Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 11, 2024

4,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $302.86/cwt +12.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,436/hd at 474 lb · 155 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.88/cwt -2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,508/hd at 611 lb · 114 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $277.37/cwt +6.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,589/hd at 573 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,000	4,942	4,710
Feeder cattle	3,113	4,084	3,704
Slaughter cattle	375	447	588
Replacement cattle	512	411	418

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders under 650 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Late week feeders 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	37	320.00–355.00	$334.22	$1,110	+2.98
350–397	373	35	310.00–355.00	$334.34	$1,247	+5.83
400–449	424	25	297.50–335.00	$315.35	$1,337	-10.37
452–499	478	93	300.00–344.00	$326.76	$1,562	+12.46
500–547	519	65	275.00–315.00	$299.93	$1,557	+1.26
571	571	6	242.50	$242.50	$1,385	-40.21
558–586	574	36	280.00–305.00	$293.12	$1,683	+10.41
608–648	631	54	250.00–279.00	$265.94	$1,678	-1.95
664–692	677	32	250.00–271.00	$263.11	$1,781	+2.66
741	741	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,741	—
775	775	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,628	-40.00
805–842	826	47	215.00–228.00	$223.03	$1,842	-7.98
863–870	866	9	192.50–210.00	$202.19	$1,751	-20.89
1135	1135	5	174.00	$174.00	$1,975	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–337	336	5	362.50–397.50	$383.55	$1,289	+19.05
360–398	384	40	337.50–400.00	$371.28	$1,426	+22.28
400–444	430	23	325.00–377.50	$352.15	$1,514	-3.27
450–498	478	93	322.50–381.00	$355.41	$1,699	+2.97
510–548	541	79	294.00–336.00	$327.17	$1,770	+8.44
550–592	568	39	296.00–325.00	$311.72	$1,771	+4.74
601–646	616	84	274.00–315.00	$296.81	$1,828	+6.25
682	682	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,835	-9.07
703	703	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,849	-10.73
814	814	9	238.00	$238.00	$1,937	-2.04
987	987	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,082	—
367–397	387	15	292.50–310.00	$302.67	$1,171	-2.33
446	446	4	272.50	$272.50	$1,215	-19.08
465–498	485	8	270.00–281.00	$276.03	$1,339	-8.53
533	533	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,359	-0.41
555–565	559	11	235.00–268.00	$255.18	$1,426	+6.43
649	649	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,460	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	5	309.00	$309.00	$1,251	-18.50
557	557	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,560	—
695	695	28	240.00	$240.00	$1,668	-19.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	5	312.00	$312.00	$1,544	+12.00
597	597	7	287.50	$287.50	$1,716	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,617	—
552	552	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,710	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–379	374	34	320.00–333.00	$328.19	$1,227	+18.96
400–449	428	57	292.50–318.00	$306.62	$1,312	-3.97
452–489	474	155	285.00–315.00	$302.86	$1,436	+12.10
507–532	517	45	257.00–297.00	$281.71	$1,456	-3.20
552–590	573	111	255.00–290.00	$277.37	$1,589	+6.43
603–631	611	114	232.00–253.00	$246.88	$1,508	-2.28
653–695	671	107	226.00–243.00	$236.67	$1,588	-3.46
751–770	761	41	222.00–225.00	$223.37	$1,700	+0.37
810–826	821	34	208.00–215.00	$210.23	$1,726	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	319	31	275.00–302.50	$292.65	$934	+19.90
350–398	377	15	275.00–297.50	$281.50	$1,061	+3.94
405–448	429	47	262.50–292.50	$279.53	$1,199	-3.34
455–499	476	99	265.00–282.50	$275.19	$1,310	+7.07
506–544	531	52	230.00–265.00	$256.33	$1,361	-4.95
557–596	574	72	227.00–260.00	$249.07	$1,430	+3.41
642–648	645	43	225.00–242.00	$237.23	$1,530	-1.23
650–698	688	60	200.00–233.00	$224.45	$1,544	+5.51
701–738	723	11	200.00–220.00	$207.05	$1,497	-9.11
752–761	760	27	195.00–220.00	$217.25	$1,651	+15.94
830–847	844	11	175.00–204.00	$180.19	$1,521	—
860	860	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	6	260.00	$260.00	$876	±0.00
350–395	365	15	247.00–272.50	$262.55	$958	+3.41
401–435	412	11	235.00–252.50	$244.09	$1,006	-0.91
452–498	480	22	167.50–250.00	$232.79	$1,117	-3.54
628–635	632	8	180.00–185.00	$181.86	$1,149	—
665	665	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,297	—
896	896	19	132.50	$132.50	$1,187	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	5	292.50	$292.50	$1,234	—
507	507	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,470	—
604	604	5	253.00	$253.00	$1,528	-4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	-5.00
789	789	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,460	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	9	305.00	$305.00	$1,418	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,048	—
365–395	385	9	253.00–305.00	$269.43	$1,037	—
480	480	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,387	+6.50
513–540	526	15	250.00–265.00	$255.86	$1,346	-21.64
608–609	609	8	230.00–240.00	$233.75	$1,424	-11.25
720–733	727	6	219.00–229.00	$224.04	$1,629	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–382	368	6	300.00–330.00	$315.59	$1,161	—
465	465	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,395	-17.50
524–541	531	20	270.00–297.50	$284.05	$1,508	—
620	620	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,566	—
658	658	6	252.00	$252.00	$1,658	+12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,348	—
622	622	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,437	+48.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1598–1620	1605	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,550.00–2,625.00	$2,599.77	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1035	859	85-90%	8	60.00–75.00	$66.25	$569	—
700–1090	899	85-90%	25	77.00–99.00	$89.50	$805	—
755–1305	998	85-90%	42	99.00–112.00	$106.64	$1,064	—
820–1280	1043	85-90%	37	110.00–127.00	$117.50	$1,226	+7.19

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1295	1128	80-85%	7	92.00–101.00	$99.14	$1,118	—
1030–1395	1176	80-85%	71	106.00–123.50	$116.80	$1,374	+6.10
1050–1305	1178	80-85%	25	122.00–140.00	$127.16	$1,498	+16.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1655	1436	75-80%	22	125.00–138.50	$130.26	$1,871	+28.47
1360–1475	1437	75-80%	6	105.00–109.00	$107.19	$1,540	+5.40
1310–1965	1473	75-80%	45	107.50–125.00	$119.35	$1,758	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1630	1382	8	120.00–126.00	$124.46	$1,720	—
1240–2200	1628	30	122.50–140.00	$133.98	$2,181	—
1245–2100	1698	15	140.00–159.00	$148.77	$2,526	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–880	782	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	150.00–180.00	$163.60	$1,279
700–1035	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	117.50–137.50	$130.13	$1,170

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1157	1102	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	142.50–150.00	$146.08	$1,610
1063–1385	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	114.00–137.00	$128.57	$1,495

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–990	873	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	98.00–114.00	$106.22	$927

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
998	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,697

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1247	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	71	1,575.00–2,200.00	$1,913.02
975–1105	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	1,650.00–2,000.00	$1,905.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1071–1345	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,775.00–1,900.00	$1,802.41
1101–1443	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	64	1,575.00–2,300.00	$2,028.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1500	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,433.56

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1090	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	950.00–1,550.00	$1,281.87

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1245	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,252.84

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1100	1013	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,275.00–2,100.00	$1,651.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1025	943	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–2,300.00	$2,017.49

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1028–1100	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,900.00–3,000.00	$2,966.67	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745–1050	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,150.00–2,350.00	$1,720.83	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1160–1445	1292	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–2,650.00	$2,516.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1350	1292	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,025.00–2,200.00	$2,141.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	145.00	$145.00	$489	—
740	740	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—
762	762	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,238	—

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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.