Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 19, 2025

6,181 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $366.47/cwt +12.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,238/hd at 611 lb · 554 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $385.87/cwt -12.76 vs last sale · ≈ $2,013/hd at 522 lb · 377 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $352.22/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,843/hd at 523 lb · 323 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	6,181	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–318	311	14	495.00–517.50	$509.18	$1,584	-11.58
352–398	377	60	442.50–500.00	$462.68	$1,744	-18.56
404–444	428	77	415.00–457.00	$443.26	$1,897	-18.47
417–448 unweaned	437	40	422.50–435.00	$426.60	$1,864	—
450–480	460	124	419.00–440.00	$428.14	$1,969	-1.10
459–492 unweaned	486	62	407.50–409.00	$408.19	$1,984	—
507–522 unweaned	516	109	372.00–382.50	$377.11	$1,946	—
502–545	524	268	377.00–399.00	$389.43	$2,041	-9.20
552–592	579	155	373.00–394.00	$380.32	$2,202	+11.32
564–598 unweaned	589	108	350.00–371.00	$366.42	$2,158	—
600–619	607	488	344.00–377.50	$369.11	$2,240	+14.65
621–649 unweaned	639	66	342.00–347.50	$346.98	$2,217	—
650–699	659	79	335.00–370.00	$340.31	$2,243	+4.66
656–673 unweaned	663	18	305.00–331.00	$318.01	$2,108	—
700–745	716	50	315.00–335.00	$329.73	$2,361	+44.73
750–766	759	40	302.00–319.00	$306.52	$2,326	-5.54
822	822	41	295.00–300.00	$297.20	$2,443	+6.20
922	922	16	280.00	$280.00	$2,582	—
958	958	20	266.00	$266.00	$2,548	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,477	+26.15
360–395	384	24	420.00–445.00	$436.07	$1,675	-8.22
404–449	426	69	400.00–435.00	$420.45	$1,791	-4.19
452–499	473	128	354.00–415.00	$390.82	$1,849	-8.44
500–548	525	142	342.50–382.50	$367.22	$1,928	-5.11
550–599	574	213	335.00–372.00	$354.44	$2,034	+2.56
557–598 unweaned	578	28	330.00–359.00	$343.99	$1,988	—
610–647	634	84	312.50–345.00	$331.50	$2,102	-6.35
654–698	671	100	302.00–337.50	$322.29	$2,163	+6.98
711–732	725	12	272.00–290.00	$277.88	$2,015	-18.45
751–764	753	36	290.00–291.00	$290.86	$2,190	+10.20
815–830	823	2	284.00–285.00	$284.50	$2,341	+9.50
852–876	871	32	278.00	$278.00	$2,421	+17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–392	383	6	325.00–330.00	$326.71	$1,251	-82.45
410	410	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,250	—
455–495	480	30	330.00–378.00	$358.65	$1,722	—
522–538	534	14	300.00–322.50	$312.39	$1,668	-30.46
661–690	666	11	270.00–287.50	$284.20	$1,893	—
924	924	5	220.00	$220.00	$2,033	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	5	430.00	$430.00	$1,668	-20.00
461–468	465	16	380.00–405.00	$394.16	$1,833	—
516–518	517	16	366.00–367.00	$366.62	$1,895	+10.65
569	569	5	352.50	$352.50	$2,006	—
632	632	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,959	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	5	362.00	$362.00	$2,096	—
788	788	27	287.00	$287.00	$2,262	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–548	542	29	320.00–337.50	$334.12	$1,811	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	11	391.00	$391.00	$2,104	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	433.00	$433.00	$1,433	-12.24
362–391	375	56	378.00–430.00	$420.39	$1,576	-10.62
401–445	423	166	362.50–415.00	$401.70	$1,699	-6.62
451–480	464	179	362.00–380.00	$367.23	$1,704	-10.21
457–490 unweaned	473	48	345.00–360.00	$356.44	$1,686	—
501–547	522	281	337.50–370.00	$356.72	$1,862	+5.05
525–533 unweaned	531	42	315.00–325.00	$322.11	$1,710	—
552–596	570	188	316.00–330.00	$323.08	$1,842	-4.34
592 unweaned	592	7	302.50	$302.50	$1,791	—
604–646	621	194	296.00–328.00	$315.34	$1,958	-8.83
650–655 unweaned	651	17	287.50–302.50	$291.05	$1,895	—
653–698	673	139	300.00–305.00	$303.35	$2,042	—
762	762	18	279.00	$279.00	$2,126	—
802–827	815	38	255.00–271.00	$267.40	$2,179	-5.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–346	333	28	370.00–425.00	$412.88	$1,375	+8.38
352–395	369	42	375.00–405.00	$396.03	$1,461	-10.41
400–429	418	51	327.50–382.50	$359.87	$1,504	-22.91
450–492	480	202	327.00–357.50	$343.67	$1,650	-8.73
500–547	528	216	297.50–335.00	$323.63	$1,709	-7.91
553–592	576	76	285.00–325.00	$309.92	$1,785	-4.62
609–644	627	32	275.00–307.50	$297.76	$1,867	+4.27
652–698	678	95	270.00–290.00	$283.94	$1,925	-7.26
735	735	53	277.00–279.00	$277.75	$2,041	+2.45
772–787	781	39	265.00–277.50	$272.75	$2,130	+5.25
851–877	867	19	220.00–245.00	$229.04	$1,986	-25.27
983	983	5	206.00	$206.00	$2,025	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,348	-12.50
418	418	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,264	-24.54
470–490	485	16	312.50–325.00	$317.92	$1,542	+19.63
529–532	530	8	283.00–317.50	$304.52	$1,614	+5.15
572–583	579	8	262.50–265.00	$263.43	$1,525	-1.56
612–644	634	13	277.50	$277.50	$1,759	-7.50
752–759	755	11	236.00–240.00	$237.46	$1,793	-30.54

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	10	400.00	$400.00	$1,736	—
552–580	564	12	315.00–330.00	$323.57	$1,825	—
600	600	24	313.00	$313.00	$1,878	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	27	322.50	$322.50	$1,593	—
527	527	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,673	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	8	325.00	$325.00	$1,752	—
609	609	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,766	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,540	-37.50
454–482	470	9	362.50–367.00	$365.07	$1,716	+3.76
507–546	536	25	320.00–342.50	$333.75	$1,789	-7.64
577	577	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,818	-8.32
606–620	611	15	281.00–302.50	$296.35	$1,811	+6.08
736	736	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,950	—
757–788	769	5	237.50–240.00	$238.52	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,163	—
393	393	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,434	—
408–415	412	7	340.00–350.00	$345.76	$1,425	—
468	468	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,568	+7.50
498 unweaned	498	8	339.00	$339.00	$1,688	—
548	548	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,589	—
558	558	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,590	—
650	650	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,495	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,865	+1.50
568–580	574	8	327.50–330.00	$328.74	$1,887	-19.94
652–658	656	5	310.00–320.00	$313.98	$2,060	+3.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1032–1080	1064	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,100.00–3,050.00	$2,508.65	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1178	961	85-90%	63	104.00–129.00	$122.03	$1,173	+1.43
700–1100	990	85-90%	15	85.00–109.00	$99.52	$985	-46.68
735–1242	990	85-90%	78	126.00–143.00	$136.29	$1,349	-9.91
895–1190	1051	85-90%	15	142.00–154.00	$146.85	$1,543	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1335	1151	80-85%	69	137.00–155.00	$146.07	$1,681	+12.16
1040–1260	1160	80-85%	25	134.00–141.00	$138.22	$1,603	+4.31
1035–1345	1242	80-85%	25	147.50–167.00	$157.19	$1,952	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1465	1354	75-80%	10	128.00–142.50	$137.73	$1,865	—
1300–1835	1400	75-80%	76	141.00–158.00	$150.64	$2,109	+11.59
1345–1805	1463	75-80%	24	150.50–166.00	$158.32	$2,316	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1170	1097	3	164.00–181.00	$174.74	$1,917	—
1260–1905	1428	8	139.00–165.00	$151.05	$2,157	-1.35
1245–2180	1618	20	165.00–183.00	$174.30	$2,820	-1.75
1630–2360	1925	13	182.50–213.00	$199.61	$3,842	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–970	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	217.50–238.00	$230.07	$2,038
705–1125	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	125.00–200.00	$160.43	$1,426

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1046	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	201.00	$201.00	$2,102
1185	1185	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,488
1235–1310	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–165.00	$151.76	$1,924

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1030–1442	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	70	2,200.00–2,900.00	$2,549.06
1372	1372	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1215	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	60	1,200.00–2,150.00	$1,827.37

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1180	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	2,150.00–2,700.00	$2,401.87
1066–1131	1097	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	2,100.00–2,350.00	$2,225.93
1065–1115	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,201.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1300	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,850.00–2,100.00	$1,983.01

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1425–1510	1461	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,300.00–3,100.00	$2,646.89

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–845	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,200.00	$1,089.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–990	883	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,800.00–2,400.00	$2,131.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,750.00	$2,750.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1100	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,000.00–2,700.00	$2,337.50	—
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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	5	3,600.00–3,650.00	$3,620.00	-180.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1125	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,900.00–3,150.00	$2,983.33	-366.67

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.