Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 27, 2024

3,902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $254.89/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,072/hd at 813 lb · 255 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $315.25/cwt -13.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,646/hd at 522 lb · 127 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $315.97/cwt +0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,799/hd at 569 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,902	6,718	4,232
Feeder cattle	2,969	6,002	3,148
Slaughter cattle	648	501	732
Replacement cattle	285	215	352

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeder sales were steady to 4.00 higher, late week steers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher, heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–325	313	46	380.00–411.00	$384.96	$1,205	+18.29
362–385	374	10	362.50–374.00	$369.06	$1,380	-4.70
405–436	417	17	350.00–384.00	$361.47	$1,507	-8.58
450–470	457	13	353.00–369.00	$356.67	$1,630	+3.81
504–546	522	93	304.00–345.00	$315.19	$1,645	-15.51
504–532 unweaned	523	34	309.00–318.00	$315.42	$1,650	-7.78
550–598	567	86	303.00–327.00	$319.95	$1,814	-1.06
568–589 unweaned	578	25	300.00–305.00	$302.26	$1,747	-4.86
607–632	614	55	283.00–310.00	$299.51	$1,839	-14.14
652–686	664	96	277.00–294.00	$287.29	$1,908	-16.69
703–738	726	83	259.00–275.00	$263.83	$1,915	-2.82
758–770	761	44	257.00–264.00	$260.90	$1,985	+3.13
801–849	813	255	250.50–257.00	$254.89	$2,072	+3.71
859	859	15	241.00	$241.00	$2,070	—
1003–1009	1008	25	199.00–221.00	$218.37	$2,201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	321.00	$321.00	$989	-18.92
377–396	391	18	337.50–356.00	$350.81	$1,372	+15.55
407–442	424	49	320.00–347.50	$331.58	$1,406	-3.82
452–487	470	40	314.00–334.00	$325.28	$1,529	-4.65
490–499 unweaned	493	11	315.00–316.00	$315.37	$1,555	+26.55
502–548	530	84	273.00–314.00	$303.02	$1,606	-5.06
556–590	575	71	271.00–306.00	$294.14	$1,691	-4.72
623 unweaned	623	27	271.00	$271.00	$1,688	—
602–648	629	67	248.00–293.00	$279.02	$1,755	+0.96
660–667	666	12	274.00–280.00	$279.01	$1,858	+9.11
715–744	727	18	237.50–250.00	$245.96	$1,788	-0.97
759–786	765	17	230.00–239.00	$232.17	$1,776	-0.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	319	6	312.50	$312.50	$997	—
416–449	429	27	284.00–318.00	$306.02	$1,313	-16.55
465–495	482	27	292.50–317.50	$310.42	$1,496	+3.96
502–540	524	13	265.00–271.00	$268.55	$1,407	-8.30
552–566	562	11	252.00–260.00	$254.14	$1,428	-17.35
636–640	637	12	245.00–265.00	$250.02	$1,593	—
676–678	677	14	241.00–245.00	$243.28	$1,647	-6.07
703	703	15	227.50	$227.50	$1,599	—
849	849	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,613	—
853–869	864	9	200.00–210.00	$206.71	$1,786	+10.71

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533–534	533	14	285.00–305.00	$290.72	$1,550	—
672	672	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,781	-7.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,042	—
401	401	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,023	—
531	531	9	242.50	$242.50	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,018	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,810	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	21	295.00	$295.00	$879	—
301–331	317	13	297.50–307.50	$303.12	$961	-15.98
350–385 unweaned	367	24	305.00–307.50	$305.43	$1,121	—
372–398	390	43	285.00–322.50	$298.91	$1,166	-13.18
400–449	427	44	280.00–312.50	$300.50	$1,283	+7.36
467–490	474	47	267.50–282.50	$273.47	$1,296	-14.13
514 unweaned	514	4	267.00	$267.00	$1,372	+10.87
500–544	526	72	248.00–285.00	$265.16	$1,395	-6.31
555–590	577	37	247.50–259.00	$253.63	$1,463	-4.82
602–643	625	29	238.00–250.00	$244.27	$1,527	+1.36
665–680	676	37	227.00–235.00	$230.31	$1,557	+1.77
702–740	717	5	205.00–215.00	$209.13	$1,499	-12.55
758–778	773	11	200.00–212.00	$203.21	$1,571	-21.52
860	860	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	6	342.00	$342.00	$1,064	+5.75
400–446	431	50	300.00–325.00	$315.55	$1,360	-3.86
452–499	481	40	272.00–312.50	$296.53	$1,426	-6.69
492 unweaned	492	7	291.00	$291.00	$1,432	-7.45
502–534	511	40	274.00–303.00	$291.94	$1,492	-10.07
552–574	563	33	264.00–267.50	$265.54	$1,495	-18.45
614–646	630	77	250.00–259.00	$253.99	$1,600	-2.02
651 unweaned	651	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,569	—
652–653	652	59	259.00–260.00	$259.15	$1,690	+16.99
721–748	725	20	224.00–239.00	$236.68	$1,716	-0.06
875	875	21	209.50	$209.50	$1,833	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–447	436	19	235.00–261.00	$251.13	$1,095	-17.86
462–470	467	9	235.00–257.50	$248.24	$1,159	-9.56
500–548	522	20	246.00–257.50	$255.33	$1,333	+8.12
560–586	580	23	222.50–247.00	$239.11	$1,387	-3.43
638	638	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,225	-31.25
788	788	6	196.00	$196.00	$1,544	—
850–897	867	43	135.00–150.00	$142.14	$1,232	+5.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554–588	561	14	185.00–213.00	$191.29	$1,073	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,022	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	8	347.50	$347.50	$1,359	+15.00
448	448	3	336.00	$336.00	$1,505	—
515–528	521	17	288.00–309.00	$300.87	$1,568	+6.60
562	562	5	302.50	$302.50	$1,700	+30.58
615–638	623	22	258.00–270.00	$265.33	$1,653	+2.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,135	-25.00
405–445	425	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,318	+4.01
470–473	472	6	252.50–277.50	$264.96	$1,251	-20.58
515–535	525	6	270.00–274.00	$271.96	$1,428	-11.88
555–581	572	17	250.00–273.00	$258.59	$1,479	—
691	691	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,603	—
744	744	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,711	—
866–870	868	7	187.50–200.00	$194.63	$1,689	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,140	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1150	892	85-90%	8	80.00–92.00	$85.69	$764	+11.16
750–1180	941	85-90%	64	93.00–115.00	$105.64	$994	—
760–1200	1006	85-90%	125	110.00–130.00	$122.45	$1,232	-9.74
865–1245	1034	85-90%	36	125.00–142.00	$132.20	$1,367	+0.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1367	1190	80-85%	46	109.00–126.00	$120.17	$1,430	-19.98
1050–1320	1190	80-85%	39	134.50–151.00	$141.57	$1,685	+1.42
1055–1615	1244	80-85%	129	122.50–137.00	$130.88	$1,628	+2.63

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1675	1387	75-80%	84	121.00–137.00	$133.38	$1,850	—
1300–1845	1492	75-80%	15	135.00–153.50	$142.59	$2,127	—
1300–1710	1506	75-80%	22	119.00–129.00	$125.23	$1,886	+10.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038	1038	4	183.00	$183.00	$1,900	—
1090–1175	1129	6	133.00–155.00	$143.41	$1,619	—
1275–1860	1440	11	135.00–151.00	$145.97	$2,102	+1.57
1300–2570	1742	25	153.00–170.00	$162.33	$2,828	—
1540–2120	1829	7	170.00–185.00	$176.21	$3,223	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975–1155	1049	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	167.50–199.00	$184.90	$1,940
865–1500	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	121.00–147.50	$136.25	$1,650

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–905	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	165.00–172.50	$168.11	$1,426
700–1065	924	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	126.00–155.00	$136.52	$1,261

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1045	856	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–116.00	$108.57	$929

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1165	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,700.00–1,775.00	$1,750.62
980–1465	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	1,650.00–2,775.00	$2,183.47

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1070	994	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	1,050.00–1,650.00	$1,411.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,685.00	$1,685.00
1055–1185	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,587.92

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1060	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,796.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1100–1120	1110	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,775.00–1,850.00	$1,812.16

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–980	962	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,540.75

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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
944	944	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
978–986	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,850.00–1,925.00	$1,878.13	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1340	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,400.00–2,850.00	$2,715.38	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1320	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,700.00–2,150.00	$1,925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	6	183.00	$183.00	$1,127	—
698	698	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,326	—
838	838	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,232	—

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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.