Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 7, 2026

1,322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $300.00/cwt ≈ $2,784/hd at 928 lb · 65 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $329.28/cwt +16.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,341/hd at 711 lb · 64 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $387.89/cwt +43.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,381/hd at 614 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,322	1,171	4,795
Feeder cattle	1,076	864	3,998
Slaughter cattle	121	140	345
Replacement cattle	125	167	452

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 3.00-5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows were 3.00-5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows were 3.00-5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	4	465.00	$465.00	$1,683	-29.25
502–535	507	15	385.00–425.00	$413.77	$2,098	—
525–548 unweaned	541	8	370.00–385.00	$373.05	$2,018	-7.95
550–590	569	9	375.00–405.00	$397.82	$2,264	+8.25
599 unweaned	599	4	372.50	$372.50	$2,231	—
605–615	611	52	376.00–398.00	$389.62	$2,381	—
634 unweaned	634	7	375.00	$375.00	$2,378	+30.46
669 unweaned	669	8	360.00	$360.00	$2,408	—
656–682	670	31	365.00–380.00	$372.33	$2,495	+19.83
745	745	5	332.50	$332.50	$2,477	—
750–759	756	29	332.00–334.50	$333.64	$2,522	+2.20
809	809	6	315.00	$315.00	$2,548	—
886	886	59	312.25	$312.25	$2,767	+3.25
928	928	65	300.00	$300.00	$2,784	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,870	+5.00
465–496	484	35	375.00–447.50	$411.10	$1,990	+11.10
510–545	524	9	350.00–375.00	$360.53	$1,889	-1.79
560–595	578	7	350.00–362.50	$355.06	$2,052	+5.27
609–645	611	15	345.00–355.00	$354.30	$2,165	+10.94
650–693	688	53	330.00–347.00	$336.78	$2,317	—
780	780	2	306.00	$306.00	$2,387	—
814–844	834	27	300.00–312.50	$304.67	$2,541	+54.67
929	929	4	282.50	$282.50	$2,624	—
1100	1100	3	256.00	$256.00	$2,816	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–485	463	3	375.00–410.00	$387.22	$1,793	+32.22
512	512	6	320.00–321.00	$320.50	$1,641	-33.69

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,879	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	433	9	400.00–412.50	$404.09	$1,750	-25.91
450–468 unweaned	461	5	365.00–370.00	$368.05	$1,697	—
505–549	514	28	365.00–382.50	$376.05	$1,933	+18.18
505–520 unweaned	516	4	357.50	$357.50	$1,845	—
565 unweaned	565	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,864	+7.91
615–630	624	30	330.00–339.00	$333.55	$2,081	-8.95
655–675	664	8	320.00–337.50	$325.36	$2,160	+5.36
702–746	711	64	310.00–340.00	$329.28	$2,341	+16.78
815	815	18	300.00	$300.00	$2,445	—
856	856	8	310.00	$310.00	$2,654	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,718	+23.40
453–496	480	17	356.00–390.00	$371.29	$1,782	+21.37
500–543	534	21	337.50–358.00	$347.26	$1,854	+20.01
572–588	581	23	325.00–346.00	$338.96	$1,969	+17.00
611–622	616	23	310.00–326.00	$316.89	$1,952	+9.39
732	732	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,196	—
807	807	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,300	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,374	-25.00
485–495	492	3	327.50–342.50	$337.57	$1,661	—
555–595	583	6	300.00–307.50	$303.76	$1,771	-18.24
688	688	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,720	—
720–745	742	8	283.00–286.00	$283.36	$2,103	—
960	960	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,304	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,616	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,482	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	407.50	$407.50	$1,976	+51.80
552	552	2	317.50	$317.50	$1,753	-15.00
600–640	627	14	300.00–332.50	$318.16	$1,995	+1.51
675	675	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,958	—
741	741	4	280.00	$280.00	$2,075	-20.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,767	-2.55
503–530	511	11	350.00–370.00	$358.20	$1,830	—
680–697	692	7	325.00–330.00	$328.60	$2,274	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	4	415.00–425.00	$420.20	$1,576	—
450	450	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,688	+60.00
564	564	4	311.00	$311.00	$1,754	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1080	953	85-90%	8	75.00–100.00	$90.85	$866	-1.43
700–1235	976	85-90%	12	105.00–121.00	$114.00	$1,113	+21.72
795–1355	1068	85-90%	20	115.00–140.00	$129.18	$1,380	—
995–1230	1128	85-90%	5	141.00–147.00	$143.24	$1,616	+9.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1405	1370	75-80%	3	150.00–154.00	$152.73	$2,092	—
1365–1630	1486	75-80%	10	120.00–140.00	$133.24	$1,980	—
1420–1865	1572	75-80%	13	131.00–149.00	$140.57	$2,210	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1270	1194	80-85%	6	131.50–140.00	$136.78	$1,633	-7.29
1095–1355	1221	80-85%	9	132.50–148.00	$140.28	$1,713	-10.88

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2010	1587	9	150.00–185.00	$168.24	$2,670	—
1220–2290	1758	9	173.00–199.00	$190.12	$3,342	—
1740–1910	1826	4	189.00–200.00	$197.12	$3,599	+2.42

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1140	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	159.00–166.00	$163.57	$1,788

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	212.00	$212.00	$2,374

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1270–1300	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	144.00–149.00	$147.31	$1,886

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1033	1013	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,800.00	$1,654.90
955–1045	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	1,900.00–2,450.00	$2,269.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1160–1575	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	2,500.00–3,800.00	$2,768.09
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1100	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,500.00–3,150.00	$2,818.55
1127	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1260	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,989.47
1180–1285	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,174.13

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1060	881	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,233.03

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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Open Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1140	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	202.50–260.00	$219.77	$2,178	—

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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.