Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 12, 2024

4,369 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $260.59/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,874/hd at 719 lb · 168 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $249.48/cwt ≈ $1,921/hd at 770 lb · 163 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $237.10/cwt -4.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 619 lb · 161 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,369	1,666	5,189
Feeder cattle	3,717	1,119	2,811
Slaughter cattle	403	270	554
Replacement cattle	249	277	1,824

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 12.00 higher, 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
295	295	10	367.50	$367.50	$1,084	—
315–330	324	10	350.00–385.00	$366.67	$1,188	+26.90
350–378	365	15	327.50–347.50	$334.99	$1,223	-5.35
407–446	419	75	320.00–346.00	$332.28	$1,392	+2.28
453–491	471	65	310.00–330.00	$319.48	$1,505	+5.92
500–539	518	80	305.00–333.00	$319.87	$1,657	+4.17
552–595	579	119	293.00–312.50	$302.36	$1,751	—
600–647	629	83	277.00–308.50	$287.94	$1,811	+4.45
652–696	677	128	264.00–291.50	$282.15	$1,910	+7.15
703–747	719	168	250.00–271.50	$260.59	$1,874	+3.09
750–784	770	163	242.50–260.00	$249.48	$1,921	—
800–829	820	86	242.00–254.50	$247.40	$2,029	—
907–922	907	118	232.50–234.00	$232.78	$2,111	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–349	328	13	315.00–342.50	$334.88	$1,098	-6.12
350–360	355	10	312.50–323.00	$320.68	$1,138	-16.82
429–447	434	13	290.00–315.00	$301.07	$1,307	-4.54
455–498	474	45	287.50–311.00	$301.26	$1,428	+11.40
515–549	534	84	274.00–305.00	$287.74	$1,537	-0.61
552–591	566	22	263.00–288.00	$276.07	$1,563	-0.82
600–648	632	66	250.00–286.00	$260.55	$1,647	-12.14
653–697	682	79	240.00–271.00	$254.92	$1,739	-6.09
709–727	715	30	220.00–254.00	$233.59	$1,670	+0.86
755–785	763	13	222.50–250.00	$232.64	$1,775	-7.05
811–844	820	57	225.00–240.00	$231.95	$1,902	-3.05
864–880	871	44	215.00–228.00	$222.33	$1,936	—
907–925	909	41	220.00–225.00	$220.62	$2,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–444	430	9	251.00–285.00	$273.35	$1,175	—
454–461	458	10	266.00–280.00	$274.45	$1,257	+2.28
524–545	535	8	250.00–265.00	$257.65	$1,378	-2.35
581	581	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,540	+5.14
643	643	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,543	—
692	692	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,695	+7.10
710	710	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,456	-15.00
843	843	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,812	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	11	290.00	$290.00	$1,285	—
648	648	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,685	—
675	675	7	246.00	$246.00	$1,660	—
792	792	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,822	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,147	—
460	460	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,150	—
506	506	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,366	—
607–635	624	15	260.00	$260.00	$1,622	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	15	305.00	$305.00	$1,348	—
500	500	16	290.00	$290.00	$1,450	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522–538	532	11	297.00–312.50	$302.53	$1,609	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–339	322	25	312.50–317.50	$315.44	$1,016	+10.44
375–395	385	30	305.00–312.00	$309.02	$1,190	-5.25
402–446	423	27	295.00–320.00	$305.67	$1,293	+22.13
453–491	476	59	280.00–295.00	$284.34	$1,353	-4.42
502–518 thin fleshed	511	49	295.00–303.00	$299.37	$1,530	—
500–549	524	58	265.00–285.00	$273.05	$1,431	-3.63
550–598	577	94	256.00–280.00	$267.89	$1,546	+1.67
601–648	625	99	245.00–264.00	$257.12	$1,607	+6.73
656–694	684	34	249.00–250.00	$249.25	$1,705	—
702–742	723	97	234.00–250.50	$238.84	$1,727	-8.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–337	325	9	302.50–305.00	$304.14	$988	—
373–390	380	9	280.00–297.50	$286.64	$1,089	+11.90
403–444	427	38	267.50–287.50	$274.99	$1,174	-1.38
450–492	475	65	250.00–280.00	$268.54	$1,276	+3.69
507 unweaned	507	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,323	—
510–549	531	51	250.00–278.00	$256.55	$1,362	-9.79
570–596	586	42	243.00–261.00	$250.93	$1,470	+1.28
603–648	619	161	225.00–248.00	$237.10	$1,468	-4.22
652–684	664	32	220.00–245.00	$229.44	$1,523	-5.96
700–748	725	37	225.00–232.00	$227.74	$1,651	—
756–776	765	39	218.00–228.00	$220.83	$1,689	—
831	831	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,620	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	250.00–270.00	$259.85	$883	+19.85
365–380	372	11	257.50–270.00	$262.99	$978	+22.99
435	435	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,088	-2.50
462	462	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,167	+12.20
551	551	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,378	—
748	748	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,556	—
858	858	17	142.50	$142.50	$1,223	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	24	261.00	$261.00	$1,313	—
612	612	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,622	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	6	255.00–257.50	$256.25	$1,325	+16.25
599	599	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,492	+1.00
608	608	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,477	—
715–719	718	13	215.00–220.00	$216.15	$1,552	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,222	—
566	566	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,387	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,712	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,127	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	211.00	$211.00	$971	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,020	—
380–395	385	3	272.50–300.00	$281.90	$1,085	—
468	468	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,409	+30.80
506–545	520	20	240.00–290.00	$257.47	$1,339	+9.99
570–578	573	10	247.50–252.50	$250.79	$1,437	—
615	615	8	246.00–258.00	$250.50	$1,541	+0.97
650–669	662	11	230.00–249.00	$237.99	$1,575	—
713–722	719	8	220.00–225.00	$223.14	$1,604	-1.87

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,363	—
472–482	478	12	285.00–286.00	$285.59	$1,365	-14.41
505–545	516	7	277.50–287.50	$284.48	$1,468	+10.69
640–643	641	7	257.50–260.00	$258.93	$1,660	—
679	679	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,698	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1590	1470	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,150.00–3,100.00	$2,675.74	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1155	827	85-90%	12	65.00–96.00	$87.15	$721	—
700–1295	989	85-90%	49	94.50–119.00	$110.53	$1,093	—
735–1330	1040	85-90%	51	114.00–134.00	$125.34	$1,304	-1.12
830–1225	1052	85-90%	18	134.00–150.00	$138.46	$1,457	-3.28

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1290	1151	80-85%	26	107.00–132.00	$123.92	$1,426	—
915–1375	1175	80-85%	63	132.00–145.00	$138.33	$1,625	—
1055–1372	1241	80-85%	18	146.00–155.00	$148.29	$1,840	+0.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1690	1438	75-80%	11	146.00–153.00	$148.35	$2,133	+7.93
1335–1560	1485	75-80%	18	120.00–133.00	$126.76	$1,882	-22.85
1265–2005	1499	75-80%	54	132.50–146.00	$140.35	$2,104	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1246–2080	1562	8	136.00–157.00	$149.13	$2,329	—
1220–2365	1632	38	157.50–173.00	$166.28	$2,714	—
1315–1960	1658	16	177.00–196.00	$183.70	$3,046	+15.41

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1048	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	140.00–173.00	$157.56	$1,505
1080–1220	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	135.00–167.50	$148.77	$1,653
1045–1167	1142	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	180.00–186.00	$181.84	$2,077

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–905	857	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	177.50–185.00	$181.56	$1,556
705–1060	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	145.00–160.00	$153.13	$1,441

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1505	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,850.00–2,525.00	$2,060.96
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1523	1523	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1567	1567	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	2,675.00	$2,675.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1060	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,900.00–2,100.00	$1,965.90
980–1080	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,055.59

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–875	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,000.00	$979.12
780–1075	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,450.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–830	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–950.00	$872.67
675–1080	829	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	775.00–1,325.00	$1,111.69
1100–1325	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,300.00–1,750.00	$1,612.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210–1445	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,425.00–2,450.00	$2,436.39

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–930	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,000.00	$925.00	—
920–995	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,300.00	—
980–1050	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00–2,050.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1350	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,454.17	+69.55

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1050	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,310.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1124	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,125.00	$2,125.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1308	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	7	207.50	$207.50	$768	—
407–428	409	21	200.00–208.00	$207.20	$847	—

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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.