Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 22, 2025

1,402 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $439.45/cwt +49.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,516/hd at 572 lb · 146 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $422.21/cwt +42.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,668/hd at 632 lb · 84 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $394.60/cwt +30.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,220/hd at 563 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,402	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	488.00	$488.00	$1,586	—
365–395	385	20	435.00–505.00	$474.21	$1,826	—
405–435	418	10	435.00–496.00	$464.80	$1,943	+54.80
450–499	479	48	429.00–490.00	$465.00	$2,227	+32.38
490	490	5	444.00	$444.00	$2,176	+11.38
503–547	523	83	403.00–500.00	$465.25	$2,433	+73.60
560–585	567	33	375.00–422.00	$402.69	$2,283	+12.69
550–597	574	103	415.00–479.00	$452.76	$2,599	+62.76
570–582	575	10	410.00–433.00	$423.68	$2,436	+33.68
601–644	632	84	395.00–476.00	$422.21	$2,668	+37.21
656–677 unweaned	665	14	375.00	$375.00	$2,494	—
655–699	676	40	395.50–421.00	$402.06	$2,718	+34.28
725–731	730	13	382.00–388.00	$387.08	$2,826	+19.08
800–831	825	39	320.00–361.00	$347.78	$2,869	+8.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	4	505.00–510.00	$507.48	$1,385	—
318–335	325	5	435.00–465.00	$447.38	$1,454	—
427–447	434	22	448.00–475.00	$463.08	$2,010	+31.73
461–470	463	12	437.00–475.00	$454.14	$2,103	+19.14
506	506	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,923	-5.77
520–538	526	20	408.00–455.00	$431.52	$2,270	+45.75
556–575	565	11	429.00–443.00	$436.65	$2,467	+50.46
582	582	3	367.50	$367.50	$2,139	-18.69
628–638	633	4	375.00–414.00	$394.35	$2,496	+29.35
702–707	702	49	359.00–386.00	$383.78	$2,694	—
755	755	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,642	—
808	808	3	346.00	$346.00	$2,796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,743	—
580	580	3	363.00	$363.00	$2,105	—
945	945	20	292.25	$292.25	$2,762	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,621	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,402	—
356–381	372	14	400.00–464.00	$425.60	$1,583	—
400–445	423	18	400.00–478.00	$442.19	$1,870	+67.88
458–493	478	37	412.50–480.00	$443.11	$2,118	+74.79
480	480	7	415.00	$415.00	$1,992	+46.68
500–545	523	34	401.00–451.00	$437.31	$2,287	+82.68
552–588	562	61	354.00–424.00	$403.68	$2,269	+39.97
550–598	564	22	350.00–372.00	$369.44	$2,084	+5.73
606	606	3	371.00	$371.00	$2,248	+22.18
602–627	615	20	389.00–394.50	$391.34	$2,407	+42.52
622 unweaned	622	5	338.50	$338.50	$2,105	—
661	661	3	341.00	$341.00	$2,254	-6.24
660–670	663	28	370.00–374.00	$371.80	$2,465	+24.56
696 unweaned	696	8	322.00	$322.00	$2,241	—
784	784	4	315.00	$315.00	$2,470	—
821–843	831	13	320.00–326.00	$323.25	$2,686	—
952	952	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,570	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251–292	267	5	435.00–465.00	$448.10	$1,196	—
310–315	313	4	434.00–441.00	$437.47	$1,369	—
352–392	373	14	382.50–442.00	$405.72	$1,513	+26.30
408–441	422	38	370.00–425.00	$403.72	$1,704	+31.75
468–491	476	29	360.00–452.00	$413.86	$1,970	+48.03
489	489	4	362.50	$362.50	$1,773	-3.33
498 thin fleshed	498	18	458.00	$458.00	$2,281	—
502–546	522	20	365.00–408.00	$390.58	$2,039	+34.43
502–536	522	5	346.00–361.00	$351.77	$1,836	-4.38
550–593	570	20	359.00–378.00	$365.79	$2,085	—
572	572	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,945	—
605–648	625	39	350.00–370.00	$361.94	$2,262	—
668–684	676	8	322.50–342.00	$332.13	$2,245	—
801	801	15	291.00	$291.00	$2,331	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	414.00	$414.00	$1,842	—
615	615	3	338.00	$338.00	$2,079	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	422.00	$422.00	$1,819	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	4	377.50	$377.50	$1,189	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	3	485.00	$485.00	$1,460	—
380	380	10	475.00	$475.00	$1,805	+69.01
438	438	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,905	-7.50
450–488	471	10	372.00–436.00	$402.20	$1,894	+7.10
525–548	533	6	372.50–412.50	$397.96	$2,121	+47.96
565–585	575	4	342.50–360.00	$351.10	$2,019	-3.83
620–645	633	4	322.50	$322.50	$2,041	+11.55
631–640 unweaned	634	6	300.00–310.00	$303.36	$1,923	—
708–745	727	4	285.00–300.00	$292.31	$2,125	+11.31

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,864	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1315	1267	80-85%	3	144.00–149.00	$147.32	$1,867	—
1115–1555	1290	80-85%	33	152.00–165.00	$159.00	$2,051	—
1075–1440	1296	80-85%	16	166.00–172.00	$169.19	$2,193	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
818–995	880	85-90%	4	80.00–115.00	$93.96	$827	—
905–1110	1009	85-90%	10	110.00–134.00	$123.39	$1,245	—
1055–1096	1084	85-90%	7	155.50–158.50	$156.33	$1,695	+32.11
950–1230	1108	85-90%	15	138.00–150.00	$143.19	$1,587	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1430	1403	75-80%	3	167.50–169.50	$168.14	$2,359	—
1400–1895	1595	75-80%	12	156.00–166.50	$160.71	$2,563	—
1855	1855	75-80%	1	147.50	$147.50	$2,736	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1805	1574	6	171.00–178.00	$173.52	$2,731	-15.80
1490–2250	1809	13	182.00–198.00	$189.87	$3,435	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2100–2415	2258	2	180.50–186.00	$183.44	$4,142	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1315	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,900.00–2,475.00	$2,160.65
935–1475	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,500.00–3,500.00	$2,960.18

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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.