Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 23, 2026

4,929 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $458.03/cwt +25.53 vs last sale · ≈ $2,411/hd at 526 lb · 173 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $429.60/cwt +25.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,881/hd at 671 lb · 165 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $478.84/cwt +25.02 vs last sale · ≈ $2,232/hd at 466 lb · 155 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,929	1,787	5,449
Feeder cattle	4,336	1,237	4,810
Slaughter cattle	593	365	639
Replacement cattle	—	185	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were lightly tested but sold with a sharply higher undertone with yearlings over 700 lbs trading with a higher undertone and a pot load of 1014 lb steers trading steady. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher.

▲ Feeder heifers: steer and heifer calves were lightly tested but sold with a sharply higher undertone with yearlings over 700 lbs trading with a higher undertone and a pot load of 1014 lb steers trading steady
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold firm 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
297	297	2	675.00	$675.00	$2,005	—
327–338	334	12	600.00–650.00	$633.00	$2,114	+0.81
365–388	379	8	615.00–617.50	$615.90	$2,334	-20.82
410–442	429	45	557.50–598.00	$583.80	$2,505	—
433 unweaned	433	5	575.00	$575.00	$2,490	—
467–483 value added	474	14	537.50–590.00	$560.43	$2,656	—
455–498	482	106	524.00–562.50	$544.08	$2,622	+10.99
500–548	516	128	489.00–555.00	$519.50	$2,681	+12.41
535–546 value added	540	20	475.00–528.00	$506.32	$2,734	—
557 thin fleshed	557	17	496.00	$496.00	$2,763	—
550–590	571	122	452.00–487.00	$468.25	$2,674	-0.74
595 value added	595	8	470.00	$470.00	$2,796	—
600–630 value added	609	13	435.00–437.50	$436.70	$2,660	—
603–638	623	88	433.00–456.50	$442.13	$2,754	+11.01
624 unweaned	624	13	415.00	$415.00	$2,590	—
627 thin fleshed	627	14	440.00	$440.00	$2,759	—
660 value added	660	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,739	—
651–688	671	161	400.00–438.00	$429.96	$2,885	+26.14
703–733	719	42	400.00–405.00	$403.65	$2,902	—
700–738	727	7	371.00–382.50	$374.16	$2,720	—
700–748 value added	732	69	387.50–410.00	$395.86	$2,898	—
766 fancy	766	10	405.50	$405.50	$3,106	—
750–784	771	120	365.00–386.00	$377.55	$2,911	—
755–785	777	23	354.00–367.50	$357.73	$2,780	—
800–825	808	63	345.00–379.50	$364.79	$2,948	—
818–833 value added	820	19	352.50–357.50	$356.70	$2,925	—
850 value added	850	8	351.00	$351.00	$2,984	—
850–884	860	57	333.00–352.50	$350.46	$3,014	+2.55
902–924	918	23	324.00–327.50	$325.43	$2,987	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	590.00	$590.00	$2,036	-17.50
360–385	372	24	551.00–592.50	$573.22	$2,132	+3.22
440 unweaned	440	3	547.50	$547.50	$2,409	—
435–447	442	12	532.50–560.00	$543.06	$2,400	-7.45
457–497	470	22	502.00–524.00	$517.14	$2,431	-4.50
472 unweaned	472	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,336	—
518–547	539	56	425.00–487.50	$463.45	$2,498	-13.84
541–545 unweaned	543	14	463.00–467.50	$464.94	$2,525	+7.44
562–590	575	30	396.00–464.00	$432.12	$2,485	-1.42
632–640	635	14	391.00–419.00	$410.97	$2,610	-3.03
641 value added	641	27	415.00	$415.00	$2,660	—
650–698	675	31	385.00–407.50	$392.14	$2,647	+13.23
702–736	722	14	354.00–390.00	$368.84	$2,663	-2.50
729 value added	729	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,734	—
766–790	773	12	357.50–376.00	$366.98	$2,837	—
777–790 value added	782	11	358.00–365.00	$362.43	$2,834	—
918	918	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,938	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
847	847	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,964	—
1014	1014	53	319.75	$319.75	$3,242	-0.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1515	1428	33	236.00–247.00	$239.71	$3,423	—
1475–1480	1478	2	228.00	$228.00	$3,370	-13.80
1500–1643	1595	3	230.00–231.00	$230.31	$3,673	—
1550–1747	1681	3	234.00–235.00	$234.69	$3,945	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
766	766	8	370.00	$370.00	$2,834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	8	485.00	$485.00	$2,192	+2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,898	—
350–396	376	32	510.00–570.00	$547.52	$2,059	+38.52
401 value added	401	4	510.00	$510.00	$2,045	—
400–442	423	41	485.00–545.00	$512.57	$2,168	+10.57
451–453 thin fleshed	452	9	520.00–532.50	$526.93	$2,382	—
457 unweaned	457	5	430.00	$430.00	$1,965	-25.00
450–493	467	123	442.50–508.00	$476.86	$2,227	+23.62
457–479 value added	470	18	455.00–500.00	$481.85	$2,265	—
520 thin fleshed	520	4	496.00	$496.00	$2,579	—
503–549	525	145	427.50–485.00	$459.92	$2,415	+27.42
527 value added	527	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,530	—
515–542 unweaned	537	20	414.00–452.50	$432.36	$2,322	—
566 unweaned	566	6	410.00	$410.00	$2,321	—
550–595 value added	569	22	410.00–432.50	$427.56	$2,433	—
551–591	577	85	410.00–450.00	$422.14	$2,436	+20.34
603–636	617	74	387.50–421.00	$406.78	$2,510	+21.78
605–645 value added	625	37	395.50–411.00	$402.96	$2,518	—
661 value added	661	6	377.50	$377.50	$2,495	—
664–699	687	102	365.00–387.00	$374.03	$2,570	—
706–738	719	34	360.00–388.00	$374.14	$2,690	—
757 value added	757	26	340.00	$340.00	$2,574	—
762–773	770	77	349.50–354.75	$350.63	$2,700	—
827	827	9	328.50	$328.50	$2,717	-18.00
878–883	882	11	307.50–340.00	$316.33	$2,790	—
931	931	12	297.00	$297.00	$2,765	-32.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	6	627.50	$627.50	$1,682	—
298 thin fleshed	298	3	640.00	$640.00	$1,907	—
336	336	5	560.00	$560.00	$1,882	-10.92
350–398	374	36	492.50–540.00	$516.02	$1,930	+12.96
406–445	426	38	460.00–490.00	$477.79	$2,035	+2.21
475 unweaned	475	4	435.00	$435.00	$2,066	—
462–498	489	34	410.00–457.00	$438.86	$2,146	+0.53
523	523	5	387.50	$387.50	$2,027	-23.16
507–543	531	32	390.00–455.00	$413.01	$2,193	+2.35
563 unweaned	563	7	410.00	$410.00	$2,308	+34.97
558–596	589	66	385.00–413.00	$407.84	$2,402	+38.64
622 value added	622	26	377.00	$377.00	$2,345	—
605–649	633	25	365.00–397.50	$381.50	$2,415	+7.24
665–696	681	38	335.00–370.00	$350.83	$2,389	-6.43
682 value added	682	14	370.00	$370.00	$2,523	—
684–689	687	15	356.00–363.00	$360.68	$2,478	+3.42
713 value added	713	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,602	—
718–745	732	10	342.50–350.00	$346.21	$2,534	+11.21
758	758	9	337.00	$337.00	$2,554	—
802	802	3	328.00	$328.00	$2,631	—
828	828	4	305.00	$305.00	$2,525	—
870	870	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,740	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1268–1625	1360	18	234.50–245.50	$238.86	$3,248	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522–531	529	11	370.00–385.00	$374.04	$1,979	—
568	568	3	367.00	$367.00	$2,085	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1046	1046	5	298.00	$298.00	$3,117	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,918	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–398	380	9	582.50–635.00	$610.58	$2,320	+55.58
400–410	408	8	505.00–530.00	$511.13	$2,085	—
481–498	492	11	470.00–500.00	$480.67	$2,365	—
514–525 unweaned	521	10	427.50–450.00	$441.11	$2,298	+21.11
523–542	535	18	420.00–490.00	$438.05	$2,344	—
562–587	577	12	410.00–435.00	$420.15	$2,424	+32.65
613–622	618	14	365.00–402.50	$390.12	$2,411	—
650–680	667	9	384.00–412.50	$400.15	$2,669	—
670 unweaned	670	3	379.00	$379.00	$2,539	—
836–848	839	14	315.00–325.00	$322.11	$2,703	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	700.00	$700.00	$2,149	—
360	360	4	562.50	$562.50	$2,025	—
400–447	416	20	520.00–572.50	$549.31	$2,285	+11.81
483–498	494	17	502.50–512.50	$507.08	$2,505	—
510–543	526	12	487.00–497.50	$491.04	$2,583	—
551–595	575	25	430.00–455.00	$440.47	$2,533	—
569–593 unweaned	579	7	410.00–430.00	$421.23	$2,439	—
610–640	629	15	407.50–412.50	$410.34	$2,581	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1210	1208	80-85%	2	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$1,746	-22.25
1105–1395	1239	80-85%	22	150.00–162.00	$155.44	$1,926	-11.31
1100–1360	1249	80-85%	34	175.00–190.00	$180.95	$2,260	+14.20
1065–1370	1250	80-85%	38	160.00–176.00	$167.87	$2,098	-12.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1690	1473	75-80%	45	173.00–195.00	$183.82	$2,708	+14.15
1395–1605	1493	75-80%	9	150.00–162.00	$156.94	$2,343	-12.73
1370–2020	1527	75-80%	26	163.00–175.00	$169.75	$2,592	-9.42

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1120	930	85-90%	11	108.00–134.00	$126.02	$1,172	+7.18
855–1160	1017	85-90%	17	130.00–150.00	$139.74	$1,421	-28.58
905–1180	1027	85-90%	18	164.00–178.00	$169.23	$1,738	+34.22
935–1181	1043	85-90%	30	147.00–163.00	$154.02	$1,606	+19.01

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1610–1915	1744	65-75%	10	172.00–183.00	$177.29	$3,092	—
1745–1880	1797	65-75%	3	182.00–192.00	$186.57	$3,353	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	1	187.00	$187.00	$2,702	—
1400–2255	1807	21	212.00–235.00	$222.92	$4,028	—
1505–2350	1870	16	190.00–211.00	$203.24	$3,801	—

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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.