Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

5,968 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $189.07/cwt +0.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 776 lb · 464 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.00/cwt +1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,262/hd at 671 lb · 455 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.58/cwt +2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,317/hd at 706 lb · 320 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,968	6,433	6,658
Feeder cattle	5,486	5,705	5,903
Slaughter cattle	445	598	694
Replacement cattle	37	130	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, bulk of steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 to 15.00 higher late week on thinner, fleshed grass cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	318	11	245.00–253.00	$250.28	$796	+12.28
357 unweaned	357	12	239.00	$239.00	$853	—
362 thin fleshed	362	6	265.50	$265.50	$961	—
352–395	377	35	238.00–254.00	$244.78	$923	-5.07
403–434 thin fleshed	417	16	260.00–263.00	$261.63	$1,091	—
420–446	444	34	237.00–245.50	$244.46	$1,085	-4.72
450–498	473	70	230.00–252.00	$242.57	$1,147	-2.91
480	480	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,008	-35.48
478–487	485	22	216.00–220.00	$216.72	$1,051	-28.76
490 unweaned	490	13	256.00	$256.00	$1,254	—
500–547	527	108	220.00–250.00	$238.10	$1,255	-0.87
527–549 thin fleshed	542	16	239.00–240.00	$239.30	$1,297	—
552 thin fleshed	552	9	237.50	$237.50	$1,311	—
550–598	573	140	219.00–237.75	$228.49	$1,309	-1.00
602–649	626	176	208.00–225.00	$217.57	$1,362	-1.44
660 fancy	660	37	224.25	$224.25	$1,480	—
655–697	682	144	196.00–208.50	$203.07	$1,385	-0.01
702–748	720	160	190.00–202.50	$194.88	$1,403	+1.19
751–761 fancy	753	66	197.00–198.00	$197.24	$1,485	—
755–797	780	394	179.00–197.00	$187.86	$1,465	-0.71
788	788	4	173.00	$173.00	$1,363	-15.57
802–842	815	79	176.50–193.00	$183.76	$1,498	+2.05
887–890	887	68	179.50–180.00	$179.53	$1,592	-1.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	332	21	225.00–242.00	$234.62	$779	+11.61
373 value added	373	6	253.00	$253.00	$944	—
355–387	375	14	227.50–229.00	$228.62	$857	-6.38
404–448	431	40	216.00–240.00	$229.37	$989	+6.03
460–489	471	19	222.00–241.00	$229.98	$1,083	+8.85
506–544	523	31	209.00–225.00	$218.12	$1,141	-7.78
558–597	576	69	198.00–222.00	$210.34	$1,212	-5.01
600–647	626	58	192.50–217.00	$204.75	$1,282	+0.32
650–699	667	141	185.00–202.00	$186.79	$1,246	-12.60
702–740	711	16	180.00–185.00	$182.84	$1,300	-5.88
764–773	768	13	174.00–174.50	$174.23	$1,338	-2.42
858	858	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,356	-8.14
955	955	4	155.25	$155.25	$1,483	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,041	—
557–574	563	26	216.00–223.00	$220.53	$1,242	—
607–632	625	27	205.00–212.50	$210.48	$1,316	—
705	705	46	207.00	$207.00	$1,459	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	7	183.00	$183.00	$1,155	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–329	316	17	228.00–240.00	$232.83	$736	+18.46
328 unweaned	328	5	207.50	$207.50	$681	—
350–393	380	53	227.50–238.00	$230.57	$876	+12.57
427–447	435	40	212.00–229.00	$221.05	$962	+6.78
457 thin fleshed	457	20	226.00	$226.00	$1,033	—
463–489	480	102	213.00–228.50	$218.62	$1,049	+4.38
480–482 unweaned	481	12	200.00–201.00	$200.33	$964	+10.33
505–513 thin fleshed	510	7	214.00–216.00	$214.85	$1,096	—
504–549	517	115	192.00–218.00	$209.06	$1,081	+18.06
550–597	579	280	185.75–219.50	$198.96	$1,152	+18.63
606–641	626	151	176.00–194.00	$183.04	$1,146	-8.85
647	647	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,113	-19.89
656–677	670	426	185.00–194.00	$189.94	$1,273	+2.75
688	688	29	159.50	$159.50	$1,097	-18.50
702–711	703	299	188.00–191.00	$188.83	$1,327	+5.22
748	748	21	154.50	$154.50	$1,156	-29.11
765–790	775	10	164.00–166.00	$165.18	$1,280	-6.82
750–788	779	29	169.25–176.85	$172.14	$1,341	+0.14
828	828	9	171.25	$171.25	$1,418	+11.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–343	329	11	203.00–228.00	$212.65	$700	+4.79
339 value added	339	6	232.00	$232.00	$786	—
355–397	381	47	213.00–226.00	$219.94	$838	+21.40
409 value added	409	17	223.00	$223.00	$912	+28.00
400–445	418	34	194.00–214.00	$207.52	$867	+12.88
461 thin fleshed	461	7	217.00	$217.00	$1,000	—
450–499	479	101	189.00–224.00	$205.08	$982	+8.98
517–542	529	52	179.50–200.50	$193.28	$1,022	-0.93
555–596	577	87	172.75–191.00	$183.76	$1,060	-0.28
600–644	622	34	168.50–187.50	$174.24	$1,084	+0.70
670	670	10	160.50	$160.50	$1,075	-11.77
665–698	685	41	166.00–185.00	$175.10	$1,199	+15.10
710–746	721	42	160.00–181.00	$171.66	$1,238	-0.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	6	200.00	$200.00	$860	—
470	470	12	180.00	$180.00	$846	—
510	510	4	170.00	$170.00	$867	-2.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611–618	613	8	189.00	$189.00	$1,159	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339 unweaned	339	7	195.00	$195.00	$661	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–333	330	7	223.00–239.00	$232.24	$766	—
364 unweaned	364	4	233.00	$233.00	$848	—
350–395	392	15	252.50–253.50	$253.44	$993	—
400–448	417	14	205.00–232.00	$216.64	$903	—
451–488	479	13	229.00–235.50	$234.09	$1,121	—
595	595	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,238	—
619–635	629	13	191.00–192.50	$191.93	$1,207	—
661–698	670	9	190.00–191.50	$190.99	$1,280	—
728	728	11	193.25	$193.25	$1,407	—
880	880	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	8	244.00	$244.00	$769	+26.82
385	385	4	231.00	$231.00	$889	+11.54
430–440	437	18	218.00–230.00	$225.06	$984	+6.83
463–483	474	9	200.00–226.00	$212.48	$1,007	+9.01
503–542	531	14	203.50–215.00	$207.42	$1,101	+10.87
558	558	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,060	-1.78
659	659	5	167.50	$167.50	$1,104	-1.38
725	725	4	170.50	$170.50	$1,236	—
853	853	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,425	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
961–1380	1137	80-85%	18	73.50–88.50	$82.61	$939	—
1025–1275	1167	80-85%	9	102.00–110.00	$103.85	$1,212	+23.48
980–1408	1183	80-85%	107	80.00–98.50	$91.30	$1,080	+10.93
1070–1290	1192	80-85%	15	92.50–101.00	$96.85	$1,154	+16.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1800	1331	75-80%	73	80.00–100.50	$93.20	$1,240	—
1060–1510	1347	75-80%	23	93.50–109.50	$102.31	$1,378	—
1260–1785	1466	75-80%	16	74.00–93.00	$84.60	$1,240	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1225	1000	85-90%	36	70.00–90.50	$82.09	$821	+1.16
800–1140	1015	85-90%	12	60.00–78.00	$70.86	$719	-10.07
950–1270	1039	85-90%	7	87.00–96.00	$91.39	$950	+10.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1815	1539	7	90.50–110.00	$96.86	$1,491	—
1430–2010	1763	14	122.00–134.00	$127.03	$2,240	—
1180–2240	1775	19	104.50–119.00	$111.10	$1,972	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1100	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	130.00–137.50	$134.76	$1,352
868–1320	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	90.00–120.00	$98.44	$1,045

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
977–1077	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,222.18
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1105–1270	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,235.00–1,310.00	$1,275.11

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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
2035	2035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.