Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 1, 2024

3,279 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $329.58/cwt +3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,742/hd at 529 lb · 81 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $306.58/cwt +22.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,552/hd at 506 lb · 72 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.25/cwt +3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,704/hd at 660 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,279	4,703	6,104
Feeder cattle	1,313	4,062	3,914
Slaughter cattle	520	641	781
Replacement cattle	1,446	—	1,409

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a light test of feeders mostly steady to firm, best test on 650-705 lbs heifers fully steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	334	11	392.50–430.00	$416.82	$1,392	+36.82
355–385	366	14	377.50–405.00	$386.55	$1,415	+12.50
400–448	415	40	332.00–365.00	$349.65	$1,451	-4.95
450–498	471	28	333.00–365.00	$347.54	$1,637	+11.23
500–543	527	74	322.00–342.00	$330.85	$1,744	-3.25
543–546	545	7	314.00–319.00	$316.14	$1,723	-17.96
552–588	574	46	315.00–332.00	$319.84	$1,836	-7.23
600–625	613	29	295.00–310.00	$303.71	$1,862	+3.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	349.00	$349.00	$1,333	+13.10
437	437	3	327.00	$327.00	$1,429	+17.00
471 unweaned	471	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,437	-7.51
450–497	474	29	315.00–330.00	$322.15	$1,527	-1.81
517–519	518	8	291.00–301.00	$297.26	$1,540	-13.56
540	540	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,409	-49.82
552–595	575	16	275.00–301.00	$287.86	$1,655	-12.77
575 unweaned	575	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,501	—
608 unweaned	608	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,611	—
605–648	624	11	277.00–289.00	$281.62	$1,757	+11.00
655–688	679	44	246.00–264.00	$258.02	$1,752	+12.25
737–743	740	6	242.00–242.50	$242.25	$1,793	-12.75
758–791	771	15	229.00–249.00	$235.01	$1,812	-1.21
980	980	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,803	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1522	1488	21	185.00–189.00	$185.93	$2,767	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,045	-20.00
380–387	384	6	297.00–310.00	$303.44	$1,165	—
642	642	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,547	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,072	-3.33
350–395	375	23	307.00–337.50	$323.55	$1,213	-6.88
425–430	428	6	320.00–327.50	$322.48	$1,380	+7.99
462–495	473	48	303.00–315.00	$312.78	$1,479	+4.33
501 thin fleshed	501	54	310.00	$310.00	$1,553	-3.00
514–535	522	18	290.00–302.00	$296.30	$1,547	+2.47
570 thin fleshed	570	5	289.00	$289.00	$1,647	—
580	580	4	274.00	$274.00	$1,589	-11.37
626	626	10	261.50	$261.50	$1,637	-1.13
660	660	65	258.25	$258.25	$1,704	+3.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,042	—
373	373	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,072	-17.28
408–434	425	15	276.00–300.00	$293.76	$1,248	—
453–490	480	20	270.00–289.00	$275.51	$1,322	-2.57
509–546	524	23	255.00–273.00	$266.27	$1,395	-7.65
545 unweaned	545	4	252.00	$252.00	$1,373	-3.00
550–574	571	19	250.00–267.00	$253.62	$1,448	+1.62
585	585	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,363	-19.00
600–636	620	19	240.00–245.00	$242.75	$1,505	-8.23
651–685	667	21	220.00–232.50	$228.36	$1,523	-19.30
692	692	6	189.50	$189.50	$1,311	-47.76
729	729	6	212.50	$212.50	$1,549	-12.50
803	803	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,638	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1362	1362	11	187.00	$187.00	$2,547	—
1483	1483	5	177.00	$177.00	$2,625	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,110	-1.71
533	533	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,301	—
568–581	575	7	236.50–240.00	$237.98	$1,368	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
661	661	6	209.50	$209.50	$1,385	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–381	377	7	342.00–370.00	$358.16	$1,350	—
434 unweaned	434	7	336.00	$336.00	$1,458	-5.00
438	438	3	336.00	$336.00	$1,472	—
467–485	474	8	313.00–319.00	$316.70	$1,501	—
528 unweaned	528	4	278.00	$278.00	$1,468	—
591	591	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,548	-24.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	6	293.00	$293.00	$1,453	+10.00
533 unweaned	533	5	279.00	$279.00	$1,487	—
575	575	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,518	+8.93

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1360	1207	80-85%	10	107.00–117.00	$112.38	$1,356	—
1100–1360	1220	80-85%	39	115.00–128.00	$122.92	$1,500	+13.13
1100–1375	1241	80-85%	68	127.50–143.00	$134.13	$1,665	+24.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1650	1457	75-80%	29	120.00–131.50	$126.38	$1,841	-10.34
1460–1520	1493	75-80%	3	116.50–120.50	$118.31	$1,766	-7.54
1360–1720	1519	75-80%	45	130.00–148.50	$138.45	$2,103	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1100	972	85-90%	7	60.00–80.00	$74.18	$721	—
825–1150	991	85-90%	13	85.00–101.00	$93.76	$929	—
860–1200	1005	85-90%	23	100.00–117.00	$108.86	$1,094	+15.02
910–1215	1053	85-90%	32	116.00–132.00	$123.99	$1,306	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1865	1668	65-75%	13	136.00–149.00	$144.42	$2,409	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1470	1418	2	117.00–128.00	$122.30	$1,734	—
1410–2450	1710	16	140.00–159.00	$152.28	$2,604	+23.41
1555–2265	1842	21	156.00–169.00	$162.05	$2,985	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1157	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1009–1445	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	1,900.00–2,350.00	$2,138.94
1078–1400	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	2,250.00–2,700.00	$2,501.21
1145–1241	1215	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	1,575.00–1,850.00	$1,776.33
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1203–1368	1265	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,850.00–2,200.00	$2,058.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1093–1337	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	2,300.00–2,875.00	$2,558.18
1250–1382	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	2,750.00–2,925.00	$2,825.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1038	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,950.00	$2,950.00
965–1345	1138	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	2,500.00–2,850.00	$2,574.92
1174–1178	1176	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,900.00–3,175.00	$3,065.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933	933	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1055–1163	1105	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,450.00–2,550.00	$2,493.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
761	761	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,950.00	$1,950.00
888	888	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	3,025.00	$3,025.00	—
900–1300	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	55	2,450.00–2,900.00	$2,721.82	—
1050–1100	1067	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	2,450.00–2,800.00	$2,566.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	2,525.00	$2,525.00	—
1000–1350	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	3,000.00–3,375.00	$3,134.21	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
950	950	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	2,060.00	$2,060.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1100	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	3,325.00–3,475.00	$3,412.50	—
1000–1300	1149	(<2 yrs)	Open	95	3,325.00–3,550.00	$3,434.95	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1000	948	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	3,200.00–3,350.00	$3,298.28	—

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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.