Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 1, 2025

4,598 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $391.94/cwt +50.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,430/hd at 620 lb · 369 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $370.82/cwt ≈ $2,516/hd at 678 lb · 246 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $357.43/cwt +41.66 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 576 lb · 236 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,598	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	319	17	515.00–555.00	$536.50	$1,711	—
383–397	390	30	485.00–520.00	$497.27	$1,939	+48.08
421 unweaned	421	9	442.00	$442.00	$1,861	—
408–447	422	41	463.00–522.50	$497.57	$2,100	+70.07
472 unweaned	472	8	438.00	$438.00	$2,067	+52.09
478 fancy	478	14	515.00	$515.00	$2,462	—
454–499	484	102	443.00–495.00	$463.89	$2,245	+38.47
500–549	521	191	421.00–470.00	$446.22	$2,325	+53.46
508–540 unweaned	524	44	412.00–435.00	$421.03	$2,206	—
551–589	567	114	402.50–435.00	$416.89	$2,364	+53.40
569–578 unweaned	571	34	396.00–401.00	$397.34	$2,269	+43.52
603–645	620	369	374.00–406.00	$391.94	$2,430	+45.19
650–695	678	234	355.00–390.00	$372.25	$2,524	—
688 unweaned	688	12	343.00	$343.00	$2,360	—
700–736	716	199	340.00–375.00	$358.43	$2,566	+30.43
765–781	777	23	325.00–335.00	$332.19	$2,581	—
800–823	815	78	317.50–326.00	$321.88	$2,623	—
854	854	9	321.00	$321.00	$2,741	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–398	381	28	435.00–475.00	$457.17	$1,742	+56.10
400–445	429	50	430.00–467.50	$444.52	$1,907	+65.74
432–445 unweaned	438	8	415.00–420.00	$416.23	$1,823	—
454–497	477	72	402.50–442.50	$425.62	$2,030	+49.19
500–546	524	73	380.00–425.00	$408.03	$2,138	+37.77
556–599	576	117	365.00–408.00	$386.25	$2,225	+45.39
554–598 unweaned	588	18	375.00–390.00	$378.14	$2,223	—
605–648	638	73	347.00–385.00	$358.87	$2,290	+25.84
650–692	680	41	332.50–360.00	$344.16	$2,340	+26.78
705–745	713	48	320.00–340.50	$334.72	$2,387	+35.17
757–792	786	43	305.00–324.00	$321.15	$2,524	—
817–840	829	13	280.00–320.00	$302.92	$2,511	—
886	886	8	310.00	$310.00	$2,747	+25.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–367	363	22	350.00–375.00	$354.22	$1,286	-11.58
420–425	423	2	400.00–410.00	$404.97	$1,713	—
470	470	8	360.00	$360.00	$1,692	+19.33
503–514	507	17	347.50–375.00	$360.93	$1,830	+55.71
583	583	10	375.00	$375.00	$2,186	—
638–647	641	19	328.00–340.00	$331.75	$2,127	+22.76
650–652	651	3	297.50–327.50	$307.48	$2,002	—
708	708	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,664	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	450.00	$450.00	$1,580	—
445–448	447	10	430.00–437.50	$432.24	$1,932	—
539	539	22	420.00	$420.00	$2,264	—
572	572	11	402.00	$402.00	$2,299	—
679	679	13	350.00	$350.00	$2,376	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
737	737	40	346.00	$346.00	$2,550	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	24	365.00	$365.00	$2,325	+29.41
881	881	6	310.00	$310.00	$2,731	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	5	455.00	$455.00	$2,207	—
632	632	22	371.00	$371.00	$2,345	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,488	—
585	585	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,755	—
634	634	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,807	—
673	673	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,884	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	12	332.00	$332.00	$1,799	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	6	425.00–440.00	$432.67	$1,419	+43.25
355–392	368	27	420.00–460.00	$437.76	$1,611	+61.92
372 fancy	372	12	490.00	$490.00	$1,823	—
421 fancy	421	11	465.00	$465.00	$1,958	—
404–449	430	89	412.50–445.00	$426.20	$1,833	+63.72
454–492 unweaned	484	48	395.00–406.00	$397.59	$1,924	+52.14
452–499	485	124	400.00–437.50	$416.22	$2,019	+53.25
501–541	524	147	379.00–415.00	$392.05	$2,054	+52.90
514–547 unweaned	536	29	370.00–375.00	$374.16	$2,005	—
552–597	574	201	344.00–380.00	$359.51	$2,064	+43.74
561–597 unweaned	590	35	339.00–370.00	$345.51	$2,039	—
609–649	630	127	320.00–352.00	$335.05	$2,111	+31.05
652–695	671	144	317.50–359.00	$326.40	$2,190	—
700–725	710	109	312.00–325.50	$322.13	$2,287	—
755	755	35	321.00	$321.00	$2,424	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–327	319	8	385.00–400.00	$396.36	$1,264	—
360–398	387	20	385.00–415.00	$396.12	$1,533	+58.71
415–442	418	16	382.50–385.00	$382.83	$1,600	+36.15
470–495	480	64	350.00–375.00	$362.85	$1,742	+40.90
517–548	542	61	340.00–372.50	$363.75	$1,972	+63.30
552–595	574	103	310.00–347.50	$331.18	$1,901	+40.29
582–591 unweaned	588	6	333.00–345.00	$336.96	$1,981	—
604–638	623	15	290.00–340.00	$317.72	$1,979	—
656–698	675	26	300.00–328.00	$311.38	$2,102	—
709–736	723	33	285.00–317.00	$304.23	$2,200	+12.23
775–798	783	10	287.50–306.00	$300.05	$2,349	—
841	841	4	287.50	$287.50	$2,418	—
853	853	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,474	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,141	—
378–390	382	3	350.00–375.00	$358.51	$1,370	+72.32
416	416	9	365.00	$365.00	$1,518	—
452–474	467	9	330.00–340.00	$333.23	$1,556	—
478 unweaned	478	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,613	—
505–548	536	45	310.00–335.00	$321.93	$1,726	+43.61
600–615	606	7	300.00–317.50	$309.27	$1,874	—
652–670	658	3	285.00–300.00	$290.09	$1,909	—
835–840	836	4	252.50–270.00	$265.61	$2,220	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	13	357.50	$357.50	$1,766	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–324	316	6	320.00–340.00	$326.33	$1,031	—
521	521	6	267.50	$267.50	$1,394	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	7	315.00	$315.00	$2,019	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–538	536	12	375.00–390.00	$386.29	$2,071	+49.47
554–592	568	8	357.50–360.00	$359.02	$2,039	—
732	732	16	317.00	$317.00	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	412.50	$412.50	$1,794	+77.86
530	530	2	357.50	$357.50	$1,895	—
673–695	681	8	302.50–310.00	$307.13	$2,092	—
702	702	2	295.00	$295.00	$2,071	—
828	828	2	267.50	$267.50	$2,215	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	4	255.00–287.50	$271.25	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1885	1885	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1130	934	85-90%	10	80.00–106.00	$94.69	$884	—
765–1230	1001	85-90%	47	108.00–125.00	$115.83	$1,159	—
845–1160	1017	85-90%	18	144.00–158.00	$148.43	$1,510	+15.65
835–1275	1045	85-90%	85	123.00–145.00	$131.18	$1,371	-1.60

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1600	1186	80-85%	18	130.00–145.00	$137.97	$1,636	-14.69
1020–1375	1199	80-85%	36	143.50–159.00	$152.76	$1,832	+0.10
1015–1365	1209	80-85%	17	157.50–179.00	$163.05	$1,971	+1.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1610	1412	75-80%	27	148.00–163.00	$154.92	$2,187	—
1315–1628	1450	75-80%	8	133.00–148.50	$143.42	$2,080	-22.88
1365–1705	1521	75-80%	13	162.00–171.00	$166.10	$2,526	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1695	1516	12	149.00–173.00	$163.37	$2,477	—
1270–2435	1626	34	175.00–191.00	$185.02	$3,008	—
1415–2210	1801	5	195.00–210.00	$201.57	$3,630	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1017	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	277.00–312.50	$286.87	$2,648
748–1080	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	160.00–222.50	$181.23	$1,722

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1115	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	132.50–157.50	$148.57	$1,364

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–1360	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	164.00–212.50	$179.52	$1,795
750–1260	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	150.00–205.00	$183.78	$2,104

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1585	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,550.00	$2,199.61
870–1650	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	2,000.00–3,400.00	$2,748.52
1145–1640	1308	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,850.00–2,425.00	$2,213.91

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1095	969	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,370.81
905–1145	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,600.00–2,350.00	$1,970.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1015	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,300.00–2,000.00	$1,665.82
1155–1340	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,038.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1145	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	2,400.00–3,050.00	$2,736.68

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–870	817	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	600.00–1,000.00	$848.38

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1495–1555	1527	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,350.00–2,900.00	$2,599.99

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–875	813	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,200.00	$2,146.15
890–1020	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,731.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1110	1070	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–3,350.00	$3,109.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00

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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
1180–1300	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	3,500.00–3,800.00	$3,671.43	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1058	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,282	—

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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.