Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 18, 2026

5,384 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $456.93/cwt -5.77 vs last sale · ≈ $2,421/hd at 530 lb · 295 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $524.95/cwt -2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $2,771/hd at 528 lb · 287 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $494.73/cwt +11.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,834/hd at 573 lb · 262 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,384	4,983	5,435
Feeder cattle	4,754	4,111	4,696
Slaughter cattle	630	641	739
Replacement cattle	—	231	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven with most selling steady to 10.00 lower, although instances of firm to 10.00 higher existed. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

↕ Feeder cattle: feeders sold uneven with most selling steady to 10.00 lower
▲ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–334	328	10	652.50–700.00	$666.17	$2,185	-36.46
403–432	425	15	587.50–620.00	$599.48	$2,548	-9.89
451–487	468	139	525.00–574.00	$554.08	$2,593	+4.17
480 value added	480	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,688	+17.50
500–548	526	227	505.00–550.00	$529.65	$2,786	+49.96
533 unweaned	533	31	494.00	$494.00	$2,633	+14.00
525–538 value added	537	29	517.50–530.00	$521.28	$2,799	+8.37
562 fancy	562	23	525.00	$525.00	$2,950	—
565 value added	565	3	492.50	$492.50	$2,783	—
550–594	574	236	470.00–525.00	$491.81	$2,823	+5.04
601–644	618	139	442.00–478.25	$460.37	$2,845	+2.26
656–690	670	120	398.00–450.00	$425.64	$2,852	-0.27
675 value added	675	26	412.00	$412.00	$2,781	-31.34
707–736	721	32	397.00–421.75	$412.25	$2,972	+9.45
735	735	5	382.50	$382.50	$2,811	±0.00
790–795	791	79	371.50–389.00	$386.11	$3,054	+28.61
796 value added	796	12	364.50	$364.50	$2,901	-7.50
800–806	805	79	361.00–364.00	$363.47	$2,926	+1.23
850	850	7	352.00	$352.00	$2,992	-14.10
945	945	116	345.00	$345.00	$3,260	-14.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	4	610.00	$610.00	$1,793	—
341–348	344	10	592.50–650.00	$628.06	$2,161	—
365–395	381	41	545.00–610.00	$583.82	$2,224	—
423 unweaned	423	12	542.50	$542.50	$2,295	—
400–439	433	44	540.00–588.00	$566.75	$2,454	-20.75
452–498	480	54	498.00–548.00	$521.40	$2,503	—
505 thin fleshed	505	4	512.50	$512.50	$2,588	-47.50
500–546	533	88	463.00–498.00	$478.62	$2,551	-4.09
528–547 unweaned	537	17	462.00–470.00	$466.16	$2,503	—
552–588	569	97	420.00–474.00	$460.75	$2,622	+8.22
607–649	630	45	392.00–437.00	$417.26	$2,629	-27.74
686–698	691	7	355.00–409.00	$385.63	$2,665	—
718 value added	718	10	386.00	$386.00	$2,771	—
711–745	738	56	375.00–394.00	$379.77	$2,803	-9.23
750–763	754	18	352.00–367.00	$363.97	$2,744	+3.97
931–939	935	8	330.00–338.00	$334.02	$3,123	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1325	1288	2	267.00–270.00	$268.46	$3,458	—
1280–1393	1370	8	247.00–255.00	$253.32	$3,470	+0.73
1295–1481	1422	5	252.00–253.00	$252.82	$3,595	—
1250–1732	1460	101	254.00–263.00	$258.18	$3,769	—
1413–1592	1519	7	251.50–254.00	$253.05	$3,844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	6	475.00	$475.00	$2,009	—
461	461	6	465.00	$465.00	$2,144	—
698	698	4	312.00	$312.00	$2,178	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607	607	12	438.00	$438.00	$2,659	+15.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,173	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	4	675.00	$675.00	$1,606	—
337	337	2	605.00	$605.00	$2,039	-7.97
362–393	382	14	565.00–580.00	$574.92	$2,196	+4.06
401–445	418	88	467.50–545.00	$514.39	$2,150	-8.53
450–492	465	148	478.00–530.00	$494.16	$2,298	-3.89
494 unweaned	494	23	450.00	$450.00	$2,223	-27.06
511 unweaned	511	16	453.00	$453.00	$2,315	—
500–547	531	279	442.50–470.00	$457.16	$2,428	-1.40
561 value added	561	3	460.00	$460.00	$2,581	+45.00
550–581	569	126	394.00–440.00	$418.54	$2,381	-24.72
615–644	642	78	388.75–400.00	$389.23	$2,499	-13.27
650–689	684	17	367.00–381.00	$368.56	$2,521	-18.73
725–748	730	57	364.00–382.50	$365.63	$2,669	+7.63
760	760	72	369.50	$369.50	$2,808	—
813	813	29	363.00	$363.00	$2,951	+17.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	7	582.50	$582.50	$1,724	—
305	305	6	565.00	$565.00	$1,723	—
350–389	377	31	502.50–555.00	$530.57	$2,000	—
391	391	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,975	—
415–445	433	54	455.00–496.00	$480.92	$2,082	-11.58
450–494	469	111	440.00–480.00	$467.42	$2,192	+14.73
504–548	527	101	400.00–441.00	$430.64	$2,269	-7.64
553–590	579	83	384.00–413.50	$406.11	$2,351	-6.67
600–644	621	45	368.00–390.00	$380.65	$2,364	-11.71
671	671	4	302.50	$302.50	$2,030	-62.09
651–694	691	78	365.00–374.50	$373.93	$2,584	+16.43
704 value added	704	12	390.00	$390.00	$2,746	—
716	716	16	361.50	$361.50	$2,588	-3.00
777	777	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,564	—
863	863	3	307.00	$307.00	$2,649	-20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	5	543.00	$543.00	$1,613	—
375	375	9	387.50	$387.50	$1,453	—
450–484	471	8	412.50–432.50	$425.34	$2,003	—
512	512	5	413.00	$413.00	$2,115	—
602–628	622	12	338.00–361.00	$355.43	$2,211	—
661	661	5	335.00	$335.00	$2,214	—
718	718	9	320.00	$320.00	$2,298	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1280	1230	3	252.00–253.00	$252.65	$3,108	—
1192–1472	1326	13	252.00–254.50	$253.61	$3,363	—
1188–1508	1332	20	255.00–260.00	$256.98	$3,423	—
1310–1618	1374	5	257.00–260.00	$257.81	$3,542	+3.48
1702	1702	2	247.00	$247.00	$4,204	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	542.00	$542.00	$1,940	—
408	408	6	570.00	$570.00	$2,326	—
471–478	475	8	457.50–485.00	$471.15	$2,238	-3.53
525–538	536	17	449.00–475.00	$455.89	$2,444	+13.46
610–621	614	10	370.00–410.00	$393.83	$2,418	-26.17
650	650	3	362.50	$362.50	$2,356	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,179	—
656	656	4	341.00	$341.00	$2,237	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	630.00	$630.00	$2,192	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1395	1222	80-85%	16	157.00–175.00	$166.10	$2,030	-11.61
1235	1235	80-85%	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,890	-24.71
1095–1500	1255	80-85%	39	185.00–202.00	$191.20	$2,400	+3.18
1115–1390	1259	80-85%	42	171.00–185.00	$178.84	$2,252	-9.18

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1185	985	85-90%	5	135.00–147.00	$138.92	$1,368	—
815–1150	1021	85-90%	19	140.00–159.00	$150.21	$1,534	-1.74
855–1130	1042	85-90%	22	173.00–194.00	$179.30	$1,868	+3.10
855–1260	1049	85-90%	40	157.00–170.00	$163.27	$1,713	-12.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1660	1459	75-80%	30	185.00–200.00	$191.07	$2,788	—
1390–1810	1496	75-80%	17	174.00–185.00	$182.44	$2,729	—
1480–1695	1572	75-80%	5	156.00–175.00	$165.32	$2,599	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1715	1635	65-75%	3	195.00–208.00	$199.71	$3,265	+10.17
1755	1755	65-75%	1	179.00	$179.00	$3,141	-17.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–2295	1761	20	223.00–244.00	$231.96	$4,085	+1.65
1825	1825	1	201.00	$201.00	$3,668	—
1405–2455	1854	10	206.00–225.00	$214.41	$3,975	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1875–1900	1888	2	248.00–250.00	$248.99	$4,701	+1.54

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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.