Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 19, 2024

3,566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $262.47/cwt -13.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,517/hd at 578 lb · 130 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.04/cwt -19.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,419/hd at 534 lb · 125 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $278.64/cwt -9.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,460/hd at 524 lb · 123 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,566	4,369	1,122
Feeder cattle	2,836	3,717	865
Slaughter cattle	333	403	166
Replacement cattle	397	249	91

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, calves 3.00 to 8.00 lower, spots 14.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,097	-2.38
350–395	379	29	309.00–332.00	$316.12	$1,198	-4.56
400–446	431	25	280.00–300.00	$286.57	$1,235	-14.50
457–495	481	44	275.00–299.00	$286.65	$1,379	-14.61
505–545	524	123	260.00–286.00	$278.64	$1,460	-9.10
550–596	578	130	251.00–273.00	$262.47	$1,517	-13.60
600–647	624	103	246.00–276.00	$258.40	$1,612	-2.15
659–695	678	81	232.50–270.00	$245.84	$1,667	-9.08
707–742	726	41	227.00–241.00	$233.72	$1,697	+0.13
759–799	778	18	221.00–231.00	$225.30	$1,753	-7.34
811–835	824	11	219.00–222.00	$220.34	$1,816	-11.61
926	926	30	200.00	$200.00	$1,852	-20.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	341.00	$341.00	$989	-26.50
340	340	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,173	-21.67
350–355	353	13	320.00–342.50	$329.02	$1,161	-5.97
405–446	424	26	310.00–325.00	$317.16	$1,345	-15.12
452–496	472	53	297.00–312.50	$304.26	$1,436	-15.22
508 unweaned	508	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,448	—
501–542	518	51	292.00–306.00	$296.57	$1,536	-23.30
557–588	568	45	275.00–288.00	$282.01	$1,602	-20.35
621–624	622	71	265.00–284.50	$275.72	$1,715	-12.22
655–668	660	24	255.00–256.00	$255.58	$1,687	-26.57
705–722	713	42	247.00–260.00	$253.59	$1,808	-7.00
758	758	5	236.00	$236.00	$1,789	-13.48
875	875	58	226.60	$226.60	$1,983	—
980	980	120	220.00	$220.00	$2,156	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–340	327	12	287.50–290.00	$288.08	$942	—
365–385	373	5	277.00–288.00	$281.54	$1,050	—
451–495	463	15	255.00–270.00	$264.76	$1,226	-9.69
510–537	529	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,322	-7.65
577	577	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,385	-25.00
608–631	625	12	230.00–232.00	$231.51	$1,447	-8.49
671	671	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,684	+6.00
732	732	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,596	+13.00
982	982	9	184.00	$184.00	$1,807	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	7	267.00	$267.00	$1,434	—
600–630	610	44	257.00–268.00	$264.13	$1,611	—
693	693	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,719	+2.00
719	719	7	242.00	$242.00	$1,740	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–388	380	12	296.00–311.00	$303.00	$1,151	-6.02
402–435	422	67	280.00–307.00	$292.18	$1,233	-13.49
454–488	474	62	277.50–297.00	$282.69	$1,340	-1.65
509 unweaned	509	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,285	—
503–549	535	118	257.50–272.00	$266.84	$1,428	-6.21
553–598	572	64	250.00–263.00	$253.33	$1,449	-14.56
602–643	629	83	238.00–259.00	$242.28	$1,524	-14.84
679–680	680	15	229.00	$229.00	$1,557	-20.25
703–710	705	10	228.00–240.00	$232.02	$1,636	-6.82
762	762	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,814	—
816	816	10	225.00	$225.00	$1,836	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	327	9	278.00–287.50	$281.97	$922	-22.17
375–394	386	10	276.00–291.00	$285.18	$1,101	-1.46
400–448	424	66	255.00–283.00	$270.46	$1,147	-4.53
452–495	477	37	250.00–275.00	$261.73	$1,248	-6.81
507–548	522	28	245.00–256.00	$249.87	$1,304	-6.68
560–599	583	78	227.50–260.00	$242.06	$1,411	-8.87
604–647	616	56	227.00–242.00	$233.34	$1,437	-3.76
660–661	661	12	225.00–227.50	$225.83	$1,493	-3.61
702–744	725	16	200.00–229.00	$217.49	$1,577	-10.25
790	790	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,691	-6.83
809	809	35	201.00	$201.00	$1,626	+6.00
875–882	879	7	186.00–195.00	$189.84	$1,669	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	260.00	$260.00	$905	+0.15
391–397	395	9	252.00–260.00	$257.36	$1,017	-5.63
423	423	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,079	+5.00
481–496	488	9	236.00–247.50	$241.20	$1,177	-11.30
565	565	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,328	-15.00
672–680	675	5	212.50–217.00	$215.19	$1,453	—
856–888	869	10	160.00–169.00	$163.68	$1,422	+21.18
975–982	981	18	140.00–155.00	$141.66	$1,390	—
1105	1105	12	142.50	$142.50	$1,575	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,380	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
884	884	14	123.00	$123.00	$1,087	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	8	229.00	$229.00	$1,434	-14.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,306	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–387	377	7	275.00–295.00	$281.95	$1,063	+0.05
415–440	429	22	270.00–286.00	$276.78	$1,187	—
450	450	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,260	-21.00
510	510	2	263.00	$263.00	$1,341	+5.53
552–595	565	36	245.00–253.00	$249.72	$1,411	-1.07
656–686	671	8	230.00–235.00	$232.56	$1,560	-5.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–337	321	6	307.50–362.00	$333.39	$1,070	—
365–390	382	6	302.50–327.50	$310.47	$1,186	—
430–440	435	9	282.50–302.50	$296.10	$1,288	-36.40
460	460	2	293.00	$293.00	$1,348	+7.41
514–547	531	13	263.00–289.00	$271.19	$1,440	-13.29
653	653	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,567	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–378	368	7	240.00–242.50	$241.10	$887	—
518–532	525	4	230.00–235.00	$232.53	$1,221	—
570–572	571	7	202.50–210.00	$207.86	$1,187	—
638	638	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,499	—
758	758	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,645	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1300	1265	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	2,600.00–4,300.00	$3,023.40	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–945	801	85-90%	9	75.00–97.50	$89.44	$716	+2.29
815–1145	974	85-90%	14	130.00–143.00	$135.58	$1,321	+25.05
700–1345	978	85-90%	43	101.00–120.00	$112.86	$1,104	+2.33
770–1410	1058	85-90%	43	112.50–134.00	$125.45	$1,327	-13.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1072–1320	1196	80-85%	20	119.00–130.00	$126.24	$1,510	-12.09
1020–1335	1207	80-85%	51	127.50–143.00	$136.00	$1,642	-12.29
1090–1330	1221	80-85%	16	143.00–152.00	$145.91	$1,782	-2.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1595	1413	75-80%	15	123.00–131.00	$128.09	$1,810	-20.26
1340–1760	1483	75-80%	9	143.00–149.50	$146.28	$2,169	+19.52
1310–1810	1485	75-80%	36	129.00–143.00	$137.73	$2,045	+10.97

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1228–1935	1395	9	135.00–160.00	$149.50	$2,086	—
1285–2165	1726	35	155.00–177.00	$169.10	$2,919	—
1575–2060	1884	12	178.00–205.00	$188.07	$3,543	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1080	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	109.00–172.50	$142.87	$1,334

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095–1370	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	138.00–170.00	$155.09	$1,880

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1206	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	1,950.00–2,175.00	$2,006.41
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1144–1630	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	1,800.00–2,800.00	$2,362.21

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300–1567	1468	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,030.82

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1065	924	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,433.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1265	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,660.55

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1075	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,067.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1339	1339	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–810	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	650.00–875.00	$785.35

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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
1183	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00	+195.83
1100–1365	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	2,400.00–3,150.00	$2,840.91	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1033	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,781.25	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1050	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,650.00–2,200.00	$2,015.63	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1160	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,066.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	4	181.00	$181.00	$981	—
610	610	11	175.00	$175.00	$1,068	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	2	142.00	$142.00	$746	—

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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.