USDA market reports from 35 Missouri auction
markets, most recently
Saturday, October 24, 2026. Every report in full — prices
by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.
What cattle are bringing in Missouri
Head-weighted average across 18,924 head at the
22 Missouri markets that sold
these classes by the hundredweight,
Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026.
Missouri cattle classes by head count, head-weighted $/cwt
Class
$/cwt
Avg wt (lb)
≈ $/hd est.
Head
Markets
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers
$330.02
874
$2,884
3,849
18
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers
$348.77
776
$2,706
3,291
18
light 9-weight M&L 1 steers
$322.04
923
$2,972
3,201
11
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers
$392.83
624
$2,451
2,893
20
light 8-weight M&L 1 steers
$337.25
821
$2,769
2,873
19
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers
$362.02
723
$2,617
2,817
20
Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such
as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd
column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.
Cattle Market