Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 10, 2023

17,377 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $238.85/cwt +8.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,978/hd at 828 lb · 1,060 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $239.09/cwt +4.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,490/hd at 623 lb · 717 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $265.55/cwt +9.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,638/hd at 617 lb · 671 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	17,377	13,671	16,066
Feeder cattle	14,683	12,166	13,897
Slaughter cattle	2,239	1,282	1,905
Replacement cattle	455	223	264

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, early week steers 8.00 to 12.00 higher and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, late week steers uneven from 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher and heifers under 700 lbs from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher, over 700 lbs had few comparisons. Slaughter cows uneven from 5.00 lower to 3.00 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
307–336	322	21	280.00–315.00	$294.31	$948	—
353–399	376	43	280.00–290.00	$286.26	$1,076	+5.08
400–445	428	121	272.00–300.00	$283.81	$1,215	+13.81
458 unweaned	458	3	266.00	$266.00	$1,218	—
450–498	478	116	270.00–297.50	$282.85	$1,352	+4.01
500–544	527	274	267.00–295.00	$279.89	$1,475	+8.00
550–599	577	273	260.00–295.00	$277.14	$1,599	+6.69
580–590 value added	587	19	277.00–280.00	$277.94	$1,632	—
611–616 fancy	614	48	285.00–287.00	$285.87	$1,755	+10.87
601–645	617	623	250.00–281.00	$263.98	$1,629	+10.66
650–698	677	588	240.00–267.00	$253.78	$1,718	+1.56
700–737	720	92	225.00–255.50	$249.08	$1,793	+9.37
731 fancy	731	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,828	—
751–795	768	565	226.00–245.00	$240.67	$1,848	+8.47
795 value added	795	16	237.50	$237.50	$1,888	—
806–842	828	1,060	231.00–243.00	$238.85	$1,978	+8.34
862 fancy	862	130	246.75	$246.75	$2,127	—
854–891	872	229	227.50–235.00	$231.65	$2,020	+10.11
903–910	905	110	217.00–223.00	$222.42	$2,013	-0.11
946 value added	946	51	218.00	$218.00	$2,062	—
995	995	55	213.00	$213.00	$2,119	-5.50
1004	1004	18	221.00	$221.00	$2,219	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	319	8	250.00–270.00	$258.16	$824	+12.40
353–398	381	90	250.00–275.00	$266.48	$1,015	+7.16
406–449	427	81	242.00–270.00	$253.36	$1,082	+2.93
469 unweaned	469	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,102	—
452–496	479	242	240.00–272.00	$258.71	$1,239	+6.38
500–548	526	280	240.00–269.00	$256.54	$1,349	+6.53
538	538	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,264	-15.01
550–599	574	558	232.00–270.00	$255.85	$1,469	+8.79
601–647	621	142	225.00–253.00	$240.70	$1,495	+4.36
654–699	677	249	218.00–246.00	$237.02	$1,605	+1.21
700–745	732	111	210.00–234.00	$229.93	$1,683	+4.76
750–795	778	45	197.00–232.00	$220.91	$1,719	-0.75
800–842	817	51	189.00–217.00	$211.10	$1,725	-5.81
855–888	870	20	181.00–221.00	$204.44	$1,779	-9.44
920	920	14	208.00	$208.00	$1,914	-1.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	33	257.50	$257.50	$878	—
360–373	371	14	235.00–247.00	$244.59	$907	+20.59
404–429	414	30	222.00–232.00	$228.08	$944	-11.92
455–490	475	73	221.00–240.00	$230.20	$1,093	-1.82
506–548	529	28	210.00–242.00	$232.79	$1,231	+8.64
560–594	579	45	222.00–242.00	$234.24	$1,356	+8.70
605–640	632	13	200.00–220.00	$213.65	$1,350	+1.12
662–668	666	18	210.00–215.00	$213.62	$1,423	+8.31
710–745	728	2	180.00–190.00	$185.12	$1,348	+2.12
770	770	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,309	-32.00
852–898	880	13	186.00–197.00	$192.91	$1,698	+36.63

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	11	205.00	$205.00	$836	—
453	453	4	191.00	$191.00	$865	+15.45
505–540	522	28	180.00–195.00	$189.47	$989	—
580	580	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,288	+32.00
705	705	2	139.00	$139.00	$980	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	17	213.00	$213.00	$805	—
464	464	17	204.00	$204.00	$947	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	10	257.00	$257.00	$1,388	—
1055	1055	11	216.00	$216.00	$2,279	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	9	99.00	$99.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–334	323	17	255.00–257.00	$255.85	$826	—
378–395	392	16	255.00–260.00	$255.90	$1,003	-9.10
402–449	428	195	239.00–260.00	$249.46	$1,068	+6.54
452–499	475	186	240.00–261.00	$247.82	$1,177	-0.63
500–547	524	513	236.00–258.00	$244.86	$1,283	+8.30
550–595	576	608	230.00–257.00	$243.37	$1,402	+7.45
579 value added	579	16	240.00	$240.00	$1,390	—
622 unweaned	622	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,337	—
601–649	623	710	215.00–251.00	$239.33	$1,491	+5.02
651–689	667	299	220.00–241.50	$234.68	$1,565	-1.00
700–749	730	446	205.00–234.00	$227.86	$1,663	+9.30
753–795	770	207	204.50–233.50	$227.46	$1,751	—
795 value added	795	13	218.00	$218.00	$1,733	—
805–837	831	93	187.00–216.00	$214.31	$1,781	+1.27
839 value added	839	58	217.50	$217.50	$1,825	—
926	926	16	205.00	$205.00	$1,898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	19	260.00	$260.00	$757	—
318–340	329	18	225.00–250.00	$234.30	$771	-0.08
351–396	371	83	226.00–252.00	$243.43	$903	+14.23
400–449	421	152	220.00–241.00	$232.79	$980	+2.61
450–499	477	297	217.00–238.00	$232.07	$1,107	+3.10
500–548	522	183	213.00–235.00	$225.43	$1,177	+3.16
550–598	571	261	215.00–234.00	$225.38	$1,287	+5.40
570–578 unweaned	574	9	210.00–218.00	$214.47	$1,231	—
600–649	630	102	205.00–227.00	$216.26	$1,362	+5.35
651–698	667	96	192.00–221.00	$210.32	$1,403	-7.17
673 unweaned	673	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,346	—
701–743	731	71	185.00–212.00	$208.88	$1,527	-0.31
750–793	790	76	185.00–215.00	$213.19	$1,684	+4.72
802–845	827	64	172.00–210.00	$201.94	$1,670	+14.18
865–885	872	3	166.00–182.00	$176.59	$1,540	-13.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	313	29	210.00–227.00	$223.75	$700	+11.20
352–397	373	40	200.00–222.00	$216.84	$809	-2.47
422–441	428	65	220.00–222.00	$221.02	$946	+15.66
450–496	477	104	200.00–222.00	$216.64	$1,033	-0.36
500–549	533	26	192.00–213.00	$203.53	$1,085	-2.68
550–598	571	59	180.00–215.00	$207.88	$1,187	+2.58
600–625	613	4	170.00–193.00	$185.87	$1,139	—
700–734	725	19	160.00–175.00	$165.71	$1,201	-23.79
848	848	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,569	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	9	180.00	$180.00	$554	—
423	423	16	191.00	$191.00	$808	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	6	229.00	$229.00	$1,019	—
565	565	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,271	—
704	704	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,521	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
912–948	937	10	146.00–150.00	$148.83	$1,395	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,441	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	14	280.00	$280.00	$818	—
314	314	7	267.00	$267.00	$838	—
355–385	368	9	249.00–258.00	$251.54	$926	+21.01
401–425	405	12	230.00–240.00	$230.87	$935	+1.62
455–493	478	14	228.00–244.00	$235.17	$1,124	-2.32
502–535	519	36	220.00–245.00	$232.86	$1,209	+0.68
553–598	572	23	226.00–237.00	$233.97	$1,338	+0.30
605–648	627	32	200.00–226.00	$216.04	$1,355	-3.98
673–698	693	12	198.00–221.00	$210.79	$1,461	—
705–738	726	15	194.00–205.00	$196.78	$1,429	+2.64
750–760	754	4	180.00–198.00	$192.21	$1,449	+0.54
825	825	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,336	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–386	366	20	220.00–251.00	$247.63	$906	—
413–445	421	41	220.00–227.00	$225.04	$947	-4.87
473–499	491	17	215.00–228.00	$223.96	$1,100	-11.04
505–548	518	33	192.00–227.00	$210.65	$1,091	-0.71
559–594	572	21	205.00–215.00	$211.65	$1,211	-5.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,222	—
619	619	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,424	—
650–671	666	12	223.00–235.00	$229.49	$1,528	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1320	1176	80-85%	48	81.00–96.00	$91.38	$1,075	—
1012–1395	1203	80-85%	461	93.00–109.00	$99.91	$1,202	-0.01
1020–1375	1224	80-85%	113	103.00–117.00	$106.66	$1,306	+0.91
1453	1453	80-85%	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,918	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1120	870	85-90%	43	37.50–68.00	$58.31	$507	-1.91
725–1230	975	85-90%	162	70.00–89.00	$78.41	$764	—
760–1190	1036	85-90%	78	95.00–107.50	$98.10	$1,016	-0.29
832–1379	1063	85-90%	313	83.00–100.00	$92.49	$983	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1750	1407	75-80%	263	94.00–111.00	$102.59	$1,443	+0.50
1210–1738	1447	75-80%	20	83.00–97.00	$93.84	$1,358	-15.65
1322–1885	1513	75-80%	69	110.00–123.50	$113.53	$1,718	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1760	1760	65-75%	1	126.00	$126.00	$2,218	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058	1058	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,566	—
1215–2330	1548	12	103.00–113.00	$108.13	$1,674	-9.55
1200–2345	1587	65	111.00–129.00	$119.83	$1,902	—
1510–2170	1842	51	125.00–149.00	$136.41	$2,513	+6.33

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
853–1255	919	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	147.00–167.50	$157.71	$1,449
735–1230	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	93.00–137.00	$112.52	$1,114

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
747–901	838	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	160.00–185.00	$176.76	$1,481
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,700

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
758–766	762	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	130.00–140.00	$134.42	$1,024
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	123.00	$123.00	$1,150

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1034	1034	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,603

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1020–1173	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,130.23
1060–1373	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	1,200.00–1,625.00	$1,412.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
897–991	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	1,000.00–1,065.00	$1,019.38
905–1135	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	935.00–1,150.00	$1,107.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1123–1380	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,550.00–1,725.00	$1,612.13

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–851	812	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	800.00–975.00	$881.56

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1040–1200	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,350.00	$1,201.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1212	1212	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,725.00	$1,725.00

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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
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1060–1575	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,855.00	—
1040–1340	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,675.00	$1,575.00	—
1198–1348	1276	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,516.67	+83.34
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	-250.00
1385–1510	1468	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,525.00–1,575.00	$1,558.33	—
1515–1737	1675	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,750.00–2,075.00	$1,980.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
760–810	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,583.33	—
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
797–905	824	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	710.00–1,050.00	$772.86	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–389	380	9	160.00–170.00	$163.18	$620	+5.41
402–429	414	11	165.00–175.00	$169.71	$703	-9.79
488–492	489	20	174.00–179.00	$174.76	$855	+4.76
555–586	568	16	170.00–178.00	$175.17	$995	+4.46
627–631	630	11	150.00–167.00	$162.39	$1,023	-5.06
663–672	665	53	167.50–175.00	$169.02	$1,124	—
705–730	718	11	150.00–171.00	$164.37	$1,180	+4.51
867	867	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,465	—
922–937	931	59	170.00–173.50	$172.21	$1,603	—
978	978	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,467	—
1064	1064	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,756	+1.10

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
892	892	11	168.00	$168.00	$1,499	—

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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.