Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 26, 2024

4,986 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $328.22/cwt +30.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,828/hd at 557 lb · 294 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $267.13/cwt +14.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,905/hd at 713 lb · 244 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $246.05/cwt -0.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,924/hd at 782 lb · 173 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,986	6,172	4,714
Feeder cattle	4,057	4,999	3,832
Slaughter cattle	574	610	546
Replacement cattle	355	563	336

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, yearling steers steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 4.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–279	278	14	365.00–370.00	$367.13	$1,021	—
311	311	5	362.50	$362.50	$1,127	+8.82
350–385	363	51	342.50–377.50	$356.80	$1,295	+8.56
400–449	427	72	332.50–392.00	$347.33	$1,483	+11.20
462–497	482	47	325.00–358.00	$340.98	$1,644	+10.30
500–543	519	95	305.00–343.00	$320.68	$1,664	+1.59
556–580	557	294	297.50–329.85	$328.22	$1,828	+30.96
601–616	611	74	273.00–304.00	$283.91	$1,735	+2.46
650–685	665	132	262.00–289.50	$278.97	$1,855	+8.77
705–721	713	244	258.00–271.50	$267.13	$1,905	+14.90
758–790	782	173	244.50–250.50	$246.05	$1,924	-0.81
819–822	819	60	239.50–242.50	$242.35	$1,985	+2.62
853	853	14	236.00	$236.00	$2,013	+3.50
904–937	931	57	218.00–228.00	$219.97	$2,048	—
960	960	54	213.00	$213.00	$2,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,129	+4.77
355–399	372	22	307.50–335.00	$325.51	$1,211	+4.85
418–442	435	34	312.50–330.00	$321.89	$1,400	+8.25
454–493	474	45	302.50–322.50	$314.20	$1,489	+8.00
502–548	522	47	270.00–302.50	$289.68	$1,512	-3.85
565 value added	565	5	284.00	$284.00	$1,605	—
562–592	582	143	272.00–295.00	$289.53	$1,685	+13.63
604–645	625	45	246.00–270.00	$261.84	$1,636	+2.31
660–682	673	14	240.00–252.00	$246.87	$1,661	-2.65
705–742	721	14	222.50–245.00	$237.41	$1,712	+1.09
754–785	764	29	222.50–240.00	$233.81	$1,786	+0.99
805–818	815	9	205.00–224.00	$219.83	$1,792	-1.82
872	872	12	215.00	$215.00	$1,875	-6.50
992	992	10	190.00	$190.00	$1,885	-19.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–426	424	8	265.00–287.50	$276.18	$1,171	-13.82
462–490	480	14	248.00–281.00	$265.47	$1,274	-19.53
538	538	11	268.00	$268.00	$1,442	+4.59
558–598	578	6	262.00–265.00	$263.45	$1,523	+2.93
636	636	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,495	-1.33
688	688	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,634	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	13	306.00	$306.00	$1,524	—
685	685	11	254.00	$254.00	$1,740	—
806	806	5	227.50	$227.50	$1,834	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	12	271.00	$271.00	$1,837	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	6	272.50	$272.50	$1,406	—
671	671	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,711	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–288	284	13	312.50–340.00	$333.96	$948	-18.54
325–340	332	10	300.00–303.00	$300.92	$999	-1.15
360–393	376	33	299.00–325.00	$314.77	$1,184	+9.87
400–448	416	42	290.00–307.50	$298.36	$1,241	+4.13
450–498	471	85	277.00–306.00	$289.61	$1,364	+5.78
503–545	524	126	263.00–297.00	$276.78	$1,450	+5.37
550–597	581	122	250.00–280.00	$266.18	$1,547	+3.71
610–644	635	63	242.50–252.00	$246.15	$1,563	-4.71
654–686	667	128	233.50–253.50	$240.28	$1,603	+7.78
705–732	718	131	221.00–234.50	$231.47	$1,662	+5.15
762–763	762	44	221.00–221.50	$221.31	$1,686	+2.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	334	19	267.50–280.00	$276.13	$922	-9.95
358–393	385	25	260.00–290.00	$279.63	$1,077	-4.61
400–445	431	34	265.00–288.00	$276.89	$1,193	+1.39
451–498	481	56	254.00–274.00	$263.90	$1,269	+3.95
510–545	531	45	242.50–259.00	$248.71	$1,321	+2.27
557–599	577	52	230.00–250.00	$243.76	$1,406	+6.79
600–648	628	27	217.50–241.00	$231.30	$1,453	-1.01
660–686	675	39	225.00–230.00	$228.70	$1,544	+9.46
748	748	10	214.00	$214.00	$1,601	+2.27
762–789	773	24	200.00–215.00	$209.69	$1,621	-1.44
815–831	827	38	195.00–208.50	$204.32	$1,690	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	275.00	$275.00	$921	—
360	360	2	235.00	$235.00	$846	-19.44
412–448	423	14	242.50–255.00	$252.31	$1,067	+4.92
468–472	470	13	225.00–242.50	$237.87	$1,118	+2.83
512–548	521	18	195.00–225.00	$215.51	$1,123	-18.67
570	570	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,197	-3.08
605–645	625	27	183.00–215.00	$204.88	$1,280	+15.66
692–695	693	8	190.00–213.00	$204.35	$1,416	+4.35
730	730	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,350	—
768	768	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,421	—
831	831	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,371	+24.00
874–887	886	38	130.00–138.00	$137.17	$1,215	—
920	920	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,196	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	30	262.50	$262.50	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–339	328	9	225.00–230.00	$228.45	$749	—
646	646	10	150.00	$150.00	$969	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	5	276.00	$276.00	$1,317	-1.00
572	572	10	267.00	$267.00	$1,527	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	6	238.00	$238.00	$1,276	—
698	698	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,501	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	321.00	$321.00	$1,255	-6.50
435	435	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,327	+45.00
601–635	613	25	225.00–250.00	$241.40	$1,480	+2.61
662	662	5	227.50	$227.50	$1,506	-0.36
727–741	734	10	215.00–220.00	$217.48	$1,596	—
779	779	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,655	—
858	858	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	6	280.00	$280.00	$1,333	-21.67
506–515	508	9	272.50–290.00	$286.06	$1,453	+7.98
554–590	573	13	258.00–276.00	$268.30	$1,537	+4.92
638	638	8	256.00	$256.00	$1,633	+3.50
660	660	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,676	+10.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–489	485	8	277.50–286.00	$281.79	$1,367	—
525	525	8	247.50	$247.50	$1,299	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1930	1401	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,000.00–2,900.00	$2,496.88	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1040	901	85-90%	15	50.00–70.00	$63.10	$569	—
750–1230	904	85-90%	71	73.00–92.00	$84.26	$762	—
810–1175	1064	85-90%	40	99.00–114.00	$106.66	$1,135	—
825–1155	1081	85-90%	76	90.00–103.00	$99.31	$1,074	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1300	1139	80-85%	18	92.00–99.00	$96.94	$1,104	—
885–1385	1199	80-85%	86	100.00–113.00	$108.30	$1,299	-6.24
1055–1395	1252	80-85%	55	113.00–125.00	$116.39	$1,457	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1835	1437	75-80%	68	116.00–129.00	$120.64	$1,734	—
1280–1865	1451	75-80%	46	103.00–118.00	$110.92	$1,609	-5.44
1355–1560	1462	75-80%	8	93.00–101.00	$97.96	$1,432	-18.40

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1670	1354	13	100.00–116.00	$110.57	$1,497	—
1270–2025	1680	42	118.00–133.00	$125.33	$2,106	-1.93
1278–2495	1717	28	133.00–150.00	$138.10	$2,371	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–850	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	130.00–167.00	$144.45	$1,112
700–1055	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	104.00–127.50	$116.92	$1,023

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–980	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	145.00–167.50	$160.93	$1,481
1100–1245	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	104.00–132.00	$119.88	$1,377

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1225	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	99.00–105.00	$100.79	$973

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1235	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,350.00–2,400.00	$2,043.67
1055–1370	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,360.00–2,500.00	$1,679.03

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
866–975	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,386.14
700–1097	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	800.00–1,400.00	$1,146.45

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–980	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,417.62
890–1065	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,504.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1520	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,600.00–2,125.00	$1,914.33
1335–1460	1398	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,585.00–1,600.00	$1,592.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1227	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,265.21

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–825	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	550.00–750.00	$666.70

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1375	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	40	3,425.00–3,925.00	$3,616.88	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130–1280	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,975.00–2,200.00	$2,079.17	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1035	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,400.00–1,825.00	$1,665.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	-228.57

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	12	183.00	$183.00	$926	—

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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.