Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 20, 2026

1,830 head sold ·Official USDA report

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $409.66/cwt +0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $2,716/hd at 663 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $377.35/cwt -9.42 vs last sale · ≈ $2,332/hd at 618 lb · 113 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $378.75/cwt -20.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,708/hd at 715 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,830	3,166	1,758
Feeder cattle	1,429	2,557	1,385
Slaughter cattle	117	276	139
Replacement cattle	284	333	234

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold 2.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

▼ Feeder cattle: feeders sold 2.00 to 20.00 lower
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	570.00	$570.00	$1,767	—
375–393	390	6	560.00–570.00	$568.40	$2,217	+2.17
408–430	417	7	510.00	$510.00	$2,127	-28.97
485	485	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,328	-13.53
502–531	518	52	442.00–455.00	$445.88	$2,310	-46.52
575	575	37	425.00	$425.00	$2,444	-31.70
610–648	637	42	413.50–418.50	$414.87	$2,643	-30.63
657–671	663	134	392.00–413.50	$409.66	$2,716	-6.62
715	715	71	378.75	$378.75	$2,708	-20.52
804	804	43	349.00	$349.00	$2,806	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–331	328	9	540.00–575.00	$557.91	$1,830	+2.36
350–365	355	15	505.00–545.00	$526.31	$1,868	-27.14
408–443	427	10	460.00–485.00	$472.43	$2,017	-22.81
454–495	466	17	452.50–472.50	$464.65	$2,165	-13.82
505–543	531	49	385.00–452.50	$433.19	$2,300	-11.15
556–595	591	52	410.00–425.00	$411.86	$2,434	-9.91
615–640	622	25	382.50–406.00	$396.29	$2,465	-0.02
656–683	667	18	370.00–389.00	$383.34	$2,557	+11.73
708	708	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,478	-15.02
752–790	773	14	347.00–349.00	$348.02	$2,690	+7.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–398	395	3	455.00–480.00	$463.22	$1,830	-19.62
460–491	481	16	420.00–455.00	$434.38	$2,089	+11.88
538	538	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,018	-25.00
570–598	589	3	395.00–397.50	$396.69	$2,337	+6.94

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–570	565	3	320.00–350.00	$340.18	$1,922	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,706	+5.00
430–441	440	27	436.00–445.00	$436.98	$1,923	-44.74
450–497	475	13	424.00–435.00	$430.57	$2,045	-34.76
501–529	522	50	398.00–417.50	$400.87	$2,093	-29.33
600–625	618	113	369.00–382.00	$377.35	$2,332	-9.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–330	322	7	440.00–455.00	$446.59	$1,438	-28.41
354–395	364	12	455.00–460.00	$457.03	$1,664	+2.40
407–445	419	27	395.00–435.00	$415.18	$1,740	-27.88
451–495	470	30	405.00–425.00	$416.19	$1,956	-9.39
517–545	526	35	357.50–395.00	$378.47	$1,991	-20.40
550–595	572	28	345.00–371.00	$363.42	$2,079	-14.09
605–636	628	22	329.00–347.50	$332.91	$2,091	-30.20
655–685	668	26	327.50–358.00	$348.74	$2,330	+8.99
701	701	7	332.50	$332.50	$2,331	+7.82
858	858	3	297.50	$297.50	$2,553	-2.50
961	961	4	261.00	$261.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,666	+8.71
472	472	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,652	-43.81
510	510	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,976	+23.07
579–585	580	5	310.00–335.00	$329.96	$1,914	-20.28
717	717	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,294	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	411	26	435.00–460.00	$448.58	$1,844	-12.65
458–480	464	11	390.00–440.00	$423.50	$1,965	-0.24
505–547	529	17	377.50–410.00	$389.21	$2,059	-22.90
552–581	567	12	365.00–392.50	$377.12	$2,138	-3.90
600–630	602	22	340.00–363.00	$358.54	$2,158	—
670	670	3	367.50	$367.50	$2,462	+29.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–417	412	13	485.00–505.00	$498.99	$2,056	+13.99
517–530	520	4	420.00–437.50	$433.04	$2,252	-1.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–498	482	6	412.50–425.00	$418.12	$2,015	—
500–530	515	4	340.00–355.00	$347.72	$1,791	-12.12
558	558	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,814	—
628	628	4	337.50	$337.50	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385–1470	1420	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	3,050.00–3,400.00	$3,251.70	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1125	862	85-90%	5	110.00–127.00	$120.06	$1,035	—
760–1100	925	85-90%	7	124.00–145.00	$136.19	$1,260	+24.81
830–1210	1043	85-90%	10	157.50–190.00	$172.25	$1,797	+15.14
740–1345	1061	85-90%	17	143.00–166.00	$156.55	$1,661	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1310	1178	80-85%	12	177.50–196.00	$188.54	$2,221	—
1020–1290	1183	80-85%	20	172.00–185.00	$180.53	$2,136	—
1155–1310	1240	80-85%	6	151.00–166.00	$159.13	$1,973	-28.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1630	1466	75-80%	9	171.00–186.00	$178.39	$2,615	-2.91
1440–1650	1525	75-80%	5	141.00–168.00	$160.83	$2,453	—
1390–1840	1690	75-80%	3	193.00–196.00	$193.82	$3,276	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1380	1257	3	185.00–207.00	$194.35	$2,443	—
1220–2085	1606	9	209.00–221.00	$214.21	$3,440	+23.65
1540–2200	1933	8	223.00–244.00	$233.89	$4,521	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1140	961	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	195.00–290.00	$229.62	$2,207

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
724–1580	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	187.00–270.00	$208.41	$2,418

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1165	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	169.00–179.00	$173.30	$1,794

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1355	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,050.00–3,475.00	$3,250.92
1140–1475	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	2,800.00–3,800.00	$3,271.64
1290–1470	1364	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,800.00–3,350.00	$3,004.46
1435	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1145	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,072.67
1136	1136	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,500.00	$2,500.00
980–1264	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	2,900.00–3,550.00	$3,251.53

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1033	941	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–2,300.00	$1,761.18
720–1140	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	1,800.00–2,750.00	$2,308.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1163–1278	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,565.95
1150–1380	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	2,150.00–2,750.00	$2,532.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210–1685	1416	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,375.00–4,150.00	$3,791.35

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1490–1585	1534	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,800.00–3,850.00	$3,133.54

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–880	767	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,500.00	$1,251.30

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1120	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	3,500.00–3,900.00	$3,622.22	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	4,500.00	$4,500.00	-871.43

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1490	1490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–970	888	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,216.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

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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.