Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 17, 2026

1,864 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $383.06/cwt -9.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,220/hd at 580 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $386.00/cwt -4.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,019/hd at 523 lb · 53 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $380.40/cwt +13.98 vs last sale · ≈ $2,241/hd at 589 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,864	1,721	2,406
Feeder cattle	1,341	622	1,690
Slaughter cattle	234	137	281
Replacement cattle	289	962	435

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold with lower undertones. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

→ Feeder cattle: feeders sold with lower undertones
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	10	525.00–555.00	$539.91	$1,755	—
355–393	381	12	475.00–510.00	$493.25	$1,879	-1.50
400–430	418	8	445.00–482.50	$476.33	$1,991	-24.72
455–492	469	27	435.00–460.00	$443.40	$2,080	-9.60
500–540	518	38	390.00–420.00	$411.19	$2,130	-0.72
550–597	579	55	370.00–407.50	$383.92	$2,223	-8.87
581–595	583	8	357.50–380.00	$377.13	$2,199	-15.66
618–631	624	16	372.50–400.00	$394.78	$2,463	+28.17
650–677	668	12	330.00–377.50	$360.60	$2,409	+21.95
718–740	737	29	330.00–350.00	$336.48	$2,480	—
764–793	782	28	315.00–330.00	$326.50	$2,553	—
835–836	836	5	305.00–315.00	$313.00	$2,617	—
865–875	870	2	292.50–310.00	$301.20	$2,620	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	346	8	555.00–565.00	$563.81	$1,951	-16.19
358–385	363	5	515.00–550.00	$542.58	$1,970	—
411–446	430	21	480.00–505.00	$489.12	$2,103	-38.38
462	462	5	455.00	$455.00	$2,102	-38.03
500–522	509	19	420.00–462.50	$434.66	$2,212	-20.01
565–578	574	7	390.00–392.50	$390.70	$2,243	-19.30
604–632	608	33	390.00–407.50	$398.93	$2,425	—
652–655	652	22	387.50–395.00	$394.32	$2,571	—
657 unweaned	657	19	374.00	$374.00	$2,457	—
687	687	9	350.00	$350.00	$2,404	—
737	737	15	350.00	$350.00	$2,580	—
762–769	765	39	338.00–344.00	$341.06	$2,609	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	3	500.00–505.00	$503.38	$1,711	—
425–436	435	15	350.00–425.00	$416.45	$1,812	—
455–496	485	13	390.00–415.00	$407.11	$1,974	-2.89
545	545	3	385.00	$385.00	$2,098	—
625–635	632	7	325.00–360.00	$336.37	$2,126	—
662	662	2	312.50	$312.50	$2,069	—
998	998	8	265.00	$265.00	$2,645	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–540	537	5	400.00–405.00	$402.99	$2,164	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	4	333.00	$333.00	$2,314	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,391	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,552	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	7	470.00	$470.00	$1,565	—
350–389	380	14	430.00–462.00	$450.66	$1,713	+5.34
400–440	430	14	400.00–410.00	$408.60	$1,757	-26.93
450–485	466	17	375.00–405.00	$388.17	$1,809	-8.06
500–548	524	35	340.00–395.00	$363.84	$1,907	—
558–595	577	25	335.00–357.50	$347.92	$2,007	+4.26
611 unweaned	611	15	341.00	$341.00	$2,084	—
600–644	622	35	325.00–345.00	$334.72	$2,082	+0.51
655–690	672	33	300.00–339.00	$331.39	$2,227	+11.39
715–745	734	12	317.50–327.50	$324.40	$2,381	—
753	753	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,259	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336 unweaned	336	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,697	—
410–415	413	3	445.00–460.00	$455.04	$1,879	-9.96
447 unweaned	447	13	459.00	$459.00	$2,052	—
462–489	475	22	400.00–447.50	$431.68	$2,050	—
504–516 unweaned	512	24	399.00	$399.00	$2,043	—
529–538	532	29	372.50–382.50	$375.25	$1,996	-15.18
560–598	589	50	365.00–385.00	$380.40	$2,241	+13.98
605–621	618	24	350.00–365.00	$357.52	$2,209	—
670	670	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,278	—
706	706	10	353.00	$353.00	$2,492	—
808	808	10	335.00	$335.00	$2,707	—
833	833	9	300.00	$300.00	$2,499	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,517	—
418	418	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,609	—
480–495	486	5	360.00–390.00	$370.00	$1,798	+15.00
538–549	545	12	332.50–360.00	$347.74	$1,895	—
586	586	8	305.00	$305.00	$1,787	—
655–675	665	2	275.00–300.00	$287.31	$1,911	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,477	—
483	483	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,642	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,869	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	395.00	$395.00	$1,667	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,851	—
402–438	425	10	425.00–450.00	$436.73	$1,856	-5.81
465–484	479	12	365.00–395.00	$376.11	$1,802	-32.63
520–542	535	8	345.00–365.00	$353.10	$1,889	-29.42
576 unweaned	576	6	379.00	$379.00	$2,183	—
555–592	580	10	330.00–360.00	$333.84	$1,936	—
611–625	617	18	330.00–345.00	$340.09	$2,098	+9.50
653–695	670	9	300.00–338.00	$323.73	$2,169	—
722–728	726	5	302.00–315.00	$307.17	$2,230	-8.26
816	816	5	279.00	$279.00	$2,277	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	425	9	450.00–475.00	$464.01	$1,972	—
428 unweaned	428	6	470.00	$470.00	$2,012	—
492–498	495	4	405.00	$405.00	$2,005	-46.91
508–545	526	12	370.00–410.00	$383.16	$2,015	-27.96
562–580	568	8	365.00–375.00	$369.41	$2,098	-25.59
603	603	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,472	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448 unweaned	448	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,814	—
450–457	456	6	375.00–400.00	$379.11	$1,729	—
580	580	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,030	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,670	—
515	515	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,326	—
738	738	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,476	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1130	963	85-90%	7	95.00–111.00	$103.64	$998	-31.83
800–1330	1023	85-90%	31	112.50–140.00	$129.40	$1,324	—
740–1435	1090	85-90%	52	136.00–160.00	$149.34	$1,628	—
830–1395	1141	85-90%	4	160.00–170.00	$165.48	$1,888	+6.41

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1340	1226	80-85%	10	174.00–184.00	$178.56	$2,189	-2.13
1065–1440	1241	80-85%	30	154.00–175.50	$166.70	$2,069	-13.99
1170–1310	1246	80-85%	17	140.00–160.00	$153.29	$1,910	-27.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1475	1410	75-80%	4	175.00–186.00	$178.38	$2,515	—
1290–1580	1421	75-80%	15	156.00–174.00	$167.15	$2,375	—
1275–1547	1435	75-80%	13	145.50–160.00	$156.38	$2,244	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1765	1579	5	180.00–192.00	$186.32	$2,942	-19.44
1370–2175	1691	18	196.00–210.00	$203.91	$3,448	—
1830–2060	1945	6	211.00–218.00	$215.98	$4,201	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
693–905	746	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	262.50–318.00	$301.17	$2,247
950–1090	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	187.50–220.00	$204.87	$2,090
1175–1485	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	165.00–185.00	$173.83	$2,312

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1055	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	170.00–225.00	$200.37	$1,889

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1130	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	123.00–163.00	$148.39	$1,448

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1268	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,818.97
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,500.00	$2,500.00
930–1270	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,450.00–3,325.00	$2,939.82
1205–1296	1262	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,550.00–2,800.00	$2,710.48
1225–1307	1264	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	3,100.00–3,250.00	$3,179.71
1165–1490	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	2,800.00–3,700.00	$3,136.63

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1290	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	38	1,800.00–2,600.00	$2,364.58
910–1125	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,929.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1215	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,075.85
1155–1400	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,470.98

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1001–1135	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,800.00–3,500.00	$2,996.24

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1470	1322	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,400.00–3,800.00	$3,684.27

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–775	748	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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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
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—
1280–1440	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	3,500.00–3,550.00	$3,537.50	—
1410	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1275–1565	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00–4,150.00	$3,875.00	—
1572–1650	1592	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	4,200.00–4,400.00	$4,250.00	—
1580–1715	1681	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,000.00–4,100.00	$4,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1408	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—
1489	1489	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	4,850.00	$4,850.00	—
1573	1573	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1085–1140	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,750.00–3,100.00	$2,866.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–986	983	16	220.00–232.50	$223.10	$2,193	—

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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.