Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 2, 2023

6,702 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $248.28/cwt -0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $2,014/hd at 811 lb · 261 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.46/cwt -6.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,711/hd at 736 lb · 227 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $257.72/cwt -0.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,881/hd at 730 lb · 202 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,702	8,801	8,000
Feeder cattle	5,661	7,554	6,268
Slaughter cattle	835	1,011	1,530
Replacement cattle	206	236	202

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, spots 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower. 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
310–345	319	17	285.00–305.00	$300.44	$958	-4.56
368–396	383	84	285.00–310.00	$303.24	$1,161	-1.84
403–437	424	37	277.00–320.00	$298.78	$1,267	-11.69
451–490	479	55	270.00–290.00	$284.11	$1,361	-19.11
500–534	515	78	273.00–300.00	$284.99	$1,468	-7.91
562 unweaned	562	8	272.00	$272.00	$1,529	—
597	597	26	280.00	$280.00	$1,672	-6.43
603–635	620	117	250.00–281.00	$265.69	$1,647	-13.61
655–687	680	13	240.00–262.00	$257.11	$1,748	-15.45
708–748	730	202	251.00–263.00	$257.72	$1,881	-0.17
761–787	769	91	251.00–260.25	$256.28	$1,971	-4.72
806–826	811	261	240.00–249.50	$248.28	$2,014	-0.06
874–897	879	73	237.50–240.00	$238.09	$2,093	-5.99
913–939	934	111	224.00–229.00	$226.32	$2,114	-3.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–310	310	17	270.00–280.00	$274.70	$852	-5.30
360–396	378	21	240.00–280.00	$267.53	$1,011	-22.74
410–440	429	49	250.00–285.00	$276.06	$1,184	-6.24
456–498	481	54	241.00–286.00	$268.76	$1,293	-11.45
500–547	512	119	240.00–276.00	$262.08	$1,342	-5.50
550–595	565	132	240.00–271.00	$263.94	$1,491	-5.19
604–648	634	110	230.00–258.00	$249.60	$1,582	-9.97
657–698	681	94	230.00–257.00	$249.28	$1,698	-10.26
705–738	718	30	229.00–249.00	$241.78	$1,736	-3.19
750–795	794	171	207.00–246.50	$245.26	$1,947	-0.94
812–836	829	26	225.00–232.50	$226.51	$1,878	-14.92
875–891	889	163	220.00–230.50	$229.99	$2,045	-8.94
943	943	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,754	—
1027	1027	6	210.00	$210.00	$2,157	-10.00
1081	1081	11	210.50	$210.50	$2,276	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	12	250.00	$250.00	$772	-17.34
353	353	7	250.00	$250.00	$882	-18.91
410–449	424	39	230.00–260.00	$249.21	$1,057	+14.21
457–498	478	65	210.00–260.00	$242.14	$1,157	-6.99
504–545	526	24	200.00–240.00	$225.75	$1,187	-10.86
550–588	570	62	190.00–250.00	$237.74	$1,355	-14.49
607–648	630	29	180.00–240.00	$227.19	$1,431	-7.74
653–675	662	24	220.00–240.00	$225.66	$1,494	-4.08
706–720	714	9	220.00–230.00	$224.40	$1,602	—
776–798	793	29	222.00–226.00	$225.05	$1,785	+2.87

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	6	220.00	$220.00	$678	—
434	434	6	200.00	$200.00	$868	—
485	485	5	232.50	$232.50	$1,128	—
500–545	527	33	170.00–220.00	$210.09	$1,107	+31.99

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058	1058	2	178.50	$178.50	$1,889	—
1115	1115	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,940	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–340	323	8	247.00	$247.00	$798	-31.83
363–364	363	47	267.00–278.00	$273.55	$993	—
400–440	422	95	244.00–280.00	$261.03	$1,102	-1.90
456–492	483	62	245.00–255.00	$251.17	$1,213	-15.48
501–543	515	108	235.00–259.00	$241.71	$1,245	-14.81
555–595	572	130	231.00–251.00	$239.84	$1,372	-16.60
602–633	611	44	239.00–251.00	$243.42	$1,487	-7.44
672–683	680	46	243.00–245.00	$244.40	$1,662	+1.59
704–748	736	227	227.00–235.00	$232.46	$1,711	-6.65
757	757	25	227.00	$227.00	$1,718	-13.50
813–815	815	77	224.50–226.50	$224.86	$1,833	-5.56
862–880	873	22	216.00–217.00	$216.36	$1,889	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–341	330	19	220.00–256.00	$245.41	$810	-11.41
368–399	387	66	226.00–265.00	$253.11	$980	-0.49
405–449	430	52	219.00–245.00	$235.88	$1,014	-6.11
450–498	482	154	210.00–240.00	$236.62	$1,141	+0.81
500–549	526	75	209.00–232.50	$226.57	$1,192	-7.64
553–597	573	70	209.00–232.00	$226.37	$1,297	-5.39
600–641	612	69	215.00–232.00	$224.82	$1,376	-2.31
655–691	686	42	210.00–232.00	$227.23	$1,559	+0.77
702–736	728	76	210.00–225.50	$223.59	$1,628	±0.00
761–777	774	77	210.00–225.00	$223.25	$1,728	-2.82
828–847	843	15	204.00–214.00	$205.96	$1,736	-10.53
853–891	871	17	202.00–213.00	$207.30	$1,806	-2.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	325	19	227.00–235.00	$232.55	$756	-1.07
356–376	368	41	230.00–242.00	$237.71	$875	+3.12
406–440	427	46	198.00–230.00	$220.05	$940	-6.35
455–498	483	55	212.00–230.00	$222.14	$1,073	-7.21
500–548	523	31	190.00–221.00	$209.56	$1,096	-3.19
550–597	571	27	188.00–219.00	$210.52	$1,202	+1.18
601–643	620	34	180.50–220.00	$201.18	$1,247	—
728	728	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,529	—
800–825	811	7	173.00–190.00	$180.41	$1,463	-12.87

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	12	200.00	$200.00	$682	—
361–392	382	12	205.00–212.00	$207.21	$792	+2.21
436	436	10	204.00	$204.00	$889	—
455–477	470	10	170.00–180.00	$177.10	$832	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–424	420	14	230.00–240.00	$236.40	$993	-7.96
455–497	472	10	232.00–235.00	$233.74	$1,103	-15.98
505–545	529	31	210.00–232.00	$228.06	$1,206	-7.48
557–591	572	28	211.00–232.00	$225.56	$1,290	+8.56
602–607	605	17	216.00–232.00	$222.56	$1,346	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	13	225.00	$225.00	$774	—
437	437	5	222.00	$222.00	$970	+4.00
472–485	481	17	204.00–219.00	$214.67	$1,033	-15.24
514–545	533	31	180.00–210.00	$197.20	$1,051	—
570–590	575	11	205.00–210.00	$208.60	$1,199	+5.60
675	675	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–376	372	15	265.00–280.00	$268.89	$1,000	+5.11
403–430	418	9	237.00–267.00	$252.52	$1,056	-13.82
450–499	478	13	241.00–251.00	$245.07	$1,171	-20.86
535	535	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,284	-13.73
555–598	575	20	225.00–243.00	$238.38	$1,371	-14.47
605–637	624	9	220.00–240.00	$227.47	$1,419	-2.29
655–668	665	4	212.00–217.00	$213.23	$1,418	-0.95

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1028	1028	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–563	559	6	250.00–259.00	$252.95	$1,414	—
702	702	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,657	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,845.00	$1,845.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1273	949	85-90%	72	67.50–87.00	$76.03	$722	—
731–1190	997	85-90%	43	32.50–67.50	$55.69	$555	-48.12
815–1293	1038	85-90%	180	82.00–96.50	$90.23	$937	+9.48
765–1220	1040	85-90%	25	95.00–104.00	$98.40	$1,023	+17.65

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1360	1210	80-85%	119	88.00–108.00	$97.00	$1,174	-3.35
1040–1365	1226	80-85%	23	80.00–97.00	$89.02	$1,091	-21.70
1100–1435	1237	80-85%	24	100.00–112.50	$104.01	$1,287	-6.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1665	1432	75-80%	86	98.00–110.00	$103.64	$1,484	-3.16
1340–1650	1450	75-80%	13	87.50–97.00	$92.89	$1,347	—
1450–1830	1563	75-80%	17	109.50–123.00	$113.52	$1,774	-2.80

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,632	—
1200–1780	1423	19	90.00–109.00	$103.67	$1,475	—
1265–2065	1622	34	109.00–125.00	$116.80	$1,894	—
1450–2250	1804	11	120.00–132.00	$126.24	$2,277	-0.36

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1125	877	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	144.00–162.50	$153.99	$1,350
835–1400	1019	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	110.00–158.00	$141.03	$1,437
1095–1145	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	109.00–114.00	$112.51	$1,262

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
746–1021	874	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	177.50–208.00	$188.16	$1,645

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
883	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	110.00	$110.00	$971

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	115.00	$115.00	$972

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	132.50	$132.50	$1,073

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1240	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,336.07
950–1260	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,562.32
1227–1365	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,325.00–1,600.00	$1,369.65

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1263	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1258–1520	1421	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,720.90
1270–1480	1454	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,675.00–2,475.00	$2,110.16

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
978–1030	995	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,234.49
850–1160	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,311.88
1052	1052	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,710.00	$1,710.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1078	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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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
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1130–1285	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,775.00–1,900.00	$1,825.00	—
1513	1513	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

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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.