11
361–390	382	58	202.00–215.00	$212.33	$811	+5.97
405 thin fleshed	405	14	216.00	$216.00	$875	—
401–439	423	63	179.00–209.00	$197.50	$835	+1.29
455–498	480	75	185.00–195.00	$190.13	$913	-5.04
500–540	518	92	175.00–182.00	$177.94	$922	-14.50
520 unweaned	520	11	175.00	$175.00	$910	—
534 thin fleshed	534	12	192.00	$192.00	$1,025	—
552 unweaned	552	5	160.00	$160.00	$883	—
550–594	569	99	173.00–194.00	$181.64	$1,034	-0.57
613 thin fleshed	613	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,165	—
601–634	627	97	175.00–186.50	$185.57	$1,164	+0.07
650–697	666	73	161.00–188.50	$183.24	$1,220	+0.22
700–748	727	164	166.00–187.00	$178.34	$1,297	+3.87
763–781	770	152	161.00–179.75	$176.44	$1,359	+5.79
803–837	824	217	160.50–178.00	$173.66	$1,431	-2.20
850–880	865	54	152.00–177.50	$171.10	$1,480	+1.48
920	920	34	174.40	$174.40	$1,604	+11.23
963–966	965	57	163.00–167.00	$165.46	$1,597	+3.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	335	25	175.00–200.00	$185.76	$622	-4.07
350–391	370	55	175.00–195.00	$187.78	$695	+0.32
400–440	425	33	176.00–187.50	$185.51	$788	+0.03
456–498	475	119	161.00–188.00	$182.05	$865	+3.18
500–548	520	87	160.00–175.00	$169.03	$879	-9.81
550–598	577	105	160.00–175.00	$170.41	$983	-3.49
600–645	619	99	157.00–177.00	$169.43	$1,049	-1.57
651–683	667	83	150.00–177.00	$170.45	$1,137	-2.83
702–727	715	130	166.00–172.00	$169.87	$1,215	+3.88
755–797	777	144	150.00–174.50	$170.41	$1,324	+1.00
801–844	816	14	136.00–153.00	$146.72	$1,197	-20.88
916–937	926	134	145.00–163.00	$157.35	$1,457	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–358	356	25	160.00–170.00	$166.03	$591	-12.61
406–449	429	94	156.00–177.00	$172.14	$738	+1.35
451–499	477	141	140.00–177.50	$172.23	$822	+2.11
505–540	526	31	130.00–160.00	$157.64	$829	-5.35
570–594	584	61	145.00–162.00	$159.15	$929	-3.91
602–642	631	84	155.00–165.00	$158.13	$998	+0.77
662–698	682	43	151.00–166.00	$158.09	$1,078	-4.58
876	876	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,209	-4.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–448	435	23	150.00–160.00	$157.85	$687	-0.65
477–490	481	26	120.00–160.00	$150.17	$722	-4.77
506–530	520	31	130.00–158.00	$144.26	$750	—
551	551	11	150.00	$150.00	$826	-2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
666	666	7	161.00	$161.00	$1,072	—
787	787	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,220	—
900–915	905	3	153.00–156.00	$154.67	$1,400	+7.67
1000–1005	1003	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,464	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,285	—
934	934	7	152.00	$152.00	$1,420	+0.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	15	145.00–173.00	$167.49	$546	+2.46
376–397	387	31	154.00–172.00	$167.62	$649	+0.32
403–445	420	102	140.00–162.00	$152.62	$641	-2.07
450–494	475	140	140.00–162.00	$154.58	$734	-1.04
500–542	520	121	140.00–159.00	$152.64	$794	-2.51
552–599	580	155	140.00–159.00	$153.28	$889	-2.40
600–648	626	189	141.00–163.00	$158.14	$990	-0.48
650–695	686	19	137.00–159.00	$149.85	$1,028	-6.69
701–748	725	51	135.00–160.00	$154.08	$1,117	-0.10
759–798	779	26	157.00–161.00	$158.73	$1,237	+0.88
810	810	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,094	-8.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–340	335	29	160.00–188.00	$175.27	$587	-6.73
410–443	427	90	154.00–177.00	$171.42	$732	+3.64
472 unweaned	472	8	158.00	$158.00	$746	+7.00
477 value added	477	20	170.00	$170.00	$811	—
451–497	480	98	158.00–172.00	$164.75	$791	-0.44
500–545	520	74	151.50–173.00	$162.97	$847	-2.83
557–590	574	73	153.50–170.00	$163.99	$941	-0.12
621 unweaned	621	4	145.50	$145.50	$904	—
600–627	624	152	147.00–172.00	$167.43	$1,045	+1.58
650–698	666	31	146.00–170.00	$166.29	$1,107	+3.94
718 fancy	718	16	161.00	$161.00	$1,156	—
725–738	732	32	165.00–166.00	$165.57	$1,212	+0.23
809–846	832	32	158.00–160.00	$159.30	$1,325	+3.04
885	885	27	158.50	$158.50	$1,403	—
902–925	906	25	148.00–149.00	$148.16	$1,342	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	329	26	150.00–160.00	$157.99	$520	+4.95
353–385	366	36	122.00–152.00	$146.03	$534	-12.32
415–449	431	41	140.00–145.00	$142.23	$613	+6.94
454–495	468	82	110.00–147.00	$141.35	$662	-0.49
506–543	519	70	135.00–149.00	$142.94	$742	+1.33
550–597	574	52	110.00–147.50	$140.76	$808	-0.90
605–636	624	52	115.00–150.00	$143.93	$898	+6.58
653–694	688	36	125.00–147.00	$142.73	$982	-6.90
757	757	7	147.00	$147.00	$1,113	+0.61
807	807	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,138	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	369	38	130.00–146.00	$137.02	$506	-4.79
487	487	17	127.50	$127.50	$621	—
511–523	516	17	130.00–132.00	$130.83	$675	—
614–621	617	32	134.00–135.00	$134.44	$829	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	370	5	156.00–176.00	$167.68	$620	-12.32
415–425	418	4	159.00–160.00	$159.75	$668	-15.13
450–495	469	29	160.00–172.00	$170.17	$798	+0.17
511–540	522	39	150.00–169.00	$156.73	$818	-0.85
550–597	570	26	150.00–167.00	$159.05	$907	+9.38
604–643	621	17	145.00–159.00	$154.13	$957	+5.56
644 unweaned	644	4	140.00	$140.00	$902	-7.00
650–680	661	16	135.00–150.00	$143.79	$950	+3.47
705–738	722	7	138.00–146.00	$142.06	$1,026	+8.76
778–790	782	3	134.00–137.00	$135.01	$1,056	+4.78
800–840	820	4	127.00–142.00	$134.32	$1,101	-0.05
920–945	928	3	116.00–119.00	$117.98	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	14	165.00	$165.00	$579	—
429	429	6	152.00	$152.00	$652	+1.18
453–495	474	22	146.00–167.50	$156.74	$743	+8.27
527–541	536	12	147.00–156.00	$153.05	$820	+11.34
590–593	592	9	142.00–145.00	$143.00	$847	-4.66
613–638	616	15	139.00–141.00	$140.72	$867	+15.72
690	690	5	130.00	$130.00	$897	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–448	443	41	150.00–155.00	$150.57	$667	—
470–494	488	13	142.50–145.00	$143.06	$698	+13.06
535–547	543	25	132.00–140.00	$134.11	$728	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538–548	540	10	162.00–177.00	$165.04	$891	—
578–598	585	11	162.00–167.50	$164.04	$960	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1210	836	85-90%	65	20.00–45.00	$29.92	$250	-7.06
715–1220	999	85-90%	130	39.00–59.00	$49.94	$499	—
770–1215	1060	85-90%	57	64.00–74.50	$68.52	$726	+2.99
755–1275	1081	85-90%	217	55.00–69.50	$60.87	$658	-4.66

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1305	1203	80-85%	37	53.00–67.00	$60.21	$724	-17.42
1000–1445	1214	80-85%	277	57.50–78.50	$67.68	$822	-5.55
1035–1520	1223	80-85%	56	71.00–80.00	$73.54	$899	+0.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1840	1419	75-80%	35	57.00–67.00	$62.68	$889	-13.60
1315–1730	1431	75-80%	166	65.00–81.00	$71.37	$1,021	-4.91
1320–1930	1542	75-80%	52	73.50–93.00	$80.33	$1,239	-3.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–2115	1498	20	72.00–94.00	$86.76	$1,300	—
1300–2230	1676	63	91.00–110.50	$100.01	$1,676	—
1375–2150	1758	16	104.00–115.00	$109.13	$1,919	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–1187	892	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	108.00–123.00	$115.90	$1,034
744–1275	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	81.50–121.00	$96.23	$918

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
867–1122	1026	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	130.00–140.00	$135.17	$1,387

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1180	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	860.00–900.00	$885.49
965–1500	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	925.00–1,275.00	$1,074.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1040	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	735.00–860.00	$835.69

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1315	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,257.01

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–832	797	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	800.00–935.00	$862.84
1113–1125	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,250.18

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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
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
960–1190	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,150.00–1,535.00	$1,447.00	—
1470	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1473	1473	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1440–1625	1536	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,508.75	—

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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.