Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

5,396 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $185.47/cwt -18.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,076/hd at 580 lb · 175 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.33/cwt -3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,239/hd at 719 lb · 150 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $180.98/cwt -8.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 620 lb · 147 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,396	6,149	3,969
Feeder cattle	4,425	5,424	3,544
Slaughter cattle	826	580	360
Replacement cattle	145	145	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves weak to 5.00 lower and yearlings mostly steady. Slaughter cows weak to 6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	7	227.50	$227.50	$651	—
318	318	6	224.00	$224.00	$712	+5.21
350–393	378	18	199.00–223.00	$204.57	$773	-14.56
352–398 unweaned	382	19	200.00–217.00	$208.01	$795	-5.65
403–427 unweaned	417	16	204.00–210.00	$207.16	$864	-5.29
400–435	424	21	190.00–222.00	$208.28	$883	-10.60
450–492	471	54	199.00–218.00	$211.00	$994	-9.16
457–498 unweaned	475	40	181.00–197.00	$190.48	$905	-8.50
486	486	8	195.00	$195.00	$948	-25.16
503–548 unweaned	520	41	164.00–192.50	$182.17	$947	-4.83
500–547	524	58	191.00–205.00	$198.25	$1,039	-9.96
550–597	577	79	185.50–195.00	$191.37	$1,104	-18.91
550–598 unweaned	583	96	170.00–186.00	$180.61	$1,053	-8.94
601–616	609	15	167.00–181.00	$176.92	$1,077	+2.92
604–631 unweaned	612	33	173.00–180.00	$174.65	$1,069	-5.37
601–649	624	99	176.50–196.00	$183.71	$1,146	-8.63
652–681	667	87	180.00–197.85	$191.19	$1,275	+4.66
655–682 unweaned	667	14	173.00–175.00	$174.12	$1,161	—
710–736	726	77	182.50–189.50	$188.50	$1,369	+3.03
752–797	758	85	173.50–180.85	$180.21	$1,366	+0.53
777	777	11	161.00	$161.00	$1,251	-18.68
806–821	812	91	180.00–182.75	$181.04	$1,470	+4.78
867–884	881	127	176.00–182.00	$180.07	$1,586	+1.28
896	896	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,362	-26.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	187.00	$187.00	$583	-17.83
365 unweaned	365	3	188.00	$188.00	$686	-19.00
403–446	435	23	186.00–211.00	$196.61	$855	-9.48
460 thin fleshed	460	15	209.00	$209.00	$961	—
451–496	472	31	185.50–200.50	$192.83	$910	-2.75
508–525 unweaned	521	23	160.00–168.00	$161.89	$843	—
509–543	524	55	175.00–194.00	$186.49	$977	+0.36
575	575	4	172.00	$172.00	$989	-15.18
560–585 unweaned	580	12	164.00–172.00	$165.29	$959	-0.29
601–649	624	47	148.00–186.00	$170.56	$1,064	-5.35
667–684	682	23	161.00–182.75	$179.32	$1,223	+4.12
710	710	5	185.50	$185.50	$1,317	+9.84
774	774	60	174.50	$174.50	$1,351	-8.00
832	832	15	170.75	$170.75	$1,421	—
912–921	917	7	145.00–158.00	$150.54	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	156.00	$156.00	$725	-15.00
590	590	6	159.00	$159.00	$938	-1.03
620	620	6	154.50	$154.50	$958	+4.59
849	849	8	138.50	$138.50	$1,176	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611	611	18	160.00	$160.00	$978	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	4	192.00	$192.00	$989	—
600–621	614	12	189.50–192.50	$191.52	$1,176	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	12	154.00	$154.00	$747	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	8	185.00	$185.00	$955	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291 unweaned	291	5	150.00	$150.00	$436	—
295	295	2	181.00	$181.00	$534	-13.00
305–345 unweaned	322	7	177.00–189.50	$182.74	$588	+32.74
360–383 unweaned	370	29	163.00–181.00	$177.96	$658	—
360–391	376	16	167.00–190.50	$179.62	$675	-14.48
408–448 unweaned	433	45	156.00–188.50	$173.61	$752	+7.66
400–449	436	39	163.00–192.50	$178.19	$777	-16.93
450–483	460	68	179.50–190.00	$183.01	$842	-2.10
450–495 unweaned	472	60	163.00–184.50	$173.14	$817	—
500–541	523	48	172.00–184.00	$179.29	$938	+0.52
508–545 unweaned	527	60	147.00–171.50	$163.63	$862	+3.56
564–598	580	56	164.00–178.50	$170.14	$987	-3.36
578–593 unweaned	586	20	139.00–153.00	$147.85	$866	—
583–593	590	7	163.00–164.50	$164.08	$968	+0.08
591 thin fleshed	591	18	189.00	$189.00	$1,117	—
600–638	614	125	165.00–190.00	$184.43	$1,132	+1.74
601–643 unweaned	629	9	138.00–155.00	$149.59	$941	-7.91
656–695	658	101	160.00–180.00	$177.36	$1,167	-1.56
713 unweaned	713	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,048	—
708–725	719	146	154.00–178.00	$173.02	$1,244	-3.20
775–787	784	30	160.00–173.75	$171.16	$1,342	+9.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264 unweaned	264	5	170.00	$170.00	$449	—
310–330 unweaned	320	8	139.00–150.00	$144.33	$462	—
346	346	3	155.00	$155.00	$536	-21.89
359–396 unweaned	377	21	144.00–179.00	$160.33	$604	—
357–397	382	20	150.00–185.00	$166.24	$635	-10.13
404–445	425	20	176.00–181.00	$178.98	$761	+1.19
418–443 unweaned	428	19	155.00–163.00	$160.81	$688	—
420–448 thin fleshed	431	16	185.00–192.00	$189.27	$816	—
470 unweaned	470	5	149.00	$149.00	$700	—
450–498	477	46	144.00–172.00	$160.19	$764	-12.65
504–533	509	22	165.00–177.75	$172.94	$880	+5.72
508–536 unweaned	520	7	140.00–154.00	$147.82	$769	-9.49
541 thin fleshed	541	31	174.00	$174.00	$941	-6.50
554–589	574	25	138.00–166.00	$157.38	$903	-7.06
596 unweaned	596	5	144.00	$144.00	$858	-7.00
607–647	632	27	144.00–170.00	$158.33	$1,001	-5.31
650 thin fleshed	650	14	173.00	$173.00	$1,124	—
670–672	670	14	150.00–155.00	$151.07	$1,012	-10.68
679 unweaned	679	4	145.00	$145.00	$985	-1.50
705–739	715	21	145.00–163.25	$159.72	$1,142	-11.81
777	777	3	148.50	$148.50	$1,154	-12.29
852–876	865	26	137.00–148.25	$143.85	$1,244	+4.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	5	150.00	$150.00	$644	—
462–496	485	9	148.00–154.00	$149.91	$727	-8.70
507	507	4	145.00	$145.00	$735	-5.00
555	555	3	150.00	$150.00	$832	—
618	618	11	155.00	$155.00	$958	+10.45
706	706	4	126.00	$126.00	$890	—
836	836	8	144.50	$144.50	$1,208	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	7	139.50	$139.50	$580	—
496	496	15	138.50	$138.50	$687	—
596	596	16	148.00	$148.00	$882	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–379	367	8	145.00–156.00	$150.69	$553	-5.31
473	473	6	149.00	$149.00	$705	—
555 unweaned	555	3	126.00	$126.00	$699	—
686	686	4	138.00	$138.00	$947	-4.52
846	846	6	121.50	$121.50	$1,028	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487–490	488	7	176.00–180.00	$178.85	$873	—
608	608	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,040	—
714	714	7	166.50	$166.50	$1,189	—
964	964	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,301	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	7	184.50	$184.50	$828	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
614	614	7	124.00	$124.00	$761	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538 unweaned	538	4	132.00	$132.00	$710	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	329	8	180.50–186.00	$184.00	$605	-26.00
359–390	373	13	160.00–200.50	$176.90	$660	-19.68
407–445	418	45	161.00–188.00	$179.89	$752	-5.36
453–460	457	11	171.00–178.00	$174.16	$796	-1.23
511–547	530	21	151.50–167.50	$157.61	$835	-2.74
564–588	574	31	151.50–169.00	$157.47	$904	-5.45
603–649	626	19	149.00–166.50	$160.13	$1,002	+6.28
655–675	667	9	138.00–142.00	$139.68	$932	-14.36
704–729	711	15	153.50–162.50	$160.04	$1,138	—
853	853	5	135.50	$135.50	$1,156	—
913	913	5	90.00	$90.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430 unweaned	430	4	181.00	$181.00	$778	-9.00
497–498 unweaned	497	16	165.00–179.00	$170.26	$846	—
502	502	3	178.00	$178.00	$894	—
580 unweaned	580	7	160.00	$160.00	$928	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	5	163.00	$163.00	$566	—
370	370	3	161.00	$161.00	$596	—
560	560	4	136.50	$136.50	$764	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–415	414	7	155.00–156.00	$155.43	$643	—
490	490	5	151.00	$151.00	$740	+1.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	5	150.00	$150.00	$722	—
508	508	3	149.00	$149.00	$757	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1420	1184	80-85%	20	52.00–65.00	$58.23	$689	-4.27
1010–1390	1192	80-85%	13	70.00–79.50	$74.55	$889	+12.05
1019–1505	1220	80-85%	115	60.00–76.00	$67.70	$826	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1055	928	85-90%	32	42.00–57.00	$49.19	$456	—
820–1085	953	85-90%	2	37.00–40.00	$38.29	$365	—
1030–1065	1048	85-90%	2	65.00–66.50	$65.76	$689	—
850–1250	1076	85-90%	74	50.00–68.50	$57.64	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1775	1416	75-80%	39	64.00–79.50	$71.95	$1,019	+2.26
1415–1495	1455	75-80%	2	65.00–66.50	$65.73	$956	—
1320–1765	1564	75-80%	10	77.00–88.00	$81.19	$1,270	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1660	1380	11	83.50–97.00	$89.76	$1,239	—
1440–2030	1759	19	94.00–107.50	$103.23	$1,816	-9.42
1800–2170	1934	9	110.50–118.00	$114.23	$2,209	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1010	916	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–120.00	$109.29	$1,001
890–1150	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	70.00–94.00	$79.74	$821

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1063–1238	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,300.00–1,650.00	$1,522.16
1108	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1221	1221	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
938–1268	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	850.00–1,050.00	$948.35
1255–1418	1364	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,334.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1109	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	71.00	$71.00	$787

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1100–1285	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,775.00–1,850.00	$1,811.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.