Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 14, 2022

12,429 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $177.44/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,485/hd at 837 lb · 689 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.69/cwt -0.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,453/hd at 927 lb · 467 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.09/cwt -2.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,314/hd at 816 lb · 340 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,429	13,239	11,906
Feeder cattle	10,167	10,359	9,162
Slaughter cattle	1,373	2,094	1,338
Replacement cattle	889	786	1,406

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, yearlings mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls uneven from 2.00 lower 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
321–329 fancy	326	14	245.00–255.00	$252.15	$822	—
322–347	331	28	209.00–235.00	$223.99	$741	+0.49
360–365 fancy	361	30	245.00	$245.00	$884	—
362–398	381	61	201.00–242.00	$228.70	$871	+23.01
407 thin fleshed	407	14	235.00	$235.00	$956	+10.55
400–445	421	134	195.00–230.00	$218.27	$919	+13.15
454–496	472	70	191.00–217.00	$209.25	$988	+1.78
496 unweaned	496	5	185.00	$185.00	$918	—
503–548	528	265	185.00–204.00	$194.43	$1,027	-0.71
550–595	570	154	176.00–210.00	$189.21	$1,078	+3.45
570 value added	570	12	189.00	$189.00	$1,077	—
603–647	632	150	174.50–191.00	$184.02	$1,163	+2.78
651–690	666	135	170.00–191.00	$182.73	$1,217	+0.14
702–739	716	240	164.00–187.00	$179.99	$1,289	+2.32
750–790	761	72	163.00–180.50	$177.38	$1,350	+3.00
808 fancy	808	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,414	—
809–844	837	686	173.00–182.50	$177.45	$1,485	+4.24
850–880	860	54	162.00–177.00	$170.74	$1,468	-7.21
948	948	195	170.85	$170.85	$1,620	—
987	987	16	166.00	$166.00	$1,638	—
1025	1025	27	160.00	$160.00	$1,640	-3.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	336	26	193.00–205.00	$202.20	$679	+12.13
357–358	358	12	193.00–210.00	$201.49	$721	+1.55
405–449	426	85	174.00–202.00	$189.90	$809	+7.17
451–498	479	154	177.00–201.00	$187.74	$899	+4.12
500–548	530	201	167.00–186.00	$178.91	$948	+2.94
550–598	574	306	160.00–186.00	$176.40	$1,013	+0.80
602–649	619	255	154.00–178.00	$170.48	$1,055	+2.85
650–698	676	261	150.00–179.50	$170.23	$1,151	+1.37
677–696 value added	691	20	171.00–177.00	$172.47	$1,192	—
704–748	722	124	150.00–176.00	$171.68	$1,240	+4.92
750–798	769	145	150.00–176.00	$172.21	$1,324	+5.03
805–842	830	264	166.50–173.00	$171.51	$1,424	+7.77
850–896	860	123	143.00–172.00	$169.10	$1,454	+15.05
869 value added	869	44	170.00	$170.00	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–343	337	7	150.00–165.00	$158.71	$535	—
360–375	372	5	160.00–170.00	$161.94	$602	-7.98
415–448	429	24	158.00–175.00	$169.41	$727	+5.85
450–498	480	19	150.00–171.00	$164.68	$790	+7.33
528–547	543	23	149.00–165.00	$154.27	$838	+3.14
552–599	579	50	145.00–166.00	$159.73	$925	+4.53
608–620	614	4	150.00	$150.00	$921	-2.60
660–696	681	15	145.00–152.00	$147.01	$1,001	-6.82
726–746	737	30	152.00–163.00	$161.25	$1,188	+3.80
753–798	776	8	155.00–160.00	$157.57	$1,223	+30.07
825–827	826	7	150.00–165.00	$158.58	$1,310	—
884–896	889	8	156.00–163.00	$160.35	$1,426	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	5	170.00	$170.00	$605	—
497–498	497	23	152.00–152.50	$152.28	$757	—
809	809	40	145.00	$145.00	$1,173	—
1016	1016	12	133.00	$133.00	$1,351	—
1105	1105	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,492	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611–647	623	15	155.00–156.00	$155.35	$968	-4.65

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	15	158.00	$158.00	$853	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	336	38	176.00–197.00	$188.59	$634	—
355–398	378	65	172.00–192.00	$183.75	$695	-4.21
400–446	421	170	172.00–186.00	$178.44	$751	-11.94
452–499	477	176	172.00–186.00	$176.58	$842	-0.04
501–548	522	224	160.00–179.00	$170.81	$892	+2.73
550–595	574	212	157.00–174.00	$165.52	$950	+0.59
602–647	621	119	153.00–171.00	$164.79	$1,023	-0.13
653–695	676	204	152.00–169.00	$166.85	$1,128	+10.56
710–739	726	68	155.00–168.50	$166.64	$1,210	+8.15
794	794	25	170.00	$170.00	$1,350	+4.24
809–831	816	340	160.00–162.10	$161.09	$1,314	-2.30
920–942	927	467	155.50–157.00	$156.69	$1,453	-0.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	20	169.00–177.00	$175.47	$588	+10.33
354–398	384	69	162.00–177.00	$172.19	$661	+10.64
400–448	423	108	153.00–171.00	$161.67	$684	+0.37
450–497	481	292	153.00–171.00	$162.05	$779	-0.14
500–549	522	202	145.00–162.50	$154.29	$805	-0.24
551–596	575	162	140.00–159.00	$153.59	$883	-1.01
600–648	619	182	140.00–162.00	$154.73	$958	+0.38
678 value added	678	20	159.00	$159.00	$1,078	—
653–697	679	186	138.00–162.00	$153.81	$1,044	+2.06
700–745	729	58	140.00–161.50	$156.82	$1,143	+12.55
750–788	762	45	130.00–162.50	$158.49	$1,208	+4.96
774 value added	774	34	162.00	$162.00	$1,254	—
813–839	826	10	149.00–156.00	$152.44	$1,259	+4.21
863–875	873	82	157.50–158.00	$157.93	$1,379	—
1004	1004	14	131.00	$131.00	$1,315	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–335	314	6	120.00–140.00	$132.88	$417	-19.12
400–445	416	17	120.00–152.00	$142.85	$594	-2.06
450–496	481	100	140.00–151.00	$145.89	$702	+1.97
500–545	533	42	130.00–142.00	$138.14	$736	+0.11
551–597	579	25	127.00–144.00	$137.28	$795	-2.20
586 unweaned	586	11	130.00	$130.00	$762	—
600–621	611	34	130.00–148.00	$138.05	$843	-1.86
650–693	671	35	135.00–146.00	$142.29	$955	+2.02
712	712	6	144.00	$144.00	$1,025	-7.47
755–786	768	34	139.00–148.00	$142.39	$1,094	—
841	841	26	130.00	$130.00	$1,093	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479–482	480	13	152.00–168.00	$158.18	$759	+8.18
900–945	906	8	143.00–145.50	$145.17	$1,315	+10.68

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	3	148.00	$148.00	$774	—
649	649	4	146.50	$146.50	$951	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
889	889	4	112.00	$112.00	$996	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–388	386	14	165.00–175.00	$168.58	$651	-11.68
460–498	475	30	170.00–182.00	$176.32	$838	+17.20
500–548	538	9	153.00–165.00	$158.00	$850	+5.03
558–595	576	23	154.00–162.00	$155.67	$897	-1.78
602–648	625	61	145.00–161.00	$156.16	$976	+6.74
653–685	666	5	141.00–150.00	$146.17	$973	+2.44
703–722	710	9	136.00–142.00	$140.24	$996	+2.74
750–780	764	5	140.00–145.00	$142.58	$1,089	+3.92
800–820	807	8	137.00–142.00	$138.37	$1,117	-6.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–336	333	7	151.00–163.00	$159.65	$532	—
410–425	415	14	142.00–170.00	$163.12	$677	+1.12
450–495	478	8	135.00–150.00	$144.94	$693	-8.22
553–560	556	13	145.00–158.00	$150.55	$837	+24.77
663	663	8	130.00	$130.00	$862	-8.64
858	858	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	8	206.00	$206.00	$779	+14.00
409	409	5	195.00	$195.00	$798	—
611–635	629	13	159.00–164.00	$160.12	$1,007	-5.17
662	662	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1260–1805	1395	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,400.00–2,400.00	$2,048.28	—
1150–1755	1469	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	1,350.00–2,100.00	$1,637.53	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	7	140.00	$140.00	$787	±0.00
664	664	7	130.00	$130.00	$863	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–941	941	8	122.00–123.00	$122.25	$1,150	—
1107	1107	3	90.00	$90.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310–1525	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,350.00–2,550.00	$2,470.70	+644.52
1430–1750	1576	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	2,500.00–2,750.00	$2,572.05	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1340	1049	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,213.76	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1440–1805	1623	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,600.00–2,450.00	$2,072.80	—
1820–1940	1880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,083.78	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1245	1218	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,636.39	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1190	884	85-90%	35	22.00–36.00	$29.58	$261	—
710–1240	961	85-90%	97	32.50–51.00	$42.48	$408	+0.15
840–1245	1043	85-90%	56	59.00–67.50	$61.91	$646	+5.99
710–1290	1057	85-90%	226	48.00–63.00	$54.79	$579	-9.09

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1325	1142	80-85%	18	47.00–62.50	$56.81	$649	—
1005–1430	1196	80-85%	223	57.00–71.00	$64.36	$770	+0.38
1025–1353	1231	80-85%	127	67.00–77.00	$70.14	$863	+1.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1485	1396	75-80%	12	58.00–63.00	$60.60	$846	—
1225–1800	1434	75-80%	184	61.00–73.00	$68.65	$984	+1.68
1310–1790	1499	75-80%	69	72.00–83.50	$74.83	$1,122	+15.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1385	1360	4	75.50–84.50	$79.52	$1,081	—
1305–2145	1654	32	84.00–103.00	$91.53	$1,514	-0.96
1485–2055	1751	13	95.50–109.00	$100.71	$1,763	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1065	904	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	114.00–127.00	$121.89	$1,102
815–1185	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	77.00–109.00	$84.38	$849

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
908–1098	977	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,320.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1440	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	800.00–1,025.00	$950.61
935–1122	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	850.00–1,325.00	$1,191.82
940–1453	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	147	800.00–1,485.00	$1,264.56
995–1445	1148	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	750.00–1,075.00	$865.41
1235–1390	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	750.00–900.00	$829.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1470	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	550.00–1,025.00	$851.16
1022–1260	1103	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	675.00–825.00	$764.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1159–1249	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,574.49

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1182–1289	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	850.00–900.00	$873.30
1205–1302	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,382.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
876–976	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	685.00–875.00	$831.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
918	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–890	787	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	825.00–1,025.00	$950.90
835–955	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,200.00	$1,009.14
820–1270	1044	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	800.00–1,450.00	$1,220.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1040	953	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,102.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–960	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	750.00–875.00	$834.21

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1050–1460	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,334.38	—
910–1955	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	1,075.00–1,625.00	$1,408.33	—
1150–1410	1323	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,466.67	—
1326	1326	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1331–1448	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,107.14	—
1203–1544	1374	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	32	1,200.00–1,475.00	$1,348.44	—
1388–1400	1392	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,475.00–1,485.00	$1,481.67	—
1235–1655	1487	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,255.56	—
1529	1529	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1400	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,650.00–2,250.00	$1,893.75	—
1399	1399	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1513–1710	1579	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,725.00–1,800.00	$1,775.00	—

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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.