Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 24, 2024

3,616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.24/cwt ≈ $1,822/hd at 746 lb · 256 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $269.48/cwt -8.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,714/hd at 636 lb · 155 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $314.98/cwt +0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,666/hd at 529 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,616	3,018	5,678
Feeder cattle	2,811	2,465	4,544
Slaughter cattle	349	300	529
Replacement cattle	456	253	605

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early feeder sales steady to 5.00 lower, late week sales 4.00 up to 20.00 higher on some heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6.00 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	308	3	322.50	$322.50	$993	-30.00
381–398	387	14	312.50–337.50	$325.81	$1,261	-16.44
408–446	425	39	305.00–345.00	$323.10	$1,373	-7.25
450–478	465	47	310.00–331.00	$318.54	$1,481	-0.11
504–542	517	63	275.00–300.00	$289.37	$1,496	-8.03
553–593	566	58	271.00–297.00	$285.84	$1,618	-0.94
602–648	636	155	250.00–280.50	$269.48	$1,714	-8.43
650–690	669	42	250.00–280.00	$270.79	$1,812	+12.44
702–729	724	11	245.00–253.00	$246.41	$1,784	+1.80
754–779	775	55	238.00–250.00	$245.45	$1,902	+5.61
801	801	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,970	—
880	880	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,112	+15.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–398	391	16	360.00–361.00	$360.76	$1,411	-3.54
403–436	420	19	335.00–355.00	$345.94	$1,453	-8.03
500–542	529	110	306.00–328.50	$314.98	$1,666	+0.23
554–598	567	78	304.00–309.50	$307.85	$1,746	+3.69
604–635	615	68	284.00–307.50	$297.36	$1,829	+5.68
652–689	670	95	271.00–306.50	$298.81	$2,002	+22.71
709–748	725	20	264.00–270.00	$268.41	$1,946	+5.87
752–788	761	22	249.00–270.00	$259.87	$1,978	—
846	846	5	237.00	$237.00	$2,005	-3.00
939	939	59	236.25	$236.25	$2,218	-5.40

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	11	285.00	$285.00	$1,331	—
581	581	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,511	—
700	700	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	—
776	776	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	7	307.50	$307.50	$1,042	+46.33
458–465	462	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,409	+15.67
550	550	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,402	—
640–648	644	6	255.00–256.00	$255.50	$1,645	-2.50
684	684	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,676	—
708	708	3	227.50	$227.50	$1,611	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	6	323.00	$323.00	$1,454	—
632	632	10	261.00–262.50	$261.60	$1,653	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,024	—
730	730	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,168	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,341	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	9	320.00	$320.00	$973	-26.44
350–398	379	23	300.00–320.00	$309.59	$1,173	—
409–420	412	10	293.00–305.00	$296.67	$1,222	-20.20
454–475	462	47	292.00–300.00	$294.25	$1,359	-3.66
505–547	516	99	270.00–301.00	$290.37	$1,498	+6.16
553–585	566	63	255.00–299.50	$278.66	$1,577	+9.85
605–636	619	40	245.00–266.00	$255.23	$1,580	-7.27
665–673	669	19	248.50–259.50	$255.25	$1,708	+6.25
739–749	746	256	243.50–244.50	$244.24	$1,822	—
763	763	14	229.50	$229.50	$1,751	-5.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–330	321	6	277.50–295.00	$289.00	$928	+1.88
375–399	395	26	270.00–309.00	$290.71	$1,148	-16.52
420–431	429	23	270.00–290.00	$275.49	$1,182	-19.14
452–497	473	62	260.00–285.00	$269.58	$1,275	-9.19
500–545	522	68	240.00–265.00	$256.29	$1,338	+1.40
557–598	586	106	233.00–266.00	$248.92	$1,459	-3.79
600–648	629	20	230.00–246.00	$238.21	$1,498	-2.90
650–692	679	51	220.00–240.00	$232.89	$1,581	+17.89
712–743	740	45	232.50	$232.50	$1,720	+14.42
752	752	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,918	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–441	428	29	243.00–252.50	$245.86	$1,052	+2.44
472–495	482	13	230.00–257.50	$239.77	$1,156	-10.01
508–547	527	13	230.00–247.50	$235.72	$1,242	—
553–565	561	17	220.00–230.00	$222.90	$1,250	-4.42
866	866	16	180.00	$180.00	$1,559	+39.73

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	12	240.00	$240.00	$917	—
424	424	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,187	—
523	523	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,281	—
579	579	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,419	-10.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	12	263.50	$263.50	$1,447	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–894	882	11	130.00–145.00	$135.32	$1,194	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,288	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	7	230.00	$230.00	$959	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,042	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	6	310.00–325.00	$317.45	$1,121	—
428	428	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,359	—
516–531	524	22	250.00–282.00	$275.17	$1,442	+7.46
550–593	572	15	252.50–261.00	$257.41	$1,472	+7.67
605–645	623	12	234.00–240.00	$236.76	$1,475	-19.24
658	658	8	242.50	$242.50	$1,596	+17.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–394	391	8	335.00–342.50	$338.72	$1,324	-33.78
422	422	4	331.00	$331.00	$1,397	+21.00
479	479	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,461	+5.00
512–538	519	7	280.00–290.00	$287.04	$1,490	+6.05
584–589	586	13	268.00–269.00	$268.69	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,092	—
565	565	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,396	—
663	663	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,538	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	4	227.00	$227.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1382–1600	1455	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,750.00–2,800.00	$2,768.33	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–980	854	85-90%	6	82.00–94.00	$89.94	$768	+10.85
740–1215	999	85-90%	41	94.00–119.00	$107.74	$1,076	-31.89
895–1205	1059	85-90%	17	135.50–150.00	$142.79	$1,512	—
862–1300	1072	85-90%	62	121.50–137.00	$129.80	$1,391	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1320	1191	80-85%	13	119.00–133.00	$127.87	$1,523	-19.65
1025–1450	1207	80-85%	48	132.00–147.00	$140.62	$1,697	—
1010–1330	1210	80-85%	26	147.00–158.50	$151.93	$1,838	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1625	1402	75-80%	8	115.00–134.00	$125.51	$1,760	—
1300–1945	1440	75-80%	46	132.50–148.00	$141.86	$2,043	-6.72
1330–1925	1486	75-80%	23	146.50–155.50	$150.66	$2,239	+12.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1848	1493	7	143.00–160.00	$156.45	$2,336	—
1300–1965	1609	26	164.00–182.00	$170.56	$2,744	—
1450–2190	1883	12	185.00–206.00	$193.62	$3,646	+3.92

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1055	791	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	170.00–218.00	$198.75	$1,572
700–1005	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	125.00–162.50	$143.64	$1,261

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1045	879	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	180.00–195.00	$186.61	$1,640
825–1570	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	139.00–167.50	$150.24	$1,725

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1175	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00–1,850.00	$1,787.89
1100–1390	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	91	1,685.00–2,400.00	$1,948.76

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1180	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	38	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,448.27

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1077	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	1,750.00–2,750.00	$2,161.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1175	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,400.00–1,725.00	$1,627.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1562	1488	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,975.00–2,210.00	$2,113.13

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–980	793	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–950.00	$869.12

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1350	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,250.00–2,850.00	$2,507.27	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,866.67	—

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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.