Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 15, 2024

5,527 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $334.88/cwt ≈ $1,744/hd at 521 lb · 270 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $250.44/cwt ≈ $1,826/hd at 729 lb · 216 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $294.78/cwt ≈ $1,869/hd at 634 lb · 198 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,527	680	3,932
Feeder cattle	4,626	—	3,139
Slaughter cattle	670	—	568
Replacement cattle	231	680	225

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers uneven from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven from 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–391	387	22	340.00–373.00	$357.64	$1,384	—
400–439	416	38	340.00–380.00	$356.00	$1,481	—
452–496	470	107	335.00–370.00	$347.67	$1,634	—
510 thin fleshed	510	6	359.00	$359.00	$1,831	—
501–548	521	264	314.00–352.00	$334.33	$1,742	—
551–598	570	97	295.00–327.50	$317.02	$1,807	—
574 unweaned	574	13	291.50	$291.50	$1,673	—
609–647	634	198	276.00–308.00	$294.78	$1,869	—
654–690	667	49	270.50–292.00	$284.53	$1,898	—
707–725	709	102	258.00–279.75	$275.76	$1,955	—
713	713	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,818	—
756–762	758	112	252.50–264.10	$259.52	$1,967	—
887	887	39	234.25	$234.25	$2,078	—
918–945	929	181	234.50–238.75	$237.29	$2,204	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–337	333	10	325.00–331.00	$327.96	$1,092	—
397	397	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,251	—
405–442	431	22	322.50–335.00	$329.55	$1,420	—
478–494	490	26	309.00–325.00	$317.91	$1,558	—
508–538	523	33	289.00–320.00	$304.54	$1,593	—
539 thin fleshed	539	10	333.50	$333.50	$1,798	—
561	561	5	273.00	$273.00	$1,532	—
553–598	577	58	279.00–307.50	$294.84	$1,701	—
585 unweaned	585	7	263.00	$263.00	$1,539	—
608 unweaned	608	6	268.00	$268.00	$1,629	—
600–644	624	96	240.00–289.50	$277.15	$1,729	—
656–685	676	32	267.00–275.00	$272.02	$1,839	—
700	700	9	264.00	$264.00	$1,848	—
705–735	722	19	245.00–264.50	$251.33	$1,815	—
763–786	779	35	229.00–247.00	$237.44	$1,850	—
833	833	19	228.00	$228.00	$1,899	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,233	—
485–495	490	6	271.00–316.00	$293.27	$1,437	—
598	598	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,399	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
766	766	7	258.50	$258.50	$1,980	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–312	306	10	322.50–338.00	$330.40	$1,011	—
370–397	388	32	315.50–340.00	$322.96	$1,253	—
401–439	423	89	292.50–341.00	$312.14	$1,320	—
457–485	470	122	294.50–324.00	$309.71	$1,456	—
501–547	517	95	278.50–310.00	$291.99	$1,510	—
550–576	561	76	262.50–279.00	$271.29	$1,522	—
601–641	619	62	248.25–272.00	$255.85	$1,584	—
638 fancy	638	28	275.00	$275.00	$1,754	—
661–691	677	161	255.00–262.10	$260.21	$1,762	—
701–744	729	216	238.50–259.50	$250.44	$1,826	—
774	774	21	232.00	$232.00	$1,796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–379 thin fleshed	374	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,234	—
379 unweaned	379	6	263.00	$263.00	$997	—
361–393	380	19	249.00–302.00	$291.14	$1,106	—
416–443	435	17	277.50–296.00	$285.60	$1,242	—
442	442	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,105	—
455–496	474	63	265.00–290.00	$284.15	$1,347	—
503–549	522	76	260.00–288.00	$270.95	$1,414	—
565–572	570	11	232.50–235.00	$233.18	$1,329	—
556–596	581	93	229.00–285.00	$258.33	$1,501	—
601 unweaned	601	5	232.00	$232.00	$1,394	—
605	605	5	215.50	$215.50	$1,304	—
603–633	622	56	232.00–250.00	$242.60	$1,509	—
669	669	8	206.00	$206.00	$1,378	—
654–688	675	73	221.50–250.00	$241.08	$1,627	—
703–733	706	80	228.50–237.25	$233.01	$1,645	—
759–761	760	23	210.00–225.50	$221.45	$1,683	—
805	805	11	213.00	$213.00	$1,715	—
834	834	12	212.25	$212.25	$1,770	—
875	875	12	226.50	$226.50	$1,982	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
821	821	12	217.00	$217.00	$1,782	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,031	—
486	486	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,307	—
815	815	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,638	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,320	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	4	259.00	$259.00	$927	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
782	782	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,564	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	5	332.00	$332.00	$1,325	—
480	480	4	306.00	$306.00	$1,469	—
500–504	501	11	286.00–300.00	$291.12	$1,459	—
565–570	566	18	274.00–281.50	$279.40	$1,581	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1620	1391	75-80%	105	112.00–138.00	$123.78	$1,722	—
1200–1780	1486	75-80%	49	127.00–149.00	$135.78	$2,018	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1425	1180	80-85%	84	112.00–134.00	$122.30	$1,443	—
1070–1365	1215	80-85%	49	126.00–143.00	$132.38	$1,608	—
1165–1265	1219	80-85%	4	107.00–113.00	$110.54	$1,347	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1000	948	85-90%	3	91.00–99.00	$94.14	$892	—
955–1015	985	85-90%	2	79.00–80.00	$79.52	$783	—
955–1100	1038	85-90%	7	118.00–129.00	$125.03	$1,298	—
880–1145	1054	85-90%	70	100.00–117.00	$110.42	$1,164	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640–1745	1699	65-75%	4	135.00–148.00	$141.11	$2,397	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–2000	1680	5	138.00–149.00	$143.41	$2,409	—
1730–2235	1935	5	164.00–181.00	$173.38	$3,355	—
1630–2685	1978	13	149.00–176.00	$158.26	$3,130	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1300	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	2,350.00–2,550.00	$2,422.14
1160–1350	1249	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1050	1009	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	3,200.00–3,650.00	$3,281.82	—

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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.