Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 18, 2026

7,595 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $479.63/cwt +17.99 vs last sale · ≈ $2,769/hd at 577 lb · 608 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $445.62/cwt +25.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,764/hd at 620 lb · 500 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $450.37/cwt +4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,370/hd at 526 lb · 445 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,595	4,270	6,862
Feeder cattle	6,766	3,355	6,013
Slaughter cattle	401	506	456
Replacement cattle	428	409	393

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 4.00-12.00 higher, except for steer calves late week 5.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold 4.00-12.00 higher
▼ Feeder steers: except for steer calves late week 5.00-15.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower 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
353–380	370	16	575.00–655.00	$635.78	$2,352	+10.78
401–425	410	47	520.00–615.00	$588.62	$2,413	+14.07
428 unweaned	428	6	520.00	$520.00	$2,226	—
451–493	473	156	485.00–555.00	$530.20	$2,508	-2.46
451–496 unweaned	489	54	495.00–522.50	$506.88	$2,479	—
502–518 unweaned	507	51	487.50–496.00	$492.96	$2,499	+11.27
501–537	520	228	480.00–520.00	$504.14	$2,622	-4.76
550–595	577	559	454.00–497.50	$481.85	$2,780	+5.05
565–592 unweaned	580	49	450.00–460.00	$454.36	$2,635	+3.41
600–644	619	433	421.00–467.50	$448.07	$2,774	+28.88
622–644 unweaned	628	67	427.50–432.50	$429.80	$2,699	+7.61
650–695	679	199	397.50–430.00	$419.98	$2,852	+10.89
687–694 unweaned	690	19	402.50	$402.50	$2,777	-0.59
700–729	719	130	389.00–417.00	$395.67	$2,845	-1.85
776	776	45	385.50–389.00	$386.12	$2,996	—
854	854	63	342.50	$342.50	$2,925	—
900	900	33	344.00	$344.00	$3,096	—
1031	1031	108	324.00	$324.00	$3,340	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	343	32	550.00–635.00	$611.10	$2,096	+19.28
350–399	374	38	505.00–615.00	$590.21	$2,207	+7.68
406–445	425	92	530.00–567.50	$547.49	$2,327	+12.99
450–497	479	131	450.00–515.00	$502.37	$2,406	-6.68
500–546	527	158	440.00–497.50	$479.17	$2,525	-8.78
535–538 unweaned	536	14	427.50–450.00	$445.16	$2,386	—
554–599	582	189	422.50–460.00	$440.76	$2,565	+8.09
600–648	625	89	386.00–425.00	$412.97	$2,581	-3.60
650–697	675	36	372.50–412.50	$393.45	$2,656	+8.54
815–843	838	32	332.50–340.00	$333.87	$2,798	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	8	565.00	$565.00	$2,198	—
404–447	431	60	460.00–525.00	$507.82	$2,189	+10.50
476–495	485	22	445.00–480.00	$470.28	$2,281	+33.48
532–545	536	35	430.00–462.50	$452.32	$2,424	+10.08
572–588	583	7	375.00–408.00	$398.76	$2,325	-8.74
640	640	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,304	—
758	758	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,464	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	373	21	560.00–575.00	$566.99	$2,115	—
429–444	436	69	420.00–532.50	$525.26	$2,290	—
465–497	491	11	400.00–495.00	$478.65	$2,350	+3.65
525	525	6	460.00	$460.00	$2,415	—
572	572	12	395.00	$395.00	$2,259	—
682	682	9	385.00	$385.00	$2,626	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	7	565.00	$565.00	$1,887	—
474–487	485	25	340.00–450.00	$432.80	$2,099	—
550–598	574	4	350.00–365.00	$357.19	$2,050	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	21	520.00	$520.00	$2,694	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	7	442.50	$442.50	$2,195	—
680	680	6	280.00	$280.00	$1,904	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
639	639	7	407.50	$407.50	$2,604	-1.45

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,168	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–341	340	27	595.00–605.00	$597.97	$2,033	—
365–384	375	44	530.00–585.00	$557.05	$2,089	+6.23
400–446	425	137	495.00–535.00	$509.40	$2,165	+0.62
401–446 unweaned	429	64	470.00–510.00	$486.53	$2,087	—
450–497	471	232	467.50–515.00	$487.27	$2,295	-1.77
474–485 unweaned	479	28	460.00–470.00	$468.23	$2,243	—
501–549	525	353	425.00–472.00	$456.14	$2,395	+4.98
502–548 unweaned	531	92	400.00–435.00	$428.21	$2,274	-8.11
554 unweaned	554	5	405.00	$405.00	$2,244	—
550–597	583	124	395.00–440.00	$416.47	$2,428	+2.42
603–641	629	312	380.00–412.50	$388.54	$2,444	-9.67
650–670	656	83	357.50–389.00	$370.42	$2,430	+14.22
703–710	704	21	350.00–363.00	$360.13	$2,535	+17.25
816–845	824	85	327.00–331.00	$329.84	$2,718	+3.68
973	973	6	311.00	$311.00	$3,026	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	338	18	500.00–555.00	$544.88	$1,842	-2.39
377 unweaned	377	7	460.00	$460.00	$1,734	—
352–398	378	45	450.00–520.00	$496.59	$1,877	-9.99
402–448	422	38	450.00–490.00	$475.50	$2,007	-3.54
450–499	487	123	425.00–462.50	$446.28	$2,173	+1.37
498 unweaned	498	2	407.50	$407.50	$2,029	—
502–548	528	183	385.00–440.00	$422.96	$2,233	-5.84
550–598	582	112	370.00–405.00	$393.25	$2,289	+3.75
600–649	633	78	345.00–375.00	$365.69	$2,315	-5.97
655–687	670	13	330.00–350.00	$343.69	$2,303	+0.26
700–745	732	40	320.00–346.00	$336.08	$2,460	-1.05
770–792	772	18	330.00	$330.00	$2,548	+8.00
818–846	827	22	311.00–322.00	$314.58	$2,602	-0.42
909	909	9	295.00	$295.00	$2,682	—
968	968	9	280.00	$280.00	$2,710	—
1075	1075	9	268.00	$268.00	$2,881	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–331	326	13	500.00	$500.00	$1,630	-5.33
390	390	5	435.00	$435.00	$1,696	—
440	440	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,826	-1.20
453–498	478	8	400.00–420.00	$414.93	$1,983	—
516–540	530	15	380.00–400.00	$386.18	$2,047	-7.50
556–595	571	30	325.00–367.50	$347.07	$1,982	—
608–642	630	19	320.00–337.50	$326.37	$2,056	—
677	677	3	312.50	$312.50	$2,116	—
715–730	723	2	282.50–300.00	$291.16	$2,105	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399 unweaned	399	7	480.00	$480.00	$1,915	—
443–448	445	15	455.00–462.50	$458.98	$2,042	-15.95
474	474	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,991	—
512–521	515	13	425.00	$425.00	$2,189	—
570	570	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,138	—
732	732	6	322.50	$322.50	$2,361	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	9	380.00	$380.00	$2,341	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,868	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–380	378	14	545.00–570.00	$553.84	$2,094	-16.16
400–431	424	24	475.00–505.00	$486.10	$2,061	-61.56
467–485	475	11	480.00–485.00	$482.32	$2,291	-13.45
508–523	521	25	450.00–460.00	$458.83	$2,391	-3.07
580–582	581	17	425.00–432.50	$429.85	$2,497	-11.41
632	632	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,433	-30.45
705–725	715	6	350.00–372.50	$361.09	$2,582	+12.27
756	756	5	335.00	$335.00	$2,533	-12.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	12	556.00	$556.00	$1,896	—
405–442	421	22	457.50–510.00	$469.28	$1,976	—
451–468	463	16	415.00–450.00	$420.93	$1,949	-39.07
502–544	531	26	392.50–440.00	$421.59	$2,239	-10.90
592	592	3	372.50	$372.50	$2,205	-17.50
638	638	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,233	-42.34
678	678	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,373	—
703	703	12	340.00	$340.00	$2,390	+12.50
849	849	4	313.00	$313.00	$2,657	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1525	1182	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,239.00	—
1470–1540	1505	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,600.00–4,300.00	$3,941.86	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,989	—
565	565	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,062	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,072	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1345	961	85-90%	18	99.00–120.00	$109.20	$1,049	-31.98
705–1140	964	85-90%	31	125.00–151.00	$138.82	$1,338	-2.36
850–1385	1015	85-90%	21	170.00–192.00	$177.12	$1,798	+18.33
755–1385	1059	85-90%	67	142.00–170.00	$157.71	$1,670	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1355	1207	80-85%	78	168.00–185.00	$176.29	$2,128	-2.57
1130–1390	1232	80-85%	13	181.00–195.00	$188.43	$2,321	-1.29
1080–1365	1237	80-85%	20	153.00–172.00	$163.04	$2,017	-26.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1795	1453	75-80%	62	170.00–186.00	$179.06	$2,602	—
1365–1630	1469	75-80%	10	183.00–200.00	$192.07	$2,822	—
1335–1625	1478	75-80%	15	153.00–172.00	$164.67	$2,434	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1920	1594	6	192.50–203.00	$197.62	$3,150	—
1375–2155	1693	23	207.00–224.00	$215.35	$3,646	-0.41
1410–2175	1784	15	224.50–258.00	$232.94	$4,156	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1050	906	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	280.00–305.00	$285.58	$2,587
775–1145	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	182.50–280.00	$225.98	$2,350

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–935	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	287.50–290.00	$288.37	$2,437
750–1400	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	225.00–307.50	$258.38	$2,488
1170–1595	1294	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	182.50–250.00	$203.92	$2,639

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1080	866	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	134.00–177.50	$161.39	$1,398

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1182–1250	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	176.00–180.00	$179.40	$2,138

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1500	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	2,700.00–3,450.00	$3,094.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1050	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,950.00–2,150.00	$2,034.86
1162–1285	1204	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,950.00–2,300.00	$2,174.70
1150–1450	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	30	2,000.00–2,750.00	$2,415.96

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1140	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,650.00–2,100.00	$1,862.70
860–1145	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	2,000.00–2,650.00	$2,323.15

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1130	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	2,850.00–3,400.00	$2,996.71

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1023	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,250.64

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470–1620	1538	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,868.15

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1270	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,850.00–4,100.00	$3,929.76

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1120	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	3,600.00–3,700.00	$3,667.07
1150–1185	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,350.00–3,575.00	$3,460.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1027	892	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,536.94
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	3,750.00	$3,750.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1048–1125	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	3,500.00–5,000.00	$4,088.89	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155–1305	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	3,550.00–4,000.00	$3,850.00	—

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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.