Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 31, 2025

2,454 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $303.96/cwt -0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,863/hd at 613 lb · 234 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $343.99/cwt +3.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,768/hd at 514 lb · 124 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $295.07/cwt +26.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,193/hd at 743 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,454	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	304	4	415.00–460.00	$448.33	$1,363	-7.65
352–394	380	19	420.00–442.50	$427.46	$1,624	-14.91
389 unweaned	389	10	405.00	$405.00	$1,575	—
403–440	417	29	405.00–435.00	$422.85	$1,763	-11.14
452–492	471	44	377.50–402.50	$393.58	$1,854	-8.71
502–527	514	46	370.00–385.00	$377.32	$1,939	-2.95
553–576	566	62	335.00–385.00	$377.09	$2,134	+8.63
602–636	616	70	326.00–350.00	$333.67	$2,055	-0.14
655–681	673	33	305.00–327.50	$312.72	$2,105	-7.85
710–714	713	18	299.00–302.50	$300.53	$2,143	-3.97
848	848	19	271.00	$271.00	$2,298	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–337	336	8	410.00–432.50	$418.45	$1,406	-6.55
365–388	380	11	405.00–415.00	$408.50	$1,552	-0.49
402–435	419	23	385.00–415.00	$403.85	$1,692	+0.90
451–495	477	60	365.00–387.50	$375.09	$1,789	-9.61
500–548	525	27	347.00–360.00	$351.88	$1,847	+1.83
551–599	576	49	322.50–349.00	$329.71	$1,899	-11.00
605–630	623	16	304.00–322.50	$312.16	$1,945	-4.30
658–698	673	15	287.50–305.00	$299.47	$2,015	-6.94
709–735	721	15	280.00–297.50	$292.10	$2,106	+17.52
809–845	821	26	260.00–265.00	$260.79	$2,141	+6.32
923	923	6	234.50	$234.50	$2,164	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,081	—
439	439	7	346.00	$346.00	$1,519	+5.92
463–497	486	9	352.50–357.50	$354.09	$1,721	+4.25
596	596	8	305.00	$305.00	$1,818	-16.86
667	667	8	285.00	$285.00	$1,901	+2.50
740	740	12	272.00	$272.00	$2,013	+31.86

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	6	377.50	$377.50	$1,506	—
513	513	13	365.00	$365.00	$1,872	+1.75
565	565	6	352.50	$352.50	$1,992	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627	627	12	337.00	$337.00	$2,113	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–392	383	13	382.50–415.00	$401.75	$1,539	+3.59
408 thin fleshed	408	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,714	—
404–431	414	45	380.00–410.00	$402.91	$1,668	+28.34
450–492	472	48	360.00–397.50	$369.38	$1,743	+9.35
500–538	514	124	330.00–360.00	$343.99	$1,768	+3.51
564–594	578	53	296.00–325.00	$313.00	$1,809	-3.93
600–639	613	234	297.00–321.00	$303.96	$1,863	-0.04
665–698	686	24	269.00–295.00	$277.00	$1,900	-0.78
704–748	738	48	274.00–287.00	$283.68	$2,094	+15.50
749	749	41	308.41	$308.41	$2,310	+40.23
761–766	765	32	260.00–268.00	$261.49	$2,000	—
792	792	6	278.00	$278.00	$2,202	—
808	808	5	272.00	$272.00	$2,198	+25.00
880	880	18	258.00	$258.00	$2,270	+14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	12	407.50	$407.50	$1,165	+5.00
308–346	342	25	370.00–395.00	$376.28	$1,287	+15.60
371–396	387	29	350.00–385.00	$370.87	$1,435	+17.64
402–443	425	34	355.00–372.50	$362.59	$1,541	+11.23
453–497	484	39	335.00–350.00	$340.28	$1,647	+14.73
511–533	518	10	302.50–325.00	$318.05	$1,647	+12.59
563–599	581	46	285.00–306.00	$297.47	$1,728	-2.87
613–648	636	25	282.50–290.00	$287.95	$1,831	+4.12
654–692	669	32	249.00–275.00	$268.41	$1,796	+2.86
704–743	728	38	240.00–268.00	$262.50	$1,911	+10.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	326	7	355.00–375.00	$363.42	$1,185	+25.92
421–423	422	10	315.00–335.00	$327.00	$1,380	+21.65
451–472	466	21	310.00–320.00	$314.98	$1,468	+24.98
731	731	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,572	—
851	851	9	214.00	$214.00	$1,821	+64.00
922	922	20	145.00	$145.00	$1,337	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,748	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436–446	442	19	372.50–397.00	$377.58	$1,669	-4.60
453–494	474	11	360.00–377.50	$366.00	$1,735	—
542	542	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,843	-5.16
570–598	578	12	309.00–329.00	$317.33	$1,834	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,446	-38.17
521–547	532	15	310.00–325.00	$319.10	$1,698	-5.88
764–796	780	16	230.00–247.50	$238.43	$1,860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002	1002	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,914	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–860	763	85-90%	4	80.00–85.00	$81.41	$621	—
700–1190	920	85-90%	25	78.00–114.00	$103.18	$949	—
845–1295	993	85-90%	22	131.00–145.00	$136.39	$1,354	+30.19
745–1235	998	85-90%	67	115.00–128.00	$122.36	$1,221	+16.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1350	1157	80-85%	45	131.00–144.00	$137.47	$1,591	+2.21
1060–1290	1174	80-85%	10	143.00–154.00	$147.54	$1,732	+12.28
1045–1460	1183	80-85%	16	105.00–131.00	$124.32	$1,471	-1.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1600	1437	75-80%	22	143.50–155.00	$149.40	$2,147	+21.20
1310–1570	1485	75-80%	4	128.00–133.00	$129.10	$1,917	-17.94
1330–2135	1488	75-80%	22	135.00–145.00	$139.89	$2,082	-7.15

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1130	1095	3	145.00–180.00	$164.58	$1,802	—
1260–1850	1513	8	137.00–153.00	$148.89	$2,253	-2.91
1605–1895	1716	8	175.00–200.00	$184.05	$3,158	—
1315–2395	1773	32	154.00–176.50	$166.73	$2,956	+2.74

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–965	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	210.00–230.00	$218.81	$1,814
710–1075	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	122.00–197.50	$157.71	$1,464

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
916–954	940	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	213.00–217.50	$215.93	$2,030
1100–1400	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	123.00–177.50	$153.14	$1,848

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1095	1090	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,462.79
1110–1475	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	2,000.00–2,700.00	$2,333.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1304	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	42	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,848.73

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1100	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	37	1,000.00–2,050.00	$1,625.02

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1054	1016	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,148.93
900–1090	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,775.00–2,500.00	$2,309.20

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–845	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	550.00–1,050.00	$879.08

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1545	1545	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1020	911	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	39	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,022.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1050	902	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,700.00–2,500.00	$2,206.67	+94.17
750–1045	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,600.00–2,650.00	$2,219.44	-55.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1172–1265	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	2,900.00–3,200.00	$3,014.29	-185.71
1271	1271	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1100–1208	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,200.00–2,650.00	$2,413.64	+351.14

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—

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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.