Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 17, 2025

3,090 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $327.94/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $2,056/hd at 627 lb · 112 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $281.44/cwt +0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,164/hd at 769 lb · 110 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.39/cwt +12.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,932/hd at 712 lb · 97 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,090	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–348	333	22	412.50–500.00	$458.41	$1,527	+32.51
360 thin fleshed	360	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,818	—
356–399	382	44	400.00–465.00	$439.14	$1,678	+8.33
400–449	425	82	410.00–447.50	$426.50	$1,813	+16.85
450–487	468	37	394.00–410.00	$400.70	$1,875	+3.54
500–548	521	79	362.50–405.00	$375.96	$1,959	+4.47
553–583	566	22	350.00–355.00	$354.09	$2,004	-19.87
600–648	627	112	317.50–335.00	$327.94	$2,056	+6.95
658–690	676	38	302.00–324.00	$316.81	$2,142	-1.06
718–728	722	40	290.00–305.00	$299.36	$2,161	+8.38
760–797	769	110	276.00–290.00	$281.44	$2,164	+0.48
803–819	816	88	276.00–280.50	$279.27	$2,279	+7.27
862–877	869	34	260.00–276.50	$268.66	$2,335	+1.88
928–930	929	17	255.00–267.00	$262.07	$2,435	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–340	332	10	430.00–440.00	$431.02	$1,431	+31.02
350–396	370	18	377.50–425.00	$408.40	$1,511	+13.49
411–445	426	36	385.00–415.00	$407.86	$1,737	+27.43
454–496	481	56	369.00–390.00	$376.49	$1,811	+11.10
502–548	531	87	340.00–365.00	$352.37	$1,871	+8.17
554–595	566	80	330.00–347.50	$341.00	$1,930	+13.30
600–643	627	63	305.00–320.00	$315.32	$1,977	+8.54
652–682	664	14	290.00–315.00	$306.03	$2,032	+12.74
703–746	725	32	270.00–290.00	$279.98	$2,030	+1.66
767–797	781	23	273.00–275.00	$274.02	$2,140	+16.70
828	828	2	269.00	$269.00	$2,227	—
900	900	5	232.00	$232.00	$2,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,261	-60.00
485–496	493	7	325.00–350.00	$342.97	$1,691	+11.34
522–538	530	12	305.00–340.00	$324.95	$1,722	+24.09
643	643	27	285.00	$285.00	$1,833	+30.00
729	729	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,713	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	7	355.00	$355.00	$2,002	+62.50
649	649	16	318.00	$318.00	$2,064	+28.00
718	718	5	281.00	$281.00	$2,018	—
787	787	6	263.00	$263.00	$2,070	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,588	—
428	428	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,562	—
452–493	467	11	387.50–390.00	$389.04	$1,817	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	9	370.00	$370.00	$1,865	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	6	312.50	$312.50	$1,694	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	430.00	$430.00	$1,656	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–325	311	7	405.00–415.00	$409.32	$1,273	+21.82
352–398	366	42	377.50–415.00	$396.08	$1,450	+10.03
402–449	434	54	365.00–400.00	$383.17	$1,663	+2.44
451–496	478	74	354.00–395.00	$369.42	$1,766	+17.25
510–542	521	89	310.00–367.50	$342.68	$1,785	+18.69
556–599	577	70	302.00–340.00	$317.49	$1,832	-0.39
602–642	618	94	275.00–313.00	$307.40	$1,900	+16.75
664–698	677	71	274.00–288.00	$283.44	$1,919	+6.98
700–736	712	97	264.00–276.00	$271.39	$1,932	+12.03
761	761	15	262.00	$262.00	$1,994	-2.91
800–842	813	24	244.00–250.00	$247.71	$2,014	—
851	851	7	239.00	$239.00	$2,034	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	326	14	350.00–380.00	$359.17	$1,171	-2.68
355–397	378	20	346.00–372.50	$354.59	$1,340	+4.44
400 unweaned	400	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,420	—
400–446	426	44	338.00–400.00	$349.17	$1,487	+17.64
450–490	477	69	317.50–346.00	$331.69	$1,582	-0.51
502–543	526	57	290.00–330.00	$316.34	$1,664	+25.53
565–593	580	28	295.00–315.00	$303.15	$1,758	+12.58
613–640	630	27	273.00–293.00	$288.64	$1,818	+23.50
652–692	678	15	255.00–267.50	$265.56	$1,800	+8.33
731–737	733	8	252.50–258.00	$255.93	$1,876	+26.41
769–785	774	7	250.00–258.00	$252.32	$1,953	+21.06
844	844	6	248.00	$248.00	$2,093	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	317	12	275.00–375.00	$333.57	$1,057	—
393–398	396	6	325.00–340.00	$332.55	$1,317	+15.28
408–449	438	17	267.50–325.00	$315.55	$1,382	+18.45
451–478	463	10	285.00–310.00	$293.76	$1,360	-9.45
508–545	531	7	265.00–302.50	$286.83	$1,523	+34.85
572–594	584	24	270.00–285.00	$281.86	$1,646	+21.47
660–694	686	8	235.00–240.00	$238.80	$1,638	—
728	728	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,645	—
779	779	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,815	—
872	872	4	227.00	$227.00	$1,979	—
993	993	32	145.00	$145.00	$1,440	±0.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–398	385	14	340.00–370.00	$361.14	$1,390	—
476–480	478	15	345.00–365.00	$353.04	$1,688	—
568–579	572	14	275.00–286.00	$282.02	$1,613	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–488	484	15	310.00–340.00	$328.00	$1,588	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,760	—
555	555	8	330.00	$330.00	$1,832	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	10	295.00	$295.00	$1,422	—
655	655	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,611	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	7	332.50	$332.50	$1,343	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,326	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,684	-7.37
467–493	474	12	352.50–385.00	$376.54	$1,785	+30.91
504–533	517	17	332.50–355.00	$347.47	$1,796	+20.88
565–590	572	15	325.00–336.00	$333.60	$1,908	+6.20
610	610	8	318.00	$318.00	$1,940	+22.01
702–710	705	7	267.50–282.50	$276.03	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	1	432.50	$432.50	$1,298	—
405 unweaned	405	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,519	—
428–449	442	6	350.00–360.00	$356.77	$1,577	+20.69
460–490 unweaned	477	9	346.00–352.50	$348.79	$1,664	—
505–509	507	8	325.00–332.50	$328.76	$1,667	—
565–572	569	5	282.50–302.50	$290.44	$1,653	-9.44
600–649	627	10	255.00–275.00	$264.24	$1,657	-10.19
765	765	3	256.00	$256.00	$1,958	+6.00
960	960	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,728	—
1065	1065	3	189.00	$189.00	$2,013	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1692	1692	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1020	912	85-90%	5	60.00–80.00	$71.41	$651	—
770–1510	968	85-90%	48	90.00–112.50	$100.55	$973	-4.30
875–1150	989	85-90%	6	129.00–143.00	$135.65	$1,342	+30.80
785–1180	1010	85-90%	36	108.00–125.00	$117.27	$1,184	-16.33

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1345	1182	80-85%	52	116.00–143.00	$133.29	$1,575	-3.05
1040–1365	1192	80-85%	17	142.00–154.00	$146.54	$1,747	+10.20
1105–1270	1210	80-85%	4	109.50–128.00	$119.95	$1,451	-4.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1640	1413	75-80%	21	143.50–154.00	$147.06	$2,078	+10.09
1220–1760	1432	75-80%	42	128.50–143.00	$137.58	$1,970	+0.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–2105	1531	7	129.00–145.00	$137.51	$2,105	—
1110–2320	1683	41	155.00–174.00	$166.36	$2,800	—
1415–2110	1857	13	178.00–184.00	$180.72	$3,356	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–935	816	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	197.00–244.00	$217.46	$1,774
700–1055	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	133.00–185.00	$161.11	$1,381

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1085	996	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	182.50–228.00	$198.98	$1,982
1100–1485	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	126.00–170.00	$147.92	$1,797

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1025	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	110.00–132.50	$124.43	$1,132

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
1040–1355	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,775.00–2,150.00	$2,026.63
1100–1565	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	1,875.00–3,100.00	$2,355.58
1280–1345	1313	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,575.00–2,200.00	$1,895.24

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1090	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	1,200.00–1,950.00	$1,598.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–1075	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,175.00	$2,079.42
1005–1100	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,950.00–2,500.00	$2,146.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1360	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,450.00–1,975.00	$1,737.88

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–980	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,200.00	$1,047.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1020	883	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,700.00–2,200.00	$1,859.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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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
1120–1250	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,250.00–2,600.00	$2,472.73	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
900–1325	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,975.00–3,300.00	$2,831.25	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1050	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,550.00	-200.00
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	3,650.00	$3,650.00	+110.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–980	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,525.00–2,125.00	$1,837.50	—

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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.