Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 30, 2026

3,091 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $355.20/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,945/hd at 829 lb · 134 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $520.99/cwt -3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,690/hd at 516 lb · 93 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $478.27/cwt -1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $2,249/hd at 470 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,091	4,140	3,234
Feeder cattle	2,370	3,401	2,446
Slaughter cattle	222	191	308
Replacement cattle	499	548	480

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 3.00-15.00 higher, although some calves early week were 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-12.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold 3.00-15.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 3.00-12.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–322	311	15	635.00–670.00	$646.16	$2,010	-6.32
351 unweaned	351	7	600.00	$600.00	$2,106	—
353–369	361	24	620.00–650.00	$639.99	$2,310	-9.86
422 unweaned	422	2	580.00	$580.00	$2,448	+35.00
407–441	425	51	575.00–620.00	$595.08	$2,529	-3.11
467 unweaned	467	6	570.00	$570.00	$2,662	—
454–496	470	65	535.00–581.00	$550.50	$2,587	+6.10
500–535	515	88	502.50–531.00	$522.47	$2,691	-2.45
541 unweaned	541	5	495.00	$495.00	$2,678	—
550–594	578	48	480.00–507.50	$486.47	$2,812	-2.64
600–642	614	45	435.00–477.50	$451.45	$2,772	+12.13
655–680	669	75	410.00–436.00	$419.71	$2,808	+12.18
700–733	712	9	387.00–420.00	$403.75	$2,875	+7.77
707–743	726	13	368.00–372.50	$370.02	$2,686	-25.96
764–793	785	70	358.00–386.00	$365.55	$2,870	+7.75
805–845	829	134	349.50–361.50	$355.20	$2,945	+1.16
885	885	20	323.00	$323.00	$2,859	—
942	942	60	332.00	$332.00	$3,127	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–337	326	13	605.00–615.00	$606.49	$1,977	+22.60
369 unweaned	369	4	595.00	$595.00	$2,196	—
372–388	384	17	575.00–600.00	$583.46	$2,240	+30.26
411–448	426	23	530.00–562.50	$539.12	$2,297	-7.10
452–499	477	45	485.00–552.50	$522.91	$2,494	+7.63
487 unweaned	487	11	530.00	$530.00	$2,581	—
500–549	529	31	475.00–500.00	$479.46	$2,536	-2.56
552–598	575	22	442.50–477.50	$455.46	$2,619	+10.64
603–618	612	11	417.50–430.00	$425.96	$2,607	+14.35
652–685	674	45	375.00–419.00	$399.80	$2,695	+23.09
715–725	722	3	383.00–384.00	$383.67	$2,770	+18.47
762–795	776	6	330.00–363.00	$353.76	$2,745	+13.30
880	880	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,948	—
905–940	935	15	315.00–320.00	$315.65	$2,951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–399	391	8	480.00–550.00	$534.33	$2,089	-0.21
418–442	430	14	470.00–530.00	$494.70	$2,127	-5.33
468	468	6	475.00	$475.00	$2,223	+45.71
505	505	2	440.00	$440.00	$2,222	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	12	550.00	$550.00	$1,859	—
419	419	13	457.50	$457.50	$1,917	—
518	518	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,942	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	7	535.00	$535.00	$2,322	—
594	594	11	445.00	$445.00	$2,643	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	515.00	$515.00	$1,895	—
609	609	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,314	—
655	655	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,424	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	6	521.00	$521.00	$2,621	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	10	560.00–565.00	$562.50	$1,901	-9.81
351–380	362	24	535.00–545.00	$541.01	$1,958	-7.67
418–447	431	30	487.50–500.00	$492.86	$2,124	-29.74
463 unweaned	463	8	470.00	$470.00	$2,176	—
450–490	471	80	462.50–496.00	$479.10	$2,257	-0.53
502–545	523	82	435.00–475.00	$453.25	$2,370	+13.21
552–596	582	60	405.00–435.00	$414.86	$2,414	+2.31
606–641	623	31	394.00–423.00	$407.63	$2,540	+12.95
658–682	669	27	360.00–392.00	$371.41	$2,485	+4.79
762	762	5	387.50	$387.50	$2,953	+44.37
765–784	783	34	360.00–377.50	$361.01	$2,827	+17.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356 unweaned	356	6	505.00	$505.00	$1,798	—
359–390	375	24	485.00–525.00	$504.09	$1,890	+0.50
405–442	417	22	450.00–467.50	$460.25	$1,919	-20.76
478–492	484	14	425.00–460.00	$441.95	$2,139	-0.78
502–548	526	21	425.00–432.50	$426.95	$2,246	+14.52
560–588	569	15	362.50–400.00	$376.40	$2,142	-21.27
578 unweaned	578	4	367.50	$367.50	$2,124	—
612–644	626	20	362.50–388.00	$375.53	$2,351	+1.39
710–738	735	28	320.00–338.00	$323.41	$2,377	-9.65
755–768	760	5	320.00–330.00	$324.04	$2,463	-3.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–342	337	6	500.00–515.00	$509.92	$1,718	—
377–393	385	10	460.00–475.00	$467.34	$1,799	—
410–440	430	7	400.00–450.00	$424.65	$1,826	-24.76
492	492	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,042	+16.08
582	582	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,066	-5.00
688	688	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,098	+4.88

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–438	425	13	430.00–485.00	$454.85	$1,933	—
453	453	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,903	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,710	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	6	570.00	$570.00	$2,138	-7.31
404–405	404	7	575.00–590.00	$583.56	$2,358	—
462–468	466	5	475.00–525.00	$505.15	$2,354	+22.60
500–519	507	11	482.50–485.00	$484.07	$2,454	+8.88
660–675	670	10	385.00–390.00	$386.01	$2,586	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	525.00	$525.00	$1,738	—
358–388	376	5	550.00–555.00	$551.90	$2,075	+80.13
425–429	428	6	525.00–555.00	$545.06	$2,333	+58.98
498	498	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,490	+58.64
545–548	547	4	420.00–442.50	$431.28	$2,359	-2.51
620 unweaned	620	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,201	—
620–648	639	3	397.50	$397.50	$2,540	-10.00
852	852	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,556	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1392–1865	1502	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	5,100.00–6,300.00	$5,727.69	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1315–1615	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	3,700.00–4,000.00	$3,862.19	-265.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	3	402.50	$402.50	$2,085	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–925	783	85-90%	4	102.50–120.00	$111.87	$876	—
700–1115	897	85-90%	17	120.00–146.00	$136.83	$1,227	—
870–1035	949	85-90%	7	170.00–177.50	$173.82	$1,650	+42.78
805–1210	1029	85-90%	28	147.50–169.00	$157.28	$1,618	-12.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1395	1206	80-85%	32	164.00–182.00	$173.06	$2,087	-5.37
1015–1460	1228	80-85%	11	177.00–202.50	$187.75	$2,306	+9.32
1110–1505	1289	80-85%	8	150.00–167.00	$161.31	$2,079	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1335	1290	75-80%	2	155.00–167.00	$160.79	$2,074	—
1295–1680	1480	75-80%	17	185.00–201.00	$187.94	$2,782	+25.94
1335–2030	1521	75-80%	24	168.00–183.00	$177.37	$2,698	-5.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1755	1459	7	174.00–185.00	$181.98	$2,655	+0.80
1335–2100	1645	25	196.00–215.00	$205.81	$3,386	—
1490–2155	1783	18	215.00–235.00	$224.15	$3,997	+4.09

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–875	821	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	275.00–311.00	$300.50	$2,467
805–1145	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	182.00–260.00	$205.62	$2,083

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1145	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	117.50–180.00	$158.81	$1,531

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–965	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	302.00–307.50	$304.79	$2,896
740–1320	1097	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	205.00–250.00	$228.21	$2,503
765–1280	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	183.00–216.00	$199.50	$2,312

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1160–1270	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	166.00–177.50	$172.95	$2,110

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,350.00	$3,350.00
900–1420	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	2,500.00–3,500.00	$2,877.04
1155–1390	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	2,800.00–3,700.00	$3,111.70

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–990	948	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,600.00	$1,356.41
880–1174	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	55	2,050.00–2,700.00	$2,455.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–825	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,150.00–2,250.00	$2,199.54
1160–1430	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,559.39

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195–1510	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	3,700.00–4,200.00	$3,781.45

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1135	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,800.00–3,750.00	$3,289.74
1140–1145	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,265.99

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1478–1565	1517	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,900.00–3,300.00	$3,134.96

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1076	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	81	3,800.00–3,900.00	$3,838.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1023–1055	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,214.41

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–900	875	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	2,200.00–3,000.00	$2,825.35
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	3,600.00	$3,600.00

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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
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1128–1400	1264	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,550.00–3,700.00	$3,625.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1345	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	5,000.00–5,400.00	$5,266.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,700.00	$4,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.