Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 6, 2026

3,147 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $358.60/cwt ≈ $3,098/hd at 864 lb · 322 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $358.46/cwt -9.04 vs last sale · ≈ $2,828/hd at 789 lb · 191 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $428.31/cwt +18.31 vs last sale · ≈ $2,857/hd at 667 lb · 135 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,147	1,286	2,738
Feeder cattle	2,747	871	2,232
Slaughter cattle	172	120	267
Replacement cattle	228	295	239

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last reported sales, early week feeders sold 5.00-12.00 higher, while late week sales were 3.00-15.00 lower, although 5 weight calves sold with spots up to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows were uneven from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: early week feeders sold 5.00-12.00 higher
↕ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows were uneven from 2.00 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
305	305	2	640.00	$640.00	$1,952	+8.00
360–382	374	8	595.00–625.00	$614.16	$2,297	—
400–445	421	20	540.00–585.00	$570.69	$2,403	+35.69
450–496	481	68	500.00–572.00	$526.89	$2,534	-2.99
502–530	519	102	480.00–527.50	$501.64	$2,604	+28.67
522 fancy	522	26	543.00	$543.00	$2,834	—
559–595	573	52	460.00–476.00	$470.42	$2,696	+0.42
601–648	619	45	435.00–473.00	$454.77	$2,815	—
650–676	667	135	420.00–442.00	$428.31	$2,857	+18.31
701–736	721	51	380.00–404.00	$393.10	$2,834	+2.71
754	754	76	390.50	$390.50	$2,944	—
800–809	804	18	362.00–373.00	$366.92	$2,950	—
852–884	864	322	350.00–361.00	$358.60	$3,098	—
920	920	60	345.00	$345.00	$3,174	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–342	321	8	570.00–610.00	$595.74	$1,912	+30.74
380–392	390	5	575.00–585.00	$576.95	$2,250	—
401–448	432	35	495.00–540.00	$521.03	$2,251	—
483–499	493	53	485.00–522.50	$511.73	$2,523	+23.87
500–540	518	54	425.00–482.50	$459.51	$2,380	+10.15
560 unweaned	560	3	442.00	$442.00	$2,475	—
568–595	583	74	417.50–457.50	$445.66	$2,598	—
605–647	633	86	402.50–430.00	$423.22	$2,679	+0.81
655 unweaned	655	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,784	—
661–682	669	23	375.00–414.00	$402.11	$2,690	+6.81
733–747	738	8	350.00–365.00	$355.69	$2,625	—
761–792	789	191	357.50–367.00	$358.46	$2,828	-9.04

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630 unweaned	630	67	435.00	$435.00	$2,740	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–498	483	10	435.00–455.00	$447.61	$2,162	—
556–598	569	22	397.50–420.00	$402.89	$2,292	—
680	680	2	397.50	$397.50	$2,703	+36.64
957	957	15	286.00	$286.00	$2,737	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	7	520.00	$520.00	$2,267	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
704	704	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,675	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	5	532.50	$532.50	$1,619	—
400–436	424	16	490.00–520.00	$502.38	$2,130	-5.62
453–498	474	88	455.00–497.50	$475.38	$2,253	-15.96
510–529	519	58	435.00–465.00	$458.87	$2,382	+6.79
552–594	564	77	407.50–452.50	$423.48	$2,388	+3.48
601–618	606	68	387.50–411.00	$398.35	$2,414	+5.57
700	700	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,345	—
805–824	821	12	325.00–345.00	$328.27	$2,695	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–382	371	17	500.00–530.00	$507.66	$1,883	+27.66
400–445	425	32	412.50–492.50	$466.88	$1,984	-14.26
455–499	483	28	440.00–450.00	$445.42	$2,151	-9.49
502–542	527	61	410.00–440.00	$427.40	$2,252	-3.55
568–598	580	31	375.00–417.50	$410.46	$2,381	+0.46
625–640	630	6	352.50–377.50	$369.03	$2,325	—
650–690	679	49	340.00–363.50	$360.21	$2,446	+17.21
708–738	732	15	355.00–360.00	$355.97	$2,606	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	20	440.00	$440.00	$2,310	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,415	—
692	692	6	345.00	$345.00	$2,387	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,568	—
374	374	7	470.00	$470.00	$1,758	—
583	583	3	362.50	$362.50	$2,113	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,468	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–389	378	19	475.00–570.00	$522.87	$1,976	+2.87
494	494	7	425.00	$425.00	$2,100	—
510–542	523	11	412.50–445.00	$428.65	$2,242	-6.35
572–597	587	8	405.00–420.00	$413.34	$2,426	+10.04
625	625	2	397.50	$397.50	$2,484	—
705	705	2	342.00	$342.00	$2,411	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–395	384	6	525.00–540.00	$532.71	$2,046	—
425	425	2	520.00	$520.00	$2,210	—
512–532	521	11	461.00–475.00	$467.50	$2,436	+12.64
587	587	5	427.50	$427.50	$2,509	-12.50
669–675	671	6	360.00–385.00	$368.38	$2,472	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552–576	566	7	384.00–395.00	$388.60	$2,199	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,660	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1090	853	85-90%	6	99.00–120.00	$107.17	$914	—
700–1300	1030	85-90%	21	126.00–145.00	$135.20	$1,393	—
775–1185	1049	85-90%	8	169.00–179.00	$172.55	$1,810	—
825–1280	1066	85-90%	47	147.00–167.00	$155.85	$1,661	-13.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1285	1203	80-85%	10	178.00–196.00	$184.54	$2,220	+26.69
1100–1360	1252	80-85%	14	165.00–183.00	$174.04	$2,179	-15.31
1175–1355	1292	80-85%	8	133.00–163.00	$147.98	$1,912	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1465	1404	75-80%	4	166.00–172.00	$169.48	$2,379	-7.67
1335–1585	1416	75-80%	9	166.00–184.00	$176.56	$2,500	-0.59
1385–1640	1506	75-80%	9	179.00–196.00	$183.56	$2,764	-4.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–2030	1565	6	168.00–197.00	$192.11	$3,007	-19.60
1295–1810	1571	9	199.00–220.00	$210.02	$3,299	-1.69
1500–2000	1774	11	218.00–237.00	$227.29	$4,032	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
768–909	861	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	280.00–340.00	$297.95	$2,565
700–1145	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	175.00–260.00	$203.71	$1,978

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1130	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	142.50–171.00	$159.33	$1,565

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1155–1470	1299	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	178.00–250.00	$201.01	$2,611

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140–1315	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	113.00–168.00	$149.20	$1,840

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,400.00	$2,400.00
984–1056	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,900.00	$1,704.55
720–1130	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	1,700.00–2,650.00	$2,337.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1240	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,650.00–2,800.00	$2,716.39
1152–1575	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	2,900.00–3,750.00	$3,349.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,600.00	$2,600.00
875–1145	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	2,750.00–3,500.00	$3,168.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1118	1118	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	3,300.00	$3,300.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1000	860	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,850.00–2,300.00	$2,111.63

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
850–925	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,516.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,650.00	$4,650.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,950.00	$3,950.00	—

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	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,281	—
492	492	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,476	—

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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.