Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

9,377 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $233.39/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,211/hd at 519 lb · 580 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $193.20/cwt +0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,310/hd at 678 lb · 379 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $191.72/cwt +2.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,384/hd at 722 lb · 357 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,377	11,896	7,318
Feeder cattle	8,114	10,724	6,165
Slaughter cattle	1,080	1,047	991
Replacement cattle	183	125	162

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher, spots up to 8.00 higher on slaughter bulls.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	313	4	237.50–258.00	$242.50	$759	-15.16
351–396	376	67	233.00–265.00	$256.48	$964	+11.65
400–445	420	152	239.00–265.00	$257.43	$1,081	+10.85
457–496	473	77	234.00–261.00	$249.71	$1,181	+10.07
500–549	519	580	218.00–248.00	$233.39	$1,211	+5.53
551–595	569	203	209.00–233.00	$224.85	$1,279	+1.28
602–648	623	209	197.00–222.50	$209.38	$1,304	-2.15
656 fancy	656	26	213.00	$213.00	$1,397	—
650–689	675	164	190.50–220.00	$206.01	$1,391	+2.79
700–745	722	357	182.00–199.00	$191.72	$1,384	+2.24
751–769	755	61	187.50–191.00	$190.24	$1,436	+9.53
810–834	822	160	178.50–180.75	$179.53	$1,476	-4.23
851–899	859	25	169.00–181.50	$179.91	$1,545	-0.09
906	906	82	174.75	$174.75	$1,583	-0.71
966	966	37	164.50	$164.50	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	6	237.00	$237.00	$690	—
323–343	331	20	227.00–245.00	$238.09	$788	+16.51
353–393	378	75	207.00–247.00	$232.88	$880	+6.10
402–435	422	77	214.00–240.00	$230.52	$973	+1.79
450–498	478	161	211.00–240.00	$228.26	$1,091	+4.20
500–549	528	160	200.00–223.00	$216.31	$1,142	+6.77
550–598	582	301	190.00–221.00	$209.90	$1,222	+2.83
605–646	630	68	183.50–201.00	$196.00	$1,235	+3.75
650–695	678	379	173.00–202.00	$193.20	$1,310	+0.48
705–738	729	23	181.00–186.00	$184.29	$1,343	+4.07
752–795	780	281	165.00–187.50	$183.20	$1,429	+2.38
874–898	884	150	160.00–175.75	$174.70	$1,544	+0.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–327	323	14	220.00–225.00	$223.24	$721	—
365–395	379	20	200.00–220.00	$214.94	$815	+5.36
426–445	438	10	190.00–210.00	$197.02	$863	+3.49
453–496	476	19	184.00–215.00	$205.05	$976	+14.44
510–546	532	25	170.00–190.00	$184.53	$982	-0.56
560–597	576	25	167.00–185.00	$181.33	$1,044	-5.16
605–625	613	21	173.00–183.00	$177.55	$1,088	-3.50
661–685	673	13	169.00–181.00	$175.26	$1,179	-0.41
780–783	782	12	148.00–173.00	$162.16	$1,268	-2.36
845	845	2	110.00	$110.00	$930	-45.18
952	952	16	166.50	$166.50	$1,585	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,136	+1.00
667	667	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,261	—
939	939	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,408	—
1085–1095	1088	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,480	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,318	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–347	333	38	219.00–225.00	$221.67	$738	-11.16
366–397	383	31	191.00–227.50	$210.91	$808	-16.79
400–448	423	143	200.00–218.00	$209.14	$885	-0.83
455–498	480	115	197.00–218.50	$210.01	$1,008	+3.30
502–549	518	282	194.00–216.00	$202.43	$1,049	+4.51
567 value added	567	9	204.00	$204.00	$1,157	—
550–597	580	221	185.00–206.50	$199.05	$1,154	+4.88
600–649	618	207	178.00–197.00	$188.56	$1,165	+5.73
650–683	659	181	175.00–190.00	$184.34	$1,215	+8.53
704–749	716	227	169.00–176.00	$173.09	$1,239	+2.96
755–793	765	163	170.00–176.25	$174.92	$1,338	+1.83
805–841	814	151	159.50–174.25	$170.51	$1,388	+3.00
863	863	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,329	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	7	217.50	$217.50	$624	+7.50
300–343	326	31	200.00–219.00	$210.80	$687	-0.38
350–399	377	73	188.00–215.00	$206.25	$778	-4.67
427–445	435	25	190.00–197.00	$192.15	$836	+0.89
450–494	477	130	180.00–197.00	$190.32	$908	-1.99
502–545	524	129	180.00–193.00	$189.01	$990	+4.33
550–598	574	267	170.00–193.00	$185.65	$1,066	+2.26
600–649	632	85	165.00–180.00	$176.05	$1,113	+7.92
653–699	670	150	166.00–181.00	$175.26	$1,174	+7.52
707–744	725	153	150.00–169.50	$166.55	$1,207	+3.33
763–793	778	19	163.00–167.00	$165.51	$1,288	-1.76
837–845	838	16	146.00–155.25	$154.67	$1,296	+2.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	10	192.00	$192.00	$540	—
323–340	329	3	180.00	$180.00	$592	+20.00
355–371	360	20	190.00–201.00	$196.93	$709	+39.53
410–445	428	4	165.00–174.00	$170.34	$729	-9.05
453–491	477	12	170.00–204.00	$186.38	$889	+12.54
535–549	544	10	160.00–173.00	$166.56	$906	-3.44
685–695	690	3	140.00–151.00	$143.67	$991	—
705–710	708	2	130.00–143.00	$136.48	$966	-14.19
803	803	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,020	—
892	892	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,231	+1.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	7	197.00	$197.00	$1,009	—
628	628	6	184.00	$184.00	$1,156	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	5	181.00	$181.00	$800	—
903	903	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,192	-3.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	227.50	$227.50	$785	—
353–380	361	12	206.00–220.00	$214.31	$774	-9.64
409–433	414	14	203.00–212.00	$208.23	$862	-14.77
461–490	475	24	190.00–205.00	$199.52	$948	-0.90
516	516	16	190.00–202.00	$199.75	$1,031	+12.69
565–598	574	7	189.00–195.00	$190.78	$1,095	+3.75
623–640	627	5	165.00–180.00	$173.95	$1,091	-3.41
682	682	3	175.50	$175.50	$1,197	+13.88
700–737	721	9	156.00–163.00	$159.02	$1,147	+4.98

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–388	384	8	235.00–254.00	$250.38	$961	—
440–443	442	3	239.00–242.00	$241.00	$1,065	+7.41
455–470	463	6	218.00–227.00	$225.31	$1,043	+0.45
519–543	531	16	204.00–208.00	$206.33	$1,096	-2.79
578	578	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,179	+11.99
629	629	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,157	+1.08
705	705	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,191	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	6	192.50	$192.50	$955	+5.50
519	519	6	189.00	$189.00	$981	+23.91
570–576	573	11	175.00–181.00	$177.71	$1,018	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1205	900	85-90%	13	30.00–50.00	$42.20	$380	-16.91
701–1260	918	85-90%	38	51.00–70.00	$59.95	$550	+0.84
710–1275	972	85-90%	172	67.50–85.00	$78.86	$767	—
710–1200	1068	85-90%	84	84.00–97.50	$88.99	$950	-0.05

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1360	1174	80-85%	11	75.00–83.00	$78.98	$927	-0.44
1015–1425	1189	80-85%	187	81.00–95.00	$88.79	$1,056	+9.37
1010–1380	1203	80-85%	74	92.00–102.00	$95.15	$1,145	+7.11

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1468	1402	75-80%	17	75.00–85.00	$80.81	$1,133	—
1250–1930	1458	75-80%	152	85.00–97.50	$93.62	$1,365	—
1310–1858	1582	75-80%	39	95.50–112.00	$99.91	$1,581	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1141	1141	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,552	—
1175–1238	1213	5	107.00–110.00	$108.84	$1,320	—
1335–1570	1438	8	84.00–101.00	$94.36	$1,357	—
1240–2430	1704	43	101.50–117.00	$108.80	$1,854	+3.17
1370–2485	1965	28	114.00–136.00	$122.20	$2,401	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1030	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	111.00–146.00	$132.42	$1,139
932	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	107.50	$107.50	$1,002
845–1375	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	88.00–104.00	$93.49	$970

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
853–1332	933	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	122.50–162.00	$152.60	$1,424

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
774	774	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	90.00	$90.00	$697

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	90.00	$90.00	$864
935–1000	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–94.00	$85.63	$828

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1185	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,145.20
908–1240	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,256.75
1342	1342	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
848–903	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	825.00–925.00	$873.43
882	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,010.00	$1,010.00
963	963	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1205	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,075.00	$991.06

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–1010	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	560.00–750.00	$697.56

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00
985–1098	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,306.36

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
628	628	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	425.00	$425.00

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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
1030–1145	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,575.00	$1,504.17	—
1025–1210	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,415.00	—
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—
1535	1535	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1005	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,233.33	—

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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.