Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 28, 2023

7,311 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $283.52/cwt +16.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,758/hd at 620 lb · 277 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $242.38/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,874/hd at 773 lb · 249 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $248.22/cwt +5.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,690/hd at 681 lb · 246 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,311	4,296	7,089
Feeder cattle	5,948	3,754	5,967
Slaughter cattle	1,134	455	950
Replacement cattle	229	87	172

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher on calves. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–345	314	14	302.00–322.50	$317.56	$997	—
362–376	368	7	321.00–322.00	$321.44	$1,183	+22.76
377 fancy	377	22	335.00	$335.00	$1,263	—
407–449	435	71	291.00–322.50	$307.97	$1,340	+13.63
450–496	467	134	285.00–324.00	$309.20	$1,444	+19.20
500–547	529	131	279.00–311.00	$298.56	$1,579	+13.89
551–598	569	126	277.00–295.00	$290.04	$1,650	+12.73
590 unweaned	590	11	268.00	$268.00	$1,581	—
605–645	620	277	268.00–296.00	$283.52	$1,758	+16.76
661 unweaned	661	20	258.00	$258.00	$1,705	—
653–692	673	98	259.00–280.00	$269.02	$1,811	—
703–741	726	177	250.00–268.00	$253.47	$1,840	-0.05
729 value added	729	11	259.00	$259.00	$1,888	—
753–785	759	147	248.00–263.00	$256.37	$1,946	+6.37
822–843	835	129	240.00–250.00	$246.31	$2,057	+6.31
857–877	876	127	239.00–240.00	$239.27	$2,096	-1.00
902–906	902	238	232.00–233.25	$233.20	$2,103	+2.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	18	285.00–300.00	$288.31	$972	—
350–380	367	60	274.00–305.00	$299.88	$1,101	+13.58
410–445	427	52	260.00–290.00	$278.32	$1,188	+8.26
451–498	463	113	260.00–282.50	$272.34	$1,261	+7.71
501–547	527	59	250.00–285.00	$269.34	$1,419	+2.09
557–584 unweaned	576	10	245.00–256.00	$252.81	$1,456	—
550–599	582	169	250.00–286.00	$269.73	$1,570	+7.99
600–645	622	91	240.00–262.50	$256.61	$1,596	+0.92
659–692	669	55	239.00–266.00	$256.88	$1,719	+7.05
720–740	733	16	233.00–249.00	$247.40	$1,813	+0.26
752–785	773	249	221.00–247.00	$242.38	$1,874	-0.54
805–847	840	17	232.00–237.50	$236.57	$1,987	—
864–874	871	35	223.00–237.00	$226.57	$1,973	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	372	8	225.00–275.00	$256.09	$953	-12.03
420–447	431	41	225.00–260.00	$252.38	$1,088	—
450–488	473	16	220.00–258.00	$247.96	$1,173	+0.02
550–590	563	33	227.00–257.00	$252.25	$1,420	—
655–675	665	2	210.00–230.00	$219.85	$1,462	-22.15

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	10	221.00	$221.00	$1,204	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–380	370	5	199.00–218.00	$210.19	$778	-36.81

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	320	6	276.00–295.00	$282.35	$904	+8.58
339 fancy	339	15	311.00	$311.00	$1,054	—
355–380	368	4	267.00–270.00	$268.21	$987	—
404–449	431	59	257.50–280.00	$269.07	$1,160	+14.49
436 fancy	436	35	294.00	$294.00	$1,282	—
450–497	478	120	262.00–285.00	$273.47	$1,307	+18.78
500–548	518	150	245.00–267.50	$257.79	$1,335	+8.82
538 unweaned	538	7	253.00	$253.00	$1,361	—
552–595	569	217	246.00–276.00	$262.38	$1,493	+17.43
593–599 unweaned	594	21	238.00–245.00	$243.66	$1,447	—
603–648	618	213	236.50–264.00	$250.00	$1,545	+10.26
655–698	681	246	240.00–254.50	$248.22	$1,690	+5.72
709–742	728	125	227.00–242.00	$234.01	$1,704	-8.24
758–788	778	22	225.50–230.00	$227.00	$1,766	+1.00
811	811	47	228.25	$228.25	$1,851	—
868	868	21	214.50	$214.50	$1,862	—
942	942	5	193.00	$193.00	$1,818	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–343	333	32	251.00–272.00	$267.82	$892	—
356–399	380	74	241.00–265.00	$252.68	$960	+9.12
405–445	420	97	240.00–258.00	$250.98	$1,054	+8.46
450–495	464	52	235.00–255.00	$249.09	$1,156	+14.01
500–548	528	75	223.00–256.00	$238.43	$1,259	+2.31
550–597	572	91	223.00–250.00	$240.44	$1,375	+6.77
605–642	627	32	226.00–238.00	$234.99	$1,473	-0.43
650–698	673	74	217.00–239.00	$232.81	$1,567	+4.43
700–745	722	22	200.00–225.00	$218.68	$1,579	+0.41
758–793	776	59	202.50–225.00	$215.91	$1,675	+5.22
805–830	808	32	202.00–215.50	$206.84	$1,671	+9.34
877	877	7	178.00	$178.00	$1,561	-30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	8	240.00	$240.00	$787	—
365–398	387	31	220.00–245.00	$235.56	$912	+5.59
415–435	423	5	210.00–230.00	$222.36	$941	—
450–493	482	22	200.00–232.00	$227.88	$1,098	+22.79
519	519	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,038	-11.64
625–640	633	2	190.00–201.00	$195.57	$1,238	—
677–688	681	8	196.00–220.00	$214.71	$1,462	+9.21

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
674	674	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,415	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,417	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–347	336	7	261.00–284.00	$269.92	$907	—
378–385	382	4	265.00–267.00	$266.01	$1,016	-6.99
400–445	433	23	245.00–275.00	$261.56	$1,133	—
450–497	467	12	242.00–270.00	$254.57	$1,189	+4.57
515–546	531	33	235.00–268.00	$249.55	$1,325	+10.34
553–596	571	17	244.00–263.00	$256.46	$1,464	—
603–645	619	19	225.00–245.00	$238.62	$1,477	—
680–695	688	2	226.00–230.00	$228.02	$1,569	+10.87
720–730	725	3	215.00–220.00	$218.33	$1,583	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	426	10	245.00–255.00	$249.45	$1,063	—
496	496	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,200	+1.68
500–538	519	40	232.00–252.00	$243.62	$1,264	—
570–595	579	9	201.00–250.00	$233.78	$1,354	+1.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	334	6	296.00–314.00	$301.44	$1,007	—
442	442	7	287.50	$287.50	$1,271	—
465–495	476	17	275.00–291.00	$285.81	$1,360	—
537	537	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,375	—
550–563	560	4	266.00–269.00	$266.74	$1,494	—
600	600	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,572	-6.00
703–735	713	4	244.00–253.00	$248.95	$1,775	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1380	1180	80-85%	241	98.00–113.50	$106.84	$1,261	+1.41
1015–1305	1189	80-85%	110	109.00–124.00	$113.85	$1,354	+8.42
990–1383	1208	80-85%	21	78.00–103.00	$91.79	$1,109	+4.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–755	730	85-90%	3	47.50–67.50	$61.11	$446	—
725–1180	877	85-90%	17	70.00–89.00	$79.69	$699	-2.20
875–1182	1032	85-90%	63	104.00–115.00	$108.12	$1,116	+12.41
825–1290	1053	85-90%	150	89.00–105.00	$98.39	$1,036	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1885	1416	75-80%	142	105.00–121.00	$111.92	$1,585	+2.21
1325–1635	1453	75-80%	34	99.00–108.00	$104.75	$1,522	—
1320–1870	1480	75-80%	55	113.00–132.00	$124.06	$1,836	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1610	1406	15	95.00–115.00	$110.22	$1,550	—
1295–2100	1583	46	115.00–130.00	$123.22	$1,951	+2.44
1350–2180	1809	36	126.00–141.50	$131.73	$2,383	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1125	887	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	114.00–157.00	$129.61	$1,150
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,568

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
836–1185	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	105.00–122.00	$114.88	$1,051

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
886–961	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	200.00–210.00	$204.09	$1,896

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	125.00	$125.00	$950

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1040	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,925.91
1025–1197	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,385.00–1,750.00	$1,634.80
1068–1380	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	1,250.00–1,900.00	$1,716.46
1054–1470	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,460.00–1,650.00	$1,521.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1240	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,700.00–2,150.00	$1,987.65
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
768	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1120	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
932	932	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	+375.00
1145–1425	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00–1,800.00	$1,637.50	—
1150–1580	1361	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,750.00–2,250.00	$2,037.50	—
1270–1570	1398	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,925.00–2,050.00	$2,000.00	—
1205–1610	1408	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,950.00–2,100.00	$2,025.00	—

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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.