Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 16, 2026

2,681 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $446.12/cwt +2.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,329/hd at 522 lb · 105 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $400.02/cwt +12.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,736/hd at 684 lb · 98 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $347.38/cwt +7.38 vs last sale · ≈ $2,946/hd at 848 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,681	2,511	3,899
Feeder cattle	2,049	2,013	3,251
Slaughter cattle	240	159	304
Replacement cattle	392	339	344

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold firm to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold firm to 15.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	8	710.00	$710.00	$1,882	—
315–345	334	35	620.00–680.00	$633.39	$2,116	-39.48
349 thin fleshed	349	5	705.00	$705.00	$2,460	—
350–385	374	37	580.00–649.00	$632.45	$2,365	-5.40
400–432	429	27	565.00–582.50	$578.32	$2,481	+5.60
450–493	472	50	520.00–570.00	$545.65	$2,575	+7.11
504–535	512	36	495.00–525.00	$507.72	$2,600	+1.39
529 unweaned	529	8	508.00	$508.00	$2,687	—
552–591	564	75	465.00–507.50	$483.97	$2,730	+36.82
608–639	624	57	420.00–463.00	$441.71	$2,756	-4.01
660–685	665	20	392.50–421.00	$413.95	$2,753	+15.85
672 unweaned	672	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,856	—
700–725	711	9	372.50–418.00	$388.32	$2,761	+3.15
760–772	770	19	352.50–361.00	$359.68	$2,770	-4.74
848	848	96	343.00–355.00	$347.38	$2,946	+7.38
875	875	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,975	—
914	914	12	339.00	$339.00	$3,098	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–348	337	6	525.00–600.00	$571.76	$1,927	+7.38
368–392	381	20	555.00–585.00	$571.78	$2,178	+0.83
414–449	433	16	530.00–555.00	$551.02	$2,386	+25.11
450–488	469	48	492.50–532.50	$513.37	$2,408	+4.10
500–549	537	73	450.00–495.00	$479.14	$2,573	+11.59
550–597	571	18	440.00–460.00	$446.92	$2,552	+10.74
600–648	636	20	410.00–435.00	$418.85	$2,664	+10.81
650–695	684	98	365.00–415.00	$400.02	$2,736	+12.65
765–785	778	4	327.50–335.00	$330.63	$2,572	-12.37
1004	1004	20	285.00	$285.00	$2,861	—
1055–1062	1061	12	252.00–262.50	$253.74	$2,692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–397	389	17	515.00–545.00	$532.87	$2,073	+19.18
410–446	433	22	475.00–517.50	$501.75	$2,173	-17.96
470–495	475	12	450.00–485.00	$479.87	$2,279	+64.87
520	520	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,132	—
860	860	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,279	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,904	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,688	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284–298	289	18	580.00–610.00	$601.44	$1,738	—
300–348	327	12	560.00–620.00	$583.29	$1,907	+34.10
355–395	377	34	525.00–560.00	$538.88	$2,032	-0.62
400–438	418	78	485.00–550.00	$519.35	$2,171	+21.72
466 unweaned	466	4	475.00	$475.00	$2,214	—
450–496	472	59	452.50–505.00	$479.12	$2,261	+17.76
500–548	522	105	417.50–480.00	$446.12	$2,329	+2.47
554–590	566	38	375.00–452.50	$423.81	$2,399	-5.29
612 unweaned	612	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,295	—
602–641	627	61	380.00–385.00	$381.41	$2,391	-26.67
655–676	672	39	360.00–382.50	$370.20	$2,488	+18.20
758	758	11	361.00	$361.00	$2,736	—
770	770	13	399.00	$399.00	$3,072	—
806–828	817	20	330.00–350.00	$339.87	$2,777	+27.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–338	331	21	470.00–550.00	$521.53	$1,726	+15.11
355–395	374	18	475.00–520.00	$498.95	$1,866	+23.03
420–447	436	24	440.00–475.00	$461.64	$2,013	+1.53
465–499	488	16	427.50–455.00	$443.48	$2,164	+5.57
520 unweaned	520	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,950	—
505–548	539	28	370.00–432.00	$426.00	$2,296	+15.40
553–582	573	14	360.00–410.00	$380.96	$2,183	+2.23
602–645	620	11	340.00–367.50	$356.60	$2,211	-0.74
650–695	678	11	322.50–357.00	$345.47	$2,342	—
710	710	5	330.00	$330.00	$2,343	+14.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	8	465.00–490.00	$474.29	$1,627	—
355–385	368	5	440.00–460.00	$448.70	$1,651	+10.57
438–447	443	6	405.00–435.00	$419.85	$1,860	-9.07
455–498	484	5	375.00–422.50	$408.43	$1,977	+9.43

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,265	—
527	527	5	460.00	$460.00	$2,424	—
654	654	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,387	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
777	777	8	328.00	$328.00	$2,549	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	300.00	$300.00	$906	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–348	317	9	555.00–585.00	$561.34	$1,779	—
377–390	382	5	545.00–585.00	$561.33	$2,144	+30.56
458–488	474	27	475.00–510.00	$483.70	$2,293	-9.04
535–548	543	9	445.00–475.00	$451.56	$2,452	—
604–620	607	5	412.50–420.00	$418.47	$2,540	-3.24

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1505–2045	1733	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	24	5,300.00–7,400.00	$5,994.21	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–335	320	3	545.00–590.00	$574.28	$1,838	—
520–544	538	9	420.00–480.00	$436.78	$2,350	—
562	562	2	455.00	$455.00	$2,557	+25.00
610–620	617	3	382.50–410.00	$391.57	$2,416	+4.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290–1310	1300	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,148.08	—
1350–1762	1624	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	4,400.00–5,100.00	$4,806.07	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1085	968	85-90%	7	165.00–180.00	$172.72	$1,672	+49.44
785–1185	975	85-90%	24	117.50–139.00	$128.79	$1,256	+5.51
745–1350	1038	85-90%	33	138.00–163.00	$150.95	$1,567	—
1105	1105	85-90%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,171	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1315	1179	80-85%	5	149.00–160.00	$155.89	$1,838	-16.90
1065–1475	1228	80-85%	14	171.50–185.00	$176.71	$2,170	+13.74
1085–1460	1234	80-85%	41	162.50–172.00	$168.23	$2,076	+20.11

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1360	1345	75-80%	3	154.00–160.00	$156.32	$2,103	—
1320–1790	1513	75-80%	27	160.50–173.00	$168.98	$2,557	+6.51
1462–1660	1567	75-80%	6	176.00–181.00	$178.61	$2,799	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1892	1466	13	165.00–186.00	$176.73	$2,591	—
1280–1950	1608	23	184.00–204.00	$196.26	$3,156	+21.86
1570–2670	1895	13	205.00–235.00	$216.78	$4,108	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1140	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	250.00–287.50	$266.83	$2,476
845–1135	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	180.00–240.00	$205.43	$1,997

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1365	1182	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	185.00–237.00	$209.07	$2,471
890–1335	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	171.00–230.00	$201.12	$2,458

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1135	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	126.00–162.50	$151.67	$1,567

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1170–1285	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	120.00–173.00	$162.56	$2,014

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1360	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,400.00	$2,197.77
1045–1465	1239	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,200.00–3,100.00	$2,782.28
915–1420	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,400.00–3,650.00	$3,065.57
905–1610	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	56	2,500.00–3,900.00	$3,303.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–745	688	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,280.18
725–1135	996	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,817.79
975–1165	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,581.59

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1105	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,700.00–3,300.00	$2,950.95
925–1165	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	2,800.00–4,100.00	$3,139.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1158–1470	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	1,900.00–2,800.00	$2,494.96

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1465–1645	1534	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	3,050.00–4,200.00	$3,677.34

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420–1490	1463	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,600.00–2,750.00	$2,661.45

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–975	789	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,405.71

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1081	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,600.00–4,100.00	$3,812.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–1150	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,261.11	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1115	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,050.00–3,350.00	$3,200.00	—
1248–1390	1343	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	4,700.00–5,150.00	$5,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1375	1354	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	5,400.00–5,550.00	$5,525.00	—

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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.