Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 19, 2024

6,239 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.25/cwt ≈ $1,710/hd at 670 lb · 527 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $296.21/cwt ≈ $1,851/hd at 625 lb · 306 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $271.11/cwt ≈ $1,964/hd at 724 lb · 256 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,239	562	2,649
Feeder cattle	5,235	—	2,462
Slaughter cattle	384	—	187
Replacement cattle	620	562	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, feeders steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	341.00	$341.00	$1,159	—
365–389	381	27	356.00–359.00	$356.75	$1,359	—
404–445	425	33	328.00–354.00	$336.85	$1,432	—
431 thin fleshed	431	20	354.00	$354.00	$1,526	—
450–498	473	137	319.00–376.00	$340.84	$1,612	—
494 thin fleshed	494	25	351.50	$351.50	$1,736	—
505–549	532	74	310.00–339.00	$327.47	$1,742	—
551–584	567	206	303.00–340.00	$325.45	$1,845	—
612–617 fancy	615	15	308.00–309.00	$308.46	$1,897	—
600–644	625	283	280.00–309.00	$295.78	$1,849	—
638	638	8	288.50	$288.50	$1,841	—
660–692	677	228	264.50–288.25	$274.38	$1,858	—
701–740	724	251	259.25–285.75	$271.21	$1,964	—
737	737	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,960	—
751–763	757	17	247.25–260.00	$253.20	$1,917	—
803–810	807	49	238.50–239.50	$239.04	$1,929	—
824	824	24	224.00	$224.00	$1,846	—
896	896	60	243.00	$243.00	$2,177	—
912–922	918	186	241.00–241.75	$241.42	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–493	468	37	292.00–347.50	$316.26	$1,480	—
505–545	532	46	291.00–313.00	$303.38	$1,614	—
554–599	583	80	283.00–301.50	$289.95	$1,690	—
600–648	637	89	270.00–287.00	$278.38	$1,773	—
653–693	679	100	258.50–282.50	$267.26	$1,815	—
711–745	734	33	249.50–260.50	$255.01	$1,872	—
764	764	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,788	—
757–789	779	90	230.00–258.50	$238.74	$1,860	—
816	816	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,918	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	4	332.00	$332.00	$1,720	—
523	523	6	289.00	$289.00	$1,511	—
614	614	9	271.00	$271.00	$1,664	—
645	645	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,709	—
683	683	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,844	—
753	753	12	231.00	$231.00	$1,739	—
833	833	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,791	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	23	285.00	$285.00	$1,471	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	4	278.00	$278.00	$1,376	—
604	604	7	250.50	$250.50	$1,513	—
728	728	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,653	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	329.00	$329.00	$1,102	—
355–382	373	26	314.00–322.00	$319.65	$1,192	—
415–447	432	44	301.00–324.00	$314.57	$1,359	—
470 thin fleshed	470	30	318.00	$318.00	$1,495	—
454–497	472	60	285.25–309.00	$296.65	$1,400	—
502–543	523	152	275.00–303.00	$290.71	$1,520	—
550–589	568	135	263.00–309.75	$284.77	$1,617	—
608–647	635	160	241.50–269.00	$258.88	$1,644	—
651–699	670	527	242.50–257.50	$255.25	$1,710	—
708–747	733	62	224.00–242.75	$234.84	$1,721	—
789	789	16	227.00	$227.00	$1,791	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,146	—
402–443	415	12	291.50–293.50	$292.16	$1,212	—
456–490	469	8	266.00–281.00	$271.88	$1,275	—
494 thin fleshed	494	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,433	—
509–543	521	28	258.00–280.00	$271.77	$1,416	—
560–598	589	105	241.00–255.50	$250.63	$1,476	—
608–643	639	90	236.00–259.00	$254.56	$1,627	—
652–691	669	97	235.00–248.50	$242.46	$1,622	—
670 unweaned	670	8	226.50	$226.50	$1,518	—
703–747	710	30	224.25–230.00	$225.26	$1,599	—
753–771	760	40	217.50–234.50	$228.89	$1,740	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,156	—
593–595	595	23	232.00–238.00	$233.30	$1,388	—
604	604	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,450	—
620	620	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,420	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551–595	567	12	233.50–244.50	$239.68	$1,359	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
953	953	4	215.00	$215.00	$2,049	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,373	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1735	1340	75-80%	40	100.00–113.00	$106.68	$1,430	—
1300–1815	1375	75-80%	48	109.00–128.00	$116.81	$1,606	—
1495	1495	75-80%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,480	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1280	1198	80-85%	2	93.00–95.00	$94.07	$1,127	—
1055–1405	1222	80-85%	55	100.00–112.00	$106.30	$1,299	—
1120–1355	1270	80-85%	27	109.00–119.00	$114.43	$1,453	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1005	928	85-90%	3	75.00–83.00	$78.79	$731	—
900–995	945	85-90%	3	66.00–70.00	$68.40	$646	—
985–1110	1044	85-90%	8	101.00–114.00	$105.82	$1,105	—
875–1300	1074	85-90%	28	89.50–102.00	$95.35	$1,024	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1830	1743	65-75%	2	125.50–128.00	$126.69	$2,208	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1775	1650	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,832	—
1245–2060	1707	8	117.50–148.00	$130.82	$2,233	—
1600–2065	1797	5	131.00–148.00	$136.64	$2,455	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1098–1120	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,575.00–1,625.00	$1,600.25
1005–1236	1133	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,475.00–1,575.00	$1,549.38
1117–1302	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	2,025.00–2,450.00	$2,278.27
1093–1241	1197	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	1,485.00–1,685.00	$1,628.17
1227	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1175–1377	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,700.00–1,875.00	$1,802.19
1276–1343	1305	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1258	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1337–1430	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	2,650.00–2,800.00	$2,774.94
1465–1475	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,050.17
1475	1475	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
982	982	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1306	1306	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,575.00	$1,575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1311	1206	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	2,775.00–2,900.00	$2,831.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1009–1128	1036	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,285.29
1121–1241	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,925.00–1,950.00	$1,934.02

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1250–1450	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	2,900.00–3,200.00	$3,016.67	—
1450	1450	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1200	1111	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,227.78	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1250–1500	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,200.00–2,550.00	$2,420.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–950	943	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,575.00–1,650.00	$1,596.43	—
950	950	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,975.00–2,200.00	$2,087.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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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.