Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 27, 2026

1,111 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $447.75/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,275/hd at 508 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $417.88/cwt -15.31 vs last sale · ≈ $2,211/hd at 529 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $430.47/cwt -0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $2,028/hd at 471 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,111	1,830	1,477
Feeder cattle	778	1,429	1,178
Slaughter cattle	164	117	141
Replacement cattle	169	284	158

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold unevenly steady with spots of both slightly weaker and firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

→ Feeder cattle: feeders sold unevenly steady with spots of both slightly weaker and firm
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	520.00	$520.00	$2,288	+10.00
478–495	481	11	475.00–490.00	$487.19	$2,343	+7.19
501–545	508	45	445.00–455.00	$447.75	$2,275	+1.87
561–595	572	9	410.00–427.50	$421.22	$2,409	-3.78
603–635	627	12	400.00–416.00	$405.53	$2,543	-9.34
658–668 unweaned	664	8	384.00–387.00	$385.89	$2,562	—
676	676	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,636	-19.66
717	717	3	372.00	$372.00	$2,667	-6.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	317	4	580.00	$580.00	$1,839	+22.09
350–390	370	4	480.00–520.00	$498.92	$1,846	-27.39
412–435	421	14	450.00–500.00	$472.36	$1,989	-0.07
455–495	469	13	445.00–455.00	$451.07	$2,116	-13.58
515–540	529	25	390.00–445.00	$417.88	$2,211	-15.31
563	563	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,365	+8.14
600–638	621	14	365.00–402.50	$383.71	$2,383	-12.58
648 unweaned	648	2	376.00	$376.00	$2,436	—
665–677	669	9	350.00–365.00	$355.06	$2,375	-28.28
714	714	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,606	+15.00
792	792	3	336.00	$336.00	$2,661	-12.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,791	—
368	368	5	520.00	$520.00	$1,914	+56.78
415–435	423	5	460.00–470.00	$465.89	$1,971	—
472–492	485	6	425.00–435.00	$431.76	$2,094	-2.62
528	528	2	415.00	$415.00	$2,191	+40.00
572	572	2	366.00	$366.00	$2,094	-30.69

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	445.00	$445.00	$1,914	—
515	515	7	362.50	$362.50	$1,867	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,761	—
770	770	5	268.00	$268.00	$2,064	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
781	781	4	334.00	$334.00	$2,609	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,136	-140.18

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	339	4	490.00–495.00	$492.43	$1,669	+45.84
365–382	380	7	435.00–437.50	$437.16	$1,661	-19.87
409–439	424	13	400.00–417.50	$406.25	$1,722	-8.93
450–480	461	17	405.00–420.00	$413.59	$1,907	-2.60
500–545	534	14	350.00–387.50	$369.97	$1,976	-8.50
560–596	582	17	345.00–368.00	$358.07	$2,084	-5.35
610–614	612	9	345.00–352.50	$348.35	$2,132	+15.44
690	690	2	317.00	$317.00	$2,187	-31.74
723	723	3	332.50	$332.50	$2,404	±0.00
800	800	5	312.50	$312.50	$2,500	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	495.00	$495.00	$1,911	—
410–435	421	11	430.00–452.50	$440.35	$1,854	+3.37
465–472	467	16	427.50–430.00	$429.68	$2,007	-0.89
472 unweaned	472	2	422.50	$422.50	$1,994	—
493 fancy	493	3	440.00	$440.00	$2,169	—
501–505	503	9	380.00–422.50	$398.81	$2,006	-2.06
552	552	3	378.00	$378.00	$2,087	—
670–688	680	5	350.00–357.50	$353.03	$2,401	—
692 unweaned	692	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,318	—
752	752	5	332.00	$332.00	$2,497	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	6	430.00	$430.00	$1,772	—
722	722	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,491	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–416	408	8	397.50–400.00	$398.73	$1,627	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,372	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
529	529	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,005	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	4	605.00	$605.00	$1,688	—
414–422	418	13	427.50–470.00	$449.70	$1,880	+1.12
470–480	475	2	385.00–407.50	$396.13	$1,882	-27.37
512–532	522	4	352.50–360.00	$356.18	$1,859	-33.03
567–590	582	9	340.00–352.50	$348.56	$2,029	-28.56
737	737	3	317.50	$317.50	$2,340	—
780	780	3	292.50	$292.50	$2,282	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	450.50	$450.50	$1,892	-48.49
450–490	460	10	405.00–467.50	$449.24	$2,067	—
525	525	5	410.00	$410.00	$2,152	-23.04
568 unweaned	568	2	367.50	$367.50	$2,087	—
586–591	588	12	364.00–382.50	$374.75	$2,204	—
813	813	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,480	—
915	915	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,745	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1945	1945	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	5,400.00	$5,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1165	900	85-90%	5	110.00–120.00	$115.05	$1,035	-21.14
845–1270	981	85-90%	17	123.00–152.00	$142.81	$1,401	—
795–1295	992	85-90%	18	140.00–173.00	$162.46	$1,612	—
840–1270	999	85-90%	11	158.00–183.00	$168.47	$1,683	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1300	1157	80-85%	22	172.00–185.00	$177.36	$2,052	-11.18
1042–1385	1173	80-85%	16	154.00–171.00	$165.29	$1,939	-23.25
1140–1320	1202	80-85%	5	184.00–194.00	$189.00	$2,272	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1550	1384	75-80%	8	171.50–186.00	$177.38	$2,455	—
1375–1490	1433	75-80%	2	164.50–167.00	$165.80	$2,376	—
1125–1710	1462	75-80%	13	179.00–190.00	$182.95	$2,675	+4.56

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1710	1581	5	193.00–208.00	$199.61	$3,156	—
1140–2115	1600	20	206.00–227.00	$216.11	$3,458	+1.90
1635–2020	1839	9	219.00–255.00	$235.39	$4,329	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1745	1745	1	248.00	$248.00	$4,328	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–810	766	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	267.50–330.00	$292.07	$2,237
605–980	811	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	211.00–260.00	$231.30	$1,876
785–1090	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	179.00–260.00	$207.15	$2,047

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1040	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	135.00–172.50	$157.16	$1,449

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1235–1295	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	180.00–200.00	$193.54	$2,468

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1340	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,742.17
1070–1215	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,175.00–2,525.00	$2,361.11
1045–1312	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	2,700.00–3,750.00	$3,304.85

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–892	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,067.73
800–1105	959	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,350.00–2,100.00	$1,585.05
810–1130	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	1,900.00–2,700.00	$2,403.74

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1060	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,747.91
1080–1140	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	3,100.00–3,800.00	$3,421.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1340	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,668.97

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1527–1642	1573	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	3,250.00–3,900.00	$3,628.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205–1435	1352	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,900.00–4,000.00	$3,935.39
1685	1685	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–950	842	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,196.04

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1160	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,100.00–2,725.00	$2,421.63

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–675	673	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,725.09
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
985–1100	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–3,100.00	$2,633.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,425.00	$3,425.00	—
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,550.00	$4,550.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1520	1157	85-90%	3	145.00–168.50	$155.29	$1,797	—
1305	1305	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,814	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	6	288.00	$288.00	$1,835	—

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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.