Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 24, 2025

4,361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $288.36/cwt ≈ $2,077/hd at 720 lb · 224 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $300.36/cwt +7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,015/hd at 671 lb · 200 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $270.10/cwt +13.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,808/hd at 669 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,361	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–339	327	9	413.00–450.00	$422.30	$1,381	—
350–396	373	31	395.00–475.00	$424.50	$1,583	+14.50
407–448	430	81	395.00–430.00	$415.05	$1,785	+22.22
452–499	474	70	370.00–384.00	$375.25	$1,779	+0.25
500–539	521	118	347.00–376.00	$359.91	$1,875	+15.10
556 thin fleshed	556	6	385.00	$385.00	$2,141	—
550–592	576	162	319.00–355.00	$338.75	$1,951	+23.02
601–646	621	143	306.00–336.00	$316.12	$1,963	+16.38
650–697	671	200	290.00–314.50	$300.36	$2,015	+7.52
704–738	720	217	281.00–304.00	$288.73	$2,079	—
724 unweaned	724	7	277.00	$277.00	$2,005	—
752–791	775	66	270.50–283.00	$276.32	$2,141	—
800–820	818	138	265.00–277.50	$269.62	$2,205	—
857	857	62	276.00	$276.00	$2,365	—
906	906	14	254.00	$254.00	$2,301	+14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–339	335	9	412.50–415.00	$413.32	$1,385	—
350–395	378	12	350.00–415.00	$402.37	$1,521	+32.37
400–448	431	40	340.00–395.00	$375.62	$1,619	+13.90
465–495	484	61	335.00–372.00	$355.47	$1,720	+22.30
505–549	529	64	315.00–347.50	$332.14	$1,757	+14.70
551–598	579	91	299.00–325.00	$312.33	$1,808	+11.36
600–649	622	87	285.50–317.50	$304.55	$1,894	+22.71
650–699	682	72	271.00–288.00	$281.51	$1,920	+3.33
702–739	721	32	270.00–281.00	$276.15	$1,991	+20.01
760–796	786	60	242.50–271.00	$264.22	$2,077	+11.30
801–818	813	30	247.50–260.00	$256.56	$2,086	—
850–872	857	35	230.00–256.00	$250.44	$2,146	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	330.00–340.00	$335.23	$1,267	—
442	442	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,436	—
484–488	485	7	280.00–320.00	$291.50	$1,414	+16.50
500–537	523	14	270.00–310.00	$293.17	$1,533	+13.17
572–578	576	7	266.00–290.00	$283.19	$1,631	+14.78
615–649	642	13	247.50–290.00	$280.65	$1,802	—
660–693	676	19	235.00–265.00	$256.18	$1,732	—
745	745	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,788	—
780	780	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,888	—
816	816	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,856	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	5	385.00	$385.00	$1,779	—
533	533	9	348.00	$348.00	$1,855	—
573	573	7	327.50	$327.50	$1,877	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	6	360.00	$360.00	$1,688	—
824	824	10	245.00	$245.00	$2,019	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	6	232.50	$232.50	$1,455	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	5	289.00	$289.00	$2,037	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,270	—
527	527	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,528	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–347	328	18	367.50–400.00	$379.20	$1,244	+19.20
354–399	372	41	360.00–397.00	$377.17	$1,403	+29.81
406 thin fleshed	406	6	372.50	$372.50	$1,512	—
406–449	432	82	330.00–374.00	$355.95	$1,538	—
450–494	467	118	325.00–360.00	$340.65	$1,591	+13.00
521 fancy	521	4	336.00	$336.00	$1,751	—
505–544	525	111	307.00–340.00	$323.44	$1,698	—
550–596	564	163	286.00–316.00	$304.77	$1,719	+4.77
600–649	623	167	270.00–292.00	$276.51	$1,723	+6.25
650–695	669	181	260.00–280.00	$269.00	$1,800	+12.00
674	674	10	290.00	$290.00	$1,955	+33.00
715–737	727	24	246.00–259.00	$254.75	$1,852	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–322	316	9	356.00–362.50	$361.03	$1,141	—
359–380	364	15	347.50–362.50	$351.23	$1,278	+41.30
395 unweaned	395	8	342.50	$342.50	$1,353	—
400–442	417	13	310.00–355.00	$334.63	$1,395	—
450–499	482	64	300.00–325.00	$318.48	$1,535	+31.12
508–549	534	84	282.50–305.00	$293.67	$1,568	+17.90
577–598	587	93	256.00–289.00	$276.46	$1,623	+6.73
605–648	631	91	255.00–272.50	$266.57	$1,682	+17.47
650–698	690	128	237.50–259.75	$255.36	$1,762	—
700–745	739	15	225.00–251.00	$235.20	$1,738	—
752–794	783	38	220.00–235.00	$223.83	$1,753	—
819–820	820	15	230.00–234.00	$232.67	$1,908	—
935	935	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,964	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–448	445	3	290.00–315.00	$306.77	$1,365	—
455–495	473	8	274.00–304.00	$287.18	$1,358	—
505–540	520	4	251.00–280.00	$264.74	$1,377	+24.74
550–595	572	22	217.50–259.00	$237.42	$1,358	—
585 unweaned	585	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,468	—
660–692	673	21	185.00–240.00	$202.22	$1,361	—
998	998	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,447	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	377.50	$377.50	$1,453	—
476	476	8	324.00	$324.00	$1,542	—
598	598	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,734	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,274	—
403	403	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,431	—
615	615	7	272.50	$272.50	$1,676	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,656	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	395.00	$395.00	$1,335	—
433	433	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,613	—
452	452	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,650	—
509–535	520	7	322.00–325.00	$323.32	$1,681	+10.82
575	575	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,782	—
654–688	669	11	261.00–281.00	$275.05	$1,840	—
715–735	728	3	260.00–272.50	$264.09	$1,923	+19.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	—
415–440	427	3	332.50–362.50	$348.62	$1,489	—
470	470	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,434	—
606	606	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,339	—
668–670	669	3	235.00–267.00	$245.69	$1,644	-9.31
740	740	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,791	—
802–810	805	3	222.00–237.00	$231.97	$1,867	—
881	881	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,885	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,015	—
405	405	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—
1435–1575	1505	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,100.00–3,400.00	$3,243.02	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1365	976	85-90%	8	72.50–88.00	$82.38	$804	-17.80
750–1250	1001	85-90%	48	91.00–113.00	$104.24	$1,043	—
855–1175	1013	85-90%	14	126.50–138.00	$133.54	$1,353	—
790–1260	1022	85-90%	50	105.00–129.00	$121.64	$1,243	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1330	1188	80-85%	20	114.00–128.00	$123.37	$1,466	-18.17
1015–1355	1191	80-85%	71	130.00–141.00	$136.13	$1,621	-5.41
1035–1405	1203	80-85%	25	142.00–158.00	$144.88	$1,743	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1835	1444	75-80%	44	128.00–143.00	$138.10	$1,994	+3.65
1310–1830	1458	75-80%	15	117.00–131.00	$124.27	$1,812	—
1300–1775	1475	75-80%	19	144.00–153.00	$149.28	$2,202	+5.84

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2255	1705	21	130.00–161.00	$151.13	$2,577	—
1245–2280	1727	26	149.00–174.00	$166.12	$2,869	—
1535–2095	1816	11	175.00–191.00	$182.67	$3,317	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1015	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	120.00–175.00	$143.56	$1,242
795–1071	922	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	180.00–220.00	$192.86	$1,778

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1125	1001	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	178.00–222.00	$196.04	$1,962
865–1275	1127	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	135.00–176.00	$153.69	$1,732
905–1400	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	130.00–170.00	$149.88	$1,737

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1025	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	101.00–111.00	$107.00	$990

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1450	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	1,300.00–2,075.00	$1,786.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1095	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	39	1,050.00–1,950.00	$1,609.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1465	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,750.00–3,050.00	$2,397.93
1215–1420	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,193.80

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1075	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,257.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1120	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,150.00	$2,125.40

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–900	811	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,678.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1025	929	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,900.00–2,525.00	$2,066.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–825	728	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,439.88

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1235	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,600.00	$2,483.08

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1050	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,550.00–2,900.00	$2,812.50	—
980–1065	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,600.00–2,900.00	$2,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230–1392	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	3,800.00–4,550.00	$4,121.43	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	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.