Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

11,565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $196.85/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,701/hd at 864 lb · 438 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $210.73/cwt +5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,437/hd at 682 lb · 413 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $257.55/cwt +4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,324/hd at 514 lb · 409 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,565	11,106	7,885
Feeder cattle	9,640	9,619	6,437
Slaughter cattle	1,611	1,226	1,240
Replacement cattle	314	261	208

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher on light weight steers early week. Slaughter cows uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 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
280	280	12	305.00	$305.00	$854	—
305–347	331	44	266.00–285.00	$277.05	$917	-1.21
352–399	373	171	262.50–290.00	$277.58	$1,035	+5.67
408–448 thin fleshed	425	12	294.00–301.00	$297.08	$1,263	—
402–448	432	229	258.00–288.00	$275.55	$1,190	+10.03
458–498	478	78	259.00–284.00	$270.48	$1,293	+2.81
500–547	514	409	247.00–269.00	$257.55	$1,324	+4.67
550–590	567	106	230.00–267.00	$251.26	$1,425	+8.29
600–649	627	246	219.00–255.00	$232.88	$1,460	+1.78
650–698	670	170	211.00–237.00	$227.09	$1,522	+2.62
710–749	725	58	205.00–219.00	$213.98	$1,551	+4.02
742 value added	742	11	206.50	$206.50	$1,532	—
757–789	769	76	204.00–208.00	$205.95	$1,584	+0.74
800–838	827	179	193.00–201.50	$194.79	$1,611	-1.86
851–892	864	438	192.00–204.00	$196.85	$1,701	+1.65
907–912	908	77	185.00–191.50	$190.06	$1,726	+0.71
968	968	58	186.00	$186.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	334	22	245.00–265.00	$251.79	$841	-7.76
355–398	385	84	239.00–265.00	$257.08	$990	+0.97
400–448	424	96	232.00–257.00	$247.02	$1,047	+1.68
453–498	473	134	224.00–260.00	$239.65	$1,134	-4.31
500–548	525	161	219.00–245.00	$237.67	$1,248	+6.24
551–592	571	176	210.00–243.00	$234.44	$1,339	+2.30
605–640	618	33	198.00–219.00	$215.95	$1,335	+0.26
644	644	6	183.00	$183.00	$1,179	-32.69
651–692	679	154	191.00–221.00	$212.29	$1,441	+1.50
708–728	721	19	178.00–198.00	$194.02	$1,399	+2.85
752–795	763	26	175.00–197.00	$193.17	$1,474	+7.40
805–848	825	47	179.00–190.00	$184.30	$1,520	-0.31
855–897	877	51	172.00–188.00	$181.24	$1,589	+0.36
946	946	29	179.00	$179.00	$1,693	—
968	968	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,694	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–338	321	10	218.00–240.00	$231.90	$744	-8.73
375–395	389	10	225.00–235.00	$227.89	$886	-13.24
414–425	415	19	210.00–225.00	$224.14	$930	+6.54
460–463	462	4	204.00–220.00	$207.98	$961	-7.02
521–548	539	32	170.00–220.00	$206.81	$1,115	-0.95
568	568	9	205.00	$205.00	$1,164	+0.51
732	732	26	181.00	$181.00	$1,325	—
780–789	788	11	155.00–166.00	$165.01	$1,300	—
950	950	32	165.00	$165.00	$1,568	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	6	140.00	$140.00	$830	—
703	703	4	134.00	$134.00	$942	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1045	1032	3	147.00–157.00	$152.04	$1,569	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,436	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	8	250.00	$250.00	$680	—
303–346	330	84	229.00–260.00	$250.79	$828	-3.06
355–398	372	32	226.00–245.00	$238.33	$887	-4.15
402–449	425	408	222.00–239.00	$232.54	$988	+4.04
450–498	481	264	221.00–237.00	$228.07	$1,097	+3.05
500–547	527	299	209.00–230.00	$221.28	$1,166	+1.70
554–576	567	98	200.00–228.00	$219.19	$1,243	-0.82
606–648	623	208	193.00–220.00	$211.45	$1,317	-2.87
650–698	682	413	183.00–218.00	$210.73	$1,437	+5.32
721–743	731	237	193.00–209.00	$197.76	$1,446	+5.66
750–780	752	231	179.00–189.00	$188.72	$1,419	+1.61
800–815	810	237	180.00–190.00	$184.63	$1,496	+4.63
902	902	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,533	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	11	230.00	$230.00	$711	+2.15
354–397	375	159	210.00–240.00	$228.98	$859	-0.63
400–446	428	104	210.00–221.00	$217.97	$933	+4.06
451–498	484	292	200.00–222.00	$214.96	$1,040	+2.93
500–549	525	139	186.00–214.00	$206.58	$1,085	+1.50
550–598	574	240	190.00–215.00	$205.46	$1,179	-0.39
582 value added	582	10	211.00	$211.00	$1,228	—
619	619	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,021	-18.82
600–648	637	120	172.00–196.00	$189.35	$1,206	+5.53
655–698	679	52	165.00–194.00	$188.53	$1,280	-3.03
700–746	725	224	161.00–185.00	$180.87	$1,311	-1.08
750–794	783	226	176.00–186.50	$181.45	$1,421	+0.22
785 value added	785	6	181.00	$181.00	$1,421	—
815–828	824	33	172.00–177.00	$175.35	$1,445	+6.77
872	872	6	173.00	$173.00	$1,509	—
914	914	11	160.00	$160.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	369	5	180.00–200.00	$193.46	$714	-15.54
418–449	443	11	190.00–206.00	$203.26	$900	+9.32
450–488	461	10	170.00–200.00	$192.82	$889	+5.37
538–545	539	5	170.00–175.00	$171.01	$922	—
551–590	559	5	165.00–178.00	$175.25	$980	-12.91
650–680	660	19	160.00–180.00	$176.00	$1,162	—
733	733	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,143	—
763–775	770	15	160.00–162.00	$161.21	$1,241	—
859–890	871	69	122.00–166.50	$159.27	$1,387	—
987	987	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,392	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	13	149.00	$149.00	$939	—
763	763	4	126.00	$126.00	$961	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–925	917	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,449	—
1094	1094	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,553	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	7	160.00	$160.00	$784	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	421	30	223.00–248.00	$229.60	$967	+1.21
450–491	482	66	213.00–233.00	$225.22	$1,086	-7.27
504–545	525	41	195.00–230.00	$215.54	$1,132	-3.43
550–583	568	27	202.00–220.00	$214.69	$1,219	+3.63
615–623	621	19	185.00–211.00	$197.75	$1,228	-12.06
665–693	684	3	196.00–203.00	$200.73	$1,373	—
725–730	728	2	169.00–171.00	$170.00	$1,238	-10.57
755–775	765	5	169.00–182.00	$176.37	$1,349	—
915	915	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,372	-6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	9	250.00	$250.00	$1,142	+14.16
505–525	511	30	224.00–241.00	$228.28	$1,167	-11.86
627–645	634	9	212.00–216.00	$213.13	$1,351	-0.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	10	220.00	$220.00	$783	—
552–599	560	23	171.00–213.00	$205.19	$1,149	+11.22
751	751	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,089	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–845	821	85-90%	42	42.50–55.00	$52.64	$432	+3.49
725–1090	856	85-90%	57	55.00–73.50	$62.87	$538	—
740–1255	984	85-90%	256	72.50–87.50	$80.12	$788	—
880–1200	1034	85-90%	102	86.00–96.00	$88.64	$917	-0.08

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1298	1146	80-85%	11	80.00–84.00	$81.86	$938	—
945–1440	1180	80-85%	372	84.00–95.00	$90.13	$1,064	-0.73
1035–1385	1210	80-85%	72	94.00–102.50	$96.50	$1,168	+14.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1785	1410	75-80%	164	86.50–97.00	$93.07	$1,312	+8.00
1325–1480	1410	75-80%	13	83.00–86.50	$84.59	$1,193	-0.48
1190–1810	1488	75-80%	54	97.00–109.00	$100.83	$1,500	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1175	1113	3	97.50–100.00	$98.35	$1,095	—
1110–1665	1309	9	90.00–110.00	$99.21	$1,299	—
1135–2270	1683	40	100.00–120.00	$112.62	$1,895	—
1345–2515	1794	28	114.00–135.00	$122.46	$2,197	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1195	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	81.00–131.00	$107.72	$1,091
895–1245	1020	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	120.00–149.00	$134.70	$1,374

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
787–1070	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	142.00–167.00	$151.70	$1,411
933–1233	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	122.50–141.00	$131.96	$1,478

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–946	906	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	100.00–117.50	$110.97	$1,005

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
743	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00	$100.00	$743

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933–1065	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–925.00	$904.65
980–1260	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,262.20
1085–1286	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	22	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,339.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1077	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,085.00	$1,076.45

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	985.00	$985.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	925.00	$925.00

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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
950–1050	1011	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,325.00–1,375.00	$1,340.00	—
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,770.00	$1,770.00	—
975–1150	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,625.00–1,800.00	$1,706.67	—
980–1180	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,500.00–1,950.00	$1,627.27	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	6	145.00	$145.00	$573	—
428–436	432	31	173.50–175.50	$174.52	$754	—
451–497	477	46	140.00–166.00	$155.97	$744	—
520–535	526	8	139.00–150.00	$143.20	$753	—
563–587	569	12	149.00–150.00	$149.74	$852	—
620–623	622	24	144.50–150.00	$146.79	$913	—
654	654	39	134.00	$134.00	$876	—
710–736	727	9	143.00–144.00	$143.67	$1,044	—

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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.