Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 26, 2023

5,678 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $211.50/cwt -2.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,210/hd at 572 lb · 293 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $259.15/cwt +5.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,605/hd at 619 lb · 184 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $268.89/cwt -2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,398/hd at 520 lb · 141 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,678	6,966	9,139
Feeder cattle	4,544	5,610	7,556
Slaughter cattle	529	1,131	1,130
Replacement cattle	605	225	453

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week calves under 700 lbs mostly 5.00 lower, spots 10.00 lower and over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Late week steers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 500 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers from 4.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–315	311	5	297.50–310.00	$302.57	$941	+5.19
351	351	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,000	-14.85
426–445	432	10	269.00–278.00	$271.78	$1,174	-10.20
457–485	465	62	262.50–290.00	$268.98	$1,251	-8.65
500–549	520	141	250.00–283.50	$268.89	$1,398	-2.94
553–598	568	46	250.00–280.00	$261.34	$1,484	-1.99
600–648	619	150	245.00–269.00	$255.44	$1,581	+1.83
621 thin fleshed	621	34	275.50	$275.50	$1,711	—
670–694	679	90	230.00–245.00	$239.97	$1,629	-1.18
711–731	720	63	230.00–247.50	$239.48	$1,724	+13.57
757–774	770	28	220.00–233.00	$221.37	$1,705	+5.63
803	803	41	214.00–222.00	$215.76	$1,733	—
862	862	20	205.00	$205.00	$1,767	-7.37
949	949	111	209.75	$209.75	$1,991	—
982	982	19	203.00	$203.00	$1,993	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–309	306	9	283.00–285.00	$284.10	$869	+10.19
350–368	361	10	270.00–280.00	$275.05	$993	+1.36
400–449	427	39	245.00–270.00	$256.12	$1,094	-3.58
452–492	474	58	245.00–272.50	$251.97	$1,194	-2.46
509 unweaned	509	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,094	—
500–548	519	126	226.00–255.00	$243.52	$1,264	-8.24
550–596	569	72	225.00–254.50	$239.48	$1,363	+1.19
605–648	626	64	220.00–240.00	$230.91	$1,445	-2.01
650–688	672	41	205.00–233.00	$224.49	$1,509	+6.55
705 thin fleshed	705	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,622	—
700–735	724	17	205.00–220.00	$212.58	$1,539	+5.58
794–795	795	43	205.00–211.00	$209.88	$1,669	—
805–825	808	15	200.00–208.00	$201.59	$1,629	+7.97
870	870	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,696	—
947	947	15	200.00	$200.00	$1,894	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	4	242.50	$242.50	$706	—
328–348	333	13	240.00–260.00	$247.09	$823	—
377–396	385	23	237.50–267.00	$257.46	$991	+5.41
420	420	4	230.00	$230.00	$966	-6.69
462–468	465	15	220.00–233.00	$225.93	$1,051	-15.84
508 thin fleshed	508	16	240.00	$240.00	$1,219	—
505–545	522	16	215.00–230.00	$220.10	$1,149	-11.02
557–583	573	27	202.50–225.00	$218.86	$1,254	-4.42
602–635	614	30	189.00–221.00	$207.55	$1,274	-6.31
651–695	663	39	190.00–211.00	$199.76	$1,324	-5.13
708–715	712	4	188.00–200.00	$193.97	$1,381	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–480	479	9	200.00	$200.00	$958	-8.86
626	626	10	175.00	$175.00	$1,096	-12.60
650	650	15	150.00	$150.00	$975	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	6	230.00	$230.00	$879	—
478–496	488	7	211.00–212.50	$211.87	$1,034	+11.87
637	637	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,274	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,076	—
508	508	2	197.00	$197.00	$1,001	-58.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1089	1089	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–296	288	19	230.00–240.00	$238.18	$686	—
302–304	303	22	233.00–238.00	$234.36	$710	-1.56
350–386	370	18	220.00–240.00	$230.42	$853	-7.14
410–449	432	67	222.00–245.00	$229.20	$990	-3.78
476 thin fleshed	476	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,180	—
452–499	481	81	218.00–241.00	$228.71	$1,100	-0.63
490	490	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,029	-19.34
502–549	528	125	197.00–225.00	$213.68	$1,128	-6.42
551–595	572	293	195.00–219.00	$211.50	$1,210	-2.84
630 unweaned	630	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,166	—
616–649	634	59	196.00–210.00	$203.80	$1,292	-6.52
650–692	660	69	193.00–209.00	$205.22	$1,354	+0.36
716 thin fleshed	716	20	212.00	$212.00	$1,518	—
710–735	726	8	180.00–200.00	$186.93	$1,357	-8.67
774	774	6	182.50	$182.50	$1,413	+1.50
825–831	830	20	180.00–191.50	$189.21	$1,570	-6.29

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	3	248.00	$248.00	$749	-2.98
402–445	428	45	233.00–249.00	$242.99	$1,040	-7.69
452–486	463	24	235.00–247.00	$241.69	$1,119	-3.60
504–548	527	69	220.00–237.50	$230.01	$1,212	-6.33
562–588	580	102	221.00–236.00	$229.73	$1,332	-6.65
599 unweaned	599	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,198	—
618–637	623	101	215.00–227.25	$225.52	$1,405	+4.33
651–664	658	64	210.00–217.00	$214.92	$1,414	-1.57
707–720	713	71	201.00–220.00	$211.51	$1,508	-5.24
766–784	780	50	204.50–208.00	$205.33	$1,602	+3.33
839	839	9	195.00	$195.00	$1,636	-5.00
908	908	32	200.00	$200.00	$1,816	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	215.00	$215.00	$634	—
350–382	366	19	219.00–227.50	$222.88	$816	+7.60
405–439	427	17	200.00–220.00	$204.97	$875	-4.92
465–493	478	27	195.00–218.00	$199.72	$955	-11.88
520–536	530	8	185.00–200.00	$194.48	$1,031	-0.25
582–588	584	9	192.50–200.00	$197.48	$1,153	—
600–631	625	21	188.00–190.00	$189.53	$1,185	+3.49

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	180.00	$180.00	$706	—
462–480	470	9	180.00–185.00	$183.34	$862	+4.41
525	525	4	175.00	$175.00	$919	—
556	556	5	165.00	$165.00	$917	—
672	672	3	145.00	$145.00	$974	—
795	795	13	141.00	$141.00	$1,121	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	6	200.00	$200.00	$924	—
533	533	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,039	—
553	553	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,095	—
642	642	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,156	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	225.00	$225.00	$866	—
578	578	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,162	—
859	859	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,160	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	260.00	$260.00	$900	+3.35
354–371	361	12	272.00–272.50	$272.21	$983	+4.71
410–446	438	14	233.00–241.00	$237.29	$1,039	-1.19
453–498	476	12	220.00–237.50	$231.21	$1,101	-1.29
522–546	530	16	208.00–227.00	$216.95	$1,150	-10.03
555–591	584	23	200.00–210.00	$202.31	$1,181	-12.66
605–630	622	14	200.00–208.00	$206.07	$1,282	-6.20
683–698	689	16	195.00–202.50	$197.28	$1,359	-5.22
704–737	729	40	175.00–186.00	$180.20	$1,314	+10.20
758	758	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,440	—
916	916	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	12	261.00	$261.00	$997	+22.24
415–433	426	26	220.00–229.00	$221.36	$943	+11.36
456–488	472	10	218.00–223.00	$220.58	$1,041	+4.77
520	520	4	190.00	$190.00	$988	-25.00
572	572	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,207	—
600–615	605	15	185.00–192.50	$186.51	$1,128	+1.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,161	—
501–533	512	32	220.00–235.00	$229.25	$1,174	-5.69
560	560	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	-7.50
600–634	624	14	212.00–224.00	$216.76	$1,353	-0.54
726–740	729	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,458	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878	878	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,141	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	4	230.00	$230.00	$902	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
988–1265	1136	80-85%	16	79.00–90.00	$85.81	$975	—
1010–1330	1165	80-85%	185	87.50–103.00	$96.56	$1,125	—
1005–1315	1186	80-85%	58	100.00–122.00	$107.82	$1,279	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–905	747	85-90%	12	41.00–58.00	$47.95	$358	—
700–1180	886	85-90%	62	62.50–78.00	$73.43	$651	—
770–1140	985	85-90%	132	80.00–93.00	$87.67	$864	+16.24
840–1210	1023	85-90%	37	90.00–110.00	$95.85	$981	+2.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1485	1387	75-80%	7	81.00–93.00	$88.25	$1,224	-8.03
1250–1720	1430	75-80%	88	92.50–105.00	$99.81	$1,427	-4.84
1265–1660	1432	75-80%	27	102.00–118.00	$107.83	$1,544	+3.18

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–2130	1564	9	91.00–111.00	$106.89	$1,672	+0.94
1215–1990	1646	17	113.00–125.00	$119.46	$1,966	—
1405–2115	1802	12	120.00–137.00	$130.32	$2,348	+2.07

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1130	907	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	127.50–180.00	$162.64	$1,475
720–1400	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	98.00–131.00	$111.48	$1,266

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1025	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	120.00–155.00	$131.06	$1,035
785–930	831	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	99.00–115.00	$106.78	$887

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–945	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	72.00–87.00	$80.35	$699

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1220	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	88.00–91.00	$89.34	$976

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1350	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,357.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,125.00	$1,125.00
980–1113	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,629.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
987	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	940.00	$940.00
1033–1170	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,042.04

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–988	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	550.00–1,000.00	$896.90

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–980	881	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	825.00–1,075.00	$874.29
932–978	960	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,122.30

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1175	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,310.00	—
1052	1052	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1025	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,042.11	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1181	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,600.00–1,775.00	$1,646.67	-30.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–950	826	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,000.00–1,450.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.