Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 22, 2024

4,781 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $340.28/cwt +19.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,763/hd at 518 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $298.50/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,876/hd at 628 lb · 173 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $269.10/cwt +3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,531/hd at 569 lb · 171 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,781	3,228	4,871
Feeder cattle	3,885	2,448	3,800
Slaughter cattle	521	490	620
Replacement cattle	375	290	451

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 10.00 higher and heifers uneven from 8.00 lower to 6.00 higher, with the decline late week. Slaughter cows uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–334	318	37	367.50–390.00	$379.13	$1,206	+10.75
355–398	378	25	350.00–360.00	$356.36	$1,347	-7.95
412 thin fleshed	412	20	377.50	$377.50	$1,555	—
414–442	427	44	337.00–347.50	$342.49	$1,462	-11.70
451–498	474	109	330.00–359.00	$347.76	$1,648	+12.69
500 thin fleshed	500	49	362.00	$362.00	$1,810	+26.00
506–547	525	125	302.50–345.00	$331.77	$1,742	+11.71
550–595	569	79	307.00–340.00	$316.54	$1,801	+4.86
612 thin fleshed	612	7	330.00	$330.00	$2,020	+8.00
602–643	629	166	287.50–319.00	$297.17	$1,869	+4.28
650–679	665	75	276.00–300.00	$287.89	$1,914	+9.39
703–738	712	69	250.00–273.00	$262.82	$1,871	+8.66
750–783	770	119	240.00–262.00	$252.80	$1,947	—
814–836	831	80	224.00–236.50	$226.75	$1,884	-5.25
875–885	880	25	226.00–226.50	$226.26	$1,991	—
919	919	60	221.75	$221.75	$2,038	—
978	978	55	220.50	$220.50	$2,156	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–342	323	6	330.00–332.50	$330.88	$1,069	-12.81
350–399	381	31	320.00–342.50	$332.94	$1,269	-6.80
402–435	415	15	315.00–335.00	$324.78	$1,348	-7.66
451–497	472	65	302.50–325.00	$317.67	$1,499	+9.02
507–542	524	28	290.00–315.00	$301.66	$1,581	+16.04
540–542 unweaned	541	7	282.50	$282.50	$1,528	—
552–596	577	84	270.00–303.00	$291.58	$1,682	+8.72
619 unweaned	619	4	277.00	$277.00	$1,715	—
600–636	621	52	257.00–286.00	$274.26	$1,703	+16.26
653–673	662	59	256.00–271.00	$262.74	$1,739	+11.55
708–728	716	24	237.50–244.00	$241.04	$1,726	+22.06
770–785	782	13	219.00–247.00	$230.47	$1,802	-1.93
821–844	832	18	220.00–225.00	$222.08	$1,848	+5.34
870–897	883	43	210.00–222.00	$218.21	$1,927	—
948	948	6	216.00	$216.00	$2,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–336	329	8	300.00–310.00	$305.11	$1,004	—
441	441	5	281.00	$281.00	$1,239	-12.44
452–480	466	11	275.00–290.00	$284.86	$1,327	+1.12
502–510	504	12	267.50–277.50	$274.97	$1,386	+21.90
551–567	562	31	250.00–270.00	$255.86	$1,438	+7.97
617–635	624	8	244.00–256.00	$251.42	$1,569	—
655–669	661	9	220.00–257.50	$236.16	$1,561	+30.16
772–779	778	28	213.50–224.00	$214.62	$1,670	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–448	435	10	266.00–300.00	$276.51	$1,203	—
585	585	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,457	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	13	298.00	$298.00	$1,797	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	6	287.50	$287.50	$1,414	—
714	714	5	233.00	$233.00	$1,664	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	9	252.50	$252.50	$1,189	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,855	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–298	263	10	327.50–335.00	$329.20	$866	—
335–348	343	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,063	—
351–396	376	36	307.50–335.00	$324.29	$1,219	+14.67
401–445	426	121	295.00–326.00	$310.23	$1,322	+6.42
453–455 thin fleshed	454	30	322.50	$322.50	$1,464	—
452–489	469	61	290.00–309.00	$301.34	$1,413	+9.77
506 fancy	506	6	297.50	$297.50	$1,505	—
509–548	524	81	270.00–285.00	$278.80	$1,461	-7.57
551–595	569	171	262.50–277.50	$269.10	$1,531	+3.49
602–637	627	69	246.00–264.00	$251.37	$1,576	+4.12
653–675	668	134	240.00–247.50	$240.97	$1,610	-0.02
704–724	720	95	231.00–240.50	$239.28	$1,723	+15.67
771–779	776	55	223.00–227.00	$225.63	$1,751	—
800–806	805	20	209.00–225.00	$222.62	$1,792	—
887	887	43	210.00	$210.00	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–345	338	11	293.00–302.50	$299.19	$1,011	-1.24
358–385	372	10	285.00–307.50	$297.51	$1,107	+5.00
419–443	431	30	262.50–287.50	$275.85	$1,189	-0.63
450–496	478	59	265.00–287.50	$279.26	$1,335	+5.47
516–548	532	77	250.00–270.00	$260.21	$1,384	+2.79
550–585	563	56	241.00–269.00	$253.49	$1,427	+9.12
608–646	623	41	220.00–241.00	$234.00	$1,458	-0.39
660–678	666	88	226.00–240.00	$235.18	$1,566	+15.32
701–735	715	33	205.00–226.50	$223.07	$1,595	+14.99
752–782	776	15	207.50–212.00	$211.13	$1,638	-1.98
814	814	6	211.00	$211.00	$1,718	+16.00
889	889	27	192.50	$192.50	$1,711	—
1087	1087	7	162.00	$162.00	$1,761	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	8	260.00	$260.00	$879	—
360–395	385	13	250.00–270.00	$264.72	$1,019	+23.31
402–418	406	12	245.00–260.00	$250.64	$1,018	-10.63
467–470	468	9	240.00–241.00	$240.45	$1,125	+10.39
502–545	523	10	221.00–232.50	$227.39	$1,189	-11.57
560–598	579	6	237.00	$237.00	$1,372	+17.05
798	798	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,357	—
893	893	18	132.50	$132.50	$1,183	-2.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,470	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	6	387.50	$387.50	$1,302	+4.17
359–397	375	18	320.00–347.50	$337.98	$1,267	—
446	446	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,427	+8.60
475	475	2	308.00	$308.00	$1,463	-6.77
500–543	530	33	275.00–302.00	$286.66	$1,519	+1.66
586–597	593	18	267.50–280.00	$277.90	$1,648	+5.40
608	608	8	265.00	$265.00	$1,611	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,232	—
778–782	779	9	200.00–210.00	$202.23	$1,575	—
839	839	8	189.00	$189.00	$1,586	—
976	976	15	187.00	$187.00	$1,825	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,384	—
533	533	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,293	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
771	771	6	203.00	$203.00	$1,565	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1125	856	85-90%	20	62.00–83.00	$73.46	$629	—
720–1310	905	85-90%	60	85.00–104.00	$94.52	$855	—
795–1150	987	85-90%	20	117.00–126.00	$121.51	$1,199	+8.53
805–1175	1014	85-90%	86	104.00–118.50	$110.02	$1,116	-14.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1280	1118	80-85%	84	114.00–127.00	$119.79	$1,339	+8.16
1010–1285	1138	80-85%	23	103.00–112.00	$109.63	$1,248	-2.00
1020–1305	1185	80-85%	24	124.00–135.00	$128.77	$1,526	-2.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1575	1387	75-80%	9	94.00–116.00	$108.66	$1,507	—
1275–1700	1409	75-80%	50	116.00–126.00	$121.87	$1,717	-4.30
1340–1675	1458	75-80%	39	126.00–136.50	$130.89	$1,908	-1.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1960	1455	15	118.00–143.00	$133.55	$1,943	—
1225–2240	1588	41	142.00–164.00	$153.52	$2,438	—
1300–2345	1844	19	165.00–187.00	$173.99	$3,208	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1100	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	150.00–210.00	$167.88	$1,635
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,435
970–1262	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	106.00–140.00	$126.55	$1,459

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–995	851	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	152.50–170.00	$166.71	$1,419
710–1085	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	117.00–150.00	$122.44	$1,183

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–985	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	95.00–100.00	$98.42	$810

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1230	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,638.10
1098–1500	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	1,625.00–2,350.00	$2,043.20
1228	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,525.00	$1,525.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1040	929	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,268.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1250	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,451.82

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1240	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,550.00–2,050.00	$1,757.82

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–975	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	600.00–950.00	$825.54

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1225	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,750.00–2,150.00	$2,038.24	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1010	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,675.00–1,750.00	$1,707.14	—
920–1050	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,844.44	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1050–1580	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,250.00–2,575.00	$2,439.29	-160.71

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1028	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,950.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00	—
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.