Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 2, 2026

3,602 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $488.91/cwt +1.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,806/hd at 574 lb · 279 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $397.71/cwt +5.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,478/hd at 623 lb · 123 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $354.59/cwt ≈ $2,617/hd at 738 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,602	3,552	4,098
Feeder cattle	3,169	2,788	3,242
Slaughter cattle	208	317	357
Replacement cattle	225	447	499

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven from 6.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

↕ Feeder cattle: feeders sold uneven from 6.00 lower to 6.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	324	21	600.00–640.00	$620.95	$2,012	-27.89
360–396	382	17	590.00–610.00	$594.44	$2,271	-17.80
400 unweaned	400	2	550.00	$550.00	$2,200	—
402–444	420	37	552.50–625.00	$590.19	$2,479	-5.59
451–492	476	36	507.50–562.50	$538.12	$2,561	-14.90
515–542	531	100	493.00–547.50	$521.22	$2,768	-0.63
552–585	574	279	470.00–489.50	$488.91	$2,806	+1.61
604–644	618	93	435.00–455.00	$444.09	$2,744	-12.96
661–678	676	49	420.00–428.00	$426.88	$2,886	-5.49
700–723	715	75	380.50–395.00	$388.80	$2,780	+0.53
755–796	780	37	355.00–375.00	$357.94	$2,792	-24.66
812	812	3	362.00	$362.00	$2,939	-3.00
855–876	857	70	338.00–357.50	$355.22	$3,044	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	555.00–560.00	$557.59	$1,857	-22.41
390–398	396	10	505.00–560.00	$535.63	$2,121	—
400–448	423	50	505.00–555.00	$532.93	$2,254	+17.51
453–498	471	65	475.00–522.50	$498.44	$2,348	-5.85
500–546	525	49	455.00–490.00	$475.55	$2,497	-19.68
568–593	584	81	412.50–455.00	$435.52	$2,543	-1.33
601–649	634	70	382.50–430.00	$404.54	$2,565	-15.57
650–694	677	27	362.50–401.00	$390.04	$2,641	-11.05
710–747	738	110	344.00–370.50	$354.59	$2,617	—
752–760	755	6	332.50–335.00	$334.16	$2,523	-32.80
800–806	805	12	325.00–339.00	$335.52	$2,701	—
852–874	857	86	311.00–330.00	$327.20	$2,804	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–332	316	9	540.00–550.00	$544.66	$1,721	—
355–395	364	10	465.00–505.00	$497.72	$1,812	-32.57
432–442	439	6	475.00–485.00	$478.28	$2,100	-39.22
451–497	469	16	435.00–455.00	$445.01	$2,087	-21.87
505–537	516	16	400.00–450.00	$422.33	$2,179	+1.12
584	584	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,248	-27.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	9	417.50	$417.50	$2,639	—
687–690	689	15	378.00–387.50	$379.89	$2,617	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432 unweaned	432	7	445.00	$445.00	$1,922	—
492 unweaned	492	7	465.00	$465.00	$2,288	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	455.00	$455.00	$2,048	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,757	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	380	38	515.00–555.00	$532.99	$2,025	-2.11
403–438	419	35	492.50–535.00	$513.52	$2,152	-1.98
454 unweaned	454	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,179	—
452–476	463	48	465.00–505.00	$479.02	$2,218	-19.80
510–544	518	59	416.00–480.00	$447.29	$2,317	-24.15
558–589	576	59	408.00–420.00	$414.73	$2,389	-9.48
601–647	623	123	380.00–418.00	$397.71	$2,478	+5.60
650–668	654	50	359.00–360.00	$359.10	$2,349	-19.21
715–743	736	84	345.00–377.50	$362.72	$2,670	+8.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346–348	347	21	500.00–517.50	$512.48	$1,778	+4.64
362–390	376	19	470.00–495.00	$479.39	$1,803	-21.47
400–446	424	39	435.00–482.50	$469.53	$1,991	-16.67
450 unweaned	450	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,070	—
450–495	475	85	402.50–460.00	$441.15	$2,095	-15.77
500–548	531	50	382.50–430.00	$409.00	$2,172	-16.38
551–573	558	32	375.00–405.00	$396.44	$2,212	+3.58
600–635	612	15	330.00–377.50	$354.24	$2,168	-10.98
652–695	681	44	332.50–351.00	$346.98	$2,363	-5.52
700	700	2	320.00–352.50	$336.25	$2,354	—
844	844	4	308.00	$308.00	$2,600	-6.00
1013	1013	15	275.00	$275.00	$2,786	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–343	343	11	450.00–470.00	$466.37	$1,600	+12.01
365–399	381	15	385.00–455.00	$436.97	$1,665	-18.03
400–448	422	20	370.00–435.00	$417.07	$1,760	-17.16
450–498	482	3	375.00–385.00	$378.11	$1,822	+2.22
502–540	521	24	360.00–390.00	$380.25	$1,981	+6.31
558–575	562	8	325.00–357.50	$349.19	$1,962	-8.22
605–649	639	9	290.00	$290.00	$1,853	-30.00
691	691	11	285.00	$285.00	$1,969	-57.53

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	14	450.00	$450.00	$2,160	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,290	—
425	425	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,530	—
522	522	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,710	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	580.00	$580.00	$1,972	+30.00
358–371	364	10	475.00–565.00	$520.49	$1,895	-7.45
445–446	446	8	475.00–485.00	$481.26	$2,146	—
452 unweaned	452	3	527.50	$527.50	$2,384	—
480–485	483	2	465.00–475.00	$469.97	$2,270	+26.84
530–542	540	6	420.00–475.00	$429.00	$2,317	-11.61
578–582	580	7	387.50–390.00	$388.57	$2,254	-28.34
744	744	4	341.00	$341.00	$2,537	—
755	755	7	323.00	$323.00	$2,439	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–497	491	9	465.00–470.00	$468.31	$2,299	—
500–530	518	5	440.00–465.00	$455.35	$2,359	-4.53
585–593	588	7	405.00–417.50	$412.10	$2,423	-21.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,966	—
594	594	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,079	—
950	950	3	262.00	$262.00	$2,489	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310–1635	1473	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	4,400.00–4,600.00	$4,511.04	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1360	978	85-90%	45	111.00–135.00	$125.59	$1,228	+28.76
775–1170	993	85-90%	6	85.00–106.00	$100.98	$1,003	+4.15
860–1225	997	85-90%	6	154.00–170.00	$159.83	$1,594	—
720–1410	1001	85-90%	37	131.00–158.00	$143.59	$1,437	-17.04

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1240	1153	80-85%	8	144.00–157.00	$152.53	$1,759	-12.03
890–1405	1206	80-85%	28	154.00–171.00	$164.02	$1,978	—
1255–1360	1308	80-85%	2	172.00–175.00	$173.44	$2,269	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	75-80%	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,655	—
1300–1715	1469	75-80%	8	150.00–158.00	$152.71	$2,243	-13.21
1315–2060	1514	75-80%	10	159.00–173.00	$167.29	$2,533	-8.74

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1245	1166	7	217.50–255.00	$240.40	$2,803	—
1180–1855	1432	5	160.00–180.00	$167.84	$2,403	—
1228–2030	1542	10	183.00–199.00	$191.71	$2,956	—
1450–1972	1663	11	200.00–220.00	$210.95	$3,508	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–790	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	282.50–325.00	$310.27	$2,358
805–1135	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	177.50–257.50	$213.50	$2,141

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010–1140	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	197.00–252.50	$216.45	$2,312
1130–1630	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	176.00–232.50	$195.54	$2,507

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1115	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	117.50–173.00	$155.04	$1,426

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175–1495	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	131.00–170.00	$158.47	$2,100

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1175	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,845.73
1125–1370	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	2,800.00–3,150.00	$2,932.82
960–1505	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	2,575.00–4,200.00	$3,195.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1025	947	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,500.00–2,100.00	$1,755.91
720–1120	974	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,205.89

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1010	897	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,287.77

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1125	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,791.72
1005–1115	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,075.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1430	1256	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,500.00	$2,322.79

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–850	775	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,054.84
780–870	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	2,900.00–3,200.00	$3,012.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1135	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00–3,300.00	$3,250.00	—

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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.