Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 4, 2024

3,250 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $276.01/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,444/hd at 523 lb · 150 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $287.09/cwt +3.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,769/hd at 616 lb · 133 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $251.94/cwt +10.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,983/hd at 787 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,250	1,218	1,744
Feeder cattle	2,862	988	1,469
Slaughter cattle	328	195	225
Replacement cattle	60	35	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher with advance over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–348	336	21	345.00–377.00	$365.10	$1,227	—
355–395	377	39	335.00–373.00	$360.45	$1,359	—
409 value added	409	28	371.00	$371.00	$1,517	—
408–435 unweaned	428	39	320.00–344.00	$331.42	$1,418	+11.18
405–448	432	52	330.00–372.50	$348.75	$1,507	+5.79
462–497 value added	474	36	348.00–360.00	$354.97	$1,683	—
457–496	480	57	318.00–355.50	$342.24	$1,643	-0.17
456–498 unweaned	483	28	298.00–336.00	$315.05	$1,522	-20.20
513–549	530	53	311.00–333.00	$321.57	$1,704	-14.27
532 value added	532	45	345.50	$345.50	$1,838	—
525–545 unweaned	537	24	285.00–327.50	$298.80	$1,605	-9.38
555–593	573	51	293.00–319.00	$309.17	$1,772	+13.45
555–595 unweaned	579	26	266.00–300.00	$274.98	$1,592	-2.29
586–597 value added	591	47	318.00–324.00	$321.42	$1,900	—
600–630 unweaned	613	24	250.00–270.00	$257.01	$1,575	—
601–646	617	109	280.00–311.00	$293.71	$1,812	+10.08
650–681 value added	666	14	281.50–286.00	$283.70	$1,889	—
652–690	676	53	262.50–285.00	$271.07	$1,832	+18.56
700–738	731	81	248.00–267.50	$258.88	$1,892	-11.12
735–739 value added	737	26	260.75–266.25	$264.13	$1,947	—
758–796	787	130	246.00–263.00	$251.94	$1,983	+10.71
800–831	820	16	235.00–246.00	$242.96	$1,992	—
857	857	12	235.00	$235.00	$2,014	—
908–925	912	8	218.00	$218.00	$1,988	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	350.00	$350.00	$962	—
313–335	319	7	330.00–332.50	$331.75	$1,058	+5.15
357–390	382	8	326.00–338.00	$328.81	$1,256	—
400–445	422	21	310.00–342.00	$325.03	$1,372	+7.08
456–497	479	43	306.50–326.00	$312.66	$1,498	-5.40
501–548	529	46	293.00–330.00	$309.24	$1,636	-0.95
538 unweaned	538	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,388	—
555–597	570	51	270.00–300.00	$286.48	$1,633	+9.99
610–640	619	18	264.00–275.50	$267.92	$1,658	—
657–698	673	13	252.00–269.00	$259.23	$1,745	+10.81
713–742	721	10	245.00–251.00	$248.17	$1,789	-8.15
768	768	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,812	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–428	417	6	301.00–305.00	$302.94	$1,263	—
500–508	505	9	261.00–285.00	$278.22	$1,405	—
580	580	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,514	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,267	—
516	516	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,445	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,534	—
796	796	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,807	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,609	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295–298	296	10	328.00–330.00	$328.80	$973	—
317–343	332	7	325.00–345.00	$336.81	$1,118	+15.42
350–395	376	36	308.00–325.00	$315.23	$1,185	+1.87
416 value added	416	9	318.00	$318.00	$1,323	—
405–449	434	59	286.00–324.00	$296.19	$1,285	-8.81
405–447 unweaned	436	36	282.50–300.00	$296.03	$1,291	+4.83
451–475	462	17	275.00–294.00	$285.56	$1,319	-2.94
460–485	473	4	260.00–275.00	$267.30	$1,264	-21.20
472–492 unweaned	484	12	260.00–261.00	$260.59	$1,261	-18.37
516 value added	516	20	289.75	$289.75	$1,495	—
505–548	524	101	265.00–283.75	$274.95	$1,441	-4.76
505–542 unweaned	526	29	265.00–275.00	$270.25	$1,422	-6.48
557–560 unweaned	559	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,398	-4.33
551–591	566	74	258.00–275.50	$269.74	$1,527	+5.47
561–571 value added	567	31	267.00–275.00	$270.47	$1,534	—
603–607 value added	604	23	264.00–265.50	$265.04	$1,601	—
605 unweaned	605	6	246.00–250.00	$248.67	$1,504	—
608–647	627	88	247.25–262.00	$258.57	$1,621	+6.11
655–696	679	54	237.00–260.00	$244.10	$1,657	+8.78
689–690 value added	690	16	240.00–244.50	$241.69	$1,668	—
708–738	732	55	239.50–242.00	$240.97	$1,764	—
750–785	779	7	222.00–235.00	$228.67	$1,781	+8.67
867	867	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	5	262.50	$262.50	$630	—
367	367	4	308.00	$308.00	$1,130	+17.20
398 unweaned	398	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,194	—
413–443	429	49	275.00–295.00	$289.50	$1,242	-1.84
455–495	472	26	264.00–281.00	$271.83	$1,283	-4.62
510 unweaned	510	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,234	—
508–548	526	18	260.00–268.00	$264.79	$1,393	-2.64
580–590	585	4	243.00–249.00	$246.03	$1,439	-6.56
595 unweaned	595	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,440	—
600–646	625	25	235.00–260.00	$245.67	$1,535	+0.95
708–748	720	7	220.00–228.00	$224.22	$1,614	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	4	276.50	$276.50	$1,311	—
488 unweaned	488	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,196	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–345	336	16	300.00–360.00	$347.94	$1,169	+37.94
400–442	426	24	275.00–335.00	$312.13	$1,330	+6.21
469–492	482	24	308.00–325.00	$316.55	$1,526	+29.90
506–542	528	24	258.00–302.50	$282.91	$1,494	-7.72
556–594	579	20	250.00–282.50	$260.88	$1,510	-10.45
615–642	631	20	242.00–264.00	$253.36	$1,599	-1.60
655–680	668	8	237.00–252.00	$245.24	$1,638	+4.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,384	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1555	1248	80-85%	47	105.00–119.00	$113.32	$1,414	—
1160–1430	1251	80-85%	17	99.50–108.50	$103.67	$1,297	-0.55
1105–1542	1314	80-85%	14	115.50–128.50	$120.91	$1,589	-3.48

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–935	857	85-90%	5	80.00–86.00	$82.80	$710	+10.31
855–1235	1046	85-90%	38	80.50–99.50	$92.35	$966	—
900–1192	1049	85-90%	27	99.50–111.50	$103.62	$1,087	—
1000–1110	1060	85-90%	6	109.50–113.50	$111.76	$1,185	-0.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1675	1502	75-80%	16	107.50–119.50	$114.21	$1,715	+8.43
1415–1790	1546	75-80%	4	115.50–130.00	$120.26	$1,859	+14.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1640	1412	5	105.00–118.00	$110.58	$1,561	—
1495–2010	1756	7	143.00–154.00	$148.05	$2,600	+13.95
1444–2235	1839	12	118.50–139.00	$127.69	$2,348	-15.58

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1065–1140	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,900.00	$1,730.95
1015–1335	1228	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,575.00–2,025.00	$1,849.60

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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
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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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.