Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 24, 2025

3,205 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $316.93/cwt -0.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,822/hd at 575 lb · 179 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $380.27/cwt +4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $2,012/hd at 529 lb · 172 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $277.78/cwt -5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,908/hd at 687 lb · 129 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,205	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	6	500.00	$500.00	$1,480	—
318 thin fleshed	318	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,590	—
315–346	332	58	400.00–472.50	$455.98	$1,514	-2.43
350–392	375	70	410.00–472.50	$442.37	$1,659	+3.23
400–448	428	123	407.50–462.50	$433.99	$1,857	+7.49
451–495	472	51	390.00–420.00	$402.29	$1,899	+1.59
511–542	529	172	370.00–392.50	$380.27	$2,012	+4.31
568–572	571	13	368.00–370.00	$368.46	$2,104	+14.37
603–645	624	41	332.50–337.00	$333.81	$2,083	+5.87
650–698	669	124	305.00–331.00	$320.57	$2,145	+3.76
703–735	714	31	289.00–308.00	$304.50	$2,174	+5.14
752–782	759	63	283.00–288.50	$286.79	$2,177	+5.35
830	830	20	271.00	$271.00	$2,249	-8.27
879	879	7	265.00	$265.00	$2,329	-3.66
904	904	6	260.00	$260.00	$2,350	-2.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	425.00	$425.00	$1,309	-6.02
353–391	375	25	362.50–425.00	$408.99	$1,534	+0.59
403–444	426	48	350.00–415.00	$402.95	$1,717	-4.91
452–493	479	18	367.50–390.00	$384.70	$1,843	+8.21
500–549	531	48	337.50–357.50	$350.05	$1,859	-2.32
555–587	566	62	325.00–348.00	$340.71	$1,928	-0.29
600–645	637	40	308.50–325.00	$316.46	$2,016	+1.14
650–699	675	90	290.00–308.00	$306.41	$2,068	+0.38
720–743	731	8	270.00–284.00	$274.58	$2,007	-5.40
810–820	815	4	250.00–259.00	$254.47	$2,074	-14.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–442	435	6	322.50–350.00	$340.08	$1,479	—
459–469	464	12	335.00–365.00	$349.84	$1,623	+6.87
500	500	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,625	+0.05
558–598	582	6	320.00–325.00	$321.86	$1,873	—
615–635	625	2	267.50–277.50	$272.58	$1,704	-12.42
673	673	11	282.50	$282.50	$1,901	—
718–733	723	9	230.00–260.00	$240.14	$1,736	+5.14
855	855	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,907	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	10	450.00	$450.00	$1,426	—
516–525	519	26	360.00–365.00	$363.25	$1,885	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
788	788	14	290.00	$290.00	$2,285	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	10	410.00	$410.00	$1,894	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	6	321.00	$321.00	$1,904	-34.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,332	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	5	427.50	$427.50	$1,270	—
304–348	326	25	395.00–440.00	$420.64	$1,371	+11.32
374 thin fleshed	374	6	412.50	$412.50	$1,543	—
351–398	383	106	382.00–407.50	$398.16	$1,525	+2.08
405–448	426	50	365.00–402.50	$374.57	$1,596	-8.60
451–490	469	113	345.00–380.00	$360.03	$1,689	-9.39
500–545	514	96	320.00–350.00	$340.48	$1,750	-2.20
553–597	575	179	298.00–335.00	$316.93	$1,822	-0.56
605–641	617	80	290.00–321.00	$304.00	$1,876	-3.40
655–699	687	129	273.00–296.00	$277.78	$1,908	-5.66
714–717	715	60	268.00–269.00	$268.18	$1,917	-3.21
836	836	8	247.00	$247.00	$2,065	-0.71
860	860	12	244.00	$244.00	$2,098	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	12	402.50	$402.50	$1,199	—
300–345	324	16	350.00–377.50	$360.68	$1,169	+1.51
350–399	384	27	340.00–375.00	$353.23	$1,356	-1.36
400–447	427	59	330.00–375.00	$351.36	$1,500	+2.19
460–490	475	18	275.00–345.00	$325.55	$1,546	-6.14
500–547	521	11	280.00–315.00	$305.46	$1,591	-10.88
574–595	582	27	270.00–310.00	$300.34	$1,748	-2.81
630–646	643	6	265.00–287.50	$283.83	$1,825	-4.81
653–698	677	10	240.00–276.00	$265.55	$1,798	-0.01
727–744	741	16	250.00–252.50	$252.04	$1,868	-3.89
834	834	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,876	-23.00
885	885	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	6	337.50	$337.50	$1,026	+3.93
405–440	428	9	300.00–320.00	$305.35	$1,307	-10.20
482	482	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,398	-3.76
575	575	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,538	-14.36
873	873	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,310	-77.00
1043	1043	28	145.00	$145.00	$1,512	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	9	402.50	$402.50	$1,212	—
427	427	9	355.00	$355.00	$1,516	—
491	491	6	347.00	$347.00	$1,704	—
693	693	7	279.00	$279.00	$1,933	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,722	+22.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,823	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–382	380	5	355.00–375.00	$358.90	$1,364	—
408–445	428	18	351.00–375.00	$363.17	$1,554	+6.40
465–488	486	13	325.00–347.50	$340.57	$1,655	—
514–540	527	24	307.50–347.50	$324.98	$1,713	-3.78
558–581	573	19	310.00–337.50	$318.70	$1,826	+28.26
600–635	622	9	267.50–285.00	$276.81	$1,722	+12.57
680–688	684	5	267.00–275.00	$270.32	$1,849	—
718–733	724	10	249.00–258.00	$253.77	$1,837	—
908	908	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,916	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,491	—
435–445	443	16	375.00–405.00	$382.18	$1,693	+7.18
500–520	513	8	327.50–357.50	$345.16	$1,771	-2.31
554–592	567	28	320.00–330.00	$327.33	$1,856	-6.27
665–678	671	13	280.00–296.00	$290.50	$1,949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,232	—
445	445	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,480	—
528	528	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,637	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1222–1260	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,202.05	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1080	891	85-90%	14	50.00–93.00	$80.51	$717	—
700–1300	976	85-90%	26	97.00–113.00	$106.20	$1,037	+5.65
760–1225	1007	85-90%	53	108.00–128.00	$120.62	$1,215	+3.35
890–1175	1021	85-90%	25	127.50–142.00	$132.39	$1,352	+15.12

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1350	1167	80-85%	60	125.00–144.00	$135.26	$1,578	+1.97
1075–1300	1182	80-85%	15	115.00–129.00	$126.19	$1,492	-7.10
1095–1335	1246	80-85%	24	138.50–155.00	$144.70	$1,803	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1520	1442	75-80%	5	125.00–130.00	$128.20	$1,849	-9.38
1305–1785	1458	75-80%	36	134.00–145.00	$138.93	$2,026	—
1325–1650	1468	75-80%	19	141.50–156.00	$147.04	$2,159	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1820	1540	13	140.00–158.50	$151.80	$2,338	+14.29
1300–2108	1781	25	155.00–171.00	$163.99	$2,921	—
1535–2050	1808	6	174.00–184.00	$178.68	$3,231	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
781–1070	817	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	218.00–221.00	$220.51	$1,802
820–1105	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	129.00–200.00	$161.22	$1,520

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	187.50	$187.50	$2,025
1095–1275	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	142.00–167.50	$155.06	$1,850

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,598

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1314	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,950.00–2,100.00	$2,009.70
1100–1258	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,150.00–2,475.00	$2,208.30
1115–1455	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	2,050.00–2,600.00	$2,314.35

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,875.00	$1,875.00
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00
860–1178	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	42	1,300.00–2,000.00	$1,680.15

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00
995–1135	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	2,050.00–2,800.00	$2,435.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1395	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,891.22

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–950	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,141.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290–1305	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,725.00–2,825.00	$2,774.71
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,775.00	$2,775.00
1555	1555	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1075	1043	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,085.27

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
895–950	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,250.00	$2,112.50	—
925–1042	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00–2,600.00	$2,275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1100–1300	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,062.50	-410.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1085	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	3,100.00–3,900.00	$3,500.00	-150.00
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	-350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00	-231.25
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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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.