Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 26, 2023

13,671 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $234.73/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,487/hd at 634 lb · 875 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $230.51/cwt +12.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,856/hd at 805 lb · 754 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $239.71/cwt +5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,728/hd at 721 lb · 639 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,671	17,706	13,088
Feeder cattle	12,166	15,787	11,688
Slaughter cattle	1,282	1,566	1,236
Replacement cattle	223	353	164

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders uneven with early week steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers under 575 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, over 575 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Late week feeders steady to 6.00 lower, except steers over 750 lbs firm undertone. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–391	374	23	280.00–282.00	$281.18	$1,052	—
401	401	9	270.00	$270.00	$1,083	-18.42
452–495	472	161	267.00–285.00	$278.84	$1,316	-2.04
510–513 fancy	511	33	290.00–291.00	$290.70	$1,485	-3.30
500–539	520	178	260.00–288.00	$271.89	$1,414	+8.96
532 value added	532	7	261.00	$261.00	$1,389	-19.35
552–595	577	235	259.00–281.00	$270.45	$1,560	-3.75
617 fancy	617	32	275.00	$275.00	$1,697	—
600–647	622	291	240.00–270.00	$253.32	$1,576	+0.75
633 value added	633	40	257.00	$257.00	$1,627	-11.28
650–695	673	160	239.00–263.00	$252.22	$1,697	+3.28
701–748	721	639	221.00–252.00	$239.71	$1,728	+9.90
767–790	768	267	216.00–237.00	$232.20	$1,783	+1.18
800–843	805	754	222.00–240.00	$230.51	$1,856	+13.14
861–880	872	218	202.00–234.00	$221.54	$1,932	+0.39
905–938	920	603	214.00–232.50	$222.53	$2,047	+13.71
963	963	73	218.50	$218.50	$2,104	+5.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	333	7	240.00–250.00	$245.76	$818	-25.35
350–398	381	21	238.00–265.00	$259.32	$988	-10.86
401–449	426	37	240.00–267.00	$250.43	$1,067	-5.92
455–498	473	88	237.00–268.00	$252.33	$1,194	-1.77
500–549	521	158	232.00–257.00	$250.01	$1,303	+0.30
550–586	574	112	237.00–257.00	$247.06	$1,418	+4.61
603–646	626	119	220.00–241.50	$236.34	$1,479	+1.72
657–696	669	269	210.00–241.00	$235.81	$1,578	+3.14
700–745	719	157	196.00–230.00	$225.17	$1,619	+11.69
750–795	774	428	203.00–231.00	$221.66	$1,716	+0.86
800–835	824	227	214.00–220.00	$216.91	$1,787	+9.18
852–893	881	475	171.50–220.00	$213.88	$1,884	+3.32
911–947	940	287	207.00–210.00	$209.24	$1,967	—
954–994	972	31	168.00–207.00	$203.37	$1,977	—
1100	1100	17	195.00	$195.00	$2,145	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	4	224.00	$224.00	$806	-28.29
380–391	386	16	227.00–260.00	$249.49	$963	-2.80
413–432	428	27	240.00	$240.00	$1,027	-3.00
463–497	477	74	220.00–248.00	$232.02	$1,107	-5.70
502–548	532	75	217.00–231.00	$224.15	$1,192	-4.03
564–598	575	17	222.00–232.00	$225.54	$1,297	+0.68
606–641	623	12	190.00–221.00	$212.53	$1,324	+0.90
659–685	670	7	204.00–207.00	$205.31	$1,376	-11.10
743–745	744	3	179.00–185.00	$183.00	$1,362	-18.83
774	774	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,563	—
868–895	875	4	155.00–160.00	$156.28	$1,367	—
965	965	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,399	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	230.00	$230.00	$708	—
369	369	6	240.00	$240.00	$886	—
455–480	470	3	160.00–191.00	$175.55	$825	—
565	565	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,074	—
699	699	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,258	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	6	230.00	$230.00	$950	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	18	265.00	$265.00	$1,031	-6.14
413–449	439	63	239.00–253.00	$242.92	$1,066	-9.59
459–489	476	133	241.00–256.00	$248.45	$1,183	+3.80
500–548	525	164	229.00–243.00	$236.56	$1,242	-10.50
550–591	572	262	226.00–242.00	$235.92	$1,349	-2.48
611 fancy	611	15	259.00	$259.00	$1,582	+11.00
601–648	634	860	222.50–255.00	$234.31	$1,486	+9.71
655–691	666	342	203.00–243.00	$235.68	$1,570	+0.24
691 value added	691	21	218.00	$218.00	$1,506	-12.76
710–748	720	140	193.00–228.00	$218.56	$1,574	+1.57
802–821	809	134	178.00–221.25	$213.04	$1,723	+27.54
869	869	14	203.50	$203.50	$1,768	+2.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–343	324	18	216.00–245.00	$234.38	$759	-7.12
354–392	367	57	210.00–239.00	$229.20	$841	-14.13
400–449	433	179	216.00–237.00	$230.18	$997	-0.04
451–499	478	179	224.00–237.00	$228.97	$1,094	-0.79
510–545	526	130	215.00–235.00	$222.27	$1,169	-3.14
550–598	573	196	200.00–230.00	$219.98	$1,260	-5.21
604–648	634	147	193.00–220.00	$210.91	$1,337	+4.42
652–691	674	321	198.00–222.00	$217.49	$1,466	+2.82
701–731	718	52	203.00–214.00	$209.19	$1,502	+1.24
754–789	780	223	203.00–217.00	$208.47	$1,626	+6.91
811–824	813	25	156.00–196.00	$187.76	$1,526	—
889	889	17	190.00	$190.00	$1,689	-4.21
968	968	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–336	322	12	200.00–220.00	$212.55	$684	—
379–391	387	35	203.00–230.00	$219.31	$849	-1.40
400–437	426	16	197.00–209.00	$205.36	$875	-9.90
453–495	463	29	200.00–222.00	$217.00	$1,005	+2.16
520–546	537	23	198.00–210.00	$206.21	$1,107	-4.24
550–595	571	50	170.00–213.00	$205.30	$1,172	+0.85
735–736	736	6	188.00–191.00	$189.50	$1,395	—
850–890	868	8	120.00–140.00	$128.27	$1,113	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	6	200.00	$200.00	$660	+10.00
440	440	5	190.00	$190.00	$836	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,300	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–381	370	7	227.00–233.00	$230.53	$853	-31.14
427–439	435	9	225.00–238.00	$229.25	$997	-13.28
453–483	462	13	228.00–249.00	$237.49	$1,097	-2.51
500–545	511	19	226.00–238.00	$232.18	$1,186	+2.35
560–583	572	33	210.00–247.00	$233.67	$1,337	-0.81
602–630	610	15	209.00–226.00	$220.02	$1,342	+15.25
710–721	719	7	194.00–195.00	$194.14	$1,396	+10.19
760	760	3	185.00–195.00	$191.67	$1,457	+7.55
845	845	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,470	—
983	983	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,514	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	8	234.00	$234.00	$807	—
409–446	427	22	215.00–240.00	$229.91	$982	—
485	485	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	+7.71
500–545	519	28	195.00–220.00	$211.36	$1,097	-3.85
584–596	586	22	215.00–217.00	$216.72	$1,270	+9.99
646	646	8	196.00	$196.00	$1,266	+1.00
698	698	7	192.00	$192.00	$1,340	-10.52

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1443	1201	80-85%	252	92.50–106.00	$99.92	$1,200	+3.99
1035–1370	1217	80-85%	124	103.00–115.00	$105.75	$1,287	+3.03
1015–1380	1239	80-85%	23	83.00–96.00	$91.82	$1,138	-10.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1145	877	85-90%	3	55.00–67.00	$60.22	$528	—
715–1215	1020	85-90%	21	60.00–88.00	$77.85	$794	-9.61
715–1333	1029	85-90%	194	79.00–97.00	$90.15	$928	+2.69
867–1195	1042	85-90%	75	95.00–103.00	$98.39	$1,025	+10.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1965	1432	75-80%	136	95.00–106.50	$102.09	$1,462	+12.92
1378–1565	1437	75-80%	45	90.00–96.00	$92.54	$1,330	+3.37
1310–1900	1446	75-80%	64	106.00–115.50	$109.49	$1,583	+20.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2310	1532	38	109.50–125.00	$117.68	$1,803	—
1320–1990	1603	7	101.00–109.50	$106.03	$1,700	—
1415–2470	1811	29	123.50–139.50	$130.08	$2,356	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1185	1074	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	100.00–121.00	$116.32	$1,249
1045–1265	1192	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	127.00–143.00	$131.68	$1,570

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
923–1084	1044	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	165.00–167.00	$166.56	$1,739

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–917	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	116.00–125.00	$121.10	$1,098

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1345–1426	1399	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,525.28

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
959–1170	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	950.00–1,200.00	$1,069.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1128–1215	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,386.72

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
913–920	917	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,249.43
910–1120	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,450.00	$1,240.13
1093	1093	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	-125.00
905–920	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,550.00–1,775.00	$1,690.63	+115.63
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+25.00
915–1040	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,490.25	-318.75
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00	$1,350.00	-459.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1085	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,150.00–2,200.00	$2,163.64	+176.74
1258–1315	1277	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,433.33	—
1245–1385	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,650.00–1,850.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–363	360	8	155.00–166.00	$157.77	$568	—
439	439	18	179.50	$179.50	$788	—
455	455	6	170.00	$170.00	$774	—
522	522	5	171.00	$171.00	$893	—
553–583	565	30	163.00–177.00	$170.71	$965	—
610–613	612	11	167.00–168.00	$167.45	$1,025	—
709–735	728	23	150.00–169.00	$159.86	$1,164	—
758	758	8	166.50	$166.50	$1,262	—
836	836	56	175.50	$175.50	$1,467	—
1065–1083	1067	35	155.00–164.75	$163.90	$1,749	—

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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.