Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 6, 2025

2,340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $391.27/cwt -2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,418/hd at 618 lb · 241 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $427.61/cwt +1.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,245/hd at 525 lb · 105 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $415.78/cwt +13.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,005/hd at 482 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,340	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,421	—
309–346	331	18	475.00–565.00	$531.02	$1,758	+19.52
363 fancy	363	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,033	—
365–395	382	20	492.50–525.00	$501.96	$1,917	+4.76
403 fancy	403	5	532.00	$532.00	$2,144	+9.50
415–435	427	25	480.00–545.00	$507.35	$2,166	+17.44
452–497	484	45	445.00–482.50	$458.29	$2,218	+1.61
501–545	525	105	410.00–450.00	$427.61	$2,245	+1.01
550–599	571	59	405.00–445.00	$419.80	$2,397	+1.50
600–649	618	241	380.00–431.00	$391.27	$2,418	-2.65
650–693	672	52	372.50–421.00	$392.41	$2,637	+3.57
708–748	720	52	365.00–383.00	$375.29	$2,702	+3.88
750	750	38	383.00	$383.00	$2,872	—
803	803	7	368.00	$368.00	$2,955	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–348	344	4	425.00–450.00	$437.65	$1,506	-23.22
355–371	364	8	425.00–450.00	$434.83	$1,583	-7.67
401–443	425	42	442.50–475.00	$463.22	$1,969	+18.10
452–482	466	44	400.00–440.00	$425.12	$1,981	+10.54
501–549	524	46	360.00–417.50	$397.86	$2,085	+0.13
550–595	568	19	380.00–405.00	$393.80	$2,237	+6.20
608–630	615	29	360.00–385.00	$369.52	$2,273	+2.35
661–690	677	42	342.00–380.00	$352.58	$2,387	-8.51
745	745	2	357.50	$357.50	$2,663	+18.52
763–775	772	30	345.00–348.00	$347.80	$2,685	+2.80
802–830	817	23	335.00–340.00	$337.82	$2,760	-6.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	4	412.50	$412.50	$1,625	+8.22
406–430	420	12	415.00–425.00	$422.48	$1,774	+10.33
490	490	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,715	-27.45
555–565	561	8	335.00–352.50	$343.08	$1,925	+30.58
662	662	6	320.00	$320.00	$2,118	—
944	944	18	297.00	$297.00	$2,804	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
529	529	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,063	—
600–630	604	14	345.00–364.00	$361.17	$2,181	—
651–682	668	11	350.00–357.50	$354.18	$2,366	-3.32

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	11	422.50	$422.50	$2,155	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	6	412.50–427.50	$419.48	$1,355	-5.52
370–390	387	14	402.50–472.50	$442.44	$1,712	+10.51
398 fancy	398	6	495.00	$495.00	$1,970	+5.00
418–439	428	13	400.00–430.00	$417.94	$1,789	-11.50
432 thin fleshed	432	6	482.00	$482.00	$2,082	—
458–484 fancy	474	8	452.50–470.00	$463.66	$2,198	—
457–495	483	88	392.50–437.50	$411.43	$1,987	+9.49
500–547	522	61	370.00–422.50	$397.12	$2,073	+19.43
552–598	583	93	377.00–391.00	$380.26	$2,217	—
607–634	626	14	355.00	$355.00	$2,222	-7.49
664–684	682	67	353.00–355.00	$354.83	$2,420	—
734–740	737	11	341.00–373.00	$358.39	$2,641	+11.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,210	—
326–349	336	20	370.00–417.50	$406.23	$1,365	-2.75
365–395	383	6	370.00–400.00	$392.66	$1,504	+9.82
402–447	420	38	342.50–410.00	$380.28	$1,597	-2.95
495	495	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,832	+8.84
500–540	524	19	350.00–375.00	$361.90	$1,896	+11.06
557–591	576	18	325.00–352.50	$337.87	$1,946	-11.81
610–645	622	41	300.00–350.00	$329.38	$2,049	-6.52
658–682	669	16	322.50–335.00	$329.34	$2,203	—
770	770	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,387	—
813	813	6	300.00	$300.00	$2,439	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–310	307	8	400.00	$400.00	$1,228	+43.11
353–384	369	17	350.00–365.00	$355.39	$1,311	+5.39
400–435	427	18	290.00–360.00	$326.67	$1,395	-17.10
473–496	484	11	330.00–357.50	$343.15	$1,661	-0.91
525–548	537	4	305.00–317.50	$311.12	$1,671	-10.52
635–645	642	3	282.50–290.00	$287.53	$1,846	-22.47
695	695	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,929	-10.00
876	876	6	285.00	$285.00	$2,497	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	367.50	$367.50	$1,544	—
480	480	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,752	—
581	581	9	350.00	$350.00	$2,034	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	12	385.00	$385.00	$1,956	—

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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	5	485.00	$485.00	$1,833	+45.00
424–434	431	14	426.00–485.00	$442.58	$1,908	-52.42
455–492	469	19	400.00–445.00	$417.64	$1,959	+2.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	400.00–432.50	$416.25	$1,623	—
416–427	420	8	365.00–402.50	$388.21	$1,630	-34.12
500–512	510	6	342.50–375.00	$357.14	$1,821	+1.55
557–590	573	12	355.00–365.00	$362.33	$2,076	+20.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	5	385.00	$385.00	$1,090	—
507–528	517	12	330.00–332.50	$331.02	$1,711	—
563	563	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,717	-11.23
682	682	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,148	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1185	866	85-90%	14	81.00–101.00	$92.83	$804	—
700–1150	920	85-90%	26	145.00–164.00	$152.54	$1,403	+57.32
700–1290	953	85-90%	47	107.00–126.00	$119.28	$1,137	+2.90
805–1580	1022	85-90%	91	123.50–146.00	$136.08	$1,391	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1320	1168	80-85%	14	131.50–149.00	$143.00	$1,670	-13.33
1050–1340	1187	80-85%	58	147.50–165.00	$158.43	$1,881	+12.43
1050–1300	1193	80-85%	12	165.00–171.00	$168.18	$2,006	+22.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1625	1441	75-80%	27	149.00–165.00	$157.95	$2,276	—
1340–1750	1484	75-80%	23	130.00–151.00	$145.38	$2,157	-1.47
1375–1695	1501	75-80%	15	164.50–178.50	$170.82	$2,564	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1645	1449	10	150.00–169.00	$161.67	$2,343	—
1220–2505	1699	21	175.00–196.00	$184.81	$3,140	—
1600–1915	1708	6	189.00–212.00	$201.17	$3,436	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1055	891	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	240.00–300.00	$274.37	$2,445
825–1080	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	172.50–212.50	$197.20	$1,864

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1140	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	127.00–168.00	$154.68	$1,527

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200–1440	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	187.50–232.50	$201.12	$2,550

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1195–1280	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	158.00–171.00	$166.32	$2,059

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1200	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,324.21
1155–1475	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	2,300.00–3,450.00	$2,934.90

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1125	967	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,750.00	$1,443.80
890–1130	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,600.00–2,300.00	$1,996.53

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1090	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,250.00–2,325.00	$2,281.70
870–1140	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	2,375.00–3,350.00	$2,749.09

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1020	829	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	550.00–1,550.00	$1,010.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1345	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,160.78

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–975	823	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,171.08
875–1075	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,654.78

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,400.00	$3,400.00	+100.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–1075	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,100.00–2,650.00	$2,425.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1275	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,600.00	—

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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.