Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 25, 2023

5,356 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $237.76/cwt ≈ $2,107/hd at 886 lb · 239 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $301.40/cwt +3.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,408/hd at 467 lb · 178 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $259.49/cwt -8.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,483/hd at 572 lb · 145 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,356	5,347	3,524
Feeder cattle	4,287	4,324	2,348
Slaughter cattle	686	623	602
Replacement cattle	383	400	574

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves uneven from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher, yearlings steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and 2.00 to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	317	5	317.50–332.50	$323.84	$1,027	-13.78
381–388	384	9	313.00–325.00	$319.61	$1,227	+3.38
405–440	416	45	292.50–334.00	$321.82	$1,339	+16.35
454–494	467	178	290.00–322.50	$301.40	$1,408	+3.19
508–548	521	58	275.00–306.00	$285.39	$1,487	-14.61
512–535 unweaned	530	13	285.00–289.00	$288.11	$1,527	—
550–583 unweaned	565	48	270.00–280.00	$273.53	$1,545	-2.92
554–579	574	61	279.00–296.00	$285.16	$1,637	-5.39
603 unweaned	603	13	260.00	$260.00	$1,568	—
600–644	620	120	266.00–288.00	$276.72	$1,716	+0.31
652–688	675	85	259.00–264.00	$262.71	$1,773	-7.42
709–735	717	46	255.00–263.00	$260.33	$1,867	-6.86
758–781	770	69	247.50–250.00	$249.01	$1,917	-7.17
838	838	50	236.00	$236.00	$1,978	-13.44
852–888	886	239	234.00–238.00	$237.76	$2,107	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	3	305.00	$305.00	$952	+13.05
362–397	390	27	278.00–302.50	$293.76	$1,146	-6.35
402–448	416	36	277.50–295.00	$285.78	$1,189	+9.01
457–497	472	41	270.00–290.00	$278.81	$1,316	-1.76
481 unweaned	481	10	265.00	$265.00	$1,275	—
500–543	519	62	256.00–276.00	$266.87	$1,385	-10.31
553–584 unweaned	569	17	230.00–241.00	$235.97	$1,343	—
553–595	572	128	250.00–274.50	$262.61	$1,502	-5.82
600–647	626	98	240.00–260.00	$252.58	$1,581	-1.43
635 unweaned	635	12	235.00	$235.00	$1,492	—
652–695	675	62	239.00–258.00	$247.36	$1,670	-3.65
694 value added	694	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,735	—
704–735	711	38	235.00–257.00	$252.85	$1,798	+36.85
768–784	774	40	239.00–245.00	$241.02	$1,865	-2.98
820–846	835	34	217.50–225.00	$222.65	$1,859	-12.74
872–888	879	28	212.00–231.00	$222.77	$1,958	—
965	965	59	180.00	$180.00	$1,737	-17.00
990	990	22	190.00	$190.00	$1,881	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	265.00	$265.00	$896	—
381–390	384	8	272.50–277.50	$275.60	$1,058	-3.73
400–446	428	17	250.00–267.50	$260.86	$1,116	+15.10
459–478	469	21	247.00–263.00	$254.04	$1,191	+3.64
507–535	518	21	240.00–257.50	$247.28	$1,281	+4.69
554–590	575	11	224.00–250.00	$236.70	$1,361	-12.49
617–630	621	15	240.00–245.00	$244.01	$1,515	+16.32
675	675	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,552	+5.00
671–692	677	22	210.00–245.00	$227.61	$1,541	+2.61
720–747	740	11	216.00–217.50	$216.40	$1,601	+6.40

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	13	252.50	$252.50	$836	—
553–564	556	18	221.00–240.00	$234.65	$1,305	—
796	796	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,433	—
809	809	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–394	385	11	235.00–252.50	$242.00	$932	—
435	435	7	232.00	$232.00	$1,009	+9.50
503	503	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,132	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	10	257.00	$257.00	$1,542	+22.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	6	150.00	$150.00	$812	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	4	262.00	$262.00	$739	—
340–345	343	6	269.00	$269.00	$923	+4.20
350–394	378	13	258.00–265.00	$260.94	$986	-14.98
405–444	428	40	256.00–272.50	$264.35	$1,131	-8.17
451–476 unweaned	464	35	252.50–255.00	$253.41	$1,176	+4.26
454–498	472	59	252.00–275.00	$269.84	$1,274	+12.02
500–537	523	43	250.00–266.00	$258.03	$1,349	-8.93
528–538 unweaned	533	16	242.00–246.00	$244.02	$1,301	-5.96
550–580	564	31	257.00–270.00	$264.33	$1,491	+10.84
559–599 unweaned	574	58	246.00–258.00	$250.42	$1,437	—
608–642	628	49	239.00–256.00	$244.50	$1,535	-13.90
652–699	683	34	239.00–251.00	$246.82	$1,686	-2.73
705–733	720	61	230.00–233.50	$231.70	$1,668	-7.97
771	771	42	230.00	$230.00	$1,773	-10.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	334	18	235.00–252.50	$240.71	$804	-9.29
350–399	384	54	238.00–265.00	$255.97	$983	+3.55
418–442	425	18	232.50–250.00	$242.47	$1,030	-1.26
457–494	479	85	237.50–255.00	$244.93	$1,173	-0.67
500–546	524	123	220.00–251.00	$229.67	$1,203	-11.99
552–596	572	38	220.00–235.00	$224.50	$1,284	-14.88
607–620	611	11	220.00–229.00	$226.24	$1,382	-4.90
668–690	683	47	217.00–226.00	$222.70	$1,521	-4.68
709–718	715	11	210.00–229.00	$222.15	$1,588	-5.36
820	820	10	210.00	$210.00	$1,722	+20.00
890	890	3	183.00	$183.00	$1,629	—
909–942	927	15	175.00–186.00	$180.96	$1,677	-4.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–385	378	21	217.50–230.00	$223.23	$844	+3.45
411–444	425	45	219.00–235.00	$229.07	$974	+7.97
450–498	468	46	210.00–234.00	$220.48	$1,032	+4.97
525–549	536	24	208.00–221.00	$215.79	$1,157	+7.86
563–598	574	30	185.00–225.00	$213.59	$1,226	+16.16
630–649	644	15	200.00–215.00	$207.52	$1,336	—
674–693	680	10	200.00	$200.00	$1,360	+3.04
782	782	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,368	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,140	+10.00
526–549	542	20	232.50–240.00	$234.68	$1,272	—
597	597	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419–440	425	12	160.00–182.50	$170.89	$726	—
458	458	9	200.00	$200.00	$916	—
552	552	5	160.00	$160.00	$883	—
745	745	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,155	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,166	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	4	217.00	$217.00	$953	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	10	255.00	$255.00	$1,010	-28.94
442–444	443	23	240.00–258.00	$247.47	$1,096	+3.10
460–494	471	32	225.00–262.00	$243.02	$1,145	+8.45
522–548	539	21	225.00–240.00	$235.16	$1,268	-9.35
552–596	571	21	226.00–245.00	$234.89	$1,341	+3.56
606–642	626	34	190.00–235.00	$209.13	$1,309	-20.35
703	703	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,406	-2.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–349	342	8	276.00–303.00	$285.77	$977	—
412–437	431	15	260.00–275.00	$267.90	$1,155	-9.10
465–487	475	19	250.00–257.00	$252.97	$1,202	-12.27
504–535	514	15	250.00	$250.00	$1,285	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,073	+16.46
472–485	480	15	202.50–210.00	$207.05	$994	-37.95
554–588	580	22	200.00	$200.00	$1,160	+17.95
636	636	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,425	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	9	217.00	$217.00	$1,139	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1150	839	85-90%	22	50.00–68.00	$60.47	$507	+3.74
750–1330	1006	85-90%	120	70.00–83.00	$78.89	$794	-22.84
850–1150	1014	85-90%	17	93.50–105.00	$98.02	$994	-3.71
850–1295	1096	85-90%	150	80.00–96.00	$89.66	$983	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1375	1187	80-85%	66	80.00–95.00	$88.49	$1,050	-4.60
1070–1290	1194	80-85%	10	104.00–118.00	$106.94	$1,277	+13.85
1030–1385	1238	80-85%	74	95.00–103.00	$99.65	$1,234	-13.76

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1650	1426	75-80%	33	76.00–97.50	$90.92	$1,297	-5.87
1275–1745	1474	75-80%	63	96.00–106.00	$101.95	$1,503	—
1222–1700	1530	75-80%	21	106.50–115.00	$109.58	$1,677	-4.54

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1785	1501	33	80.00–119.00	$107.27	$1,610	—
1290–2015	1664	39	110.00–130.00	$123.37	$2,053	-13.29
1300–1980	1727	25	120.00–149.00	$133.37	$2,303	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–915	822	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	140.00–200.00	$159.58	$1,312
700–1080	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	100.00–131.00	$113.14	$983

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1065	971	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	142.50–205.00	$165.24	$1,604
955–1362	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	100.00–125.00	$112.82	$1,246

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1075	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	83.00–97.00	$90.14	$788

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1340	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	85.00–98.00	$92.25	$1,084

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,485.00	$1,485.00
1050–1505	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	45	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,511.08
1282	1282	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–1025	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	31	800.00–1,175.00	$1,016.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	900.00	$900.00
958–1028	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,175.00–1,400.00	$1,328.48
1100–1270	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,125.59

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195–1378	1264	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,658.90

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1080	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,650.00	$1,388.09

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–725	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	250.00–600.00	$477.62

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–975	956	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,049.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1100–1215	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,518.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1050	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00–2,150.00	$1,860.00	+76.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1192–1370	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,725.00–2,050.00	$1,860.00	—

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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.