Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 19, 2023

17,706 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.19/cwt +8.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,492/hd at 629 lb · 868 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $275.69/cwt +9.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,596/hd at 579 lb · 742 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $226.09/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,299/hd at 575 lb · 704 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	17,706	16,829	11,429
Feeder cattle	15,787	14,064	10,521
Slaughter cattle	1,566	1,524	798
Replacement cattle	353	1,241	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–308	306	14	285.00–302.00	$288.59	$883	-18.65
331–345 value added	342	16	295.00–300.00	$296.21	$1,013	—
355–390 value added	387	23	290.00–312.50	$303.84	$1,176	—
418–445 value added	427	85	282.50–300.00	$293.10	$1,252	—
416–448	433	78	272.00–302.00	$288.42	$1,249	-0.93
454–487 value added	469	228	274.00–292.50	$284.29	$1,333	—
453–499	480	261	267.00–295.00	$280.88	$1,348	-6.42
508 thin fleshed	508	8	300.00	$300.00	$1,524	+8.55
517 fancy	517	12	294.00	$294.00	$1,520	—
502–544	524	140	258.00–287.00	$262.93	$1,378	-4.53
504–544 value added	530	189	273.00–290.00	$280.35	$1,486	—
555–594 value added	579	282	267.00–287.50	$278.11	$1,610	—
557–594	579	460	258.00–289.00	$274.20	$1,588	+8.96
600–648 value added	624	310	258.00–277.50	$268.28	$1,674	—
601–647	630	219	240.00–265.50	$252.57	$1,591	+5.25
636 unweaned	636	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,469	—
650 fancy	650	13	264.50	$264.50	$1,719	—
651–691 value added	669	256	250.00–261.00	$256.51	$1,716	—
650–687	680	144	240.00–253.00	$248.94	$1,693	+6.58
701–742 value added	719	209	226.00–249.50	$237.45	$1,707	—
702–743	726	169	221.00–241.00	$229.81	$1,668	-2.85
755–770	768	155	212.00–237.00	$231.02	$1,774	+4.15
753–798 value added	770	118	227.00–235.00	$231.99	$1,786	—
801–821 value added	807	74	221.00	$221.00	$1,783	—
804–848	817	214	203.00–225.00	$217.37	$1,776	-6.92
863–893	876	299	216.25–227.00	$221.15	$1,937	-3.07
911–945	925	15	208.00–210.00	$208.82	$1,932	-12.80
956	956	208	213.00	$213.00	$2,036	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–338	334	13	270.00–275.00	$271.11	$906	+1.50
315–348 value added	343	13	285.00–292.50	$291.44	$1,000	—
350–373 value added	359	13	280.00–282.50	$281.50	$1,011	—
360–385	374	41	262.00–280.00	$270.18	$1,010	-4.95
400–443	415	214	250.00–275.00	$256.35	$1,064	-9.55
406–449 value added	438	40	265.00–277.50	$273.18	$1,197	—
450–496	472	146	250.00–261.00	$254.10	$1,199	-5.82
480 unweaned	480	19	250.00	$250.00	$1,200	—
472–499 value added	486	90	265.00–275.00	$270.37	$1,314	—
500–548	526	110	237.00–268.00	$249.71	$1,313	+3.36
501–543 value added	529	258	252.00–274.00	$265.43	$1,404	—
550–595	576	370	230.00–256.00	$242.45	$1,397	-5.17
550–599 value added	579	192	250.00–270.00	$263.01	$1,523	—
602–646	622	194	223.00–246.00	$234.62	$1,459	+1.90
602–647 value added	628	158	240.00–254.00	$249.30	$1,566	—
653–694	672	71	222.00–239.00	$232.67	$1,564	-0.05
658–693 value added	676	125	230.00–248.00	$239.96	$1,622	—
687 unweaned	687	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,429	-4.00
700–741	719	39	204.00–225.00	$213.48	$1,535	-7.92
715–742 value added	723	109	218.00–227.50	$223.97	$1,619	—
760–798	774	82	209.00–225.00	$220.80	$1,709	+6.20
752–797 value added	782	110	210.00–228.00	$222.41	$1,739	—
808–845	820	87	189.00–213.00	$207.73	$1,703	-5.56
853–886 value added	881	62	213.00–217.00	$214.46	$1,889	—
852–898	884	234	177.00–214.00	$210.56	$1,861	-0.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	255.00	$255.00	$765	+15.41
352–399	378	35	241.00–258.00	$252.29	$954	+1.33
425 value added	425	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—
405–447	429	19	237.00–250.00	$243.00	$1,042	-1.16
461–486 value added	472	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,180	—
450–499	478	58	222.00–245.00	$237.72	$1,136	-3.97
506–541 value added	521	7	230.00–245.00	$238.32	$1,242	—
506–545	526	65	220.00–240.00	$228.18	$1,200	+3.51
550–593	569	93	212.00–231.00	$224.86	$1,279	+0.24
592–593 value added	593	13	245.00–246.00	$245.69	$1,457	—
607 value added	607	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,396	—
629–640	630	8	211.00–216.00	$211.63	$1,333	+3.71
653–698	685	18	210.00–220.00	$216.41	$1,482	+3.45
715–745	718	11	181.00–205.00	$201.83	$1,449	-0.17
815–840	825	3	157.00–170.00	$164.93	$1,361	+1.93

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	13	244.00	$244.00	$1,108	—
526	526	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,105	—
576	576	10	209.00	$209.00	$1,204	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623 unweaned	623	11	220.00	$220.00	$1,371	—
703 unweaned	703	9	191.00	$191.00	$1,343	—
861	861	4	178.00	$178.00	$1,533	—
1175	1175	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,751	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	375	39	267.50–275.00	$271.14	$1,017	-2.86
353–399 value added	385	111	270.00–285.00	$278.58	$1,073	—
416 fancy	416	24	282.00	$282.00	$1,173	+3.54
408–447	426	65	242.00–262.00	$252.51	$1,076	-0.76
405–438 value added	427	56	255.00–270.00	$259.76	$1,109	—
459–488 value added	471	100	240.00–253.00	$250.03	$1,178	—
469–499	486	127	241.00–250.00	$244.65	$1,189	-14.13
503–542 value added	528	195	236.00–248.00	$241.29	$1,274	—
512–531 unweaned	530	40	234.00–237.00	$234.22	$1,241	—
501–548	533	309	231.00–256.00	$247.06	$1,317	+1.79
550–593	571	196	232.00–248.00	$238.40	$1,361	-6.50
550–597 value added	578	125	235.00–251.00	$242.09	$1,399	—
600–644	614	216	217.00–236.00	$224.60	$1,379	-3.98
628 fancy	628	167	248.00	$248.00	$1,557	—
600–646 value added	636	485	219.50–246.00	$239.08	$1,521	—
650–682 value added	663	64	222.00–241.00	$230.76	$1,530	—
657–689	667	432	200.00–240.00	$235.44	$1,570	+7.25
705–728 value added	710	108	220.00–231.00	$223.89	$1,590	—
706–743	736	110	186.00–225.00	$216.99	$1,597	-3.99
768 value added	768	15	223.00	$223.00	$1,713	—
782	782	34	221.00	$221.00	$1,728	—
801 value added	801	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,602	—
810	810	10	185.50	$185.50	$1,503	-20.89
856–884	872	19	199.00–205.00	$201.48	$1,757	—
917–919	917	25	185.50–191.00	$186.60	$1,711	+6.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–348	325	27	225.00–255.00	$241.50	$785	-12.61
353–398	378	81	225.00–260.00	$243.33	$920	+2.16
352–396 value added	387	31	250.00–260.00	$254.90	$986	—
400–449	425	113	223.00–243.00	$230.22	$978	-3.40
405–449 value added	438	118	235.00–252.00	$243.76	$1,068	—
450–496	476	156	220.00–240.00	$229.76	$1,094	-5.75
462–499 value added	482	167	223.00–237.50	$233.31	$1,125	—
500–549	525	210	215.00–236.00	$225.41	$1,183	-1.66
508–546 value added	529	355	222.00–240.00	$231.84	$1,226	—
550–597 value added	566	251	216.00–234.00	$228.01	$1,291	—
550–598	579	443	215.00–231.00	$225.19	$1,304	+0.72
592 unweaned	592	10	218.00	$218.00	$1,291	—
600–649 value added	628	193	215.00–227.50	$220.48	$1,385	—
603–648	630	85	200.00–220.00	$206.49	$1,301	-5.81
650–688	674	355	185.00–218.00	$214.67	$1,447	+2.81
654–686 value added	675	192	211.00–221.00	$219.47	$1,481	—
708–745	729	128	171.00–212.00	$207.95	$1,516	-2.38
755–780	779	81	170.00–210.00	$201.56	$1,570	-3.18
763–791 value added	783	14	191.00–204.50	$194.76	$1,525	—
808 value added	808	3	193.00	$193.00	$1,559	—
852–861	856	9	192.00–196.00	$194.21	$1,662	+14.05
867–885 value added	883	19	170.00–182.50	$180.60	$1,595	—
922	922	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,706	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–396	378	49	200.00–235.00	$220.71	$834	-9.97
382 value added	382	7	235.00	$235.00	$898	—
413 value added	413	3	225.00	$225.00	$929	—
405–446	433	48	200.00–221.00	$215.26	$932	-2.90
450–495	477	84	200.00–222.00	$214.84	$1,025	-5.92
473–497 value added	486	9	212.50–217.00	$215.05	$1,045	—
500–543 value added	518	23	202.50–218.00	$213.25	$1,105	—
502–540	526	46	206.00–215.00	$210.45	$1,107	-1.13
571 value added	571	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,199	—
555–596	574	61	188.00–217.00	$204.45	$1,174	-6.52
613–646	633	8	180.00–192.00	$189.03	$1,197	+5.63
638 value added	638	16	192.50	$192.50	$1,228	—
665–684	678	18	179.00–196.00	$191.56	$1,299	+5.16
778–780	779	9	181.00–185.00	$183.67	$1,431	+4.03
830	830	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,195	—
921	921	9	151.00	$151.00	$1,391	—
973	973	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,411	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,120	—
569 unweaned	569	9	220.00	$220.00	$1,252	+11.00
656 unweaned	656	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,312	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	8	190.50	$190.50	$1,358	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	190.00	$190.00	$602	—
375	375	2	190.00	$190.00	$712	+40.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	220.00	$220.00	$684	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–398	385	11	250.00–272.00	$261.67	$1,007	—
410–447	434	12	240.00–250.00	$242.53	$1,053	-7.05
490	490	11	240.00	$240.00	$1,176	-3.45
518–543	527	21	222.00–240.00	$229.83	$1,211	+0.25
553–589	569	18	230.00–239.00	$234.48	$1,334	+5.34
602–645	621	20	200.00–213.00	$204.77	$1,272	-12.50
700–740	723	16	175.00–190.00	$183.95	$1,330	+4.29
755–798	773	15	173.00–190.00	$184.12	$1,423	+24.12
910–939	929	16	151.50–165.00	$154.02	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	4	240.00	$240.00	$955	—
463–497	477	18	220.00–232.00	$227.29	$1,084	+33.29
513–531	525	14	190.00–230.00	$215.21	$1,130	-3.79
575–599	586	34	186.00–215.00	$206.73	$1,211	-1.66
638	638	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,244	—
667–679	673	16	200.00–205.00	$202.52	$1,363	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–562	561	11	241.00–251.00	$241.90	$1,357	+2.90
620	620	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,401	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–538	522	11	187.00–201.00	$194.44	$1,015	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1028–1275	1154	80-85%	35	85.00–91.00	$89.00	$1,027	-1.36
960–1440	1200	80-85%	338	90.00–101.00	$95.93	$1,151	-6.95
1065–1450	1216	80-85%	66	99.00–108.00	$102.72	$1,249	-0.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–1063	843	85-90%	13	42.50–65.00	$51.16	$431	+6.30
711–1155	979	85-90%	40	60.00–80.00	$74.35	$728	—
765–1275	1042	85-90%	300	78.00–96.00	$87.46	$911	-0.69
808–1190	1046	85-90%	73	93.00–104.50	$98.30	$1,028	+10.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1284–1748	1405	75-80%	231	92.00–103.50	$97.93	$1,376	+5.29
1315–1685	1417	75-80%	28	87.00–94.00	$89.17	$1,264	-3.47
1310–1945	1485	75-80%	44	103.50–111.00	$105.95	$1,573	+6.09

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715	1715	65-75%	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,989	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1740	1428	10	91.00–107.50	$101.50	$1,449	-5.06
1160–2705	1653	68	105.00–126.50	$116.90	$1,932	—
1460–2240	1904	35	124.00–144.50	$132.40	$2,521	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1045	764	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	149.00–182.00	$161.93	$1,237
718–1475	1014	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	90.00–140.00	$114.84	$1,164

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
939–964	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	100.00	$100.00	$950

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1154	1154	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	131.00	$131.00	$1,512
1217–1227	1221	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	115.00–130.50	$124.66	$1,522

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
846–1077	935	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	160.00–174.00	$166.08	$1,553
1022	1022	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,737

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	112.50	$112.50	$962
861	861	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	116.00	$116.00	$999

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1305	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,050.00–1,500.00	$1,340.81
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1123	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,145.00–1,300.00	$1,219.71
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1280–1340	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,686.63

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1023	1023	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,730.00	$1,730.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,710.00	$1,710.00	—
1020–1520	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,775.00–2,150.00	$1,986.90	-226.56
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905	905	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
965–980	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,600.00–1,885.00	$1,809.00	+269.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,000.00	$2,000.00	+300.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

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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.