Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 11, 2023

5,166 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $259.84/cwt +1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,350/hd at 519 lb · 183 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $261.56/cwt -12.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,148/hd at 439 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $252.31/cwt -2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,587/hd at 629 lb · 147 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,166	4,078	3,747
Feeder cattle	4,189	3,323	3,074
Slaughter cattle	595	488	398
Replacement cattle	382	267	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 6.00 higher while heifers were mixed from 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–349	345	19	300.00–317.00	$311.24	$1,074	+13.20
350–398	371	39	275.00–300.00	$288.63	$1,071	-7.05
407–448	423	39	280.00–302.50	$293.93	$1,243	+10.93
452–488	469	76	265.00–285.00	$273.72	$1,284	-7.32
502–545	524	83	260.00–281.00	$269.25	$1,411	-5.26
552–595	572	108	260.00–280.50	$271.25	$1,552	+4.64
605–649	638	86	240.00–263.00	$255.98	$1,633	+4.41
650–697	678	60	232.00–260.00	$251.98	$1,708	-1.20
701–737	721	52	230.00–250.00	$245.50	$1,770	+7.06
762–793	777	69	226.00–243.50	$235.20	$1,828	-3.25
807	807	10	243.50	$243.50	$1,965	+8.15
863–898	869	100	223.00–233.00	$232.42	$2,020	+19.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–342	338	13	320.00–337.50	$327.06	$1,105	+5.11
351–399	372	11	325.00–339.00	$329.09	$1,224	+2.72
405–410	409	12	312.50–320.00	$318.14	$1,301	+4.14
454–486	466	47	285.00–302.00	$295.88	$1,379	-2.16
454–495 unweaned	466	36	290.00–297.00	$292.19	$1,362	—
510–531	522	76	284.00–312.50	$298.98	$1,561	+0.19
519–524 unweaned	522	34	276.00–277.50	$277.02	$1,446	—
550–585	563	16	284.00–294.00	$289.01	$1,627	-0.29
562–594 unweaned	581	26	285.00–287.00	$285.79	$1,660	—
602–634	622	51	266.00–300.00	$290.01	$1,804	+8.62
600–645 unweaned	628	95	265.00–272.00	$266.55	$1,674	—
650–699	661	47	263.00–284.00	$267.10	$1,766	+4.86
700–737	719	62	252.00–267.00	$263.10	$1,892	-1.48
754–763	762	71	251.50–266.00	$253.12	$1,929	-0.62
840	840	38	234.00	$234.00	$1,966	—
881	881	30	240.75	$240.75	$2,121	—
901	901	39	223.00	$223.00	$2,009	-8.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–318	308	13	275.00–277.50	$276.19	$851	—
378–396	391	11	262.50–267.50	$264.80	$1,035	+6.54
405–440	418	10	261.00–277.50	$271.56	$1,135	+11.62
475–490	485	15	247.50–260.00	$255.00	$1,237	-3.98
532–545	538	20	245.00–260.00	$252.77	$1,360	+4.51
560–590	576	35	240.00–254.00	$247.07	$1,423	+2.65
608–626	619	12	235.00–240.00	$237.05	$1,467	+14.21
917	917	9	185.00	$185.00	$1,696	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–347	341	26	225.00–240.00	$236.17	$805	—
421–424	421	32	245.00–250.00	$245.63	$1,034	+3.13

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,767	—
648	648	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,652	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,955	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	5	259.00	$259.00	$816	—
364–395	376	49	263.00–282.00	$274.83	$1,033	-1.24
423–444 unweaned	430	16	255.00	$255.00	$1,096	—
408–448	440	158	255.00–278.00	$262.22	$1,154	-12.03
451–495	470	74	252.50–273.00	$264.24	$1,242	+4.28
454–485 unweaned	472	39	242.50–250.00	$245.73	$1,160	—
500–532 unweaned	512	46	245.00–250.00	$248.71	$1,273	—
500–548	522	137	251.00–274.50	$263.58	$1,376	+4.86
550–588	559	44	243.00–274.00	$251.32	$1,405	-9.40
567–578 unweaned	575	41	237.50–240.00	$238.21	$1,370	—
605–640	629	147	243.00–268.50	$252.31	$1,587	-2.27
651–681	664	101	240.00–252.00	$247.05	$1,640	+0.98
716–745	732	29	222.00–236.50	$233.88	$1,712	-2.73
779	779	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,737	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	8	242.00–265.00	$256.46	$841	-3.81
357–398	380	63	240.00–257.50	$249.72	$949	+4.63
404–448	424	58	232.50–255.00	$242.74	$1,029	+1.03
455–495	476	77	230.00–247.00	$236.75	$1,127	-6.01
500–544	517	69	225.00–248.00	$235.09	$1,215	-3.56
565–598	585	54	225.00–249.00	$233.21	$1,364	-2.23
604–648	625	61	220.00–240.00	$229.04	$1,432	-2.60
653–686	675	36	220.00–235.00	$228.43	$1,542	-1.94
727	727	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,563	-4.70
791	791	12	186.00	$186.00	$1,471	—
835	835	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,720	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–348	326	8	232.50–242.50	$238.60	$778	+11.81
385	385	8	238.00	$238.00	$916	+12.63
412–432	422	31	210.00–235.00	$219.34	$926	-3.64
450–492	460	34	210.00–230.00	$215.80	$993	+0.03
508–530	521	8	209.00–226.00	$218.63	$1,139	+7.36
601–645	616	15	210.00–224.00	$214.62	$1,322	+1.62
651–680	665	14	200.00–210.00	$205.76	$1,368	-6.74
715	715	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,323	-5.00
882	882	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,147	-24.52
922–942	934	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,214	-26.19
1007–1012	1010	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–316	314	55	200.00–212.50	$207.19	$651	—
353–398	376	6	200.00	$200.00	$752	—
619	619	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,238	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424–435	428	6	240.00–247.50	$242.54	$1,038	+1.48
502–530	519	14	230.00–242.50	$235.70	$1,223	-0.01
574	574	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,320	—
667	667	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,427	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–381	380	7	207.50–210.00	$209.29	$795	—
510	510	3	180.00	$180.00	$918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,621	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	12	277.50	$277.50	$927	+22.76
398	398	3	272.00	$272.00	$1,083	+7.42
409–445	423	20	250.00–255.00	$252.38	$1,068	-5.24
458–495	478	41	230.00–265.00	$242.34	$1,158	-16.48
508–538	520	65	225.00–255.00	$236.00	$1,227	-10.13
563	563	5	238.00	$238.00	$1,340	-2.60
600–647	631	31	210.00–236.00	$225.89	$1,425	-3.46
658–699	680	29	204.00–241.00	$223.25	$1,518	-16.75
885	885	7	185.00	$185.00	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	5	287.50	$287.50	$1,159	+30.63
465–498	487	34	250.00–265.00	$254.42	$1,239	-9.31
504–548	528	28	249.00–260.00	$252.32	$1,332	-9.92
551–580	562	8	239.00–252.50	$244.23	$1,373	-5.77
600–635	616	20	241.00–255.00	$246.00	$1,515	±0.00
655	655	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,579	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,002	—
445–448	446	5	250.00–252.50	$251.50	$1,122	+6.19
456–491	473	20	200.00–250.00	$229.02	$1,083	—
584	584	18	245.00	$245.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1560	1455	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,950.00–2,950.00	$2,486.08	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1180	815	85-90%	19	38.00–71.50	$57.92	$472	—
735–1215	930	85-90%	43	100.00–110.00	$103.34	$961	+19.74
710–1290	985	85-90%	54	70.00–88.00	$82.57	$813	-14.36
700–1260	1020	85-90%	96	89.00–104.00	$95.02	$969	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1380	1185	80-85%	64	100.00–112.00	$105.16	$1,246	-2.25
1065–1395	1202	80-85%	65	82.50–103.00	$96.97	$1,166	—
1010–1355	1205	80-85%	17	110.50–120.00	$115.15	$1,388	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1685	1432	75-80%	25	116.00–122.00	$116.90	$1,674	+5.34
1270–1965	1452	75-80%	61	104.00–115.00	$109.31	$1,587	-10.21
1290–1860	1462	75-80%	24	90.00–104.00	$98.32	$1,437	-21.20

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1985	1454	19	93.00–118.00	$109.02	$1,585	—
1380–2150	1671	25	110.00–132.00	$123.61	$2,066	—
1325–2090	1770	18	122.50–147.00	$134.29	$2,377	-6.32

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005–1150	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	125.00–172.50	$158.97	$1,696
925–1290	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	99.00–127.50	$111.52	$1,281

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1040	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	102.00–142.00	$123.69	$1,088

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,620

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1325	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,225.00–1,700.00	$1,314.08
1045–1335	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,250.00–1,750.00	$1,541.53

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1080	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,390.99
903	903	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00
865–1038	973	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,175.00–1,525.00	$1,376.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1167–1365	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,625.00–1,950.00	$1,792.30

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–998	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	725.00–1,150.00	$1,036.41

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
939	939	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1115	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,110.97

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1263	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,780.77	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–950	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–935	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,400.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	725.00	$725.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.