Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 14, 2026

2,737 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $351.49/cwt +17.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,715/hd at 772 lb · 136 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $322.93/cwt ≈ $2,199/hd at 681 lb · 118 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $309.25/cwt ≈ $2,997/hd at 969 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,737	1,322	3,041
Feeder cattle	2,262	1,076	2,110
Slaughter cattle	190	121	338
Replacement cattle	285	125	593

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher. The early week heifers sold 15.00 to 30.00 higher, late week heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher.

▲ Feeder heifers: The early week heifers sold 15.00 to 30.00 higher
▲ Feeder steers: steers sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher
↕ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher
↕ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	330	7	545.00–570.00	$552.35	$1,823	—
351–386	365	17	510.00–532.50	$521.05	$1,902	+56.05
401–443	420	25	452.50–480.00	$465.98	$1,957	—
452–492	468	42	437.50–490.00	$462.77	$2,166	—
504–536	525	31	420.00–440.00	$431.70	$2,266	+17.93
531 unweaned	531	4	412.50	$412.50	$2,190	+39.45
572–591	580	26	400.00–415.00	$408.39	$2,369	+10.57
608–645	630	38	387.50–399.00	$395.59	$2,492	+5.97
641 unweaned	641	13	367.50	$367.50	$2,356	-7.50
652–695	671	91	375.00–389.00	$380.80	$2,555	+8.47
700–722	707	27	342.50–375.00	$359.92	$2,545	—
758 fancy	758	20	375.00	$375.00	$2,842	—
750–785	775	116	325.00–355.00	$347.44	$2,693	+13.80
800–827	817	75	320.00–342.00	$335.51	$2,741	+20.51
853–890	872	40	317.50–331.00	$324.11	$2,826	+11.86
902–920	905	68	308.00–321.75	$319.49	$2,891	+19.49
969	969	110	309.25	$309.25	$2,997	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–305	303	3	500.00–505.00	$503.32	$1,525	—
405–447	430	7	435.00–450.00	$439.27	$1,889	+9.27
450–495	485	42	410.00–440.00	$430.28	$2,087	+19.18
500–542	522	24	375.00–422.50	$410.08	$2,141	+49.55
545 unweaned	545	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,016	—
555–596	589	23	370.00–399.00	$390.62	$2,301	+35.56
605–635	623	43	360.00–382.50	$373.55	$2,327	+19.25
669–690	672	13	345.00–367.50	$356.63	$2,397	+19.85
720–725	723	10	328.00–345.00	$331.04	$2,393	—
775–797	792	17	300.00–334.00	$323.37	$2,561	+17.37
832	832	10	315.00	$315.00	$2,621	+10.33
851–888	878	31	300.00–306.00	$301.47	$2,647	—
913–945	917	8	285.00–289.00	$288.48	$2,645	+5.98

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	13	360.00	$360.00	$2,124	—
642	642	12	317.00	$317.00	$2,035	—
658–692	688	17	335.00–340.00	$335.56	$2,309	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	445.00	$445.00	$1,495	—
405–435	425	6	405.00–415.00	$413.31	$1,757	—
465–480	473	2	385.00–400.00	$392.38	$1,856	+5.16
592	592	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,954	—
625	625	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,125	—
657	657	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,971	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	8	368.00	$368.00	$2,230	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	530.00	$530.00	$1,828	—
363–395	381	33	447.50–465.00	$454.61	$1,732	—
401 fancy	401	7	470.00	$470.00	$1,885	—
402–444	427	44	422.00–450.00	$438.85	$1,874	+34.76
452–483	465	27	410.00–425.00	$415.20	$1,931	—
503–546	530	52	380.00–420.00	$398.72	$2,113	+22.67
555 unweaned	555	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,998	+30.00
558–585	579	17	377.50–390.00	$387.16	$2,242	—
616–639	630	43	350.00–372.50	$363.89	$2,293	+30.34
655–697	673	43	327.50–349.00	$339.21	$2,283	+13.85
732–736	732	57	321.00–342.50	$325.16	$2,380	-4.12
750–764	762	13	325.00–336.00	$334.33	$2,548	—
800	800	23	338.00	$338.00	$2,704	+38.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	7	430.00	$430.00	$1,359	—
365	365	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,478	—
389 unweaned	389	7	410.00	$410.00	$1,595	—
407 unweaned	407	7	375.00	$375.00	$1,526	—
408–446	431	17	400.00–435.00	$418.89	$1,805	+8.89
457–499	482	32	370.00–420.00	$390.19	$1,881	+18.90
495 unweaned	495	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,807	—
510–530 unweaned	522	5	358.00–360.00	$358.78	$1,873	—
512–548	531	34	347.50–380.00	$367.76	$1,953	+20.50
560–595	576	16	330.00–345.00	$339.13	$1,953	+0.17
602–649	639	27	325.00–342.50	$333.79	$2,133	+16.90
663–691	681	118	300.00–334.50	$322.93	$2,199	—
760–787	775	28	285.00–311.00	$294.88	$2,285	—
846	846	30	302.50	$302.50	$2,559	—
866	866	4	297.00	$297.00	$2,572	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,802	+70.00
490	490	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,899	+49.93
490 unweaned	490	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,740	—
525–540	536	4	325.00–327.50	$326.89	$1,752	—
595	595	2	291.00	$291.00	$1,731	-12.76
890	890	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,492	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	5	445.00	$445.00	$1,914	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,880	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,072	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–398	391	5	475.00–485.00	$476.87	$1,865	—
405–425	415	2	435.00–445.00	$440.12	$1,826	—
470–486	483	7	392.50–435.00	$402.36	$1,943	-5.14
512–545	524	11	340.00–385.00	$370.76	$1,943	—
562	562	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,925	+25.00
597 unweaned	597	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,090	—
633–647	640	6	315.00–345.00	$330.16	$2,113	+12.00
651–675	661	7	300.00–320.00	$308.75	$2,041	+18.75
672 unweaned	672	8	322.00	$322.00	$2,164	—
835–842	839	5	267.50–270.00	$269.01	$2,257	—
852	852	5	250.00	$250.00	$2,130	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	5	430.00	$430.00	$1,763	—
500–530	517	7	387.50–410.00	$396.82	$2,052	+38.62
622–637	631	5	345.00–370.00	$354.86	$2,239	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240–1270	1253	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,100.00–3,700.00	$3,435.64	—
1252–1435	1344	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	4,300.00–4,500.00	$4,406.81	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1145	984	85-90%	6	75.00–102.00	$90.60	$892	-23.40
700–1290	997	85-90%	18	100.00–116.00	$108.57	$1,082	-5.43
760–1285	1027	85-90%	22	118.00–135.00	$123.48	$1,268	—
810–1235	1031	85-90%	10	137.00–155.00	$142.57	$1,470	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1290	1213	80-85%	10	150.00–159.00	$152.54	$1,850	+12.26
1020–1335	1217	80-85%	24	135.00–148.00	$142.66	$1,736	+2.38
1170–1360	1255	80-85%	5	125.00–129.00	$127.34	$1,598	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,738	-27.73
1320–1560	1435	75-80%	5	153.00–161.00	$156.18	$2,241	—
1300–1795	1463	75-80%	20	135.00–149.00	$144.23	$2,110	+10.99

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2095	1646	9	152.00–182.00	$169.64	$2,792	—
1465–1905	1706	7	204.00–222.00	$209.42	$3,573	—
1280–2325	1779	21	183.00–202.00	$194.33	$3,457	+4.21

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,183
945–1125	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	190.00–240.00	$216.85	$2,266
1150–1700	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	151.00–210.00	$169.98	$2,218

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035–1112	1056	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	125.00–139.00	$131.23	$1,386

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1090	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	150.00–170.00	$161.96	$1,539

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1295–1480	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–145.00	$138.28	$1,878

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295–1300	1297	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,633.42
1180–1440	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	2,800.00–3,600.00	$3,215.62

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00
750–1170	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	2,600.00–3,600.00	$3,195.69

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1135	941	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,473.62
700–1100	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,750.00–2,400.00	$2,157.84

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1508–1547	1528	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,900.00–3,500.00	$3,160.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1475	1289	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,127.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1302	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	4,850.00	$4,850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1050	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,462.29

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1155	928	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,850.00	$2,491.51

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	4,900.00	$4,900.00	—
1278–1286	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	6,000.00–6,350.00	$6,183.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,450.00	$3,450.00	-900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1250	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,550.00–2,650.00	$2,616.67	-683.33

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	11	310.00	$310.00	$1,739	—

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Open Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–875	784	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	237.50–310.00	$264.89	$2,077	—
810–1050	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	227.50–300.00	$278.72	$2,369	—

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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.