Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Mondays

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2026

4,161 head sold ·Official USDA report · Price history in the app

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $322.48/cwt ≈ $2,967/hd at 920 lb · 297 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $387.19/cwt +6.55 vs last sale · ≈ $2,421/hd at 625 lb · 232 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $425.81/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,247/hd at 528 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,161	2,992	3,494
Feeder cattle	3,357	2,053	2,768
Slaughter cattle	303	338	332
Replacement cattle	501	601	394

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders under 700 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–348	339	8	540.00–550.00	$542.30	$1,838	+15.96
351–398	391	27	540.00–555.00	$541.99	$2,119	+41.99
418–445	429	27	480.00–495.00	$489.75	$2,101	-0.74
437 fancy	437	7	555.00	$555.00	$2,425	—
450–474	466	68	433.00–495.00	$476.17	$2,219	+17.38
491 unweaned	491	16	440.00	$440.00	$2,160	-14.41
512 fancy	512	9	475.00	$475.00	$2,432	—
502–548	529	102	400.00–447.50	$421.47	$2,230	-10.25
557 unweaned	557	14	398.00	$398.00	$2,217	+3.00
557–587	572	57	396.00–412.50	$404.40	$2,313	-2.42
602–647	622	158	380.00–408.00	$394.19	$2,452	+13.55
620–649 unweaned	632	74	369.00–375.00	$372.23	$2,352	—
652–688	669	96	358.00–375.00	$365.35	$2,444	-4.71
702–731	719	16	357.50–376.00	$363.01	$2,610	+18.42
767–790	778	36	337.50–342.50	$339.13	$2,638	+3.91
810–820	818	53	327.50–337.50	$330.10	$2,700	-0.95
863–867	867	69	320.00–328.00	$327.08	$2,836	—
911–922	920	297	316.00–324.00	$322.48	$2,967	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–340	336	4	465.00–480.00	$472.41	$1,587	-31.56
375–390	381	19	451.00–500.00	$467.16	$1,780	+0.68
405–448	428	39	408.00–450.00	$428.36	$1,833	-16.71
450–497	484	56	402.50–432.50	$417.67	$2,022	+3.53
500–548	533	50	354.00–410.00	$391.14	$2,085	-0.28
555–592	577	54	353.00–385.00	$373.33	$2,154	-3.55
600–647	631	64	330.00–378.00	$352.86	$2,227	+5.55
650–697	681	72	321.00–360.00	$347.45	$2,366	+5.98
700–736	716	32	320.00–340.00	$332.92	$2,384	+1.07
750–796	786	21	315.00–330.00	$328.39	$2,581	+5.92
804–848	813	16	315.00–325.00	$320.61	$2,607	—
888–899	894	7	309.00–315.00	$311.55	$2,785	—
905–938	922	30	300.00	$300.00	$2,766	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,446	—
461–476	470	18	350.00–400.00	$383.05	$1,800	+12.22
510–543	519	11	320.00–324.00	$321.14	$1,667	-42.21
560–565	563	4	317.50–337.50	$327.54	$1,844	-16.59
605	605	2	313.00	$313.00	$1,894	-5.00
863–867	866	14	258.00–285.00	$263.76	$2,284	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–596	575	16	375.00	$375.00	$2,156	—
656–658	657	8	335.00	$335.00	$2,201	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603 unweaned	603	9	377.50	$377.50	$2,276	—
699	699	4	349.00	$349.00	$2,440	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373 thin fleshed	373	14	485.00	$485.00	$1,809	—
441 unweaned	441	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,764	-2.50
450–484	457	52	400.00–427.50	$417.28	$1,907	+21.73
505–539	524	87	360.00–402.00	$377.26	$1,977	-15.59
551–597	571	61	352.50–370.00	$363.11	$2,073	+9.08
600–624 unweaned	613	28	330.00–335.00	$332.74	$2,040	+2.74
604–645	618	71	338.50–357.50	$347.60	$2,148	+4.81
662–698	673	45	328.00–360.00	$342.33	$2,304	+17.33
708 unweaned	708	5	310.00	$310.00	$2,195	—
712–722	718	5	328.00–337.50	$333.73	$2,396	+18.23
750–780	767	76	315.00–340.00	$320.25	$2,456	—
802–804	803	9	315.00	$315.00	$2,529	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–342	339	7	400.00–435.00	$404.72	$1,372	-9.66
358–399	385	27	400.00–432.50	$412.45	$1,588	+21.82
400–447	429	57	375.00–415.00	$399.55	$1,714	+11.64
454–495	476	64	360.00–395.50	$381.08	$1,814	+14.81
500–542	522	41	325.00–362.50	$346.36	$1,808	-4.46
550–592	576	58	317.00–350.00	$334.12	$1,925	+3.68
602–647	632	43	311.00–332.50	$321.86	$2,034	-2.82
652–695	673	31	312.00–325.00	$320.00	$2,154	+12.69
701–728	712	17	300.00–322.50	$307.62	$2,190	+3.44
778	778	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,396	+14.29
801	801	4	295.00	$295.00	$2,363	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–397	386	12	360.00–382.50	$372.05	$1,436	+2.46
418–434	427	19	330.00–362.50	$347.05	$1,482	+23.80
461–494	483	25	340.00–360.00	$349.18	$1,687	+24.34
532	532	11	315.00–320.00	$315.91	$1,681	—
555–593	574	10	309.00–312.00	$310.55	$1,783	+1.81
705	705	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,009	+15.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587 unweaned	587	9	347.50	$347.50	$2,040	—
673 unweaned	673	17	322.50	$322.50	$2,170	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551	551	8	321.00	$321.00	$1,769	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,494	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–325	312	9	485.00–505.00	$497.18	$1,551	—
350–374	367	8	445.00–475.00	$462.69	$1,698	+45.86
455–495	479	7	340.00–390.00	$363.13	$1,739	-21.87
500–535	515	26	335.00–365.00	$353.08	$1,818	-12.65
550–585	568	23	320.00–350.00	$338.92	$1,925	+16.95
602–640	622	11	320.00–335.00	$322.92	$2,009	+0.18
661–678	670	9	300.00–312.50	$307.02	$2,057	+0.75
715–721	719	7	297.50–312.00	$301.62	$2,169	+1.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	14	473.00	$473.00	$1,958	—
558–590	570	9	360.00–365.00	$362.18	$2,064	+2.18
652–669	666	13	325.00–340.00	$333.48	$2,221	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–572	568	5	317.50–320.00	$318.99	$1,812	—
600	600	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1000	938	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,413.33	—
1610	1610	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1340	1034	85-90%	57	90.00–108.00	$100.66	$1,041	-2.85
700–1165	1037	85-90%	27	69.00–90.50	$79.11	$820	-24.40
900–1400	1043	85-90%	12	122.00–134.00	$127.31	$1,328	+23.80
795–1400	1100	85-90%	73	109.00–123.00	$114.68	$1,261	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1345	1214	80-85%	10	130.00–139.00	$133.30	$1,618	+13.17
1030–1335	1217	80-85%	44	120.00–133.00	$126.52	$1,540	+6.39
1105–1375	1250	80-85%	36	104.00–122.50	$114.59	$1,432	-22.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1620	1437	75-80%	13	104.00–118.00	$112.98	$1,624	-7.24
1305–1710	1461	75-80%	34	118.00–135.00	$126.56	$1,849	-4.50
1355–1765	1556	75-80%	11	129.00–140.00	$134.67	$2,095	-6.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–2180	1659	11	146.00–170.00	$163.18	$2,707	—
1385–2405	1761	12	186.00–219.00	$197.00	$3,469	—
1250–2565	1788	24	169.00–190.00	$181.36	$3,243	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175–1515	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	137.50–175.00	$147.50	$1,935

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	237.50	$237.50	$2,256
1140–1360	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	110.00–136.00	$126.61	$1,570

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1305	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	138.00–190.00	$156.28	$1,599

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,620
810–1130	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	127.00–135.00	$130.51	$1,314

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030–1070	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	236.00–255.00	$247.23	$2,586

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1298	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,250.00–2,800.00	$2,490.42
1080–1575	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	1,950.00–3,200.00	$2,572.24
1215–1325	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,785.00–1,925.00	$1,858.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1130	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,725.03
990–1130	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,500.00–3,200.00	$2,800.59
980–1132	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,600.00–2,300.00	$1,936.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1135–1251	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,879.01
1140–1455	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	1,700.00–2,300.00	$2,100.22

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
920–1130	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,100.00–1,900.00	$1,477.36
950–1120	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,700.00–2,300.00	$2,000.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1525	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	783	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,100.00	$1,004.26

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1520–1720	1620	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,000.00–3,650.00	$3,304.94

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–850	783	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,802.98
700–1140	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,100.00–2,700.00	$2,398.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,875.00	$2,875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1100	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,100.00–2,450.00	$2,333.33	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,303	—

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Open Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
764–920	797	(<2 yrs)	N/A	13	2,100.00–2,450.00	$2,350.15	—
926–1026	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	46	2,450.00–3,000.00	$2,797.28	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–880	798	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	265.00–320.00	$284.17	$2,268	+11.50
710–1110	937	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	10	195.00–260.00	$232.43	$2,178	+9.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1390	1308	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	195.00–202.50	$198.99	$2,603	—

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Price trend

600–649 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

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.

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