Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 6, 2024

3,121 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $339.25/cwt +18.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,766/hd at 521 lb · 257 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $298.32/cwt +6.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,864/hd at 625 lb · 249 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $319.38/cwt +8.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,828/hd at 572 lb · 234 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,121	2,321	3,960
Feeder cattle	2,806	1,983	3,594
Slaughter cattle	275	268	336
Replacement cattle	40	70	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 575 lbs 4.00 lower to 8.00 higher, over 575 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows firm to 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
318–342	336	12	400.00–410.00	$402.37	$1,352	+8.40
365–397	376	31	360.00–387.00	$376.68	$1,416	+10.77
400–443	423	59	340.00–380.00	$359.39	$1,520	+4.29
436 value added	436	9	357.00	$357.00	$1,557	+1.00
452–496	476	121	320.00–380.00	$352.33	$1,677	+15.89
485 value added	485	9	346.00	$346.00	$1,678	—
501–540 value added	514	71	326.00–355.25	$342.54	$1,761	+8.54
501–543	523	186	310.00–356.00	$338.00	$1,768	+16.86
551–591	571	172	300.00–341.00	$323.66	$1,848	+27.64
572–574 value added	573	39	314.00–316.00	$315.39	$1,807	—
555–595	581	20	289.00–300.00	$293.76	$1,707	-18.85
587	587	3	297.00	$297.00	$1,743	-15.61
613	613	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,698	-13.43
606–637 value added	622	64	299.50–310.00	$305.48	$1,900	—
600–641	626	182	279.00–308.00	$296.15	$1,854	+5.72
655 value added	655	15	298.00	$298.00	$1,952	—
660 unweaned	660	15	267.00	$267.00	$1,762	—
651–689	666	64	270.00–298.00	$278.68	$1,856	-9.56
675	675	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,796	-22.24
700–720	717	55	250.00–270.25	$264.82	$1,899	-1.20
701–729	717	9	243.50–250.00	$246.33	$1,766	-19.69
797	797	17	259.25	$259.25	$2,066	+19.25
804	804	46	254.75	$254.75	$2,048	+16.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	418	16	330.00–346.00	$335.09	$1,401	+9.07
460–497	474	20	311.00–330.00	$317.24	$1,504	+5.52
500–545	530	41	284.00–310.00	$301.57	$1,598	-1.90
555–591	578	28	285.00–307.00	$290.42	$1,679	-8.46
610–647	635	23	270.00–285.00	$275.52	$1,750	+1.35
654–681	668	27	251.50–256.00	$254.64	$1,701	-6.38
715–717	716	28	238.50–251.00	$243.87	$1,746	—
785	785	13	235.00	$235.00	$1,845	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,416	—
511–543	527	6	287.00–291.00	$288.94	$1,523	—
650–657	654	4	244.00–251.00	$247.48	$1,619	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	8	282.00	$282.00	$1,602	-0.76
620	620	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,668	+4.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,245	—
636	636	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,603	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–345	338	18	325.00–356.00	$341.85	$1,155	+20.68
355–399	380	25	317.00–332.00	$324.53	$1,233	+0.72
408–444	429	49	306.00–345.00	$323.31	$1,387	+0.72
473 value added	473	18	315.00	$315.00	$1,490	—
450–498	477	147	290.00–334.00	$316.48	$1,510	+14.18
488–490	489	8	280.00–282.00	$281.50	$1,377	-20.80
501–546	520	123	278.00–311.00	$291.92	$1,518	+0.76
557 value added	557	15	274.00	$274.00	$1,526	—
552–594	569	130	259.00–285.00	$273.82	$1,558	+7.56
561–591	576	18	252.00–270.00	$260.77	$1,502	-5.49
608	608	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,471	-3.50
608–646	627	31	246.00–261.00	$253.65	$1,590	+3.44
650–688	678	17	244.00–249.00	$246.05	$1,668	+2.87
705–742	716	9	224.00–238.00	$234.34	$1,678	+11.03
1058	1058	4	189.00	$189.00	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	330	6	301.00–312.50	$306.22	$1,011	—
400–445	420	17	287.50–317.00	$302.23	$1,269	-1.99
450–492	473	36	277.00–293.00	$285.16	$1,349	+9.16
500–542	519	18	270.00–292.00	$278.08	$1,443	-1.92
555–598	580	29	250.00–270.00	$257.79	$1,495	+3.36
605–649	639	16	235.00–242.00	$238.90	$1,527	-1.10
650–655	655	28	242.00–245.00	$242.21	$1,586	+15.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–360	355	4	280.00	$280.00	$994	—
441	441	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,147	—
480–481	481	6	268.00–277.50	$271.16	$1,304	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,170	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	4	230.00	$230.00	$892	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	3	284.00	$284.00	$1,451	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–342	341	6	335.00–366.00	$355.63	$1,213	—
365–396	386	6	345.00–352.00	$349.79	$1,350	+10.09
430–438	435	5	330.00–348.00	$340.88	$1,483	+18.51
500–537	526	15	288.00–310.00	$293.97	$1,546	+14.18
565–595	578	13	265.00–289.00	$274.98	$1,589	-10.70
615–625	620	4	254.00–273.00	$263.42	$1,633	+12.61
665–690	678	11	236.00–245.00	$239.37	$1,623	+0.87
975	975	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,804	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1460	1235	80-85%	54	116.00–130.00	$124.15	$1,533	+10.59
1185–1298	1243	80-85%	4	115.00–117.50	$116.54	$1,449	+2.98
1255–1455	1360	80-85%	18	127.00–141.00	$131.81	$1,793	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–920	843	85-90%	2	62.00–91.00	$75.17	$634	—
928–1280	1051	85-90%	23	90.00–109.00	$97.15	$1,021	—
980–1095	1061	85-90%	5	120.00–126.50	$124.89	$1,325	—
946–1250	1073	85-90%	43	111.50–118.50	$115.06	$1,235	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1680	1444	75-80%	9	123.50–130.50	$125.88	$1,818	+1.45
1475–1555	1515	75-80%	2	119.50–120.00	$119.74	$1,814	—
1385–1960	1643	75-80%	8	131.50–143.50	$134.78	$2,214	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1605	1511	5	115.00–141.00	$133.42	$2,016	—
1415–1980	1672	10	140.00–167.00	$153.04	$2,559	—
1740–2060	1937	3	168.00–179.00	$172.51	$3,342	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
976	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,376

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1120	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,875.00–1,925.00	$1,901.17
1100–1387	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,600.00–2,010.00	$1,788.77

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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.