Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 4, 2024

4,942 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $306.98/cwt -21.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,753/hd at 571 lb · 242 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $249.16/cwt +3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,572/hd at 631 lb · 234 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $282.71/cwt -6.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,631/hd at 577 lb · 166 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,942	4,986	4,142
Feeder cattle	4,084	4,057	3,305
Slaughter cattle	447	574	447
Replacement cattle	411	355	390

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Late week feeders unevenly steady from 1.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–336	328	13	360.00–375.00	$364.50	$1,196	+2.00
356–382	369	40	343.00–360.00	$349.00	$1,288	-7.80
400–447	433	54	350.00–380.00	$355.42	$1,539	+8.09
452–488	470	65	320.00–370.00	$352.44	$1,656	+11.46
502–548	518	118	312.00–332.00	$318.73	$1,651	-1.95
555–594	571	242	296.00–313.00	$306.98	$1,753	-21.24
607–642	623	125	278.00–299.00	$290.56	$1,810	+6.65
660–685	673	120	265.00–287.00	$278.07	$1,871	-0.90
702–732	719	89	267.00–280.00	$273.73	$1,968	+6.60
764–787	780	51	245.00–250.00	$246.97	$1,926	+0.92
802–845	833	59	235.00–246.50	$240.04	$2,000	-2.31
1101	1101	9	186.00	$186.00	$2,048	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	321	14	315.00–337.50	$331.24	$1,063	-8.76
354–396	384	44	312.50–344.00	$328.51	$1,261	+3.00
402–445	425	65	317.50–349.00	$325.72	$1,384	+3.83
450–499	470	80	302.00–327.50	$314.30	$1,477	+0.10
471 unweaned	471	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,342	—
500–543	533	117	275.00–309.00	$298.67	$1,592	+8.99
550–594	577	166	259.00–296.00	$282.71	$1,631	-6.82
603–649	625	44	250.00–276.00	$267.89	$1,674	+6.05
651–691	678	123	243.00–270.50	$260.45	$1,766	+13.58
766	766	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,915	+16.19
830–841	836	8	230.00–232.00	$231.01	$1,931	+11.18
873–894	891	23	210.00–225.00	$223.08	$1,988	+8.08
994	994	10	211.00	$211.00	$2,097	+21.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,205	—
417–442	430	6	280.00–302.50	$291.58	$1,254	+15.40
468–495	483	26	235.00–295.00	$284.56	$1,374	+19.09
510–542	531	17	232.00–262.50	$255.41	$1,356	-12.59
555–596	582	26	225.00–263.00	$248.75	$1,448	-14.70
650–660	652	5	220.00–241.00	$224.25	$1,462	—
815	815	10	203.00	$203.00	$1,654	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,392	—
689	689	10	259.00	$259.00	$1,785	+4.00
1015–1020	1017	3	180.00–190.00	$183.34	$1,865	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,434	-6.00
539	539	6	278.00	$278.00	$1,498	—
623	623	5	254.00	$254.00	$1,582	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,408	—
562	562	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,391	—
617	617	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,481	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,905	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	8	325.00	$325.00	$887	-8.96
320–343	326	11	310.00–312.50	$311.78	$1,016	+10.86
380–398	389	35	307.50–312.50	$309.23	$1,203	-5.54
402–449	429	93	295.00–317.50	$310.59	$1,332	+12.23
456–498	479	133	282.50–312.50	$290.76	$1,393	+1.15
502–548	531	131	270.00–307.50	$284.91	$1,513	+8.13
552–597	568	94	256.00–279.00	$270.94	$1,539	+4.76
605–647	631	234	238.50–268.00	$249.16	$1,572	+3.01
653–668	661	57	236.00–245.00	$240.13	$1,587	-0.15
695	695	25	225.00	$225.00	$1,564	-15.28
700–742	730	46	226.00–229.25	$227.17	$1,658	-4.30
763	763	8	223.00	$223.00	$1,701	+1.69
925	925	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,906	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–333	320	12	265.00–280.00	$272.75	$873	-3.38
355–397	378	33	265.00–290.00	$277.56	$1,049	-2.07
410–449	428	42	272.50–290.00	$282.87	$1,211	+5.98
452–497	477	51	254.00–277.50	$268.12	$1,279	+4.22
504–548	530	94	245.00–272.50	$261.28	$1,385	+12.57
561–599	584	42	233.00–252.50	$245.66	$1,435	+1.90
605–639	629	31	225.00–245.00	$238.46	$1,500	+7.16
655–697	681	9	205.00–225.00	$218.94	$1,491	-9.76
712–735	726	25	205.00–220.00	$216.16	$1,569	+2.16
762–770	765	9	194.00–205.00	$201.31	$1,540	-8.38
1070	1070	21	175.00	$175.00	$1,872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	6	260.00	$260.00	$889	-15.00
378–388	384	18	250.00–270.00	$259.14	$995	+24.14
427	427	7	245.00	$245.00	$1,046	-7.31
479–480	479	6	229.00–240.00	$236.33	$1,132	-1.54
535–545	537	17	240.00–247.50	$242.37	$1,302	+26.86
560–575	568	2	225.00–230.00	$227.53	$1,292	+17.53
974	974	30	132.50	$132.50	$1,291	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	267.50	$267.50	$1,035	—
636	636	24	240.00	$240.00	$1,526	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	13	298.00	$298.00	$1,466	+22.00
612	612	7	257.00	$257.00	$1,573	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	8	160.00	$160.00	$950	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	6	227.00	$227.00	$1,630	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	4	191.00	$191.00	$1,318	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,200	-5.00
468–469	469	10	280.00–292.50	$282.50	$1,325	—
518	518	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,437	—
551–597	580	22	243.00–265.00	$246.58	$1,430	—
636	636	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,558	+3.60
672	672	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,593	+9.50
755–767	764	4	183.00–219.00	$191.89	$1,466	-20.61
832	832	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,672	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–402	401	7	300.00–325.00	$310.74	$1,246	—
470	470	5	317.50	$317.50	$1,492	+37.50
587–589	588	15	255.00–272.50	$266.65	$1,568	-1.65
655	655	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,572	-14.00
700–704	702	13	227.50–230.00	$228.65	$1,605	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	9	232.50	$232.50	$1,146	-49.29
626	626	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,142	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1875	1875	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–830	785	85-90%	6	60.00–67.00	$63.76	$501	—
760–1330	931	85-90%	75	70.00–95.00	$84.78	$789	+0.52
740–1250	1026	85-90%	23	107.00–119.00	$110.31	$1,132	—
700–1315	1199	85-90%	87	91.00–107.50	$99.95	$1,198	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1345	1154	80-85%	88	104.00–118.00	$110.70	$1,277	—
1055–1280	1203	80-85%	11	90.00–107.50	$99.31	$1,195	—
1125–1395	1211	80-85%	22	116.00–125.00	$118.69	$1,437	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1900	1427	75-80%	35	106.00–117.00	$112.81	$1,610	-7.83
1320–1528	1441	75-80%	8	97.00–106.00	$101.79	$1,467	-18.85
1265–1800	1502	75-80%	28	118.00–130.50	$122.14	$1,835	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1908	1908	65-75%	3	117.00	$117.00	$2,232	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1670	1423	8	109.00–122.00	$113.55	$1,616	—
1250–2860	1825	38	121.00–139.00	$129.85	$2,370	—
1525–2155	1833	14	136.00–154.00	$142.99	$2,621	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1075	834	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	107.00–142.50	$122.07	$1,018

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–975	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	131.00–132.00	$131.42	$1,097
825–1120	948	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	140.00–187.00	$169.70	$1,609
795–1190	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	115.00–140.00	$126.14	$1,312

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1415	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,425.00–1,650.00	$1,500.41
860–1425	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	61	1,400.00–2,250.00	$1,883.21

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–840	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	625.00–650.00	$636.67
725–1070	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	800.00–1,400.00	$1,121.74
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1235	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,450.00–2,000.00	$1,730.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1086–1275	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,850.00–2,700.00	$2,363.87

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–780	717	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	400.00–800.00	$627.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1220	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,291.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–970	890	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,213.67

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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
1125–1270	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	2,300.00–2,650.00	$2,571.05	—
1300–1400	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	3,150.00–3,200.00	$3,156.25	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1075	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,125.00–2,650.00	$2,372.92	—
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915–1000	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,633.33	—
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.