Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 8, 2024

3,097 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.50/cwt +5.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,547/hd at 608 lb · 152 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $306.24/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,926/hd at 629 lb · 145 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $294.83/cwt +8.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,414/hd at 480 lb · 121 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,097	3,267	5,145
Feeder cattle	2,449	2,371	4,231
Slaughter cattle	417	507	632
Replacement cattle	231	389	282

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, yearlings not well tested. Late week steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers 6.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls early week steady to 2.00 lower, late week 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–348	340	25	350.00–370.00	$355.72	$1,209	-26.69
352	352	11	357.50	$357.50	$1,258	-5.95
400–445	432	10	317.50–327.00	$321.62	$1,389	-36.05
451–497	462	79	319.00–363.00	$333.47	$1,541	-7.90
508 thin fleshed	508	11	353.00	$353.00	$1,793	-6.00
512–548	531	29	292.50–347.00	$325.32	$1,727	-2.02
556 unweaned	556	12	305.00	$305.00	$1,696	—
556–589	569	94	289.00–326.00	$311.90	$1,775	-0.85
605–644	629	145	273.00–325.00	$306.24	$1,926	-3.47
688	688	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,851	-16.00
706	706	31	252.50	$252.50	$1,783	-11.74
802	802	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,893	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	316	11	342.50–355.00	$352.57	$1,114	+2.57
350–390	375	28	320.00–347.50	$332.86	$1,248	+1.87
405–440	423	39	300.00–337.50	$324.40	$1,372	-2.85
450–488	473	57	302.50–330.00	$315.02	$1,490	-4.20
503–545	518	60	289.00–315.00	$301.22	$1,560	+7.70
559–597	567	50	260.00–284.00	$277.52	$1,574	-17.05
615–648	637	34	251.00–280.00	$269.13	$1,714	-11.61
670–692	682	16	257.50–265.00	$261.59	$1,784	+1.50
701–729	714	18	230.00–255.00	$245.82	$1,755	+7.87
752–791	777	34	217.00–238.00	$229.22	$1,781	-1.69
800	800	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,760	+2.86
865–870	867	8	210.00–228.00	$216.77	$1,879	+12.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–342	318	5	305.00–325.00	$313.60	$997	—
392	392	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,176	+50.58
419–422	421	8	310.00–312.50	$311.25	$1,310	—
455–457	456	9	280.00–287.50	$285.01	$1,300	+46.18
502–548	515	31	237.50–270.00	$259.33	$1,336	+14.29
550–590	579	21	235.00–257.50	$250.62	$1,451	+3.17
641	641	14	258.00	$258.00	$1,654	—
658	658	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,494	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	13	329.00	$329.00	$1,530	+16.90
533	533	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,466	-30.00
607	607	15	280.00	$280.00	$1,700	—
669	669	19	267.00	$267.00	$1,786	—
792	792	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,742	—
861	861	11	228.00	$228.00	$1,963	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	8	332.50	$332.50	$1,194	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–348	327	15	322.50–327.50	$324.59	$1,061	—
363–368	366	8	322.00–330.00	$324.97	$1,189	+5.55
402–445	427	49	287.50–320.00	$309.82	$1,323	-0.54
435 unweaned	435	11	287.50	$287.50	$1,251	—
451–496	479	115	280.00–312.50	$295.47	$1,415	+8.66
493 unweaned	493	6	282.50	$282.50	$1,393	—
507–527 unweaned	519	26	264.00–278.00	$269.63	$1,399	—
509–540	519	59	282.50–308.00	$298.36	$1,548	+15.36
550–585	571	52	263.00–274.00	$266.16	$1,520	+0.68
602–619	608	152	237.00–257.50	$254.50	$1,547	+5.04
653–688	667	113	237.50–253.00	$242.52	$1,618	+5.43
731–748	734	28	211.00–225.50	$221.31	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	13	317.50	$317.50	$914	—
300–336	327	18	300.00–315.00	$307.13	$1,004	+6.56
360–385	379	45	285.00–306.00	$300.68	$1,140	+7.91
404–448	422	28	263.00–299.00	$282.75	$1,193	-0.55
455–497	479	29	260.00–285.00	$273.67	$1,311	+1.05
482–492 unweaned	485	9	250.00–253.00	$251.99	$1,222	-0.51
502–549	530	25	235.00–265.00	$249.01	$1,320	-2.21
568–595	583	43	235.00–255.00	$249.07	$1,452	+2.66
612–645	625	21	215.00–233.00	$228.04	$1,425	-3.83
652–672	659	13	215.00–228.00	$222.31	$1,465	+1.39
712–734	719	42	180.00–219.00	$211.24	$1,519	-6.03
767–779	774	14	205.00–213.00	$206.15	$1,596	+0.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,144	—
525	525	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,060	-45.07
780	780	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,576	+18.63
872	872	20	140.00	$140.00	$1,221	—
984	984	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,358	+4.67

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	12	285.00	$285.00	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	10	187.50	$187.50	$909	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	387.50	$387.50	$1,318	+87.50
382–388	385	6	338.00–342.50	$340.23	$1,310	+38.55
452–484	465	31	299.00–316.00	$311.19	$1,447	+1.79
512–542	535	10	275.00–290.00	$280.90	$1,503	—
702–715	709	10	236.00–237.00	$236.50	$1,677	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–397	382	5	290.00–310.00	$302.46	$1,155	-40.54
435–445	442	7	290.00–302.50	$293.51	$1,297	—
512	512	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,382	+12.25
562–597	583	10	255.00–276.00	$263.10	$1,534	+8.10
628	628	3	238.50	$238.50	$1,498	—
734	734	8	215.00	$215.00	$1,578	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	9	300.00	$300.00	$1,182	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	—
587	587	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,291	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,246	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1665	1665	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1200	854	85-90%	18	40.00–90.00	$71.80	$613	—
700–1215	932	85-90%	49	84.00–111.50	$100.98	$941	+1.51
760–1235	943	85-90%	60	107.00–121.00	$113.80	$1,073	+14.33
900–1155	995	85-90%	17	121.00–133.00	$126.45	$1,258	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1345	1129	80-85%	77	117.00–132.00	$124.45	$1,405	—
1070–1330	1150	80-85%	19	103.00–119.50	$112.77	$1,297	+2.78
1010–1310	1185	80-85%	25	129.00–137.00	$131.85	$1,562	+21.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1430	1363	75-80%	9	105.00–118.00	$114.32	$1,558	—
1255–1605	1375	75-80%	22	131.00–140.00	$134.53	$1,850	—
1265–1675	1474	75-80%	49	119.00–133.00	$126.67	$1,867	-10.92

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1955	1417	5	130.00–136.00	$132.50	$1,878	-1.67
1270–2455	1614	29	137.00–155.00	$146.73	$2,368	—
1380–2305	1876	24	157.00–171.00	$164.08	$3,078	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–960	867	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	152.50–165.00	$160.62	$1,393
700–1055	884	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	115.00–140.00	$132.40	$1,170

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1142	1111	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	150.00–165.00	$160.28	$1,781
1060–1235	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–130.00	$128.02	$1,449
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,534

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1109	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,500.00–1,925.00	$1,719.98
980–1146	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,550.00–2,275.00	$2,061.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
942–1340	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	45	1,300.00–2,250.00	$1,842.90
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1040	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	850.00–1,375.00	$1,210.45

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–750	732	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	300.00–900.00	$683.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–1050	931	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,950.00	—
960–984	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,933.33	-66.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1420	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,416.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1150	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–1,925.00	$1,841.67	—

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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.