Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

13,610 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $259.49/cwt +6.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 526 lb · 549 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $231.84/cwt +13.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,323/hd at 571 lb · 518 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.43/cwt +1.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,367/hd at 632 lb · 477 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,610	9,642	8,454
Feeder cattle	11,879	7,243	7,281
Slaughter cattle	1,390	1,080	1,027
Replacement cattle	341	1,319	146

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–340	322	40	280.00–295.00	$287.55	$926	-1.77
354–386	361	53	275.00–292.00	$286.06	$1,033	—
400–442	426	359	260.00–285.00	$272.30	$1,160	+0.98
455–495	480	86	256.00–287.00	$274.05	$1,315	+9.24
504–549	526	522	250.00–272.00	$259.62	$1,366	+0.34
534 value added	534	27	257.00	$257.00	$1,372	—
550–594	570	376	240.00–268.00	$256.38	$1,461	+6.74
600–639	618	305	223.00–256.00	$241.98	$1,495	+5.46
655–699	685	96	218.00–237.00	$233.81	$1,602	+7.28
704–748	728	374	206.00–237.00	$224.75	$1,636	+16.05
751–795	759	80	201.00–215.00	$213.32	$1,619	+10.15
802–849	828	284	197.00–210.00	$200.17	$1,657	-4.29
859–899	883	67	198.00–207.00	$202.75	$1,790	+5.29
921–930	922	65	191.00–198.00	$197.46	$1,821	+4.23
951–975	959	142	191.00–194.50	$192.36	$1,845	+9.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	250.00–255.00	$252.41	$841	-9.51
350–392	376	48	241.00–272.00	$261.22	$982	-2.49
408–446	433	68	230.00–258.00	$249.55	$1,081	-1.71
450–499	483	219	228.00–258.00	$248.81	$1,202	+0.38
501–548	528	123	220.00–250.00	$239.70	$1,266	+2.21
551–599	574	409	213.00–249.00	$237.21	$1,362	+0.87
601–643	620	131	203.00–232.00	$223.65	$1,387	+7.14
650–696	670	174	204.00–233.00	$227.50	$1,524	+6.23
700–749	741	88	187.50–211.00	$203.93	$1,511	+6.89
766–798	783	225	194.00–213.00	$206.18	$1,614	+7.46
803–830	815	7	176.00–193.00	$183.99	$1,500	—
898	898	64	189.00	$189.00	$1,697	+1.17
915–940	928	6	176.00–186.00	$177.64	$1,648	—
961–995	962	36	176.00–187.50	$187.17	$1,801	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	7	245.00	$245.00	$835	—
367–394	384	22	240.00–250.00	$243.47	$935	-3.49
410–449	427	33	220.00–230.00	$225.92	$965	-1.14
450–496	471	40	216.00–231.00	$225.78	$1,063	+5.59
510–547	526	20	210.00–222.00	$218.89	$1,151	+0.30
583–592	587	14	215.00–224.00	$219.40	$1,288	+1.08
605	605	6	206.00	$206.00	$1,246	+11.82
657–695	673	29	187.00–210.00	$199.66	$1,344	—
725–746	740	8	180.00–185.00	$181.89	$1,346	—
790	790	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,438	—
911	911	50	173.00	$173.00	$1,576	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608	608	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,484	—
1053	1053	10	177.00	$177.00	$1,864	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,194	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–343	335	43	248.00–267.50	$259.91	$871	-4.48
370 fancy	370	12	279.00	$279.00	$1,032	—
374 value added	374	6	247.00	$247.00	$924	—
357–395	381	139	236.00–265.00	$253.13	$964	+1.97
408–447	426	320	233.00–253.00	$240.87	$1,026	+1.16
466 fancy	466	15	265.00	$265.00	$1,235	—
452–499	475	240	229.00–248.00	$235.09	$1,117	+9.62
483 unweaned	483	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,106	—
502–548	524	304	220.00–240.00	$231.57	$1,213	+7.47
557 fancy	557	18	233.50	$233.50	$1,301	—
550–594	571	500	221.00–246.00	$231.78	$1,323	+13.45
600–647	629	402	205.00–224.00	$214.65	$1,350	+27.65
646 value added	646	75	226.00	$226.00	$1,460	—
656–686	678	421	198.00–224.00	$212.47	$1,441	-8.26
700–747	730	385	186.00–209.00	$201.44	$1,471	-1.05
753–785	773	285	191.00–207.00	$195.20	$1,509	-4.95
802–846	828	142	185.00–194.50	$191.30	$1,584	+0.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	316	22	225.00–240.00	$232.44	$735	-1.64
351–398	373	130	218.00–247.00	$234.54	$875	+5.62
400–448	431	142	205.00–230.00	$224.35	$967	+6.42
450–498	480	245	207.00–230.00	$222.80	$1,069	+0.53
496 value added	496	18	224.00	$224.00	$1,111	—
500–547	523	102	199.00–230.00	$216.29	$1,131	+6.85
550–598	576	369	200.00–223.50	$216.53	$1,247	+12.62
585 unweaned	585	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	—
601–645	625	74	185.00–205.00	$196.35	$1,227	+5.32
653–698	680	327	193.00–204.00	$202.46	$1,377	+14.38
715–748	729	166	170.00–183.00	$182.06	$1,327	+14.15
752–794	760	262	167.00–193.00	$187.04	$1,422	+2.31
876	876	29	171.00	$171.00	$1,498	-8.00
926	926	11	171.00	$171.00	$1,583	—
955	955	24	168.00	$168.00	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	220.00	$220.00	$733	—
490	490	10	204.00	$204.00	$1,000	+1.00
508–535	516	7	192.00–197.00	$195.52	$1,009	—
550–596	588	46	187.00–205.00	$197.77	$1,163	—
630–637	635	4	174.00–180.00	$175.49	$1,114	—
655	655	2	175.00–178.00	$176.50	$1,156	—
735–736	735	11	161.00–170.00	$163.46	$1,201	-6.54
778–792	787	17	164.00–175.00	$168.99	$1,330	-6.01
845	845	25	174.75	$174.75	$1,477	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	8	223.00	$223.00	$1,166	—
625	625	8	212.00	$212.00	$1,325	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697–698	697	7	159.00–170.00	$162.15	$1,130	—
720	720	4	176.00	$176.00	$1,267	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	6	180.00	$180.00	$680	—
458	458	2	175.00	$175.00	$802	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	5	207.00	$207.00	$913	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	247.00	$247.00	$983	-5.58
408–437	431	12	224.00–242.00	$233.03	$1,004	+18.47
450–478	474	26	215.00–235.00	$231.41	$1,097	+11.39
503–548	530	36	212.00–226.00	$220.02	$1,166	+11.80
555–590	576	32	206.00–230.00	$216.63	$1,248	+7.30
600–610	607	5	200.00–213.00	$206.41	$1,253	—
676	676	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,413	+9.95
733	733	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,415	+29.00
750–755	753	2	179.00–184.00	$181.49	$1,367	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	6	252.00	$252.00	$1,172	+10.21
531	531	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,248	+3.53
616–618	616	29	222.00–226.00	$222.69	$1,372	+12.07
657	657	7	217.00	$217.00	$1,426	—
720	720	6	195.00	$195.00	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347–348	348	10	225.00–235.00	$232.01	$807	—
396	396	9	238.00	$238.00	$942	—
416	416	12	222.00	$222.00	$924	+15.00
480–490	482	13	200.00–217.00	$215.67	$1,040	—
510–514	513	6	189.00–210.00	$203.04	$1,042	—
638	638	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,136	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1270	1167	80-85%	15	80.00–95.00	$89.69	$1,047	-4.57
1000–1410	1197	80-85%	300	89.00–106.00	$99.34	$1,189	+5.08
1055–1480	1228	80-85%	119	103.00–117.50	$106.96	$1,313	+5.31

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1000	864	85-90%	5	35.00–62.50	$49.94	$431	—
705–1235	946	85-90%	26	60.00–85.00	$74.95	$709	—
755–1375	1024	85-90%	205	76.00–98.00	$87.67	$898	+3.10
805–1192	1054	85-90%	110	93.50–105.00	$97.48	$1,027	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1525	1418	75-80%	9	85.00–96.00	$90.10	$1,278	—
1270–1640	1426	75-80%	156	95.50–107.00	$103.15	$1,471	—
1315–1747	1481	75-80%	54	106.50–122.50	$108.74	$1,610	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1675	1438	10	85.00–111.00	$104.46	$1,502	—
1500	1500	1	149.50	$149.50	$2,242	—
1205–2530	1604	63	110.00–128.00	$118.56	$1,902	+5.84
1352–2260	1809	32	127.50–143.50	$133.54	$2,416	+6.62

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1175	909	(<2 yrs)	Open	22	130.00–166.00	$136.10	$1,237
733–1210	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	96.00–134.00	$110.63	$1,092
970–1025	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$999

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
777	777	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	123.00	$123.00	$956

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
853	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	96.00	$96.00	$819
871	871	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00	$100.00	$871

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–738	724	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	157.50–197.00	$176.87	$1,281

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
958	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	100.00	$100.00	$958

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1099	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,210.00	$1,210.00
1120 fancy	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,660.00–1,800.00	$1,739.13
895–1450	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,200.00–1,585.00	$1,344.61
1178	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1105	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	950.00–1,175.00	$1,056.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,250.00	$1,250.00
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1165	1044	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,183.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
1015–1305	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,550.00–1,950.00	$1,846.25	-161.44
1040–1408	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,400.00–1,875.00	$1,687.50	-220.83
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00	-58.33
1302	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1040	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,580.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	775.00	$775.00	-535.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1302	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,085.00	$2,085.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
944	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–446	435	20	148.00–170.00	$157.60	$686	—
453–473	465	5	160.00–162.00	$161.22	$750	—
508–538	526	5	159.50–163.00	$160.85	$846	—
596	596	19	157.00	$157.00	$936	—
630	630	2	147.00	$147.00	$926	—
793	793	8	143.50	$143.50	$1,138	—
860	860	7	139.50	$139.50	$1,200	—
943	943	6	136.50	$136.50	$1,287	—
969	969	9	144.00	$144.00	$1,395	—
1060	1060	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,452	—

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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.