Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 28, 2025

3,216 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $401.25/cwt +16.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,070/hd at 516 lb · 147 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $369.07/cwt -0.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,764/hd at 478 lb · 145 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $316.22/cwt +1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,976/hd at 625 lb · 134 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,216	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	7	512.50	$512.50	$1,476	—
302 unweaned	302	2	502.50	$502.50	$1,518	—
308–326	318	15	470.00–500.00	$479.64	$1,525	-0.18
352–362	357	23	460.00–500.00	$473.22	$1,689	+21.72
392 unweaned	392	7	449.00	$449.00	$1,760	—
402–448	424	106	420.00–475.00	$451.86	$1,916	+21.46
450–498	471	73	402.00–457.50	$421.49	$1,985	+11.76
479 unweaned	479	11	415.00	$415.00	$1,988	—
500–535	516	147	370.00–420.00	$401.25	$2,070	+16.73
555–582	567	75	370.00–406.00	$382.90	$2,171	+12.05
597 unweaned	597	11	367.50	$367.50	$2,194	—
602–633	618	111	332.00–382.00	$354.92	$2,193	+23.72
653–688	664	51	310.00–351.00	$340.59	$2,262	+23.47
703–728	707	51	305.00–316.00	$308.33	$2,180	—
770–795	788	7	296.00–307.00	$303.93	$2,395	+11.93
809–812	811	38	288.00–292.00	$288.84	$2,342	+3.84
862	862	64	280.50	$280.50	$2,418	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	332	23	420.00–460.00	$438.35	$1,455	—
352–395	382	36	400.00–450.00	$437.98	$1,673	+16.30
415–448	431	46	395.00–430.00	$410.63	$1,770	+2.51
452–497	482	63	370.00–410.00	$392.40	$1,891	+8.43
500–546	532	71	335.00–382.50	$367.55	$1,955	+9.80
555–599	584	98	327.50–363.00	$348.92	$2,038	+9.68
606–637	617	35	315.00–340.00	$325.69	$2,010	-3.92
650–698	667	17	292.00–319.00	$306.74	$2,046	+2.52
736–744	741	22	291.00–300.00	$293.73	$2,177	+1.19
758–792	768	13	255.00–278.00	$269.58	$2,070	-14.88
800–848	828	9	264.00–280.00	$277.69	$2,299	+0.19
920–924	923	15	252.50–256.00	$254.84	$2,352	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–384	381	11	357.50–395.00	$384.80	$1,466	+5.82
420–425	423	2	325.00–350.00	$337.57	$1,428	—
460–495	485	4	320.00–350.00	$338.78	$1,643	-11.22
500–545	521	9	300.00–327.50	$317.27	$1,653	-10.44
613–640	627	6	285.00–307.50	$296.49	$1,859	+3.78
725	725	6	267.50	$267.50	$1,939	—
818	818	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,840	—
878	878	5	247.50	$247.50	$2,173	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,540	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	422.50	$422.50	$1,821	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327 unweaned	327	3	407.50	$407.50	$1,333	—
328–334	332	18	410.00–445.00	$425.00	$1,411	+1.73
354–375	362	40	405.00–442.50	$417.91	$1,513	+4.26
400–448	425	72	385.00–417.50	$405.52	$1,723	+8.86
453–497	478	145	350.00–377.50	$369.07	$1,764	-0.98
502–540	519	69	340.00–367.00	$353.57	$1,835	+1.76
552–597	570	132	312.50–343.00	$330.10	$1,882	+20.10
601–645	625	134	298.00–322.00	$316.22	$1,976	+1.14
650–692	669	30	287.00–310.00	$302.10	$2,021	+17.10
705–725	719	7	282.50	$282.50	$2,031	+5.50
766–778	773	47	271.00–272.00	$271.56	$2,099	+11.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	326	15	370.00–415.00	$384.14	$1,252	-1.85
355–395	377	17	365.00–395.00	$375.46	$1,415	-6.66
400–448	430	35	345.00–380.00	$362.59	$1,559	-10.95
450–495	481	28	330.00–355.00	$346.34	$1,666	+7.80
502–548	522	72	317.50–340.00	$326.35	$1,704	+6.97
559–594	577	59	300.00–317.50	$307.97	$1,777	+3.06
620–629	625	12	285.00–292.00	$287.89	$1,799	-1.19
685–695	693	19	260.00–265.00	$263.17	$1,824	-11.04
765–795	780	6	263.50–268.00	$265.71	$2,073	—
805–830	820	3	231.00–253.00	$242.63	$1,990	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	377	7	345.00–382.50	$360.64	$1,360	—
435–438	436	8	335.00–359.00	$343.98	$1,500	+10.96
478–495	484	17	310.00–330.00	$323.31	$1,565	+24.72
521–530	526	4	297.50–307.50	$302.46	$1,591	+25.77
555–590	567	3	255.00–278.00	$262.98	$1,491	—
652–695	663	8	240.00–257.00	$244.46	$1,621	—
942	942	21	142.50	$142.50	$1,342	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	13	399.00	$399.00	$1,632	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	8	300.00	$300.00	$1,887	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	8	333.00	$333.00	$1,618	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	442.50	$442.50	$1,637	+12.50
408 unweaned	408	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,693	—
466	466	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,678	-21.49
510–538	528	11	332.50–360.00	$345.45	$1,824	-20.90
582–596	593	12	320.00–325.00	$322.91	$1,915	-19.65
694	694	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,908	-35.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,715	+1.23
567–584	580	15	305.00–315.00	$311.04	$1,804	-10.79
744–745	744	7	256.00–267.00	$259.15	$1,928	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145–1800	1393	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	2,500.00–3,700.00	$2,983.27	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410	1410	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
768–990	830	85-90%	6	80.00–95.00	$84.75	$703	—
700–1250	937	85-90%	29	100.00–124.00	$114.60	$1,074	+18.69
815–1365	1003	85-90%	66	119.00–139.00	$131.10	$1,315	+15.65
905–1155	1021	85-90%	25	138.50–159.00	$143.13	$1,461	+27.68

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1350	1153	80-85%	78	135.00–149.00	$142.35	$1,641	+3.30
1050–1330	1184	80-85%	15	125.00–137.00	$131.21	$1,554	-7.84
1060–1445	1198	80-85%	15	149.00–161.00	$153.29	$1,836	+25.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1318–1715	1429	75-80%	15	131.00–139.00	$135.73	$1,940	-14.39
1295–1835	1475	75-80%	42	137.50–153.00	$146.20	$2,156	—
1330–1855	1526	75-80%	35	152.00–162.00	$154.52	$2,358	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1167	1122	5	172.50–187.00	$180.01	$2,020	—
1300–1515	1418	7	143.50–157.00	$149.33	$2,117	—
1305–2005	1651	34	163.00–181.00	$173.26	$2,861	—
1400–2025	1764	24	183.00–210.00	$194.81	$3,436	+23.99

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1030	872	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	202.50–247.50	$218.68	$1,907
700–1085	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	127.50–187.50	$151.75	$1,363

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–948	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	234.00–265.00	$248.29	$2,093
805–1090	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	159.00–204.00	$192.17	$1,760
872–1725	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	140.00–190.00	$153.38	$1,790

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1315	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,299.17
1010–1545	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	70	2,200.00–2,550.00	$2,379.44

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1085	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	47	1,250.00–2,050.00	$1,778.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1094	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1095–1450	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	39	1,500.00–2,175.00	$1,902.02

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1070	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,219.53
850–1090	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	2,250.00–2,500.00	$2,441.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–840	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	900.00–1,300.00	$1,029.43

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1375	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,450.00	$2,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–880	848	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	1,700.00–2,300.00	$2,080.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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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
1110–1210	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	2,600.00–3,100.00	$2,847.62	-352.38

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1060	888	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,775.00	—
980–1035	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,216.67	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1430	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,000.00–3,250.00	$3,083.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1255	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,433.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	9	265.00	$265.00	$1,526	—

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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.