Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 19, 2025

2,849 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $368.55/cwt -17.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,314/hd at 628 lb · 326 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $378.47/cwt -12.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,153/hd at 569 lb · 306 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $393.24/cwt -5.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,081/hd at 529 lb · 271 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,849	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–285	278	8	487.50–535.00	$512.93	$1,426	-2.51
304–340	315	15	455.00–495.00	$476.78	$1,502	-9.51
372	372	5	435.00	$435.00	$1,618	-41.69
355–395	380	30	432.00–475.00	$463.76	$1,762	-12.93
418	418	7	423.00	$423.00	$1,768	-28.31
406–443	425	61	405.00–450.00	$434.70	$1,847	-16.61
462–487	467	10	387.00–400.00	$397.29	$1,855	-35.94
450–497	471	135	392.00–442.50	$413.67	$1,948	-19.56
482 value added	482	9	424.00	$424.00	$2,044	-3.70
502 thin fleshed	502	10	421.00	$421.00	$2,113	—
505–545	524	15	370.00–390.00	$380.29	$1,993	-14.37
503–548	529	207	372.00–411.00	$394.64	$2,088	+22.64
538–542	540	29	380.00–384.00	$381.51	$2,060	+9.51
540 value added	540	10	390.00	$390.00	$2,106	-32.00
550–588	565	136	365.00–398.00	$382.56	$2,161	-8.61
556–597 unweaned	568	31	333.00–363.00	$359.76	$2,043	-2.58
562–582 value added	570	117	372.00–401.00	$383.37	$2,185	-15.38
580–583	582	15	345.00–356.00	$347.19	$2,021	-9.81
596	596	7	367.00	$367.00	$2,187	-2.00
600–642	622	205	340.00–397.00	$374.24	$2,328	-9.63
607–636 unweaned	626	20	339.00–353.00	$346.67	$2,170	+6.67
638	638	14	362.00	$362.00	$2,310	-21.87
627–642 value added	640	87	359.00–381.00	$361.23	$2,312	-36.62
655–680	669	86	330.00–368.00	$342.39	$2,291	-4.48
656–695 unweaned	671	14	304.00–330.00	$312.29	$2,095	-32.69
697 value added	697	33	329.00	$329.00	$2,293	—
702 value added	702	15	336.00	$336.00	$2,359	—
717–743 unweaned	726	14	298.50–307.00	$303.89	$2,206	—
712–746	730	45	317.00–330.50	$323.93	$2,365	+15.43
757	757	15	320.00	$320.00	$2,422	+40.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266–285	274	5	475.00–480.00	$477.92	$1,310	-17.00
300–330	316	10	442.50–495.00	$467.98	$1,479	+9.61
350–395	367	11	404.00–420.00	$413.31	$1,517	-16.61
410–447	432	28	393.00–450.00	$418.80	$1,809	-12.94
450–499	476	42	378.00–435.00	$392.11	$1,866	+1.93
512–546	535	28	336.00–390.00	$360.91	$1,931	-13.05
559–595	575	12	348.00–354.00	$350.78	$2,017	-1.02
610–632	621	6	315.00–335.00	$325.12	$2,019	—
650–658	655	6	321.00–337.00	$331.71	$2,173	+12.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–441	432	7	367.50–391.00	$384.63	$1,662	—
470–485	478	4	341.00–380.00	$360.81	$1,725	—
588	588	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,852	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	6	375.00	$375.00	$1,826	—
611	611	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,955	—
671	671	4	301.00	$301.00	$2,020	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	4	470.00–490.00	$479.43	$1,270	+49.82
310–345	327	17	420.00–460.00	$434.38	$1,420	-6.10
353–398	380	34	395.00–428.00	$408.32	$1,552	-14.53
402 value added	402	18	419.00	$419.00	$1,684	—
400–449	427	74	382.50–420.00	$400.59	$1,711	-4.41
473–482	477	5	341.00–350.00	$344.64	$1,644	-37.75
450–497	478	164	350.00–400.00	$373.70	$1,786	-8.69
504–525 value added	516	51	342.50–365.00	$351.51	$1,814	+2.82
500–549	523	141	331.00–374.00	$348.43	$1,822	-8.30
513–545	530	13	330.00–332.00	$330.76	$1,753	-25.97
550–577	564	10	300.00–323.00	$311.22	$1,755	-33.91
551–589	565	125	312.00–339.00	$332.57	$1,879	-12.56
552–598 unweaned	575	32	313.00–328.00	$321.04	$1,846	+2.65
567–583 value added	579	45	330.00–335.00	$331.09	$1,917	-30.52
602	602	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,836	-8.88
614–630	618	55	304.00–330.50	$321.18	$1,985	+7.30
641	641	17	327.00	$327.00	$2,096	+13.12
653 unweaned	653	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,868	—
688	688	7	298.00	$298.00	$2,050	+22.00
706	706	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,843	-9.00
713 value added	713	8	285.50	$285.50	$2,036	—
738–740	739	6	284.00–288.00	$286.66	$2,118	+16.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	371	20	370.00–415.00	$384.78	$1,428	+1.61
400–443	423	40	358.00–394.00	$379.66	$1,606	-7.47
467–496	481	25	337.00–364.00	$352.34	$1,695	-10.47
500–548	522	23	320.00–353.00	$331.34	$1,730	-6.56
565–598	587	19	301.00–314.00	$305.11	$1,791	+4.89
633–640	637	7	290.00–299.00	$295.27	$1,881	-1.34
655–694	683	7	295.00–297.00	$296.45	$2,025	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,726	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	5	313.00	$313.00	$1,618	+15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	356.00	$356.00	$1,559	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–348	341	7	435.00–442.00	$438.72	$1,496	-1.28
360–375	367	6	420.00–440.00	$430.86	$1,581	-49.14
420–438	429	4	387.50–422.50	$405.37	$1,739	-11.71
452–492	471	10	365.00–390.00	$374.80	$1,765	+10.18
520–540	530	8	329.00–354.00	$345.65	$1,832	+0.39
550–565	560	6	322.50–334.00	$326.26	$1,827	-8.29
615–640	628	4	285.00–310.00	$297.25	$1,867	-11.99
655–680	668	4	268.00–271.00	$269.47	$1,800	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–980	918	85-90%	2	100.00	$100.00	$918	—
860–1225	1036	85-90%	12	110.00–126.50	$118.50	$1,228	-37.50
917–1220	1077	85-90%	50	132.00–148.50	$142.11	$1,531	+28.97
1010–1275	1105	85-90%	3	148.00–151.00	$149.22	$1,649	+13.77

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1425	1242	80-85%	40	144.00–157.50	$149.85	$1,861	—
1238–1415	1282	80-85%	17	153.50–170.00	$158.95	$2,038	—
1155–1500	1285	80-85%	6	137.50–144.00	$141.38	$1,817	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1705	1489	75-80%	5	146.00–153.00	$149.63	$2,228	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	384.00	$384.00	$1,651	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1955	1677	9	172.00–188.00	$180.20	$3,022	—
1340–2075	1759	8	188.50–208.00	$200.93	$3,534	—
1820	1820	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,803	-22.94

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
952–1040	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	170.00–178.00	$175.17	$1,718

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1340	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	56	2,200.00–2,825.00	$2,663.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,235.00	$2,235.00

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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.