Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 23, 2024

3,757 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $236.32/cwt +10.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,070/hd at 876 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $267.80/cwt +9.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,681/hd at 628 lb · 113 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $263.90/cwt +6.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,379/hd at 523 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,757	3,195	5,356
Feeder cattle	2,940	2,488	4,287
Slaughter cattle	422	356	686
Replacement cattle	395	351	383

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher, yearlings 2.00 to 4.00 higher; late week steers 3.00 lower to 10.00 higher, heifers 6.00 lower to 18.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 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
341	341	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,108	—
360–375	364	17	306.00–320.00	$309.62	$1,127	-13.18
415–443	427	25	305.00–316.00	$307.98	$1,315	+0.05
452–486	466	45	284.00–319.00	$310.54	$1,447	+23.53
481 unweaned	481	12	285.00	$285.00	$1,371	+11.00
510–538	521	83	286.00–315.00	$302.62	$1,577	+15.90
530–537 unweaned	534	20	280.00–282.50	$281.38	$1,503	—
559–596 unweaned	571	17	262.00–280.00	$269.90	$1,541	—
551–599	576	89	272.50–303.00	$283.21	$1,631	+13.85
626 unweaned	626	17	261.00	$261.00	$1,634	—
600–648	628	96	263.00–274.00	$269.01	$1,689	+10.57
653 unweaned	653	12	257.00	$257.00	$1,678	—
650–697	676	67	250.00–268.50	$255.00	$1,724	+0.42
706–748	733	93	245.00–256.00	$249.90	$1,832	-2.53
753–794	763	46	240.00–253.00	$248.51	$1,896	+3.77
818–835	830	109	239.00–247.50	$241.64	$2,006	+3.24
851–885	876	134	227.50–239.00	$236.32	$2,070	+10.82
954–971	956	38	215.00–223.00	$220.49	$2,108	—
1007	1007	12	218.00	$218.00	$2,195	—
1103	1103	13	195.00	$195.00	$2,151	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	5	287.50–307.50	$299.86	$1,005	—
375	375	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,078	-15.48
405–430	420	16	265.00–287.50	$277.91	$1,167	-3.96
450–474	468	21	260.00–280.00	$272.93	$1,277	-9.07
501–542	522	60	254.00–294.00	$270.61	$1,413	+6.09
551–597	577	69	245.00–272.00	$259.90	$1,500	+6.56
600–641	623	35	240.00–257.00	$249.82	$1,556	+3.70
652–696	669	41	232.00–260.00	$250.40	$1,675	+4.89
722–746	742	27	230.00–245.00	$240.48	$1,784	+0.41
758–788	777	28	230.00–240.00	$234.16	$1,819	+1.08
825–847	832	15	228.00–235.00	$230.37	$1,917	+8.11
912–939	921	21	207.00–223.50	$217.89	$2,007	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–433	423	6	225.00–250.00	$237.19	$1,003	-25.81
553–576	568	16	220.00–240.00	$232.57	$1,321	-7.93
604–611	607	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,396	+6.00
788	788	4	217.50	$217.50	$1,714	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,163	—
531	531	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,397	—
634	634	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,528	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–593	570	17	235.00–250.00	$243.98	$1,391	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,373	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	6	297.50	$297.50	$1,505	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,255	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–386	378	17	277.50–297.50	$282.27	$1,067	—
418–439	429	25	272.50–303.00	$286.04	$1,227	-8.06
457–497	480	65	267.50–290.00	$277.86	$1,334	+0.98
486–490 unweaned	487	17	258.00–273.50	$268.91	$1,310	—
507–526 unweaned	518	36	253.00–257.50	$254.53	$1,318	+12.49
503–548	525	73	262.50–279.00	$268.52	$1,410	+8.21
550–594	568	49	252.50–270.00	$261.73	$1,487	+15.06
581–592 unweaned	585	19	240.00–245.00	$243.14	$1,422	+2.49
607 unweaned	607	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,426	±0.00
603–644	617	88	239.00–265.50	$254.03	$1,567	+13.87
650–692	673	91	234.00–240.00	$237.22	$1,596	-6.98
700–737	732	65	227.00–236.75	$236.20	$1,729	+3.95
771	771	40	230.00	$230.00	$1,773	+1.00
930	930	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,814	—
970	970	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,843	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–389	375	20	255.00–278.00	$263.93	$990	+5.65
405–448	431	12	265.00–270.00	$267.25	$1,152	+4.89
462–498	482	42	240.00–260.00	$251.12	$1,210	-5.15
477–498 unweaned	488	6	237.50–239.00	$238.23	$1,163	—
503–545	524	44	227.50–258.00	$244.37	$1,280	+5.56
550–592	576	33	223.00–260.00	$236.34	$1,361	+7.51
603–645	626	29	221.00–241.00	$235.41	$1,474	+7.95
652–684	668	46	215.00–239.50	$228.36	$1,525	+0.95
700–739	728	19	209.00–230.00	$218.93	$1,594	-1.45
773–796	784	23	216.00–226.00	$220.81	$1,731	+3.66
850	850	12	200.00	$200.00	$1,700	+3.05
984	984	7	169.00	$169.00	$1,663	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	4	270.00	$270.00	$923	+40.00
353	353	3	255.00	$255.00	$900	+5.00
418–440	425	7	240.00–245.00	$242.88	$1,032	+5.76
465–498	484	18	210.00–241.00	$229.40	$1,110	-8.10
502–540	524	22	195.00–233.00	$216.90	$1,137	-3.10
551–594	568	12	230.00–239.00	$235.16	$1,336	—
758	758	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,213	-21.66
817	817	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,430	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,022	—
509	509	7	232.50	$232.50	$1,183	—
626	626	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,459	—
841	841	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,514	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,079	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	282.50	$282.50	$932	—
365–395	377	5	270.00–272.50	$271.45	$1,023	—
465–495	484	8	250.00–261.00	$255.62	$1,237	+1.51
510–542	526	4	252.00–263.00	$257.67	$1,355	+22.32
560–580	573	14	235.00–258.00	$242.24	$1,388	+13.53
606–621	615	17	227.00–238.00	$233.80	$1,438	+6.06
655–697	683	15	195.00–212.50	$201.07	$1,373	-25.51
708–725	722	12	200.00–215.00	$202.45	$1,462	-16.04
755–780	760	14	192.50–212.50	$202.98	$1,543	-9.78

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–396	388	6	282.50–290.00	$284.90	$1,105	+7.40
426–432	427	10	272.50–277.50	$273.51	$1,168	-9.50
464	464	5	298.00	$298.00	$1,383	—
550–580	566	12	253.00–255.00	$253.93	$1,437	+8.93
605–648	632	15	241.00–243.00	$242.01	$1,530	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	270.00	$270.00	$850	—
492	492	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155–1470	1333	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,339.88	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1165	865	85-90%	14	60.00–78.00	$69.19	$598	—
700–1350	989	85-90%	79	75.00–103.00	$92.01	$910	—
805–1460	1050	85-90%	68	95.00–115.00	$106.54	$1,119	—
795–1260	1081	85-90%	23	106.00–129.00	$113.94	$1,232	+3.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1730	1449	75-80%	55	112.50–124.00	$118.07	$1,711	—
1315–1660	1459	75-80%	25	101.00–113.00	$107.48	$1,568	-16.10
1325–1895	1510	75-80%	17	124.00–138.00	$126.69	$1,913	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1270	1193	80-85%	4	124.00–126.00	$125.28	$1,495	+13.83
1040–1365	1196	80-85%	29	100.00–111.00	$107.39	$1,284	-4.06
1055–1335	1210	80-85%	48	112.00–122.00	$115.92	$1,403	-5.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1715	1435	9	130.00–144.00	$135.34	$1,942	—
1190–2250	1615	27	145.00–161.00	$152.64	$2,465	—
1300–2025	1791	10	151.00–178.00	$166.18	$2,976	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–855	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	170.00–200.00	$179.14	$1,438
700–1080	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	114.00–150.00	$133.46	$1,196

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085–1640	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	106.00–160.00	$126.14	$1,550

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1240	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,850.00–2,100.00	$1,888.80
1000–1610	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	1,500.00–2,250.00	$1,994.99

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1180	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,389.20

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–885	724	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	375.00–900.00	$709.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1285	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,533.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1535	1401	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,181.83

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1080	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,038.54

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1025–1050	1048	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,675.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–875	841	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,675.00	$1,514.01

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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
1085–1200	1101	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,950.00–2,250.00	$2,004.55	-64.20

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1070	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,130.00	—
1000–1020	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,683.33	-209.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1475	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,650.00–2,800.00	$2,770.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–900	834	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	825.00–1,225.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.