USDA market reports from 35 Missouri auction
markets, most recently
Thursday, September 3, 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 9,286 head at the
21 Missouri markets that sold
these classes by the hundredweight,
Aug 4, 2026 – Sep 2, 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
$330.35
871
$2,877
2,118
10
light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers
$346.59
718
$2,489
1,846
17
light 9-weight M&L 1 steers
$319.81
920
$2,942
1,520
10
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers
$378.55
672
$2,544
1,329
18
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers
$364.31
720
$2,623
1,261
19
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers
$400.14
622
$2,489
1,212
17
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