Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 20, 2024

6,718 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $311.03/cwt +21.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,907/hd at 613 lb · 575 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $315.51/cwt +7.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,839/hd at 583 lb · 298 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $296.25/cwt +14.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,529/hd at 516 lb · 275 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,718	4,666	6,622
Feeder cattle	6,002	3,631	5,208
Slaughter cattle	501	661	926
Replacement cattle	215	374	488

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher, spots of 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 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
320–342	332	13	355.00–370.00	$366.67	$1,217	-10.67
357–390	372	31	367.50–377.50	$373.76	$1,390	-6.74
410–443	421	59	357.00–381.00	$370.05	$1,558	+6.45
450–483	469	64	344.50–367.50	$352.86	$1,655	+4.00
456–495 unweaned	476	87	337.50–350.00	$342.28	$1,629	+5.17
507–521 unweaned	515	39	312.50–332.00	$323.20	$1,664	+6.87
503–542	517	110	303.00–352.50	$330.70	$1,710	+5.42
555–598	578	180	306.00–342.50	$321.01	$1,855	+10.45
555–597 unweaned	590	118	300.00–313.00	$307.12	$1,812	+1.89
600–647	611	510	282.00–332.00	$313.65	$1,916	+24.51
618–644 unweaned	631	65	282.50–299.00	$290.44	$1,833	—
653–685	662	83	279.00–315.00	$303.98	$2,012	+34.07
655–696 unweaned	681	107	261.00–284.00	$274.36	$1,868	—
702–742	723	71	257.00–276.00	$266.65	$1,928	+13.60
753–793	773	54	250.00–272.00	$257.77	$1,993	+7.57
811–819	816	13	245.00–255.00	$251.18	$2,050	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	6	337.50–342.50	$339.92	$1,088	-5.08
350–399	381	36	320.00–352.50	$335.26	$1,277	-6.20
400–449	424	43	323.00–347.50	$335.40	$1,422	+7.68
425–443 unweaned	435	16	319.00–320.00	$319.43	$1,390	—
457–499	479	176	319.00–345.00	$329.93	$1,580	+10.86
489–492 unweaned	490	36	287.50–290.00	$288.82	$1,415	-35.18
500–548	523	214	275.00–325.00	$308.08	$1,611	+9.47
550–594 unweaned	563	60	275.00–288.00	$278.87	$1,570	—
550–592	574	118	279.00–317.50	$298.86	$1,715	+9.09
605–643	627	81	260.00–296.00	$278.06	$1,743	-0.69
652–684	665	31	260.00–282.00	$269.90	$1,795	+10.02
658–678 unweaned	672	14	260.00–263.00	$260.84	$1,753	—
704–748	730	55	235.00–252.50	$246.93	$1,803	+2.85
750–791	778	19	228.00–237.50	$232.38	$1,808	+1.03
812–814	813	9	220.00	$220.00	$1,789	-6.52
929	929	15	218.50	$218.50	$2,030	+8.50
958	958	16	209.00	$209.00	$2,002	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–391	380	7	302.50–317.50	$308.68	$1,173	-5.78
424–435	429	19	320.00–326.00	$322.57	$1,384	+22.57
463–494	481	36	281.00–313.00	$306.46	$1,474	+30.69
507–545	527	25	241.00–293.00	$276.85	$1,459	-3.12
570–596	579	30	257.50–280.00	$271.49	$1,572	+9.99
650–692	678	28	232.50–255.00	$249.35	$1,691	+11.53
874	874	60	196.00	$196.00	$1,713	—
975	975	8	172.00	$172.00	$1,677	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,361	—
458–478	472	14	320.00–337.00	$332.29	$1,568	+7.29
574	574	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,693	—
600	600	10	284.00	$284.00	$1,704	+13.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,368	—
458	458	6	315.00	$315.00	$1,443	—
589	589	5	287.50	$287.50	$1,693	—
667	667	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,818	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,122	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,821	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–333	333	6	335.00–337.50	$336.25	$1,120	-24.88
351–392	372	45	322.50–351.00	$333.69	$1,241	+8.94
403–433 unweaned	428	39	310.00–318.00	$314.06	$1,344	+8.28
401–447	436	119	295.00–324.00	$319.41	$1,393	+7.15
450–498	478	91	297.00–322.50	$303.22	$1,449	+0.38
484–494 unweaned	492	48	296.00–299.00	$298.45	$1,468	+15.51
503–536	511	217	279.00–310.00	$302.01	$1,543	+18.29
532–546 unweaned	535	58	265.00–287.50	$274.68	$1,470	-0.33
550–596	564	152	268.00–289.00	$283.99	$1,602	+18.60
568–589 unweaned	580	113	240.00–263.50	$259.91	$1,507	+3.51
602–639	618	135	240.00–273.00	$256.01	$1,582	+5.99
653–695	666	53	240.00–250.00	$242.16	$1,613	+5.14
700–730	714	40	235.00–248.00	$236.74	$1,690	+7.24
801–828	813	44	219.00–225.00	$221.01	$1,797	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–343	329	9	315.00–322.50	$319.10	$1,050	+13.63
351–399	377	57	295.00–320.00	$312.09	$1,177	+9.87
400–445	428	28	274.00–312.50	$293.14	$1,255	-2.59
450–492	475	114	275.00–297.00	$287.60	$1,366	+20.62
500–534 unweaned	510	23	250.00–259.00	$256.13	$1,306	—
502–549	524	81	250.00–285.00	$271.47	$1,423	+5.18
552–599	581	206	240.00–275.00	$258.45	$1,502	+9.09
620 unweaned	620	12	232.00	$232.00	$1,438	—
602–648	624	137	215.00–249.00	$242.91	$1,516	+2.12
664–695	678	47	219.00–237.50	$228.54	$1,550	+5.69
718–737	729	24	209.00–228.00	$221.68	$1,616	+0.97
756–797	760	43	213.00–228.50	$224.73	$1,708	+15.39
953	953	8	197.00	$197.00	$1,877	+30.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	272.50	$272.50	$946	-21.91
360–375	368	6	265.00–280.00	$272.65	$1,003	-3.11
396 unweaned	396	8	262.50	$262.50	$1,040	—
427–449	436	24	260.00–280.00	$268.99	$1,173	+9.88
462–499	485	56	250.00–267.50	$257.80	$1,250	+2.55
502–547	526	46	236.00–260.00	$247.21	$1,300	+4.71
572–590	581	6	240.00–245.00	$242.54	$1,409	+7.04
645–648	647	6	222.50–224.00	$223.25	$1,444	+5.54
868	868	28	137.00	$137.00	$1,189	—
901–933	921	19	138.00–146.00	$143.12	$1,318	+7.12

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,266	—
451–497	468	8	257.50–285.00	$274.05	$1,283	—
534	534	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,362	-11.00
668–679	675	10	225.00–227.50	$225.99	$1,525	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	11	320.00	$320.00	$1,155	+7.50
401	401	5	313.00	$313.00	$1,255	—
554	554	9	250.00	$250.00	$1,385	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	10	254.00	$254.00	$1,585	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,238	+15.63
415–449	428	21	295.00–317.50	$305.99	$1,310	—
468–498	487	10	270.00–300.00	$285.54	$1,391	+2.92
520–544	530	18	280.00–287.50	$283.84	$1,504	+17.15
608–647	634	27	230.00–257.50	$242.00	$1,534	-11.35

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	5	332.50	$332.50	$1,267	—
485–494	490	8	300.00–312.50	$306.31	$1,501	+6.71
524–530	527	14	287.50–302.50	$294.27	$1,551	-0.08
558–578	566	16	270.00–275.00	$271.92	$1,539	+4.28
628–645	636	16	259.00–266.00	$263.22	$1,674	-0.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,499	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1115	839	85-90%	58	86.00–110.00	$99.94	$838	—
700–1275	895	85-90%	6	62.00–82.00	$74.53	$667	-7.78
780–1225	958	85-90%	78	109.00–128.00	$119.09	$1,141	+16.54
800–1235	1005	85-90%	31	123.50–144.50	$132.19	$1,329	+0.88

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1225	1159	80-85%	15	115.00–120.00	$118.89	$1,378	-6.63
1010–1345	1195	80-85%	48	134.00–151.00	$140.15	$1,675	+14.63
1010–1345	1230	80-85%	80	123.00–135.00	$128.25	$1,577	-8.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1810	1416	75-80%	38	135.50–157.00	$142.71	$2,021	+13.33
1295–1725	1429	75-80%	59	122.00–136.00	$132.96	$1,900	+3.58
1315–1620	1525	75-80%	10	110.00–119.00	$114.38	$1,744	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1730	1418	8	123.00–152.00	$144.40	$2,048	—
1280–2065	1576	36	154.00–172.00	$162.08	$2,554	—
1520–2125	1855	16	165.50–193.00	$179.46	$3,329	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–935	867	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	157.50–198.00	$182.06	$1,578
700–1075	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	119.00–157.50	$140.37	$1,310

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1300	1086	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	157.50–197.50	$181.23	$1,968
990–1430	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	125.00–156.00	$140.69	$1,667

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1413	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	1,650.00–2,250.00	$1,918.99

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1125	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,600.00–2,050.00	$1,840.80

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1090	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	1,175.00–1,525.00	$1,375.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1175	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 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 $
925–1060	979	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,575.00–1,750.00	$1,615.51

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1100	929	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,550.00–2,000.00	$1,775.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1365	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,633.33	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	+275.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1055	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,700.00	—

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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.