Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 27, 2026

2,680 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $541.87/cwt +2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $2,594/hd at 479 lb · 81 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $452.90/cwt +9.36 vs last sale · ≈ $2,831/hd at 625 lb · 75 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $497.47/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,602/hd at 523 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,680	3,629	3,895
Feeder cattle	1,980	2,632	2,945
Slaughter cattle	329	395	406
Replacement cattle	371	602	544

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 10.00 higher, spots up to 20.00 higher on some light weight calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 10.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332 unweaned	332	4	657.50	$657.50	$2,183	—
354–373	361	8	615.00–670.00	$648.70	$2,342	+0.24
410–430	418	18	575.00–620.00	$584.39	$2,443	-20.57
471 unweaned	471	18	540.00	$540.00	$2,543	—
456–495	481	63	525.00–560.00	$542.40	$2,609	+3.50
505–536	523	16	516.00–550.00	$527.36	$2,758	-5.44
555–595	576	68	457.50–520.00	$476.42	$2,744	-15.12
614–636	625	75	441.00–472.50	$452.90	$2,831	+9.36
656–671	661	26	429.00–443.00	$437.70	$2,893	+10.29
715–748	738	56	389.00–410.00	$396.80	$2,928	-1.61
750–780	774	30	370.00–374.00	$372.26	$2,881	+16.26
820–837	834	34	369.00–372.00	$371.48	$3,098	+23.98
902–936	926	26	335.00–344.00	$337.70	$3,127	+5.70
1009	1009	31	322.00	$322.00	$3,249	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	600.00	$600.00	$2,040	-15.22
375–399	394	14	540.00–590.00	$550.20	$2,168	-43.70
428–435	432	6	550.00–560.00	$556.64	$2,405	+2.71
462–497	486	18	475.00–555.00	$515.10	$2,503	+3.43
502–542	523	71	470.00–512.50	$497.47	$2,602	+0.80
580 unweaned	580	2	437.50	$437.50	$2,538	—
552–598	583	17	445.00–470.00	$458.62	$2,674	±0.00
608–648	628	33	410.00–437.50	$423.72	$2,661	+5.87
652–687	677	54	385.00–410.00	$390.79	$2,646	-13.27
749	749	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,734	-8.44
775–791	789	33	345.00–360.50	$358.65	$2,830	+1.65
836–838	836	14	340.00–345.00	$340.72	$2,848	-6.34
864	864	9	333.00	$333.00	$2,877	+13.04
1146	1146	7	272.00	$272.00	$3,117	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	9	385.00	$385.00	$2,275	—
672–695	682	9	300.00–335.00	$315.85	$2,154	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	580.00	$580.00	$1,810	—
447–448	447	9	485.00–515.00	$501.65	$2,242	+13.94
612	612	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,448	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	5	525.00	$525.00	$2,404	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	5	580.00	$580.00	$1,792	—
353–398	383	25	540.00–585.00	$556.15	$2,130	+5.53
405–442	417	50	495.00–570.00	$519.66	$2,167	+9.88
478 unweaned	478	5	500.00	$500.00	$2,390	—
462–497	480	58	465.00–521.00	$489.51	$2,350	+9.14
515–539	528	36	435.00–460.00	$441.95	$2,333	-22.15
550–578	569	52	410.00–447.50	$425.78	$2,423	+5.54
638	638	4	397.00	$397.00	$2,533	+4.15
705	705	12	401.00	$401.00	$2,827	+47.00
808–840	817	7	322.50–323.00	$322.65	$2,636	+7.65
852	852	5	312.50	$312.50	$2,662	-13.50
1066	1066	18	290.00	$290.00	$3,091	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–343	332	33	555.00–575.00	$560.96	$1,862	+1.56
356–395	382	31	535.00–550.00	$538.77	$2,058	+22.54
455–485	473	38	450.00–497.50	$476.54	$2,254	+23.47
532–549	538	37	406.00–425.00	$414.69	$2,231	-13.84
555–594	579	44	370.00–410.00	$399.84	$2,315	+4.76
630–642	639	14	350.00–370.00	$365.75	$2,337	-1.28
651–675	660	26	330.00–355.00	$348.02	$2,297	-7.83
720–737	729	26	350.00–355.00	$352.47	$2,570	—
800	800	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,520	-2.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	5	545.00	$545.00	$1,929	—
436	436	12	505.00	$505.00	$2,202	—
502	502	5	440.00	$440.00	$2,209	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–592	580	7	352.50–390.00	$379.06	$2,199	—
618	618	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,024	—
736	736	7	330.00	$330.00	$2,429	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,608	—
424	424	6	365.00	$365.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	540.00	$540.00	$1,836	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	3	637.50	$637.50	$1,912	—
354	354	4	605.00	$605.00	$2,142	—
429	429	8	545.00	$545.00	$2,338	+24.81
515–542	524	7	462.50–505.00	$479.61	$2,513	+11.70
557	557	3	447.50	$447.50	$2,493	—
602–631	619	11	415.00–435.00	$426.56	$2,640	-7.35
713–718	714	7	370.00–373.00	$370.86	$2,648	—
770	770	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,656	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	9	557.50	$557.50	$2,185	—
405	405	3	532.50	$532.50	$2,157	+17.50
453–474	467	9	480.00–500.00	$493.53	$2,305	+14.13
533–535	534	5	450.00–465.00	$456.01	$2,435	-22.42
553	553	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,392	—
628	628	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,575	+27.50
665–698	678	5	360.00–375.00	$368.82	$2,501	-6.18
802	802	2	337.50	$337.50	$2,707	+16.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–398	387	7	485.00–552.50	$532.68	$2,061	—
495	495	4	440.00–460.00	$450.00	$2,228	+12.77
622	622	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,301	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1152–1385	1246	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,400.00–3,550.00	$3,483.30	—
1425–1500	1463	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,350.00–3,400.00	$3,375.64	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	4,050.00	$4,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1150	907	85-90%	6	106.00–117.50	$113.47	$1,029	—
740–1485	976	85-90%	42	120.00–148.00	$133.56	$1,304	-4.41
715–1335	1055	85-90%	76	146.00–166.00	$155.87	$1,644	—
860–1675	1101	85-90%	17	166.00–178.00	$172.07	$1,894	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1460	1190	80-85%	57	161.00–184.00	$174.61	$2,078	+13.47
1090–1355	1197	80-85%	16	145.00–167.00	$159.96	$1,915	-1.18
1015–1630	1208	80-85%	6	186.00–193.00	$188.63	$2,279	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1515	1390	75-80%	9	142.00–168.00	$159.64	$2,219	-2.46
1070–1630	1433	75-80%	46	168.50–185.00	$175.22	$2,511	-0.72
1325–1620	1468	75-80%	6	181.50–198.00	$190.50	$2,797	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–2170	1696	28	198.00–220.00	$211.13	$3,581	—
1015–2035	1715	16	214.00–242.00	$227.65	$3,904	—
1785–1855	1820	2	190.00–196.00	$192.94	$3,512	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–980	809	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	285.00–335.00	$312.80	$2,531
700–1105	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	182.00–275.00	$221.18	$2,017

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1095	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	140.00–180.00	$164.97	$1,547

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1155–1375	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	131.00–180.00	$165.26	$2,029

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1190–1365	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	187.50–245.00	$216.95	$2,770

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1410	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	42	2,100.00–2,850.00	$2,679.14
1190–1440	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,450.00	$2,151.35

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1135	1004	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	1,250.00–2,500.00	$1,990.90
750–1145	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	1,700.00–2,800.00	$2,348.52

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1080	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,750.00–3,000.00	$2,847.56
898–1137	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,800.00–3,400.00	$3,132.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1325	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,966.05
995–1465	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,547.03
1165–1405	1294	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,900.00–3,700.00	$3,090.14
1170–1445	1308	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,050.00–3,125.00	$3,083.56

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1027	767	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,150.00–2,000.00	$1,663.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1340	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	3,450.00–3,950.00	$3,718.66

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1495–1522	1512	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,840.46

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1025	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,550.00–2,875.00	$2,764.55

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1075	832	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	2,200.00–2,800.00	$2,619.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1225	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,100.00–4,400.00	$4,250.00	—
1035–1250	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	4,450.00–4,600.00	$4,533.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1102	1082	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	3,925.00–4,100.00	$3,968.75	—
1000–1255	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,950.00–3,175.00	$3,062.50	—
1175–1278	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	4,000.00–5,000.00	$4,600.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1132	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1293	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
760–825	793	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,800.00	$2,450.00	—

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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.