Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 22, 2024

7,535 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $281.70/cwt +11.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,605/hd at 570 lb · 375 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $258.33/cwt +0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $2,144/hd at 830 lb · 340 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $269.80/cwt +13.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,072/hd at 768 lb · 339 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,535	7,699	6,823
Feeder cattle	6,351	6,945	5,553
Slaughter cattle	962	654	1,028
Replacement cattle	222	100	242

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week sold sharply higher, mid week sales uneven from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	12	420.00	$420.00	$1,516	+70.00
403 thin fleshed	403	10	385.00	$385.00	$1,552	—
402–442	422	59	330.00–365.00	$342.08	$1,444	+14.68
446 unweaned	446	6	332.50	$332.50	$1,483	—
451–496	477	93	312.00–365.00	$348.10	$1,660	+19.72
513 unweaned	513	4	319.00	$319.00	$1,636	+11.00
504–548	523	199	307.00–340.00	$326.27	$1,706	+9.57
557 unweaned	557	9	292.00	$292.00	$1,626	—
559–588	574	178	297.00–337.00	$321.04	$1,843	+13.25
601–647	614	231	285.00–323.00	$308.00	$1,891	+19.24
627–649 unweaned	634	15	290.00–291.00	$290.66	$1,843	—
655–698	671	212	275.00–300.00	$287.45	$1,929	+1.20
667–689 unweaned	682	9	279.00–280.00	$279.67	$1,907	-2.33
703–731	712	126	268.00–284.00	$279.96	$1,993	+13.78
750–799	768	339	261.00–278.00	$269.80	$2,072	+13.23
800–837	830	340	255.00–263.00	$258.33	$2,144	+0.91
852–881	864	207	248.00–264.00	$253.20	$2,188	+2.87
908–915	909	31	248.00	$248.00	$2,254	+3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–320	318	11	360.00	$360.00	$1,145	—
350–385	373	19	335.00–365.00	$349.58	$1,304	+8.89
401–445	429	29	295.00–325.00	$310.63	$1,333	-2.68
455–498	476	69	285.00–325.00	$305.31	$1,453	-9.48
508–545	526	45	247.00–306.00	$287.03	$1,510	+1.15
565–598	579	69	285.00–297.00	$289.27	$1,675	+8.11
601–645	623	146	255.00–288.50	$278.78	$1,737	+2.74
650–695	685	114	252.00–279.00	$267.15	$1,830	+1.00
705–749	729	64	245.00–265.00	$258.61	$1,885	+4.36
755–795	778	75	240.00–260.00	$255.88	$1,991	+10.04
800–822	812	14	225.00–250.00	$238.67	$1,938	-7.32
896	896	58	245.50	$245.50	$2,200	+4.84
937	937	12	234.00	$234.00	$2,193	-4.44
950–957	955	10	222.00–226.00	$224.81	$2,147	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	381	24	300.00–316.00	$313.68	$1,195	—
425–448	440	3	290.00–300.00	$296.78	$1,306	+28.37
458–495	479	7	268.00–290.00	$274.92	$1,317	-11.64
583	583	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,498	+12.91
603–645	608	37	234.00–251.00	$236.23	$1,436	-8.83
660–695	678	2	240.00–244.00	$241.95	$1,640	—
700	700	7	218.00	$218.00	$1,526	—
792	792	7	217.00	$217.00	$1,719	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	10	249.00	$249.00	$1,417	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,708	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,425	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	332	16	335.00–352.50	$345.88	$1,148	+30.88
360–399	390	9	327.00–340.00	$330.26	$1,288	+22.14
402–438	425	68	305.00–344.00	$326.13	$1,386	+20.87
456–498	477	96	295.00–320.00	$302.67	$1,444	+3.36
500 unweaned	500	4	274.00	$274.00	$1,370	—
503–539	523	93	280.00–310.00	$301.10	$1,575	+21.16
551–598	569	362	266.00–296.00	$282.41	$1,607	+11.02
586 unweaned	586	13	262.00	$262.00	$1,535	+5.00
603–649	623	135	257.00–280.00	$270.12	$1,683	+5.99
651–691	670	240	252.00–275.00	$263.07	$1,763	+5.29
701–747	717	98	235.00–262.00	$256.24	$1,837	+7.00
754–798	768	229	241.00–249.00	$244.32	$1,876	+16.32
800–837	817	30	227.00–244.00	$236.80	$1,935	+2.51
895	895	14	224.00	$224.00	$2,005	—
958	958	16	223.00	$223.00	$2,136	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	6	322.00	$322.00	$1,063	-4.87
358–391	374	34	300.00–335.00	$321.53	$1,203	-1.98
412–447	435	37	285.00–304.00	$296.70	$1,291	+14.21
452–497	469	75	280.00–300.00	$287.15	$1,347	+10.39
500–548	527	62	255.00–276.00	$267.83	$1,411	+3.06
548 unweaned	548	3	263.00	$263.00	$1,441	—
573 unweaned	573	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,432	—
551–597	578	92	250.00–267.00	$258.18	$1,492	+1.68
603–643	625	107	232.00–255.00	$247.41	$1,546	+5.51
652–695	689	45	230.00–253.00	$248.86	$1,715	+6.90
713–746	732	83	229.00–243.00	$236.90	$1,734	+3.92
751–797	769	197	225.00–241.00	$240.38	$1,849	+11.13
808	808	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,770	—
858	858	49	221.00	$221.00	$1,896	+16.59
939	939	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,925	+21.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–435	420	13	265.00–280.00	$268.58	$1,128	—
460–483	471	20	261.00–275.00	$270.66	$1,275	+17.26
500–535	515	4	241.00–253.00	$245.10	$1,262	-1.29
565	565	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,367	+1.76
635	635	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,486	+8.00
650–678	672	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,478	+1.00
703	703	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,511	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,095	—
351	351	6	335.00	$335.00	$1,176	-3.03
450–485	463	11	303.00–319.00	$312.76	$1,448	+4.53
500–542	534	12	285.00–302.00	$286.90	$1,532	+11.90
550–595	564	26	265.00–297.50	$277.15	$1,563	+15.01
605–645	615	4	266.00–272.00	$269.52	$1,658	+7.35
655–691	687	8	246.00–257.00	$247.31	$1,699	+10.31
706–740	712	6	245.00–252.00	$246.21	$1,753	+11.21
753–781	771	10	247.00–248.00	$247.71	$1,910	+17.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	8	317.00	$317.00	$1,211	—
455–491	486	8	275.00–296.00	$278.81	$1,355	—
505	505	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,313	—
555–585	561	5	250.00–260.00	$257.91	$1,447	—
606	606	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,364	—
695	695	13	236.00	$236.00	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–521	518	8	282.00–307.00	$291.27	$1,509	-7.11
592	592	6	297.00	$297.00	$1,758	+0.06
627	627	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,818	-0.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1750	1750	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1402	1211	80-85%	243	129.00–149.00	$138.88	$1,682	+10.53
1100–1337	1213	80-85%	19	119.00–136.00	$132.15	$1,603	+3.80
1043–1335	1214	80-85%	52	142.00–161.50	$146.15	$1,774	+17.80

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1840	1448	75-80%	132	132.00–149.50	$140.66	$2,037	-0.47
1260–1675	1461	75-80%	19	122.00–139.00	$132.44	$1,935	—
1387–1850	1531	75-80%	33	142.00–159.00	$149.56	$2,290	+20.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–935	809	85-90%	8	74.00–102.50	$86.88	$703	—
705–1235	919	85-90%	37	96.50–120.00	$113.45	$1,043	+0.07
830–1245	1036	85-90%	35	132.00–145.00	$137.23	$1,422	—
810–1285	1042	85-90%	91	119.00–135.00	$127.03	$1,324	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
903–957	935	10	145.00–155.00	$148.86	$1,392	—
1205	1205	3	177.50	$177.50	$2,139	—
1200–2475	1527	15	145.00–163.00	$154.49	$2,359	—
1295–2360	1703	35	160.00–181.00	$171.94	$2,928	—
1485–2160	1816	30	178.00–195.00	$185.43	$3,367	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
752–945	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	190.00–230.00	$205.36	$1,725
855–1030	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	132.00–151.00	$140.19	$1,342
785–1405	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	140.00–180.00	$163.06	$1,600

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
926	926	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,926

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1002	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,553

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1210	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,707.46
995–1385	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	1,550.00–2,300.00	$1,928.30
1075–1238	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,875.00–2,250.00	$2,070.18
998–1238	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,575.00–1,900.00	$1,777.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1175–1415	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,075.00–2,450.00	$2,375.97

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–985	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,303.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–900	865	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,519.94
885–975	918	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,748.23
850–1145	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,550.00–2,250.00	$1,809.32

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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
810–1140	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,035.00–2,175.00	$2,105.00	—
1090–1380	1181	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	2,075.00–2,650.00	$2,491.67	—
1090–1285	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,325.00–2,350.00	$2,337.50	—
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—
1228	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,675.00	$2,675.00	—
1235–1435	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,550.00	—
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,700.00	$2,700.00	-300.00
1235–1570	1403	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00–2,950.00	$2,925.00	—
1425–1760	1593	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00–3,400.00	$3,300.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–745	731	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,361.11	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–442	439	19	252.00–253.00	$252.74	$1,110	—
459–491	478	22	238.00–244.00	$241.29	$1,153	—
531	531	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,269	—
629–647	632	20	227.00–230.00	$227.46	$1,438	—
678–698	686	10	208.00–224.00	$214.51	$1,472	—
914	914	33	200.25	$200.25	$1,830	—
960–993	982	3	189.00–195.00	$193.04	$1,896	—
1005	1005	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,849	—
1063	1063	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,956	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,060	—

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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.