Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 23, 2026

3,552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $487.30/cwt +11.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,851/hd at 585 lb · 213 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $335.50/cwt ≈ $3,113/hd at 928 lb · 179 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $521.85/cwt -2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,740/hd at 525 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,552	3,866	5,096
Feeder cattle	2,788	3,265	4,324
Slaughter cattle	317	252	390
Replacement cattle	447	349	382

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	7	720.00	$720.00	$2,131	—
300–335	324	22	605.00–675.00	$648.84	$2,102	+15.19
367–399	384	24	565.00–635.00	$612.24	$2,351	-14.10
400–442	412	30	545.00–625.00	$595.78	$2,455	-33.25
455–482	476	30	545.00–570.00	$553.02	$2,632	+3.23
500–547	525	83	485.00–552.50	$521.85	$2,740	-2.43
556–588	585	213	472.50–530.00	$487.30	$2,851	+11.01
600–639	626	64	429.00–474.00	$457.05	$2,861	+3.07
652–665	655	20	415.00–435.00	$432.37	$2,832	+16.84
706–747	735	50	387.50–392.50	$388.27	$2,854	+5.94
751–758	757	45	380.00–383.00	$382.60	$2,896	+22.58
803	803	7	365.00	$365.00	$2,931	+0.44
897	897	59	345.50	$345.50	$3,099	—
928	928	179	335.50	$335.50	$3,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	580.00	$580.00	$2,018	+15.00
402–449	428	47	405.00–550.00	$515.42	$2,206	-35.85
450–490	474	50	445.00–530.00	$504.29	$2,390	-2.01
504–548	523	52	450.00–525.00	$495.23	$2,590	+11.79
555–594	577	43	387.50–460.00	$436.85	$2,521	-14.54
600–647	626	35	385.00–435.00	$420.11	$2,630	+0.97
653–685	668	29	393.00–412.50	$401.09	$2,679	-0.25
760–782	780	9	362.50–367.50	$366.96	$2,862	+14.31
803–848	846	70	320.00–342.50	$341.57	$2,890	-12.11
983	983	9	307.00	$307.00	$3,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	363	21	500.00–545.00	$530.29	$1,925	-21.21
447	447	6	517.50	$517.50	$2,313	+10.69
478–498	491	11	455.00–475.00	$466.88	$2,292	-19.23
505–538	522	4	420.00–422.50	$421.21	$2,199	-2.69
566	566	4	412.50	$412.50	$2,335	-10.22
932	932	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,871	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,470	—
529	529	5	495.00	$495.00	$2,619	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	7	435.00	$435.00	$2,366	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	6	440.00	$440.00	$2,732	+1.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,716	+18.31

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	333	14	530.00–615.00	$582.26	$1,939	-28.79
350–379	359	17	527.50–540.00	$535.10	$1,921	-21.30
400–448	421	75	490.00–550.00	$515.50	$2,170	+0.41
453–493	468	77	460.00–525.00	$498.82	$2,334	+17.79
501–540	515	75	445.00–500.00	$471.44	$2,428	+2.64
553–589	568	35	415.00–437.50	$424.21	$2,410	-4.52
611–646	633	67	385.00–411.00	$392.11	$2,482	+4.36
651–658	657	37	367.50–395.00	$378.31	$2,485	+19.42
732	732	30	354.00	$354.00	$2,591	-3.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–335	326	41	490.00–535.00	$507.84	$1,656	-48.58
358–390	378	39	485.00–515.00	$500.86	$1,893	-4.28
404–449	429	55	450.00–505.00	$486.20	$2,086	+16.09
455–498	487	64	415.00–472.50	$456.92	$2,225	+16.03
508–549	532	58	402.50–450.00	$425.38	$2,263	+8.55
552–598	569	24	365.00–412.50	$392.86	$2,235	-5.36
600–648	629	16	355.00–372.50	$365.22	$2,297	+2.13
654	654	5	352.50	$352.50	$2,305	+17.13
730–747	740	26	330.00–340.00	$334.17	$2,473	+9.57
753–784	772	15	315.00–332.50	$330.53	$2,552	+12.53
820	820	5	314.00	$314.00	$2,575	+4.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	338	10	435.00–475.00	$454.36	$1,536	—
395	395	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,797	+5.48
416–448	432	18	400.00–452.50	$434.23	$1,876	+22.89
470–491	486	9	370.00–377.50	$375.89	$1,827	-31.97
535–548	543	5	370.00–380.00	$373.94	$2,030	+6.38
592–598	595	8	340.00–375.00	$357.41	$2,127	+4.42
625	625	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,000	-8.56
658–670	661	8	340.00–350.00	$342.53	$2,264	+7.53

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	5	515.00	$515.00	$2,106	+15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	487.50	$487.50	$1,896	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	7	550.00	$550.00	$1,876	—
350–398	382	12	480.00–567.50	$527.94	$2,017	-22.06
400	400	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,820	-32.07
452–497	464	23	425.00–465.00	$443.13	$2,056	—
524–547	534	7	435.00–445.00	$440.61	$2,353	+24.83
565–575	566	18	400.00–420.00	$416.91	$2,360	—
688	688	5	361.00	$361.00	$2,484	+8.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–375	368	8	535.00–605.00	$561.74	$2,067	-48.26
411–440	424	12	515.00–550.00	$532.61	$2,258	+7.61
520–535	527	19	450.00–480.00	$459.88	$2,424	+9.88
580–589	586	6	425.00–437.50	$433.38	$2,540	-6.21
632	632	9	430.00	$430.00	$2,718	+40.98
651	651	5	417.50	$417.50	$2,718	—
730	730	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,664	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960–1265	1112	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,900.00–3,900.00	$3,578.86	—
1005–1435	1197	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	4,200.00–4,450.00	$4,355.92	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,925	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1335	1166	80-85%	51	150.00–171.00	$164.56	$1,919	+0.85
1015–1465	1177	80-85%	28	138.00–158.00	$149.97	$1,765	-13.74
1025–1335	1190	80-85%	19	170.00–188.00	$177.20	$2,109	+13.49

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1285	934	85-90%	35	109.00–133.00	$122.44	$1,144	-2.00
890–1055	959	85-90%	6	90.00–105.00	$96.83	$929	-65.97
905–1215	1010	85-90%	15	150.50–170.00	$160.63	$1,622	—
835–1330	1015	85-90%	35	127.50–156.00	$139.56	$1,417	-1.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1695	1457	75-80%	13	150.00–160.00	$155.33	$2,263	-9.95
1310–1750	1467	75-80%	19	157.00–172.00	$165.92	$2,434	+0.64
1315–1730	1515	75-80%	16	173.00–185.00	$176.03	$2,667	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–2075	1646	38	179.00–201.00	$190.57	$3,137	—
1385–2070	1732	12	196.00–220.00	$205.45	$3,558	—
1455–1855	1741	8	161.00–176.00	$166.00	$2,890	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–860	779	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	285.00–360.00	$322.73	$2,514
855–1105	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	174.00–257.50	$210.12	$2,042

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1110	902	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	120.00–167.50	$144.81	$1,306

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1310	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	177.50–207.50	$188.74	$2,295

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1180	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–155.00	$145.78	$1,399

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1145	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	2,550.00–3,550.00	$3,219.14
945–1132	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	33	2,500.00–3,350.00	$2,994.24
1065–1125	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,548.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1610	1276	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	2,600.00–3,800.00	$3,259.42
1155–1565	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	2,500.00–3,300.00	$3,001.37
1328	1328	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1145	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	1,700.00–2,500.00	$2,130.07
1010–1085	1061	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,550.00–1,900.00	$1,765.61

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1080	864	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	1,150.00–1,825.00	$1,535.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1370	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,850.00–2,500.00	$2,188.37

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–850	778	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,921.41
790–980	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–3,650.00	$3,369.60

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1025	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,550.00–4,350.00	$3,860.00	—
1080–1108	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,300.00–4,600.00	$4,420.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1160	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,700.00–3,300.00	$3,142.86	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165–1190	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,600.00–4,300.00	$3,950.00	—
1183–1200	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.