Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 16, 2024

3,195 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $269.36/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,543/hd at 573 lb · 126 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $239.69/cwt -6.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,497/hd at 624 lb · 109 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $257.00/cwt -2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,352/hd at 526 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,195	3,832	5,347
Feeder cattle	2,488	3,220	4,324
Slaughter cattle	356	309	623
Replacement cattle	351	303	400

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 5.00 higher, up to 10.00 higher late week and heifers 3.00 to 10.00 higher, except calves early week uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–368	364	10	305.00–341.00	$322.80	$1,175	+2.46
413–448	432	33	295.00–323.00	$307.93	$1,330	+11.90
455–475	465	15	282.00–303.00	$287.01	$1,335	-9.69
480 unweaned	480	5	274.00	$274.00	$1,315	—
501–540	510	64	275.00–297.50	$286.72	$1,462	+6.82
526 value added	526	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,473	—
551–594	573	126	264.00–286.00	$269.36	$1,543	-2.46
600–645	637	32	253.00–266.00	$258.44	$1,646	-4.66
653–699	677	82	249.00–261.00	$254.58	$1,724	-2.57
703–729	715	72	247.50–256.50	$252.43	$1,805	+1.84
762–795	780	43	240.75–250.00	$244.74	$1,909	+4.11
810–824	818	84	235.00–240.75	$238.40	$1,950	+1.83
880	880	4	225.50	$225.50	$1,984	-0.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	382	10	300.00–307.50	$302.98	$1,157	+15.53
408–437	422	21	270.00–290.00	$281.87	$1,189	+0.26
465	465	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,311	+13.37
501–528	514	31	256.00–275.00	$264.52	$1,360	+1.96
556–598	576	59	240.00–266.50	$253.34	$1,459	+0.52
608–645	627	41	225.00–255.00	$246.12	$1,543	+3.24
664–695	680	32	231.00–254.00	$245.51	$1,669	+0.12
702–748	727	14	230.00–246.00	$240.07	$1,745	+4.91
750–795	764	49	226.00–234.00	$233.08	$1,781	+4.64
832–846	838	16	215.00–228.00	$222.26	$1,863	-2.80
865–890	873	4	213.00–221.00	$215.54	$1,882	-4.95

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–390	379	32	270.00–280.00	$276.92	$1,050	-8.08
484	484	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,283	+25.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	24	269.00	$269.00	$1,762	—
760	760	17	245.00	$245.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	259.00–267.50	$263.20	$1,026	-17.80
442	442	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,162	-9.50
451	451	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,082	—
530	530	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,277	+3.50
555	555	2	238.00–243.00	$240.50	$1,335	-0.76
640	640	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,434	—
670–677	673	8	200.00–219.00	$207.17	$1,394	-13.17

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	2	177.50	$177.50	$1,115	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–438	429	4	289.00–299.00	$294.10	$1,262	+20.16
450–495	462	16	270.00–295.00	$276.88	$1,279	-2.43
502–540	526	86	250.00–276.00	$260.31	$1,369	+6.69
521–543 unweaned	527	19	230.00–246.00	$242.04	$1,276	—
560–576	565	25	246.00–247.00	$246.67	$1,394	-5.08
563–592 unweaned	570	20	240.00–242.50	$240.65	$1,372	—
609 unweaned	609	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,431	—
603–640	626	99	236.00–246.00	$240.16	$1,503	-6.13
651–689	667	69	231.50–249.00	$244.20	$1,629	-0.90
731–740	733	22	223.00–235.00	$232.25	$1,702	+6.80
756–766	765	36	229.00	$229.00	$1,752	+10.00
838–843	842	23	220.00–221.00	$220.78	$1,859	—
885	885	5	205.50	$205.50	$1,819	-4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	320	15	260.00–283.00	$267.31	$855	+4.12
383–391	386	12	250.00–262.50	$258.28	$997	+3.63
400–440	417	26	259.00–271.00	$262.36	$1,094	+6.52
453–486	470	47	248.00–263.00	$256.27	$1,204	+4.81
502–547	525	44	225.00–257.00	$238.81	$1,254	+3.82
550–591	573	84	220.00–249.00	$228.83	$1,311	-4.64
605–646	637	72	210.00–230.00	$227.46	$1,449	+0.61
653–686	680	53	211.00–232.00	$227.41	$1,546	+2.47
705–729	718	26	201.00–226.00	$220.38	$1,582	+2.00
761–781	768	41	210.00–220.50	$217.15	$1,668	+0.69
850–880	865	2	194.00–200.00	$196.95	$1,704	-4.05
927–941	938	12	185.00–189.00	$188.01	$1,764	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	5	230.00	$230.00	$722	—
350–360	358	4	250.00	$250.00	$895	+16.24
438–442	439	7	230.00–240.00	$237.12	$1,041	+13.34
487–488	488	9	232.50–240.00	$237.50	$1,159	+14.34
538	538	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,184	+5.62
600–620	607	8	205.00–212.50	$210.98	$1,281	+8.83
719–741	730	19	165.00–195.00	$177.52	$1,296	-9.26
750–775	763	2	172.00–191.00	$181.66	$1,386	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
664	664	23	244.00	$244.00	$1,620	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,319	—
618	618	17	235.00	$235.00	$1,452	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
876	876	9	196.50	$196.50	$1,721	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	5	237.00	$237.00	$1,315	—
635	635	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,372	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	183.00	$183.00	$600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,326	+23.50
472–499	486	10	250.00–258.00	$254.11	$1,235	-5.10
525–540	535	14	220.00–249.00	$235.35	$1,259	-6.65
575–597	591	12	220.00–235.00	$228.71	$1,352	-3.64
610–643	630	15	216.00–235.00	$227.74	$1,435	+10.94
665–680	673	2	219.00–234.00	$226.58	$1,525	+26.58
700–745	717	5	210.00–225.00	$218.49	$1,567	—
755–772	770	7	199.00–215.00	$212.76	$1,638	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	5	277.50	$277.50	$999	-17.50
425–428	427	5	280.00–285.00	$283.01	$1,208	+3.01
529	529	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,328	+4.34
565	565	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,384	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1160	921	85-90%	14	60.00–87.00	$77.76	$716	—
780–1425	1015	85-90%	55	77.00–106.00	$96.73	$982	-30.45
775–1585	1098	85-90%	64	95.00–120.00	$110.48	$1,213	—
1050–1145	1115	85-90%	4	121.00–130.00	$124.14	$1,384	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1315	1193	80-85%	25	101.00–117.00	$111.45	$1,330	-8.34
1045–1390	1221	80-85%	40	114.00–128.00	$120.92	$1,476	-7.83
1160–1472	1337	80-85%	8	125.00–133.00	$130.31	$1,742	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1790	1454	75-80%	14	105.00–119.00	$113.45	$1,650	-16.20
1250–1895	1464	75-80%	44	116.00–129.00	$123.58	$1,809	-6.07
1310–1815	1499	75-80%	11	127.00–139.00	$132.29	$1,983	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1825	1517	19	115.00–144.00	$134.96	$2,047	—
1125–2110	1725	32	145.00–164.00	$156.19	$2,694	-22.49
1500–1890	1729	11	165.00–180.00	$171.03	$2,957	-7.65

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1178	1032	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	154.00–180.00	$166.02	$1,713
765–1565	1107	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	114.50–139.00	$125.09	$1,385
1095–1325	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	114.00–165.00	$134.75	$1,652

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1085	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	107.00–163.00	$136.27	$1,288

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1325	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,750.00	$1,535.01
912–1720	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	1,400.00–2,450.00	$1,978.33
1240–1292	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1090	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	1,050.00–1,725.00	$1,353.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1215	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–1,250.00	$1,081.83
1120–1375	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,250.00–1,750.00	$1,541.66

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1080	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,800.00–2,225.00	$1,933.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1405	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
776	776	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
742–810	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,317.65
900–1008	954	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,655.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1190	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,068.75	-181.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1075	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,500.00–2,225.00	$1,892.86	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1520	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,425.00	$2,425.00	+25.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
741	741	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,171	—

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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.