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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

5,043 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $185.58/cwt +11.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,442/hd at 777 lb · 151 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $183.02/cwt +2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,129/hd at 617 lb · 144 head
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $200.98/cwt +12.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,440/hd at 716 lb · 130 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 5,043 3,944 4,388
Feeder cattle 4,046 3,491 3,679
Slaughter cattle 867 373 604
Replacement cattle 130 80 105

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady, spots uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 5 216.00 $216.00 $741 —
357–398 367 8 221.00–227.00 $225.37 $827 +6.37
388 unweaned 388 8 209.00 $209.00 $811 —
411 unweaned 411 4 184.00 $184.00 $756 +1.67
411–442 426 34 200.00–227.00 $218.54 $931 +10.47
472–486 unweaned 481 35 194.00–214.50 $205.68 $989 +3.68
455–498 483 43 200.00–222.00 $209.84 $1,014 +0.37
514–520 unweaned 517 20 185.50–197.00 $190.71 $986 —
500–545 518 80 198.00–214.00 $205.74 $1,066 +25.74
571 value added 571 17 200.00 $200.00 $1,142 +7.97
555–599 578 55 179.00–198.00 $189.03 $1,093 -0.55
566–585 unweaned 579 30 183.00–185.00 $184.41 $1,068 -7.32
600–640 614 73 179.00–190.00 $185.26 $1,137 +3.72
618 value added 618 35 191.50 $191.50 $1,183 +11.00
611–629 unweaned 622 36 163.00–172.50 $170.23 $1,059 —
656 thin fleshed 656 18 206.50 $206.50 $1,355 —
659 unweaned 659 6 160.00 $160.00 $1,054 -7.75
654–687 665 27 161.00–175.00 $167.77 $1,116 -11.70
655–697 684 49 172.00–190.00 $177.54 $1,214 -1.93
712–725 thin fleshed 715 111 202.60–209.00 $204.29 $1,461 —
708–728 718 12 180.00–184.00 $183.01 $1,314 +12.76
735 735 7 179.25 $179.25 $1,317 -10.07
767–788 777 151 175.00–187.50 $185.58 $1,442 +11.58
806–834 820 118 179.85–185.50 $182.63 $1,498 -3.55
853–890 885 79 167.00–184.75 $182.07 $1,611 +1.73
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
323 thin fleshed 323 4 217.50 $217.50 $703 —
428–443 438 6 190.50–193.00 $191.31 $838 —
467 value added 467 11 171.00 $171.00 $799 -29.00
450–497 477 56 172.00–212.00 $192.88 $920 +15.88
502–534 518 61 178.00–202.00 $184.97 $958 +7.32
518 518 6 170.00 $170.00 $881 -7.65
560–593 571 30 163.00–194.00 $176.37 $1,007 -0.74
601–640 614 23 174.50–175.00 $174.70 $1,073 +10.23
634 634 7 154.50 $154.50 $980 -9.97
685 unweaned 685 17 160.50 $160.50 $1,099 +5.50
704 704 8 160.00 $160.00 $1,126 -6.75
766–795 771 118 174.25–181.85 $178.23 $1,374 —
813–830 815 74 159.50–179.00 $177.12 $1,444 +3.52
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–507 504 6 183.50–203.00 $193.32 $974 —
620–633 625 16 170.00–176.00 $172.28 $1,077 —
638 unweaned 638 17 164.00 $164.00 $1,046 —
878 878 21 175.00 $175.00 $1,536 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
363 unweaned 363 4 160.00 $160.00 $581 —
393 393 6 175.00 $175.00 $688 —
453 453 3 170.00 $170.00 $770 —
601–621 612 7 147.00–150.00 $148.74 $910 —
651 651 4 149.00 $149.00 $970 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
462 462 3 161.00 $161.00 $744 —
563 563 6 159.00 $159.00 $895 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
513 513 6 166.00 $166.00 $852 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380–388 385 14 178.00–180.00 $178.43 $687 +7.47
402–443 426 28 169.00–177.00 $173.62 $740 -8.51
428 unweaned 428 7 163.00 $163.00 $698 —
444 444 4 164.00 $164.00 $728 -18.13
453–495 unweaned 477 51 157.00–177.00 $167.69 $800 +4.26
477 fancy 477 11 199.00 $199.00 $949 —
458–499 481 29 165.00–187.00 $176.25 $848 +2.25
513 value added 513 11 165.00 $165.00 $846 —
501–548 525 58 161.00–185.00 $171.85 $902 +2.75
511–540 unweaned 527 25 159.00–163.50 $162.16 $855 —
551 value added 551 18 170.00 $170.00 $937 —
574 574 4 169.00 $169.00 $970 +2.85
551–594 577 63 162.00–186.00 $177.70 $1,025 +25.51
578–598 unweaned 594 14 137.50–148.50 $146.21 $868 -13.35
600–605 602 13 157.00–162.50 $160.37 $965 -29.38
613 value added 613 12 152.50 $152.50 $935 —
609–645 623 36 168.00–185.75 $177.42 $1,105 -12.33
651 651 6 177.00 $177.00 $1,152 -16.00
669 669 11 159.00 $159.00 $1,064 -23.42
710 thin fleshed 710 26 188.00 $188.00 $1,335 —
726 726 73 176.75 $176.75 $1,283 -3.66
754–783 764 31 162.50–174.75 $165.68 $1,266 —
812–828 824 12 154.75–159.00 $155.80 $1,284 —
866 866 6 156.00 $156.00 $1,351 +18.25
998 998 5 134.50 $134.50 $1,342 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
362–398 377 48 155.00–181.00 $170.98 $645 +2.17
400 unweaned 400 4 156.00 $156.00 $624 —
400–445 421 49 155.00–177.00 $166.01 $699 -9.99
452–497 476 73 153.50–185.00 $164.42 $783 -3.20
479 thin fleshed 479 5 186.00 $186.00 $891 —
488 488 3 148.00 $148.00 $722 -19.62
501–547 523 52 142.00–165.00 $155.48 $813 -2.80
526–543 thin fleshed 535 8 182.00–184.00 $183.02 $979 —
555–590 572 54 144.50–173.00 $153.36 $877 +4.47
607–640 619 18 154.50–170.00 $161.97 $1,003 +5.52
629 unweaned 629 20 146.75 $146.75 $923 —
650–690 677 50 141.50–164.00 $150.63 $1,020 -28.41
700–749 734 21 144.50–152.50 $148.84 $1,092 -0.16
738 unweaned 738 6 141.50 $141.50 $1,044 —
750–793 768 19 148.00–163.00 $158.49 $1,217 -8.98
876 876 8 150.00 $150.00 $1,314 —
911 911 4 138.00 $138.00 $1,257 -1.75
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
295 295 3 150.00 $150.00 $442 —
366 366 5 160.00 $160.00 $586 +6.00
408–413 411 6 152.00–153.00 $152.50 $627 —
541 541 9 140.00 $140.00 $757 —
606 thin fleshed 606 8 149.50 $149.50 $906 —
612 612 6 139.00 $139.00 $851 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
482–497 490 6 144.00–146.50 $145.27 $712 -2.39
522 522 9 147.00 $147.00 $767 —
550 unweaned 550 7 135.50 $135.50 $745 —
718 unweaned 718 4 125.00 $125.00 $898 —
795 795 5 131.00 $131.00 $1,041 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
491 491 11 169.00 $169.00 $830 —
627 unweaned 627 8 143.50 $143.50 $900 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
445 thin fleshed 445 9 141.00 $141.00 $627 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 4 150.00 $150.00 $518 —
483 483 3 156.00 $156.00 $753 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
336 336 5 195.00 $195.00 $655 —
377 377 3 202.00 $202.00 $762 +32.00
427 thin fleshed 427 3 200.00 $200.00 $854 —
452–490 472 16 160.00–205.00 $187.47 $885 +7.19
492 unweaned 492 3 170.00 $170.00 $836 +30.00
505 thin fleshed 505 10 175.00 $175.00 $884 —
503–544 532 22 150.00–183.00 $159.98 $851 +3.95
560–595 577 17 155.50–166.00 $162.20 $936 —
609 unweaned 609 5 137.00 $137.00 $834 +4.00
603–648 619 22 137.00–156.00 $147.24 $911 +3.24
653–670 664 12 140.00–150.00 $144.35 $958 —
698 unweaned 698 9 132.00 $132.00 $921 —
761–796 779 8 129.00–154.50 $141.46 $1,102 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
368–383 378 6 212.00–215.00 $214.03 $809 —
422–435 430 5 188.00–196.00 $192.86 $829 —
474 474 7 184.00 $184.00 $872 —
488 unweaned 488 4 174.00 $174.00 $849 —
532–539 537 9 167.00–183.00 $179.48 $964 —
556 unweaned 556 5 175.00 $175.00 $973 —
565 565 5 184.00 $184.00 $1,040 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
880–1485 1194 80-85% 114 58.00–74.00 $65.80 $786 +10.73
1100–1300 1222 80-85% 8 67.00–80.00 $71.71 $876 +4.01
1060–1395 1240 80-85% 12 50.00–58.00 $55.67 $690 -12.03
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1150–1720 1427 75-80% 47 62.00–75.50 $70.50 $1,006 —
1318–1650 1491 75-80% 18 72.50–81.00 $77.96 $1,162 +7.66
1140–1660 1499 75-80% 7 57.50–61.50 $59.52 $892 -10.78
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
815–1025 920 85-90% 2 36.00–40.00 $37.77 $347 —
835–1185 994 85-90% 17 40.00–58.00 $49.33 $490 —
900–1285 1078 85-90% 42 53.00–68.50 $60.42 $651 -0.42
1010–1215 1110 85-90% 3 64.50–70.00 $66.35 $736 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1350–2095 1623 9 78.00–86.00 $81.91 $1,329 —
1315–2205 1753 14 88.50–103.50 $96.86 $1,698 —
1720–2110 1827 5 105.00–113.00 $108.59 $1,984 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
925–1140 966 (<2 yrs)Open 7 91.00–98.00 $96.03 $928
785–1240 1001 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 11 62.00–85.00 $68.69 $688
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
776–861 822 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 11 59.50–80.00 $68.29 $561

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1180–1400 1258 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 10 950.00–1,250.00 $1,135.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
880–993 955 (<2 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 9 800.00–950.00 $903.94

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
669 669 8 90.00 $90.00 $602 —

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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.