Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 10, 2026

1,721 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $366.42/cwt -21.41 vs last sale · ≈ $2,089/hd at 570 lb · 53 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $392.79/cwt -10.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,274/hd at 579 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $454.67/cwt -9.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,351/hd at 517 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,721	1,962	3,700
Feeder cattle	622	1,464	3,143
Slaughter cattle	137	218	235
Replacement cattle	962	280	322

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to weak. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

▼ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to weak
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	6	580.00	$580.00	$1,966	—
399	399	21	540.00	$540.00	$2,155	-11.62
415	415	14	527.50	$527.50	$2,189	-8.93
458–465	461	10	487.50–500.00	$493.03	$2,273	-1.76
500–522	517	26	445.00–460.00	$454.67	$2,351	-9.65
558	558	5	410.00	$410.00	$2,288	-30.97
628 unweaned	628	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,386	—
698 unweaned	698	9	357.00	$357.00	$2,492	—
701	701	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,559	+7.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–370	361	4	485.00–505.00	$494.75	$1,786	—
409–430	417	10	490.00–515.00	$501.05	$2,089	+1.05
450–482	467	17	430.00–470.00	$453.00	$2,116	-17.41
520–530	524	5	400.00–420.00	$411.91	$2,158	-25.46
552–590	579	27	380.00–400.00	$392.79	$2,274	-10.35
620–648	634	4	350.00–382.50	$366.61	$2,324	-19.57
660–675	668	4	330.00–347.50	$338.65	$2,262	-36.65

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448 unweaned	448	4	470.00	$470.00	$2,106	—
578–591 unweaned	583	13	375.00–408.00	$395.13	$2,304	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483 unweaned	483	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,029	—
668–696	691	11	335.00–343.00	$336.41	$2,325	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	5	474.00	$474.00	$2,313	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,030	-3.19

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	535.00	$535.00	$1,782	+6.70
427	427	5	465.00	$465.00	$1,986	+9.00
498 unweaned	498	10	407.50	$407.50	$2,029	—
512–533	522	13	382.50–397.50	$390.43	$2,038	-17.61
560–579	570	53	362.50–375.00	$366.42	$2,089	-21.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–388	380	5	430.00–455.00	$445.32	$1,692	—
412–448	420	10	435.00–437.50	$435.53	$1,829	-1.02
452–488	478	15	387.50–410.00	$396.23	$1,894	—
573–595	588	17	330.00–355.00	$343.66	$2,021	-13.52
630–642	633	7	320.00–340.00	$334.21	$2,116	-7.73
672–685	677	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,166	-15.22

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662 unweaned	662	16	330.00	$330.00	$2,185	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,725	-2.99
640	640	5	313.00	$313.00	$2,003	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,932	-50.50
652	652	3	317.50	$317.50	$2,070	-9.14
753	753	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,184	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	442.50	$442.50	$1,881	—
507	507	3	392.50	$392.50	$1,990	+5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–430	420	11	435.00–450.00	$442.54	$1,859	—
484–490	485	8	400.00–410.00	$408.74	$1,982	-25.66
525–535	530	4	380.00–385.00	$382.52	$2,027	—
610–648	635	8	322.50–355.00	$330.59	$2,099	-46.91
708–720	713	5	305.00–322.50	$315.43	$2,249	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–472	470	13	450.00–455.00	$451.91	$2,124	-43.09
500–527	517	13	410.00–425.00	$411.12	$2,125	+1.71
574	574	7	395.00	$395.00	$2,267	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,615	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1225	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,700.00–3,500.00	$3,160.09	—
1310–1508	1418	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	3,200.00–3,700.00	$3,489.01	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1570–1935	1753	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	5,400.00–5,550.00	$5,482.81	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1565–1730	1648	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	4,000.00–4,400.00	$4,189.98	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1190	953	85-90%	7	109.00–120.00	$116.50	$1,110	—
700–1300	963	85-90%	44	120.00–152.00	$135.47	$1,305	—
745–1455	1116	85-90%	19	153.00–170.00	$159.07	$1,775	—
1150–1260	1205	85-90%	2	174.00–175.00	$174.52	$2,103	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1335	1185	80-85%	9	154.00–166.00	$160.81	$1,906	—
1130–1280	1218	80-85%	3	180.00–181.00	$180.69	$2,201	+20.08
1120–1365	1260	80-85%	12	168.00–178.00	$172.19	$2,170	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1368	1307	75-80%	2	181.00–182.50	$181.79	$2,376	—
1355–1665	1495	75-80%	10	170.00–180.00	$173.46	$2,593	—
1345–1630	1532	75-80%	3	168.00	$168.00	$2,574	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1324–1855	1540	4	175.00–195.00	$185.82	$2,862	—
1355–1805	1581	14	200.00–215.00	$205.76	$3,253	—
1420–2195	1723	7	219.00–236.00	$225.88	$3,892	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1060	909	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	250.00–280.00	$272.80	$2,480
875–1130	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	185.00–227.50	$210.29	$2,212

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1160–1325	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	187.50–225.00	$205.78	$2,593

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1153	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	3,300.00–4,000.00	$3,497.63
1112–1200	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,162.29
1116–1260	1177	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,250.00–2,550.00	$2,393.88
1075–1585	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	175	2,700.00–3,850.00	$3,184.77
1041–1351	1219	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	95	2,600.00–3,175.00	$2,944.19

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1126–1382	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	4,000.00–4,350.00	$4,157.51
1084–1486	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	111	3,500.00–4,300.00	$3,884.70
1205–1356	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	3,300.00–3,600.00	$3,348.17

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–920	876	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,000.00	$2,000.00
914	914	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,300.00	$2,300.00
700–1111	963	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,657.79
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
925–1150	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	1,800.00–2,600.00	$2,258.21

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
993	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,400.00	$3,400.00
981–1118	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	2,900.00–3,800.00	$3,109.53
1069	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,150.00	$3,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
925–1235	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,483.49
1086	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1150–1305	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	2,100.00–2,700.00	$2,392.56
1166–1270	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,360.31

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–990	829	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,900.00	$1,377.93

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1158	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1150	1140	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	73	4,300.00–5,050.00	$4,751.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1075	1008	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	3,600.00–3,900.00	$3,617.77
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	4,100.00	$4,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	4,900.00	$4,900.00	—
1060–1115	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	4,600.00–5,000.00	$4,938.46	—
1080–1115	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	4,200.00–4,300.00	$4,280.00	—
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	5,800.00	$5,800.00	—
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	5,300.00	$5,300.00	—
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
780–810	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	3,600.00–3,850.00	$3,829.17	—
850–1140	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,250.00–3,450.00	$3,358.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	5,400.00	$5,400.00	—

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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.