Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 16, 2024

3,222 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $309.08/cwt +1.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,749/hd at 566 lb · 74 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $296.39/cwt +1.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,801/hd at 608 lb · 73 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $254.82/cwt ≈ $2,016/hd at 791 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,222	4,869	1,719
Feeder cattle	2,137	4,169	1,152
Slaughter cattle	524	421	370
Replacement cattle	561	279	197

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold mostly steady to 6.00 higher, a few spots of steady to 2.00 lower late week on steer calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	319	12	380.00–402.50	$395.05	$1,260	-8.85
376–390	381	8	355.00–382.50	$371.95	$1,417	-33.07
410	410	5	362.50	$362.50	$1,486	-3.54
435 unweaned	435	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,425	—
451–492	469	26	332.50–353.00	$342.70	$1,607	-9.24
500–545	513	44	310.00–338.00	$325.12	$1,668	+6.14
555–575	566	74	296.00–315.00	$309.08	$1,749	+0.06
602 unweaned	602	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,656	—
601–622	608	69	284.00–311.00	$297.63	$1,810	+2.73
658–678	664	7	265.00–274.50	$271.73	$1,804	-20.57
705–735	721	23	253.00–271.00	$264.21	$1,905	+3.57
750–792	791	68	254.50–266.00	$254.82	$2,016	—
861	861	41	246.00	$246.00	$2,118	—
912	912	55	239.75	$239.75	$2,187	-4.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	322	9	325.00–385.00	$355.02	$1,143	—
365–398	394	15	335.00–367.50	$342.52	$1,350	+2.33
410–445	425	41	305.00–349.00	$338.34	$1,438	+5.99
460–490 unweaned	477	9	300.00–302.50	$301.07	$1,436	—
458–496	484	36	292.50–330.00	$322.73	$1,562	-6.07
500–545	526	51	293.00–315.00	$308.28	$1,622	+3.38
550–598	572	41	270.00–286.00	$277.13	$1,585	-20.59
605–642	623	31	263.00–284.00	$274.11	$1,708	+0.84
650–687	678	30	247.50–265.00	$254.80	$1,728	-10.36
693 unweaned	693	3	256.00	$256.00	$1,774	—
721	721	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,839	+6.18
755–765	762	17	235.00–251.00	$248.31	$1,892	+7.21
815–835	827	6	230.00–247.00	$239.17	$1,978	+0.17
871	871	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,916	-11.01
982	982	9	220.00	$220.00	$2,160	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,244	—
445	445	2	266.00	$266.00	$1,184	-51.24
464–485	473	19	266.00–300.00	$284.18	$1,344	-21.31
501–509	506	10	277.50–280.00	$278.49	$1,409	—
578–595	586	11	235.00–247.00	$240.84	$1,411	-27.98
626	626	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,502	-9.15
989	989	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,869	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	15	240.00	$240.00	$1,238	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,552	-2.50
667	667	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,774	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–327	326	5	335.00–357.50	$343.97	$1,121	—
634	634	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,636	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	9	284.00	$284.00	$1,749	+2.11

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	313	16	317.50–335.00	$331.13	$1,036	-6.75
365–390	384	10	307.50–335.00	$322.48	$1,238	-0.35
406–408 thin fleshed	407	17	340.00–342.50	$341.61	$1,390	—
400–438	423	28	300.00–335.00	$316.67	$1,340	-6.08
450–491	472	26	297.50–322.50	$311.17	$1,469	-6.92
501–542	513	38	280.00–306.00	$296.16	$1,519	-9.23
519 thin fleshed	519	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,648	—
550–585	562	46	267.50–285.00	$281.75	$1,583	+11.56
600–647	613	49	252.50–277.00	$267.15	$1,638	+8.93
652–695	664	6	250.00–261.00	$257.55	$1,710	+8.70
713	713	6	262.00	$262.00	$1,868	+21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–349	341	18	315.00–320.00	$317.04	$1,081	+14.54
372–395	380	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,140	+12.94
400–447	429	25	270.00–302.50	$290.43	$1,246	-1.58
455–475	463	10	282.50–294.00	$290.04	$1,343	+6.37
518–547	534	48	257.50–285.00	$276.04	$1,474	+3.58
550–598	585	32	237.50–279.00	$255.65	$1,496	-1.65
605–640	614	23	241.00–247.00	$245.59	$1,508	+3.89
661–690	673	20	228.00–248.00	$234.35	$1,577	-3.60
728–735	730	7	219.00–230.00	$222.16	$1,622	-8.69
750	750	6	227.00–230.00	$227.50	$1,706	—
855–890	873	2	200.00–210.00	$205.10	$1,791	+1.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–335	318	7	250.00–282.50	$276.85	$880	+6.85
415–435	429	7	240.00–254.00	$244.83	$1,050	-22.00
455–498	472	21	236.00–250.00	$247.33	$1,167	-11.18
522–535	526	12	230.00–250.00	$234.01	$1,231	-7.93
580–598	592	3	221.00–248.00	$239.18	$1,416	+1.45
652	652	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,428	+6.50
766–790	773	10	195.00–208.00	$204.02	$1,577	+1.37
906–945	915	9	145.00	$145.00	$1,327	—
985	985	26	145.00	$145.00	$1,428	±0.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	12	322.50	$322.50	$1,148	—
462	462	22	322.50	$322.50	$1,490	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	282.50	$282.50	$1,119	—
425	425	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—
542	542	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,382	+2.50
644	644	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,417	—
699	699	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,608	-7.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–445	437	10	207.50–235.00	$225.24	$984	—
506	506	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,214	—
624	624	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,248	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466–475	471	10	292.50–303.00	$297.28	$1,400	+11.03
500–537	511	19	256.00–279.00	$272.60	$1,393	-1.22
560–587	576	5	235.00–240.00	$238.06	$1,371	-13.13
619–622	620	9	240.00–254.00	$247.76	$1,536	—
650–654	652	13	235.00–257.50	$248.88	$1,623	+25.15
710–711	711	7	215.50–233.00	$220.49	$1,568	-7.51
838	838	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,726	-7.00
855	855	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,804	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	15	332.50	$332.50	$1,533	—
502–535	514	16	280.00–300.00	$291.95	$1,501	-15.45
553–591	577	22	265.00–267.50	$265.87	$1,534	-4.69
657	657	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,675	—
701–711	706	10	230.00–250.00	$239.93	$1,694	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	4	272.00	$272.00	$955	—
492	492	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,328	—
506	506	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155–1350	1268	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,850.00–2,700.00	$2,317.81	—
1390–1615	1505	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,907.14	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1210	922	85-90%	12	50.00–76.00	$66.80	$616	—
725–1190	999	85-90%	24	110.00–119.00	$113.30	$1,132	—
760–1335	1010	85-90%	78	76.00–94.00	$86.50	$874	+2.80
700–1285	1029	85-90%	87	90.00–110.00	$101.26	$1,042	+17.56

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1365	1170	80-85%	105	105.50–120.00	$114.81	$1,343	-5.42
1060–1350	1172	80-85%	19	96.00–108.00	$103.49	$1,213	-16.74
1045–1325	1208	80-85%	24	120.00–127.00	$121.32	$1,466	+8.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1795	1439	75-80%	52	107.50–120.00	$114.27	$1,644	—
1280–1732	1448	75-80%	15	91.00–109.00	$103.06	$1,492	—
1310–1805	1496	75-80%	29	118.00–134.00	$123.22	$1,843	+10.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1182–1905	1426	26	100.00–136.00	$121.95	$1,739	—
1295–2115	1629	38	138.00–158.00	$148.29	$2,416	—
1740–2120	1904	11	157.50–172.00	$162.08	$3,086	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1015	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	120.00–166.00	$149.42	$1,402
830–1230	977	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	161.00–185.00	$178.18	$1,741
870–1550	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	113.50–157.00	$128.67	$1,544

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–858	812	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	192.50–207.50	$198.44	$1,611
705–1165	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	115.00–172.50	$139.79	$1,336

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
998	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1075–1220	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,600.00–2,050.00	$1,849.70
1120–1375	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,525.00–2,000.00	$1,752.71
1095–1510	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	90	1,750.00–2,400.00	$2,208.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097–1395	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	38	1,275.00–1,900.00	$1,759.57

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1110	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	1,050.00–1,800.00	$1,387.07
1039	1039	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1090	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,850.00–2,200.00	$1,992.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1204–1495	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,245.35

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1020–1065	1043	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,975.00–2,000.00	$1,987.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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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
1110–1385	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,650.00–2,750.00	$2,738.89	—
1175–1225	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	3,350.00–3,550.00	$3,434.21	+921.71

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,850.00–2,350.00	$1,980.00	—
1070–1075	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,975.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1114	1114	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	2,350.00	$2,350.00	+33.33
1100–1250	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00–2,400.00	$2,116.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1082	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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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.