Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 20, 2025

2,532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $434.35/cwt +0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,433/hd at 560 lb · 136 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $381.56/cwt -7.70 vs last sale · ≈ $2,266/hd at 594 lb · 89 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $438.37/cwt -6.62 vs last sale · ≈ $2,334/hd at 533 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,532	—	—

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–346	344	9	512.50–580.00	$550.19	$1,893	+35.19
353–385 unweaned	361	12	500.00–505.00	$501.33	$1,810	—
361–394	378	12	505.00–550.00	$522.52	$1,975	-34.58
407–448	423	40	447.50–500.00	$474.18	$2,006	-48.01
450–498	475	12	480.00–510.00	$487.88	$2,317	-9.88
500–549	531	64	412.50–475.00	$439.44	$2,333	-21.78
500–546 unweaned	538	18	433.00–435.00	$434.55	$2,338	+7.41
550–576	558	106	411.00–467.00	$437.36	$2,440	+3.85
565–570 unweaned	568	30	406.00–427.50	$423.70	$2,407	—
604–635	620	64	387.00–417.50	$403.11	$2,499	-10.67
671–695	679	69	380.00–400.00	$388.65	$2,639	-3.95
702–720	710	36	365.00–374.00	$370.85	$2,633	-10.93
779	779	15	362.50	$362.50	$2,824	-21.50
801–835	805	69	347.50–363.50	$361.58	$2,911	-17.42
859	859	55	351.00	$351.00	$3,015	-23.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–348	337	26	445.00–530.00	$485.04	$1,635	-0.67
355–395	368	19	435.00–505.00	$481.53	$1,772	-0.66
400–438	418	22	420.00–450.00	$433.63	$1,813	-22.72
462–494	478	49	405.00–465.00	$440.67	$2,106	+2.20
500–540	519	60	370.00–430.00	$413.79	$2,148	+13.16
550–593	572	34	380.00–417.50	$400.40	$2,290	-1.92
572–577 unweaned	575	5	370.00–375.00	$371.99	$2,139	—
615–642	638	16	375.00–382.50	$376.84	$2,404	-2.62
643 unweaned	643	8	342.50	$342.50	$2,202	—
669–685	677	22	350.00–380.00	$361.45	$2,447	-1.77
705–748	723	31	332.50–357.50	$346.49	$2,505	-17.77
775–783	781	7	335.00–352.50	$347.54	$2,714	+10.91
809	809	7	332.00	$332.00	$2,686	—
875	875	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,800	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–405	404	7	430.00–450.00	$438.54	$1,772	—
504	504	5	395.00	$395.00	$1,991	—
630	630	17	370.00	$370.00	$2,331	—
796	796	10	350.00	$350.00	$2,786	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	8	365.00	$365.00	$2,139	—
786	786	9	265.00	$265.00	$2,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–382	373	5	400.00–425.00	$409.65	$1,528	—
595	595	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,964	-36.23

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	377.50	$377.50	$1,193	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	326	7	375.00–410.00	$398.27	$1,298	-28.10
370 unweaned	370	9	375.00	$375.00	$1,388	—
375–398	385	15	385.00–415.00	$401.32	$1,545	-5.20
400–445	424	52	370.00–405.00	$387.73	$1,644	-12.27
454–498	469	74	370.00–405.00	$386.07	$1,811	+4.30
502–542	524	67	340.00–390.00	$354.50	$1,858	+2.23
570–596	589	79	332.50–360.00	$349.89	$2,061	+2.89
601–635	616	31	320.00–350.00	$331.92	$2,045	-26.47
654–690	671	26	312.50–345.00	$336.24	$2,256	+5.10
706–717	709	13	317.50–340.00	$334.75	$2,373	—
795	795	4	312.50	$312.50	$2,484	—
902	902	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,571	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367 unweaned	367	13	427.50	$427.50	$1,569	—
356–382	368	11	427.50–440.00	$434.42	$1,599	-27.44
410–447	432	26	412.50–455.00	$432.89	$1,870	-18.92
463	463	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,968	-21.15
508–547	529	65	390.00–430.00	$400.01	$2,116	-11.84
556–597	594	89	376.00–382.00	$381.56	$2,266	-7.85
635	635	5	352.00	$352.00	$2,235	-21.07
685–687	686	31	358.00–379.00	$366.11	$2,512	+1.79
750	750	7	365.00	$365.00	$2,738	—
816	816	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,448	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–337	331	6	335.00–365.00	$349.73	$1,158	—
368–392	382	17	350.00–375.00	$361.38	$1,380	—
405–448	428	19	320.00–362.00	$340.40	$1,457	—
455–498	478	27	340.00–360.00	$348.98	$1,668	-13.52
509–535	515	22	312.50–335.00	$326.34	$1,681	—
560–594	583	12	332.50–344.00	$340.32	$1,984	—
678	678	6	310.00	$310.00	$2,102	—
682	682	3	307.50	$307.50	$2,097	—
760	760	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,166	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	7	410.00	$410.00	$1,702	—
578	578	24	355.00	$355.00	$2,052	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,333	—
426–428	427	6	320.00–355.00	$331.70	$1,416	—
468	468	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,486	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
722	722	11	315.00	$315.00	$2,274	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,574	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	5	450.00	$450.00	$1,251	—
350–389	378	7	415.00–442.50	$422.28	$1,596	-5.22
414–448	430	29	415.00–435.00	$424.28	$1,824	—
456–482	471	10	395.00–410.00	$403.86	$1,902	-2.67
500–540	516	5	357.50–370.00	$362.73	$1,872	-19.36
550–555	553	4	335.00–357.50	$346.30	$1,915	—
785	785	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,512	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	372	5	415.00–422.50	$419.35	$1,560	—
400	400	5	352.50–365.00	$360.00	$1,440	-30.00
500	500	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,700	—
550–595	556	14	322.50–340.00	$337.33	$1,876	—
610–638	624	11	300.00–330.00	$313.39	$1,956	—
650–658	657	12	300.00–331.00	$325.89	$2,141	+5.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	5	425.00	$425.00	$2,066	—
500–533	515	18	400.00–410.00	$405.47	$2,088	+19.30
562	562	3	392.00	$392.00	$2,203	—
618	618	5	360.00	$360.00	$2,225	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,262	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,274	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275	1275	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1285	935	85-90%	10	71.00–100.00	$92.75	$867	+0.30
700–1300	948	85-90%	46	102.00–129.00	$119.66	$1,134	+27.21
820–1130	1016	85-90%	13	145.00–162.00	$154.43	$1,569	—
820–1445	1068	85-90%	71	127.00–150.00	$137.79	$1,472	-17.05

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1295	1189	80-85%	14	142.50–152.00	$146.43	$1,741	-11.87
1030–1345	1201	80-85%	71	145.50–165.00	$157.51	$1,892	—
1100–1320	1212	80-85%	10	165.00–171.00	$167.54	$2,031	-2.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1545	1425	75-80%	10	166.00–169.50	$168.00	$2,394	+19.74
1365–1600	1434	75-80%	8	135.00–155.00	$149.07	$2,138	+0.81
1320–1820	1490	75-80%	21	157.00–165.00	$161.18	$2,402	-9.45

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–2185	1502	11	156.00–178.00	$170.51	$2,561	—
1220–2195	1589	18	168.50–194.00	$184.10	$2,925	—
1550–2295	1899	9	187.50–212.00	$198.70	$3,773	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–930	797	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	272.50–297.50	$285.26	$2,274
700–1090	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	182.50–232.50	$206.47	$1,974
755–1070	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	230.00–262.50	$254.42	$2,468

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1140	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	123.00–178.00	$155.16	$1,429

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
888	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	335.00	$335.00	$2,975

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1380	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	135.00–175.00	$164.08	$1,946

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130–1370	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	199.00–275.00	$224.96	$2,702

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1140	1051	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,100.00–1,800.00	$1,506.55
820–1135	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,009.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1180	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,650.00	$2,446.99
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1150–1425	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	2,450.00–3,375.00	$2,873.55

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1140	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,350.00–2,700.00	$2,450.35
975–1135	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,350.00–3,400.00	$2,757.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1155	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,800.43
1100–1370	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,700.00–2,350.00	$2,117.24

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–850	783	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,200.00	$1,061.70

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–920	889	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	2,000.00–2,600.00	$2,454.68
890–975	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	2,600.00–2,950.00	$2,822.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,700.00	$2,700.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165–1275	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	3,000.00–4,450.00	$3,830.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1125	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,000.00–2,800.00	$2,440.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1115	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,100.00–4,200.00	$4,125.00	+945.00

↑ Back to top

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.