Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 4, 2024

12,082 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.02/cwt +5.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,745/hd at 724 lb · 678 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $261.61/cwt +5.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,888/hd at 722 lb · 495 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $284.10/cwt +14.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,901/hd at 669 lb · 487 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,082	14,260	11,394
Feeder cattle	10,959	12,981	9,391
Slaughter cattle	910	928	1,266
Replacement cattle	213	351	737

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 8.00 higher, spots up to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301 fancy	301	12	425.00	$425.00	$1,279	—
300–343	333	40	355.00–390.00	$374.24	$1,246	+11.91
364–396	379	20	370.00–405.00	$388.35	$1,472	+12.45
397 unweaned	397	23	348.00	$348.00	$1,382	—
407–428 fancy	415	19	375.00–380.00	$378.10	$1,569	—
403–448	431	151	335.00–377.50	$356.63	$1,537	+7.11
459 fancy	459	30	380.00	$380.00	$1,744	—
461–465 unweaned	464	21	325.00–331.00	$326.70	$1,516	—
451–499	474	192	327.50–365.00	$348.13	$1,650	+7.85
500–549	524	261	300.00–350.00	$327.21	$1,715	+12.66
524 unweaned	524	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,598	—
555 unweaned	555	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,776	+40.00
550–599	575	271	289.00–325.00	$313.76	$1,804	+2.19
611 fancy	611	29	310.00	$310.00	$1,894	—
615–627 unweaned	621	28	271.00–277.50	$273.99	$1,701	—
602–649	624	399	275.00–313.00	$293.76	$1,833	+1.31
650–697	669	475	270.00–297.50	$284.05	$1,900	+14.49
680 value added	680	12	286.00	$286.00	$1,945	—
700–746	721	478	246.00–272.00	$261.99	$1,889	+5.25
741 value added	741	17	251.00	$251.00	$1,860	+1.00
751–791	771	298	242.00–264.00	$249.14	$1,921	+4.43
804–847	833	260	232.00–247.00	$236.39	$1,969	-1.30
852–878	865	225	230.00–235.50	$232.83	$2,014	+0.66
906–949	924	190	216.50–225.00	$219.22	$2,026	-7.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	333	40	327.50–370.00	$349.00	$1,162	+7.17
353–393	369	37	325.00–360.00	$342.17	$1,263	+6.32
400–448	427	53	300.00–342.50	$326.70	$1,395	+14.96
450–496	473	111	300.00–330.00	$317.23	$1,500	+3.55
481 unweaned	481	13	327.00	$327.00	$1,573	—
500–546	531	87	275.00–310.00	$299.69	$1,591	+12.34
550–597	574	207	268.00–307.50	$288.97	$1,659	-1.14
600–648	629	127	255.00–281.00	$266.39	$1,676	+2.33
651–696	677	87	250.00–269.00	$261.87	$1,773	+1.88
709–735	724	84	220.00–253.00	$239.53	$1,734	+6.50
728 value added	728	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,849	—
761–793	785	37	228.00–239.00	$234.99	$1,845	+3.80
811–838	823	32	210.00–235.00	$221.38	$1,822	-9.29
854–891	871	335	218.00–230.00	$227.79	$1,984	+0.38
912–930	916	46	200.00–219.00	$214.22	$1,962	—
975–996	987	16	190.00–216.00	$206.27	$2,036	-2.73
1107	1107	29	197.50	$197.50	$2,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	19	320.00	$320.00	$1,034	+17.93
350–375	361	17	285.00–330.00	$316.79	$1,144	+16.79
409–443	424	25	275.00–310.00	$290.45	$1,232	+20.45
450–495	479	21	275.00–300.00	$289.51	$1,387	+20.53
502–545	510	20	257.00–271.00	$267.89	$1,366	+18.96
554–598	563	36	260.00–275.00	$271.20	$1,527	+25.81
613–645	638	9	241.00–253.00	$243.56	$1,554	+23.56
685–688	687	3	231.00–240.00	$233.99	$1,608	+13.24
711	711	5	207.50	$207.50	$1,475	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,051	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–473	469	3	255.00–266.00	$258.60	$1,213	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–346	336	59	300.00–330.00	$318.65	$1,071	-0.64
359 fancy	359	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,256	—
352–398	373	59	300.00–350.00	$329.16	$1,228	+13.25
391 unweaned	391	28	313.00	$313.00	$1,224	—
419 unweaned	419	9	289.00	$289.00	$1,211	—
401–449	426	217	290.00–340.00	$317.18	$1,351	+10.86
458 unweaned	458	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,337	—
453–497	478	255	285.00–320.00	$304.14	$1,454	+11.08
502–548	528	312	271.00–310.00	$284.21	$1,501	-10.24
550–599	569	280	260.00–295.00	$273.53	$1,556	+2.63
601–647	618	434	240.00–270.00	$254.60	$1,573	-4.66
651–698	674	371	236.00–263.00	$247.48	$1,668	-1.28
713 value added	713	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,622	—
701–749	724	672	225.50–256.00	$241.14	$1,746	+5.70
753–793	776	50	225.00–227.00	$225.60	$1,751	-2.02
836	836	13	221.00	$221.00	$1,848	-0.60
870	870	206	213.50	$213.50	$1,857	—
940	940	13	185.00	$185.00	$1,739	—
961	961	6	194.50	$194.50	$1,869	—
1074	1074	13	170.00	$170.00	$1,826	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–346	332	28	270.00–300.00	$289.00	$959	+23.22
355–395	375	34	270.00–300.00	$287.27	$1,077	+5.98
365–393 unweaned	385	4	260.00–296.00	$283.42	$1,091	—
400–445	422	93	265.00–285.00	$272.38	$1,149	-2.88
472 unweaned	472	12	270.00	$270.00	$1,274	+8.88
450–498	482	122	259.00–286.00	$271.01	$1,306	+3.73
529 value added	529	7	267.00	$267.00	$1,412	—
500–549	532	62	245.00–270.00	$261.09	$1,389	+3.91
550–598	580	134	239.00–270.00	$254.07	$1,474	+0.28
598 unweaned	598	18	251.00	$251.00	$1,501	—
600–648	620	70	220.00–250.00	$236.72	$1,468	+6.94
623 unweaned	623	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,433	—
650–697	675	169	220.00–237.50	$229.81	$1,551	-3.15
700–747	723	92	200.00–225.00	$220.48	$1,594	+8.09
753–781	766	18	200.00–222.00	$211.46	$1,620	-6.10
810–836	826	160	201.00–215.00	$209.94	$1,734	+19.61
865–888	871	41	190.00–201.50	$199.63	$1,739	-9.87
903–943	933	18	167.50–185.00	$174.20	$1,625	-5.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	323	3	258.00–275.00	$269.04	$869	+39.04
402–445	424	19	232.00–260.00	$255.02	$1,081	+17.75
476–494	487	8	250.00–255.00	$251.83	$1,226	+9.06
507–545	517	13	200.00–230.00	$222.11	$1,148	—
562–578	572	21	215.00–220.00	$218.80	$1,252	+11.57
632–642	636	9	180.00–187.50	$184.14	$1,171	-22.49
655–670	660	16	210.00–216.00	$214.20	$1,414	+14.20
735–748	742	4	203.00–208.00	$205.52	$1,525	+15.52
785	785	2	170.00–181.00	$175.50	$1,378	—
813–832	829	21	170.00–180.00	$171.40	$1,421	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	8	217.50	$217.50	$1,014	—
592	592	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,184	—
605	605	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,210	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,132	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	416	24	300.00–317.50	$313.08	$1,302	-15.42
460–495	481	30	279.00–305.00	$297.76	$1,432	-11.60
505–539	527	21	255.00–290.00	$276.54	$1,457	-5.83
555–596	572	38	260.00–282.00	$269.77	$1,543	+0.26
612–635	618	4	245.00–247.00	$245.51	$1,517	-17.27
670–675	674	6	242.00–245.00	$244.50	$1,648	+3.02
720–730	726	5	210.00–228.00	$217.58	$1,580	—
915–945	930	2	160.00–170.00	$164.92	$1,534	—
965	965	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	359	21	325.00–385.00	$362.47	$1,301	—
470	470	5	310.00–325.00	$322.00	$1,513	+35.00
505–538	509	24	290.00–312.50	$304.54	$1,550	+14.54
573	573	6	282.50	$282.50	$1,619	+6.64
618–631	627	17	255.00–275.00	$262.99	$1,649	-6.53
674	674	16	254.00	$254.00	$1,712	—
732	732	7	233.00	$233.00	$1,706	+6.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,046	-11.00
455–498	478	9	254.00–280.00	$272.03	$1,300	-5.43

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651	651	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,497	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180–1475	1337	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,800.00–2,725.00	$2,141.99	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1375	1167	80-85%	10	104.00–109.00	$106.79	$1,246	+5.83
1040–1345	1215	80-85%	110	116.00–128.00	$121.39	$1,475	+3.69
1042–1400	1217	80-85%	136	105.00–119.00	$113.62	$1,383	-4.08

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723–1195	812	85-90%	16	60.00–75.00	$69.90	$568	—
755–1128	921	85-90%	23	77.50–93.00	$87.05	$802	—
755–1280	1024	85-90%	116	90.00–108.00	$100.93	$1,034	—
860–1220	1052	85-90%	49	104.00–117.00	$110.43	$1,162	+14.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1303–1785	1470	75-80%	67	105.00–119.00	$114.92	$1,689	+2.14
1325–1880	1508	75-80%	69	119.00–131.00	$123.47	$1,862	+21.53
1355–1690	1519	75-80%	14	102.00–112.00	$108.72	$1,651	+6.78

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1425	1352	65-75%	3	132.00–137.00	$135.04	$1,826	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1168	1064	24	169.00–192.50	$181.23	$1,928	—
1310–1880	1593	9	115.00–126.00	$121.57	$1,937	—
1325–2285	1750	53	124.00–143.00	$134.89	$2,361	—
1400–2395	1911	45	139.50–158.00	$145.42	$2,779	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1060	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	169.00–195.00	$181.91	$1,688
793–1275	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	115.00–150.00	$134.57	$1,308
953–1195	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	114.00–115.00	$114.20	$1,134

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
742	742	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,057

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1180	1086	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,146.58
805–1260	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,150.00–2,100.00	$1,706.80
875–1425	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	1,300.00–2,250.00	$1,785.90
1130–1260	1189	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,825.92
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1135	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	975.00–1,600.00	$1,236.71
1124	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1243–1575	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,800.00–2,300.00	$1,892.82

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,250.00	$2,250.00
980–1080	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,954.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1193	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
738–750	742	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
768	768	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1109	1109	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1128	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—
1169–1525	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,075.00–2,375.00	$2,208.33	—
1060–1715	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,337.50	—
1520	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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.