Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 7, 2023

7,433 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary report →

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $273.93/cwt +10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,718/hd at 627 lb · 401 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $245.92/cwt +4.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,007/hd at 816 lb · 390 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $252.44/cwt +8.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,934/hd at 766 lb · 384 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,433	6,878	6,642
Feeder cattle	6,120	4,277	5,093
Slaughter cattle	967	1,208	1,048
Replacement cattle	346	1,393	501

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 525 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher, over sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were uneven 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	321	43	304.00–342.50	$324.35	$1,041	+2.35
366–398	388	25	285.00–322.50	$311.41	$1,208	—
406–447	427	84	278.00–320.00	$303.10	$1,294	+27.51
453–499	473	160	275.00–315.00	$297.09	$1,405	+11.20
500–549	530	158	272.00–295.00	$284.29	$1,507	+15.24
570–592 value added	584	14	275.00–289.00	$284.12	$1,659	—
552–599	587	141	268.00–290.00	$279.31	$1,640	+8.77
601–648	627	401	262.50–291.00	$273.93	$1,718	+10.07
651–686	661	228	263.00–292.50	$267.29	$1,767	+4.98
700–745	715	237	240.00–259.00	$252.77	$1,807	+1.33
755–796	766	384	244.00–254.00	$252.44	$1,934	+8.48
810–847	816	390	240.50–251.00	$245.92	$2,007	+4.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–330	321	14	290.00–305.00	$300.59	$965	+20.59
373–395	386	41	276.00–300.00	$298.59	$1,153	+23.53
400–448	425	27	262.00–279.00	$272.52	$1,158	+7.23
457–498	487	37	257.00–283.00	$273.53	$1,332	+14.74
508–541	533	32	250.00–266.00	$260.39	$1,388	+4.69
535 unweaned	535	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,311	—
550–595	583	148	250.00–272.50	$266.38	$1,553	+10.88
602–646	621	69	247.00–263.00	$256.39	$1,592	+10.42
654–694	683	154	247.00–263.00	$255.35	$1,744	+7.32
707–723	709	37	237.50–241.50	$241.05	$1,709	+8.83
756–798	783	95	231.00–242.50	$239.78	$1,877	+3.07
830	830	61	238.00	$238.00	$1,975	+17.34
950	950	13	220.00	$220.00	$2,090	—
1004	1004	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–398	381	22	260.00–272.50	$266.43	$1,015	+16.43
548	548	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,266	-7.57
618	618	28	219.50	$219.50	$1,357	-10.43
681–691	685	7	220.00–228.00	$224.54	$1,538	—
765	765	6	207.00	$207.00	$1,584	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	242.00	$242.00	$946	-3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	3	247.00	$247.00	$1,667	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	327	21	265.00–287.50	$280.73	$918	+10.73
355–393	373	80	270.00–292.50	$280.29	$1,045	+16.28
405–448	426	104	255.00–283.00	$273.21	$1,164	+14.57
450–499	481	152	249.00–277.50	$266.09	$1,280	+13.11
500–544	526	167	239.00–272.00	$260.05	$1,368	+12.21
551–597	572	229	242.00–261.00	$255.79	$1,463	+6.03
558–593 value added	576	16	245.00–257.00	$250.82	$1,445	—
604–635	618	128	231.00–259.00	$250.37	$1,547	+7.07
620 fancy	620	11	264.50	$264.50	$1,640	—
656–688	669	106	233.00–252.00	$247.53	$1,656	+16.64
705–745	722	254	215.00–240.50	$234.09	$1,690	+4.94
759–776	760	150	226.50	$226.50	$1,721	-1.64
855	855	15	205.50	$205.50	$1,757	—
931	931	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,815	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	261.00	$261.00	$890	+20.83
367–396	382	29	240.00–262.00	$254.10	$971	+11.67
406–445	429	50	229.00–252.00	$241.39	$1,036	+4.54
455–498	473	54	232.50–250.00	$240.63	$1,138	+8.34
500–545	524	75	225.00–245.00	$235.82	$1,236	+1.65
550–598	574	130	224.00–245.00	$237.07	$1,361	+4.61
601–648	622	92	225.00–243.00	$234.80	$1,460	+10.41
652–696	671	56	208.00–238.00	$230.47	$1,546	+5.11
715–744	741	75	197.50–223.00	$221.38	$1,640	+1.61
755–795	765	120	188.00–221.50	$218.92	$1,675	-1.20
883–892	891	21	185.00–190.50	$185.78	$1,655	-1.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	4	230.00	$230.00	$892	+9.98
460–491	476	6	215.00–227.50	$221.05	$1,052	+13.05
597	597	7	198.00	$198.00	$1,182	-10.25
725	725	5	196.00	$196.00	$1,421	+26.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	297.50	$297.50	$997	-15.00
358–387	380	14	280.00–293.00	$287.55	$1,093	—
415–433	424	11	269.00–290.00	$281.80	$1,195	—
455–479	470	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,269	+1.44
500–544	523	20	255.00–271.00	$262.83	$1,375	+3.60
573–576	575	8	267.00–268.00	$267.37	$1,537	+10.37
607–638	619	17	244.00–264.00	$250.16	$1,548	+0.16
650–653	652	7	247.00–257.00	$249.85	$1,629	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,181	+21.23
498	498	9	255.00	$255.00	$1,270	+0.72
534	534	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,292	-3.94
570–590	580	10	240.00–250.00	$246.20	$1,428	+2.02
715	715	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,609	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1260–1385	1323	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,026.18	+157.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–960	763	85-90%	6	68.00–72.00	$70.07	$535	—
715–1135	922	85-90%	74	75.00–94.00	$83.97	$774	—
825–1290	1081	85-90%	18	104.00–115.00	$108.82	$1,176	—
800–1340	1091	85-90%	234	87.50–106.00	$99.11	$1,081	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1365	1081	80-85%	28	89.00–105.50	$99.64	$1,077	—
883–1432	1178	80-85%	187	99.00–116.50	$108.64	$1,280	-1.42
1000–1415	1235	80-85%	47	112.00–123.00	$117.32	$1,449	-2.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1505	1372	75-80%	19	102.00–105.00	$102.98	$1,413	—
1120–1858	1404	75-80%	78	107.00–118.00	$112.76	$1,583	-1.01
1140–1750	1462	75-80%	34	116.00–131.00	$124.14	$1,815	+25.98

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2133	2133	65-75%	2	117.00	$117.00	$2,496	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1233–1500	1302	14	98.00–117.50	$112.35	$1,463	—
1200–2225	1609	33	116.00–134.00	$125.12	$2,013	-0.54
1605–2375	1889	20	130.00–150.00	$139.77	$2,640	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1330	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	165.00–190.00	$179.87	$1,660
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	107.50	$107.50	$1,054
660–1275	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	109.00–162.00	$128.67	$1,307

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–805	719	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	132.50–180.00	$142.26	$1,023
728	728	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	95.00	$95.00	$692
723–873	766	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	194.00–205.00	$202.72	$1,553

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
867	867	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,682
920–1270	1039	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	142.50–191.00	$164.03	$1,704

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1135–1360	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	116.00–140.00	$121.53	$1,434

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
767	767	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	97.50	$97.50	$748

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1125	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,292.25
1005–1365	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,185.00–1,600.00	$1,418.45
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
855–1000	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	900.00–1,050.00	$1,009.82
975–1040	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,268.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110–1300	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	118.00–133.00	$126.09	$1,519
1177–1310	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	115.00–119.00	$116.56	$1,463

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1195	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,425.00–1,675.00	$1,633.40
1245–1330	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,777.48

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
683–850	757	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	550.00–1,000.00	$812.25
670–865	768	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00–875.00	$733.14

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420–1485	1469	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,763.74

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
919	919	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	167.50	$167.50	$1,539

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–950	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,255.67
870–935	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,600.00	$1,392.80

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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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
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00	-166.67
1100–1420	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,933.33	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1508	1508	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,965.00	$1,965.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
850–1045	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,500.00	—
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1528	1385	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,100.00–2,125.00	$2,116.67	-183.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	10	180.00	$180.00	$776	—
460	460	4	180.00	$180.00	$828	—
553–571	565	13	173.00–180.00	$175.11	$989	—
612	612	3	170.50	$170.50	$1,043	—
756	756	7	167.00	$167.00	$1,263	—
1028–1048	1038	6	127.00–139.00	$133.06	$1,381	—
1060	1060	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,420	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.