Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 5, 2025

4,453 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $373.37/cwt +4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,792/hd at 480 lb · 215 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $380.35/cwt -0.58 vs last sale · ≈ $2,177/hd at 572 lb · 202 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $287.00/cwt +6.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,508/hd at 874 lb · 190 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,453	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	6	530.00	$530.00	$1,410	+17.50
315–340	334	11	485.00–505.00	$500.53	$1,672	+20.89
350–399	390	44	445.00–490.00	$461.74	$1,801	-11.48
402–449	435	79	437.50–475.00	$455.18	$1,980	+3.32
450–496	476	105	402.50–457.50	$421.57	$2,007	+0.08
503	503	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,937	-16.25
500–546	524	106	380.00–427.50	$401.81	$2,105	+0.56
550–598	571	180	369.00–396.00	$384.11	$2,193	+1.21
576–588 unweaned	583	22	349.00–350.00	$349.60	$2,038	-17.90
602–634	613	71	347.50–384.50	$361.19	$2,214	+6.27
675 unweaned	675	3	306.00	$306.00	$2,066	—
652–696	676	143	312.50–366.50	$345.75	$2,337	+5.16
700–745	714	66	309.00–341.50	$323.11	$2,307	+14.78
752–762	757	119	314.00–320.00	$318.02	$2,407	+14.09
800–812	811	87	296.00–309.00	$307.15	$2,491	+18.31
874	874	190	287.00	$287.00	$2,508	+6.50
925	925	20	270.00	$270.00	$2,498	—
1002	1002	31	261.00	$261.00	$2,615	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	442.50–445.00	$443.73	$1,398	+5.38
358–397	378	42	412.50–455.00	$432.24	$1,634	-5.74
402–448	425	50	397.50–437.50	$430.05	$1,828	+19.42
450–497	484	85	350.00–407.50	$391.50	$1,895	-0.90
501–544	523	161	345.00–387.00	$371.93	$1,945	+4.38
548 unweaned	548	4	347.00	$347.00	$1,902	—
554–591	569	80	340.00–367.50	$352.36	$2,005	+3.44
600–640	615	42	312.50–347.00	$335.05	$2,061	+9.36
650–698	670	33	312.50–322.50	$317.01	$2,124	+10.27
710–737	725	16	280.00–290.00	$285.99	$2,073	-7.74
761–782	772	13	285.00–294.00	$289.08	$2,232	+19.50
831	831	5	280.00	$280.00	$2,327	+2.31
863–894	882	18	266.00–281.00	$271.71	$2,396	—
1187	1187	5	200.00	$200.00	$2,374	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–442	435	10	385.00–388.00	$387.13	$1,684	+49.56
475–493	485	14	312.50–367.50	$358.19	$1,737	+19.41
508–547	530	13	315.00–355.00	$339.22	$1,798	+21.95
562–582	569	6	310.00–327.50	$315.97	$1,798	—
678–688	686	14	282.50–290.00	$287.24	$1,970	—
780	780	5	267.50	$267.50	$2,086	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	13	430.00	$430.00	$1,802	+7.50
547	547	18	352.50	$352.50	$1,928	—
798	798	20	262.50	$262.50	$2,095	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	21	332.50	$332.50	$2,281	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	6	345.00	$345.00	$1,718	—
514	514	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,748	—
579	579	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,853	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	11	340.00	$340.00	$2,074	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	325	12	430.00–445.00	$437.24	$1,421	+12.24
352–396	383	68	387.50–455.00	$427.12	$1,636	+9.21
402–445	426	84	394.00–432.50	$406.13	$1,730	+0.61
450–498	480	215	352.50–397.50	$373.37	$1,792	+4.30
500–547	518	149	345.00–378.00	$360.55	$1,868	+6.98
550–598	585	134	321.00–350.00	$324.44	$1,898	-5.66
601–644	619	73	312.50–337.50	$318.05	$1,969	+1.83
660–696	689	56	287.50–297.00	$290.60	$2,002	-11.50
700	700	1	292.50	$292.50	$2,048	+10.00
757–778	767	103	278.00–282.00	$281.32	$2,158	+9.76
776	776	34	291.00	$291.00	$2,258	+19.44
822–844	839	76	266.50–277.50	$268.77	$2,255	—
902	902	8	256.00	$256.00	$2,309	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	322	22	340.00–420.00	$408.06	$1,314	+23.92
350–395	382	40	340.00–412.50	$389.46	$1,488	+14.00
403–449	424	34	342.50–390.00	$371.80	$1,576	+9.21
450–498	474	98	335.00–365.00	$352.48	$1,671	+6.14
500–548	530	146	302.50–342.50	$331.64	$1,758	+5.29
550–598	577	67	280.00–320.00	$307.77	$1,776	-0.20
613–648	630	66	280.00–307.50	$301.97	$1,902	+14.08
652–692	670	27	265.00–280.00	$274.80	$1,841	+11.63
712–742	727	19	275.00–280.00	$277.68	$2,019	—
777–798	785	18	257.50–260.00	$259.01	$2,033	-6.70
807–835	821	6	235.00–240.00	$237.54	$1,950	-5.09
900–938	915	5	217.50–226.00	$220.98	$2,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	337.50	$337.50	$1,137	—
420–448	442	10	275.00–332.50	$316.35	$1,398	-27.63
455–496	485	18	282.50–335.00	$318.25	$1,544	-5.06
530–542	537	10	275.00–312.50	$293.08	$1,574	-9.38
550–556	553	7	265.00–267.50	$266.44	$1,473	+3.46
732	732	6	267.50	$267.50	$1,958	—
924	924	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,340	+2.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,547	—
457	457	6	375.00	$375.00	$1,714	—
602	602	9	313.00	$313.00	$1,884	—
759	759	16	287.50	$287.50	$2,182	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	7	320.00	$320.00	$1,872	—
603	603	6	315.00	$315.00	$1,899	+15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	6	390.00	$390.00	$1,521	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,680	+17.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,290	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–385	365	9	405.00–420.00	$408.52	$1,491	—
435–440	438	5	342.50–350.00	$345.48	$1,513	—
465–495	487	18	350.00–380.00	$364.65	$1,776	+14.65
572–584	577	10	310.00–331.00	$318.50	$1,838	+7.46
603–627	620	12	280.00–305.00	$292.38	$1,813	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–426	419	14	385.00	$385.00	$1,613	—
486	486	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,871	+25.00
508–525	517	10	355.00–380.00	$364.37	$1,884	+18.92
632	632	6	303.00–442.50	$372.75	$2,356	—
666	666	4	309.00	$309.00	$2,058	+34.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,326	—
595	595	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1000	867	85-90%	5	80.00–100.00	$91.38	$792	—
860–1175	1009	85-90%	38	105.00–126.00	$118.07	$1,191	-13.03
790–1410	1020	85-90%	75	124.50–141.00	$134.59	$1,373	-8.54
940–1275	1051	85-90%	11	141.00–155.00	$147.40	$1,549	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1445	1176	80-85%	72	130.00–151.00	$143.87	$1,692	+12.66
1060–1305	1188	80-85%	21	130.00–138.00	$135.26	$1,607	+4.05
1045–1325	1198	80-85%	34	149.00–165.00	$154.17	$1,847	+0.88

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1345	1330	75-80%	3	135.00–138.00	$136.33	$1,813	—
1345–1550	1414	75-80%	13	151.50–159.00	$155.23	$2,195	+19.50
1310–1860	1459	75-80%	51	140.50–153.00	$147.68	$2,155	+1.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,530	—
1035–1140	1079	4	144.00–187.00	$165.27	$1,783	—
1310–1680	1474	8	134.00–162.00	$151.70	$2,236	—
1235–2585	1674	38	163.50–183.00	$174.48	$2,921	+1.22
1665–2565	1905	14	176.50–208.00	$195.26	$3,720	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1085	914	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	202.50–250.00	$218.48	$1,997
700–1145	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	140.00–200.00	$168.96	$1,630

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–845	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	222.50–235.00	$228.68	$1,909
1110–1300	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	140.00–187.50	$159.58	$1,840

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	255.00	$255.00	$2,499
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	194.00	$194.00	$2,435

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1220	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,050.00–2,450.00	$2,386.32
1140–1545	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	2,175.00–2,850.00	$2,406.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1000–1318	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	1,600.00–2,150.00	$1,930.92

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
892	892	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00
780–1110	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,200.00–2,100.00	$1,545.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1085	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,301.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250–1460	1323	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,461.81

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
842	842	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00
750–1035	864	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,003.04

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–820	800	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,551.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
700–1050	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,050.00	+275.00
1016	1016	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00	$2,500.00	+283.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1188–1212	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,566.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1057	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,850.00–2,900.00	$2,862.50	—

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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.