Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 5, 2024

8,198 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $262.94/cwt +11.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,777/hd at 676 lb · 471 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.02/cwt +6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,493/hd at 622 lb · 453 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $269.78/cwt -2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,673/hd at 620 lb · 424 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,198	9,064	5,516
Feeder cattle	7,276	8,272	4,751
Slaughter cattle	586	544	492
Replacement cattle	336	248	273

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders 3.00 to 6.00 higher, spots 5.00 to 10.00 higher on feeders; late week steers 2.00 to 8.00 lower and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	336	12	340.00–360.00	$349.26	$1,174	+14.92
350–395	368	101	332.50–360.00	$345.54	$1,272	+4.01
405–449	426	69	320.00–345.00	$334.03	$1,423	-0.34
450–493	466	152	315.00–347.50	$327.49	$1,526	+0.07
502–545	524	159	290.00–326.00	$311.46	$1,632	+0.43
552–592	567	242	282.00–309.50	$292.87	$1,661	-5.44
600–644	620	424	258.00–287.00	$269.78	$1,673	-1.51
654–696	676	471	252.00–273.00	$262.94	$1,777	+11.58
700–724	718	152	240.00–266.00	$257.22	$1,847	+16.05
750–779	755	87	235.00–260.00	$251.19	$1,896	+21.39
808–828	818	66	224.00–235.00	$231.28	$1,892	+3.85
855–890	884	85	225.00–235.00	$226.20	$2,000	-0.05
953	953	11	210.00	$210.00	$2,001	-2.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	333	27	300.00–307.50	$302.39	$1,007	-30.20
368–398	387	30	300.00–325.00	$310.07	$1,200	-10.48
402–448	429	41	285.00–318.00	$301.50	$1,293	-11.44
454–498	479	77	285.00–314.00	$301.16	$1,443	+3.33
504–549	524	218	269.00–300.00	$285.89	$1,498	-1.18
557–599	581	186	255.00–288.00	$270.20	$1,570	+3.95
600–649	633	154	232.00–260.00	$254.12	$1,609	+2.77
659–698	679	124	230.00–253.00	$245.43	$1,666	+4.59
712–744	725	95	215.00–230.50	$226.76	$1,644	-0.16
751–790	768	94	209.00–233.00	$227.21	$1,745	+4.72
842	842	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,768	+0.48
890	890	11	220.00	$220.00	$1,958	+12.28
910–921	918	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,974	+12.08
1022	1022	10	200.50	$200.50	$2,049	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	8	345.00	$345.00	$1,401	—
474–490	484	14	300.00–307.00	$304.55	$1,474	—
530	530	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,590	—
601	601	25	286.00	$286.00	$1,719	—
682	682	50	275.00	$275.00	$1,876	+27.00
714	714	23	240.00	$240.00	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	275.00	$275.00	$957	—
435	435	18	280.00	$280.00	$1,218	+22.22
461–498	481	15	262.50–285.00	$268.25	$1,290	-2.37
542–547	544	10	255.00–271.00	$266.17	$1,448	+9.67
572–598	581	19	217.50–253.00	$244.96	$1,423	+1.87
642	642	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,348	-13.97

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	23	283.00	$283.00	$1,715	—
680	680	14	269.00	$269.00	$1,829	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	5	295.00	$295.00	$1,177	±0.00
422–435	426	12	280.00–290.00	$286.60	$1,221	—
512–546	530	19	267.50–280.00	$275.67	$1,461	+5.67

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,177	—
540	540	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,458	—
744	744	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,637	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	—
588	588	11	216.00–227.00	$222.00	$1,305	-5.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–344	337	17	285.00–325.00	$306.62	$1,033	+13.49
350–395	370	93	287.00–315.00	$302.52	$1,119	+6.20
416 fancy	416	18	320.00	$320.00	$1,331	—
410–440	428	76	283.00–309.00	$293.67	$1,257	+6.33
451–496	469	153	268.00–297.00	$282.55	$1,325	+11.80
501–548	532	224	250.00–277.50	$264.35	$1,406	-5.94
551–594	564	198	243.00–265.00	$253.87	$1,432	+5.24
600–646	622	439	227.00–250.00	$239.16	$1,488	+5.84
626	626	14	267.00	$267.00	$1,671	+33.68
650–670	660	128	228.50–245.00	$232.58	$1,535	+8.80
700–730	716	125	210.00–236.00	$228.86	$1,639	+12.11
843	843	28	201.00	$201.00	$1,694	-4.00
928	928	6	197.00	$197.00	$1,828	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	332	20	260.00–275.00	$272.85	$906	-8.65
365–395	378	38	267.50–285.00	$274.25	$1,037	+2.48
405–447	434	90	257.50–280.00	$270.72	$1,175	+18.71
452–498	478	158	247.00–265.00	$256.54	$1,226	+7.33
501–549	529	140	228.00–252.50	$243.82	$1,290	+0.81
552–595	575	151	225.00–243.00	$234.25	$1,347	+3.91
617–648	641	84	205.00–228.00	$223.20	$1,431	+1.76
650–686	673	87	210.00–228.00	$221.11	$1,488	+7.26
710–745	725	51	187.50–212.50	$208.13	$1,509	+1.08
758–762	759	11	186.00–207.00	$201.25	$1,527	+6.57
840	840	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,604	+5.49
859	859	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,632	+19.00
927	927	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,669	—
1018	1018	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	329	15	245.00–262.50	$254.16	$836	+21.66
352–373	369	28	235.00–257.50	$250.05	$923	+23.70
400–434	416	29	229.00–256.00	$247.30	$1,029	+2.30
458–495	477	47	217.50–245.00	$230.18	$1,098	+18.79
502–540	528	49	203.00–225.00	$217.35	$1,148	+3.53
592	592	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,255	-0.87
658–661	660	8	187.50–202.50	$196.89	$1,299	—
810	810	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,336	+6.00
868–872	870	5	150.00–162.50	$155.01	$1,349	—
964–984	979	24	130.00–135.00	$131.23	$1,285	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,011	—
484–498	490	13	239.00–253.00	$245.56	$1,203	—
557	557	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,225	-12.37

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	10	291.00	$291.00	$1,310	—
514	514	6	269.00	$269.00	$1,383	—
674	674	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,516	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	16	235.00	$235.00	$1,391	—
733	733	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,539	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	7	207.50	$207.50	$872	—
498	498	6	200.00	$200.00	$996	—
518	518	5	197.50	$197.50	$1,023	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	13	234.00	$234.00	$1,462	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	9	238.00	$238.00	$1,007	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	7	319.00	$319.00	$1,021	—
364–380	370	13	282.50–302.50	$290.40	$1,074	—
417–418	417	9	260.00–289.00	$282.54	$1,178	+19.54
455–485	470	24	274.00–295.00	$281.59	$1,323	+27.07
520–548	533	19	230.00–251.00	$242.64	$1,293	-2.34
568–588	581	8	257.00–262.50	$259.02	$1,505	+19.21
649	649	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,428	-6.05
678–691	686	13	205.00–207.50	$205.95	$1,413	—
994	994	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434–442	437	12	295.00	$295.00	$1,289	—
482–495	487	9	278.00–317.50	$295.01	$1,437	—
510–547	534	20	263.00–305.00	$273.10	$1,458	-4.40
574	574	6	252.50	$252.50	$1,449	+6.33
654	654	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,504	—
710–712	711	8	219.00–228.00	$224.62	$1,597	+10.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1130	894	85-90%	14	45.00–70.00	$59.96	$536	+0.24
725–1240	1001	85-90%	48	70.00–86.00	$79.12	$792	—
700–1325	1060	85-90%	96	87.00–99.00	$92.91	$985	-1.50
840–1300	1060	85-90%	22	99.00–110.00	$102.92	$1,091	+8.51

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1325	1172	80-85%	107	94.50–107.00	$100.60	$1,179	+6.21
1020–1325	1206	80-85%	31	105.00–119.00	$108.59	$1,310	+4.98
1040–1345	1232	80-85%	30	85.00–94.00	$91.22	$1,124	-19.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1815	1441	75-80%	20	82.50–95.00	$90.33	$1,302	-20.97
1315–1870	1461	75-80%	89	96.00–108.50	$101.76	$1,487	-4.44
1285–1825	1477	75-80%	29	106.00–131.00	$111.49	$1,647	+5.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1855	1580	18	91.00–117.50	$105.58	$1,668	—
1300–2155	1630	37	112.00–129.00	$119.66	$1,950	—
1475–2195	1852	24	129.00–144.00	$134.42	$2,489	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1065	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	95.00–127.50	$113.57	$997
875–999	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	134.00–147.00	$140.05	$1,300

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,793
1135–1225	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	96.00–137.50	$111.41	$1,329

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1220	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,350.00–1,675.00	$1,472.28
1090–1415	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	56	1,300.00–2,100.00	$1,741.78
1335	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–980	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,348.62
890–1075	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,250.00–1,650.00	$1,447.03

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1060	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	800.00–1,250.00	$973.94

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–725	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	450.00–750.00	$625.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1175	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,223.95

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1030	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,783.97
950–1100	1063	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,500.00	$1,421.76

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1100–1322	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,750.00–2,250.00	$2,021.74	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–1075	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,119.23	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–950	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,066.67	—

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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.