Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 22, 2025

2,721 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $405.30/cwt +5.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,531/hd at 624 lb · 152 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $436.77/cwt +18.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,299/hd at 526 lb · 138 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $347.05/cwt +0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $2,985/hd at 860 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,721	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289	289	7	545.00	$545.00	$1,575	—
311–337	325	9	500.00–550.00	$521.24	$1,694	-3.36
381–395	387	32	505.00–510.00	$508.14	$1,967	+18.09
400–448	438	26	447.50–475.00	$456.70	$2,000	-10.61
456–482	471	62	417.50–477.50	$451.82	$2,128	-12.84
496 unweaned	496	7	425.00	$425.00	$2,108	—
502–547	525	129	417.00–460.00	$438.99	$2,305	+12.88
547 unweaned	547	9	405.00	$405.00	$2,215	-5.85
565 unweaned	565	17	406.00	$406.00	$2,294	+11.00
553–594	575	80	407.50–440.00	$421.16	$2,422	+7.31
604–639	623	134	397.00–420.00	$408.70	$2,546	+9.21
635 unweaned	635	18	380.00	$380.00	$2,413	—
653–689	672	55	382.50–400.00	$394.77	$2,653	-2.32
700–747	726	53	350.00–392.50	$378.51	$2,748	-0.46
756–794	765	45	365.00–377.50	$375.52	$2,873	+17.52
800	800	12	350.00	$350.00	$2,800	—
850–886	860	133	346.75–347.50	$347.05	$2,985	+0.05
929	929	57	336.00	$336.00	$3,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	11	430.00–445.00	$435.26	$1,610	-33.53
400–442	416	14	410.00–445.00	$424.23	$1,765	-2.61
455–498	476	37	365.00–425.00	$409.07	$1,947	-24.05
502–543	522	51	360.00–415.00	$404.24	$2,110	+19.93
555–590	576	36	355.00–405.00	$383.74	$2,210	+14.75
602–645	615	40	337.50–390.00	$378.42	$2,327	+8.95
661–685	676	55	336.00–350.00	$346.46	$2,342	-7.67
704–740	715	19	317.50–340.00	$333.84	$2,387	-11.34
767–793	774	21	310.00–347.50	$339.37	$2,627	—
815–830	820	6	325.00–345.00	$338.25	$2,774	+11.97
1398	1398	5	240.00	$240.00	$3,355	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663–672	668	21	400.00	$400.00	$2,672	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,204	+15.00
370	370	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,388	+22.36
442	442	9	402.50	$402.50	$1,779	+14.13
601–630	611	6	337.50–365.00	$346.96	$2,120	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	5	430.00	$430.00	$2,425	—
638	638	9	395.00	$395.00	$2,520	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,309	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	5	500.00	$500.00	$1,415	—
351–386	372	15	405.00–432.50	$419.85	$1,562	—
406–444	435	41	400.00–447.50	$428.55	$1,864	+15.58
453–478 fancy	462	8	455.00–465.00	$461.12	$2,130	—
492–499	496	34	383.00–427.50	$405.99	$2,014	—
501–547	528	58	360.00–415.00	$389.42	$2,056	+7.00
550–592	562	83	350.00–390.00	$380.13	$2,136	+14.22
608–638	616	44	350.00–379.00	$373.47	$2,301	+8.45
650–695	668	97	352.50–368.00	$364.97	$2,438	-5.15
703	703	19	387.50	$387.50	$2,724	+50.50
719–732	724	8	341.00–344.00	$342.86	$2,482	+5.86
759	759	30	356.00	$356.00	$2,702	+22.29
898	898	8	300.00	$300.00	$2,694	—
992	992	3	273.00	$273.00	$2,708	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	382	8	395.00–425.00	$405.61	$1,549	+11.93
420–430	425	11	410.00–415.00	$412.76	$1,754	+26.22
452–493	471	48	312.50–380.00	$360.30	$1,697	+6.09
508–545	525	26	340.00–355.00	$348.20	$1,828	-13.57
540 unweaned	540	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,728	-6.40
553–594	568	29	305.00–355.00	$341.26	$1,938	+3.42
600–628	624	44	300.00–350.00	$329.45	$2,056	+0.28
656–660	657	32	322.50–340.00	$332.82	$2,187	+3.32
750–775	765	5	300.00–317.50	$306.86	$2,347	—
837	837	8	305.00	$305.00	$2,553	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,035	—
482–494	489	7	320.00–345.00	$330.56	$1,616	+1.43
512–545	538	9	330.00–335.00	$331.06	$1,781	+17.71
640	640	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,824	-11.85

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
634	634	5	348.00	$348.00	$2,206	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,654	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–492	479	28	355.00–430.00	$405.44	$1,942	+34.37
511–535	521	12	330.00–350.00	$343.19	$1,788	-23.00
588–592	589	10	332.50–342.50	$339.49	$2,000	+2.56
610–646	636	14	307.50–340.00	$327.60	$2,084	+2.76
653–690	664	7	330.00–332.50	$330.74	$2,196	+7.67
703–716	710	7	280.00–300.00	$288.48	$2,048	-22.45

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	7	430.00	$430.00	$1,832	-7.50
458–489	474	12	405.00–410.00	$407.42	$1,931	-3.69
525–545	535	16	397.50–407.50	$402.79	$2,155	-7.21
587	587	7	380.00	$380.00	$2,231	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,690	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1235	949	85-90%	48	110.00–126.00	$117.31	$1,113	+18.59
700–1125	976	85-90%	17	79.00–113.00	$102.14	$997	—
705–1370	1084	85-90%	109	125.00–148.00	$135.92	$1,473	-2.90
955–1225	1115	85-90%	12	144.00–161.00	$150.81	$1,682	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1330	1193	80-85%	17	131.00–151.00	$142.63	$1,702	—
1060–1325	1215	80-85%	59	148.00–162.00	$156.35	$1,900	+0.82
1135–1350	1243	80-85%	24	159.00–171.00	$165.60	$2,058	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1353–1640	1409	75-80%	12	138.00–149.00	$142.93	$2,014	—
1300–1665	1444	75-80%	17	165.00–170.00	$167.94	$2,425	—
1320–1660	1553	75-80%	36	149.50–165.00	$159.82	$2,482	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1995	1553	10	142.50–172.00	$163.74	$2,543	—
1225–2245	1627	22	174.00–193.00	$184.46	$3,001	—
1420–2105	1720	6	197.00–208.00	$202.24	$3,479	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–959	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	250.00–300.00	$286.63	$2,562
720–1050	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	180.00–212.50	$199.26	$1,909

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1135	924	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	120.00–172.50	$151.08	$1,396

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140–1360	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	176.00–190.00	$180.99	$2,212
1230	1230	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	222.50	$222.50	$2,737

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200–1370	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	146.00–169.00	$157.92	$2,010

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,608

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1350	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,300.00–3,150.00	$2,634.69
1166–1445	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	2,400.00–3,500.00	$2,795.80

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1140	1031	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,200.00–2,000.00	$1,530.36
820–1130	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,141.61

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1170	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	2,000.00–3,400.00	$2,747.68
1005–1115	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,520.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1300	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,400.00–2,200.00	$1,869.30
1155–1400	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,165.66

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1438–1585	1520	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,550.00–3,700.00	$2,955.83

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–925	824	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	500.00–1,250.00	$949.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–950	878	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,900.00–2,700.00	$2,540.47
925–1045	949	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,593.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,625.00	$2,625.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00

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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
1248–1510	1301	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	3,200.00–3,550.00	$3,471.43	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1120	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,300.00–3,800.00	$3,475.00	-182.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1175	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,666.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1095	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,433.33	-201.05
1030–1045	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,500.00–3,050.00	$2,775.00	+140.62

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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.