Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 23, 2023

6,768 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $231.69/cwt -18.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,211/hd at 523 lb · 203 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $243.02/cwt -16.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,755/hd at 722 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $233.24/cwt -13.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,460/hd at 626 lb · 158 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,768	9,464	6,877
Feeder cattle	5,171	5,733	5,422
Slaughter cattle	1,273	1,653	1,240
Replacement cattle	324	2,078	215

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 8.00 to 15.00 lower, spots 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–339	338	10	267.00–270.00	$267.89	$905	-21.15
361–398	371	36	265.00–295.00	$276.72	$1,027	-23.56
401–445	418	95	248.00–280.00	$271.69	$1,136	-8.41
455–496	474	70	236.00–280.00	$271.05	$1,285	-6.35
500–548	526	75	235.00–260.00	$246.26	$1,295	-15.14
552–596	572	120	237.00–260.00	$248.82	$1,423	-10.95
602–648	625	147	220.00–243.50	$233.78	$1,461	-13.37
641	641	11	226.00	$226.00	$1,449	-21.15
650–695	667	76	215.00–236.00	$228.16	$1,522	-19.53
702–746	727	156	215.00–240.00	$229.26	$1,667	-15.95
767–784	776	44	205.00–239.00	$233.06	$1,809	-12.86
807–820	808	82	208.00–232.00	$216.30	$1,748	+4.10
855–890	863	13	184.00–223.00	$209.12	$1,805	-18.03
906	906	11	206.50	$206.50	$1,871	+26.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–330	324	39	300.00–310.00	$304.70	$987	—
359	359	5	301.00	$301.00	$1,081	-23.40
415–449	431	35	283.00–315.00	$298.95	$1,288	-16.22
450–499	470	56	270.00–310.00	$292.99	$1,377	-13.44
491 unweaned	491	8	261.00	$261.00	$1,282	-31.00
502–547	518	123	254.00–287.00	$267.91	$1,388	-12.81
527 unweaned	527	6	246.00	$246.00	$1,296	—
530 value added	530	5	272.00	$272.00	$1,442	—
550–590	557	79	254.00–272.00	$264.49	$1,473	-11.01
558–560 unweaned	559	9	250.00–251.00	$250.33	$1,399	-21.67
602–621	613	75	246.00–256.00	$251.39	$1,541	-17.51
670–685	673	26	246.00–254.00	$248.00	$1,669	-22.88
700–744	722	174	241.00–249.00	$243.02	$1,755	-16.66
752	752	27	242.50	$242.50	$1,824	-12.39
806–836	832	95	224.00–242.00	$239.67	$1,994	-0.33
857–888	863	132	227.00	$227.00	$1,959	-10.62
911	911	7	224.00	$224.00	$2,041	-8.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	310	13	210.00–250.00	$235.19	$729	-20.27
370–395	385	10	240.00–262.00	$254.80	$981	+11.31
400–441	420	19	217.00–250.00	$244.56	$1,027	-14.01
465–491	475	30	215.00–250.00	$234.77	$1,115	-21.96
507–525	520	22	200.00–235.00	$228.92	$1,190	-6.02
558–597	576	81	212.00–240.00	$228.05	$1,314	-5.80
625–638	635	8	190.00–210.00	$203.38	$1,291	-20.08
660–682	663	65	180.00–217.00	$204.37	$1,355	-17.91

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	235.00	$235.00	$724	—
386	386	9	235.00	$235.00	$907	—
418–430	426	25	205.00–210.00	$208.23	$887	—
498	498	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,145	—
571–590	579	7	175.00–210.00	$194.72	$1,127	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1012	1012	8	189.50	$189.50	$1,918	-5.20

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–348	324	12	208.00–240.00	$218.89	$709	-23.11
353–398	375	45	206.00–260.00	$239.22	$897	-9.25
405–447	428	95	202.00–232.50	$225.60	$966	-13.60
451–498	480	104	200.00–232.00	$220.24	$1,057	-17.23
500–547	522	156	195.00–226.00	$215.12	$1,123	-15.73
550–598	572	113	200.00–226.00	$219.58	$1,256	-1.32
600–640	616	92	200.00–222.00	$216.08	$1,331	-5.12
652–698	672	83	196.00–221.00	$213.51	$1,435	-11.65
705–737	735	74	193.00–210.50	$209.37	$1,539	-8.12
755–792	773	20	180.00–213.00	$206.25	$1,594	-20.75
850	850	16	177.00–182.00	$177.63	$1,510	-12.37
900–933	924	18	170.00–183.00	$178.41	$1,649	-5.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	8	270.00	$270.00	$940	—
356–378	360	18	267.50–277.00	$275.34	$991	-2.82
405–436	414	78	228.00–267.00	$249.03	$1,031	-16.48
439 unweaned	439	6	225.00	$225.00	$988	—
479 value added	479	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,159	—
468–498 unweaned	480	58	235.00–239.00	$237.28	$1,139	—
514 value added	514	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,177	—
504–546	523	196	216.00–238.00	$231.79	$1,212	-19.31
551–579	568	80	219.00–240.00	$228.85	$1,300	-15.88
609–641	621	125	221.00–229.00	$225.81	$1,402	-10.00
657–691	679	72	221.00–225.00	$222.55	$1,511	-13.07
700–729	722	52	216.00–223.00	$220.06	$1,589	-18.75
832	832	22	208.00	$208.00	$1,731	-7.00
916	916	6	196.00	$196.00	$1,795	-11.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	200.00	$200.00	$646	—
350–398	369	51	200.00–232.00	$225.62	$833	-4.38
370 value added	370	9	232.00	$232.00	$858	—
405–448	438	38	187.00–220.00	$196.62	$861	-21.48
468–493	480	29	185.00–207.50	$198.49	$953	-22.33
500–544	533	12	181.00–198.00	$190.98	$1,018	-21.06
550–598	578	39	175.00–207.00	$195.93	$1,132	-3.38
610–644	628	39	175.00–206.00	$193.57	$1,216	-8.10
655–689	670	19	180.00–207.00	$192.95	$1,293	—
730–745	738	2	170.00–175.00	$172.53	$1,273	-26.30

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	7	200.00	$200.00	$790	—
437	437	6	187.00	$187.00	$817	—
491	491	5	180.00	$180.00	$884	—
577	577	10	175.00	$175.00	$1,010	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–370	367	7	230.00–239.00	$231.29	$849	-51.71
408–443	421	15	226.00–249.00	$240.94	$1,014	-30.26
450–488	471	22	233.00–250.00	$242.98	$1,144	-28.02
500–545	511	5	210.00–241.00	$230.08	$1,176	-18.02
558–585	570	23	210.00–244.00	$230.87	$1,316	-11.56
600–645	622	17	207.00–230.00	$214.29	$1,333	-14.99
650–690	676	27	210.00–233.00	$216.57	$1,464	+5.53
720–740	726	7	185.00–207.00	$197.89	$1,437	-3.07
756	756	5	194.00	$194.00	$1,467	-3.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	327	3	206.00–207.00	$206.31	$675	—
400	400	5	230.00	$230.00	$920	—
455	455	2	210.00	$210.00	$956	-17.41
515–540	533	10	180.00–210.00	$193.90	$1,033	-41.16
550–598	564	19	188.00–220.00	$198.78	$1,121	-16.36
619–645	632	17	185.00–204.00	$192.09	$1,214	-16.55
675–685	680	2	184.00–200.00	$191.94	$1,305	—
789	789	6	183.00	$183.00	$1,444	-7.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	7	200.00	$200.00	$680	—
353	353	7	230.00	$230.00	$812	—
483	483	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,063	—
562–580	570	12	175.00–203.00	$182.35	$1,039	—
601	601	5	165.00	$165.00	$992	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	465	2	251.00–265.00	$257.85	$1,199	—
560–593	583	18	244.00–252.00	$246.56	$1,437	—
625	625	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,475	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1505	1505	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1150	907	85-90%	20	37.50–65.50	$55.22	$501	—
725–1220	988	85-90%	76	57.50–82.00	$73.48	$726	+12.73
827–1115	1024	85-90%	29	93.00–106.00	$96.76	$991	+20.06
810–1290	1078	85-90%	258	77.50–93.00	$85.73	$924	-1.81

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1344	1225	80-85%	32	75.00–91.00	$85.66	$1,049	-15.45
1030–1455	1228	80-85%	292	86.00–106.00	$92.23	$1,133	-8.88
1095–1460	1254	80-85%	47	96.00–108.50	$100.51	$1,260	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1795	1414	75-80%	53	80.00–94.00	$89.80	$1,270	-10.32
1343–2020	1466	75-80%	118	93.00–105.50	$99.33	$1,456	+8.19
1310–2015	1546	75-80%	42	106.00–117.50	$110.76	$1,712	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–2090	1471	9	94.50–106.50	$101.33	$1,491	—
1200–2390	1693	41	108.00–125.00	$114.60	$1,940	—
1530–2125	1855	18	118.00–131.00	$124.60	$2,311	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
998 fancy	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	73	211.60	$211.60	$2,112
1177	1177	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,913

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
746–995	938	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	167.50–172.00	$168.33	$1,579
705–1385	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	39	105.00–152.50	$131.17	$1,384

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
853–1265	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	109.00–120.00	$116.09	$1,132

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1345	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,409.03
1000–1475	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,100.00–1,610.00	$1,311.90
1222–1238	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00
795–1230	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	825.00–1,650.00	$1,265.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097–1520	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–2,225.00	$1,694.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1475	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1135	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,525.00	$1,382.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–915	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–975.00	$869.11
745–925	835	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–1,025.00	$924.63

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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
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	-648.52
1260–1390	1332	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00–1,850.00	$1,670.00	+20.00
1538	1538	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	-300.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	170.00	$170.00	$918	—
627	627	10	155.00	$155.00	$972	—
669–686	674	13	162.50–163.00	$162.66	$1,096	—
747	747	9	156.00	$156.00	$1,165	—
801	801	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,322	—

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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.