Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 8, 2024

3,481 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $300.94/cwt -14.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,863/hd at 619 lb · 150 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $293.33/cwt +5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,522/hd at 519 lb · 148 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $278.61/cwt +18.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,596/hd at 573 lb · 145 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,481	2,700	8,198
Feeder cattle	2,773	2,070	6,411
Slaughter cattle	438	402	1,322
Replacement cattle	270	228	465

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the previous sales steers sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 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
350–394	375	17	362.50–390.00	$367.90	$1,380	-27.10
400–448	429	32	335.00–359.00	$350.14	$1,502	+10.99
450–496	473	77	331.00–346.00	$341.06	$1,613	+13.06
500–545	522	91	311.00–337.50	$327.75	$1,711	+12.40
555–588	572	91	303.00–328.00	$317.94	$1,819	+7.94
600–642	619	150	292.50–312.00	$300.94	$1,863	-14.06
653	653	24	275.00–294.00	$286.88	$1,873	—
708–719	714	23	269.00–276.00	$272.98	$1,949	+2.36
835	835	60	255.50	$255.50	$2,133	+0.73
921–923	921	72	239.00–242.00	$241.54	$2,225	+3.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–395	376	40	310.00–355.00	$338.99	$1,275	+0.87
413–443	424	25	307.50–337.50	$331.26	$1,405	+11.95
452–497	475	28	308.00–332.50	$318.58	$1,513	+12.64
503–549	528	44	285.00–318.00	$303.00	$1,600	+11.66
553–589	572	38	280.00–302.00	$289.75	$1,657	+2.49
608–635	622	43	270.00–285.00	$279.84	$1,741	+5.20
651–699	671	46	250.00–279.00	$267.63	$1,796	+10.43
700–747	726	51	250.00–265.00	$255.96	$1,858	—
753–795	769	40	240.50–256.00	$249.39	$1,918	—
825	825	15	241.50	$241.50	$1,992	+8.71
914	914	7	228.00	$228.00	$2,084	—
1004	1004	7	217.00	$217.00	$2,179	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–498	484	10	287.50–297.50	$289.56	$1,401	+1.08
520–528	524	6	290.00–292.50	$291.26	$1,526	—
550–567	557	14	263.00–275.00	$268.94	$1,498	—
660–691	678	7	246.00–255.00	$251.24	$1,703	—
722	722	13	222.00	$222.00	$1,603	-8.00
752–798	789	13	230.00–238.00	$233.74	$1,844	+13.74
867	867	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,916	—
938	938	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,876	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,340	—
485–490	488	6	310.00–325.00	$317.54	$1,550	—
516	516	32	309.00	$309.00	$1,594	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,440	—
512–534	527	9	227.00–230.00	$227.97	$1,201	—
665	665	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	10	160.00	$160.00	$995	—
680	680	8	171.00	$171.00	$1,163	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,755	—
685	685	8	273.00	$273.00	$1,870	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	352.50	$352.50	$1,361	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	8	377.50	$377.50	$1,227	—
406–446	435	40	317.50–326.00	$321.06	$1,397	+10.77
454–488	476	40	285.00–315.00	$300.88	$1,432	+1.93
500–543	519	148	272.00–309.00	$293.33	$1,522	+5.49
550–588	573	145	270.00–290.00	$278.61	$1,596	+18.30
601–647	631	90	250.00–272.00	$266.86	$1,684	+20.25
655–695	681	141	240.50–267.50	$247.38	$1,685	+5.38
705–725	717	27	241.00–249.00	$243.73	$1,748	—
779	779	34	238.00	$238.00	$1,854	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,185	—
405–449	428	26	270.00–305.00	$284.16	$1,216	-5.66
462–498	476	11	265.00–290.00	$276.26	$1,315	-8.55
525–540	529	37	245.00–268.00	$262.31	$1,388	+2.14
556–581	574	89	245.00–273.00	$262.53	$1,507	+23.60
600–643	626	89	235.00–262.00	$252.21	$1,579	+9.00
650–690	676	24	231.00–242.00	$236.53	$1,599	+6.34
708–717	713	20	223.00–239.00	$232.96	$1,661	+5.42
775	775	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,674	—
800–820	812	9	212.00–217.00	$214.54	$1,742	-6.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–380	364	10	267.50–275.00	$272.65	$992	-15.39
415–431	424	7	240.00–255.00	$248.71	$1,055	—
460–498	484	19	237.00–257.50	$247.25	$1,197	-11.99
515–548	538	18	230.00–238.00	$232.66	$1,252	+2.86
599	599	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,408	—
605	605	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,252	—
675	675	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,498	—
895	895	15	189.00	$189.00	$1,692	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,099	—
599	599	18	251.00	$251.00	$1,503	—
643	643	8	227.50	$227.50	$1,463	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–496	494	24	300.00–305.00	$300.40	$1,484	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	7	277.50	$277.50	$1,265	+7.50
568–580	576	6	245.00–258.00	$253.73	$1,461	+12.73

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	9	206.00	$206.00	$1,360	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	6	271.00	$271.00	$1,564	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,298	—
502–537	523	5	267.50–285.00	$278.28	$1,455	+18.28
552–580	569	5	268.00–270.00	$269.22	$1,532	+20.80
778	778	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,750	—
979	979	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,978	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534–538	535	9	235.00–245.00	$241.65	$1,293	—
567	567	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,276	—
618	618	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,452	—
652	652	4	212.50	$212.50	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,278	—
523–525	524	8	287.50–299.00	$291.80	$1,529	+12.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1600	1343	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	2,250.00–2,800.00	$2,607.96	—
1350–1400	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,500.00–3,650.00	$3,573.64	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1050	831	85-90%	17	75.00–98.00	$88.24	$733	—
700–1280	975	85-90%	55	101.00–123.50	$114.44	$1,116	-31.66
790–1155	990	85-90%	17	139.00–148.00	$142.81	$1,414	-3.29
790–1255	1016	85-90%	67	122.00–138.00	$128.70	$1,308	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1280	1170	80-85%	19	120.00–133.50	$128.80	$1,507	-23.50
1030–1375	1186	80-85%	33	146.00–162.50	$151.82	$1,801	-0.48
1005–1340	1196	80-85%	64	134.00–147.00	$140.89	$1,685	-11.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1715	1410	75-80%	50	135.00–149.00	$142.88	$2,015	—
1340–1640	1424	75-80%	14	128.50–135.00	$131.95	$1,879	—
1300–1850	1434	75-80%	23	149.00–160.00	$152.74	$2,190	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1845	1539	8	141.00–160.00	$156.19	$2,404	—
1345–2070	1701	33	162.00–180.00	$171.56	$2,918	—
1555–2235	1841	17	180.00–201.00	$187.64	$3,454	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–815	778	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	180.00–182.50	$181.70	$1,414
740–1100	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	129.00–167.50	$145.41	$1,355

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1130	973	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	172.50–190.00	$180.95	$1,761
1110–1275	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	123.00–169.00	$143.63	$1,739

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1143–1455	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	1,850.00–2,250.00	$2,053.52
1190–1257	1251	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,703.96

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1100	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,509.08

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1090	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,775.00–2,250.00	$2,021.35

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1605	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,025.00–2,575.00	$2,413.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1275	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	1,450.00–1,750.00	$1,567.27

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–980	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,184.93

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
838	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,150.00	$2,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–900	881	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,750.00	$1,679.79

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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
1100–1245	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,383.33	—
1175–1200	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,750.00–3,025.00	$2,841.67	+451.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1100	954	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,250.00–2,575.00	$2,335.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1135	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,866.67	—

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	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,366.67	—

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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.