Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 15, 2024

4,381 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $237.56/cwt +14.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,067/hd at 870 lb · 293 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $251.25/cwt +1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,636/hd at 651 lb · 176 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $356.46/cwt +18.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,693/hd at 475 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,381	6,146	5,981
Feeder cattle	2,906	5,252	3,882
Slaughter cattle	775	894	1,299
Replacement cattle	700	—	800

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 10.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 12.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	417.50	$417.50	$1,390	+18.39
353–397	369	31	357.50–370.00	$362.33	$1,337	-18.83
408 fancy	408	6	401.00	$401.00	$1,636	+20.00
411–446	429	32	340.00–377.50	$348.49	$1,495	+0.37
444 thin fleshed	444	7	384.00	$384.00	$1,705	+8.62
459–484 fancy	465	36	370.00–372.00	$371.48	$1,727	—
455–499	480	73	335.00–363.00	$349.06	$1,675	+9.07
514–540	524	19	312.00–313.00	$312.66	$1,638	-17.22
515–537	527	72	317.00–345.00	$329.36	$1,736	-0.52
552–598	575	79	300.00–322.00	$309.94	$1,782	-3.36
601–648	611	35	296.00–305.00	$302.65	$1,849	+4.13
610–640	627	30	285.50–287.00	$286.13	$1,794	+6.13
665–678	676	59	282.00–289.00	$287.95	$1,947	+13.95
848	848	60	241.75	$241.75	$2,050	+14.25
850–891	870	293	231.75–241.25	$237.56	$2,067	+10.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–398	389	21	320.00–342.50	$334.02	$1,299	-4.94
413 thin fleshed	413	6	358.00	$358.00	$1,479	—
401–438	420	31	307.50–340.00	$322.42	$1,354	-2.57
454–498	475	42	300.00–337.00	$319.12	$1,516	-2.42
483 unweaned	483	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,251	—
494 thin fleshed	494	4	328.00	$328.00	$1,620	—
500–545	522	54	283.00–309.00	$298.40	$1,558	-5.54
545	545	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,515	-25.94
550–591	574	68	277.00–298.00	$286.86	$1,647	+0.93
586 unweaned	586	4	284.00	$284.00	$1,664	—
617–648	633	31	256.00–280.00	$273.51	$1,731	+18.51
643	643	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,653	+2.00
650–698	672	23	249.00–276.00	$258.24	$1,735	-0.33
701–748	725	20	238.00–257.25	$243.52	$1,766	-4.49
838–843	841	9	214.00–233.00	$224.58	$1,889	+1.46
919	919	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,976	+28.00
951	951	5	197.00	$197.00	$1,873	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1413	1280	10	178.50–181.00	$179.91	$2,303	—
1234–1545	1413	41	182.00–185.00	$183.11	$2,587	-3.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	296.00	$296.00	$1,317	—
488	488	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,171	—
535	535	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,418	-5.00
719	719	6	229.50	$229.50	$1,650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,368	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–374	370	12	325.00–344.00	$330.95	$1,225	+5.43
405–448	432	89	302.00–329.00	$315.87	$1,365	+41.87
485 fancy	485	5	310.50	$310.50	$1,506	—
458–499	486	74	289.00–305.00	$297.88	$1,448	-5.23
502–548	515	88	273.00–291.50	$283.39	$1,459	-7.85
558–589	577	33	256.00–270.00	$262.28	$1,513	+0.28
651	651	176	251.25	$251.25	$1,636	+1.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–347	336	7	317.00–325.00	$321.46	$1,080	+16.46
359–391	375	21	311.00–320.00	$315.04	$1,181	-20.65
455–484 unweaned	475	10	258.00–265.00	$260.01	$1,235	-4.12
462–497	481	46	268.00–287.50	$274.86	$1,322	+1.29
516	516	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,280	-2.00
504–543 unweaned	521	7	235.00–243.00	$238.58	$1,243	-16.42
507–545	526	28	258.00–273.00	$265.61	$1,397	+15.61
557–591	572	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,316	-26.45
550–597	578	43	239.75–250.00	$243.30	$1,406	-13.15
608–627	621	9	234.00–235.00	$234.33	$1,455	-5.08
601–640	622	11	240.00	$240.00	$1,493	+0.59
630 unweaned	630	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,424	+36.00
662	662	5	230.50	$230.50	$1,526	-7.09
663–680	665	85	243.00–246.25	$245.88	$1,635	+8.29
744	744	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,376	-38.24
923	923	7	184.00	$184.00	$1,698	-3.30

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1273	1153	35	175.00–181.00	$179.70	$2,072	—
1234–1394	1327	22	182.50–186.50	$184.99	$2,455	+2.38
1210–1420	1350	6	173.00–176.00	$173.90	$2,348	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	4	266.00	$266.00	$838	—
384–395	388	9	249.00–250.00	$249.34	$967	—
413–430	422	6	255.00–267.00	$261.12	$1,102	-10.12
498	498	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,215	-6.00
498	498	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,155	-18.00
505–532	524	13	231.00–245.00	$236.89	$1,241	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
716	716	11	202.25	$202.25	$1,448	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–478	465	14	278.00–297.50	$288.13	$1,340	—
638	638	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,646	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,521	-17.20
650–655	653	6	259.00–263.00	$260.99	$1,704	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,317	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1310	1210	80-85%	18	104.00–113.00	$110.10	$1,332	-13.15
1100–1365	1247	80-85%	65	123.00–138.00	$130.05	$1,622	+16.73
1100–1350	1250	80-85%	80	115.00–125.00	$119.26	$1,491	-14.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1650	1465	75-80%	66	124.00–139.00	$130.51	$1,912	+2.94
1390–1665	1470	75-80%	14	105.00–114.00	$109.68	$1,612	-17.89
1315–1675	1501	75-80%	55	115.00–126.00	$121.11	$1,818	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	-1.03
890–1250	1026	85-90%	13	89.00–100.00	$95.21	$977	-17.78
950–1125	1045	85-90%	34	114.00–130.00	$120.60	$1,260	+7.61
915–1225	1048	85-90%	44	104.00–116.00	$109.76	$1,150	-3.23

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605–1730	1658	65-75%	3	132.00–135.00	$133.31	$2,210	-0.06
1655–1850	1737	65-75%	6	120.00–127.00	$123.18	$2,140	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1660	1480	2	130.00–135.00	$132.20	$1,957	—
1350–2530	1716	15	141.00–157.00	$151.10	$2,593	-2.74
1615–2455	1927	12	158.00–170.00	$164.81	$3,176	-3.02

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255–1335	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	51	2,600.00–2,725.00	$2,646.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1400	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,179.22
1297	1297	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1475–1597	1554	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,047.08
1450–1666	1558	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,625.00–2,725.00	$2,671.53
1591	1591	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1165	1161	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,875.00	$2,875.00
1198–1400	1242	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	2,700.00–2,925.00	$2,768.69

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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
1150–1350	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	2,450.00–2,675.00	$2,562.50	—
1200–1350	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	3,050.00–3,400.00	$3,222.73	—
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,575.00	$2,575.00	—
1350–1450	1402	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,715.22	—
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1250	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	2,500.00–2,950.00	$2,696.88	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1325	1125	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	2,925.00–3,000.00	$2,965.00	—
950–1350	1138	(<2 yrs)	Open	93	3,200.00–3,575.00	$3,396.24	—

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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.