Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 26, 2025

2,302 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $341.53/cwt +10.03 vs last sale · ≈ $2,150/hd at 629 lb · 101 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $321.00/cwt +11.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,884/hd at 587 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $395.14/cwt +9.27 vs last sale · ≈ $2,098/hd at 531 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,302	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	4	527.50	$527.50	$1,488	—
316–342	321	14	450.00–495.00	$476.11	$1,528	-33.07
352	352	3	467.50	$467.50	$1,646	+4.82
405–444	431	34	420.00–440.00	$432.07	$1,862	-11.19
455–494	479	18	402.00–432.50	$418.98	$2,007	-9.16
502–544	531	89	380.00–405.00	$395.14	$2,098	+5.71
552–577	563	38	386.00–400.00	$393.02	$2,213	+12.70
604 unweaned	604	6	350.00	$350.00	$2,114	+3.02
602–633	611	65	367.50–378.00	$376.05	$2,298	+6.94
678 unweaned	678	12	329.00	$329.00	$2,231	+10.99
675–684	683	6	342.00–345.00	$342.49	$2,339	+2.18
706–730	708	30	317.50–337.00	$332.23	$2,352	+2.50
765–792	788	41	295.00–315.00	$298.67	$2,354	-7.85
800	800	10	285.00	$285.00	$2,280	-12.20
884	884	68	275.00	$275.00	$2,431	—
947	947	61	266.00	$266.00	$2,519	-14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	5	415.00–430.00	$417.98	$1,409	-57.02
350–390	374	9	420.00–425.00	$421.16	$1,575	-14.91
405–448	424	30	382.50–430.00	$409.84	$1,738	-10.61
455–490	474	33	380.00–405.00	$392.75	$1,862	+1.93
498 unweaned	498	8	384.00	$384.00	$1,912	—
501–537	514	45	350.00–380.00	$366.49	$1,884	-0.73
550–598	580	47	332.00–365.00	$347.05	$2,013	-7.39
586–599 unweaned	594	13	332.00–332.50	$332.31	$1,974	-11.68
621 unweaned	621	16	341.00	$341.00	$2,118	—
605–648	631	85	323.00–349.00	$341.63	$2,156	+10.13
650–694	682	21	300.00–334.00	$315.80	$2,154	-6.49
728–748	745	21	305.00–316.00	$314.46	$2,343	+36.58
748 unweaned	748	3	298.00	$298.00	$2,229	—
898	898	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,425	-8.00
945	945	5	252.50	$252.50	$2,386	—
1080	1080	3	210.00	$210.00	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,416	+45.79
424–445	435	8	362.50–370.00	$365.95	$1,592	+60.95
474–482	477	6	335.00–350.00	$344.94	$1,645	-13.71
555–560	558	2	325.00–327.50	$326.26	$1,821	—
600–614	607	2	297.50–325.00	$311.09	$1,888	—
702	702	9	275.50	$275.50	$1,934	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	8	316.00	$316.00	$1,817	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,420	—
446	446	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,695	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	272.50	$272.50	$916	—
437	437	3	215.00	$215.00	$940	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,922	-16.62

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	4	334.00	$334.00	$2,171	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	336	20	360.00–410.00	$396.80	$1,333	-16.08
360–392	372	9	357.50–395.00	$382.45	$1,423	-13.58
402–440	428	18	342.50–370.00	$361.48	$1,547	+1.61
455–493	474	66	325.00–365.00	$349.40	$1,656	+5.73
527 unweaned	527	19	331.00	$331.00	$1,744	—
512–545	536	50	305.00–350.00	$334.87	$1,795	+11.24
550–598	587	96	305.00–336.00	$321.00	$1,884	+11.08
611–647	630	21	286.00–300.00	$294.02	$1,852	-3.74
655–670	664	5	282.50–285.00	$284.01	$1,886	+0.07
793	793	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,951	-26.75
839	839	4	256.00	$256.00	$2,148	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	397.50	$397.50	$1,554	-22.89
428–446	439	8	380.00–385.00	$381.83	$1,676	-19.87
451–473	462	57	357.50–382.50	$370.53	$1,712	+3.30
474 unweaned	474	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,635	-11.44
503 thin fleshed	503	3	392.50	$392.50	$1,974	—
500–526	512	30	340.00–377.50	$362.89	$1,858	+6.17
512–537 unweaned	523	18	342.00–350.00	$345.65	$1,808	+23.54
551–562	553	22	317.50–362.00	$342.88	$1,896	+19.80
611–648	626	55	303.00–322.00	$314.43	$1,968	-0.91
626–648 unweaned	628	19	300.00–307.50	$300.81	$1,889	—
667–676	670	18	300.00–304.00	$302.88	$2,029	-0.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,088	—
350–395	378	13	330.00–370.00	$344.15	$1,301	-5.85
400–448	431	20	317.50–350.00	$337.23	$1,453	+34.73
450–490	467	9	322.50–340.00	$333.31	$1,557	+15.39
525–545	534	5	305.00–325.00	$315.61	$1,685	+11.09
550	550	2	282.00	$282.00	$1,551	+18.57
966	966	29	145.00	$145.00	$1,401	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	7	385.00	$385.00	$1,528	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
652	652	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,891	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,619	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	322.50	$322.50	$1,403	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	412.50	$412.50	$1,415	—
402–439	423	9	400.00–415.00	$408.64	$1,729	—
505	505	4	355.00	$355.00	$1,793	-10.00
559	559	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,845	+1.26
612–615	614	4	315.00–325.00	$319.99	$1,965	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	377	4	375.00–400.00	$388.11	$1,463	—
480–492	486	4	357.50–362.50	$358.73	$1,743	-6.34
505–545	533	7	327.50–345.00	$335.14	$1,786	+1.39
550–592	576	8	308.00–322.50	$316.02	$1,820	+1.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–448	425	9	307.50–375.00	$335.65	$1,427	-10.11
468–472	470	7	282.50–325.00	$300.63	$1,413	-34.37
560–595	572	6	257.50–300.00	$285.26	$1,632	+0.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1475	1318	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,929.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1030	884	85-90%	10	75.00–101.00	$92.29	$816	—
860–1160	997	85-90%	12	147.00–154.00	$150.40	$1,499	+50.88
710–1215	1001	85-90%	43	109.00–133.00	$121.92	$1,220	—
825–1235	1019	85-90%	71	124.50–146.00	$137.44	$1,401	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1315	1191	80-85%	90	143.00–156.00	$151.72	$1,807	+13.50
1080–1300	1215	80-85%	13	134.00–143.00	$138.12	$1,678	-19.07
1085–1315	1235	80-85%	16	155.50–168.00	$160.96	$1,988	+3.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1700	1433	75-80%	20	159.50–169.00	$163.92	$2,349	+13.28
1320–1770	1464	75-80%	9	134.00–144.00	$137.56	$2,014	-20.76
1230–1790	1475	75-80%	38	147.00–160.00	$153.84	$2,269	-4.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1480	1309	5	159.00–163.00	$160.96	$2,107	—
1165–2465	1614	20	165.00–189.00	$177.67	$2,868	+3.37
1495–2280	1934	18	182.50–214.00	$201.33	$3,894	+1.72

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1135	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	135.00–212.50	$176.61	$1,646
700–1032	937	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	215.00–235.00	$221.77	$2,078

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1060	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	154.00–202.50	$175.86	$1,658
1155–1355	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	133.00–180.00	$158.50	$1,929
1250–1395	1322	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	190.00–197.00	$195.11	$2,579

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1140	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,413.75
920–1205	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,527.10
1099	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	2,125.00	$2,125.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1227	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	52	1,450.00–2,150.00	$1,787.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1360	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,158.49
1200–1275	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,050.00–2,550.00	$2,229.36
1080–1390	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	2,100.00–2,950.00	$2,542.17
1248	1248	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1162–1450	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,981.45

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1615	1457	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,200.00–2,650.00	$2,369.78

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1330–1350	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,625.00–2,750.00	$2,687.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–935	930	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,150.00–2,200.00	$2,183.51

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1025	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,800.00–2,250.00	$2,028.13	—
925–1103	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,420.59	+83.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140–1350	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,640.00	—

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	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1148	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531	531	10	211.00	$211.00	$1,120	—
594	594	11	213.00	$213.00	$1,265	—

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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.