Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 20, 2023

11,896 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $207.07/cwt +5.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,199/hd at 579 lb · 695 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $229.97/cwt +2.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 522 lb · 533 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $223.60/cwt +2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,276/hd at 571 lb · 518 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,896	12,452	10,019
Feeder cattle	10,724	10,586	8,999
Slaughter cattle	1,047	808	876
Replacement cattle	125	1,058	144

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 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
310–335	327	3	220.00–225.00	$221.58	$725	-0.31
350–396	378	43	215.00–235.00	$226.78	$857	+6.93
400–448	432	189	208.00–236.00	$228.73	$988	+5.23
460–498	480	115	206.00–234.00	$224.06	$1,075	+2.34
502–549	534	354	192.00–220.00	$209.54	$1,119	+4.98
550–599	579	695	184.00–218.00	$207.07	$1,199	+5.09
600–647	621	174	180.00–197.00	$192.25	$1,194	-0.68
645 value added	645	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,232	-6.00
654–699	666	361	166.00–196.50	$192.72	$1,284	+3.56
672 value added	672	9	194.00	$194.00	$1,304	—
700–749	729	117	173.00–186.00	$180.22	$1,314	-0.06
750–797	778	222	160.00–184.75	$180.82	$1,407	+0.65
803–849	839	257	158.00–182.25	$174.30	$1,462	+2.32
855–885	865	136	160.00–178.75	$174.22	$1,507	-1.90
926	926	9	170.00	$170.00	$1,574	+2.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	11	252.00	$252.00	$738	—
313 thin fleshed	313	39	303.00	$303.00	$948	—
305–348	324	26	237.50–279.00	$257.66	$835	+12.52
352–397	375	52	234.00–262.00	$244.83	$918	+1.86
389 thin fleshed	389	32	270.00	$270.00	$1,050	—
400 thin fleshed	400	42	280.00	$280.00	$1,120	—
400–447	434	152	237.00–263.00	$246.58	$1,070	+0.36
450–485	474	188	225.00–250.00	$239.64	$1,136	-3.16
504–525 thin fleshed	506	102	238.00–239.00	$238.89	$1,209	—
500–549	526	431	218.00–236.00	$227.86	$1,199	+0.09
551–598	570	500	209.50–233.00	$223.57	$1,274	+2.51
586 value added	586	18	224.50	$224.50	$1,316	—
600 thin fleshed	600	4	221.50	$221.50	$1,329	—
600–647	627	230	195.00–223.00	$211.53	$1,326	+4.32
650–665	661	68	190.00–210.00	$203.22	$1,343	+3.68
706 value added	706	10	193.00	$193.00	$1,363	—
702–746	726	254	180.00–198.00	$189.48	$1,376	-3.65
751–759	757	56	178.00–188.00	$180.71	$1,368	-6.18
760	760	28	172.75	$172.75	$1,313	-14.14
807–817	815	66	181.00–184.50	$183.76	$1,498	+13.76
858	858	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,544	+1.00
912–946	919	23	172.00–176.00	$175.46	$1,612	+4.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–374	369	12	198.00–215.00	$209.58	$773	+16.13
410–445	435	8	180.00–200.00	$193.53	$842	+19.82
460–491	473	16	184.00–200.00	$190.61	$902	+15.13
501–545	509	9	170.00–190.00	$185.09	$942	+10.33
554–590	571	61	170.00–193.00	$186.49	$1,065	+24.02
601–640	619	45	166.00–183.00	$181.05	$1,121	+6.56
663–693	673	27	173.00–183.00	$175.67	$1,182	-1.70
700–749	732	22	165.00–170.00	$167.45	$1,226	+2.45
768–791	771	68	160.00–171.00	$164.52	$1,268	+0.52
834–835	834	11	155.00–157.00	$155.18	$1,294	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,075	—
732	732	6	174.00	$174.00	$1,274	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	5	152.00	$152.00	$993	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–293	293	13	232.00–235.00	$233.15	$683	—
300–345	318	114	202.00–252.00	$232.83	$740	+25.73
371 fancy	371	6	219.00	$219.00	$812	—
360–391	374	99	199.00–235.00	$227.70	$852	+18.62
401–446	420	139	200.00–223.00	$209.97	$882	-1.19
428 thin fleshed	428	38	227.00	$227.00	$972	—
455–498	473	266	193.00–221.00	$206.71	$978	-1.16
526 thin fleshed	526	10	232.00	$232.00	$1,220	—
500–548	527	332	187.00–208.00	$197.92	$1,043	+4.65
527 value added	527	6	203.00	$203.00	$1,070	—
552–596	575	458	178.50–206.00	$194.17	$1,116	+2.21
601–638	617	207	175.00–193.00	$182.83	$1,128	+5.54
627 value added	627	13	184.00	$184.00	$1,154	—
651–699	669	90	171.00–183.00	$175.81	$1,176	-2.49
711–745	723	140	163.50–176.00	$170.13	$1,230	-6.99
751–785	767	99	171.00–174.00	$173.09	$1,328	+0.81
801–831	809	84	164.00–169.50	$167.51	$1,355	-2.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284–297	290	21	210.00	$210.00	$609	—
300–347	339	36	185.00–220.00	$211.18	$716	—
352–398	373	62	181.00–222.00	$210.92	$787	+16.39
405–448	422	131	185.00–198.00	$191.26	$807	+5.75
450–498	474	183	180.00–198.00	$192.31	$912	+7.60
500–546	527	172	170.00–190.00	$184.68	$973	+7.27
551–599	579	456	165.00–191.50	$183.39	$1,062	+6.27
600–648	629	57	160.00–174.00	$168.13	$1,058	+0.96
650–690	674	234	155.00–174.00	$167.74	$1,131	-0.78
700–745	722	126	150.00–169.00	$163.22	$1,178	-2.46
756–796	775	71	162.00–169.50	$167.27	$1,296	-0.42
809–845	820	18	146.00–154.50	$151.91	$1,246	-1.09
870–886	874	18	161.00–162.00	$161.72	$1,413	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	4	160.00	$160.00	$480	—
363–380	366	7	151.00–162.00	$157.40	$576	-28.13
410–433	416	13	160.00–185.00	$179.39	$746	+14.87
455–498	475	29	165.00–180.00	$173.84	$826	+6.87
506–549	527	35	170.00	$170.00	$896	—
583–595	587	3	155.00–163.00	$160.30	$941	+2.30
605–625	615	2	150.00	$150.00	$922	+4.00
728–731	729	9	150.00–152.00	$150.67	$1,098	—
773–799	796	33	140.00–158.00	$155.57	$1,238	-1.43
892	892	30	137.00	$137.00	$1,222	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	4	156.00	$156.00	$480	—
521–535	525	17	150.00–158.00	$155.60	$817	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,079	—
861	861	10	140.00	$140.00	$1,205	—
910	910	4	135.50	$135.50	$1,233	-2.55

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
821	821	4	110.00	$110.00	$903	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	14	255.00	$255.00	$714	—
359–395	363	16	202.00–230.00	$223.95	$813	—
412	412	15	223.00	$223.00	$919	—
465–497	484	25	190.00–212.00	$200.42	$970	+2.28
503–548	532	10	179.00–197.00	$187.06	$995	-3.00
555–590	574	14	183.50–192.00	$187.03	$1,074	+3.23
608–641	621	20	170.00–181.00	$177.36	$1,101	—
650–690	664	7	157.00–170.00	$161.62	$1,073	—
705–745	732	5	150.00–155.00	$154.04	$1,128	—
755–790	779	7	143.00–158.00	$151.52	$1,180	+5.51
865–885	875	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–345	327	5	236.00–240.00	$239.16	$782	—
425–440	430	12	232.00–237.00	$233.59	$1,004	+7.83
470–495	482	13	217.00–232.00	$224.86	$1,084	+3.76
505–538	534	29	200.00–211.00	$209.12	$1,117	+4.79
577–580	578	8	190.00–198.00	$192.01	$1,110	—
625–648	645	7	182.50–185.50	$182.92	$1,180	-0.08
653–675	657	6	173.50–176.00	$175.57	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	187.00	$187.00	$901	±0.00
513–545	522	7	163.00–170.00	$165.09	$862	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	9	167.00	$167.00	$954	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–1090	824	85-90%	29	27.50–50.00	$40.22	$331	—
720–1185	927	85-90%	39	50.00–69.00	$59.11	$548	-1.00
725–1300	1039	85-90%	169	64.00–83.00	$76.28	$793	-4.98
830–1230	1058	85-90%	83	82.00–95.00	$89.04	$942	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1335	1195	80-85%	12	77.50–81.00	$79.42	$949	-5.39
1025–1405	1200	80-85%	157	80.00–94.00	$88.04	$1,056	-2.71
1025–1480	1223	80-85%	71	91.00–100.00	$95.41	$1,167	+4.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1525	1387	75-80%	15	71.00–81.00	$76.94	$1,067	—
1323–1930	1446	75-80%	113	83.00–95.00	$90.80	$1,313	—
1325–1710	1522	75-80%	45	94.00–104.00	$96.13	$1,463	+8.86

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1910	1495	17	82.00–97.00	$89.01	$1,331	—
1200–2375	1716	54	96.00–113.00	$105.63	$1,813	+1.62
1235–2145	1823	18	112.00–122.00	$117.08	$2,134	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–845	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	131.00–148.00	$139.87	$1,056
755–1275	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	82.00–121.00	$95.97	$937

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–880	799	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	137.00–154.50	$145.04	$1,159

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1130	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,273.79
1103–1375	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	950.00–1,290.00	$1,090.99
1040–1410	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,206.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1130	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	700.00–1,325.00	$1,018.74

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
998–1073	1041	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	985.00–1,075.00	$1,038.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–975	920	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–975.00	$892.73

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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
1140–1190	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,662.50	-37.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	-75.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	134.00	$134.00	$466	—
368–380	373	5	134.00–135.00	$134.41	$501	—
438	438	4	125.00	$125.00	$548	—
450–490	460	21	118.00–129.00	$123.98	$570	—
523–543	531	10	125.00–132.00	$128.94	$685	—
859	859	6	95.00	$95.00	$816	—

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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.