Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 25, 2022

5,081 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.61/cwt -2.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,137/hd at 572 lb · 232 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $216.02/cwt +8.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,119/hd at 518 lb · 227 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.96/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 579 lb · 211 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,081	4,225	989
Feeder cattle	4,489	3,579	873
Slaughter cattle	377	461	76
Replacement cattle	215	185	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 3.00 higher and heifers mostly steady to spots 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–398	395	11	207.00–222.50	$209.71	$828	-5.29
408–447	425	53	208.00–222.00	$213.26	$906	+0.26
455–497	483	172	205.00–220.00	$212.66	$1,027	+4.33
486–491 unweaned	488	8	174.00–182.00	$177.02	$864	-8.29
502–549	518	227	198.00–224.25	$216.02	$1,119	+7.48
568 fancy	568	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,216	—
553–599	572	224	185.50–209.00	$198.37	$1,135	-3.12
592 value added	592	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,184	—
605–649	626	168	180.00–205.00	$191.15	$1,197	-6.73
622–632 thin fleshed	630	16	207.00–209.00	$208.63	$1,314	—
659 unweaned	659	7	176.00	$176.00	$1,160	+10.50
662 value added	662	8	191.25	$191.25	$1,266	—
657–693	675	86	176.50–193.00	$186.89	$1,262	+2.17
704–727	715	99	169.50–183.50	$176.95	$1,265	-3.65
757 value added	757	9	171.50	$171.50	$1,298	—
751–794	769	73	158.00–175.75	$171.85	$1,322	-8.75
802–825	811	12	151.00–160.50	$158.08	$1,282	—
902–928	911	9	152.00–159.50	$154.55	$1,408	—
950	950	4	151.50	$151.50	$1,439	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289	289	8	211.00	$211.00	$610	—
323–346	335	13	198.00–200.00	$199.11	$667	—
368–386	381	20	215.00–217.00	$216.42	$825	+7.92
412 thin fleshed	412	3	225.00	$225.00	$927	—
413–445	426	30	196.00–219.00	$210.68	$897	+11.25
447 unweaned	447	3	196.00	$196.00	$876	—
451–490	470	37	185.00–209.00	$197.97	$930	+2.63
500–510 thin fleshed	504	8	213.00–217.00	$215.48	$1,086	—
527–548	535	11	178.00–195.00	$188.66	$1,009	-0.23
556–593	566	39	174.00–192.50	$181.20	$1,026	-16.76
608–645	626	54	168.50–198.50	$179.97	$1,127	-0.04
644	644	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,030	-20.01
675–697	694	17	168.00–184.50	$182.61	$1,267	+13.04
744	744	13	160.00–164.00	$161.85	$1,204	-17.75
782	782	16	173.00	$173.00	$1,353	+2.77
834–835	834	7	147.00–155.00	$151.57	$1,264	-10.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	4	166.00	$166.00	$880	—
558	558	4	174.00	$174.00	$971	+13.50
607–618	614	15	163.50–165.00	$164.51	$1,010	-7.74
655–675	665	23	144.00–159.00	$152.01	$1,011	—
734	734	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,138	—
769	769	20	146.00	$146.00	$1,123	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,012	—
597	597	19	186.50	$186.50	$1,113	—
666	666	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,092	—
747	747	3	168.50	$168.50	$1,259	—
756–759	757	13	161.00–168.50	$165.61	$1,254	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	192.50	$192.50	$847	—
476	476	13	197.50	$197.50	$940	—
546	546	24	173.00	$173.00	$945	+3.00
949	949	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,367	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	180.50	$180.50	$690	—
451	451	6	179.00	$179.00	$807	—
526	526	5	170.50	$170.50	$897	+1.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
824	824	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,088	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–338	334	11	185.00–200.00	$188.95	$631	—
369–394	388	22	170.00–199.00	$192.74	$748	+2.26
404–437	422	53	174.00–195.00	$185.83	$784	+2.47
436 unweaned	436	8	163.50	$163.50	$713	-5.00
453–496	477	169	169.25–187.00	$178.97	$854	-4.66
500–547	517	188	174.00–181.00	$177.75	$919	-2.70
531 unweaned	531	6	151.00	$151.00	$802	-16.81
537 value added	537	5	177.50	$177.50	$953	—
567 unweaned	567	7	162.00	$162.00	$919	-7.00
551–598	579	204	165.25–179.00	$171.27	$992	-5.92
608 unweaned	608	6	152.00	$152.00	$924	-2.50
616 thin fleshed	616	27	180.50	$180.50	$1,112	—
618 value added	618	15	175.00	$175.00	$1,082	+13.50
603–648	621	55	162.00–175.00	$167.32	$1,039	-2.63
650–698	661	126	159.25–175.00	$171.10	$1,131	-0.20
651–670	663	19	151.50–162.50	$155.48	$1,031	-15.82
722	722	5	153.50	$153.50	$1,108	-9.02
777	777	3	153.50	$153.50	$1,193	—
848	848	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,230	-8.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–295	291	7	158.00–187.50	$170.82	$497	—
328 unweaned	328	3	176.00	$176.00	$577	—
376–393	380	17	180.00–183.00	$182.37	$693	-3.16
380 unweaned	380	4	158.00	$158.00	$600	—
403–446	428	70	162.00–190.00	$173.19	$741	+1.08
456–497	480	103	156.00–191.50	$176.11	$845	+1.76
518 unweaned	518	3	163.50	$163.50	$847	—
506–547	519	87	153.00–184.25	$171.81	$892	+6.55
545 thin fleshed	545	4	177.00	$177.00	$965	—
550–599	567	143	151.00–180.00	$172.52	$978	+5.19
601–649	626	84	153.00–176.00	$166.92	$1,045	+0.55
627	627	8	142.00	$142.00	$890	-24.37
653–683	666	81	155.00–168.50	$163.51	$1,089	+2.27
685	685	4	142.00	$142.00	$973	-19.24
706–748	719	14	146.50–153.00	$149.91	$1,078	—
753–770	763	7	139.50–151.50	$144.58	$1,103	—
868	868	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,233	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584–593	589	49	164.00–171.00	$169.21	$997	—
613	613	41	167.75	$167.75	$1,028	—
700	700	4	160.25	$160.25	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–442	441	13	151.00–155.00	$152.54	$673	-9.18
497	497	3	153.00	$153.00	$760	+0.84
518–542	534	27	150.00–155.00	$151.82	$811	—
556–566	562	8	141.00–158.00	$151.70	$853	+4.70
602–639	630	12	154.50–157.00	$155.10	$977	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–487	485	35	164.00–165.50	$165.33	$802	-7.18
618	618	5	138.00	$138.00	$853	-15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–422	414	12	157.00–160.50	$159.19	$659	—
507	507	7	165.00	$165.00	$837	+6.00
595	595	4	152.50	$152.50	$907	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	6	175.50	$175.50	$725	—
480	480	11	179.50	$179.50	$862	—
542–544	543	13	171.00–174.00	$172.85	$939	-0.89
573–575	574	10	160.50–169.50	$164.09	$942	+6.59
608–615	612	13	144.50–156.50	$150.36	$920	—
700	700	4	138.50	$138.50	$970	+0.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	206.00	$206.00	$865	—
440 unweaned	440	5	181.50	$181.50	$799	—
619 unweaned	619	5	147.00	$147.00	$910	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	5	153.00	$153.00	$880	—
768	768	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	5	145.00	$145.00	$779	-11.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1600	1119	80-85%	92	68.50–79.00	$73.06	$818	—
1080–1375	1216	80-85%	5	66.00–69.50	$67.79	$824	—
875–1440	1217	80-85%	24	76.00–92.00	$81.07	$987	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	85-90%	3	50.00	$50.00	$350	—
850–1145	982	85-90%	11	56.00–63.00	$58.37	$573	+0.73
810–1300	986	85-90%	37	60.50–73.00	$65.97	$650	+8.33
980–1010	995	85-90%	2	72.00	$72.00	$716	+14.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1730	1383	75-80%	31	72.50–84.50	$78.08	$1,080	+0.67
1405–1445	1425	75-80%	2	67.50–68.50	$68.01	$969	-20.10
1390–1735	1559	75-80%	9	84.00–94.00	$89.45	$1,395	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1485	1308	7	85.00–94.50	$88.72	$1,160	—
1315–1875	1582	10	101.50–110.00	$106.55	$1,686	—
1535–2125	1811	6	109.00–120.00	$114.53	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
764–1110	856	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	90.00–123.00	$105.33	$902
745–1045	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	75.00–88.00	$79.98	$762

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1161–1213	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,475.00–1,535.00	$1,520.49
1298–1364	1322	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,162.48
1300–1483	1356	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,400.00–1,535.00	$1,488.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1255	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	95.00–103.00	$100.27	$1,147
1165–1460	1376	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	77.00–98.00	$92.65	$1,275

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1101	1101	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	950.00	$950.00
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
922	922	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	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
1050–1275	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,575.00–1,600.00	$1,582.14	—
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-50.00
1000–1300	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,610.00	$1,469.29	—

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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.