Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 3, 2025

4,930 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.53/cwt -6.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,718/hd at 624 lb · 299 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $262.99/cwt -7.44 vs last sale · ≈ $2,012/hd at 765 lb · 229 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $287.37/cwt -6.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,624/hd at 565 lb · 180 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,930	7,414	8,198
Feeder cattle	4,263	5,796	7,276
Slaughter cattle	373	363	586
Replacement cattle	294	1,255	336

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 10.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls uneven from 2.00 lower 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
314–320	316	9	422.50–445.00	$432.76	$1,368	+12.78
353–390	378	16	400.00–415.00	$409.18	$1,547	+3.02
404–440	422	48	378.00–410.00	$395.80	$1,670	-8.23
451–491	470	40	350.00–388.00	$364.50	$1,713	-2.65
500–546	526	165	336.00–362.50	$346.32	$1,822	-4.77
550–599	569	160	312.00–344.00	$328.98	$1,872	-3.25
589 unweaned	589	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,767	—
600–645	618	165	296.00–317.00	$308.40	$1,906	-11.07
654–691	666	139	287.00–306.50	$293.79	$1,957	-2.77
681	681	11	283.00	$283.00	$1,927	-13.56
703–746	727	119	270.00–290.00	$275.73	$2,005	-8.27
750–785	765	229	256.00–269.00	$262.99	$2,012	-7.44
800–834	825	36	245.00–261.00	$256.71	$2,118	-10.58
850–894	867	16	241.00–250.00	$245.31	$2,127	-7.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	3	360.00–390.00	$380.10	$1,304	+10.67
369–396	381	17	347.50–395.00	$382.23	$1,456	+4.93
418–445	436	31	350.00–380.00	$367.32	$1,602	+17.37
450–498	477	90	327.50–350.00	$339.84	$1,621	-7.49
480 unweaned	480	5	332.00	$332.00	$1,594	—
500–543	525	24	295.00–330.00	$315.59	$1,657	-14.45
550–592	571	62	280.00–311.00	$300.28	$1,715	-7.79
600–645	628	136	279.00–300.00	$289.13	$1,816	-4.89
650–691	679	120	270.00–287.00	$282.02	$1,915	+1.05
687 unweaned	687	3	274.00	$274.00	$1,882	—
705–725	718	9	250.00–265.00	$260.04	$1,867	-5.48
761–792	777	26	241.00–265.00	$254.52	$1,978	+1.03
833–849	840	26	222.50–240.00	$230.67	$1,938	-11.21
1058	1058	25	213.50	$213.50	$2,259	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–428	426	5	340.00–345.00	$343.02	$1,461	—
490–495	493	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,504	-19.17
541	541	5	292.50	$292.50	$1,582	+17.50
575–598	585	7	237.50–333.50	$271.91	$1,591	-12.85
719–744	734	10	230.00–235.00	$231.96	$1,703	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	7	370.00	$370.00	$1,628	—
676	676	11	285.00	$285.00	$1,927	+25.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,274	—
429–447	437	12	295.00–325.00	$307.80	$1,345	+72.80

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	12	310.00	$310.00	$1,677	+2.00
560–577	570	5	282.50–297.50	$291.61	$1,662	+3.94

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	6	337.50	$337.50	$1,917	+2.72
708	708	8	289.00	$289.00	$2,046	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,871	-25.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–395	389	52	337.50–350.00	$338.45	$1,317	-19.73
404–432	419	59	331.00–345.00	$335.27	$1,405	-9.49
453–498	480	54	310.00–340.00	$314.98	$1,512	-26.16
500–545	525	82	286.00–312.50	$303.68	$1,594	-21.83
552–589	565	180	275.00–293.50	$287.37	$1,624	-6.84
607 fancy	607	14	288.00	$288.00	$1,748	—
604–644	624	278	263.00–285.25	$275.34	$1,718	-7.10
643 unweaned	643	7	258.00	$258.00	$1,659	—
652–674	662	44	258.00–270.00	$261.34	$1,730	-14.87
705–732	721	103	242.50–250.00	$247.37	$1,784	-10.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	313	26	315.00–332.50	$319.48	$1,000	-16.53
355–382	370	27	312.50–335.00	$319.76	$1,183	-12.17
406–448	429	55	295.00–323.00	$310.74	$1,333	-5.15
434 unweaned	434	17	275.00	$275.00	$1,194	—
461–499	484	101	277.50–309.00	$293.77	$1,422	-17.75
500–540	528	99	265.00–302.50	$287.93	$1,520	-3.83
553–598	575	64	250.00–274.00	$264.94	$1,523	-8.50
576 unweaned	576	9	256.00	$256.00	$1,475	—
605 unweaned	605	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,482	—
601–648	624	76	240.00–264.00	$252.64	$1,576	-10.96
660–698	680	42	240.00–252.50	$247.37	$1,682	-7.62
702–730	711	3	240.00–244.00	$241.37	$1,716	-3.58
796	796	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,751	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	12	305.00	$305.00	$1,040	—
358–393	379	10	280.00–295.00	$288.44	$1,093	+15.94
403–438	417	15	275.00–300.00	$289.29	$1,206	-2.84
513	513	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,334	-22.50
573–596	585	21	220.00–250.00	$234.54	$1,372	-13.52
639	639	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,502	—
670–685	676	5	221.00–231.00	$226.95	$1,534	+3.94
742	742	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,484	-13.64
923	923	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,643	+33.00
979–985	981	67	145.00–155.00	$148.60	$1,458	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,383	—
535–538	537	13	250.00–285.00	$276.96	$1,487	+0.96
636	636	9	242.50	$242.50	$1,542	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	10	341.00	$341.00	$1,115	—
569	569	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,565	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–449	432	10	290.00–318.00	$306.35	$1,323	—
536	536	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,474	-8.49

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	7	276.00	$276.00	$1,670	-17.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	343.00	$343.00	$1,372	—
450–485	469	11	280.00–285.00	$283.25	$1,328	-24.27
550 unweaned	550	11	296.00	$296.00	$1,628	—
568–595	587	10	240.00–285.00	$259.32	$1,522	-21.91
603–635	608	11	240.00–284.00	$258.28	$1,570	-2.00
649 unweaned	649	5	262.00	$262.00	$1,700	—
680–692	690	25	251.00–252.50	$252.20	$1,740	+4.43
702–748	727	23	220.00–255.00	$239.94	$1,744	—
812	812	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,665	-23.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	387	5	360.00–365.00	$362.98	$1,405	—
454	454	7	370.00	$370.00	$1,680	+37.93
572–598	589	12	285.00–301.00	$290.18	$1,709	-15.49
614–620	618	12	272.50–284.00	$279.94	$1,730	-2.03
655–699	670	12	265.00–270.00	$268.26	$1,797	—
712	712	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,759	-7.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 unweaned	322	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,030	—
405 unweaned	405	3	322.50	$322.50	$1,306	—
562	562	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,377	+11.61
855	855	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1380–1540	1460	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,600.00–2,925.00	$2,771.40	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1125	900	85-90%	19	65.00–90.00	$80.79	$727	—
705–1260	969	85-90%	53	76.00–112.00	$100.71	$976	—
845–1150	1013	85-90%	6	126.00–144.00	$131.25	$1,330	+56.66
805–1275	1086	85-90%	51	101.00–125.00	$115.61	$1,256	-2.27

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1335	1189	80-85%	12	113.50–119.00	$117.30	$1,395	+2.68
1065–1400	1203	80-85%	14	134.00–158.00	$140.39	$1,689	+2.36
1025–1380	1209	80-85%	58	120.00–134.50	$127.17	$1,537	-10.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1635	1438	75-80%	15	110.50–122.50	$118.83	$1,709	—
1330–1755	1496	75-80%	12	136.00–140.00	$137.71	$2,060	+18.70
1275–1785	1498	75-80%	48	123.00–136.50	$128.68	$1,928	+9.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1825	1466	20	125.00–151.00	$141.59	$2,076	+2.71
1330–2510	1745	42	150.50–170.00	$161.76	$2,823	—
1570–1928	1828	7	171.00–184.00	$180.44	$3,298	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–830	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	175.00–232.50	$203.17	$1,611
700–1085	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	118.00–172.50	$143.54	$1,328

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,989
945–1060	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	147.00–179.00	$162.60	$1,644
1095–1410	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	125.00–182.50	$156.59	$1,846

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1085	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	1,350.00–1,850.00	$1,612.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1440	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	2,000.00–2,650.00	$2,322.69
1245–1455	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,750.00	$1,703.89
1125–1480	1382	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,900.00–2,350.00	$2,172.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–875	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	950.00–975.00	$963.10
825–1050	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,400.00	$1,184.40
1100–1500	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,772.95

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1090	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,800.00–2,400.00	$2,128.45
935–1080	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,000.00–2,575.00	$2,302.33

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–910	769	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	550.00–1,100.00	$909.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1020–1315	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,300.00–3,600.00	$3,299.50
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,510.00	$1,510.00
920–1090	944	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,082.45

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–875	781	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,832.00

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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
1287–1400	1316	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,875.00–3,600.00	$3,475.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–900	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–2,650.00	$2,062.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1300	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,650.00	$2,425.00	—

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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.