Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 22, 2024

4,865 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $257.06/cwt +4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $2,121/hd at 825 lb · 302 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $262.23/cwt +8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 767 lb · 158 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $296.87/cwt +12.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,567/hd at 528 lb · 144 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,865	2,813	4,707
Feeder cattle	3,775	2,082	3,543
Slaughter cattle	504	374	757
Replacement cattle	586	357	407

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to spot of 12.00 higher, although a few late week steers sold with instances of 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	12	420.00	$420.00	$1,084	—
315–347	345	15	372.50–390.00	$388.93	$1,342	—
376–399	387	31	355.00–377.50	$364.44	$1,410	—
418–434	425	15	337.50–352.50	$345.25	$1,467	-6.36
452–493	474	39	329.00–340.00	$333.94	$1,583	-6.46
505–540	520	94	310.00–330.00	$321.36	$1,671	-11.82
564 unweaned	564	8	294.00	$294.00	$1,658	—
555–596	578	102	303.00–318.00	$309.31	$1,788	-1.49
609–645	627	51	286.50–311.00	$301.99	$1,893	-4.30
657–670	662	46	288.00–293.00	$291.35	$1,929	+8.50
721–744	728	58	260.00–272.50	$268.70	$1,956	-0.95
752–778	767	158	257.50–274.50	$262.23	$2,011	+8.23
803–841	825	302	245.00–263.50	$257.06	$2,121	+4.06
854–855	855	44	246.00–250.00	$246.45	$2,107	—
941	941	62	243.00	$243.00	$2,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	337.50	$337.50	$1,114	—
384	384	6	342.50	$342.50	$1,315	+5.84
404–432	423	18	325.00–332.50	$327.74	$1,386	-6.95
451–499	479	83	307.50–330.00	$319.70	$1,531	+4.40
500–545	523	84	290.00–317.50	$304.54	$1,593	-0.65
555–596	587	91	271.00–300.00	$290.26	$1,704	+10.01
600–644	626	119	269.00–290.00	$277.93	$1,740	-1.00
655–690	673	89	260.00–280.00	$269.27	$1,812	-2.24
722–748	734	25	234.00–265.00	$255.73	$1,877	-0.95
752–795	775	36	235.00–250.00	$245.75	$1,905	+3.69
810–837	832	11	225.00–244.00	$240.64	$2,002	—
860–891	877	22	237.00–242.00	$240.15	$2,106	+0.15
990–998	995	8	209.00–216.00	$213.39	$2,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	8	300.00–302.50	$301.56	$1,101	—
424–445	432	8	270.00–280.00	$273.86	$1,183	—
450–494	468	19	280.00–315.00	$294.52	$1,378	+16.33
562	562	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,366	—
651–685	666	27	250.00–265.00	$258.31	$1,720	—
793	793	57	226.75	$226.75	$1,798	—
967	967	9	197.00	$197.00	$1,905	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	8	305.00	$305.00	$1,369	+12.00
574–582	577	21	277.00–297.50	$287.19	$1,657	—
697	697	22	249.50	$249.50	$1,739	—
832	832	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,939	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607–633	620	16	272.50–277.50	$275.05	$1,705	—
775	775	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,883	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	8	263.00	$263.00	$1,862	—
780	780	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,950	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488–497	493	6	254.00–255.00	$254.50	$1,255	+4.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,079	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	5	385.00	$385.00	$1,009	—
309–318	317	36	342.50–367.50	$364.79	$1,156	+22.29
380	380	5	312.50	$312.50	$1,188	—
408–441	429	11	310.00–317.50	$314.71	$1,350	-9.33
452–494	464	47	290.00–327.00	$311.97	$1,448	+1.98
500–548	528	144	280.00–311.00	$296.87	$1,567	+12.15
554–598	567	62	272.00–294.00	$284.17	$1,611	+1.93
607–645	630	123	264.00–287.50	$276.66	$1,743	+6.42
656–685	676	59	254.00–272.50	$258.56	$1,748	+4.73
703	703	16	248.00	$248.00	$1,743	+5.00
757–798	776	70	229.00–241.00	$237.02	$1,839	+1.69
832	832	12	229.00	$229.00	$1,905	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	275.00	$275.00	$902	-42.27
374–398	386	13	270.00–307.50	$295.45	$1,140	+2.35
413–444	435	45	254.00–305.00	$293.94	$1,279	+6.95
465–498	480	29	270.00–295.00	$280.16	$1,345	+3.79
500–534	520	83	259.00–283.00	$273.05	$1,420	+9.78
553–595	581	54	241.00–272.00	$259.33	$1,507	+0.37
605–645	632	107	233.00–259.00	$247.19	$1,562	+0.92
656–695	672	115	232.50–252.50	$246.61	$1,657	+9.34
700–733	727	18	228.00–244.00	$241.18	$1,753	—
861	861	34	215.00	$215.00	$1,851	—
1253	1253	27	161.00	$161.00	$2,017	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–340	337	8	287.50–292.50	$290.02	$977	—
363	363	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,007	-23.41
481–485	482	6	245.00–267.50	$252.54	$1,217	-25.46
550–598	577	20	237.50–245.00	$240.07	$1,385	+15.61
600	600	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,308	—
653–682	658	16	227.50–231.00	$230.32	$1,516	+10.32
911–929	922	22	150.00–161.00	$153.95	$1,419	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	295.00	$295.00	$1,401	—
520	520	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,430	—
640	640	13	244.00	$244.00	$1,562	—
718	718	8	234.00	$234.00	$1,680	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514–533	522	7	264.00–270.00	$266.62	$1,392	+8.62
591	591	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,492	-6.50
702	702	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,580	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	7	325.00	$325.00	$1,492	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	369	19	325.00–345.00	$333.68	$1,231	—
435–448	444	10	310.00–320.00	$317.23	$1,409	—
467–485	479	15	300.00–325.00	$310.41	$1,487	—
513–531	523	13	302.00–305.00	$303.36	$1,587	+6.79
593	593	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,690	+11.36
602–641	624	49	264.00–275.00	$267.28	$1,668	—
698	698	4	271.00	$271.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–392	383	9	292.50–325.00	$303.60	$1,163	-29.81
477	477	8	273.00	$273.00	$1,302	-20.50
509–535	521	15	260.00–284.00	$271.99	$1,417	+26.99
582–592	586	9	260.00–277.50	$270.50	$1,585	+11.43
607–627	617	10	252.50–262.50	$257.58	$1,589	-3.89
661–673	668	12	245.00–257.50	$251.37	$1,679	—
725	725	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,733	—
790	790	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,547	—
602	602	5	232.50	$232.50	$1,400	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1735	1735	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1065	833	85-90%	12	68.00–100.00	$89.34	$744	+3.34
740–1215	883	85-90%	63	101.00–119.00	$112.44	$993	—
785–1240	1010	85-90%	38	132.00–148.00	$138.86	$1,402	-1.13
760–1290	1046	85-90%	86	120.00–132.00	$126.62	$1,324	-13.37

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1305	1129	80-85%	120	130.00–143.00	$136.16	$1,537	+9.92
1075–1285	1171	80-85%	14	116.00–129.00	$125.33	$1,468	-13.11
1050–1330	1173	80-85%	23	143.50–153.00	$146.90	$1,723	+8.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1825	1424	75-80%	68	130.00–144.00	$138.04	$1,966	-12.31
1310–1685	1446	75-80%	7	118.00–131.00	$127.22	$1,840	-23.13
1295–1710	1480	75-80%	11	145.00–154.00	$148.49	$2,198	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1660	1440	11	129.00–158.00	$147.63	$2,126	—
1310–2335	1626	37	157.00–176.00	$166.06	$2,700	—
1335–2240	1906	9	175.00–198.00	$184.73	$3,521	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
952–1185	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	180.00–194.00	$184.83	$1,972
833–1615	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	117.50–171.00	$149.39	$1,621

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–926	892	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	192.50–209.00	$206.21	$1,839
700–1055	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	125.00–175.00	$142.79	$1,348

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1285	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	111	1,800.00–2,725.00	$2,216.65
1137–1238	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	1,675.00–2,000.00	$1,834.47

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1085	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,750.00	$1,750.00
950–1105	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,750.00–2,500.00	$2,085.78

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1316–1450	1374	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	1,950.00–2,550.00	$2,324.73

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1087	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,602.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1130	1122	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,666.57
1110–1272	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,659.76

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–895	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–950.00	$889.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1055	921	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,650.00–2,500.00	$1,899.49

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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
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,250.00	$2,250.00	-559.38
1100–1245	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	2,300.00–3,150.00	$2,750.00	-59.38
1100–1230	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,950.00–2,750.00	$2,273.08	-536.30
1150–1318	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,750.00–3,000.00	$2,950.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1325	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	2,550.00–2,950.00	$2,829.41	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–1075	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,575.00	—
1075–1090	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,500.00–3,100.00	$2,700.00	+191.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1100–1350	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,245.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–990	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,850.00–2,150.00	$2,064.29	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	12	250.00	$250.00	$675	—

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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.