Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 9, 2023

5,565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.85/cwt +3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,283/hd at 524 lb · 152 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $234.19/cwt -2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 479 lb · 147 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $240.69/cwt +2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,149/hd at 893 lb · 137 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,565	6,702	8,801
Feeder cattle	4,369	5,661	6,045
Slaughter cattle	987	835	1,482
Replacement cattle	209	206	1,274

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders very uneven from 7.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. 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	341	14	322.50	$322.50	$1,100	+22.06
350–385	356	19	280.00–300.00	$293.45	$1,045	-9.79
398 fancy	398	13	323.00	$323.00	$1,286	—
418 fancy	418	41	330.00	$330.00	$1,379	—
401–445	419	69	285.00–320.00	$299.92	$1,257	+1.14
432 thin fleshed	432	23	315.00	$315.00	$1,361	—
455–489	469	25	280.00–297.00	$289.03	$1,356	+4.92
485 unweaned	485	3	266.00	$266.00	$1,290	—
500–542	520	103	263.00–282.00	$273.85	$1,424	-11.14
550–586	562	70	257.50–276.00	$267.58	$1,504	-12.42
603–645	628	76	250.00–280.00	$264.70	$1,662	-0.99
658–697	675	45	261.00–263.00	$261.77	$1,767	+4.66
700–732	719	76	250.00–262.50	$254.49	$1,830	-3.23
786–791	790	13	247.00–253.00	$251.62	$1,988	-4.66
803–820	807	82	238.00–246.00	$242.78	$1,959	-5.50
865–897	893	137	240.10–245.00	$240.69	$2,149	+2.60
946	946	24	227.00	$227.00	$2,147	+0.68
957–981	966	17	218.00–220.00	$219.53	$2,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–340	311	5	261.00–275.00	$270.96	$843	-3.74
350–390	372	6	270.00–290.00	$276.28	$1,028	+8.75
399 unweaned	399	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,097	—
402–446	428	43	257.50–275.00	$266.24	$1,140	-9.82
440 unweaned	440	15	272.00	$272.00	$1,197	—
454–499	488	38	257.00–265.00	$259.73	$1,267	-9.03
495 unweaned	495	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,168	—
510 unweaned	510	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,148	—
500–547	536	56	245.00–262.00	$256.74	$1,376	-5.34
550–599	580	108	225.00–261.00	$255.16	$1,480	-8.78
597 unweaned	597	10	245.00	$245.00	$1,463	—
600–638	624	56	220.00–254.00	$241.16	$1,505	-8.44
655–694	681	46	225.00–240.00	$237.07	$1,614	-12.21
687 unweaned	687	14	234.00	$234.00	$1,608	—
700–745	726	35	227.00–247.00	$240.92	$1,749	-0.86
750–785	765	38	210.00–246.00	$238.62	$1,825	-6.64
851–893	858	20	206.00–233.00	$224.99	$1,930	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	13	250.00	$250.00	$812	—
355–383	376	16	230.00–240.00	$231.55	$871	-18.45
413–440	429	9	231.00–235.00	$232.98	$999	-16.23
465–490	474	41	232.00–250.00	$241.20	$1,143	-0.94
508–540	519	34	220.00–240.00	$233.00	$1,209	+7.25
551–595	580	67	230.00–242.00	$234.38	$1,359	-3.36
600–645	619	29	198.00–231.00	$225.25	$1,394	-1.94
655–698	680	4	205.00–215.00	$211.33	$1,437	-14.33
779	779	4	204.00	$204.00	$1,589	-21.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	7	212.00	$212.00	$967	—
532	532	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,037	—
670	670	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,306	—
828	828	16	170.00	$170.00	$1,408	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–485	474	7	195.00–215.00	$202.12	$958	-30.38
535	535	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,070	-10.09
552–590	563	10	180.00–190.00	$186.86	$1,052	—
608	608	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,155	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626–642	633	12	232.50–238.00	$235.67	$1,492	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	3	166.00	$166.00	$1,282	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,748	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	10	285.00	$285.00	$846	—
329	329	19	270.00	$270.00	$888	+23.00
372–393	389	63	268.00–279.00	$270.12	$1,051	-3.43
402–449	431	72	250.00–264.00	$256.11	$1,104	-4.92
459–498	485	125	245.00–267.00	$253.81	$1,231	+2.64
500 value added	500	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,288	—
501–544	525	145	232.00–257.00	$244.24	$1,282	+2.53
552–596	575	125	234.00–258.00	$248.88	$1,431	+9.04
600–647	622	92	223.00–245.00	$236.24	$1,469	-7.18
650–681	661	51	219.00–240.50	$231.52	$1,530	-12.88
704	704	33	226.00–235.50	$233.48	$1,644	+1.02
762–792	776	23	222.00–231.00	$226.61	$1,758	-0.39
819	819	39	215.00	$215.00	$1,761	-9.86
900	900	8	205.00	$205.00	$1,845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	330	13	240.00–259.00	$246.07	$812	+0.66
388 unweaned	388	6	230.00	$230.00	$892	—
368–397	391	18	240.00–262.00	$247.41	$967	-5.70
405–440	417	12	230.00–243.00	$233.00	$972	-2.88
431 unweaned	431	5	227.00	$227.00	$978	—
450–499	479	147	220.00–240.00	$234.19	$1,122	-2.43
508 unweaned	508	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,143	—
500–548	523	57	215.00–234.00	$225.08	$1,177	-1.49
550 unweaned	550	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,155	—
550–598	573	108	210.00–235.00	$225.63	$1,293	-0.74
602 unweaned	602	8	215.00	$215.00	$1,294	—
603–643	616	29	201.00–227.00	$216.79	$1,335	-8.03
663–695	676	73	200.00–226.00	$220.49	$1,491	-6.74
719–745	728	22	200.00–218.00	$210.35	$1,531	-13.24
750–790	769	9	196.00–221.00	$212.32	$1,633	-10.93
808–836	828	11	204.00–209.00	$207.67	$1,720	+1.71
884–895	886	9	180.00–211.00	$204.04	$1,808	-3.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	334	4	210.00–230.00	$225.36	$753	-7.19
345 unweaned	345	6	220.00	$220.00	$759	—
366–380	373	6	202.50–221.00	$211.92	$790	-25.79
378–384 unweaned	381	11	210.00–225.00	$218.24	$831	—
404–445	424	20	205.00–222.00	$216.52	$918	-3.53
466–482 unweaned	476	18	205.00–212.50	$208.80	$994	—
490–496	495	36	200.00–217.00	$212.08	$1,050	-10.06
500–545	524	41	193.00–210.00	$205.42	$1,076	-4.14
550 unweaned	550	6	187.00	$187.00	$1,028	—
550–592	578	17	180.00–204.00	$197.44	$1,141	-13.08
600–642	623	41	176.00–202.50	$192.36	$1,198	-8.82
655–695	662	16	180.00–200.00	$191.62	$1,269	—
902	902	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,326	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353 unweaned	353	14	198.00	$198.00	$699	—
408 unweaned	408	5	185.00	$185.00	$755	—
473–491	484	15	170.00–195.00	$187.32	$907	+10.22
550–555	551	4	170.00–172.00	$170.50	$939	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	6	175.00	$175.00	$934	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–431	423	12	217.50–245.00	$232.08	$982	-4.32
473–481	475	12	212.00–215.00	$214.24	$1,018	-19.50
524–537 unweaned	531	11	190.00	$190.00	$1,009	—
520–546	534	12	192.50–210.00	$204.12	$1,090	-23.94
562–598	577	15	190.00–232.50	$205.95	$1,188	-19.61
605–635	623	17	170.00–207.50	$200.08	$1,246	-22.48
652–680	663	8	188.00–192.00	$190.46	$1,263	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–498	488	4	252.00–272.50	$258.01	$1,259	+12.94
500–540	514	10	227.50–253.00	$236.44	$1,215	-3.56
558–595	577	26	220.00–242.50	$233.30	$1,346	-5.08
605–648	629	7	204.00–231.00	$210.80	$1,326	-16.67
715–745	723	12	190.00–216.00	$204.23	$1,477	—
840	840	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,604	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	5	217.50	$217.50	$1,059	+2.83
507–522	513	20	187.50–205.00	$191.77	$984	-5.43
522 unweaned	522	6	165.00	$165.00	$861	—
570	570	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,054	-23.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,066	—
458	458	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,337	—
558	558	6	266.00	$266.00	$1,484	+13.05
688	688	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,634	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1250	971	85-90%	64	70.00–85.00	$76.53	$743	+20.84
765–1110	987	85-90%	27	95.00–107.50	$100.51	$992	+44.82
707–1230	989	85-90%	22	40.00–66.50	$58.53	$579	+2.84
770–1295	1056	85-90%	246	82.00–95.00	$90.30	$954	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1425	1204	80-85%	62	101.00–113.00	$106.78	$1,286	+9.78
975–1385	1220	80-85%	163	89.00–105.50	$96.35	$1,175	+7.33
1068–1415	1232	80-85%	35	79.00–95.00	$89.28	$1,100	-14.73

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1208–1510	1422	75-80%	24	89.00–99.00	$94.61	$1,345	-9.03
1323–1685	1425	75-80%	101	95.00–112.00	$102.13	$1,455	-1.51
1315–1775	1548	75-80%	41	107.50–125.00	$118.03	$1,827	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,311	—
1147	1147	3	101.00	$101.00	$1,158	—
1140–1865	1379	8	92.00–106.00	$99.07	$1,366	—
1228–2245	1635	38	108.00–125.00	$116.41	$1,903	-0.39
1320–2260	1817	22	122.00–138.50	$128.14	$2,328	+1.90

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
882–1008	947	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	145.00–185.00	$158.10	$1,497
850–1155	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	111.00–151.00	$130.38	$1,295

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
722–761	739	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	110.00–115.00	$112.21	$829

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1017	1017	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	183.50	$183.50	$1,866

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1013–1238	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	1,100.00–1,635.00	$1,450.00
1080–1255	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,228.52
1050–1392	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,150.00–1,800.00	$1,484.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1013–1090	1047	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,315.00	$1,261.80
1052	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,495.00	$1,495.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1118–1540	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,609.22

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–763	757	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–750.00	$666.01

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1158	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–398	381	6	170.00–171.00	$170.35	$649	—
430–435	433	3	161.00–174.00	$169.70	$735	—
465–498	486	6	166.00–181.00	$172.20	$837	—
535	535	3	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
580–590	585	4	150.00–158.00	$154.03	$901	—
600–645	628	16	161.00–173.00	$168.51	$1,058	—
655–686	684	24	160.00–179.00	$172.13	$1,177	—
707–745	724	6	171.00–175.00	$173.35	$1,255	—
758–773	762	12	140.00–168.00	$160.90	$1,226	—
830	830	2	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$1,407	—
868	868	43	180.00	$180.00	$1,562	—
955	955	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,432	—
1130	1130	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,356	—

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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.