Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 5, 2026

3,670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $318.28/cwt -12.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,661/hd at 836 lb · 90 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $342.91/cwt +6.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,260/hd at 659 lb · 77 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $405.58/cwt +28.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,922/hd at 474 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,670	4,953	3,092
Feeder cattle	2,476	4,029	2,363
Slaughter cattle	527	392	394
Replacement cattle	667	532	335

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold very uneven from 15.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 15.00 lower.

↕ Feeder cattle: feeders sold very uneven from 15.00 lower to 12.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 15.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	5	580.00	$580.00	$1,618	—
318–339	330	11	517.50–550.00	$533.00	$1,759	+5.02
352–378	360	10	500.00–535.00	$512.01	$1,843	+20.38
400–435	411	26	450.00–480.00	$467.98	$1,923	-8.21
432 unweaned	432	8	450.00	$450.00	$1,944	—
452–490	468	33	425.00–470.00	$439.59	$2,057	-8.28
501–549	527	57	400.00–432.00	$412.92	$2,176	+3.77
550–578	568	51	387.50–424.00	$414.40	$2,354	+17.91
600–635	615	69	367.50–397.50	$377.53	$2,322	-3.35
656–668	662	26	365.00	$365.00	$2,416	-2.04
662–670 unweaned	664	9	340.00	$340.00	$2,258	-29.00
706–749	727	64	340.00–370.00	$357.83	$2,601	+8.55
772	772	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,509	-9.34
808–848	836	90	317.00–325.00	$318.28	$2,661	-12.51
882	882	55	321.50	$321.50	$2,836	-4.50
1004	1004	21	295.50	$295.50	$2,967	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–305	304	6	500.00–510.00	$504.98	$1,535	+23.72
358–395	382	16	435.00–490.00	$458.55	$1,752	+15.07
436–447	441	11	422.50–460.00	$442.76	$1,953	+5.62
455–498	482	60	366.00–435.00	$417.44	$2,012	+5.51
502–530	510	17	390.00–395.00	$392.24	$2,000	+4.07
553–590	573	49	360.00–390.00	$366.91	$2,102	+2.42
600–649	631	69	336.00–365.00	$356.37	$2,249	+11.57
663–690	676	26	340.00–352.00	$342.08	$2,312	+7.41
706–724	715	22	322.50–335.00	$326.98	$2,338	+5.48
752–792	765	7	320.00–332.50	$330.72	$2,530	+11.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,559	-11.68
420–448	437	14	350.00–400.00	$378.23	$1,653	-17.63
465–495	480	8	360.00–395.00	$379.70	$1,823	+3.78
542	542	6	341.00–345.00	$342.33	$1,855	-16.54
560–598	583	8	327.50–350.00	$337.05	$1,965	—
608	608	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,824	-11.17

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	20	350.00	$350.00	$2,310	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	8	322.50	$322.50	$2,261	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,822	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–278	270	8	500.00–525.00	$516.08	$1,393	—
305–335	323	10	465.00–500.00	$472.65	$1,527	-7.35
355–376	372	14	445.00–475.00	$448.10	$1,667	+12.41
404–440	422	31	420.00–447.00	$427.56	$1,804	+9.52
455–492	474	76	382.50–417.50	$405.58	$1,922	+29.00
501–537	516	39	372.50–390.00	$378.14	$1,951	+2.79
555–589	569	25	355.00–360.00	$357.48	$2,034	+5.39
616 unweaned	616	5	337.50	$337.50	$2,079	—
614–640	631	52	342.50–370.00	$364.04	$2,297	+20.44
650–678	659	77	330.00–344.00	$342.91	$2,260	+6.54
706	706	8	320.00	$320.00	$2,259	-2.52
753–769	764	28	317.50–328.00	$324.67	$2,480	+3.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	321	16	422.50–456.00	$434.15	$1,394	+9.27
350–395	375	37	385.00–425.00	$412.37	$1,546	+6.04
402–448	433	46	345.00–410.00	$389.72	$1,687	+11.96
463–498	488	26	350.00–375.00	$363.81	$1,775	+15.91
510–549	535	57	325.00–365.00	$351.57	$1,881	+6.86
552–595	574	44	320.00–346.00	$338.57	$1,943	+5.41
601–648	618	37	310.00–335.00	$319.14	$1,972	-6.49
650–695	675	43	295.00–325.00	$306.76	$2,071	-0.74
705–728	717	17	285.00–318.00	$301.82	$2,164	-4.85
750–786	769	14	285.00–307.00	$294.79	$2,267	-3.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	368	8	375.00–390.00	$381.74	$1,405	+15.05
425	425	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,339	-35.31
479–495	486	10	325.00–348.00	$341.71	$1,661	+11.71
538	538	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,668	-15.13
672	672	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,848	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482 unweaned	482	12	367.50	$367.50	$1,771	—
628	628	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,167	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,019	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,513	—
420–432	427	5	392.50–435.00	$409.21	$1,747	-3.17
466	466	6	360.00	$360.00	$1,678	+5.53
500–530	517	21	340.00–370.00	$352.49	$1,822	+7.95
568–588	578	9	320.00–350.00	$338.25	$1,955	+19.94
612–639	631	37	320.00–341.00	$332.07	$2,095	+21.11
662–692	677	20	304.00–324.00	$315.03	$2,133	+9.34
718–727	721	8	300.00	$300.00	$2,163	-11.68
750	750	2	307.50	$307.50	$2,306	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–392	386	5	390.00–397.50	$393.05	$1,517	—
422	422	4	358.00	$358.00	$1,511	—
456–480	466	17	300.00–375.00	$349.28	$1,628	—
505–535	511	17	305.00–347.50	$314.71	$1,608	+11.96
572–580	576	4	305.00–327.50	$316.33	$1,822	+41.33
625–640	629	14	308.00–315.00	$314.01	$1,975	+2.33
655–677	672	9	280.00–315.00	$289.98	$1,949	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–424	419	13	445.00–455.00	$449.24	$1,882	+31.12
502–520	509	11	380.00–390.00	$382.73	$1,948	—
568–593	583	5	350.00–355.00	$353.05	$2,058	—
626	626	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,191	—
664	664	6	327.50	$327.50	$2,175	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1555–1680	1618	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	4,500.00–4,600.00	$4,548.07	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215–1500	1358	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,789.50	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1265	1016	85-90%	36	50.00–95.00	$79.20	$805	-53.11
880–1335	1022	85-90%	111	106.00–124.00	$115.51	$1,181	-16.80
915–1295	1029	85-90%	18	120.00–140.00	$127.57	$1,313	-4.74
785–1415	1082	85-90%	88	80.00–110.00	$101.35	$1,097	-2.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2070	1472	75-80%	23	96.00–125.00	$116.46	$1,714	-9.80
1300–1845	1510	75-80%	23	131.50–155.00	$139.95	$2,113	—
1330–1720	1525	75-80%	57	122.00–136.00	$131.80	$2,010	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1395	1225	80-85%	12	134.00–142.50	$138.67	$1,699	+12.70
1025–1360	1226	80-85%	19	100.00–128.00	$116.62	$1,430	-9.35
915–1370	1231	80-85%	43	119.00–135.00	$131.36	$1,617	-13.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1940	1588	9	160.00–175.00	$167.77	$2,664	—
1270–2185	1684	38	170.00–187.00	$179.27	$3,019	-4.20
1390–2230	1818	13	187.00–200.00	$192.99	$3,509	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1170	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	140.00–225.00	$172.85	$1,803

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1145	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	115.00–137.50	$127.10	$1,289

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1335	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	140.00–220.00	$164.21	$2,013

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1225	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	114.00–137.50	$131.43	$1,555

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00
1226	1226	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1154–1455	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	181	2,400.00–3,500.00	$2,975.61
1244	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1170	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,477.31
1015–1375	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	1,500.00–2,400.00	$2,149.07
1155–1435	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	36	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,147.51

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1125	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	1,700.00–2,300.00	$1,908.63
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
920–1135	1031	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,300.00–2,200.00	$1,700.88

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1125	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	2,350.00–3,400.00	$2,624.42

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395–1680	1526	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,500.00–3,300.00	$2,842.53

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,323.68

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1156	1156	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	4,000.00	$4,000.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–980	868	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,600.00–1,900.00	$1,727.67
875–990	961	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,531.73

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1110	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,880.56	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1200	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	3,300.00–3,550.00	$3,481.82	—
1220–1250	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	3,300.00–3,550.00	$3,487.50	-543.75
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1285	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,700.00–3,300.00	$3,092.86	—

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Open Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–900	786	(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	270.00–302.50	$292.90	$2,302	—
740–1130	951	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	17	200.00–265.00	$231.37	$2,200	+10.32

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
976–1027	993	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	221.00–236.00	$230.83	$2,292	—
1310–1388	1377	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	200.00–204.00	$200.54	$2,761	—

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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.