Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 18, 2025

2,034 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $388.11/cwt -0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,612/hd at 673 lb · 148 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $390.81/cwt -14.79 vs last sale · ≈ $2,380/hd at 609 lb · 105 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $426.47/cwt +0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $2,452/hd at 575 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,034	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	334	7	500.00–537.50	$514.69	$1,719	+17.94
359–395	370	21	490.00–514.00	$506.14	$1,873	+19.13
405–445	415	22	450.00–497.50	$472.58	$1,961	-4.31
440 unweaned	440	5	480.00	$480.00	$2,112	—
450–481	468	40	442.50–487.50	$471.78	$2,208	-4.83
504–543	525	22	420.00–471.00	$450.64	$2,366	+21.15
558 fancy	558	13	462.00	$462.00	$2,578	—
550–596	578	71	395.00–447.50	$419.96	$2,427	-11.90
600–633	609	105	382.00–435.00	$390.81	$2,380	-14.79
658–698	673	148	367.50–411.00	$388.11	$2,612	-0.85
710–735	715	5	387.50–394.00	$392.66	$2,808	+27.09
850	850	52	328.50	$328.50	$2,792	-9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	342	7	440.00–475.00	$457.08	$1,563	+14.86
355–398	383	21	427.50–455.00	$440.62	$1,688	—
412–449	436	19	417.50–445.00	$421.67	$1,838	-17.41
450–495	479	22	390.00–440.00	$417.60	$2,000	-4.92
502–540	521	38	380.00–432.50	$400.95	$2,089	+0.15
578–596	583	22	370.00–393.00	$382.60	$2,231	+5.41
645	645	4	347.50	$347.50	$2,241	-28.79
650–695	679	37	332.50–395.00	$358.60	$2,435	-2.63
742	742	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,745	+33.01
780–795	787	12	315.00–350.00	$324.54	$2,554	-4.20
804–844	809	33	302.50–325.00	$322.28	$2,607	-1.96

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,399	—
415–423	420	5	382.50–410.00	$393.37	$1,652	—
546	546	24	341.00	$341.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–484	470	17	355.00–412.50	$385.50	$1,812	-6.64
630	630	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,205	—
715	715	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,288	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511–525	514	5	387.50–395.00	$393.47	$2,022	+11.47
609–624	617	14	360.00–377.50	$367.58	$2,268	-14.14

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629–635	632	12	228.00–230.00	$229.16	$1,448	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	9	420.00	$420.00	$2,335	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–440	414	7	390.00–412.50	$405.66	$1,679	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–488	486	6	390.00–405.00	$397.54	$1,932	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–336	332	16	437.50–455.00	$441.93	$1,467	-18.07
350–375	357	20	427.50–471.00	$457.13	$1,632	+15.13
400–445	416	29	407.50–445.00	$421.71	$1,754	-0.62
460–486	475	58	392.50–427.50	$410.91	$1,952	-1.53
502–539	526	53	370.00–391.00	$381.99	$2,009	-12.11
550–589	579	34	362.50–392.50	$368.53	$2,134	-4.21
602–625	607	10	375.00–388.00	$381.76	$2,317	+19.90
651–668	661	12	365.00–376.00	$369.51	$2,442	+27.95
738	738	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,435	-13.19
761	761	72	325.50	$325.50	$2,477	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	437.50	$437.50	$1,356	+6.76
356–399	379	14	390.00–446.00	$420.36	$1,593	+6.58
418 unweaned	418	4	405.00	$405.00	$1,693	—
422–445	436	18	377.50–415.00	$394.68	$1,721	+7.41
450–492	471	29	375.00–387.50	$379.70	$1,788	-9.31
510–528	523	8	360.00–385.00	$370.03	$1,935	+15.76
555–598	577	28	335.00–376.00	$348.11	$2,009	+0.47
600–649	635	17	320.00–342.50	$330.05	$2,096	-9.59
680–690	689	14	320.00–342.50	$323.82	$2,231	-3.83
702–747	732	14	315.00–337.50	$321.69	$2,355	+9.19
775–780	778	2	300.00–327.00	$313.54	$2,439	+14.71
802	802	6	317.50	$317.50	$2,546	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–330	313	6	350.00–387.50	$366.58	$1,147	+6.58
510–545	536	4	315.00–330.00	$318.57	$1,708	-20.69
560–595	588	6	302.50–325.00	$316.66	$1,862	+0.07

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	13	367.50	$367.50	$2,095	+5.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	422.50	$422.50	$1,682	—
434	434	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,584	-30.00
495	495	4	382.50	$382.50	$1,893	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566–598	572	10	337.50–343.00	$338.65	$1,937	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,182	-67.50
492	492	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,611	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–575	573	3	305.00–315.00	$308.31	$1,767	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	3	502.50	$502.50	$1,899	—
402–420	410	6	415.00–435.00	$424.02	$1,738	-23.48
465–490	468	11	390.00–456.00	$438.70	$2,053	—
510–519	516	10	375.00–390.00	$384.78	$1,985	+0.98
565–566	566	13	365.00–387.50	$382.89	$2,167	+21.97
605–630	615	4	355.00–360.00	$356.26	$2,191	—
652–670	657	7	342.50–345.00	$344.27	$2,262	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–439	431	8	395.00–415.00	$403.08	$1,737	-8.69
465–475	471	8	365.00–387.50	$378.19	$1,781	+1.32
550–580	562	15	332.50–370.00	$350.98	$1,973	-4.25
655–691	678	9	315.00–350.00	$326.97	$2,217	+4.24
715	715	2	331.00	$331.00	$2,367	+18.00
777–778	777	5	315.00	$315.00	$2,448	—
800–833	825	4	275.00–290.00	$278.64	$2,299	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	4	300.00–302.50	$301.25	$1,597	—
562–585	573	5	295.00–305.00	$299.03	$1,713	—
650–663	660	4	290.00–300.00	$292.46	$1,930	-14.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1510	1510	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1190	906	85-90%	7	71.00–109.00	$94.83	$859	—
700–1295	1021	85-90%	36	111.00–135.00	$122.89	$1,255	-6.97
935–1200	1039	85-90%	8	157.00–167.00	$159.59	$1,658	+29.73
785–1300	1065	85-90%	51	136.00–155.00	$143.90	$1,533	-0.89

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1320	1209	80-85%	39	157.50–170.00	$163.78	$1,980	-9.04
1130–1415	1221	80-85%	16	138.00–157.00	$148.79	$1,817	-24.03
1005–1325	1228	80-85%	8	170.00–186.00	$177.85	$2,184	+5.03

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1525	1396	75-80%	5	150.00–159.00	$154.34	$2,155	—
1270–1640	1431	75-80%	20	161.00–173.00	$166.09	$2,377	—
1320–1690	1476	75-80%	10	172.50–182.00	$175.29	$2,587	+11.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1840	1459	18	164.00–179.50	$173.61	$2,533	+2.20
1235–2020	1727	40	177.50–199.00	$187.82	$3,244	—
1775–2190	2003	7	200.00–227.00	$210.25	$4,211	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1035	819	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	235.00–332.50	$277.69	$2,274
785–1120	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	160.00–227.50	$196.65	$1,917

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	312.50	$312.50	$2,734
1180–1280	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	159.00–184.00	$169.23	$2,078

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1465	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,850.00	$2,428.65
1050–1630	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	2,350.00–3,300.00	$2,761.38

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1150	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	54	1,300.00–2,400.00	$1,948.12

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1140	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	2,400.00–3,200.00	$2,752.10
1020–1150	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,600.00–2,950.00	$2,789.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1400	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,217.81

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1340	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,000.00	$2,978.27
1040–1480	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,100.00–3,675.00	$3,428.96

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1585–1625	1618	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,700.00–3,200.00	$3,118.38

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–920	809	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,254.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1010	875	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,539.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–830	803	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,475.00	$2,475.00

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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
1175–1275	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	4,000.00–4,450.00	$4,396.88	+96.88
1320	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1140	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	3,500.00–4,000.00	$3,825.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1120	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,350.00–2,900.00	$2,775.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1350	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,412.50	—

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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.