Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 3, 2026 Corrected report

1,962 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $386.37/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $2,604/hd at 674 lb · 98 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $325.78/cwt -6.72 vs last sale · ≈ $2,385/hd at 732 lb · 67 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $432.52/cwt +2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $2,041/hd at 472 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,962	1,111	3,822
Feeder cattle	1,464	778	3,014
Slaughter cattle	218	164	275
Replacement cattle	280	169	533

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold firm to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold firm to 20.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower

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
365–388	378	11	540.00–570.00	$551.62	$2,085	—
403–416	408	20	530.00–540.00	$536.43	$2,189	+16.43
455–458	457	23	485.00–500.00	$494.79	$2,261	+7.60
501–542	522	30	455.00–475.00	$464.32	$2,424	+16.57
551–579	560	43	420.00–457.50	$440.97	$2,469	+19.75
617–642	631	35	400.00–428.00	$411.18	$2,595	+5.65
655–687	674	98	367.50–397.00	$386.37	$2,604	-3.63
705–742	725	19	352.00–367.50	$357.28	$2,590	-14.72
758–787	767	38	335.00–356.00	$348.56	$2,673	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	5	525.00	$525.00	$2,090	+26.08
407	407	3	500.00	$500.00	$2,035	+27.64
459–492	470	31	460.00–474.00	$470.41	$2,211	+19.34
513–531	526	21	430.00–445.00	$437.37	$2,301	+19.49
555–596	583	52	390.00–417.50	$403.14	$2,350	-16.86
602–620	610	12	375.00–407.50	$386.18	$2,356	+2.47
666–690	679	13	365.00–379.00	$375.30	$2,548	+20.24
720–740	725	14	325.00–359.00	$339.54	$2,462	-25.46
760–768	766	21	339.50–345.00	$340.54	$2,609	+4.54
818–825	820	13	310.00–333.00	$325.53	$2,669	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–422	410	8	410.00–455.00	$432.05	$1,771	-33.84
450–488	464	11	385.00–430.00	$413.19	$1,917	-18.57
500	500	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,162	+17.50
558–570	565	5	352.00–400.00	$370.96	$2,096	+4.96
602	602	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,197	—
662	662	8	335.00	$335.00	$2,218	—
702	702	2	336.00	$336.00	$2,359	—
768	768	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,304	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,874	—
547	547	3	413.00	$413.00	$2,259	—
623	623	12	395.00	$395.00	$2,461	—
791	791	12	334.00	$334.00	$2,642	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–338	334	6	465.00–505.00	$481.78	$1,609	-10.65
416–445	434	38	432.50–442.50	$436.55	$1,895	+30.30
512–545	538	27	360.00–390.00	$377.71	$2,032	+7.74
565 unweaned	565	5	357.50	$357.50	$2,020	—
578–598	587	16	347.50–360.00	$357.18	$2,097	-0.89
601–642	612	20	330.00–351.00	$341.94	$2,093	-6.41
662–698	675	30	310.00–346.50	$335.22	$2,263	+18.22
719–744	732	67	319.00–332.50	$325.78	$2,385	-6.72
843	843	12	300.00	$300.00	$2,529	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–314	308	7	505.00–545.00	$528.30	$1,627	—
384	384	4	475.00	$475.00	$1,824	-20.00
402–449	432	11	445.00–477.50	$456.00	$1,970	+15.65
450–494	472	57	417.50–455.00	$432.52	$2,041	+2.84
507–544	523	22	394.00–420.00	$408.04	$2,134	+9.23
552–556	555	16	375.00–392.50	$387.83	$2,152	+9.83
607–633	623	24	360.00–370.00	$366.37	$2,282	—
664–670	667	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,234	-18.03
795	795	8	337.50	$337.50	$2,683	—
807	807	7	324.00	$324.00	$2,615	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	475.00	$475.00	$1,520	—
522	522	19	403.00	$403.00	$2,104	—
558	558	2	379.00	$379.00	$2,115	—
675–695	683	6	322.50–332.50	$326.64	$2,231	—
728	728	3	321.00	$321.00	$2,337	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658–689	675	22	340.00–364.50	$350.86	$2,368	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,693	—
405–447	430	5	405.00–430.00	$414.41	$1,782	—
480–496	491	6	342.50–390.00	$357.99	$1,758	—
545	545	2	379.00	$379.00	$2,066	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	4	387.50	$387.50	$2,046	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,634	—
475–499	488	11	424.00–447.50	$434.40	$2,120	+38.27
648	648	2	377.50	$377.50	$2,446	—
752–757	754	8	312.50–338.00	$328.40	$2,476	+35.90
870–872	871	6	287.00–294.00	$291.67	$2,540	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,914	—
412	412	8	490.00	$490.00	$2,019	+39.50
455	455	3	495.00	$495.00	$2,252	+45.76
502–542	523	15	395.00–425.00	$409.41	$2,141	-0.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	6	437.50	$437.50	$1,964	—
572	572	2	362.50	$362.50	$2,074	—
600–625	610	5	310.00–330.00	$318.20	$1,941	—
740	740	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,220	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	6	485.00	$485.00	$1,775	—
438	438	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,927	—
788	788	2	292.00	$292.00	$2,301	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295–1600	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	3,700.00–4,600.00	$4,298.97	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1185	909	85-90%	14	102.50–134.00	$119.87	$1,090	+4.82
815–1315	1022	85-90%	34	133.00–156.00	$145.69	$1,489	—
725–1350	1038	85-90%	32	148.50–172.50	$160.09	$1,662	—
880–1310	1049	85-90%	8	152.00–183.00	$168.05	$1,763	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1710	1222	80-85%	23	150.00–170.00	$160.61	$1,963	-28.39
1035–1300	1240	80-85%	24	164.00–185.00	$175.33	$2,174	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1400	1385	75-80%	2	146.00–147.00	$146.49	$2,029	-30.89
1210–1620	1391	75-80%	8	182.00–204.00	$191.73	$2,667	+14.35
1295–1730	1450	75-80%	20	171.00–186.00	$178.56	$2,589	-4.39
1100–1760	1451	75-80%	13	150.00–170.00	$162.42	$2,357	-20.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1555	1371	4	193.00–207.50	$200.04	$2,743	—
1420–1955	1608	7	207.00–221.00	$214.69	$3,452	-1.42
1525–2150	1875	11	213.00–251.00	$233.62	$4,380	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–995	871	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	250.00–310.00	$273.13	$2,379
945–1045	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	191.00–270.00	$231.17	$2,279

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1085	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	139.00–173.00	$160.48	$1,574

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1250	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	160.00–170.00	$162.68	$1,851

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225–1295	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,150.10
1155–1452	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	2,700.00–3,750.00	$3,181.70
1195–1510	1353	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,625.00	$2,525.60

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1080	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,250.00–2,450.00	$1,921.53
880–1145	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	1,900.00–2,700.00	$2,533.98

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1055	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,715.97
880–1145	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	2,800.00–3,800.00	$3,136.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1300	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,169.85
1215–1570	1337	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,508.24

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1448	1448	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	4,200.00	$4,200.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–880	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–950.00	$857.89

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1085	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,300.93
905	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,925.00	$2,925.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–930	822	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,150.00–2,600.00	$2,280.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1100	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	4,100.00–4,500.00	$4,300.00	—

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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.