Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

6,464 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $328.11/cwt ≈ $1,893/hd at 577 lb · 328 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $292.48/cwt ≈ $1,986/hd at 679 lb · 298 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.57/cwt +9.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,628/hd at 524 lb · 267 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,464	494	8,333
Feeder cattle	5,097	334	7,102
Slaughter cattle	580	160	1,231
Replacement cattle	787	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 700 lbs sold steady to firm, with spots 5.00 higher on the 4 weights, with 700-800 lbs steady to firm and over 900 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with 600-750 lbs trading 3.00-8.00 lower with the most decline on the 6 weights. Slaughter cows sold steady 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
325–349	338	16	407.00–447.50	$421.60	$1,425	—
365–393	375	48	385.00–408.00	$397.07	$1,489	—
400–448	429	77	367.50–400.00	$377.37	$1,619	—
477 unweaned	477	9	351.00	$351.00	$1,674	—
450–499	480	247	341.00–376.00	$364.67	$1,750	—
502–547	528	204	330.00–363.75	$351.42	$1,855	+13.66
553–598	577	328	310.50–338.00	$328.11	$1,893	—
600–641	616	132	301.00–321.50	$311.23	$1,917	+7.83
641	641	9	298.00	$298.00	$1,910	-5.40
657–686	679	298	284.50–299.00	$292.48	$1,986	—
720–746	723	83	272.00–289.75	$287.49	$2,079	+12.09
768–782	779	123	256.25–266.00	$261.61	$2,038	—
910	910	58	242.50	$242.50	$2,207	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,319	—
387	387	20	377.00	$377.00	$1,459	—
417–434 thin fleshed	426	13	362.00–363.00	$362.45	$1,544	—
419–438	432	17	344.00–359.00	$351.44	$1,518	—
460–495	486	36	322.50–348.00	$340.06	$1,653	+13.81
500–544	520	68	315.00–332.00	$323.05	$1,680	—
541	541	4	289.00	$289.00	$1,563	—
567 thin fleshed	567	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,814	—
563–590	575	60	296.00–314.50	$304.69	$1,752	+10.69
603–639	622	117	283.00–298.00	$291.24	$1,812	+14.70
654 thin fleshed	654	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,864	—
658–695	679	59	259.00–280.00	$271.69	$1,845	+15.09
707–741	723	54	257.75–268.25	$262.51	$1,898	—
906	906	4	224.50	$224.50	$2,034	—
961	961	13	225.50	$225.50	$2,167	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571–580	576	10	288.00–292.00	$290.02	$1,671	—
1011–1031	1021	104	231.75–233.10	$232.42	$2,373	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	9	308.00	$308.00	$1,463	—
500–547	524	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,572	—
563–593	579	14	269.00–280.00	$272.48	$1,578	—
600–646	622	21	268.00–276.00	$270.71	$1,684	—
650–698	670	19	239.00–260.00	$250.68	$1,680	—
700–717	710	22	235.00–253.00	$244.91	$1,739	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1205	1198	2	178.00–179.00	$178.50	$2,138	—
1223–1495	1313	10	180.00–186.00	$183.85	$2,414	—
1180–1613	1331	77	184.50–189.00	$187.58	$2,497	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	11	274.00	$274.00	$1,271	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642	642	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,733	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–333	324	9	382.50–385.00	$384.21	$1,245	—
361 fancy	361	4	384.00	$384.00	$1,386	—
355–394	381	57	350.00–380.00	$363.36	$1,384	—
400–447	427	87	324.00–347.50	$335.99	$1,435	—
450–498	470	202	316.00–337.00	$323.51	$1,520	—
501–525 fancy	505	23	322.00–331.00	$329.37	$1,663	—
500–544	526	244	295.00–318.00	$308.80	$1,624	+7.62
566 fancy	566	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,670	—
552–593	571	155	269.50–290.00	$280.50	$1,602	+13.50
601–641	625	178	264.00–277.00	$267.76	$1,674	-1.24
659 thin fleshed	659	80	271.00	$271.00	$1,786	—
652–698	671	39	259.00–268.00	$262.90	$1,764	+0.90
705 thin fleshed	705	17	263.00	$263.00	$1,854	—
706–730	717	29	237.00–249.00	$241.56	$1,732	—
764	764	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,795	-5.00
830	830	4	223.00	$223.00	$1,851	—
905	905	115	216.10	$216.10	$1,956	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	312.00	$312.00	$1,061	—
365–392	385	38	330.00–341.00	$339.24	$1,306	+17.59
423–442	434	11	316.00–317.50	$316.68	$1,374	+4.92
434 unweaned	434	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,302	—
450–491	471	54	291.00–316.00	$310.02	$1,460	+14.25
505–549	533	73	265.00–291.00	$280.21	$1,494	-4.79
552–596	580	31	250.00–269.00	$263.60	$1,529	+10.67
605–648	616	36	249.00–262.00	$256.77	$1,582	+6.34
650–679	663	84	245.00–255.00	$249.38	$1,653	+16.01
734	734	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,725	-0.51
788	788	11	227.00	$227.00	$1,789	-4.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1178	1178	2	184.00	$184.00	$2,168	—
1055–1398	1244	44	184.00–190.75	$186.93	$2,325	—
1225–1605	1406	9	180.00–186.00	$184.48	$2,594	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,067	—
565–583	574	12	245.00–257.00	$249.08	$1,430	—
618	618	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,520	—
670	670	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,595	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	358.00	$358.00	$1,221	+11.00
397	397	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,409	—
464	464	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,566	+37.50
515–546	537	14	269.00–284.00	$275.80	$1,481	-27.72
580	580	4	269.00	$269.00	$1,560	+11.78
696	696	8	228.00	$228.00	$1,587	-9.00
717	717	5	224.00	$224.00	$1,606	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1240	1182	80-85%	6	112.00–121.00	$116.66	$1,379	—
1105–1345	1234	80-85%	58	133.00–148.00	$139.10	$1,716	+12.05
1115–1345	1237	80-85%	40	122.00–133.00	$128.99	$1,596	+1.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1515	1428	75-80%	3	120.00–122.00	$120.71	$1,724	—
1355–1585	1472	75-80%	18	122.00–135.00	$130.35	$1,919	+11.85
1300–1640	1492	75-80%	43	135.00–150.00	$140.30	$2,093	+1.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1200	981	85-90%	10	94.50–105.00	$99.28	$974	—
820–1115	992	85-90%	6	80.00–86.00	$81.45	$808	—
880–1100	1023	85-90%	17	125.00–137.00	$130.22	$1,332	—
950–1095	1030	85-90%	18	110.00–122.00	$118.01	$1,216	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–1755	1685	65-75%	5	132.00–137.00	$133.86	$2,256	—
1590–1940	1731	65-75%	12	137.00–150.00	$143.64	$2,486	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1560	1483	2	130.00–143.00	$136.16	$2,019	—
1300–2285	1811	9	152.00–171.00	$164.77	$2,984	—
1680–2000	1890	10	167.00–185.00	$172.55	$3,261	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1252	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1334	1334	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1156–1527	1336	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	95	2,250.00–2,625.00	$2,477.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1108	1108	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1001–1340	1178	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,700.00–1,925.00	$1,849.89
1038–1423	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	1,900.00–2,250.00	$2,164.84
1083–1423	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,467.05
1164–1388	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	1,700.00–2,025.00	$1,913.11

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1214	1138	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,375.00–1,435.00	$1,406.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028	1028	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,650.00	$2,650.00
992–1210	1060	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,414.72
1023–1145	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,150.00–2,325.00	$2,298.47
1142	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,960.00	$1,960.00
1343	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1218	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	2,850.00–2,925.00	$2,901.78
1195	1195	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00

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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
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1250–1600	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,800.00–3,200.00	$2,884.62	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,910.00	$1,910.00	—
1050–1285	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,250.00–2,475.00	$2,350.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1050	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	3,425.00–3,950.00	$3,615.38	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,525.00	$3,525.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—
1050–1150	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,000.00–3,050.00	$3,025.00	—

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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.