Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 31, 2026

1,171 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $328.92/cwt -6.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,579/hd at 784 lb · 75 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $336.00/cwt -13.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,365/hd at 704 lb · 58 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $309.00/cwt ≈ $2,698/hd at 873 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,171	2,877	4,621
Feeder cattle	864	2,247	2,828
Slaughter cattle	140	276	360
Replacement cattle	167	354	1,433

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a very light supply of feeders sold with weak to lower undertones, slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower.

▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 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
311	311	4	512.50	$512.50	$1,594	-7.92
373–379	376	7	490.00–500.00	$494.25	$1,858	-10.75
402–441	430	22	450.00–472.50	$458.81	$1,973	—
482 unweaned	482	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,928	—
482	482	3	422.50	$422.50	$2,036	-37.27
549 unweaned	549	4	381.00	$381.00	$2,092	—
556–569	559	20	359.00–400.00	$389.57	$2,178	+3.42
612–629 unweaned	618	14	340.00–352.50	$344.54	$2,129	—
652	652	16	352.50	$352.50	$2,298	-14.88
704	704	58	336.00	$336.00	$2,365	-13.71
761 unweaned	761	6	300.00	$300.00	$2,283	—
782–786	786	69	330.00–331.50	$331.44	$2,605	-4.28
873	873	58	309.00	$309.00	$2,698	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,511	—
372–392	375	21	450.00–488.00	$476.66	$1,787	+34.06
408	408	8	425.00	$425.00	$1,734	-6.84
458–483	474	11	400.00	$400.00	$1,896	-1.47
505–530	518	4	355.00–370.00	$362.32	$1,877	-27.48
565–597	582	24	325.00–366.00	$349.79	$2,036	-6.69
600–625	615	9	335.00–350.00	$343.36	$2,112	+3.36
738	738	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,214	-15.59
815–820	818	2	295.00–308.00	$301.48	$2,466	-7.00
838	838	5	250.00	$250.00	$2,095	-58.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,760	-3.00
494	494	4	355.00	$355.00	$1,754	-30.00
510–515	512	3	347.50–360.00	$354.19	$1,813	+15.44
665	665	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,062	+0.02

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563–589	578	7	345.00–365.00	$356.65	$2,061	+11.65

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,754	—
677	677	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,099	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,715	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374 unweaned	374	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,608	—
375–393	388	7	440.00–445.00	$441.38	$1,713	—
449	449	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,931	—
472	472	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,888	—
502–537	528	21	345.00–370.00	$357.87	$1,890	+0.17
594–598 unweaned	596	12	320.00–325.00	$322.09	$1,920	—
597	597	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,030	-15.12
614–622	616	10	342.50	$342.50	$2,110	+3.94
655	655	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,096	—
696 unweaned	696	12	300.00	$300.00	$2,088	—
738	738	3	312.50	$312.50	$2,306	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	389	11	375.00–422.50	$392.81	$1,528	-42.36
404–435	416	32	375.00–430.00	$386.60	$1,608	+8.26
473–482	478	7	342.50–360.00	$349.92	$1,673	+2.94
514–545	526	11	320.00–340.00	$327.25	$1,721	-11.77
560–595	574	10	313.00–347.50	$321.96	$1,848	-8.76
610	610	3	307.50	$307.50	$1,876	-17.76

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499	499	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,672	—
664	664	4	315.00	$315.00	$2,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,512	+5.00
560	560	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,803	+6.58

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,879	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	4	412.50	$412.50	$1,691	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,347	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,440	+19.35
460–493	485	10	335.00–375.00	$355.70	$1,725	+13.81
522–530	526	4	335.00–345.00	$338.76	$1,782	-34.62
575	575	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,912	+18.01
625–632	630	9	300.00–330.00	$316.65	$1,995	+6.73
737	737	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,211	—
880	880	1	266.00	$266.00	$2,341	—
970	970	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,376	—
1050	1050	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,362	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,798	-5.00
455–473	464	6	380.00–385.00	$382.55	$1,775	-13.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,506	—
660	660	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,848	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1115	979	85-90%	7	75.00–106.00	$92.28	$903	—
730–1510	1038	85-90%	13	105.00–125.00	$116.11	$1,205	-7.19
895–1130	1041	85-90%	7	147.00–157.50	$150.29	$1,565	+26.99
885–1475	1124	85-90%	19	118.00–145.00	$134.11	$1,507	-19.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1720	1434	75-80%	24	139.00–155.50	$150.30	$2,155	—
1330–1555	1436	75-80%	11	136.00–145.00	$142.06	$2,040	—
1635–1660	1648	75-80%	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$2,480	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1295	1181	80-85%	8	140.00–146.00	$144.07	$1,701	—
1125–1385	1229	80-85%	15	148.00–155.00	$151.16	$1,858	-0.31
1130–1345	1235	80-85%	6	155.00–162.00	$157.87	$1,950	+6.40
1555	1555	80-85%	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,672	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1895	1503	4	166.00–185.00	$177.67	$2,670	—
1240–2120	1802	14	190.00–201.00	$194.70	$3,508	—
1885	1885	1	204.00	$204.00	$3,845	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1120	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	127.00–162.50	$144.18	$1,437

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1165–1370	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	163.00–220.00	$197.38	$2,438

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1450	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	1,800.00–2,500.00	$2,203.50
980–1240	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,837.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245–1255	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,850.00	$2,601.00
1175–1535	1301	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	2,600.00–3,700.00	$3,387.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1395	1231	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,873.19
1102–1370	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	2,100.00–2,600.00	$2,349.39

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
750–1100	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–3,450.00	$2,814.19

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1550–1705	1656	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,550.00–3,200.00	$2,960.29

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470–1705	1575	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,383.60

Small 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	400.00–575.00	$487.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1155	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,400.00–3,200.00	$2,860.00	-60.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,525.00	$3,525.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	-1,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1050	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,550.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	85-90%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,561	—
1535	1535	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,612	—

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Open Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–970	686	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,284.28	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–973	924	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	260.00–275.00	$270.40	$2,498	+33.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1190	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	215.00–222.50	$218.73	$2,592	-1.27

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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.