Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 15, 2024

2,813 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $278.93/cwt -0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,760/hd at 631 lb · 100 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $333.18/cwt +5.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 524 lb · 98 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $270.24/cwt +3.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,689/hd at 625 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,813	3,481	3,822
Feeder cattle	2,082	2,773	2,835
Slaughter cattle	374	438	572
Replacement cattle	357	270	415

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold mixed from 3.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	410	11	350.00–352.50	$351.61	$1,442	+1.47
450–489	475	20	329.00–357.50	$340.40	$1,617	-0.66
500–545	524	98	319.00–339.00	$333.18	$1,746	+5.43
552–598	566	62	301.00–321.00	$310.80	$1,759	-7.14
613–635	625	58	295.00–309.00	$306.29	$1,914	+5.35
668–669	668	30	279.00–289.50	$282.85	$1,889	-4.03
704–743	717	30	260.00–281.50	$269.65	$1,933	-3.33
754	754	21	254.00	$254.00	$1,915	—
810	810	13	253.00	$253.00	$2,049	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–392	379	9	320.00–350.00	$336.66	$1,276	-2.33
401–430	416	20	320.00–345.00	$334.69	$1,392	+3.43
450–495	470	34	300.00–330.00	$315.30	$1,482	-3.28
518–547	533	49	290.00–315.00	$305.19	$1,627	+2.19
572–598	585	36	270.00–297.00	$280.25	$1,639	-9.50
603–648	631	100	267.50–289.00	$278.93	$1,760	-0.91
652–680	668	31	260.00–280.50	$271.51	$1,814	+3.88
716–740	722	29	234.00–268.00	$256.68	$1,853	+0.72
758–795	768	26	231.00–249.00	$242.06	$1,859	-7.33
870	870	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,088	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	295.00	$295.00	$979	—
416	416	24	293.00	$293.00	$1,219	-42.00
486	486	42	284.00	$284.00	$1,380	-33.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	302.50	$302.50	$998	—
455–486	474	8	271.00–291.00	$278.19	$1,319	-11.37
513–543	533	18	260.00–282.00	$277.48	$1,479	-13.78
600–635	626	18	240.00–258.00	$254.11	$1,591	—
700–717	710	5	230.00–237.50	$232.96	$1,654	+10.96

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,414	—
467	467	6	327.50	$327.50	$1,529	—
694	694	10	262.00	$262.00	$1,818	—
733	733	10	258.00	$258.00	$1,891	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617–626	621	26	296.00–304.00	$300.28	$1,865	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–395	391	5	265.00–287.50	$278.40	$1,089	—
468	468	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,170	-55.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	7	342.50	$342.50	$1,161	-35.00
400–404	403	12	306.00–330.00	$324.04	$1,306	+2.98
450–483	470	49	299.00–316.00	$309.99	$1,457	+9.11
505–545	529	59	279.00–289.00	$284.72	$1,506	-8.61
550–571	564	77	269.00–289.00	$282.24	$1,592	+3.63
603–643	625	92	260.00–280.00	$270.24	$1,689	+3.38
654–668	663	49	250.00–256.00	$253.83	$1,683	+6.45
715	715	21	243.00	$243.00	$1,737	-0.73
750–772	765	10	227.00–238.00	$235.33	$1,800	-2.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	6	307.50–327.50	$317.27	$1,041	-25.23
350–390	377	6	285.00–297.50	$293.10	$1,105	—
403–438	415	62	271.00–300.00	$286.99	$1,191	+2.83
450–499	474	23	257.50–290.00	$276.37	$1,310	+0.11
502–547	525	76	250.00–286.00	$263.27	$1,382	+0.96
557–599	579	76	242.50–270.00	$258.96	$1,499	-3.57
620–642	633	39	235.00–257.50	$246.27	$1,559	-5.94
659–683	667	15	230.00–241.00	$237.27	$1,583	+0.74
768–782	778	14	222.50–230.00	$224.40	$1,746	+8.40
805	805	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,763	+4.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–391	390	14	295.00–302.50	$300.91	$1,174	+28.26
405–440	428	4	252.00–271.00	$262.01	$1,121	+13.30
464	464	8	278.00	$278.00	$1,290	+30.75
510–548	536	23	230.00–250.00	$237.89	$1,275	+5.23
558–595	570	9	220.00–238.00	$224.46	$1,279	-10.54
680–692	684	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,505	-2.00
718–743	736	7	185.00–213.00	$192.81	$1,419	—
858	858	32	143.00	$143.00	$1,227	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,314	-2.50
506	506	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,305	—
563	563	6	259.00	$259.00	$1,458	+5.27
643	643	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,575	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	27	280.00	$280.00	$1,235	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	5	270.00	$270.00	$880	—
528–537	531	9	251.00–254.00	$252.99	$1,343	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–382	373	3	330.00–335.00	$333.41	$1,244	—
425	425	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,254	±0.00
462–495	480	9	262.50–312.50	$293.50	$1,409	—
529	529	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,296	-33.28
560–585	573	2	256.00–262.00	$259.07	$1,484	-10.15
605–638	618	5	260.00–262.50	$261.47	$1,616	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–523	509	8	285.00–315.00	$296.57	$1,510	+4.77
551–580	562	15	272.50–275.00	$273.64	$1,538	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1175	1158	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,650.00–4,000.00	$3,881.65	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1740	1397	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,125.00–2,800.00	$2,460.86	-1,112.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,164	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1195	842	85-90%	15	71.00–99.00	$86.00	$724	-2.24
730–1300	914	85-90%	63	93.00–118.00	$109.94	$1,005	—
805–1300	960	85-90%	46	120.00–133.00	$126.08	$1,210	+11.64
900–1210	1040	85-90%	11	134.00–145.00	$139.99	$1,456	+11.29

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1290	1142	80-85%	31	115.00–133.50	$126.24	$1,442	—
1015–1320	1168	80-85%	53	132.00–147.00	$138.44	$1,617	+9.64
1060–1340	1217	80-85%	15	145.00–155.00	$148.60	$1,808	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1505	1384	75-80%	9	120.00–132.00	$128.45	$1,778	—
1305–1570	1440	75-80%	11	147.00–155.00	$150.35	$2,165	-2.39
1295–1910	1516	75-80%	49	134.00–147.00	$140.44	$2,129	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1595	1353	7	146.00–159.00	$153.28	$2,074	—
1290–2180	1692	39	160.00–177.00	$171.19	$2,897	—
1390–2220	1885	19	177.00–186.00	$181.17	$3,415	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1015	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	122.50–175.00	$145.66	$1,295

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1040	794	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	145.00–173.00	$161.35	$1,281
915–1450	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	116.00–154.00	$143.45	$1,703

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1485	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	1,800.00–2,725.00	$2,134.49
1295–1305	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,025.00–2,100.00	$2,075.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1150	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,428.39
1095–1250	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,531.12

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1020	988	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,277.09
875–1090	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,400.08

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1085	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,888.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430–1505	1468	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,197.44

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1050	997	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,605.35

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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
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,050.00	$2,050.00	-333.33
1120–1275	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	2,600.00–3,050.00	$2,809.38	-32.29
1585	1585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1100	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,150.00–2,250.00	$2,216.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1100	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–2,100.00	$1,568.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1075	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00–2,925.00	$2,508.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1660	1660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,025.00	$3,025.00	—

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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.