Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 3, 2025

3,298 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $276.75/cwt +0.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,708/hd at 617 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $298.99/cwt -5.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,868/hd at 625 lb · 112 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $333.59/cwt +1.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,775/hd at 532 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,298	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	312	5	430.00–450.00	$438.08	$1,367	+15.78
352–394	385	32	392.50–425.00	$417.74	$1,608	-6.76
406–436	423	59	395.00–420.00	$407.24	$1,723	-7.81
450–484	464	23	370.00–392.00	$378.35	$1,756	+3.10
500–542	510	92	338.00–369.00	$360.12	$1,837	+0.21
552–592	585	56	324.00–345.00	$338.95	$1,983	+0.20
610–638	628	38	327.50–335.00	$332.95	$2,091	+16.83
650–695	657	107	292.50–330.00	$307.94	$2,023	+7.58
704–730	714	108	276.50–301.00	$292.98	$2,092	+4.25
764–768	765	61	275.00–282.00	$276.15	$2,113	-0.17
805–828	821	26	263.00–266.00	$263.65	$2,165	-5.97
864–866	865	102	254.00–260.00	$257.53	$2,228	-18.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	328	12	357.50–400.00	$383.62	$1,258	-29.70
355–385	362	9	370.00–387.00	$381.73	$1,382	-20.64
400–449	434	41	354.00–387.50	$376.02	$1,632	+0.40
464–498	481	53	335.00–365.00	$353.98	$1,703	-1.49
502–549	532	109	320.00–348.00	$333.59	$1,775	+1.45
572–599	587	40	293.00–317.50	$311.11	$1,826	-1.22
600–648	624	107	287.50–315.00	$299.78	$1,871	-4.77
641 unweaned	641	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,808	—
650–694	673	65	264.00–295.00	$278.75	$1,876	-2.76
708–748	732	39	257.00–277.50	$271.15	$1,985	-5.00
755–797	780	78	239.00–265.00	$259.10	$2,021	-5.12
800–848	822	37	245.00–259.00	$252.48	$2,075	-4.08
887–895	891	13	235.00–255.00	$248.06	$2,210	-2.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,110	-35.23
440–445	443	5	350.00–365.00	$359.04	$1,591	+34.04
467–482	473	5	294.00–331.00	$315.92	$1,494	+24.42
520–540	531	7	307.50–311.00	$309.53	$1,644	+16.36
565–590	578	2	272.00–285.00	$278.36	$1,609	-4.83
679–690	685	8	262.50–265.00	$263.76	$1,807	+7.58
760–782	773	24	220.00–228.00	$224.72	$1,737	-17.28

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	10	268.00	$268.00	$1,924	—
759	759	8	259.50	$259.50	$1,970	—
832	832	9	250.00	$250.00	$2,080	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,472	—
714	714	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,535	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	10	331.00	$331.00	$1,860	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,814	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	2	214.00	$214.00	$2,279	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	6	420.00	$420.00	$1,117	—
314–348	333	22	372.50–390.00	$380.94	$1,269	+1.74
350	350	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,278	-12.17
400–445	419	60	335.00–365.00	$347.62	$1,457	-8.33
458 unweaned	458	7	345.00	$345.00	$1,580	—
450–498	482	76	323.00–350.00	$334.53	$1,612	-6.12
501–540	521	91	305.00–330.00	$319.86	$1,666	-3.58
550–584	565	46	285.00–300.00	$293.98	$1,661	-10.79
601–649	617	174	262.00–290.00	$276.75	$1,708	+0.24
654–690	665	77	257.50–275.00	$267.52	$1,779	-1.48
700–749	724	61	245.00–259.00	$251.63	$1,822	-3.12
777	777	29	251.00	$251.00	$1,950	—
800	800	10	243.00	$243.00	$1,944	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–340	323	10	335.00–365.00	$351.93	$1,137	-9.10
350–385	375	41	320.00–355.00	$337.06	$1,264	-14.17
390 unweaned	390	2	324.00	$324.00	$1,264	-18.50
402–446	431	40	307.50–332.50	$320.05	$1,379	-14.58
460–499	482	39	290.00–336.00	$314.59	$1,516	-3.89
488 unweaned	488	4	307.00	$307.00	$1,498	—
511–545	528	35	285.00–312.00	$301.34	$1,591	+7.67
550–597	578	78	260.00–282.00	$272.15	$1,573	-4.31
578 unweaned	578	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,474	—
600–640	629	18	245.00–265.00	$259.02	$1,629	-7.55
650–678	664	31	240.00–255.00	$250.49	$1,663	-4.87
710–735	722	13	224.00–245.00	$239.11	$1,726	+3.91
758–787	779	12	224.00–235.00	$231.53	$1,804	+7.70
812	812	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,819	-8.67
850	850	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394–395	394	7	312.50–316.00	$314.50	$1,239	—
440	440	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,320	-6.77
480–496	490	15	287.50–307.50	$291.59	$1,429	+4.41
515–545	524	11	250.00–280.00	$269.48	$1,412	+4.74
655–665	658	13	212.50–240.00	$218.85	$1,440	+16.63
990	990	21	145.00	$145.00	$1,436	±0.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	15	310.00	$310.00	$930	—
351	351	23	315.00	$315.00	$1,106	—
448	448	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,120	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,149	—
498	498	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,394	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–535	532	6	282.50–305.00	$297.59	$1,583	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	381.00	$381.00	$1,448	—
450–456	454	6	330.00–360.00	$339.91	$1,543	-25.09
515–530	522	8	310.00–354.00	$330.39	$1,725	+7.07
552 unweaned	552	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,794	—
558–565	560	3	311.00–332.00	$324.94	$1,820	+14.94
605–612	609	10	276.00–300.00	$285.18	$1,737	—
709	709	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,914	+5.91

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	22	325.00	$325.00	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,284	—
525	525	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,633	—
610–640	628	3	262.50–277.00	$270.06	$1,696	+49.06
712	712	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,709	-2.00
950–960	955	2	185.00–201.00	$193.04	$1,844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–595	592	9	280.00–288.00	$287.15	$1,700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1175	1163	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,374.73	-475.27
1390–1480	1440	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,900.00–3,250.00	$3,073.35	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1060	844	85-90%	8	80.00–91.00	$85.25	$720	—
795–1095	923	85-90%	9	130.00–145.00	$136.23	$1,257	—
700–1210	956	85-90%	43	85.00–114.00	$105.24	$1,006	+22.86
730–1285	1015	85-90%	55	106.50–129.00	$119.12	$1,209	-14.42

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1375	1172	80-85%	17	117.00–129.50	$124.24	$1,456	+0.87
1015–1365	1196	80-85%	47	129.50–142.00	$135.76	$1,624	-0.37
1025–1425	1245	80-85%	16	139.50–150.00	$145.21	$1,808	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1490	1383	75-80%	10	114.00–128.00	$123.27	$1,705	—
1075–1825	1466	75-80%	36	131.00–142.00	$137.44	$2,015	+13.17
1270–1618	1488	75-80%	13	142.50–148.50	$145.42	$2,164	-3.86

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–2020	1496	21	132.00–160.00	$145.82	$2,181	—
1230–2255	1681	38	149.00–176.00	$164.78	$2,770	—
1570–2180	1923	10	171.00–201.00	$183.62	$3,531	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1055	796	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	190.00–245.00	$219.77	$1,749
708–1050	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	131.00–180.00	$144.61	$1,281

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1075	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	165.00–220.00	$196.38	$1,885
997–1295	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	144.50–182.50	$170.63	$1,795
998–1365	1174	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	137.00–153.00	$145.54	$1,709

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–970	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	108.00–110.00	$108.95	$1,011

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1420	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,050.00–2,225.00	$2,152.71
1085–1670	1256	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	64	2,225.00–3,000.00	$2,469.53
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1075	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	46	1,075.00–2,000.00	$1,670.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1445	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,862.44

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1045	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,800.00–2,100.00	$1,934.41
1015–1075	1041	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,214.89

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
698	698	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00
700–870	787	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,524.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–978	926	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,831.15

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	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 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1120–1350	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,250.00–2,600.00	$2,492.31	—
1200–1225	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,357.14	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1020	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,300.00–2,400.00	$1,956.25	—
850–1075	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,000.00–2,650.00	$2,361.11	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1320	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,400.00–3,150.00	$2,960.00	—
1250–1600	1338	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,550.00–3,600.00	$3,562.50	—
1375–1395	1388	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	3,850.00–3,900.00	$3,866.67	—
1455	1455	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1085	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,650.00–2,850.00	$2,750.00	+50.00
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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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.