Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 9, 2024

3,832 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $257.15/cwt +7.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,728/hd at 672 lb · 190 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.29/cwt +2.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,522/hd at 618 lb · 183 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $251.75/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,422/hd at 565 lb · 122 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,832	3,307	5,166
Feeder cattle	3,220	2,604	4,189
Slaughter cattle	309	351	595
Replacement cattle	303	352	382

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower, spots up to 20.00 lower on heifers late week, except some yearlings early week steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 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
350–392	362	39	312.50–325.00	$320.34	$1,160	-10.13
418–444	438	14	292.00–299.00	$296.03	$1,297	-13.60
452–482	474	74	285.00–305.00	$296.70	$1,406	-9.90
501–547	520	80	270.00–295.00	$279.90	$1,455	-19.49
557–597	576	90	264.00–285.00	$271.82	$1,566	-3.83
602–648	621	100	254.00–275.00	$263.10	$1,634	-8.58
652–697	672	190	250.00–271.00	$257.15	$1,728	+7.15
700–745	711	55	234.00–257.00	$250.59	$1,782	+5.23
760–792	780	75	230.00–242.00	$240.63	$1,877	+0.61
807–847	840	35	232.50–244.50	$236.57	$1,987	-1.61
850–886	876	29	224.00–229.00	$225.70	$1,977	-5.90
956	956	57	217.50	$217.50	$2,079	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–394	375	28	280.00–300.00	$287.45	$1,078	—
400–449	425	36	272.00–288.00	$281.61	$1,197	-11.52
464–495 unweaned	472	11	260.00–283.00	$276.43	$1,305	—
458–494	476	30	259.00–279.00	$268.63	$1,279	-11.58
506–545	532	107	245.00–271.00	$262.56	$1,397	-12.77
558–599	582	45	240.00–273.00	$252.82	$1,471	-3.22
590–592 unweaned	591	19	258.00–260.00	$259.26	$1,532	—
616–647	630	42	229.00–253.00	$242.88	$1,530	-12.19
650–680	668	25	240.00–254.00	$245.39	$1,639	+0.62
712–742	723	42	234.00–240.00	$235.16	$1,700	+25.16
759–799	780	18	220.00–230.00	$228.44	$1,782	+1.91
815–835	831	15	213.00–228.00	$225.06	$1,870	+0.06
866–892	885	31	211.00–222.50	$220.49	$1,951	+3.72
958	958	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,964	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,073	+19.54
408	408	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,112	+11.50
485–488	487	11	246.00–261.00	$254.20	$1,238	-20.80
511	511	5	237.50	$237.50	$1,214	-5.00
560–578	565	10	234.00–245.00	$241.26	$1,363	—
672–694	679	15	220.00–221.00	$220.34	$1,496	+0.34
705	705	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	—
818	818	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,718	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,080	—
458–476	467	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,121	-43.78
618	618	6	232.50	$232.50	$1,437	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	11	267.50	$267.50	$1,396	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	250.00	$250.00	$970	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	13	280.00	$280.00	$1,036	-11.80
407–448	431	29	261.00–282.00	$273.94	$1,181	-13.18
441 unweaned	441	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,102	—
451–454	452	12	270.00–284.00	$279.31	$1,262	-0.39
506–537	517	36	242.00–266.00	$253.62	$1,311	-9.82
541 fancy	541	9	283.00	$283.00	$1,531	—
556–596	565	122	244.00–264.00	$251.75	$1,422	-1.15
601–645	618	183	237.00–256.00	$246.29	$1,522	+1.29
650–667	657	17	240.00–248.00	$245.10	$1,610	+8.27
704–737	724	23	224.50–227.00	$225.45	$1,632	-9.97
750	750	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,642	-18.90
863	863	11	210.00	$210.00	$1,812	-5.00
904	904	9	193.00	$193.00	$1,745	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	324	7	250.00–275.00	$263.19	$853	-9.31
364–395	377	19	250.00–275.00	$254.65	$960	-4.24
400–447	431	64	241.00–267.00	$255.84	$1,103	-8.08
450–499	477	63	235.00–262.50	$251.46	$1,199	-7.50
510–548	532	41	228.00–245.00	$234.99	$1,250	-14.07
573 unweaned	573	12	228.00	$228.00	$1,306	—
554–595	575	71	220.00–242.00	$233.47	$1,342	-6.31
602–643	626	30	215.00–235.00	$226.85	$1,420	-5.63
661–698	680	53	220.00–228.00	$224.94	$1,530	-7.07
722–747	742	35	217.50–223.00	$218.38	$1,620	-7.70
756–797	789	31	195.00–225.00	$216.46	$1,708	+4.33
823	823	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,646	-9.50
855	855	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,719	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–384	377	25	220.00–242.50	$233.76	$881	+4.88
430–444	437	13	220.00–245.00	$223.78	$978	-13.66
453–498	480	42	205.00–235.00	$223.16	$1,071	-9.94
500–534	523	21	200.00–228.00	$214.38	$1,121	-17.62
558–590	576	17	210.00–220.00	$214.57	$1,236	+5.57
602–647	629	5	201.00–204.00	$202.15	$1,272	—
711–718	712	17	185.00–200.00	$186.78	$1,330	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,206	—
597	597	10	236.00	$236.00	$1,409	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	8	264.00	$264.00	$1,249	—
792	792	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,703	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,021	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	5	275.00	$275.00	$979	-25.98
415	415	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,131	—
457–488	470	17	237.50–271.00	$259.21	$1,218	+7.16
500	500	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,210	-8.55
561–595	575	12	220.00–250.00	$232.35	$1,336	-8.65
612–629	622	22	206.00–227.50	$216.80	$1,348	-10.41
690	690	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,380	-17.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,114	-3.01
470–476	473	7	239.00–261.00	$248.36	$1,175	+13.36
486 unweaned	486	4	212.50	$212.50	$1,033	—
539	539	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,245	+11.00
570 unweaned	570	5	207.50	$207.50	$1,183	—
563–595	584	17	217.50–220.00	$218.35	$1,275	—
625	625	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,250	—
662	662	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,324	—
810	810	9	168.00	$168.00	$1,361	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	302.50	$302.50	$908	—
373	373	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,100	—
420	420	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,176	—
454	454	9	269.00	$269.00	$1,221	-12.10
500–537	529	13	243.00–249.00	$246.66	$1,305	-15.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1200	1133	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,100.00–2,650.00	$2,423.53	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1020	835	85-90%	12	71.00–89.00	$81.07	$677	-7.54
700–1235	959	85-90%	28	90.00–112.00	$101.50	$973	-5.37
875–1165	1015	85-90%	14	122.50–132.00	$127.18	$1,291	-9.28
830–1340	1018	85-90%	51	105.00–126.00	$119.05	$1,212	-17.41

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1280	1192	80-85%	8	113.00–122.00	$119.79	$1,428	—
1030–1930	1219	80-85%	60	122.50–135.00	$128.75	$1,569	-4.45
1150–1325	1244	80-85%	15	136.00–142.00	$137.98	$1,716	+4.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1655	1426	75-80%	9	130.00–147.00	$136.57	$1,947	+13.70
1310–1655	1437	75-80%	12	115.00–125.00	$120.94	$1,738	-12.92
1295–1715	1451	75-80%	36	122.00–135.00	$129.65	$1,881	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1855	1477	6	142.00–150.00	$146.49	$2,164	+5.39
1295–2185	1686	30	150.00–170.00	$161.56	$2,724	—
1538–2125	1738	13	175.00–182.00	$178.68	$3,105	+14.33

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1025	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	165.00–210.00	$187.42	$1,621
740–1090	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	112.50–150.00	$132.80	$1,208

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1190	1027	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	162.50–190.00	$179.38	$1,842
1095–1470	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	119.00–155.00	$139.17	$1,659

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1685	1272	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	1,800.00–2,425.00	$2,042.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1080	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	31	1,050.00–1,800.00	$1,437.53

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1085	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,800.00–2,300.00	$1,965.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1340	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,450.00–1,750.00	$1,576.76

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–910	772	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	750.00–1,100.00	$953.13

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1010	885	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,512.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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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	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,775.00	$2,775.00	—
1075–1300	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,510.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–990	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1050	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,400.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
857	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	5	180.00	$180.00	$900	—

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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.