Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

5,020 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.02/cwt +2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,271/hd at 726 lb · 390 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $179.90/cwt +1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,382/hd at 768 lb · 207 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.05/cwt -11.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,078/hd at 630 lb · 171 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,020	5,396	3,473
Feeder cattle	4,256	4,425	3,088
Slaughter cattle	584	826	305
Replacement cattle	180	145	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 6.00 lower and yearlings steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–329	326	10	200.00–224.50	$217.32	$708	-6.68
376 unweaned	376	4	198.00	$198.00	$744	-10.01
385–396	390	17	199.00–217.00	$209.14	$816	+4.57
407–448	417	25	188.00–213.00	$202.53	$845	-5.75
414–449 unweaned	436	38	180.00–211.00	$201.16	$877	-6.00
465–492	479	17	187.00–198.50	$195.46	$936	+0.46
452–496 unweaned	480	16	180.00–211.00	$190.96	$917	+0.48
493 value added	493	5	193.50	$193.50	$954	—
506	506	7	179.00	$179.00	$906	-19.25
502–545 unweaned	515	52	181.00–196.00	$187.92	$968	+5.75
515–546	530	49	185.00–197.00	$189.98	$1,007	-8.27
551–587	571	69	176.00–196.50	$192.50	$1,099	+1.13
562–590 unweaned	575	34	163.50–191.50	$181.13	$1,041	+0.52
603–649	625	61	178.00–187.50	$182.45	$1,140	-1.26
632–633 unweaned	633	42	170.00–170.35	$170.28	$1,078	-4.37
646 value added	646	14	180.00	$180.00	$1,163	—
650–670	655	33	174.50–183.25	$181.35	$1,188	-9.84
696 unweaned	696	6	161.00	$161.00	$1,121	-13.12
728	728	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,289	-11.50
731	731	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,162	-29.50
734 unweaned	734	7	162.00	$162.00	$1,189	—
751–797	768	207	175.00–182.50	$179.90	$1,382	+18.90
812 unweaned	812	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,112	—
804–832	829	128	164.50–184.00	$180.92	$1,500	-0.12
870 unweaned	870	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,201	—
896	896	65	178.50	$178.50	$1,599	+26.50
917	917	55	176.10	$176.10	$1,615	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	215.00	$215.00	$494	—
327–330	329	15	191.00–200.00	$198.21	$652	+11.21
357–395	384	9	180.00–190.00	$185.82	$714	—
402–437	412	74	179.50–198.00	$195.68	$806	-0.93
425–447 unweaned	442	8	176.00–180.00	$176.96	$782	—
450–480 unweaned	465	4	175.00	$175.00	$814	—
453–496	481	45	180.00–195.00	$186.82	$899	-6.01
514 thin fleshed	514	8	184.00	$184.00	$946	—
508–523	519	23	183.00–194.00	$191.22	$992	+4.73
523–535 unweaned	527	13	172.00–174.00	$173.00	$912	+11.11
568 thin fleshed	568	8	184.00	$184.00	$1,045	—
572–598	588	21	174.00–185.00	$182.02	$1,070	+10.02
589	589	4	162.00	$162.00	$954	-10.00
604–630	618	21	169.00–179.00	$172.77	$1,068	+2.21
624 unweaned	624	6	160.00	$160.00	$998	—
655–667	663	10	176.00–180.00	$178.30	$1,182	-1.02
726 thin fleshed	726	11	169.50	$169.50	$1,231	—
715–735	727	10	151.00–173.00	$165.00	$1,200	-20.50
737	737	4	150.50	$150.50	$1,109	-35.00
750–785	773	9	160.00–170.25	$166.94	$1,290	-7.56
835	835	19	172.00	$172.00	$1,436	+1.25

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	181.00	$181.00	$992	—
575	575	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,006	—
623	623	6	176.50	$176.50	$1,100	—
695	695	8	160.50	$160.50	$1,115	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	12	169.00	$169.00	$840	—
516	516	3	170.00	$170.00	$877	-22.00
705	705	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,086	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–541	526	7	150.00–163.00	$157.65	$829	—
540 unweaned	540	3	159.00	$159.00	$859	—
603	603	3	166.00	$166.00	$1,001	+11.50
681	681	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,049	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
761	761	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,142	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	5	150.00	$150.00	$717	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407 unweaned	407	3	161.00	$161.00	$655	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–382	376	20	165.00–184.00	$174.72	$657	-4.90
393 unweaned	393	17	184.00	$184.00	$723	+6.04
408–418 unweaned	410	36	182.00–187.50	$186.56	$765	+12.95
400–439	426	6	174.00–176.00	$175.37	$747	-2.82
452–486	472	53	175.00–185.50	$181.46	$856	-1.55
454–496 unweaned	475	43	150.00–183.25	$171.28	$814	-1.86
501–541	519	25	174.00–183.50	$179.55	$932	+0.26
515–543 unweaned	527	45	145.00–170.00	$162.18	$855	-1.45
545	545	25	185.00	$185.00	$1,008	+5.71
552 unweaned	552	5	154.50	$154.50	$853	+6.65
554–588	560	37	160.50–173.00	$163.19	$914	-6.95
569	569	8	159.00	$159.00	$905	-11.14
588 thin fleshed	588	7	182.50	$182.50	$1,073	-6.50
616	616	22	167.00	$167.00	$1,029	-17.43
601–648	632	132	164.00–182.50	$175.73	$1,111	-8.70
622–639 unweaned	632	17	140.00	$140.00	$885	-9.59
650 unweaned	650	16	152.00	$152.00	$988	—
666–699	678	107	160.00–178.50	$171.44	$1,162	-5.92
703–705	704	5	158.00–160.00	$158.80	$1,118	-14.22
708 value added	708	15	174.00	$174.00	$1,232	—
714–737	727	370	173.00–178.10	$175.28	$1,274	+2.26
765	765	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	-36.16
782–798	788	32	165.00–169.75	$166.80	$1,314	-4.36
802–847	818	49	135.00–154.75	$150.48	$1,231	—
904–927	911	21	128.00–147.25	$139.53	$1,271	—
967–990	974	10	139.50–146.00	$144.02	$1,403	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	316	9	155.00–159.00	$157.14	$497	+2.14
367–387	376	86	150.00–175.00	$168.17	$632	+1.93
390 unweaned	390	7	149.00	$149.00	$581	-11.33
413–437	428	29	159.00–176.00	$165.81	$710	-13.17
415–447 unweaned	439	11	150.00–164.50	$155.29	$682	-5.52
455–498	463	72	161.50–183.00	$165.37	$766	+5.18
452–485 unweaned	469	6	154.00–164.00	$159.18	$747	+10.18
498	498	8	150.00	$150.00	$747	-10.19
511 thin fleshed	511	28	179.00	$179.00	$915	+5.00
503–522 unweaned	513	10	140.00–146.00	$142.23	$730	-5.59
508–548	528	30	148.00–177.00	$162.09	$856	-10.85
534	534	7	155.00	$155.00	$828	-17.94
557 unweaned	557	5	151.50	$151.50	$844	—
562–598	586	17	150.00–165.00	$154.03	$903	-3.35
589 thin fleshed	589	19	173.00	$173.00	$1,019	—
600	600	4	142.00	$142.00	$852	-16.33
608 value added	608	6	153.50	$153.50	$933	—
610	610	4	142.00	$142.00	$866	-16.33
605–638	622	8	152.00–164.00	$157.54	$980	-0.79
654 thin fleshed	654	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,073	-9.00
658 unweaned	658	4	148.50	$148.50	$977	+3.50
655–685	677	25	152.00–157.00	$155.21	$1,051	+4.14
700–742	724	7	132.00–144.00	$136.97	$992	-22.75
715–729	724	11	140.00–150.50	$146.73	$1,062	-12.99
755–779	767	28	148.50–154.50	$150.88	$1,157	+2.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	148.50	$148.50	$639	-1.50
470	470	7	144.00	$144.00	$677	-5.91
509	509	7	139.50	$139.50	$710	-5.50
557–579	571	31	122.00–150.00	$137.86	$787	-12.14

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	10	170.00	$170.00	$478	—
474	474	18	161.00	$161.00	$763	—
532	532	3	165.00	$165.00	$878	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557–585	571	6	149.00–165.00	$156.80	$895	—
693	693	3	148.50	$148.50	$1,029	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 unweaned	445	4	155.00	$155.00	$690	—
515–528	522	14	158.00–172.00	$165.45	$864	+7.84
558–585	571	22	148.00–158.00	$152.91	$873	-4.56
635–648	639	13	138.00–163.00	$151.03	$965	-9.10
674	674	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,065	+18.32

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441 unweaned	441	8	160.00	$160.00	$706	—
530 unweaned	530	12	155.00	$155.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	8	160.00	$160.00	$731	+9.00
524	524	4	155.50	$155.50	$815	—
713	713	3	145.50	$145.50	$1,037	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1320	1163	80-85%	14	52.00–62.00	$58.29	$678	+0.06
975–1465	1165	80-85%	105	60.00–76.00	$68.37	$797	+10.14
1035–1425	1252	80-85%	22	68.00–80.00	$75.45	$945	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1290	1022	85-90%	37	51.50–67.00	$61.84	$632	-3.92
870–1155	1028	85-90%	15	42.00–55.00	$46.48	$478	-19.28
980–1135	1104	85-90%	10	64.50–71.50	$69.88	$771	—
1215	1215	85-90%	1	37.00	$37.00	$450	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1465	1343	75-80%	3	62.00–64.50	$63.59	$854	—
1220–1600	1420	75-80%	22	65.50–78.00	$71.33	$1,013	-0.62
1315–1875	1496	75-80%	19	80.50–89.50	$83.43	$1,248	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–2160	1584	11	82.00–96.00	$89.23	$1,413	—
1470–1955	1740	12	88.00–109.50	$103.12	$1,794	—
1735–2365	1977	8	107.00–123.00	$114.80	$2,270	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1070	943	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	87.00–116.00	$100.04	$943
793–1260	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	65.00–95.00	$85.06	$825
955–1215	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	68.00–77.00	$73.04	$792

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912	912	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00
1091	1091	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	810.00	$810.00
1030–1145	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,035.00–1,200.00	$1,103.22
1228–1428	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	925.00–950.00	$939.73

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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
985–1425	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,210.00–1,460.00	$1,323.33	+98.33

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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.