Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 28, 2024

5,144 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $263.63/cwt -6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,668/hd at 633 lb · 352 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.55/cwt +0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,539/hd at 627 lb · 162 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $289.56/cwt -4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,520/hd at 525 lb · 155 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,144	3,989	3,793
Feeder cattle	4,174	3,234	2,981
Slaughter cattle	554	569	557
Replacement cattle	416	186	255

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, late week steers 2.00 to 8.00 lower and heifers uneven from 4.00 lower to 3.00 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
312–343	329	14	330.00–342.50	$334.15	$1,099	-8.35
357–399	377	27	320.00–330.00	$324.08	$1,222	-20.44
437	437	29	319.00–320.00	$319.72	$1,397	-20.70
450–487	476	28	312.00–324.00	$313.31	$1,491	-14.68
505–549	525	155	281.00–300.00	$289.56	$1,520	-7.27
554–592	568	59	271.00–281.00	$274.74	$1,561	-12.37
603–649	631	280	257.00–276.00	$266.44	$1,681	-5.83
613–644 unweaned	639	72	243.00–256.00	$252.72	$1,615	-2.28
657–692	676	123	250.00–270.00	$262.26	$1,773	-3.79
698–699 unweaned	699	17	245.00	$245.00	$1,713	—
700–740	724	49	244.00–256.00	$245.25	$1,776	-10.02
759–767	766	82	242.50–254.50	$252.76	$1,936	+0.26
805–817	814	60	240.00–242.00	$241.54	$1,966	-5.05
870	870	61	248.50	$248.50	$2,162	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–396	388	25	287.50–302.50	$299.41	$1,162	-15.91
404–448	421	29	280.00–307.50	$293.90	$1,237	-5.39
452–492	483	67	270.00–308.00	$286.22	$1,382	-16.04
476–499 unweaned	486	16	260.00–265.00	$262.47	$1,276	+2.47
502–548	527	66	250.00–272.50	$262.05	$1,381	-17.16
550–597	567	96	245.00–270.00	$253.40	$1,437	-9.24
600–647	619	114	232.50–260.00	$244.00	$1,510	-1.21
651–698	663	25	240.00–256.00	$245.67	$1,629	-2.45
722–748	745	29	232.00–241.50	$239.97	$1,788	+0.01
760–786	771	27	230.00–240.00	$236.75	$1,825	-4.27
805–845	837	76	220.00–235.50	$233.86	$1,957	-4.09
952	952	9	189.00	$189.00	$1,799	-35.80
1000–1028	1010	28	210.50–214.00	$211.88	$2,140	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,069	-12.53
456–492	473	43	241.00–292.50	$253.78	$1,200	-17.40
525	525	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,255	-14.72
571–595	575	23	235.00–249.00	$239.13	$1,375	-3.66
788	788	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,710	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	9	255.00	$255.00	$1,257	-5.00
539	539	15	250.00	$250.00	$1,348	—
574	574	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,406	—
778	778	29	233.00	$233.00	$1,813	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	33	253.00	$253.00	$1,644	—
796	796	7	241.00	$241.00	$1,918	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,134	—
571	571	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,370	-20.00
604–621	618	20	240.00–241.00	$240.80	$1,488	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	12	260.00	$260.00	$1,113	—
460–479	470	13	220.00–230.00	$225.49	$1,060	-11.37
535	535	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,236	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	8	235.00	$235.00	$959	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–332	328	18	292.50–298.00	$294.88	$967	-13.86
355–376	370	18	267.00–271.00	$269.96	$999	-40.04
405–436 unweaned	416	11	260.00	$260.00	$1,082	±0.00
418	418	17	266.00–274.00	$271.18	$1,134	-5.50
473–496	491	95	254.00–271.00	$258.35	$1,268	-23.67
500–535 unweaned	516	54	242.00–248.00	$245.02	$1,264	—
500–536	526	34	245.00–265.00	$255.31	$1,343	-7.48
563–597	577	45	242.00–265.00	$249.77	$1,441	-17.40
602–637	626	150	239.00–254.75	$246.47	$1,543	-1.14
638 unweaned	638	12	234.00	$234.00	$1,493	+4.00
688	688	65	245.00	$245.00	$1,686	+5.38
674–695 unweaned	689	15	225.00–228.00	$225.78	$1,556	—
700–709	707	23	230.00–237.50	$234.24	$1,656	-3.17
752	752	15	232.50	$232.50	$1,748	—
800–842	811	76	220.00–237.00	$232.58	$1,886	+11.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	373	71	250.00–275.00	$265.36	$990	-16.89
415–446	437	48	247.50–265.00	$253.47	$1,108	-9.39
402–446 unweaned	443	45	237.50–245.00	$242.61	$1,075	—
451–499	485	59	230.00–255.00	$242.86	$1,178	-17.33
491 unweaned	491	5	227.00	$227.00	$1,115	-16.22
491	491	13	240.00	$240.00	$1,178	-20.19
500–548	521	76	223.00–246.00	$233.39	$1,216	-13.57
552–594	570	79	221.00–240.00	$235.19	$1,341	-2.94
604–643	630	45	221.00–234.00	$230.31	$1,451	+0.60
653–690	670	26	210.00–227.50	$218.29	$1,463	-8.32
703–732	707	31	207.50–225.00	$218.45	$1,544	-7.03
772–797	787	12	206.00–219.00	$209.79	$1,651	-10.21
979	979	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,958	+14.00
1022–1037	1031	12	189.00–192.00	$190.24	$1,961	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	235.00	$235.00	$858	±0.00
412–437	430	11	220.00–225.00	$223.69	$962	-18.01
459–490	466	14	210.00–230.00	$219.87	$1,025	-19.46
555–558	557	7	210.00–222.00	$213.42	$1,189	-4.40
602	602	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,204	-6.89
679–681	680	12	188.00–205.00	$193.68	$1,317	-10.08
726	726	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,452	±0.00
794–798	795	6	196.00–201.00	$199.33	$1,585	—
951	951	24	145.00	$145.00	$1,379	—
1062	1062	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,540	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	9	225.00	$225.00	$950	—
461–472	463	28	245.00–248.00	$247.35	$1,145	—
631–638	635	12	220.00–230.00	$225.03	$1,429	+0.03

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	10	246.00	$246.00	$1,289	—
614	614	7	233.00	$233.00	$1,431	—
744	744	6	206.00	$206.00	$1,533	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	9	250.00	$250.00	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,161	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,224	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,370	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	302.50	$302.50	$1,013	-15.00
409–442	428	29	242.50–267.50	$255.03	$1,092	—
455–487	471	10	250.00–252.50	$251.29	$1,184	-9.19
500–515	509	22	232.50–255.00	$242.45	$1,234	-19.25
556–590	575	30	210.00–250.00	$228.63	$1,315	-32.72
614–649	633	31	200.00–235.00	$212.42	$1,345	-19.80
650–660	655	9	216.00–235.00	$225.05	$1,474	-0.42
809	809	7	206.00	$206.00	$1,667	+15.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,080	-41.28
436	436	5	282.50	$282.50	$1,232	-74.99
556	556	11	245.00	$245.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	8	267.00	$267.00	$1,308	—
520	520	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,222	+2.43
779	779	8	196.00	$196.00	$1,527	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,201	+6.00
785	785	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,664	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,260	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1272	1272	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1830	1830	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1070	840	85-90%	20	61.00–79.00	$68.67	$577	—
925–1170	1039	85-90%	10	118.00–131.00	$122.44	$1,272	+10.22
700–1235	1059	85-90%	79	80.00–103.00	$96.19	$1,019	—
820–1255	1066	85-90%	95	102.50–117.00	$109.89	$1,171	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1535	1208	80-85%	100	107.50–124.00	$116.28	$1,405	+11.70
1070–1330	1225	80-85%	21	92.00–114.00	$106.04	$1,299	-23.27
1050–1335	1226	80-85%	23	116.50–134.00	$125.29	$1,536	-4.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1685	1470	75-80%	20	100.50–115.00	$109.62	$1,611	-15.87
1315–1900	1470	75-80%	22	118.50–145.00	$128.23	$1,885	+2.74
1320–2005	1533	75-80%	67	110.00–126.00	$119.40	$1,830	+5.68

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1880	1449	24	126.00–145.00	$137.83	$1,997	—
1300–2575	1755	42	140.50–162.00	$153.20	$2,689	—
1360–2250	1894	18	155.00–179.00	$167.85	$3,179	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–875	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	186.00–200.00	$192.39	$1,510
735–1090	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	115.00–175.00	$136.14	$1,322

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1058–1580	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	116.00–175.00	$135.78	$1,654

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1246–1275	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,225.00–1,750.00	$1,583.46
1140–1480	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	49	1,550.00–2,600.00	$1,994.55

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1085	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	1,000.00–1,650.00	$1,416.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1310	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,250.00–1,775.00	$1,549.88

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1025	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,825.00–1,950.00	$1,889.78

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	575.00–625.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275–1525	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,275.00	$2,195.31

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00
875–1025	924	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,450.00–1,850.00	$1,725.34

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–775	766	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,363.27

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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
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1020	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,666.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
992–1075	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,050.00–2,400.00	$2,225.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
763	763	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,144	—

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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.