Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 1, 2024

2,700 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $238.00/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,192/hd at 921 lb · 167 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.23/cwt ≈ $1,929/hd at 813 lb · 158 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.00/cwt +10.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,848/hd at 770 lb · 154 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,700	3,616	5,678
Feeder cattle	2,070	2,811	4,544
Slaughter cattle	402	349	529
Replacement cattle	228	456	605

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, calves steady to 5.00 higher, yearlings 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	10	390.00	$390.00	$1,326	—
360	360	7	395.00	$395.00	$1,422	+34.24
401–419	411	20	332.50–350.00	$339.15	$1,394	-6.79
492	492	5	328.00	$328.00	$1,614	—
500–547	519	45	310.00–332.50	$315.35	$1,637	+0.37
592	592	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,835	+2.15
617	617	10	315.00	$315.00	$1,944	+17.64
721–743	727	21	260.00–275.00	$270.62	$1,967	+2.21
758–782	779	55	257.50–267.50	$266.26	$2,074	+6.39
815–841	835	96	247.00–259.00	$254.77	$2,127	+17.77
921	921	167	238.00	$238.00	$2,192	+1.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–398	375	29	325.00–354.00	$338.12	$1,268	+12.31
420–449	437	17	317.50–322.50	$319.31	$1,395	-3.79
454–498	475	56	290.00–319.00	$305.94	$1,453	-12.60
509–546	530	26	285.00–307.50	$291.34	$1,544	+1.97
567–594	581	46	270.00–296.00	$287.26	$1,669	+1.42
616–638	629	18	270.00–277.50	$274.64	$1,727	+5.16
651–696	683	62	251.00–266.00	$257.20	$1,757	-13.59
829–842	833	10	230.00–234.00	$232.79	$1,939	-13.21
864	864	20	234.00	$234.00	$2,022	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–464	460	7	280.00–300.00	$288.48	$1,327	-16.52
706–711	710	27	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	+2.50
799	799	18	220.00	$220.00	$1,758	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	19	169.00	$169.00	$1,156	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	18	263.00	$263.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,225	—
716	716	7	145.00	$145.00	$1,038	-15.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	8	244.00	$244.00	$1,388	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,144	+15.41
400–425	413	15	307.50–312.50	$310.29	$1,281	+13.62
450–499	484	17	295.00–305.00	$298.95	$1,447	+4.70
515–541	528	42	280.00–295.00	$287.84	$1,520	-2.53
572–583	581	16	255.00–265.00	$260.31	$1,512	-18.35
600–617	605	19	245.00–250.00	$246.61	$1,492	-8.62
659	659	18	242.00	$242.00	$1,595	-13.25
770	770	154	240.00	$240.00	$1,848	+10.50
807–838	813	158	227.50–239.50	$237.23	$1,929	—
873	873	61	220.00	$220.00	$1,921	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–388	377	17	307.50–317.50	$312.56	$1,178	+21.85
407–443	430	33	277.50–300.00	$289.82	$1,246	+14.33
450–473	467	11	275.00–290.00	$284.81	$1,330	+15.23
500–548	530	28	250.00–272.50	$260.17	$1,379	+3.88
587–592	590	7	237.50–240.00	$238.93	$1,410	-9.99
602–643	616	9	238.00–246.00	$243.21	$1,498	+5.00
650–699	686	34	220.00–240.00	$230.19	$1,579	-2.70
737–747	740	26	227.00–229.00	$227.54	$1,684	-4.96
801–821	811	8	218.00–225.00	$221.46	$1,796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–383	366	8	285.00–290.00	$288.04	$1,054	—
473–499	487	13	257.50–260.00	$259.24	$1,262	+19.47
502–544	523	8	225.00–235.00	$229.80	$1,202	-5.92
710	710	9	180.00	$180.00	$1,278	—
910–918	912	19	140.00–160.00	$142.12	$1,296	—
968	968	10	155.00	$155.00	$1,500	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	5	287.50	$287.50	$1,230	+7.50
475	475	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,282	—
530	530	17	265.00	$265.00	$1,404	+20.00
596	596	18	241.00	$241.00	$1,436	-4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459–470	465	9	280.00–282.50	$281.10	$1,307	—
542	542	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,409	-15.17
550–592	571	7	240.00–255.00	$248.42	$1,418	-8.99
610	610	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,372	-11.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,139	—
456	456	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,357	-7.50
526–532	528	8	279.00–280.00	$279.62	$1,476	-7.42
650–680	662	5	242.50–260.00	$252.81	$1,674	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1235	1099	80-85%	92	135.00–146.00	$141.17	$1,551	—
1000–1275	1129	80-85%	13	118.00–134.00	$128.16	$1,447	—
1050–1290	1188	80-85%	27	147.00–160.00	$152.30	$1,809	+24.43

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–985	795	85-90%	4	81.00–94.00	$87.42	$695	—
700–1230	909	85-90%	48	96.00–121.00	$113.58	$1,032	—
885–1140	988	85-90%	16	139.00–155.00	$146.10	$1,443	+38.36
705–1395	1269	85-90%	60	124.00–136.00	$129.34	$1,641	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1715	1385	75-80%	10	128.00–135.00	$132.11	$1,830	—
1300–1505	1392	75-80%	11	148.00–154.00	$150.73	$2,098	—
1280–1610	1454	75-80%	66	137.00–148.00	$143.16	$2,082	-7.50

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1750	1473	7	148.00–161.00	$156.84	$2,310	+0.39
1300–1975	1575	35	163.00–183.00	$171.85	$2,707	—
1632–2290	1869	13	186.00–200.00	$192.53	$3,598	-1.09

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1035	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	115.00–150.00	$139.05	$1,236

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1050	941	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	190.00–207.50	$194.84	$1,833
1195–1370	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	142.00–149.00	$145.84	$1,845

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1139	1139	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1100–1390	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	1,800.00–2,300.00	$1,993.47

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1125	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,509.64

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1085	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,836.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1320	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,750.00	$1,687.39

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1075	1028	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	1,650.00–1,975.00	$1,770.14

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1040	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,764.29	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1215	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,100.00–2,800.00	$2,390.00	-117.27

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1045	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,100.00–2,350.00	$2,241.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1150	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–1,975.00	$1,850.00	-16.67

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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.