Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 15, 2025

4,016 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $355.30/cwt ≈ $2,540/hd at 715 lb · 320 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $445.89/cwt ≈ $2,551/hd at 572 lb · 285 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $370.20/cwt ≈ $2,502/hd at 676 lb · 282 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,016	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	380	33	540.00–605.00	$573.31	$2,179	—
406 fancy	406	10	586.00	$586.00	$2,379	—
408–440	417	39	487.50–590.00	$556.11	$2,319	—
450–498	477	184	472.50–537.00	$513.94	$2,451	—
501–549	526	130	420.00–495.00	$471.46	$2,480	—
558 fancy	558	16	485.00	$485.00	$2,706	—
568 unweaned	568	5	377.50	$377.50	$2,144	—
550–597	573	264	415.00–467.00	$444.82	$2,549	—
600–646	620	218	394.00–439.50	$424.05	$2,629	—
655–698	679	197	375.00–425.00	$398.41	$2,705	—
700–740	714	187	369.00–399.50	$388.94	$2,777	—
711–728	716	18	340.50–342.00	$340.92	$2,441	—
771	771	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,853	—
806–848	835	92	349.60–355.50	$351.33	$2,934	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	5	451.00	$451.00	$1,551	—
383	383	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,915	—
393 thin fleshed	393	10	542.50	$542.50	$2,132	—
432–446	435	17	441.00–505.00	$458.58	$1,995	—
448 thin fleshed	448	3	475.00	$475.00	$2,128	—
459–490	471	19	419.00–485.00	$457.17	$2,153	—
505–545	537	49	392.50–430.00	$412.12	$2,213	—
555–597	572	43	390.00–430.00	$416.04	$2,380	—
605	605	3	378.00	$378.00	$2,287	—
601–649	620	80	351.00–415.00	$383.21	$2,376	—
645 thin fleshed	645	3	417.00	$417.00	$2,690	—
654–692	666	90	355.00–415.50	$373.11	$2,485	—
744–745	745	10	339.00–360.00	$349.49	$2,604	—
791 unweaned	791	6	324.00	$324.00	$2,563	—
855	855	6	325.00	$325.00	$2,779	—
864	864	7	309.00	$309.00	$2,670	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	5	379.00	$379.00	$1,728	—
550	550	8	365.00	$365.00	$2,008	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
849	849	5	326.00	$326.00	$2,768	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	377	16	430.00–450.00	$440.91	$1,662	—
400–429	421	50	412.50–485.00	$452.74	$1,906	—
455–490	466	123	391.00–457.50	$436.33	$2,033	—
501–547	521	195	372.50–430.50	$411.27	$2,143	—
550–598	569	163	369.00–435.00	$400.68	$2,280	—
587 unweaned	587	7	314.00	$314.00	$1,843	—
600–647	623	277	370.00–405.00	$390.37	$2,432	—
653 unweaned	653	3	326.00	$326.00	$2,129	—
650–689	676	279	350.00–380.50	$370.68	$2,506	—
701–743	715	320	341.25–360.10	$355.30	$2,540	—
763	763	7	315.00	$315.00	$2,403	—
823–832	824	48	325.00–344.50	$342.04	$2,818	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–327	322	11	412.50–432.50	$420.57	$1,354	—
367 thin fleshed	367	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,541	—
379–394	387	9	415.00–427.00	$421.78	$1,632	—
435	435	7	416.00	$416.00	$1,810	—
458–492	479	64	362.50–407.00	$393.52	$1,885	—
505–545	528	46	362.50–435.00	$407.79	$2,153	—
558–599	585	46	349.00–391.00	$371.82	$2,175	—
589 unweaned	589	6	313.00	$313.00	$1,844	—
600–625 unweaned	615	11	303.00–320.00	$310.69	$1,911	—
618–645	629	55	318.00–370.50	$342.66	$2,155	—
673–686	680	6	318.00–325.00	$321.47	$2,186	—
708	708	11	324.50	$324.50	$2,297	—
719	719	7	317.50	$317.50	$2,283	—
768	768	11	314.50	$314.50	$2,415	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,286	—
392	392	7	367.50	$367.50	$1,441	—
457	457	7	325.00	$325.00	$1,485	—
620	620	3	316.00	$316.00	$1,959	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,766	—
644	644	10	330.00	$330.00	$2,125	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731	731	5	281.00	$281.00	$2,054	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	374.00	$374.00	$1,863	—
533	533	6	366.00	$366.00	$1,951	—
590	590	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,947	—
621	621	3	327.00	$327.00	$2,031	—
668	668	8	307.00	$307.00	$2,051	—
762	762	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,286	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1475	1223	80-85%	29	141.00–168.00	$153.37	$1,876	—
1215–1395	1276	80-85%	8	138.50–149.00	$142.81	$1,822	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1180	1088	85-90%	2	125.00–126.00	$125.54	$1,366	—
990–1200	1089	85-90%	27	131.00–149.00	$141.47	$1,541	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1700	1456	75-80%	25	144.00–168.00	$157.76	$2,297	—
1385–1565	1471	75-80%	4	169.00–173.00	$170.46	$2,507	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–2215	1877	12	175.00–191.00	$183.80	$3,450	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1430	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	71	3,500.00–4,000.00	$3,838.36
1093–1500	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	3,350.00–3,900.00	$3,629.80
1335–1435	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	3,200.00–3,450.00	$3,299.93
1245–1500	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,900.00–3,000.00	$2,970.67
1457–1515	1486	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1540	1540	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
993–1242	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	3,400.00–3,600.00	$3,520.52
1158	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1223	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1264	1264	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1216–1405	1324	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,300.00–2,750.00	$2,572.87
1403	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,150.00	$2,150.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
969	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
831	831	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 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 $
1137–1244	1183	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	4,300.00–4,500.00	$4,380.82

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1088	1088	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550–1600	1563	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,500.00–5,000.00	$4,625.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	5,850.00	$5,850.00	—

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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.