Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 18, 2024

3,745 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $323.01/cwt -3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,547/hd at 479 lb · 139 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $317.26/cwt +10.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,345/hd at 424 lb · 111 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $310.89/cwt +14.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,924/hd at 619 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,745	4,000	3,872
Feeder cattle	3,089	3,113	3,044
Slaughter cattle	376	375	441
Replacement cattle	280	512	387

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher. spots 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
302–348	323	31	330.00–360.00	$345.45	$1,116	+11.23
357–395	378	42	323.00–358.00	$341.71	$1,292	+7.37
405–445	426	55	320.00–347.50	$337.74	$1,439	+22.39
452–498	479	139	300.00–341.00	$323.01	$1,547	-3.75
522–549	537	54	291.00–318.00	$309.75	$1,663	+9.82
550–599	584	77	277.50–308.00	$293.35	$1,713	+0.23
600–630	614	23	273.00–287.00	$279.71	$1,717	+13.77
662–690	679	66	250.00–277.00	$264.52	$1,796	+1.41
700–740	711	15	240.00–260.00	$247.05	$1,757	+12.05
771	771	9	243.50	$243.50	$1,877	+33.50
829	829	67	235.50	$235.50	$1,952	+12.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	8	405.00	$405.00	$1,195	—
372 thin fleshed	372	14	410.00	$410.00	$1,525	—
355–397	382	20	355.00–382.50	$367.34	$1,403	-3.94
408–431	418	53	352.50–383.00	$363.17	$1,518	+11.02
450–492	473	46	330.00–360.00	$350.26	$1,657	-5.15
502–549	522	55	320.00–351.00	$330.07	$1,723	+2.90
558–597	578	46	295.00–320.00	$316.43	$1,829	+4.71
608 fancy	608	10	325.00	$325.00	$1,976	—
600–638	620	94	290.00–323.00	$309.39	$1,918	+12.58
658–695	665	49	284.00–295.50	$287.65	$1,913	+18.65
697	697	27	256.00	$256.00	$1,784	-13.00
702–742	720	43	270.00–287.00	$278.54	$2,005	+15.54
768–792	785	11	241.00–246.00	$242.33	$1,902	—
804–841	825	82	240.00–248.50	$246.75	$2,036	+8.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	312.50–315.00	$313.74	$1,060	+3.74
364–398	377	14	305.00–330.00	$321.04	$1,210	+18.37
415–430	425	3	300.00–307.50	$305.06	$1,297	+32.56
462–499	485	40	250.00–314.00	$301.89	$1,464	+25.86
551–585	568	11	253.00–271.00	$265.71	$1,509	+10.53
605–635	631	14	224.00–240.00	$237.84	$1,501	+12.84
959	959	6	178.00	$178.00	$1,707	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	15	251.00	$251.00	$1,039	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	13	318.00	$318.00	$1,326	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
722	722	12	267.00	$267.00	$1,928	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,049	—
562	562	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,169	—
641	641	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,282	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	2	210.00	$210.00	$781	—
612	612	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,059	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–334	325	20	335.00–344.00	$340.55	$1,107	—
354–387	369	25	313.00–335.00	$324.38	$1,197	-3.81
405–448	424	111	307.00–327.00	$317.26	$1,345	+10.64
454–495	466	75	287.50–315.00	$300.44	$1,400	-2.42
500 thin fleshed	500	28	322.00	$322.00	$1,610	—
500–538	518	65	272.50–313.00	$292.03	$1,513	+10.32
558–564	559	59	263.00–278.00	$273.52	$1,529	-3.85
600–640	613	81	250.00–263.00	$255.54	$1,566	+8.66
654–678	667	37	232.00–243.00	$236.86	$1,580	+0.19
727	727	5	231.50	$231.50	$1,683	—
757	757	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,688	-0.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	6	287.50–312.50	$299.45	$997	+6.80
360–393	375	62	271.00–319.00	$306.76	$1,150	+25.26
414–448	427	25	277.50–305.00	$294.05	$1,256	+14.52
448 unweaned	448	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,295	—
452–498	483	87	260.00–296.00	$277.80	$1,342	+2.61
512–549	532	59	257.50–278.00	$268.52	$1,429	+12.19
550–598	569	78	235.00–258.00	$242.39	$1,379	-6.68
600–648	620	33	225.00–248.00	$239.80	$1,487	+2.57
700–718	710	7	217.50–228.00	$223.57	$1,587	+16.52
1006	1006	9	182.00	$182.00	$1,831	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	242.50	$242.50	$837	-17.50
362–396	380	13	240.00–312.50	$281.01	$1,068	+18.46
412–420	415	12	262.50–272.50	$266.27	$1,105	+22.18
460–492	488	13	243.00–262.50	$253.16	$1,235	+20.37
505–542	528	18	210.00–250.00	$238.23	$1,258	—
558–595	578	5	187.00–215.00	$209.24	$1,209	—
696	696	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,392	+5.00
719–739	729	10	192.00–206.00	$199.88	$1,457	—
782–792	786	14	150.00–186.00	$163.73	$1,287	—
917–944	931	46	132.50–140.00	$139.51	$1,299	—
1044	1044	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,357	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–399	388	11	235.00–244.00	$241.73	$938	—
642	642	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,156	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–437	416	8	296.00–325.00	$313.59	$1,305	—
557	557	6	281.00	$281.00	$1,565	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	13	314.00	$314.00	$1,334	+21.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	366	4	190.00–209.00	$204.40	$748	—
466	466	4	193.00	$193.00	$899	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	8	185.00	$185.00	$707	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	6	297.50	$297.50	$1,184	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–340	332	9	327.50–340.00	$335.73	$1,115	—
418–444	434	15	300.00–350.00	$309.70	$1,344	—
569	569	7	297.50	$297.50	$1,693	—
680–685	683	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,639	-12.00
702–748	725	6	241.00–247.50	$244.15	$1,770	—
766	766	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,815	—
869	869	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	301.00	$301.00	$1,318	—
455–497	478	14	254.00–290.00	$277.10	$1,325	-11.90
554–592	558	26	225.00–267.50	$231.44	$1,291	—
660–675	668	2	240.00–246.00	$242.97	$1,623	—
715–735	728	3	219.00–224.00	$222.36	$1,619	-1.68

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	182.50	$182.50	$666	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1455	1235	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,100.00–3,150.00	$2,722.13	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1015	820	85-90%	11	71.00–81.00	$75.55	$620	—
715–1315	992	85-90%	41	85.00–103.00	$94.36	$936	-12.28
835–1295	1032	85-90%	70	104.00–119.50	$111.25	$1,148	-6.25
885–1170	1039	85-90%	10	118.00–125.00	$120.16	$1,248	+2.66

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1310	1180	80-85%	67	112.00–135.00	$120.32	$1,420	-6.84
1045–1375	1185	80-85%	12	102.00–118.50	$108.81	$1,289	-18.35
1075–1390	1227	80-85%	21	126.00–142.00	$130.23	$1,598	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1900	1410	75-80%	9	104.00–114.00	$109.21	$1,540	-21.05
1255–1838	1454	75-80%	50	115.00–138.00	$123.84	$1,801	+4.49
1295–1735	1516	75-80%	12	130.00–144.00	$136.81	$2,074	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1935	1496	7	105.00–130.00	$117.28	$1,755	—
1190–2020	1541	36	131.00–149.00	$137.75	$2,123	—
1280–2240	1785	21	146.00–170.00	$156.58	$2,795	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1145	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	150.00–207.50	$167.23	$1,505
680–1185	951	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	119.00–153.00	$140.37	$1,335
820–1255	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	117.00–139.00	$130.19	$1,394

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1075	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	112.00–140.00	$120.54	$1,072

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–870	757	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	102.00–105.00	$103.08	$780

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1138	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,737.82
1005–1375	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,350.00–1,975.00	$1,834.79

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1087	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	1,500.00–1,850.00	$1,742.22

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–1120	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	900.00–1,500.00	$1,244.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1107–1150	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,416.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1457	1457	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–932	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	700.00–1,035.00	$932.22

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1100	891	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,466.67
795–975	912	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,625.00	$1,429.34

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1050	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,300.00–2,000.00	$1,677.78	—
800–1018	974	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,900.00	$1,790.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1250	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,937.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1598	1598	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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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.