Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 21, 2025

2,334 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $370.05/cwt -4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,717/hd at 464 lb · 101 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $293.74/cwt +5.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,920/hd at 654 lb · 88 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $384.52/cwt +7.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,992/hd at 518 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,334	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–308	304	8	455.00–495.00	$479.82	$1,459	+17.89
366–397	388	36	430.00–465.00	$451.50	$1,752	+11.43
401–432	413	48	402.50–455.00	$430.40	$1,778	+10.02
453–488	473	61	390.00–430.00	$409.73	$1,938	+0.70
500–540	518	88	360.00–399.00	$384.52	$1,992	+7.47
553–588	565	55	357.50–386.00	$370.85	$2,095	+20.62
615–643	632	18	325.00–340.00	$331.20	$2,093	-7.00
668–680	677	18	302.50–325.00	$317.12	$2,147	+3.02
760	760	7	292.00	$292.00	$2,219	+11.13
835	835	20	285.00	$285.00	$2,380	+5.40
962	962	9	259.50	$259.50	$2,496	—
1065	1065	10	230.00	$230.00	$2,450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	382	3	420.00–422.50	$421.68	$1,611	+3.22
400–445	419	35	357.50–417.50	$408.12	$1,710	+22.47
452–489	466	36	372.50–392.50	$383.97	$1,789	+6.48
510–549	532	69	340.00–375.00	$357.75	$1,903	+10.22
555–598	579	36	325.00–350.00	$339.24	$1,964	+13.02
604–635	612	23	290.00–337.50	$329.61	$2,017	+14.34
660–695	682	16	275.00–317.50	$304.22	$2,075	+4.93
722–745	730	10	278.00–300.00	$292.54	$2,136	+7.69
761–790	777	9	282.50–287.00	$284.46	$2,210	+31.05
814	814	7	277.50	$277.50	$2,259	+26.34
954	954	5	247.50	$247.50	$2,361	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	375.00–382.50	$378.98	$1,414	+5.63
450	450	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,575	+7.01
502–538	522	9	320.00–330.00	$327.71	$1,711	+11.35
585–595	590	4	306.00–319.00	$312.44	$1,843	+5.58
601–627	610	9	285.00–307.50	$292.71	$1,786	+4.20
691	691	16	270.00	$270.00	$1,866	—
777	777	13	258.00	$258.00	$2,005	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	5	425.00	$425.00	$1,390	—
369	369	9	412.50	$412.50	$1,522	—
452	452	7	395.00	$395.00	$1,785	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–428	424	19	410.00–432.50	$413.35	$1,753	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–329	321	10	392.50–445.00	$423.27	$1,359	+12.92
355–397	379	52	380.00–440.00	$413.65	$1,568	+2.17
401–444	430	62	380.00–420.00	$396.66	$1,706	+6.67
450–496	464	101	355.00–391.00	$370.05	$1,717	-4.59
510–548	528	80	333.00–370.00	$351.81	$1,858	+11.21
550–585	565	63	312.50–340.00	$327.93	$1,853	+3.37
571	571	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,770	-14.56
606–616	613	53	314.00–316.00	$315.08	$1,931	+7.85
651	651	81	294.50	$294.50	$1,917	+6.09
685	685	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,952	-3.41
707	707	18	277.00	$277.00	$1,958	+10.74
761	761	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,979	-0.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	10	367.50–400.00	$385.99	$1,274	-3.95
360–398	387	44	347.50–395.00	$382.12	$1,479	+22.14
412–448	434	22	342.50–380.00	$373.54	$1,621	+9.80
468–495	481	32	320.00–350.00	$338.54	$1,628	-1.79
515–545	527	56	287.50–330.00	$319.38	$1,683	-0.37
557–595	579	35	295.00–312.50	$304.91	$1,765	+10.16
630–645	637	20	275.00–298.00	$289.08	$1,841	+2.91
668–698	685	20	267.50–280.00	$274.21	$1,878	+3.95
709–735	710	29	235.00–270.50	$268.51	$1,906	+7.23
940	940	2	225.00	$225.00	$2,115	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	410	5	332.50–335.00	$333.02	$1,365	+7.56
478–495	486	9	277.50–342.50	$298.59	$1,451	-22.63
518–547	530	7	272.50–280.00	$276.69	$1,466	—
610–640	613	23	265.00–267.50	$265.23	$1,626	+15.41
808	808	7	208.00	$208.00	$1,681	—
905	905	25	145.00	$145.00	$1,312	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414 fancy	414	8	450.00	$450.00	$1,863	—
556	556	8	327.50	$327.50	$1,821	+17.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	10	392.50	$392.50	$1,503	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,742	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	7	504.00	$504.00	$1,552	—
391	391	7	430.00	$430.00	$1,681	—
410–445	423	12	390.00–425.00	$402.17	$1,701	+8.75
452–478	469	13	370.00–395.00	$381.49	$1,789	+9.80
507–527	515	23	345.00–377.50	$366.35	$1,887	+7.33
551–576	564	8	340.00–345.00	$342.56	$1,932	+20.32
671	671	5	310.00	$310.00	$2,080	+30.00
728	728	5	275.00	$275.00	$2,002	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	4	407.50	$407.50	$1,108	—
325–327	326	5	410.00–420.00	$413.99	$1,350	—
365	365	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,496	—
415	415	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,432	-15.21
472–498	478	17	345.00–350.00	$348.77	$1,667	-2.22
509–548	523	23	317.50–347.50	$323.98	$1,694	—
550–571	561	16	317.50–330.00	$321.83	$1,805	+17.08
620	620	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,814	+6.87
675	675	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,456	+15.00
555–595	579	5	262.50–297.50	$280.51	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–960	855	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,885.00–2,515.00	$2,238.68	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1190	936	85-90%	15	72.00–116.50	$95.91	$898	—
845–1120	998	85-90%	19	134.50–145.00	$140.43	$1,401	—
700–1415	1008	85-90%	30	105.00–123.00	$115.45	$1,164	-25.74
855–1185	1055	85-90%	32	122.00–135.00	$127.79	$1,348	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1345	1174	80-85%	46	125.00–145.00	$139.05	$1,632	-1.41
1030–1325	1197	80-85%	13	115.00–134.00	$128.02	$1,532	—
1090–1330	1223	80-85%	36	144.00–154.00	$147.78	$1,807	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1535	1441	75-80%	14	144.50–159.00	$150.12	$2,163	+6.32
1330–1705	1444	75-80%	7	124.00–135.00	$131.10	$1,893	-12.70
1295–1815	1448	75-80%	27	137.00–149.00	$143.48	$2,078	-0.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1730	1468	10	132.00–158.00	$147.04	$2,159	-4.04
1260–2275	1791	16	160.00–177.00	$170.82	$3,059	—
1735–2300	1984	7	180.00–206.00	$187.44	$3,719	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–955	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	197.50–254.00	$236.87	$1,883
700–1030	897	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	130.00–187.00	$159.91	$1,434

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
793	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	233.00	$233.00	$1,848
1080–1280	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	133.00–190.00	$155.24	$1,816

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1035	806	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	115.00–124.00	$120.29	$970

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1112	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,950.00–2,375.00	$2,208.95
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1120–1258	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,100.00–2,250.00	$2,185.77
1092–1370	1201	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,200.00	$1,915.65
985–1493	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	80	1,700.00–2,950.00	$2,475.55

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
842	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00
780–1090	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	1,475.00–2,125.00	$1,882.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1220	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,842.15

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
959	959	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00
890–1080	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,411.60
1099	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,150.00	$2,150.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–950	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	700.00–1,350.00	$1,130.61

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1430	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,444.68
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	2,000.00	$2,000.00
892	892	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
839–1100	891	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,037.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1150	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,400.00–2,825.00	$2,625.00	-175.00
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	+600.00
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	-100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1010	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,566.67	—

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00	-200.00
1430	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,308	—

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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.