Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 6, 2024

4,118 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $280.83/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 620 lb · 139 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $287.17/cwt -11.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,496/hd at 521 lb · 131 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $324.60/cwt -0.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,576/hd at 486 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,118	3,112	5,637
Feeder cattle	2,880	2,574	4,718
Slaughter cattle	778	310	593
Replacement cattle	460	228	326

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders were mixed with early week sales sharply higher and late week sales lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 7.00 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
308–342	331	11	345.00–367.50	$358.66	$1,187	-11.34
350–390	369	16	332.50–362.50	$345.49	$1,275	+11.19
400–441	433	38	310.00–352.50	$337.49	$1,461	+2.29
477 unweaned	477	25	325.00	$325.00	$1,550	—
450–498	488	85	306.00–347.50	$324.48	$1,583	-0.14
503–548	535	85	288.00–330.00	$312.31	$1,671	+10.86
561 unweaned	561	15	300.00	$300.00	$1,683	—
552–598	573	42	276.50–307.50	$294.36	$1,687	-0.95
600–647	620	139	260.00–292.50	$280.83	$1,741	-0.18
650–698	677	45	253.00–286.00	$264.96	$1,794	+4.94
700–723	714	17	235.00–260.00	$245.30	$1,751	+3.85
755–790	780	34	235.00–250.00	$240.10	$1,873	—
854–898	879	14	222.50–224.00	$223.23	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	314	10	382.50–415.00	$407.44	$1,279	+15.42
355–387	368	19	360.00–380.00	$372.17	$1,370	+2.40
402–435	424	33	341.00–372.50	$358.80	$1,521	+5.54
431 fancy	431	15	391.00	$391.00	$1,685	—
457–496	473	73	345.00–365.00	$356.92	$1,688	+13.28
500–548	530	108	300.00–358.00	$331.09	$1,755	-8.08
554 thin fleshed	554	8	345.00	$345.00	$1,911	—
550–591	576	84	298.00–331.00	$320.23	$1,845	+3.09
603–638	618	36	277.00–318.00	$295.40	$1,826	-3.30
650–678	662	68	275.00–310.00	$292.99	$1,940	+5.71
702–705	704	5	267.00–268.00	$267.40	$1,882	—
801–842	830	24	243.00–244.00	$243.28	$2,019	-6.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	305.00	$305.00	$930	—
358–396	378	16	310.00–325.00	$319.31	$1,207	—
405–440	431	33	290.00–320.00	$298.04	$1,285	-11.51
450–490	471	27	260.00–322.50	$299.15	$1,409	+23.16
510–541	535	19	290.00–296.00	$294.78	$1,577	+23.07
570	570	4	230.00–250.00	$235.00	$1,340	±0.00
877	877	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,886	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1009	1009	7	206.00	$206.00	$2,079	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
729	729	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,094	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–348	327	15	335.00–362.50	$352.76	$1,154	+10.26
350–384	371	30	320.00–342.50	$331.59	$1,230	+4.04
413 unweaned	413	6	298.00	$298.00	$1,231	—
401–449	421	48	298.00–325.00	$314.67	$1,325	-0.45
452–491	467	59	297.00–317.00	$307.57	$1,436	+0.94
501–540	521	131	274.00–302.50	$287.17	$1,496	-9.38
552–556	553	27	287.50–290.00	$288.04	$1,593	+10.60
601–636	613	104	243.50–266.00	$255.72	$1,568	+1.27
650–655	653	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,587	-1.50
779	779	25	225.00	$225.00	$1,753	-3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–346	342	14	292.50–337.50	$320.54	$1,096	+9.06
355–398	366	47	297.50–322.50	$308.03	$1,127	-4.98
418–449	436	21	280.00–297.50	$286.19	$1,248	-8.46
455–496	479	64	265.00–297.50	$285.66	$1,368	-1.43
485–488 unweaned	487	40	277.00–285.00	$280.19	$1,365	—
507–543	521	70	252.50–275.00	$267.48	$1,394	-0.99
556–592	571	46	248.00–269.00	$260.53	$1,488	+2.34
621–645	623	104	229.00–250.00	$243.70	$1,518	+4.37
661–682	676	19	220.00–236.50	$230.43	$1,558	-5.95
700–741	731	23	210.00–224.00	$220.36	$1,611	+0.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–339	333	8	282.50–287.50	$284.95	$949	—
350	350	8	290.00	$290.00	$1,015	+13.66
406–448	431	30	242.00–275.00	$258.33	$1,113	-7.27
450–495	466	22	250.00–277.50	$263.04	$1,226	+2.23
502–548	529	15	220.00–247.50	$233.99	$1,238	-12.57
575–580	578	18	238.00–252.50	$246.51	$1,425	+9.43
601–602	601	11	215.00–220.00	$218.63	$1,314	+18.02
675–698	681	46	190.00–218.00	$216.57	$1,475	—
792	792	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,584	—
915–946	932	29	135.00–140.00	$136.40	$1,271	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	6	257.50	$257.50	$948	+47.50
475–498	492	4	232.50–240.00	$234.31	$1,153	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,693	—
1060	1060	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,611	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–392	378	24	335.00–360.00	$350.17	$1,324	+0.17
405–440	425	15	320.00–330.00	$327.46	$1,392	+9.46
465–472	468	10	300.00–325.00	$307.98	$1,441	+12.88
500–542	525	22	262.50–287.50	$280.61	$1,473	+16.75
558	558	4	272.00	$272.00	$1,518	+11.69
610–621	618	10	245.00–260.00	$252.02	$1,557	+13.93
675–688	684	3	240.00–248.00	$245.37	$1,678	-2.63
701–740	720	9	225.00–237.50	$232.39	$1,673	—
782	782	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–542	525	6	255.00–278.00	$266.13	$1,397	+38.63
610	610	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,446	+29.00
683–698	691	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,658	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	373.00	$373.00	$1,205	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1100	816	85-90%	26	65.00–88.00	$79.19	$646	+2.41
755–1125	929	85-90%	73	85.00–108.00	$95.57	$888	—
960–1095	1017	85-90%	10	123.00–130.00	$126.95	$1,291	+15.64
750–1255	1058	85-90%	154	108.00–123.00	$115.68	$1,224	-5.21

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1290	1156	80-85%	29	109.00–118.00	$113.81	$1,316	-6.46
995–1405	1218	80-85%	135	116.50–132.00	$124.49	$1,516	—
1040–1435	1230	80-85%	46	127.50–145.00	$134.05	$1,649	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1525	1361	75-80%	12	106.00–119.00	$113.46	$1,544	+3.28
1270–1650	1407	75-80%	57	120.00–131.00	$126.90	$1,785	+5.26
1340–1760	1499	75-80%	28	129.00–143.50	$134.35	$2,014	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1765	1512	7	133.00–148.00	$139.82	$2,114	+12.02
1205–2190	1692	43	148.00–168.00	$157.99	$2,673	—
1705–2085	1873	6	170.00–180.00	$173.95	$3,258	+1.40

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,539
800–1275	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	126.00–175.00	$145.79	$1,491
895–1089	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	123.00–137.00	$129.66	$1,335

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
898	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,616

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1047	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,500.00	$1,500.00
955–1122	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,405.75
950–1342	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	95	1,350.00–2,500.00	$1,788.15
1005–1315	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,350.00–1,850.00	$1,437.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1074	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,765.37
1155–1233	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,750.00–1,850.00	$1,765.78
1010–1500	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,950.00–2,150.00	$2,023.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–915	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	725.00–1,200.00	$1,089.13
800–1075	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	975.00–1,350.00	$1,127.15

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–980	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,450.00–1,850.00	$1,556.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
949	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,625.00	$2,625.00	—
1140–1295	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	47	2,425.00–3,025.00	$2,880.32	—
1365	1365	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1055–1462	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,900.00–2,650.00	$2,232.14	—
1342	1342	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1466	1466	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–1050	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,558.33	—

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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.