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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

4,431 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $189.74/cwt +10.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,073/hd at 565 lb · 175 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $190.37/cwt -2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $998/hd at 524 lb · 172 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.14/cwt +10.21 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 523 lb · 131 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,431 4,280 5,347
Feeder cattle 3,481 3,055 4,555
Slaughter cattle 760 1,075 607
Replacement cattle 190 150 185

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to spots 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
307 307 3 225.00 $225.00 $691 —
330 unweaned 330 10 210.00 $210.00 $693 —
353–398 391 33 197.00–233.50 $217.76 $851 +13.98
392 392 5 199.00 $199.00 $780 -4.78
400–443 424 56 194.00–218.50 $209.48 $888 +4.59
418–438 unweaned 427 57 193.25–195.75 $194.58 $831 -5.88
440 thin fleshed 440 7 219.50 $219.50 $966 —
463 value added 463 11 208.00 $208.00 $963 —
466–492 unweaned 476 65 183.50–201.50 $190.17 $905 -3.20
464–498 478 53 193.00–210.25 $201.46 $963 -4.58
516 value added 516 5 199.50 $199.50 $1,029 —
509–545 524 112 180.00–202.50 $193.25 $1,013 -3.85
503–538 unweaned 525 55 177.00–195.00 $183.66 $964 +8.45
550–561 unweaned 558 19 169.00–182.50 $172.66 $963 —
553–591 565 142 174.00–203.00 $191.51 $1,082 +8.56
578 value added 578 14 195.00 $195.00 $1,127 —
601–648 628 76 174.50–193.00 $182.30 $1,145 +6.43
648 value added 648 27 179.75 $179.75 $1,165 —
654 thin fleshed 654 21 183.75 $183.75 $1,202 —
654 unweaned 654 7 157.50 $157.50 $1,030 —
650–687 674 54 162.00–175.00 $167.26 $1,127 +17.26
734 734 5 150.00 $150.00 $1,101 -20.50
725–745 736 93 162.50–166.60 $165.45 $1,218 -5.05
768 value added 768 13 160.00 $160.00 $1,229 —
782–797 783 62 152.00–159.85 $158.99 $1,245 +2.57
807–843 829 87 150.75–157.00 $156.05 $1,294 +6.94
859 859 10 146.50 $146.50 $1,258 +4.50
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
383–397 391 15 185.00–196.50 $189.73 $742 -19.30
413–442 424 32 180.00–202.00 $196.64 $834 -4.04
473 thin fleshed 473 9 210.00 $210.00 $993 —
456–492 475 31 178.00–196.50 $188.50 $895 -8.60
500–535 514 26 178.00–196.00 $188.72 $970 -4.84
515 thin fleshed 515 7 188.00 $188.00 $968 —
531 unweaned 531 7 166.50 $166.50 $884 —
555–581 569 15 175.00–186.50 $180.73 $1,028 +4.77
580 unweaned 580 4 168.00 $168.00 $974 —
584–596 thin fleshed 589 16 190.00–190.50 $190.22 $1,120 —
613–635 627 17 165.50–169.00 $167.79 $1,052 -0.23
627 value added 627 13 176.50 $176.50 $1,107 —
718 718 6 150.50 $150.50 $1,081 -5.62
799 799 4 152.50 $152.50 $1,218 +1.36
922 922 3 143.50 $143.50 $1,323 +11.50
962 962 3 129.00 $129.00 $1,241 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
408–410 409 6 190.00–191.50 $190.50 $779 —
463 unweaned 463 4 190.00 $190.00 $880 —
528 unweaned 528 9 181.00 $181.00 $956 —
563 unweaned 563 5 170.00 $170.00 $957 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
392 unweaned 392 5 158.00 $158.00 $619 —
611 611 6 152.50 $152.50 $932 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
296 unweaned 296 3 171.00 $171.00 $506 —
304 unweaned 304 8 170.00 $170.00 $517 -14.00
372 value added 372 7 176.00 $176.00 $655 —
358–391 unweaned 376 35 159.00–175.50 $170.61 $641 +2.61
357–398 378 21 164.00–200.00 $179.82 $680 -0.19
410–442 unweaned 423 40 160.00–171.50 $168.00 $711 +10.00
405–449 431 37 163.00–183.00 $171.56 $739 +11.56
459–498 unweaned 464 26 154.00–175.00 $170.34 $790 +17.18
458–498 475 69 159.00–179.50 $173.12 $822 +5.25
512 512 6 152.00 $152.00 $778 -11.28
515–516 unweaned 516 7 154.50–163.00 $159.36 $822 +10.35
510–545 521 99 162.00–177.00 $174.34 $908 +11.06
540 fancy 540 5 182.50 $182.50 $986 —
542 value added 542 14 177.25 $177.25 $961 —
550–593 561 42 156.50–173.00 $162.94 $914 +4.48
600–640 621 60 150.00–165.50 $157.56 $978 +0.21
621 621 5 149.00 $149.00 $925 -8.35
645 value added 645 19 162.50 $162.50 $1,048 —
674–690 687 24 150.00–156.85 $155.73 $1,070 +2.31
693 693 4 140.00 $140.00 $970 -13.42
701–735 715 96 145.00–156.00 $154.35 $1,104 +5.50
825 825 3 137.50 $137.50 $1,134 +5.02
872 872 5 137.50 $137.50 $1,199 —
949 949 6 128.50 $128.50 $1,219 —
968 968 9 121.50 $121.50 $1,176 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
274–288 unweaned 280 7 148.00–157.50 $153.31 $429 —
332 unweaned 332 12 162.50 $162.50 $540 +12.50
333–343 336 11 161.00–174.00 $168.59 $566 -2.03
365–386 379 12 165.00–169.50 $167.23 $634 +3.32
393 unweaned 393 3 156.00 $156.00 $613 —
407–448 431 45 156.00–175.00 $167.01 $720 +4.30
452–458 thin fleshed 456 13 176.00–182.50 $178.48 $814 —
450–499 473 48 150.00–170.00 $163.41 $773 +3.24
499 value added 499 6 157.50 $157.50 $786 —
504–546 thin fleshed 516 14 171.50–174.50 $172.41 $890 —
522 unweaned 522 3 143.00 $143.00 $746 +7.00
515–543 531 54 147.00–164.00 $158.75 $843 +0.86
565–599 589 29 156.50–162.00 $160.04 $943 +20.04
616–630 619 39 145.25–153.25 $151.30 $937 +5.32
657 value added 657 7 150.75 $150.75 $990 —
675–696 687 23 142.50–154.00 $150.95 $1,037 +1.45
739 739 4 135.50 $135.50 $1,001 +17.50
755–773 771 18 138.00–144.75 $144.02 $1,110 +7.78
852–879 862 12 130.00–132.00 $131.34 $1,132 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
423 423 5 169.50 $169.50 $717 —
485–495 unweaned 491 14 165.00–166.50 $165.64 $813 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
697 697 9 138.25 $138.25 $964 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
408 408 8 152.00 $152.00 $620 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
472–486 480 7 140.00 $140.00 $672 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
427–448 440 13 174.00–200.00 $189.22 $833 +4.61
550–591 568 27 155.00–170.00 $163.01 $926 -2.77
613 613 4 153.50 $153.50 $941 —
630 thin fleshed 630 8 161.25 $161.25 $1,016 —
673 673 3 147.50 $147.50 $993 -6.00
720 720 6 138.00 $138.00 $994 -14.00
870 870 3 128.00 $128.00 $1,114 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
359–399 388 23 204.00–215.00 $207.85 $806 —
405 405 4 214.00 $214.00 $867 +15.42
454–461 459 16 189.50–194.50 $193.26 $887 +4.26
508 unweaned 508 7 171.50 $171.50 $871 —
535–537 536 9 174.50–180.50 $178.50 $957 -11.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
900–1395 1147 80-85% 19 67.00–78.00 $73.58 $844 -2.23
975–1385 1218 80-85% 157 76.00–88.00 $81.94 $998 —
985–1460 1242 80-85% 41 84.00–93.50 $88.48 $1,099 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
850–1450 1000 85-90% 25 54.00–67.00 $62.73 $627 -0.88
825–1195 1036 85-90% 85 65.00–78.50 $72.65 $753 -0.78
1038 1038 85-90% 2 80.00 $80.00 $830 +6.57
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1170–1690 1415 75-80% 50 81.00–88.50 $86.03 $1,217 -3.49
1275–1610 1428 75-80% 4 74.00–80.00 $78.14 $1,116 -11.38
1270–1745 1457 75-80% 41 87.50–95.00 $91.23 $1,329 -4.08

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1105–1925 1441 44 96.00–112.00 $106.33 $1,532 —
1290–2195 1546 10 86.00–96.00 $93.05 $1,439 —
1190–2195 1731 16 111.50–118.00 $114.46 $1,981 +4.99

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
770–1255 941 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 23 68.00–93.00 $83.73 $788
795–1148 1007 (<2 yrs)Open 35 85.00–112.00 $100.24 $1,009

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
992 992 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 6 1,000.00 $1,000.00
1005–1145 1043 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 8 1,050.00–1,225.00 $1,169.16
935–1348 1140 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 21 925.00–1,325.00 $1,062.58

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
888 888 (<2 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 4 1,200.00 $1,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
996 996 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 4 1,550.00 $1,550.00 —

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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.