Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

15,069 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $183.21/cwt -4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,145/hd at 625 lb · 684 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $203.44/cwt +5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,065/hd at 524 lb · 517 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $183.07/cwt +6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,580/hd at 863 lb · 463 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	15,069	20,051	14,108
Feeder cattle	13,193	18,195	12,592
Slaughter cattle	1,537	1,623	1,190
Replacement cattle	339	233	326

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher, some yearling steers late week steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughters cows mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	329	16	201.00–245.00	$226.76	$746	—
356–399	379	66	201.00–247.50	$227.32	$862	+5.23
391 fancy	391	20	260.00	$260.00	$1,017	—
415 thin fleshed	415	10	243.00	$243.00	$1,008	—
402–440	419	82	200.00–236.00	$222.55	$932	+6.53
466 fancy	466	36	224.50	$224.50	$1,046	—
451–499	467	236	193.00–224.00	$214.66	$1,002	+6.04
501 unweaned	501	10	180.00	$180.00	$902	—
500–549	524	507	185.00–213.00	$203.90	$1,068	+6.43
550–598	573	308	185.00–200.00	$193.03	$1,106	-0.21
600–647	625	684	174.00–191.00	$183.21	$1,145	+0.13
650–698	668	186	170.00–189.00	$179.29	$1,198	-4.34
700–746	723	407	168.00–185.00	$179.57	$1,298	+0.93
750–797	782	317	169.50–182.25	$180.47	$1,411	+0.40
810–845	832	247	166.00–178.50	$175.85	$1,463	+2.60
854–889	863	463	166.50–187.25	$183.07	$1,580	+6.28
900–906	904	70	169.00–176.00	$174.09	$1,574	+4.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	317	6	193.00–200.00	$194.11	$615	-7.78
350–399	380	29	182.00–217.50	$205.84	$782	+1.65
402–448	424	136	173.00–207.00	$193.32	$820	-0.15
451–498	472	179	170.00–207.50	$193.73	$914	+1.89
500–549	525	315	170.00–190.00	$184.01	$966	+0.88
550–599	573	419	162.00–191.00	$182.55	$1,046	+0.95
600–648	628	395	160.00–180.00	$172.91	$1,086	-1.66
650–698	676	336	154.00–180.00	$172.87	$1,169	-0.62
688 unweaned	688	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,032	±0.00
702–746	718	300	150.00–180.00	$171.48	$1,231	+2.79
750–798	773	249	150.00–177.00	$173.52	$1,341	+1.24
800–842	824	91	148.00–175.00	$170.77	$1,407	+0.16
853–899	887	95	150.00–175.25	$171.40	$1,520	+0.29
906	906	10	167.00	$167.00	$1,513	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	328	15	185.00–192.00	$188.70	$619	-1.30
366–398	385	28	180.00–200.00	$190.22	$732	+5.85
433 value added	433	14	180.00	$180.00	$779	—
443–448	446	4	170.00–173.00	$171.49	$765	+0.96
463–488	478	29	155.00–181.00	$175.47	$839	+7.90
501–545	520	49	150.00–170.00	$166.57	$866	+5.72
556–598	586	90	145.00–170.00	$164.52	$964	+1.77
608	608	9	153.50	$153.50	$933	+0.90
656–692	667	13	153.00–156.00	$155.04	$1,034	+5.69
720–743	735	14	130.00–150.00	$148.31	$1,090	+6.35
845	845	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,327	±0.00
857	857	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,157	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	27	171.00	$171.00	$677	—
448	448	2	130.00	$130.00	$582	—
493	493	8	161.00	$161.00	$794	+11.00
537	537	6	129.50	$129.50	$695	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	9	198.00	$198.00	$1,036	—
767–773	770	12	169.00–170.00	$169.58	$1,306	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	9	187.00	$187.00	$748	—
492	492	5	163.00	$163.00	$802	—
513–547	533	5	152.00–155.00	$153.85	$820	-17.15
550	550	2	150.00	$150.00	$825	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,517	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	9	175.00	$175.00	$488	—
303–340	309	19	166.00–182.50	$177.25	$548	+6.57
355–399	378	94	151.00–182.00	$172.54	$652	+1.66
403–445	427	209	150.00–172.50	$161.98	$692	-4.13
452–499	474	249	155.00–172.00	$164.04	$778	-2.44
500–547	525	399	150.00–167.00	$160.76	$844	-0.33
550–597	571	418	146.50–167.00	$158.73	$906	+0.52
600–649	621	173	141.00–162.00	$153.15	$951	-1.48
650–698	681	189	140.00–162.00	$156.59	$1,066	+1.11
701–747	721	74	135.00–164.00	$155.78	$1,123	-5.90
755–782	769	280	136.00–163.50	$161.87	$1,245	-0.35
825–828	827	17	145.00–163.50	$160.25	$1,325	+40.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	326	37	173.00–205.00	$191.28	$624	+17.28
364 fancy	364	31	210.00	$210.00	$764	—
360–393	381	103	181.50–198.00	$188.25	$717	+3.05
400–440	419	103	169.00–188.00	$180.08	$755	-1.85
430–432 fancy	431	22	190.00–196.00	$194.10	$837	—
452 thin fleshed	452	3	187.00	$187.00	$845	—
453 fancy	453	16	190.00	$190.00	$861	—
451–499	477	201	168.00–185.00	$177.04	$844	-3.14
500–545	523	443	163.00–185.00	$171.61	$898	-0.11
553–598	578	358	161.00–178.00	$170.11	$983	-1.08
600–644	621	233	154.00–174.00	$167.20	$1,038	+2.27
651–698	667	118	156.50–170.00	$165.26	$1,102	-0.59
701–745	717	176	153.00–171.25	$166.09	$1,191	-3.10
779–786	785	93	156.00–166.00	$165.25	$1,297	-5.77
800–839	805	87	159.00–165.75	$164.66	$1,326	—
863	863	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,372	-4.77
930	930	11	153.00	$153.00	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–394	390	16	167.00–167.50	$167.09	$652	+9.45
405–439	427	27	135.00–155.00	$146.56	$626	+3.07
450–491	486	45	141.00–151.00	$149.24	$725	+3.52
502–545	515	43	127.00–154.00	$143.49	$739	+1.00
563–581	578	20	135.00–144.00	$139.45	$806	+1.13
600–639	629	25	125.00–148.00	$140.11	$881	+10.10
655–676	670	18	135.00–145.00	$141.43	$948	+4.33
700–745	733	6	120.00–135.00	$128.97	$945	+3.97
760–793	777	15	120.00–155.00	$141.67	$1,101	-4.34

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–385	373	13	101.00–152.00	$129.38	$483	—
400	400	5	133.00	$133.00	$532	—
478	478	14	131.00	$131.00	$626	-1.00
661	661	5	127.00	$127.00	$839	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	10	160.00	$160.00	$890	—
770	770	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,047	—
915	915	10	127.00	$127.00	$1,162	—
1071	1071	7	110.00	$110.00	$1,178	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	9	162.00	$162.00	$648	—
590	590	4	146.00	$146.00	$861	—
715	715	4	111.00	$111.00	$794	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	10	161.50	$161.50	$988	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	8	135.00	$135.00	$698	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	365	20	180.00–195.00	$192.62	$703	—
405–437	430	33	164.00–180.00	$173.82	$747	+8.82
452–490	476	11	167.00–170.00	$168.63	$803	+3.92
504–547	535	28	155.00–175.00	$169.67	$908	+6.72
555–597	582	30	150.00–171.00	$161.60	$941	-1.02
600–634	619	24	140.00–162.00	$154.24	$955	+10.00
664–675	668	16	142.00–163.00	$158.16	$1,057	+20.13
700–730	719	10	139.00–148.50	$143.85	$1,034	+10.23
810–847	836	12	126.00–138.00	$128.79	$1,077	-4.84
898	898	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,167	—
965–980	973	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	6	167.00	$167.00	$718	—
478–482	481	10	155.00–164.00	$162.21	$780	—
528–543	536	23	151.00–159.00	$154.42	$828	+6.46
552–588	561	27	130.00–153.00	$147.05	$825	+8.00
639–644	641	26	147.50–148.00	$147.85	$948	—
728	728	5	132.00	$132.00	$961	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	14	172.00	$172.00	$674	—
436	436	6	154.00	$154.00	$671	—
498	498	23	158.00	$158.00	$787	-0.40
541–545	543	27	142.00	$142.00	$771	—
791	791	5	121.00	$121.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–448	434	4	188.00–191.00	$189.55	$823	—
496	496	7	196.00	$196.00	$972	—
505–512	510	18	172.00–177.00	$175.35	$894	-2.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1615	1615	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1145	916	85-90%	65	20.00–38.00	$28.63	$262	+0.80
765–1225	1000	85-90%	85	30.00–52.00	$41.69	$417	—
772–1310	1067	85-90%	244	47.00–63.00	$54.52	$582	-1.67
810–1240	1079	85-90%	44	58.00–65.00	$61.24	$661	+5.05

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1375	1201	80-85%	39	41.00–62.50	$56.68	$681	-8.10
1002–1395	1223	80-85%	310	56.00–70.50	$62.77	$768	-7.80
1010–1465	1239	80-85%	47	65.00–75.50	$67.55	$837	-3.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1248–1610	1403	75-80%	52	52.50–63.50	$60.08	$843	-0.65
1300–1965	1444	75-80%	208	62.50–73.50	$65.93	$952	-2.46
1325–1935	1569	75-80%	29	69.00–82.00	$73.32	$1,150	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2000	1540	23	73.00–87.00	$80.28	$1,236	-0.82
1230–2480	1732	53	83.00–96.50	$91.44	$1,584	—
1500–2275	1921	16	97.00–106.00	$100.28	$1,926	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728–1230	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	100.00–132.00	$110.51	$996
790–1415	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	79	72.50–104.00	$85.61	$798

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
903–1125	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	115.00–125.00	$120.39	$1,188
927–1173	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	120.00–128.00	$124.51	$1,229

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
881–1235	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	61.00–74.50	$70.93	$703

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1440	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	825.00–1,225.00	$995.96
958–1223	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	825.00–975.00	$912.82
1050–1195	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$849.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–960	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	550.00–800.00	$702.83

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
848–963	917	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	750.00–975.00	$844.69
930–1260	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,300.00	$1,048.66

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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
1125–1305	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,100.00	—
1250–1385	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,325.00	$1,211.25	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	10	116.00	$116.00	$760	—
769	769	15	119.00	$119.00	$915	—

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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.