Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 30, 2022

3,953 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.41/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,156/hd at 769 lb · 174 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $199.29/cwt +0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 527 lb · 164 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.96/cwt +11.74 vs last sale · ≈ $950/hd at 562 lb · 155 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,953	5,797	5,081
Feeder cattle	3,443	4,746	4,325
Slaughter cattle	435	805	624
Replacement cattle	75	246	132

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–320	319	11	218.00–224.00	$222.37	$709	+0.88
357–390	365	12	206.00–222.50	$216.96	$792	-0.39
414 unweaned	414	4	199.00	$199.00	$824	-4.50
409–448	431	87	208.00–220.50	$215.61	$929	+19.61
440	440	3	189.00	$189.00	$832	-7.00
453–483	469	37	194.50–220.00	$205.05	$962	+10.21
470–485 unweaned	483	15	190.50–191.00	$190.56	$920	—
490–499	495	7	191.50–193.00	$192.14	$951	-8.79
500–545	527	155	185.00–213.50	$199.77	$1,053	+0.93
500–549 unweaned	533	9	191.00	$191.00	$1,018	—
553–589	574	119	179.00–197.50	$188.24	$1,080	+2.24
600–623 unweaned	613	23	176.00–179.00	$178.08	$1,092	—
600–637	614	124	170.00–188.00	$181.99	$1,117	+3.62
670–698	691	107	172.25–181.75	$175.40	$1,212	+4.97
705–728	716	22	160.00–171.00	$166.47	$1,192	+2.95
798	798	7	146.75	$146.75	$1,171	-16.99
816–833	821	19	140.75–146.75	$144.83	$1,189	-15.35
871	871	121	152.10	$152.10	$1,325	-1.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	4	210.00	$210.00	$659	—
354 value added	354	4	209.00	$209.00	$740	—
355–391	374	19	190.00–215.00	$199.67	$747	+0.49
405–432	425	19	186.00–210.00	$199.74	$849	+0.89
460 unweaned	460	6	177.00	$177.00	$814	—
462–495	483	52	174.00–209.00	$196.74	$950	+4.67
514 value added	514	4	183.50	$183.50	$943	—
503–548	526	25	183.50–204.00	$188.00	$989	-0.26
532 unweaned	532	3	182.00	$182.00	$968	—
550–583	561	29	178.50–188.00	$183.52	$1,030	+15.50
603–640 unweaned	615	6	157.00–161.50	$159.94	$984	—
600–630	617	35	162.50–181.00	$170.88	$1,054	+5.90
632 value added	632	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,150	—
653 unweaned	653	6	150.00	$150.00	$980	—
652–669	663	25	165.50–178.00	$168.62	$1,118	+7.10
742	742	7	152.00	$152.00	$1,128	—
764	764	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,161	-5.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	4	165.00	$165.00	$700	—
541	541	3	164.50	$164.50	$890	—
778–782	781	12	144.75–148.00	$145.56	$1,137	—
924	924	18	133.75	$133.75	$1,236	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	176.00	$176.00	$876	—
528	528	6	189.50	$189.50	$1,001	—
570	570	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,012	+0.50
638 unweaned	638	18	175.00	$175.00	$1,116	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–593	572	8	168.00–176.50	$172.09	$984	—
620	620	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,029	—
809	809	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,116	-22.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	13	144.50	$144.50	$841	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
867	867	6	132.50	$132.50	$1,149	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–324	314	14	193.00–199.00	$197.23	$619	+26.09
351–396	372	16	177.00–185.50	$180.05	$670	-0.34
400–446	422	113	169.00–188.75	$182.45	$770	+5.07
466 unweaned	466	8	172.00	$172.00	$802	—
451–496	481	113	168.50–185.00	$178.00	$856	+4.76
500–539	519	112	163.00–181.00	$174.13	$904	+8.90
534 unweaned	534	9	163.50	$163.50	$873	—
550–591	562	132	156.75–180.00	$171.19	$962	+14.87
550–579 unweaned	564	19	154.50–161.50	$157.05	$886	—
565	565	4	152.00	$152.00	$859	-4.32
620 unweaned	620	5	149.50	$149.50	$927	—
600–647	621	109	157.00–175.50	$166.24	$1,032	+10.53
667 unweaned	667	15	145.25	$145.25	$969	—
672–696	678	39	148.00–157.50	$155.90	$1,057	-1.89
720	720	22	159.75	$159.75	$1,150	+4.75
767	767	150	151.50	$151.50	$1,162	+6.62
773–784	779	24	142.75–144.25	$143.63	$1,119	-1.25
811	811	15	148.10	$148.10	$1,201	—
879	879	6	131.50	$131.50	$1,156	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390	372	13	168.00–186.00	$181.20	$674	+11.09
401–445	420	40	155.00–177.00	$169.44	$712	-4.84
464 value added	464	5	181.00	$181.00	$840	—
450–498	474	60	159.00–180.00	$169.54	$804	+8.55
500–547	523	60	149.00–175.00	$163.53	$855	+3.21
550–590	571	21	147.00–164.00	$156.45	$893	+1.94
604 value added	604	9	154.75	$154.75	$935	—
605–640	624	30	143.00–162.00	$154.04	$961	+3.01
652–670	661	10	148.50–151.00	$149.73	$990	+0.65
663 value added	663	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,048	—
720	720	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,022	-11.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	10	144.50–150.75	$148.88	$811	—
582	582	3	142.50	$142.50	$829	-3.33
639	639	21	143.75	$143.75	$919	—
854	854	7	123.50	$123.50	$1,055	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	11	179.75	$179.75	$863	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	7	148.00	$148.00	$728	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	4	149.00	$149.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	165.00	$165.00	$520	-36.00
393	393	3	170.00	$170.00	$668	—
440	440	3	170.00	$170.00	$748	-10.00
458–497	480	11	176.00–187.00	$179.50	$862	+4.85
606–622	615	9	159.50–164.00	$161.47	$993	—
650	650	7	156.50	$156.50	$1,017	+9.33
720	720	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,026	—
768	768	3	147.50	$147.50	$1,133	+3.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–483	475	12	175.00–182.00	$179.97	$855	+7.97
503–533	522	8	168.00–178.00	$171.62	$896	—
618	618	6	154.00	$154.00	$952	-9.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	9	168.50	$168.50	$824	—
571–578	573	9	144.00–154.50	$150.97	$865	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1400	1164	80-85%	84	73.50–85.50	$80.33	$935	+0.85
990–1365	1182	80-85%	23	63.00–76.00	$69.43	$821	+1.04
1045–1490	1231	80-85%	36	82.00–94.00	$86.48	$1,065	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1685	1368	75-80%	48	78.00–88.50	$85.44	$1,169	+0.69
1245–1585	1405	75-80%	3	75.00–79.50	$77.14	$1,084	—
1270–1635	1508	75-80%	18	85.50–95.00	$88.68	$1,337	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1260	960	85-90%	11	54.00–64.50	$60.97	$585	-7.17
795–1325	1018	85-90%	52	63.00–75.00	$69.73	$710	—
920–1185	1070	85-90%	5	74.50–79.00	$76.78	$822	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2120	1510	13	90.00–101.00	$95.64	$1,444	+3.00
1095–2170	1644	24	97.50–116.00	$105.78	$1,739	—
1600–2245	1842	11	109.00–125.50	$116.28	$2,142	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1090	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	76.00–89.50	$84.35	$811
830–1225	991	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	89.00–116.00	$102.75	$1,018

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1420	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	950.00–1,260.00	$1,118.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295–1435	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,360.00–1,375.00	$1,367.88
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00

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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
1000–1250	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,210.00	+7.50

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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.