Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 18, 2023

4,408 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $267.79/cwt +20.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,825/hd at 681 lb · 267 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $271.76/cwt +2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,984/hd at 730 lb · 176 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $311.86/cwt +3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,620/hd at 519 lb · 168 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,408	5,080	3,616
Feeder cattle	3,391	4,087	3,207
Slaughter cattle	887	773	354
Replacement cattle	130	220	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–389	379	21	324.00–357.50	$346.19	$1,312	+9.73
405–449	425	50	305.00–337.00	$327.48	$1,392	-1.92
467–482 unweaned	475	4	269.00–280.00	$274.41	$1,303	-26.57
462–490	476	25	280.00–335.00	$317.52	$1,511	-3.35
501–543	516	112	278.00–330.00	$316.25	$1,632	+4.98
513–535 unweaned	526	56	266.00–313.00	$303.08	$1,594	+21.80
561–579 unweaned	568	10	256.00–297.00	$272.71	$1,549	-18.67
550–595	582	106	269.50–310.00	$300.36	$1,748	-2.90
600–638	617	67	268.00–301.00	$292.26	$1,803	+6.90
618–623 unweaned	622	8	252.00–263.00	$254.73	$1,584	—
654–684 unweaned	662	16	245.00–260.00	$248.88	$1,648	—
656–684	662	57	267.00–279.00	$275.99	$1,827	-9.33
723–731 unweaned	727	6	226.00–230.00	$228.01	$1,658	—
702–746	730	170	256.00–275.00	$273.30	$1,995	+38.27
761–776	772	160	252.00–265.00	$261.19	$2,016	+4.96
813 unweaned	813	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,927	—
817	817	6	249.50	$249.50	$2,038	-3.00
862–881	868	53	231.00–237.00	$233.07	$2,023	-6.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	282.50	$282.50	$896	-36.39
363–388	375	16	304.00–353.00	$334.28	$1,254	+22.66
414	414	6	319.00	$319.00	$1,321	+5.74
458–490	471	31	256.00–314.00	$288.72	$1,360	-0.97
489 unweaned	489	8	265.00	$265.00	$1,296	+8.57
502–548	518	29	272.00–320.00	$308.11	$1,596	+15.98
541	541	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,352	-42.13
544 unweaned	544	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,501	—
557–563 unweaned	559	10	268.00–273.00	$269.51	$1,507	+15.69
558–585	575	24	259.00–290.00	$276.38	$1,589	+13.21
613–649	632	27	250.00–287.50	$272.80	$1,724	-3.62
658–699	682	12	256.50–258.00	$257.10	$1,753	-5.19
717–730	724	18	240.00–264.00	$252.17	$1,826	—
775	775	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,906	+1.00
822–845	831	5	242.50–245.00	$243.52	$2,024	+0.27

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,268	—
556	556	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,507	—
618–648	639	7	273.00	$273.00	$1,744	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	10	229.00	$229.00	$1,097	-15.00
555	555	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,415	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,159	+7.50
575	575	7	229.00–235.00	$232.43	$1,336	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	9	294.00	$294.00	$1,699	—
678	678	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,797	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 unweaned	305	4	282.50	$282.50	$862	—
315–327	321	10	293.00–315.00	$302.99	$973	—
363 unweaned	363	4	262.50	$262.50	$953	-11.22
350–396	381	6	290.00–297.50	$292.30	$1,114	-4.99
408–428	416	31	277.50–300.00	$290.80	$1,210	+0.61
437 unweaned	437	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,088	-2.47
454–482 unweaned	466	38	275.00–289.00	$281.43	$1,311	-1.01
470–489	481	15	267.50–285.00	$278.62	$1,340	-11.87
500–532 unweaned	512	21	247.00–265.00	$261.27	$1,338	-2.66
502–540	513	88	257.00–280.00	$270.24	$1,386	-13.76
552–599	582	71	258.00–271.50	$269.68	$1,570	+25.68
606–640 unweaned	613	29	230.00–252.50	$249.03	$1,527	+24.03
605–648	629	52	251.00–265.00	$262.72	$1,653	+16.72
659 fancy	659	110	279.85	$279.85	$1,844	—
695	695	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,647	-8.50
671–698	697	155	252.50–260.00	$259.63	$1,810	+14.13
717–732	719	138	246.00–257.00	$255.21	$1,835	+6.09
719 unweaned	719	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,704	—
726	726	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,706	-14.12
780–794	785	21	237.50–245.00	$242.11	$1,901	+10.11
823	823	9	216.00	$216.00	$1,778	-4.10
869	869	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,999	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219 unweaned	219	4	265.00	$265.00	$580	—
291	291	3	286.00	$286.00	$832	—
327 thin fleshed	327	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,030	—
336 unweaned	336	5	278.00	$278.00	$934	+23.00
322–345	338	8	255.00–277.00	$270.74	$915	-1.28
363–395	375	30	250.00–292.00	$275.36	$1,033	-0.01
422–438 unweaned	429	20	230.00–254.00	$246.78	$1,059	-3.31
411–449	438	50	260.00–291.00	$282.03	$1,235	+0.49
458 unweaned	458	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,122	—
460–498	478	43	260.00–280.00	$271.76	$1,299	+0.10
502–541	517	50	240.00–275.00	$257.80	$1,333	+3.36
550–596	578	54	240.00–269.50	$258.62	$1,495	+7.56
563–592 unweaned	579	17	235.00–248.00	$241.67	$1,399	—
601	601	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,430	-7.65
600–623	605	13	237.00–251.00	$247.80	$1,499	+2.15
652	652	9	223.00	$223.00	$1,454	—
663–675	668	5	242.00–245.00	$243.79	$1,629	—
653–687 unweaned	681	14	225.00–231.00	$226.25	$1,541	+1.25
710–730	721	7	228.00–230.00	$229.16	$1,652	-18.73
735 unweaned	735	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,713	—
750–773	754	19	218.50–233.00	$221.48	$1,670	+0.92
898	898	5	225.00	$225.00	$2,020	+10.00
998	998	4	209.00	$209.00	$2,086	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	13	247.50	$247.50	$1,685	—
741	741	4	206.00	$206.00	$1,526	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	3	263.00	$263.00	$1,460	—
606 thin fleshed	606	8	264.00	$264.00	$1,600	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337 unweaned	337	6	190.00	$190.00	$640	—
342	342	4	169.00	$169.00	$578	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627	627	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,473	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,591	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,054	+82.84
317	317	2	290.00	$290.00	$919	-27.00
375–395	389	10	260.00–307.00	$278.17	$1,082	-50.07
427–442	437	11	272.00–286.00	$278.12	$1,215	-16.21
443 unweaned	443	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,196	—
471–498	484	14	230.00–302.00	$272.29	$1,318	+1.57
510–536	531	17	237.50–280.00	$261.28	$1,387	-2.13
556–583	571	14	244.00–250.00	$246.97	$1,410	-16.26
583 unweaned	583	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,446	—
625–646	642	10	226.00–270.00	$239.60	$1,538	—
658	658	5	245.00–248.00	$246.80	$1,624	+4.30
785	785	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–333	312	11	360.00–361.00	$360.39	$1,124	—
407–420	412	12	328.00–340.00	$332.31	$1,369	+27.31
512	512	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,344	-22.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–427	414	5	214.00–230.00	$220.59	$913	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1305	1159	80-85%	12	85.50–100.50	$94.19	$1,092	-8.89
980–1405	1192	80-85%	77	96.00–109.00	$102.38	$1,220	+5.52
1205–1490	1312	80-85%	17	105.00–113.00	$108.74	$1,427	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1510	1429	75-80%	7	93.00–99.50	$96.88	$1,384	—
1175–1695	1452	75-80%	63	102.00–119.00	$110.89	$1,610	—
1300–1885	1549	75-80%	19	111.50–123.00	$116.39	$1,803	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1100	873	85-90%	14	70.00–86.00	$78.50	$685	-24.00
990	990	85-90%	1	89.50	$89.50	$886	—
895–1189	1051	85-90%	29	77.50–99.50	$90.21	$948	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1805	1680	6	109.50–117.50	$113.83	$1,912	-15.37
1380–2135	1728	19	120.00–135.00	$128.60	$2,222	—
1735–2140	1936	11	131.50–140.00	$136.51	$2,643	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1065	881	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	96.00–101.00	$97.51	$859
750–1140	997	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	140.00–185.00	$162.98	$1,625
757–1300	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	99.00–156.00	$126.79	$1,300

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
997	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1165–1315	1241	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,525.00–1,610.00	$1,568.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,561
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,558

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1367	1367	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1033	901	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,108.82	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
925–1150	981	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50	—

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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.