Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 18, 2023

10,420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.30/cwt +7.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,865/hd at 810 lb · 374 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $235.80/cwt +4.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,070/hd at 878 lb · 365 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $277.28/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,727/hd at 623 lb · 364 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,420	13,609	7,942
Feeder cattle	9,008	9,886	6,509
Slaughter cattle	1,110	1,524	1,127
Replacement cattle	302	2,199	306

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher and heifers 6.00 to 10.00 higher, late week feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower and heifers mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341–346	342	30	313.00–335.00	$331.29	$1,133	—
374 fancy	374	6	326.00	$326.00	$1,219	—
361–398	391	47	325.00–330.00	$329.41	$1,288	-6.43
400–447	422	46	295.00–337.50	$314.35	$1,327	-0.07
453–490	481	113	293.00–327.00	$308.71	$1,485	+4.26
500–547	517	143	278.00–317.00	$301.56	$1,559	+4.41
551–595 unweaned	577	37	267.00–274.00	$268.08	$1,547	-6.92
559–593	580	76	285.00–302.00	$290.65	$1,686	+2.38
600–648	623	364	268.00–288.00	$277.28	$1,727	+2.56
652–692	670	120	270.00–280.00	$277.38	$1,858	+6.11
710–744	729	132	253.00–282.00	$269.67	$1,966	+6.77
756 value added	756	13	264.00	$264.00	$1,996	—
751–782	766	143	252.00–267.00	$260.77	$1,997	+2.83
800–847	815	346	243.00–265.00	$252.06	$2,054	+5.38
855–893	877	280	242.00–248.00	$244.25	$2,142	+2.51
902–920	910	60	236.00–237.00	$236.56	$2,153	-1.87
961–962	961	180	234.50–236.50	$235.88	$2,267	+1.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–346	332	8	290.00–300.00	$294.78	$979	+0.35
347 unweaned	347	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,006	—
365–393	385	33	280.00–310.00	$305.82	$1,177	+12.41
401–448	422	103	270.00–302.00	$288.47	$1,217	+3.45
450–493	478	123	258.00–297.50	$286.64	$1,370	+8.08
481 unweaned	481	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,202	-15.00
482 value added	482	11	290.00	$290.00	$1,398	—
505–545	528	113	247.00–283.00	$273.39	$1,443	-0.16
561 value added	561	8	267.00	$267.00	$1,498	—
550–599	577	199	240.00–282.00	$272.29	$1,571	-1.31
614 unweaned	614	6	238.00	$238.00	$1,461	—
600–638	621	102	220.00–265.00	$254.70	$1,582	-2.72
650 value added	650	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,729	—
653–695	684	42	240.00–261.50	$252.37	$1,726	-6.58
705–749	729	44	232.50–262.00	$249.24	$1,817	+5.24
750–796	794	96	220.00–251.00	$249.24	$1,979	+7.61
857–888	878	365	199.00–241.00	$235.80	$2,070	+4.32
900–933	912	29	193.00–220.00	$216.34	$1,973	+0.04
967–973	968	25	205.00–220.00	$218.19	$2,112	+12.19
1002	1002	21	222.50	$222.50	$2,229	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	10	280.00	$280.00	$902	+16.60
365–391	379	21	275.00–280.00	$278.38	$1,055	+10.01
410–449	437	10	220.00–255.00	$248.10	$1,084	-12.73
451–480	469	19	240.00–265.00	$253.26	$1,188	-0.93
506–546	525	23	215.00–262.00	$251.30	$1,319	-2.30
550–598	575	55	225.00–262.00	$250.43	$1,440	+3.71
622	622	10	245.00	$245.00	$1,524	+3.26
697	697	22	225.00–245.00	$229.55	$1,600	-0.17
712–730	718	39	222.00–232.00	$227.22	$1,631	+7.22
830	830	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,660	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	12	176.00	$176.00	$866	—
581	581	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,040	—
629	629	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,032	—
770	770	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,355	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	8	198.00	$198.00	$1,176	—
723	723	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,446	—
795	795	5	187.00	$187.00	$1,487	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	200.00	$200.00	$736	-60.00
475	475	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,081	+14.13
548	548	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,140	—
705–745	728	3	166.00–180.00	$174.61	$1,271	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1037	1037	10	192.00	$192.00	$1,991	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
808	808	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,794	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–326	320	7	280.00	$280.00	$896	-8.21
364–399	384	72	280.00–310.00	$291.60	$1,120	+7.06
403–449	425	62	253.00–290.00	$274.44	$1,166	+4.33
441 fancy	441	10	299.00	$299.00	$1,319	—
461 unweaned	461	12	249.00	$249.00	$1,148	—
450–479	463	98	265.00–289.00	$274.99	$1,273	+14.39
529 value added	529	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,322	—
501–547	530	78	247.00–269.00	$257.72	$1,366	+1.21
550–595	578	151	247.00–270.00	$257.07	$1,486	-1.21
600–644	622	270	243.00–266.00	$258.30	$1,607	+9.37
651–690	669	185	235.00–259.00	$248.44	$1,662	+0.89
709–747	727	232	232.50–256.00	$243.75	$1,772	+0.87
759–788	774	320	236.00–241.50	$237.50	$1,838	+1.11
802–837	810	374	222.00–236.50	$230.30	$1,865	+7.43
869–878	874	48	220.00–233.50	$230.10	$2,011	+11.88
903–930	927	94	208.00–210.50	$210.34	$1,950	+2.43
975	975	8	211.00	$211.00	$2,057	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	25	255.00	$255.00	$803	-15.00
355–398	388	46	230.00–277.00	$264.12	$1,025	+9.78
404–440	426	65	231.00–260.00	$251.20	$1,070	+3.77
452–499	484	197	222.00–262.00	$247.95	$1,200	+1.42
500–549	525	219	222.00–249.00	$239.17	$1,256	-0.03
553 unweaned	553	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,239	—
550–598	570	164	220.00–254.00	$237.61	$1,354	-0.15
600–648	622	153	220.00–240.00	$230.04	$1,431	-3.53
651 value added	651	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,562	—
650–690	669	105	221.00–240.00	$229.63	$1,536	-4.54
700–741	721	74	205.00–250.00	$229.01	$1,651	+8.78
750–793	767	137	199.00–232.50	$228.30	$1,751	+18.98
808–848	843	40	190.00–219.25	$217.69	$1,835	+2.15
855–867	866	44	189.00–216.50	$214.78	$1,860	+12.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	339	8	215.00–232.00	$228.72	$775	—
350–397	376	9	200.00–224.00	$210.45	$791	-20.83
410–448	426	51	200.00–237.00	$228.00	$971	+1.52
453–496	484	98	210.00–239.00	$228.55	$1,106	-0.64
500–538	513	8	190.00–215.00	$206.00	$1,057	-15.30
557–598	582	15	207.00–222.00	$212.75	$1,238	-1.21
602–638	623	13	201.00–216.00	$208.48	$1,299	+2.39

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	159.00	$159.00	$755	—
619–645	624	11	150.00	$150.00	$936	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	216.00	$216.00	$806	-4.79
460–493	472	6	185.00–190.00	$187.23	$884	-26.77
680	680	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,204	-13.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
664	664	7	176.00	$176.00	$1,169	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1043	1043	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,961	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	5	291.00	$291.00	$1,158	+8.36
413–437	417	19	250.00–280.00	$262.26	$1,094	-16.15
460–485	468	36	243.00–262.00	$257.59	$1,206	-2.01
503–536	524	28	225.00–258.00	$239.73	$1,256	-11.12
558–592	567	11	249.00–250.00	$249.72	$1,416	+6.06
600–631	615	30	220.00–239.00	$234.15	$1,440	+6.54
656–693	672	12	220.00–231.00	$226.56	$1,522	+0.27
710–735	723	2	203.00–205.00	$204.02	$1,475	-16.62
771	771	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,596	-11.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–385	363	5	220.00–240.00	$235.76	$856	—
430–449	445	18	210.00–250.00	$237.18	$1,055	—
467–493	483	27	206.00–242.00	$237.53	$1,147	+2.58
506–545	530	31	210.00–242.00	$233.14	$1,236	+6.84
575–595	586	27	210.00–240.00	$230.59	$1,351	+5.62
607–636	618	11	215.00–227.00	$222.51	$1,375	-4.49
675–693	686	16	222.00–225.00	$223.89	$1,536	+11.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–387	378	9	310.00–312.50	$311.36	$1,177	+6.36
530–534	532	18	258.00–271.00	$266.77	$1,419	-3.52
575	575	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,581	+7.50
603	603	7	253.00	$253.00	$1,526	—
720–745	728	3	234.00–240.00	$236.05	$1,718	+4.05

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–494	481	12	210.00–222.50	$216.08	$1,039	-8.41
523–536	530	12	215.00–222.00	$218.54	$1,158	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1155	934	85-90%	26	49.00–74.00	$61.51	$575	-8.48
720–1170	955	85-90%	83	70.00–89.00	$82.79	$791	—
890–1255	1005	85-90%	32	103.00–117.50	$108.61	$1,092	—
820–1300	1061	85-90%	233	88.00–105.00	$95.69	$1,015	-3.53

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1410	1207	80-85%	197	97.50–112.00	$105.80	$1,277	-8.00
1070–1340	1217	80-85%	20	94.00–103.00	$98.55	$1,199	-15.25
1030–1470	1232	80-85%	40	110.00–119.00	$113.66	$1,400	-0.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1544	1409	75-80%	24	94.00–104.50	$101.64	$1,432	-11.10
1260–1795	1452	75-80%	159	103.00–117.00	$110.01	$1,597	—
1310–1930	1595	75-80%	25	114.50–123.50	$119.23	$1,902	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	5	106.00	$106.00	$1,065	—
1230–1740	1443	8	91.00–114.00	$108.79	$1,570	—
1210–2230	1616	54	113.50–129.00	$120.32	$1,944	—
1440–2200	1871	21	126.00–135.00	$129.39	$2,421	-2.53

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1360	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	117.00–153.00	$138.80	$1,382
745–1250	1028	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	135.00–192.00	$163.17	$1,677
840–1195	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	107.50–128.00	$112.10	$1,211

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1060	976	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	182.00–210.00	$194.64	$1,900
1051	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,902

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
717–1235	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	105.00–114.00	$110.11	$1,070

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715	715	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	117.50	$117.50	$840
843	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	122.00	$122.00	$1,028

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1340	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,410.00	$1,262.87
845–1440	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	1,175.00–1,700.00	$1,495.85
1015–1438	1224	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,050.00–1,650.00	$1,372.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1230	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,904.68
1209	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,595.00	$1,595.00
1251–1408	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	1,675.00–2,050.00	$1,801.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
798	798	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
825–1055	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	935.00–1,100.00	$1,002.91
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	885.00	$885.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
881–1090	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,307.28
1020–1175	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,473.23

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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
1230–1450	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,825.00	$1,712.50	-487.50

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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.