Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 27, 2023

9,709 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $241.77/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,262/hd at 522 lb · 484 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $178.91/cwt -2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 682 lb · 389 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $192.00/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,104/hd at 575 lb · 300 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,709	9,757	8,144
Feeder cattle	8,551	8,659	6,704
Slaughter cattle	988	927	1,229
Replacement cattle	170	171	211

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls mostly steady spots 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–342	336	53	247.00–260.00	$252.85	$850	-9.27
350–393	377	35	243.00–255.00	$247.49	$933	-7.35
400–447	434	77	237.00–255.00	$246.29	$1,069	-5.35
451–494	475	111	235.00–249.00	$244.09	$1,159	-2.54
508 fancy	508	6	256.00	$256.00	$1,300	—
500–545	522	478	226.00–253.00	$241.59	$1,261	+3.10
557–595	566	48	224.00–238.00	$232.98	$1,319	-3.51
601–649	620	222	211.00–233.00	$219.96	$1,364	-2.92
650–692	669	153	200.00–223.00	$216.11	$1,446	-0.87
700–739	715	168	190.00–205.00	$200.74	$1,435	-2.14
734 value added	734	7	193.00	$193.00	$1,417	—
756–768	765	35	193.50–194.00	$193.86	$1,483	—
808 value added	808	13	183.00	$183.00	$1,479	—
807–849	820	248	181.00–187.00	$183.14	$1,502	-0.09
858–881	869	130	179.50–185.00	$182.12	$1,583	+2.44
957–960	960	63	172.50–173.50	$172.59	$1,657	+2.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	7	257.00	$257.00	$730	—
325–343	332	21	218.00–241.00	$234.39	$778	-8.81
355–397	378	127	217.00–242.00	$234.62	$887	-4.01
405–446	430	82	220.00–237.00	$229.91	$989	-0.70
461 unweaned	461	6	209.00	$209.00	$963	—
450–490	468	178	214.00–236.00	$228.92	$1,071	-1.96
500–548	518	102	201.00–230.00	$220.53	$1,142	+1.14
550–597	565	180	218.00–230.00	$225.93	$1,277	+6.44
633–649	642	34	193.00–210.00	$202.19	$1,298	-2.27
651–695	670	236	193.00–209.00	$203.38	$1,363	-2.01
683 value added	683	16	212.00	$212.00	$1,448	—
700–747	727	71	171.00–192.00	$187.57	$1,364	+0.34
752–797	784	171	170.00–192.00	$186.97	$1,466	+0.87
803–830	825	82	169.00–179.75	$178.19	$1,470	+5.00
860–888	877	148	173.00–179.50	$177.07	$1,553	+3.94
951–991	974	12	160.50–168.00	$163.55	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–347	343	17	190.00–232.00	$223.00	$765	-7.00
355–392	371	41	210.00–230.00	$223.78	$830	+3.37
416–448	430	34	210.00–216.00	$214.39	$922	+2.55
450–496	477	59	188.00–215.00	$203.34	$970	-5.27
507–547	538	28	197.50–210.00	$203.63	$1,096	+6.94
551–595	571	50	191.00–208.00	$200.30	$1,144	-2.03
658–676	662	13	174.00–184.00	$181.64	$1,202	+10.61
715–745	730	2	131.00–155.00	$142.75	$1,042	-30.25
772 value added	772	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,382	—
785–796	791	7	170.00–177.00	$174.02	$1,376	—
890	890	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,397	—
943	943	8	141.00	$141.00	$1,330	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,277	-9.00
711	711	13	197.00	$197.00	$1,401	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	6	200.00	$200.00	$786	—
470–488	484	12	193.00–208.00	$196.65	$952	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,197	—
942	942	9	159.00	$159.00	$1,498	—
994	994	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,571	+0.98
1030–1040	1035	2	148.00–156.00	$152.02	$1,573	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,073	—
687	687	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,381	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–925	918	2	140.00–142.00	$140.99	$1,294	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	10	208.00	$208.00	$587	—
300–340	320	30	190.00–225.00	$208.12	$666	-10.00
355–398	375	80	185.00–228.00	$209.94	$787	-8.27
409–448	427	145	183.00–204.00	$194.03	$829	-4.49
450–498	475	171	180.00–205.00	$197.33	$937	-2.71
500–548	528	197	180.00–203.00	$191.22	$1,010	-1.97
551–593	575	295	177.00–200.00	$192.12	$1,105	+1.46
588 value added	588	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,088	—
600–642	626	114	157.00–184.00	$179.07	$1,121	-6.05
650–696	682	389	155.00–186.00	$178.91	$1,220	-2.25
717–735	729	43	152.00–174.00	$170.91	$1,246	+2.17
751–798	772	174	152.00–175.00	$171.99	$1,328	+0.57
793	793	61	175.00	$175.00	$1,388	+3.58
818–833	821	35	162.00–168.00	$167.48	$1,375	+2.43
857	857	60	168.00	$168.00	$1,440	+0.63
868	868	60	166.00	$166.00	$1,441	-1.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–334	320	57	216.00–257.00	$242.55	$776	-4.02
351–396	377	52	203.00–250.00	$223.36	$842	-9.37
401–449	425	92	207.00–223.00	$211.48	$899	-10.32
451–487	462	97	203.00–222.00	$215.82	$997	+0.92
501–541	518	185	192.00–214.00	$208.13	$1,078	+2.11
551–589	575	189	188.00–203.00	$200.98	$1,156	-2.29
610–644	629	102	182.00–196.00	$191.55	$1,205	-4.58
657 value added	657	7	193.00	$193.00	$1,268	—
653–698	669	213	180.00–194.25	$189.79	$1,270	-4.26
708–728	719	207	184.00–192.00	$188.35	$1,354	+5.84
755–765	763	93	178.50–183.00	$179.60	$1,370	—
800–806	805	88	174.00–177.00	$176.39	$1,420	—
868	868	59	170.50	$170.50	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–345	332	14	170.00–195.00	$186.52	$619	+7.47
355–396	374	61	161.00–205.00	$190.10	$711	-13.02
423–428	425	6	175.00–180.00	$178.34	$758	-2.05
450–491	479	46	170.00–184.00	$181.33	$869	-0.86
510	510	5	175.00	$175.00	$892	+1.26
550–597	593	15	165.00–178.00	$171.42	$1,017	+7.56
635–640	639	15	155.00–170.00	$157.98	$1,009	-4.24
780	780	21	161.50	$161.50	$1,260	+5.51
843	843	31	156.00	$156.00	$1,315	—
855	855	25	140.00	$140.00	$1,197	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	6	172.00	$172.00	$650	-3.00
435	435	5	175.00	$175.00	$761	—
704	704	11	148.00	$148.00	$1,042	—
798	798	6	147.50	$147.50	$1,177	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	200.00	$200.00	$660	—
414	414	4	180.00	$180.00	$745	—
663	663	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,061	—
908–938	923	4	135.00–142.00	$138.56	$1,279	—
1008	1008	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,452	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,028	—
710	710	5	125.00	$125.00	$888	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	4	161.00	$161.00	$853	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,453	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	6	226.00	$226.00	$775	—
378–395	389	27	230.00–234.00	$231.11	$899	+21.52
405–440	433	24	210.00–235.00	$222.90	$965	+2.16
500–525	517	3	195.00–211.00	$205.84	$1,064	+1.54
555–593	567	11	190.00–203.00	$197.94	$1,122	+0.61
620–645	633	4	170.00–190.00	$180.52	$1,143	-19.26
656–698	671	27	161.00–181.00	$176.58	$1,185	-7.35
710–725	713	9	150.00–155.00	$150.55	$1,073	—
763–765	764	3	150.00–162.00	$154.01	$1,177	-2.99
814	814	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,245	—
858	858	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	4	237.50	$237.50	$770	-3.78
410–428	425	16	237.00–248.00	$246.01	$1,046	+18.45
453–460	456	5	233.00–239.00	$237.39	$1,082	+5.81
507–523	515	10	217.00–227.00	$223.28	$1,150	-4.38
600–639	637	16	191.50–195.00	$191.71	$1,221	—
700	700	10	170.50	$170.50	$1,194	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	15	211.00	$211.00	$747	—
427–437	431	16	201.00–210.00	$204.99	$884	-2.01
539–548	545	13	177.00–195.00	$183.85	$1,002	—
598	598	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,088	-7.00
665–690	674	4	150.00–157.00	$151.73	$1,023	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	8	172.00	$172.00	$963	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	4	167.00	$167.00	$984	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1070	782	85-90%	31	30.00–59.00	$46.37	$363	—
715–1135	887	85-90%	38	57.50–74.00	$67.07	$595	—
765–1250	989	85-90%	159	73.00–92.00	$82.98	$821	—
840–1183	1046	85-90%	74	90.00–100.00	$92.57	$968	-2.00

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1405	1165	80-85%	34	96.50–110.00	$101.76	$1,186	+18.02
1020–1385	1197	80-85%	226	86.00–99.00	$93.51	$1,119	+0.21
1045–1340	1218	80-85%	18	75.00–85.00	$82.34	$1,003	-18.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1580	1433	75-80%	13	83.00–87.00	$85.07	$1,219	-9.51
1325–1730	1461	75-80%	32	99.00–112.00	$103.68	$1,515	—
1325–1753	1468	75-80%	96	88.00–99.00	$93.91	$1,379	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1043	1043	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,345	—
1120–1320	1211	6	94.00–102.00	$98.98	$1,199	—
1010–1345	1254	10	107.00–117.50	$113.80	$1,427	—
1250–1380	1315	2	95.00–98.00	$96.57	$1,270	—
1285–1940	1562	41	104.00–117.50	$110.97	$1,733	—
1175–2610	1795	41	116.00–134.00	$124.75	$2,239	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1035	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	89.00–94.00	$92.53	$899
980–1235	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	91.00–96.50	$95.35	$1,117

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
892–1097	995	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	127.50–150.00	$137.59	$1,369

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
836	836	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00	$100.00	$836

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1072	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	985.00–1,155.00	$1,063.88
1000–1335	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,120.00–1,450.00	$1,240.15
1000–1306	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,145.00–1,200.00	$1,179.58

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240–1271	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,455.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
880–1125	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$878.05

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–965	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,010.00–1,150.00	$1,079.27

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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
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1266–1395	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,425.00–1,550.00	$1,488.33	—
1333	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1360–1415	1388	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,560.00–1,575.00	$1,567.50	—

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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.