Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 4, 2026

6,261 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $523.74/cwt +8.25 vs last sale · ≈ $2,745/hd at 524 lb · 265 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $350.69/cwt +6.69 vs last sale · ≈ $3,226/hd at 920 lb · 236 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $491.75/cwt +9.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,358/hd at 480 lb · 198 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,261	4,616	6,080
Feeder cattle	3,588	3,912	4,935
Slaughter cattle	617	704	835
Replacement cattle	2,056	—	310

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, with yearling steers over 700 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone on limited comparisons. Heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher with a pot load of 700 lb heifers trading 3.00 higher than last week's pot loads. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

▲ Feeder heifers: Heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher
▲ Feeder steers: steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to firm

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–343	323	15	710.00–720.00	$712.62	$2,302	+7.62
405–426	420	30	592.50–627.50	$598.85	$2,515	-0.60
451–498	474	102	530.00–583.00	$556.16	$2,636	+44.07
500–546	524	260	499.00–542.00	$524.34	$2,748	+48.47
534 unweaned	534	5	492.50	$492.50	$2,630	—
550–595	566	68	465.00–499.00	$481.92	$2,728	-4.60
601–630	616	87	435.00–471.00	$454.44	$2,799	+0.77
662–680	670	45	414.00–434.00	$424.53	$2,844	+9.69
784	784	67	376.10	$376.10	$2,949	-15.15
822	822	10	357.00	$357.00	$2,935	-7.35
862	862	63	360.00	$360.00	$3,103	—
909–944	920	236	342.50–354.00	$350.69	$3,226	+6.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307 thin fleshed	307	17	740.00	$740.00	$2,272	—
330	330	6	597.50	$597.50	$1,972	-58.46
353–389	376	39	550.00–660.00	$613.56	$2,307	-34.24
400–439	422	51	537.50–595.00	$570.86	$2,409	+5.16
450–498	475	129	482.50–547.00	$525.50	$2,496	-6.38
485–496 unweaned	492	11	512.50–515.00	$513.40	$2,526	—
500–543	531	45	457.50–498.00	$484.04	$2,570	-11.57
542 unweaned	542	10	467.50	$467.50	$2,534	—
552–597	584	64	425.00–470.00	$446.02	$2,605	-12.72
597 thin fleshed	597	13	474.00	$474.00	$2,830	—
601 thin fleshed	601	26	455.00	$455.00	$2,735	—
621	621	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,422	-21.83
602–644	631	78	407.50–431.00	$419.64	$2,648	+7.81
655–671	665	15	387.50–395.00	$392.51	$2,610	-26.48
672	672	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,453	-53.99
700–737	709	24	373.00–399.00	$379.27	$2,689	-6.95
758–768	766	13	366.00–375.00	$372.94	$2,857	-2.44
805	805	10	335.00	$335.00	$2,697	-12.26
873	873	23	348.00	$348.00	$3,038	-11.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	12	470.00	$470.00	$2,707	—
647	647	7	430.00	$430.00	$2,782	—
678	678	7	408.00	$408.00	$2,766	—
1009	1009	55	330.25	$330.25	$3,332	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1151–1586	1369	6	245.00–249.00	$246.68	$3,377	+1.28
1180–1575	1400	31	250.00–256.50	$255.20	$3,573	+7.70
1510–1645	1578	8	250.00–250.50	$250.26	$3,949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	522.50	$522.50	$1,776	—
393	393	11	587.50	$587.50	$2,309	+9.81
400	400	3	487.50	$487.50	$1,950	—
492	492	4	460.00	$460.00	$2,263	-58.02
667	667	10	399.00	$399.00	$2,661	—
853–875	862	13	330.00–337.00	$333.97	$2,879	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	12	387.00	$387.00	$2,585	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–363	359	9	590.00–625.00	$608.21	$2,183	—
404 thin fleshed	404	11	562.50	$562.50	$2,272	—
402–446	422	86	492.50–548.00	$521.61	$2,201	+4.48
458–498	479	186	470.00–508.00	$494.77	$2,370	+28.09
480–490 unweaned	488	12	440.00–460.00	$444.92	$2,171	—
516 fancy	516	30	492.00	$492.00	$2,539	—
506–542	523	84	442.00–480.00	$464.42	$2,429	+22.61
553–595	571	67	420.00–465.00	$438.05	$2,501	+10.60
600–636	612	17	411.00–435.00	$418.50	$2,561	-6.84
656	656	20	406.00	$406.00	$2,663	+33.81
657 unweaned	657	3	363.00	$363.00	$2,385	—
755	755	9	356.00	$356.00	$2,688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–295	287	10	585.00–625.00	$601.43	$1,726	—
355–395	380	46	515.00–562.50	$538.73	$2,047	+6.74
435–437	436	11	460.00–495.00	$485.49	$2,117	-1.62
475 unweaned	475	5	440.00	$440.00	$2,090	—
450–494	479	38	435.00–460.00	$451.44	$2,162	+3.10
508–539	520	66	420.00–442.50	$428.91	$2,230	-2.67
603–646	629	69	376.00–393.00	$386.88	$2,433	-8.79
650–690	673	28	344.00–363.00	$353.73	$2,381	+2.59
712–723	717	53	345.00–361.00	$358.90	$2,573	-6.10
769–782	777	13	331.00–342.50	$335.38	$2,606	—
808–825	822	16	326.50–327.50	$326.68	$2,685	-8.82
870–885	873	15	301.00–317.50	$314.15	$2,743	+13.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	495.00	$495.00	$1,609	—
368–388	375	16	425.00–507.50	$489.91	$1,837	+27.90
487	487	5	427.00	$427.00	$2,079	—
534	534	6	387.00	$387.00	$2,067	-38.00
728	728	3	312.50	$312.50	$2,275	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1177–1410	1235	4	248.00–248.50	$248.36	$3,067	+1.03
1210–1448	1338	28	247.50–257.00	$252.15	$3,374	+3.01

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	9	420.00	$420.00	$2,327	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,702	—
500	500	4	410.00	$410.00	$2,050	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	552.50	$552.50	$1,812	—
435	435	3	495.00	$495.00	$2,153	-46.81
477	477	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,313	+4.23
505–548	541	22	426.00–450.00	$434.65	$2,351	-22.52
581–598	588	10	385.00–422.50	$404.31	$2,377	—
643–646	644	10	384.00–387.50	$386.10	$2,486	-3.90
656–689	673	8	361.00–380.00	$370.73	$2,495	—
727–748	741	9	342.50–352.50	$349.23	$2,588	-13.27
775	775	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,519	-12.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	4	542.50	$542.50	$2,322	-38.76
463	463	5	530.00	$530.00	$2,454	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1335	1221	80-85%	22	148.00–172.00	$161.54	$1,972	+3.23
1030–1440	1234	80-85%	61	167.00–181.00	$174.14	$2,149	+1.54
1095–1490	1256	80-85%	37	180.00–192.00	$184.70	$2,320	—
1350–1430	1390	80-85%	2	147.00–156.00	$151.63	$2,108	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1240	968	85-90%	30	132.00–159.00	$146.45	$1,418	—
850–1145	979	85-90%	7	127.00–149.00	$139.75	$1,368	—
875–1135	1025	85-90%	38	154.00–171.00	$161.43	$1,655	+33.74
925–1175	1050	85-90%	24	168.00–182.00	$174.44	$1,832	+2.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1630	1476	75-80%	26	182.00–191.00	$184.01	$2,716	+22.92
1345–1680	1477	75-80%	25	168.00–180.00	$175.01	$2,585	+13.92
1425–1660	1501	75-80%	7	155.00–169.00	$162.78	$2,443	-23.26

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	65-75%	1	187.00	$187.00	$3,142	—
1740	1740	65-75%	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,819	-1.10
1705–1790	1750	65-75%	4	176.50–185.00	$180.26	$3,155	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1142	1142	6	226.50	$226.50	$2,587	—
1335–1750	1543	2	180.00–187.00	$183.03	$2,824	—
1510–1915	1647	18	198.00–217.00	$208.26	$3,430	—
1605–2295	1916	17	218.00–245.00	$230.56	$4,418	+3.01

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1840	1840	1	246.00	$246.00	$4,526	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1086	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,800.00	$3,800.00
1150–1350	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,587.08
1036–1475	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	4,050.00–4,650.00	$4,388.16
1079–1390	1299	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	2,800.00–3,250.00	$3,051.50
1035–1500	1317	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	165	3,350.00–3,900.00	$3,650.23
1136–1455	1319	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,700.00–3,700.00	$3,224.25
1253–1390	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,900.00–3,350.00	$3,186.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1089–1400	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	137	3,950.00–4,400.00	$4,201.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1163	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,750.00	$2,750.00
1056–1427	1223	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	2,550.00–2,800.00	$2,699.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1037–1252	1122	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	4,000.00–4,550.00	$4,347.44
1134	1134	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,800.00	$3,800.00
1115–1280	1180	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	4,000.00–4,700.00	$4,322.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1087–1094	1092	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	3,600.00–3,900.00	$3,689.60
1103	1103	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1117	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1186	1186	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	4,825.00	$4,825.00

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	6,150.00	$6,150.00	—
1050–1200	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	3,700.00–4,600.00	$4,044.44	—
1000–1200	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	4,700.00–5,500.00	$5,283.33	—
1100–1250	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	4,800.00–5,100.00	$5,010.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	5,850.00	$5,850.00	—
1050–1300	1175	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	3,900.00–4,900.00	$4,587.50	—
1150–1200	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	3,200.00–3,750.00	$3,530.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1200	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	3,900.00–4,400.00	$4,233.33	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1050	982	(<2 yrs)	Open	60	5,400.00–6,000.00	$5,610.83	—
925–1200	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	68	5,500.00–6,000.00	$5,837.13	—
950–1200	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	6,150.00–6,325.00	$6,220.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–950	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	5,250.00–5,350.00	$5,306.25	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	6,275.00–6,300.00	$6,280.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	5,400.00	$5,400.00	—

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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.