Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

4,564 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $262.31/cwt -2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,398/hd at 533 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $275.96/cwt -0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,705/hd at 618 lb · 127 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $322.22/cwt +6.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,701/hd at 528 lb · 121 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,564	3,902	6,906
Feeder cattle	3,691	2,969	5,638
Slaughter cattle	572	648	902
Replacement cattle	301	285	366

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early in the week sold steady to 4.00 higher late week steady to as much as 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	324	36	380.00–410.00	$394.46	$1,278	+9.50
350–395	381	36	350.00–385.00	$377.89	$1,440	+8.83
413–443	428	25	346.00–352.50	$349.38	$1,495	-12.09
455–492	485	69	337.50–357.50	$346.59	$1,681	-10.08
504–549	528	121	307.00–330.00	$322.22	$1,701	+7.03
558–589	576	103	300.00–320.00	$313.79	$1,807	-6.16
602–641	625	113	283.00–308.00	$289.62	$1,810	-9.89
652–699	675	14	271.00–283.00	$278.13	$1,877	-9.16
728–729	729	30	255.00–264.25	$263.63	$1,922	-0.20
794	794	62	252.25	$252.25	$2,003	-8.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	345.00–347.50	$346.27	$1,091	+25.27
369–399	390	28	322.50–355.00	$343.71	$1,340	-7.10
400–447	425	38	307.50–340.00	$330.01	$1,403	-1.57
452–495	475	52	300.00–340.00	$326.76	$1,552	+1.48
494	494	9	300.00	$300.00	$1,482	-25.28
500–549	517	64	286.00–316.00	$302.75	$1,565	-0.27
552–598	576	76	262.50–312.50	$294.85	$1,698	+0.71
581 unweaned	581	14	282.50	$282.50	$1,641	—
601–645	618	127	253.00–287.00	$275.96	$1,705	-3.06
650–690	673	60	240.00–270.00	$264.64	$1,781	-14.37
715–733	728	5	224.00–239.00	$235.41	$1,714	-10.55
803–845	827	26	222.50–239.00	$235.56	$1,948	—
930–947	943	4	203.00–204.00	$203.25	$1,917	—
952	952	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,923	—
1242	1242	16	160.00	$160.00	$1,987	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–393	387	23	312.50–331.00	$329.32	$1,274	—
420–446	435	20	252.50–316.00	$297.21	$1,293	-8.81
450–488	480	39	250.00–308.00	$299.37	$1,437	-11.05
505–535	520	4	230.00–250.00	$242.52	$1,261	-26.03
555–591	578	11	250.00–280.00	$266.24	$1,539	+12.10
602–643	628	11	235.00–240.00	$238.53	$1,498	-11.49
657–687	681	15	222.00–224.00	$222.39	$1,514	-20.89
992	992	22	208.00	$208.00	$2,063	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	5	338.00	$338.00	$1,403	—
579–598	593	27	292.00–293.00	$292.39	$1,734	—
610	610	8	272.50	$272.50	$1,662	—
655–660	658	25	259.00–267.00	$263.18	$1,732	-1.82
706	706	7	252.00	$252.00	$1,779	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	9	275.00	$275.00	$1,180	+20.00
982	982	23	160.00	$160.00	$1,571	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	9	355.00	$355.00	$1,441	—
486	486	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,652	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
927	927	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,854	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,421	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	8	335.00	$335.00	$1,152	-7.00
390–395	393	2	312.50–317.50	$314.98	$1,238	—
422–446	430	81	292.50–332.50	$316.33	$1,360	+0.78
454–497	477	107	279.00–307.00	$298.80	$1,425	+2.27
502–542	524	64	273.00–286.00	$280.07	$1,468	-11.87
531 unweaned	531	8	276.00	$276.00	$1,466	—
554–586	565	53	260.00–270.00	$265.67	$1,501	+0.13
601–638	610	58	249.00–269.00	$260.06	$1,586	+6.07
610 unweaned	610	10	246.00	$246.00	$1,501	—
656–676	663	88	241.00–243.00	$241.39	$1,600	-17.76
701–737	704	83	232.50–242.50	$241.62	$1,701	+4.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	330	27	300.00–327.50	$305.48	$1,008	+2.36
360–397	375	64	292.50–322.00	$313.50	$1,176	+14.59
400–446	426	70	280.00–305.00	$295.66	$1,260	-4.84
450–499	473	59	257.50–285.00	$276.27	$1,307	+2.80
500–549	533	134	234.00–278.00	$262.31	$1,398	-2.85
552–594	576	105	236.00–261.00	$253.13	$1,458	-0.50
600–645	622	26	222.00–247.50	$241.33	$1,501	-2.94
660–693	678	15	230.00–244.00	$232.36	$1,575	+2.05
722–745	728	4	195.00–205.00	$197.56	$1,438	-11.57
770–790	774	12	197.00–220.00	$213.22	$1,650	+10.01
805–841	828	18	185.00–207.00	$203.27	$1,683	—
937	937	8	183.00	$183.00	$1,715	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–327	321	5	267.50–277.50	$271.39	$871	—
355–370	363	2	258.00–260.00	$258.98	$940	—
412–449	433	34	242.50–282.50	$263.51	$1,141	+12.38
450–497	476	21	235.00–260.00	$254.57	$1,212	+6.33
504–545	524	45	220.00–257.00	$247.17	$1,295	-8.16
568–582	573	13	199.00–252.50	$226.48	$1,298	-12.63
692	692	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,211	—
841	841	6	139.00	$139.00	$1,169	—
1002–1029	1020	21	143.00–158.00	$153.09	$1,562	—
1114	1114	20	139.00	$139.00	$1,548	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,287	—
500–516	509	12	260.00–269.00	$265.32	$1,350	—
585–591	589	10	246.00–261.00	$250.47	$1,475	—
676	676	6	236.00	$236.00	$1,595	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,324	—
518	518	10	282.50	$282.50	$1,463	—
558	558	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,484	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–503	502	12	210.00–220.00	$213.32	$1,071	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	13	345.00	$345.00	$1,328	-2.50
406–446	420	20	320.00–335.00	$324.89	$1,365	-11.11
472–493	482	12	308.00–327.50	$313.77	$1,512	—
507–538	526	30	295.00–311.00	$300.96	$1,583	+0.09
550–593	563	21	267.00–291.00	$278.07	$1,566	-24.43
607–641	619	21	250.00–268.00	$261.80	$1,621	-3.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–395	380	13	275.00–317.50	$294.82	$1,120	-10.18
400–442	424	10	275.00–302.50	$284.12	$1,205	-25.88
462–497	485	21	265.00–297.50	$279.72	$1,357	+14.76
505–548	534	32	250.00–270.00	$262.65	$1,403	-9.31
570–593	579	12	239.00–252.50	$244.53	$1,416	-14.06
605–645	616	5	220.00–243.00	$238.18	$1,467	—
663–675	668	8	223.00–225.00	$224.24	$1,498	-7.76
730	730	3	199.00	$199.00	$1,453	-31.00
855	855	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,548	-13.63
1120	1120	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	295.00	$295.00	$968	—
405–438	429	6	245.00–262.50	$252.87	$1,085	—
540	540	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,328	+36.00
682	682	2	207.50	$207.50	$1,415	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1115	832	85-90%	96	90.00–119.00	$107.11	$891	—
700–1055	834	85-90%	11	70.00–86.00	$80.55	$672	—
885–1135	1009	85-90%	28	132.50–145.00	$136.04	$1,373	+13.59
815–1230	1079	85-90%	105	119.00–133.00	$125.49	$1,354	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1315	1160	80-85%	25	111.00–129.00	$123.51	$1,433	+3.34
1035–1475	1172	80-85%	96	131.00–143.00	$136.46	$1,599	+16.29
1025–1425	1208	80-85%	39	143.00–152.50	$146.84	$1,774	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1765	1399	75-80%	68	132.00–143.00	$136.34	$1,907	+2.96
1300–1545	1411	75-80%	19	143.50–158.00	$148.15	$2,090	—
1265–1635	1432	75-80%	18	120.50–130.00	$124.54	$1,783	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1765	1378	13	132.00–156.00	$145.81	$2,009	—
1300–2000	1582	28	154.00–172.00	$162.55	$2,572	—
1740–2370	1974	8	174.00–190.00	$181.90	$3,591	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1070	869	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	155.00–205.00	$170.06	$1,478
700–1080	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	109.00–157.50	$137.68	$1,290

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1240	1081	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	150.00–190.00	$165.40	$1,788
875–1515	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	130.00–150.00	$138.99	$1,597

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1167	1102	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,499.42
1070–1475	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	1,700.00–2,350.00	$2,028.46

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1080	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,750.00–2,150.00	$2,054.04

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–1085	979	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,050.00–1,550.00	$1,355.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1250	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,663.07

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–900.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1415	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1150	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,688.35

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1012	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
945–1050	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,225.00–2,250.00	$2,229.17	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
890–1050	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,875.00–2,200.00	$2,004.17	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.