Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 5, 2025

4,612 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $361.78/cwt -13.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,264/hd at 626 lb · 301 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $404.85/cwt -3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,135/hd at 527 lb · 298 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $368.14/cwt +6.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,749/hd at 475 lb · 208 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,612	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329 thin fleshed	329	4	501.00	$501.00	$1,648	—
336–341	337	34	490.00–517.00	$509.08	$1,716	+21.85
352 thin fleshed	352	8	520.00	$520.00	$1,830	—
355–395	372	80	459.00–497.50	$474.66	$1,766	—
400–448	429	175	410.00–462.50	$444.14	$1,905	+45.11
450–492	477	205	392.00–450.00	$427.88	$2,041	+1.04
510 thin fleshed	510	10	434.00	$434.00	$2,213	—
501–549	528	283	380.00–424.00	$404.49	$2,136	+0.30
532 unweaned	532	5	367.00	$367.00	$1,952	—
551–583	565	194	362.50–404.00	$386.53	$2,184	+2.04
597 thin fleshed	597	11	392.00	$392.00	$2,340	-16.81
602 thin fleshed	602	4	393.00	$393.00	$2,366	-4.92
600–648	626	297	343.00–373.00	$361.36	$2,262	-2.67
655–685	672	154	317.00–344.00	$333.21	$2,239	-7.31
681	681	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,043	-40.52
702–741	723	133	305.00–329.00	$321.99	$2,328	+0.17
754	754	5	288.00	$288.00	$2,172	-13.07
765	765	130	318.00	$318.00	$2,433	+16.93
893	893	60	294.75	$294.75	$2,632	+2.99
921	921	63	285.00	$285.00	$2,625	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,360	—
382–392	389	9	420.00–430.00	$423.28	$1,647	-8.60
402–440	420	20	390.00–415.00	$404.75	$1,700	+0.59
450	450	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,586	-37.76
452–498	484	40	372.50–399.00	$386.66	$1,871	-3.60
512–532	524	48	340.00–380.00	$364.49	$1,910	-7.59
552–599	578	50	330.00–361.00	$342.73	$1,981	-4.37
607 unweaned	607	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,906	—
601–648	629	63	314.00–347.00	$329.34	$2,072	+4.20
675–692	684	6	297.00–307.00	$301.94	$2,065	+16.94
705	705	3	294.00	$294.00	$2,073	-15.00
769	769	4	293.50	$293.50	$2,257	+13.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	9	400.00	$400.00	$1,376	—
440	440	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,672	+8.00
464	464	17	345.00	$345.00	$1,601	—
518–546	536	8	320.00–323.00	$321.09	$1,721	—
575	575	4	316.00	$316.00	$1,817	—
604	604	27	317.50	$317.50	$1,918	—
820–828	825	7	240.00–240.50	$240.21	$1,982	-14.79

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1745	1414	49	215.50–225.75	$223.22	$3,156	—
1491–1568	1530	8	223.50–225.00	$224.27	$3,431	—
1550–1576	1567	6	210.00	$210.00	$3,291	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	40	389.00	$389.00	$1,836	—
602	602	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,047	+6.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	331.00	$331.00	$1,417	—
490	490	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,286	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–338	323	47	442.50–482.50	$463.37	$1,497	—
351–399	374	116	410.00–455.00	$437.28	$1,635	+29.13
417–425 thin fleshed	422	71	409.00–422.00	$413.16	$1,744	—
406–445	426	109	385.00–410.00	$395.49	$1,685	+15.13
453–496	475	208	349.00–388.00	$368.14	$1,749	+6.19
500–549	524	204	335.00–383.00	$353.36	$1,852	+0.97
555–598	578	193	315.00–351.50	$333.42	$1,927	+3.77
600–638	618	107	309.00–335.00	$317.60	$1,963	-6.32
657–678	665	22	299.00–315.00	$306.64	$2,039	+16.11
716–745	720	48	284.00–303.50	$297.05	$2,139	+6.54
788	788	3	277.50	$277.50	$2,187	—
824	824	29	273.25	$273.25	$2,252	—
916	916	11	255.00	$255.00	$2,336	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,300	+17.50
352–394	384	20	385.00–392.50	$391.24	$1,502	+14.36
421 thin fleshed	421	9	406.00	$406.00	$1,709	—
403–444	427	29	345.00–377.50	$365.34	$1,560	+7.42
451–498	476	86	313.00–350.00	$338.35	$1,611	-2.00
511–544	533	66	313.00–335.00	$327.64	$1,746	+5.74
559–599	576	35	309.00–319.00	$313.14	$1,804	-1.82
625 thin fleshed	625	9	313.00	$313.00	$1,956	—
622–635	632	12	302.00–304.50	$303.88	$1,921	+4.64
672	672	27	294.00	$294.00	$1,976	+20.12
681	681	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,839	-3.88
838	838	7	239.00	$239.00	$2,003	-8.50
925	925	6	225.00	$225.00	$2,081	—
968	968	4	233.00	$233.00	$2,255	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1054	1054	104	242.00	$242.00	$2,551	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1306	1306	3	208.00	$208.00	$2,716	—
1090–1515	1341	55	215.00–226.00	$222.50	$2,984	—
1378	1378	5	223.00	$223.00	$3,073	+6.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	6	365.00	$365.00	$1,051	—
360–391	381	19	368.00–385.00	$379.93	$1,448	+50.93
807	807	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,816	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	7	211.00	$211.00	$2,163	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–493	466	17	320.00–350.00	$341.51	$1,591	-27.76
549	549	5	338.00	$338.00	$1,856	—
566–578	573	11	326.00–329.00	$327.35	$1,876	-0.09
600–631	618	17	305.00–322.00	$314.43	$1,943	—
761	761	6	275.00	$275.00	$2,093	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	495.00	$495.00	$1,683	—
417	417	6	412.50	$412.50	$1,720	+5.50
538	538	4	352.50	$352.50	$1,896	-34.50
633	633	4	321.00	$321.00	$2,032	—
714	714	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,999	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	5	372.50	$372.50	$1,360	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1420	1216	80-85%	60	141.00–153.00	$147.45	$1,793	+12.30
1100–1390	1228	80-85%	32	128.00–143.00	$137.16	$1,684	-17.40
1100–1410	1244	80-85%	63	152.00–167.00	$158.22	$1,968	+13.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1665	1459	75-80%	47	153.50–166.00	$159.19	$2,323	+13.46
1360–1885	1474	75-80%	45	141.00–156.00	$147.83	$2,179	+9.79
1390–1725	1500	75-80%	11	130.00–140.00	$136.68	$2,050	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1090	952	85-90%	3	98.00–105.00	$102.27	$974	+6.86
835–1090	992	85-90%	18	108.00–131.00	$120.91	$1,199	+25.50
825–1140	1018	85-90%	30	128.00–140.00	$133.61	$1,360	+4.66
905–1125	1029	85-90%	31	137.00–157.50	$144.81	$1,490	+1.79

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1694–1730	1706	3	132.00–140.00	$136.68	$2,332	-18.05
1670–1880	1722	6	145.00–152.50	$149.16	$2,569	-5.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–2165	1811	9	176.00–205.00	$193.13	$3,498	—
1635–2615	2020	12	207.00–225.00	$213.07	$4,304	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2510	2510	1	178.00	$178.00	$4,468	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1287	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	3,700.00–3,850.00	$3,798.85
1191–1245	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	3,800.00–4,075.00	$3,934.16
1352–1475	1418	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,450.00–2,750.00	$2,615.04

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1127	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,950.00–3,550.00	$3,148.92

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1651	1651	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	4,600.00	$4,600.00	+1,700.00
900–1300	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	4,000.00	$4,000.00	+852.08
1100–1350	1136	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	3,050.00–3,200.00	$3,128.57	-19.35
1000–1400	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	3,950.00–4,400.00	$4,173.53	—
1100–1500	1259	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	3,550.00–3,950.00	$3,713.64	—

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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.