Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 12, 2022

6,915 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $199.31/cwt +3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,135/hd at 569 lb · 361 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $187.08/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,168/hd at 624 lb · 348 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $185.96/cwt +2.09 vs last sale · ≈ $973/hd at 523 lb · 296 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,915	8,733	9,171
Feeder cattle	6,277	8,222	7,766
Slaughter cattle	568	486	1,305
Replacement cattle	70	25	100

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	4	193.00	$193.00	$502	—
367–390 value added	375	17	224.00–225.00	$224.63	$842	-1.37
391	391	4	226.00	$226.00	$884	-6.54
409–448	433	100	217.50–237.00	$228.02	$987	+0.49
462 value added	462	22	234.00	$234.00	$1,081	—
450–495	474	164	205.00–233.50	$224.35	$1,063	+4.68
495	495	5	209.00	$209.00	$1,035	-10.67
508 fancy	508	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,128	—
527 value added	527	10	207.00	$207.00	$1,091	+7.06
506–542	528	192	197.00–221.50	$208.82	$1,103	+4.03
546–549 unweaned	548	32	183.00–200.00	$194.26	$1,065	—
557 fancy	557	52	214.00	$214.00	$1,192	—
552–595	571	303	184.00–213.00	$197.09	$1,125	+17.52
586 unweaned	586	6	184.00	$184.00	$1,078	+8.50
609–637 value added	618	35	184.00–189.50	$187.21	$1,157	—
619–630 unweaned	621	14	180.00–182.00	$181.57	$1,128	—
600–645	623	241	179.00–190.00	$184.75	$1,151	-3.62
635 fancy	635	58	198.00	$198.00	$1,257	-1.00
651–698	678	173	175.50–186.00	$181.42	$1,230	+8.92
707 value added	707	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,195	—
702–722	715	6	168.50–169.00	$168.84	$1,207	-8.70
711–737	724	72	172.50–180.00	$176.34	$1,277	-1.20
756	756	7	167.50	$167.50	$1,266	-5.96
751–785	765	163	171.00–184.85	$180.97	$1,384	+7.51
810–843	822	29	165.00–175.00	$171.26	$1,408	+5.26
868	868	20	168.25	$168.25	$1,460	-5.12
893	893	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,473	-8.37
924	924	11	152.50	$152.50	$1,409	-8.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279 value added	279	5	220.00	$220.00	$614	—
361–398	376	18	185.00–216.00	$205.80	$774	+4.42
404–446	425	83	185.00–230.50	$215.40	$915	+11.37
451–494	474	55	190.00–224.00	$208.28	$987	+2.09
500 unweaned	500	11	182.00	$182.00	$910	+5.50
501–520 value added	506	14	207.00–218.00	$214.77	$1,087	+17.77
501–546	525	109	179.00–207.00	$196.13	$1,030	+3.72
550–592	572	101	166.50–190.00	$178.33	$1,020	-5.71
557–597 unweaned	575	9	165.00–174.00	$169.15	$973	-0.85
600–649	621	139	164.50–187.00	$179.21	$1,113	+0.25
655 value added	655	4	175.50	$175.50	$1,150	+1.25
652–698	674	81	158.50–182.00	$170.27	$1,148	-1.64
701–713	709	11	172.50–178.00	$174.48	$1,237	+1.31
756 unweaned	756	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,119	—
773–794	777	96	160.00–180.00	$178.56	$1,387	+4.96

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	5	154.00	$154.00	$457	—
320	320	4	160.00	$160.00	$512	—
393	393	4	170.00	$170.00	$668	—
463 unweaned	463	6	162.00	$162.00	$750	—
517–545	534	30	150.00–180.50	$167.67	$895	-4.83
552	552	7	168.00	$168.00	$927	+7.00
606–613	610	9	157.50–177.50	$166.33	$1,015	—
643 unweaned	643	4	151.00	$151.00	$971	—
658	658	5	147.00	$147.00	$967	-1.00
731	731	4	152.00	$152.00	$1,111	—
738 unweaned	738	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,048	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–587	583	19	190.00–196.00	$195.09	$1,137	+7.09
620–649	643	33	185.00–186.00	$185.80	$1,195	—
683	683	18	165.00	$165.00	$1,127	-7.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	6	186.00	$186.00	$664	—
452–457	455	15	179.00–195.00	$188.64	$858	—
524	524	12	182.50	$182.50	$956	—
636	636	19	175.50	$175.50	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	4	188.00	$188.00	$825	+15.09
472–497	485	13	185.00–188.00	$186.65	$905	+6.65
515	515	3	151.00	$151.00	$778	-20.00
570–587	579	11	140.00–171.00	$160.54	$930	+11.04

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534–537	535	15	184.00–185.00	$184.53	$987	—
794	794	7	145.75	$145.75	$1,157	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–393	383	19	175.00–181.00	$178.75	$685	-13.71
416 unweaned	416	7	169.00	$169.00	$703	—
400–448	418	105	174.00–204.00	$184.29	$770	-0.80
451–497	467	148	177.50–193.00	$185.28	$865	-0.45
478–494 unweaned	485	9	149.00–165.00	$156.24	$758	-13.76
485	485	5	163.00	$163.00	$791	-22.73
520 unweaned	520	3	173.00	$173.00	$900	—
501–549	523	293	175.00–192.50	$186.09	$973	+2.14
551	551	4	150.00	$150.00	$826	-28.25
566 value added	566	5	176.00	$176.00	$996	—
551–599	578	250	169.00–189.00	$178.62	$1,032	+0.37
550–586 unweaned	579	33	150.00–165.00	$158.67	$919	+5.14
627–639	632	23	149.50–165.00	$154.44	$976	-19.58
600–648	636	177	155.75–186.25	$178.75	$1,137	+4.73
636 unweaned	636	6	161.50	$161.50	$1,027	+9.50
656–689	686	173	172.00–179.50	$178.48	$1,224	+1.13
686	686	5	146.50	$146.50	$1,005	-30.85
704–727	717	9	157.50–170.00	$162.96	$1,168	-10.45
717 unweaned	717	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,054	—
738	738	12	161.00	$161.00	$1,188	-12.41
776	776	67	170.25	$170.25	$1,321	+10.25
933	933	5	149.50	$149.50	$1,395	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	331	20	160.00–184.50	$170.07	$563	-7.46
351–386 value added	373	8	182.00–184.50	$183.62	$685	—
351–393	379	56	160.00–185.50	$176.91	$670	-8.08
407–437	418	56	159.00–190.25	$178.56	$746	+4.93
461–496	473	102	159.00–181.00	$171.08	$809	+2.76
490 value added	490	14	179.00	$179.00	$877	—
485–499 unweaned	493	9	150.00–160.00	$154.37	$761	+1.45
500 unweaned	500	6	154.00	$154.00	$770	+3.04
523 value added	523	3	170.00	$170.00	$889	-9.00
503–549	528	144	150.00–179.50	$175.69	$928	+6.73
573	573	3	146.00	$146.00	$837	-20.43
550–595	574	56	149.50–179.00	$167.28	$960	+0.85
551–591 unweaned	583	17	145.50–163.00	$151.46	$883	+1.46
586 thin fleshed	586	15	175.00	$175.00	$1,026	—
602–649	625	79	144.00–178.50	$168.65	$1,054	+4.49
654–686	673	28	148.00–166.00	$157.90	$1,063	-7.69
708–747	725	16	152.00–160.00	$156.93	$1,138	-15.02
783	783	3	145.50	$145.50	$1,139	-12.62
805–818	812	7	143.50–144.50	$144.08	$1,170	-0.42
895	895	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,253	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	168.00	$168.00	$617	—
443	443	4	150.00	$150.00	$664	-4.00
456–497	477	15	142.00–156.00	$149.33	$712	+1.33
500–534	509	26	145.50–160.00	$150.75	$767	—
557–595	581	8	140.00–156.00	$150.25	$873	—
595 unweaned	595	3	140.00	$140.00	$833	—
735	735	4	144.50	$144.50	$1,062	—
782	782	10	140.00	$140.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–433	416	9	130.00–154.00	$142.89	$594	—
545–547	546	8	140.00–147.00	$142.62	$779	—
560–578	570	16	140.00–145.00	$143.20	$816	—
657	657	3	149.00	$149.00	$979	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–442	431	9	157.00–175.00	$168.84	$728	—
458	458	5	161.50	$161.50	$740	-3.50
529	529	8	175.00	$175.00	$926	±0.00
636	636	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,075	-7.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,041	-5.00
630	630	17	176.00	$176.00	$1,109	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	163.00	$163.00	$714	—
462	462	10	149.50–155.00	$151.15	$698	—
663	663	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,061	+17.00
835	835	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,119	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	6	172.00	$172.00	$624	-4.85
426	426	10	181.00	$181.00	$771	—
458–492	470	17	175.00–194.00	$183.27	$861	+18.33
505	505	4	157.00	$157.00	$793	-8.80
551–583	568	11	151.00–163.00	$157.71	$896	-3.94
603–645	621	33	150.00–159.00	$154.82	$961	+5.12
686–695	691	8	140.00–143.00	$141.49	$978	+11.49
723–725	724	9	140.00–151.50	$143.83	$1,041	-12.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382 unweaned	382	5	183.00	$183.00	$699	—
461	461	8	180.00	$180.00	$830	-4.84
518 unweaned	518	4	170.00	$170.00	$881	—
509–533	519	12	186.00–188.00	$186.86	$970	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	7	150.00	$150.00	$638	—
520	520	4	160.00	$160.00	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1350	1198	80-85%	92	58.00–70.50	$65.09	$780	—
1085–1340	1214	80-85%	14	68.00–76.50	$71.08	$863	+12.30
1000–1580	1236	80-85%	7	50.00–58.00	$55.03	$680	+2.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1660	1407	75-80%	44	61.00–73.00	$68.31	$961	+4.61
1410	1410	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$804	-6.70
1335–1625	1488	75-80%	8	70.00–76.00	$71.84	$1,069	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1280	1024	85-90%	4	40.00–51.00	$47.06	$482	+4.56
890–1200	1052	85-90%	10	50.00–60.00	$55.61	$585	+2.84
1245	1245	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$436	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–2045	1716	12	81.50–100.00	$93.53	$1,605	—
1815–2155	1940	3	98.00–107.50	$103.00	$1,998	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1410	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	63.00–87.00	$70.62	$731
920–1275	1129	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	104.00–113.00	$108.03	$1,220

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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.