Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 4, 2024

2,276 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $265.50/cwt +8.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,534/hd at 578 lb · 113 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $284.18/cwt +8.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,357/hd at 477 lb · 111 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $316.97/cwt +8.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,659/hd at 523 lb · 90 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,276	1,122	1,613
Feeder cattle	2,010	921	1,333
Slaughter cattle	238	184	250
Replacement cattle	28	17	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 3.00 to 11.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	281	16	235.00–330.00	$308.62	$867	-18.20
305–345 fancy	325	13	327.50–355.00	$346.16	$1,125	-2.40
320–345	336	10	299.00–340.00	$324.70	$1,091	+9.59
355–396	380	27	300.00–342.00	$328.43	$1,248	+3.95
370–392 fancy	384	17	337.50–358.00	$351.91	$1,351	+8.71
400–441 fancy	420	35	325.00–358.00	$348.52	$1,464	+7.04
400–448	436	31	300.00–332.50	$320.49	$1,397	+0.57
455–465 fancy	462	33	330.00–345.00	$338.73	$1,565	+8.73
450–497	483	32	295.00–332.00	$315.45	$1,524	+4.49
500–542 fancy	521	53	300.00–332.00	$323.31	$1,684	+6.99
500–545	527	37	285.00–329.00	$307.88	$1,623	+14.64
550–597	577	41	270.00–312.00	$300.09	$1,732	+10.28
555–587 fancy	578	37	303.00–313.00	$309.96	$1,792	+6.20
584 thin fleshed	584	9	311.00	$311.00	$1,816	—
609 thin fleshed	609	6	304.00	$304.00	$1,851	—
600–632 fancy	618	34	297.00–310.00	$302.55	$1,870	+11.25
605–648	630	48	255.00–301.00	$288.85	$1,820	+7.83
650–692	666	14	260.00–285.00	$270.59	$1,802	+10.27
720 fancy	720	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,890	—
700–743	723	45	232.50–257.00	$244.88	$1,770	+2.58
751–790	755	18	228.00–239.00	$231.46	$1,748	—
796 value added	796	66	241.00	$241.00	$1,918	—
817–847	843	31	224.00–235.00	$226.17	$1,907	+6.17
852–895	881	9	218.00–230.00	$222.55	$1,961	-7.45
955–998	992	7	195.00–205.00	$196.38	$1,948	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	7	290.00–317.00	$301.14	$973	+13.10
350–385	359	4	275.00–290.00	$280.00	$1,005	-1.14
405–432	420	7	289.00–300.00	$295.45	$1,241	+20.26
460–495	476	11	267.00–290.00	$279.28	$1,329	+0.22
521–536	530	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—
550–590	574	21	260.00–282.00	$273.76	$1,571	—
605–645	610	23	227.00–257.50	$244.68	$1,493	+2.96
666–690	681	19	235.00–250.00	$242.96	$1,655	+4.75
730	730	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,533	—
785	785	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,766	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	274	26	295.00–332.00	$313.34	$859	+24.12
290 fancy	290	3	335.00	$335.00	$972	—
313–348	331	20	300.00–317.50	$305.74	$1,012	+3.65
355–377 fancy	362	17	307.50–340.00	$323.15	$1,170	+6.15
350–395	376	43	287.00–320.00	$308.20	$1,159	+12.29
400–448	420	34	270.00–302.00	$290.17	$1,219	+7.70
400–440 fancy	428	51	297.50–320.00	$310.42	$1,329	+4.80
453–489 fancy	472	36	280.00–309.00	$298.74	$1,410	+1.24
455–495	480	75	265.00–287.50	$277.19	$1,331	+7.90
502–547	525	67	260.00–287.00	$273.29	$1,435	+8.84
538 fancy	538	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,506	+5.93
568 thin fleshed	568	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,534	—
550–596	578	110	258.00–279.00	$265.38	$1,534	+8.15
600–649	621	72	229.00–267.00	$250.49	$1,556	+13.44
655–691	670	37	224.00–248.00	$233.55	$1,565	-6.80
710–725	715	26	226.00–231.00	$229.41	$1,640	+3.82
758–781	770	22	212.00–230.00	$217.18	$1,672	-4.82
805	805	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,747	-1.55
870–882	874	6	202.00–210.00	$207.31	$1,812	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	322	4	272.00–285.00	$278.71	$897	+3.94
360–390	374	6	260.00–282.00	$268.06	$1,003	+6.35
415–441	432	16	230.00–265.00	$253.83	$1,097	-9.57
455–490	468	16	225.00–266.00	$256.66	$1,201	+3.90
500–547	520	31	220.00–255.00	$242.13	$1,259	+9.98
552–598	573	21	227.00–250.00	$239.34	$1,371	+7.32
622–640	630	9	223.00–235.00	$227.39	$1,433	—
650–690	673	17	210.00–265.00	$228.01	$1,535	—
730	730	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,475	-12.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,669	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395 fancy	379	8	320.00–342.50	$331.40	$1,256	-13.63
360–395	383	15	300.00–325.00	$314.57	$1,205	+40.42
400–425 fancy	410	16	320.00–337.00	$327.62	$1,343	+0.06
405–447	432	8	280.00–300.00	$291.11	$1,258	+3.23
452–485 fancy	468	12	322.00–340.00	$333.32	$1,560	+30.96
470–488	482	14	275.00–300.00	$288.92	$1,393	-16.90
510 thin fleshed	510	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,504	—
528	528	5	299.00	$299.00	$1,579	+25.16
500–546	531	21	257.00–287.50	$274.34	$1,457	+0.50
534 fancy	534	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,602	—
550–586	574	22	247.00–275.00	$264.70	$1,519	+6.69
600–636	620	15	225.00–260.00	$245.06	$1,519	+0.44
670–692	681	6	225.00–230.00	$227.54	$1,550	+0.26
778	778	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	540	4	247.00–257.00	$254.57	$1,375	—
555–590	576	11	247.00–252.00	$248.86	$1,433	+3.61
625–630	627	3	225.00–227.00	$226.33	$1,419	—
682	682	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,412	-7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1410	1117	80-85%	30	90.00–105.00	$98.31	$1,098	—
1145–1365	1255	80-85%	2	82.00–88.00	$84.74	$1,063	-22.93
950–1735	1278	80-85%	40	102.00–120.00	$109.22	$1,396	+1.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$417	—
670–1425	1042	85-90%	19	65.00–89.00	$79.00	$823	—
850–1475	1053	85-90%	16	89.00–102.00	$94.83	$999	+1.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1390	1316	75-80%	5	92.00–102.00	$98.06	$1,290	—
1185–1834	1443	75-80%	21	106.00–121.00	$112.93	$1,630	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1970	1528	4	110.00–111.00	$110.32	$1,686	—
1005–2475	1737	18	115.00–140.00	$128.40	$2,230	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1295	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,396.60
1070–1295	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,478.71
1065–1627	1361	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,825.00	$1,566.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–895	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00–1,550.00	$1,282.51
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–870	787	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,285.00	$1,146.91
735–905	814	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,292.86

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	3	120.00	$120.00	$948	—

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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.