Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

9,191 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.39/cwt +4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,426/hd at 827 lb · 519 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.76/cwt +5.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,494/hd at 865 lb · 390 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.36/cwt +6.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,193/hd at 713 lb · 339 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,191	6,877	10,151
Feeder cattle	7,449	5,422	7,891
Slaughter cattle	1,486	1,240	1,288
Replacement cattle	256	215	972

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded 2.00 to 7.00 higher, except some yearling steers 3.00 lower early week. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	5	210.00	$210.00	$617	—
322–348	339	25	187.00–197.00	$191.82	$650	—
361–393	375	32	174.00–202.00	$186.18	$698	+3.97
400–447	431	58	174.00–195.00	$188.59	$813	+14.45
455–492	476	75	170.00–196.00	$185.25	$882	+10.80
500–545	524	100	167.00–185.00	$173.61	$910	+4.68
524 unweaned	524	7	158.00	$158.00	$828	—
558–599	576	167	160.00–185.00	$173.95	$1,002	+2.38
600–648	624	110	153.00–175.00	$164.58	$1,027	-2.82
650–698	682	193	150.00–174.00	$166.90	$1,138	+0.36
700–747	723	120	153.00–175.00	$169.81	$1,228	+5.34
750–782	767	23	150.00–174.00	$167.30	$1,283	+4.46
803–842	827	519	168.50–174.00	$172.39	$1,426	+4.58
860–888	865	390	147.00–173.25	$172.76	$1,494	+5.76
917–919	918	25	158.50–159.00	$158.64	$1,456	—
970	970	6	155.50	$155.50	$1,508	-5.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	320	30	199.00–225.00	$218.19	$698	-0.17
350–395	370	19	201.00–222.00	$212.35	$786	+2.30
400–443	417	75	192.00–213.00	$205.41	$857	+7.28
417–432 thin fleshed	425	32	215.00–218.00	$216.90	$922	—
451–498	479	93	189.00–213.00	$203.46	$975	+4.58
504–537 unweaned	514	10	174.00–176.00	$174.63	$898	—
500–548	524	197	185.00–203.00	$194.19	$1,018	+6.96
532–548 thin fleshed	543	28	213.00–215.00	$214.44	$1,164	—
551–595	568	86	180.00–194.00	$186.65	$1,060	+4.44
603–646	623	161	172.00–186.00	$179.54	$1,119	-0.80
651–692	680	46	179.00–181.50	$180.23	$1,226	+3.75
700–743	713	49	165.00–177.00	$170.41	$1,215	-4.78
750–758	752	94	177.00–179.50	$178.60	$1,343	—
800–843	819	67	167.00–178.50	$176.27	$1,444	-1.70
879	879	9	163.50	$163.50	$1,437	-16.35
909–946	919	194	165.75–171.50	$168.18	$1,546	-5.57
965	965	53	164.25	$164.25	$1,585	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	5	160.00	$160.00	$504	—
352–399	387	17	150.00–175.00	$167.64	$649	—
405–435	419	21	165.00–170.00	$165.74	$694	—
450–490	476	48	146.00–170.00	$161.83	$770	-3.17
505–543	525	23	149.00–161.00	$154.11	$809	+7.77
590–593	592	5	145.00–156.00	$148.59	$880	-8.41
620	620	5	148.00	$148.00	$918	-3.99
660–677	669	17	150.00–154.00	$152.55	$1,021	+0.80
701–709	706	9	155.00–158.00	$157.01	$1,108	—
885	885	8	153.00	$153.00	$1,354	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	7	186.00	$186.00	$885	—
710–743	727	6	150.00–153.50	$151.71	$1,103	—
805	805	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,248	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	8	149.00	$149.00	$882	-5.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	6	136.00	$136.00	$487	—
473	473	2	116.00	$116.00	$549	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,418	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–328	324	26	180.00–186.00	$181.94	$589	+6.34
350–385	375	45	163.00–198.00	$186.52	$699	+15.52
405–449	430	106	163.00–186.00	$172.72	$743	-1.88
450–498	479	163	162.00–186.00	$174.71	$837	+2.01
501–549	532	101	157.00–180.00	$166.94	$888	+2.74
551–595	573	158	153.00–170.00	$164.60	$943	-2.20
578 unweaned	578	5	146.00	$146.00	$844	—
594 fancy	594	5	194.00	$194.00	$1,152	—
602–648	631	123	149.50–172.50	$163.27	$1,030	-0.44
662–690	667	29	149.50–172.00	$166.28	$1,109	+4.00
706 value added	706	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,158	—
700–735	713	331	144.00–169.50	$167.44	$1,194	+6.75
760–775	767	18	161.00	$161.00	$1,235	-0.23
821	821	10	156.00	$156.00	$1,281	-3.00
873	873	6	143.50	$143.50	$1,253	-11.50
901–912	909	73	157.00–160.50	$159.55	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–347	344	22	164.00–169.00	$167.06	$575	+2.16
350–395	373	28	150.00–172.00	$160.74	$600	+5.56
401–445	426	77	145.00–167.00	$156.63	$667	+6.25
454–498	477	149	144.00–167.00	$155.91	$744	+5.66
500–549	525	118	140.00–162.00	$152.05	$798	+0.46
552–599	566	285	140.00–163.00	$158.34	$896	+3.83
600–648	623	94	140.00–160.00	$150.99	$941	-0.80
650–699	680	110	140.00–162.00	$156.76	$1,066	-0.52
705–749	725	125	138.00–160.00	$155.26	$1,126	+3.05
750–783	773	13	138.00–156.00	$147.21	$1,138	-8.77
809–845	815	28	138.50–151.00	$148.36	$1,209	+17.22
968	968	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	329	21	120.00–157.00	$140.67	$463	—
385	385	8	153.00	$153.00	$589	+3.00
405–445	420	12	130.00–145.00	$137.96	$579	+0.84
465–491	474	23	130.00–145.00	$142.82	$677	+4.30
510–540	524	8	120.00–140.00	$130.49	$684	-5.42
560–578	567	30	125.00–142.00	$136.87	$776	-1.54
600–640	619	51	120.00–147.00	$140.29	$868	+0.87
653	653	6	135.00–146.00	$140.50	$917	+13.95
700–745	710	36	110.00–145.00	$140.70	$999	-1.02
909	909	21	130.00	$130.00	$1,182	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	10	120.00	$120.00	$485	—
481	481	8	115.00	$115.00	$553	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	155.00	$155.00	$763	—
513–526	519	9	140.00–151.00	$146.04	$758	—
803	803	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,116	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	323	5	175.00–194.00	$178.88	$578	—
360–380	365	4	175.00–199.00	$181.25	$662	—
420–440	424	15	167.00–174.00	$168.89	$716	—
460–492	480	31	152.00–174.00	$162.97	$782	-9.43
505–549	523	52	150.00–166.00	$155.69	$814	-2.97
560–593	580	44	145.00–159.00	$153.86	$892	+1.38
605–648	626	35	139.00–158.00	$150.03	$939	+1.72
665–693	678	12	134.00–147.00	$138.92	$942	-2.67
705–730	712	16	133.50–155.00	$145.86	$1,039	+17.36
778–780	779	3	125.00–140.00	$134.99	$1,052	+1.70
898	898	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,096	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	159.00	$159.00	$681	+9.00
453–498	476	8	140.00–155.00	$147.15	$700	+11.15
518–528	524	7	140.00–145.00	$142.16	$745	+6.00
557–585	569	19	130.00–144.00	$139.60	$794	-2.40
612	612	5	139.00	$139.00	$851	-1.19
711	711	13	139.00	$139.00	$988	—
797	797	10	122.00	$122.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–435	411	7	190.00–199.00	$194.24	$798	+1.24
466	466	7	183.00	$183.00	$853	-3.00
504–513	510	11	170.00–176.00	$173.84	$887	-3.16
609–612	610	15	159.00–164.00	$161.66	$986	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1030	1027	11	105.00–114.00	$108.26	$1,112	-1.02

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542–547	545	9	127.50–130.00	$128.61	$701	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1385	1188	80-85%	23	50.00–65.50	$60.82	$723	—
1005–1440	1206	80-85%	282	57.00–75.50	$65.47	$790	+0.88
1010–1410	1218	80-85%	115	67.00–80.00	$70.62	$860	+6.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1140	899	85-90%	28	22.50–40.00	$29.60	$266	-2.34
825–1220	1013	85-90%	88	35.00–53.00	$44.35	$449	—
812–1295	1049	85-90%	188	50.00–65.50	$56.71	$595	—
900–1245	1103	85-90%	92	61.00–68.00	$62.92	$694	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1830	1425	75-80%	170	63.00–77.00	$69.20	$986	+1.53
1321–1755	1428	75-80%	25	54.00–66.00	$58.51	$836	-9.16
1321–1880	1562	75-80%	98	74.00–87.50	$80.64	$1,260	+5.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1870	1544	19	75.00–89.00	$81.83	$1,263	—
1285–2285	1696	43	85.00–102.00	$93.27	$1,582	—
1565–2300	1940	22	98.00–117.00	$104.71	$2,031	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
841–1120	912	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	75.00–127.00	$93.80	$855
1021–1388	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	90.00–112.50	$102.69	$1,201

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
918–1107	1046	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	100.50–140.00	$130.35	$1,363

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
804–1040	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	70.00–74.00	$71.52	$627

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1378	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	1,275.00–1,510.00	$1,408.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1265	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	800.00–1,225.00	$1,113.53
1083–1365	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	700.00–935.00	$827.18
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1030	958	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	775.00–900.00	$842.23
930–1080	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$830.60

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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
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1040–1400	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,075.00–1,750.00	$1,515.71	—
1085–1552	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,137.50	+12.50

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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.