Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 29, 2023

1,966 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.68/cwt +1.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 531 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $261.82/cwt +2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,341/hd at 512 lb · 58 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $241.52/cwt -0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,497/hd at 620 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,966	13,610	3,437
Feeder cattle	735	11,879	1,180
Slaughter cattle	1,000	1,390	1,402
Replacement cattle	231	341	855

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs mostly steady and steers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher on a light offering. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	482	11	260.00–277.00	$271.57	$1,309	-2.48
500–546	512	58	250.00–269.00	$261.82	$1,341	+2.20
560–590	577	21	240.00–258.00	$246.00	$1,419	-10.38
600–640	620	55	223.00–244.00	$241.52	$1,497	-0.46
655–673	661	14	226.00–243.00	$231.63	$1,531	-2.18
700–730	716	8	213.00–220.00	$216.35	$1,549	-8.40
755–764	761	8	206.00–219.00	$214.26	$1,631	+0.94
813	813	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,577	-6.17
944	944	4	193.00	$193.00	$1,822	-4.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–398	384	4	245.00–264.00	$252.11	$968	-9.11
410–428	419	8	233.00–250.00	$244.80	$1,026	-4.75
460–493	484	10	230.00–252.00	$243.79	$1,180	-5.02
510–543	527	17	229.00–248.00	$238.87	$1,259	-0.83
560–599	588	21	222.00–237.00	$231.05	$1,359	-6.16
600–630	615	2	218.00–221.00	$219.46	$1,350	-4.19
670–690	680	2	206.00–222.00	$213.88	$1,454	-13.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	200.00	$200.00	$810	-25.92
500–540	520	2	219.00–220.00	$219.52	$1,142	+0.63
810–820	815	2	165.00–175.00	$169.97	$1,385	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	4	179.00	$179.00	$1,047	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–397	379	5	240.00–248.00	$242.98	$921	-10.15
448	448	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,057	-4.87
457–495	474	44	229.00–238.00	$234.84	$1,113	-0.25
522–543 unweaned	530	15	224.00–230.00	$227.54	$1,206	—
508–548	531	45	225.50–239.50	$234.39	$1,245	+2.82
556–585	561	9	216.00–229.00	$220.06	$1,235	-11.72
605–640	626	9	208.00–220.00	$211.98	$1,327	-2.67
650–688	686	18	203.00–210.00	$203.37	$1,395	-9.10
798	798	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,492	-8.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	343	4	202.00–220.00	$213.51	$732	-18.93
365–378	374	3	220.00–238.00	$232.14	$868	-2.40
415–435	422	3	210.00–228.00	$218.20	$921	-6.15
459–492	477	26	215.00–230.00	$224.02	$1,069	+1.22
500–545	522	18	210.00–226.00	$217.02	$1,133	+0.73
555–595	584	19	202.00–215.00	$208.85	$1,220	-7.68
618–640	628	4	185.00–208.00	$194.66	$1,222	-1.69
655–677	672	11	177.00–200.00	$187.78	$1,262	-14.68
725	725	2	171.00–188.00	$179.50	$1,301	-2.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–438	434	3	200.00–205.00	$201.63	$875	—
485–495	492	4	195.00–208.00	$199.47	$981	-4.53
520	520	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$910	-20.52
608–625	614	3	184.00–191.00	$188.62	$1,158	+13.13
685–690	688	2	160.00–186.00	$173.05	$1,191	-3.45

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–968	967	4	151.00–157.00	$155.50	$1,504	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–470	460	4	180.00	$180.00	$828	+5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	6	252.00	$252.00	$1,071	—
499	499	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,243	-3.00
620–643	630	6	220.00–235.00	$226.25	$1,425	+3.56
773–783	776	8	195.00–198.00	$197.24	$1,531	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	225.00	$225.00	$979	-8.03
465–480	470	5	217.00–244.00	$234.90	$1,104	+3.49
520–530	525	2	230.00–232.00	$230.99	$1,213	+10.97
529 unweaned	529	4	228.00	$228.00	$1,206	—
590 unweaned	590	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	—
760–795	782	3	174.00–187.00	$180.77	$1,414	-0.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–453	452	4	186.00–191.00	$188.49	$852	-27.18
545	545	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,063	-8.04

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	2	147.00	$147.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1336	1179	80-85%	277	88.50–103.00	$97.27	$1,147	+7.58
1045–1325	1187	80-85%	17	81.00–90.50	$86.50	$1,027	-12.84
1070–1335	1212	80-85%	55	103.00–112.00	$105.39	$1,277	-1.57

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1005	872	85-90%	8	40.00–59.00	$50.90	$444	+0.96
719–1150	939	85-90%	43	61.00–77.50	$69.96	$657	-4.99
745–1207	1024	85-90%	192	76.00–93.50	$86.49	$886	-1.18
830–1195	1055	85-90%	65	93.00–102.00	$95.75	$1,010	-1.73

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1505	1396	75-80%	8	86.00–93.00	$90.66	$1,266	—
1330–1795	1429	75-80%	102	95.00–105.50	$100.37	$1,434	-2.78
1338–1845	1521	75-80%	35	105.50–119.00	$108.91	$1,657	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1375	1285	4	101.00–109.00	$105.62	$1,357	—
1285–2260	1686	29	111.00–127.00	$119.32	$2,012	—
1660–2135	1870	11	127.50–136.00	$131.61	$2,461	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1230	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	65	107.50–130.00	$114.84	$1,232
958–1125	1076	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	135.00–140.00	$136.31	$1,467

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
791–920	872	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	97.50–112.50	$100.38	$875

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
841–861	853	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	115.00–118.00	$116.18	$991
942	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,083

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1193	1043	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	140.00–172.50	$147.95	$1,543

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1064	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,385.00	$1,385.00
1005–1190	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,261.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1210	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,475.00–1,675.00	$1,542.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	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
985–1090	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,625.00–1,650.00	$1,641.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	14	115.00	$115.00	$409	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	6	135.00	$135.00	$801	-22.00

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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.