Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 15, 2024

1,710 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $302.85/cwt +18.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 575 lb · 89 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $307.79/cwt +1.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,606/hd at 522 lb · 74 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $343.72/cwt +7.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,454/hd at 423 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,710	990	2,023
Feeder cattle	1,329	790	1,737
Slaughter cattle	343	186	266
Replacement cattle	38	14	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	264	8	337.00–352.50	$349.48	$923	—
310–343	331	19	330.00–367.00	$342.59	$1,134	-6.73
342 fancy	342	4	382.00	$382.00	$1,306	—
352–395	368	19	330.00–367.50	$354.71	$1,305	+18.37
400–415 fancy	406	25	341.00–370.00	$363.32	$1,475	+2.66
400–449	433	42	312.50–351.00	$332.05	$1,438	+4.75
450–492	473	31	287.50–332.00	$318.73	$1,508	-7.17
500–545 fancy	520	35	312.00–327.00	$315.82	$1,642	—
502–545	523	36	280.00–315.00	$302.72	$1,583	-3.33
525 unweaned	525	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	—
550–598 fancy	570	28	310.00–317.00	$312.89	$1,783	—
550–598	577	61	280.00–307.00	$298.24	$1,721	+14.34
601–615 fancy	605	10	294.00–296.00	$295.39	$1,787	-6.61
607 value added	607	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,791	—
602–641	617	13	255.00–290.00	$273.02	$1,685	-1.28
668	668	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,720	—
652–696	675	25	238.00–266.00	$255.03	$1,721	—
700–725	714	23	232.00–253.00	$240.59	$1,718	+4.10
763–796	781	37	220.00–238.00	$231.34	$1,807	—
800–840	829	12	215.00–225.00	$222.42	$1,844	—
940	940	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,880	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	297.50	$297.50	$833	—
328–343	334	11	287.50–315.00	$295.90	$988	-14.10
355–380	368	2	285.00–325.00	$304.32	$1,120	-6.37
427	427	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,324	+9.00
450–495	470	9	267.50–307.00	$288.10	$1,354	-13.66
505–535	516	6	240.00–275.00	$259.64	$1,340	-29.04
555–595	574	9	250.00–290.00	$269.13	$1,545	-8.95
650–685	666	5	225.00–247.00	$230.50	$1,535	—
751–783	765	7	202.00–220.00	$209.90	$1,606	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	317.00	$317.00	$824	—
312–335	324	13	300.00–327.50	$313.55	$1,016	-12.48
363 fancy	363	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,180	—
355–395	377	30	292.50–317.50	$304.73	$1,149	-2.69
405–422 fancy	412	19	317.50–328.00	$322.77	$1,330	+1.20
400–445	424	35	275.00–320.00	$304.07	$1,289	+2.95
450–485	466	28	265.00–320.00	$289.48	$1,349	-1.43
469–477 fancy	472	10	327.00–337.00	$331.04	$1,563	+6.04
507 fancy	507	4	297.00	$297.00	$1,506	—
500–548	521	62	250.00–277.50	$259.67	$1,353	-11.23
550–585	563	18	242.00–268.00	$257.58	$1,450	+2.58
583	583	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,399	-15.00
600–645	617	40	225.00–260.00	$237.16	$1,463	+3.49
655–675	665	19	225.00–239.00	$230.01	$1,530	+7.98
701–720	704	19	216.00–227.00	$223.58	$1,574	+4.29
765–766	766	10	225.00–228.00	$226.80	$1,737	—
845	845	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,791	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–272	266	6	298.00–300.00	$298.98	$795	—
355–390	367	9	265.00–287.00	$276.07	$1,013	-0.34
400–448	430	11	250.00–290.00	$263.45	$1,133	-10.58
450–495	467	29	240.00–277.00	$267.17	$1,248	+5.48
507–542	522	20	230.00–252.00	$240.70	$1,256	-8.80
550–595	577	41	225.00–245.00	$234.00	$1,350	-14.60
617–640	626	10	219.00–229.00	$225.34	$1,411	+0.09
670–692	684	5	212.00–227.00	$215.57	$1,474	—
770–790	786	5	200.00–201.00	$200.60	$1,577	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	291.00	$291.00	$1,129	—
577	577	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,321	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	317.00	$317.00	$1,173	-15.50
410–440	425	2	300.00–302.50	$301.29	$1,280	+1.89
405–442 fancy	427	12	322.50–350.00	$337.58	$1,441	—
457–472 fancy	466	7	317.50–320.00	$318.95	$1,486	—
460–496	472	14	292.00–315.00	$306.99	$1,449	+0.56
525 fancy	525	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,522	—
500–538	530	7	270.00–292.50	$278.25	$1,475	+3.95
565–590	572	11	259.00–269.00	$265.16	$1,517	+1.24
615–640	630	9	230.00–260.00	$244.54	$1,541	+7.86
655–690	675	11	219.00–237.00	$227.58	$1,536	-1.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,055	+18.00
450–482	472	18	260.00–275.00	$268.37	$1,267	-61.63
535–545	542	3	245.00–260.00	$254.97	$1,382	+9.97
550–580	559	8	240.00–257.00	$251.86	$1,408	+7.83

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1605	1188	80-85%	48	110.00–127.00	$118.04	$1,402	—
900–1880	1229	80-85%	47	120.00–150.00	$131.07	$1,611	+14.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1435	968	85-90%	5	50.00–69.00	$62.01	$600	-30.27
820–1215	1014	85-90%	15	80.00–106.00	$99.92	$1,013	—
620–1390	1062	85-90%	19	105.00–124.00	$113.97	$1,210	-0.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1880	1429	75-80%	17	106.00–129.50	$121.25	$1,733	—
1235–1610	1458	75-80%	19	122.00–150.00	$130.44	$1,902	-1.07

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,781	—
1295–2305	1721	26	131.00–165.00	$150.93	$2,598	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1340	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,150.00–2,100.00	$1,666.44
1115–1155	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,727.20
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1065–1515	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,925.00	$1,714.17
1235–1240	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,412.58

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
825–900	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,574.71
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–990	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,525.00	$1,334.41
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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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
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	+25.00
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.