Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 31, 2023

6,878 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $243.75/cwt +1.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,892/hd at 776 lb · 324 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $263.76/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,634/hd at 619 lb · 248 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $249.76/cwt +3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,444/hd at 578 lb · 154 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,878	6,823	10,743
Feeder cattle	4,277	5,553	8,862
Slaughter cattle	1,208	1,028	1,261
Replacement cattle	1,393	242	620

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders steers sold steady to 4.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	8	322.00	$322.00	$1,104	+20.03
406–429	419	40	272.00–285.00	$275.59	$1,155	-2.54
439 unweaned	439	7	277.00	$277.00	$1,216	—
460–496	475	42	272.00–295.00	$285.89	$1,358	+5.32
500 thin fleshed	500	10	300.00	$300.00	$1,500	—
501–545	523	80	260.00–280.00	$269.05	$1,407	-0.12
550–598	571	65	261.00–276.00	$270.54	$1,545	-4.75
605 value added	605	9	261.00	$261.00	$1,579	—
600–646	620	239	234.00–271.00	$263.86	$1,636	+0.25
675–690	675	34	249.00–263.00	$262.31	$1,771	+3.79
700–735	708	67	240.00–254.00	$251.44	$1,780	+8.49
769 value added	769	40	242.25	$242.25	$1,863	—
755–788	777	284	240.00–245.25	$243.96	$1,896	+2.20
800–838	828	111	240.25–242.00	$241.24	$1,997	+4.38
895	895	32	240.00	$240.00	$2,148	—
905	905	56	234.50	$234.50	$2,122	+8.25
1035	1035	127	226.50	$226.50	$2,344	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	5	280.00	$280.00	$904	—
370–397	389	23	254.00–280.00	$275.06	$1,070	+3.94
400–445	425	46	256.00–278.00	$265.29	$1,127	+7.46
460–497	481	32	250.00–276.00	$258.79	$1,245	+5.38
503–548	526	53	243.00–265.00	$255.70	$1,345	+0.15
552–590	570	79	245.00–260.00	$255.50	$1,456	+4.94
613–644	633	35	240.00–255.00	$245.97	$1,557	-1.69
650–699	676	109	240.00–252.00	$248.03	$1,677	+5.15
714–748	732	31	220.00–240.00	$232.22	$1,700	+17.25
753–798	772	24	235.00–238.00	$236.71	$1,827	+3.60
802–847	815	30	216.00–226.00	$220.66	$1,798	-3.55
879–884	883	43	225.00–232.00	$225.81	$1,994	-1.79
990	990	6	217.00	$217.00	$2,148	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	10	250.00	$250.00	$855	-5.22
385–395	388	3	250.00	$250.00	$970	-7.07
430–448	437	22	240.00–250.00	$243.26	$1,063	+7.60
452–498	481	49	226.00–248.00	$241.33	$1,161	+3.73
521–548	540	17	230.00–242.00	$238.57	$1,288	+13.57
550–580	570	13	220.00–235.00	$227.49	$1,297	-7.76
620–638	627	10	224.00–234.00	$229.93	$1,442	+22.49
714	714	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,628	—
872	872	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,831	-12.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	11	245.00	$245.00	$884	+5.00
471	471	7	213.00	$213.00	$1,003	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	17	250.00	$250.00	$1,795	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	7	270.00	$270.00	$923	-4.00
362–392	380	23	251.00–267.00	$264.01	$1,003	—
423 fancy	423	11	269.00	$269.00	$1,138	—
405–448	428	50	246.00–266.00	$258.64	$1,107	+9.45
452–496	471	84	244.50–264.00	$252.98	$1,192	+2.01
503–543	518	98	238.00–257.00	$247.84	$1,284	+0.09
530 value added	530	10	241.00	$241.00	$1,277	-10.26
550–599	578	154	236.50–254.00	$249.76	$1,444	+3.69
601–646	620	121	234.00–254.00	$243.30	$1,508	+0.06
671 value added	671	16	241.00	$241.00	$1,617	—
655–689	684	21	218.00–234.50	$230.89	$1,579	-8.16
702–732	724	103	227.00–230.00	$229.15	$1,659	+1.63
770–790	781	131	224.25–231.25	$228.14	$1,782	+3.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	18	229.00–246.00	$240.17	$788	-1.13
360–398	369	20	235.00–257.50	$242.43	$895	+1.85
410–447	433	26	230.00–243.00	$236.85	$1,026	+5.99
453–490	466	56	210.00–244.00	$232.29	$1,082	+2.35
500–540	521	48	222.00–240.00	$234.17	$1,220	+3.38
561–598	575	138	218.00–240.00	$232.46	$1,337	+3.94
601–638	614	70	210.00–229.50	$224.39	$1,378	+1.61
655–676	662	37	202.00–233.00	$225.36	$1,492	-1.13
700–735	722	46	185.00–224.25	$219.77	$1,587	+8.24
755–790	787	72	210.00–221.00	$220.12	$1,732	+1.66
847	847	12	200.00	$200.00	$1,694	±0.00
870	870	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,627	-15.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–335	315	10	200.00–225.00	$218.07	$687	+14.74
351–398	376	31	210.00–230.00	$220.02	$827	-1.86
410–440	424	23	202.00–216.00	$212.90	$903	+1.84
497	497	10	208.00	$208.00	$1,034	-6.92
515–545	536	29	180.00–217.00	$215.14	$1,153	-2.63
554–576	566	19	205.00–212.00	$208.25	$1,179	+3.80
737	737	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,253	—
805–840	821	4	150.00–170.00	$159.89	$1,313	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	11	150.00	$150.00	$627	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,354	—
994	994	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	418	19	250.00–269.00	$254.77	$1,065	+5.79
455–492	476	8	249.00–261.00	$254.28	$1,210	+3.00
520–540	536	5	244.00–254.00	$245.94	$1,318	+5.10
550–565	559	13	235.00–253.00	$244.18	$1,365	+3.87
623–632	629	10	225.00–237.00	$233.42	$1,468	+11.87
661–698	676	10	229.00–239.00	$232.72	$1,573	+13.69
800	800	3	188.00–202.00	$197.33	$1,579	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–431	427	17	220.00–238.00	$231.07	$987	+11.07
500–521	512	28	210.00–230.00	$217.92	$1,116	+4.40
570–587	582	17	222.00–225.00	$224.14	$1,304	+2.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,088	—
453–478	465	15	262.50–279.00	$268.56	$1,249	—
503–546	519	11	258.00–260.00	$259.23	$1,345	—
566	566	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,455	—
628	628	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,570	—
729	729	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,699	+0.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1500	1323	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,600.00–2,200.00	$1,868.43	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1435	1186	80-85%	222	100.00–116.50	$110.06	$1,305	-3.10
1095–1297	1217	80-85%	12	95.00–102.50	$98.49	$1,199	—
1038–1427	1229	80-85%	112	114.00–126.00	$119.51	$1,469	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1770	1402	75-80%	165	102.00–119.00	$113.77	$1,595	+15.64
1320–1830	1445	75-80%	136	117.00–132.00	$121.90	$1,761	+13.41
1340–1640	1456	75-80%	14	87.50–104.00	$98.16	$1,429	-18.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1100	812	85-90%	21	52.50–72.50	$62.73	$509	—
745–1135	879	85-90%	22	74.50–90.00	$80.68	$709	—
760–1290	1030	85-90%	151	90.00–107.50	$101.58	$1,046	+5.24
848–1210	1033	85-90%	77	105.00–115.00	$109.77	$1,134	+13.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1042	972	7	137.50–160.00	$149.67	$1,455	—
1305–1410	1358	2	116.00–118.00	$117.04	$1,589	—
1215–2110	1631	28	118.00–133.00	$125.66	$2,050	+4.40
1225–2275	1806	27	132.00–151.00	$140.44	$2,536	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1083	944	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	145.00–165.00	$157.53	$1,487
755–1191	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	110.00–140.00	$127.99	$1,345

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
753–1005	891	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	172.50–205.00	$182.89	$1,630

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
772–845	813	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	114.00–135.00	$122.87	$999

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
818	818	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,104

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1340	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,268.69
1175 fancy	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1035–1490	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	417	1,585.00–2,550.00	$2,125.96
1120–1410	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,848.19
1260–1380	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,332.74
1120–1340	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	1,700.00–1,775.00	$1,705.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1170	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	1,100.00–1,725.00	$1,568.46
985–1350	1098	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	1,350.00–1,690.00	$1,540.64
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00
880–1389	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	136	1,100.00–1,850.00	$1,695.22

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
908–1120	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	76	1,575.00–2,550.00	$2,371.17
1015–1070	1065	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,650.00–2,000.00	$1,966.63
1080 fancy	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1040	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,875.91
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1040–1140	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,719.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1020–1060	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,225.00	—
1065–1085	1076	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,066.67	—
1040–1313	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,124.84	—
1060–1148	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,800.00–2,200.00	$2,000.00	—
1325–1540	1433	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,700.00	-75.00
1460–1705	1623	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,950.00–2,225.00	$2,133.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1395	1395	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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.