Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 25, 2024

8,962 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $319.96/cwt -8.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,704/hd at 532 lb · 366 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $264.88/cwt -1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,929/hd at 728 lb · 303 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $241.04/cwt -6.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,984/hd at 823 lb · 301 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,962	12,993	9,709
Feeder cattle	7,770	10,260	8,551
Slaughter cattle	973	1,531	988
Replacement cattle	219	1,202	170

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 8.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, spots 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 10.00 higher, spots 13.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,188	—
357 value added	357	8	400.00	$400.00	$1,428	—
356–398	384	28	370.00–400.00	$380.67	$1,462	+2.60
400–439	415	126	337.50–385.00	$364.91	$1,514	+2.27
403–443 unweaned	423	6	330.00–347.50	$339.16	$1,435	—
455–493	474	125	335.00–375.00	$351.61	$1,667	-10.70
505 thin fleshed	505	9	348.00	$348.00	$1,757	-11.91
512–543 value added	525	32	322.00–340.00	$332.43	$1,745	+2.43
531 unweaned	531	10	330.00	$330.00	$1,752	—
500–548	534	315	307.50–340.00	$317.57	$1,696	-9.27
563 unweaned	563	23	315.00	$315.00	$1,773	—
555–598	568	176	293.00–330.00	$313.17	$1,779	-0.89
563–571 value added	568	15	305.00–330.00	$314.92	$1,789	+4.92
601–642	618	151	275.00–311.00	$293.35	$1,813	-9.01
650–699	664	143	271.00–289.00	$278.46	$1,849	-3.64
704 value added	704	9	267.00	$267.00	$1,880	—
700–747	729	294	254.00–279.00	$264.81	$1,930	-1.86
750 value added	750	8	254.00	$254.00	$1,905	—
754–787	773	193	255.00–265.00	$258.91	$2,001	-1.58
802–847	823	301	235.50–246.00	$241.04	$1,984	-6.79
860–865	862	233	237.00–239.00	$238.06	$2,052	+0.88
900–933	921	163	224.25–235.75	$226.98	$2,090	-0.64
952–993	973	107	214.00–218.75	$216.26	$2,104	-14.58
1030	1030	17	218.00	$218.00	$2,245	+4.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–333	328	14	350.00–365.00	$356.50	$1,169	+33.86
350–399	375	43	320.00–360.00	$338.18	$1,268	-13.40
400–447	425	70	320.00–340.00	$328.40	$1,396	-8.97
453 value added	453	67	370.00	$370.00	$1,676	—
460–498	483	221	312.00–337.50	$332.24	$1,605	+16.19
501–549	524	65	275.00–306.00	$296.61	$1,554	-0.79
555–596	577	49	270.00–300.00	$288.00	$1,662	-7.80
618–647	630	45	250.00–279.00	$261.22	$1,646	-14.89
651–688	682	103	262.50–270.00	$264.08	$1,801	+1.38
700–748	738	116	240.00–252.00	$250.78	$1,851	+5.80
769–790	774	25	242.00–248.00	$246.62	$1,909	+3.33
830–843	840	85	225.00–234.50	$233.14	$1,958	-0.29
855–891	883	60	224.00–233.50	$232.08	$2,049	+0.15
906–945	935	16	205.00–215.00	$207.42	$1,939	+3.06
950–982	978	14	197.00–213.00	$205.90	$2,014	—
1106	1106	5	185.00	$185.00	$2,046	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–394	376	38	317.50–335.00	$327.61	$1,232	-2.35
416–435	423	21	290.00–310.00	$303.25	$1,283	+10.34
450–486	474	22	276.00–310.00	$299.05	$1,417	-0.12
524	524	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,310	-21.88
563–582	574	9	257.50–260.00	$258.59	$1,484	+10.66

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	6	229.00	$229.00	$966	—
778	778	18	216.00	$216.00	$1,680	+16.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	6	280.00	$280.00	$1,260	+15.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	40	300.00–360.00	$329.10	$1,079	-14.09
355 value added	355	21	360.00	$360.00	$1,278	—
350–397	365	67	307.50–325.00	$319.13	$1,165	-6.70
373 unweaned	373	6	315.00	$315.00	$1,175	—
401–449	423	179	290.00–330.00	$307.72	$1,302	+2.00
446 value added	446	83	325.00	$325.00	$1,450	—
450–491	469	147	280.00–320.00	$292.31	$1,371	+3.10
488 unweaned	488	13	276.00–282.00	$279.23	$1,363	—
500–543	525	286	270.00–312.50	$286.17	$1,502	+4.22
553–594	570	225	258.00–290.00	$270.67	$1,543	-7.69
602–645	615	134	240.00–265.00	$250.15	$1,538	-10.17
654–682	658	60	232.00–255.00	$240.78	$1,584	-17.30
700–727	718	157	225.00–235.75	$232.84	$1,672	-3.43
767–793	791	84	224.00–228.00	$224.68	$1,777	-3.98
801–841	809	177	220.00–225.00	$224.64	$1,817	+7.39
901–913	904	126	203.00–215.25	$208.61	$1,886	-10.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291–298	294	25	290.00–310.00	$297.31	$874	—
324–348	332	13	275.00–310.00	$296.57	$985	-19.69
365–398	382	58	280.00–310.00	$297.50	$1,136	-12.56
403–448	427	70	270.00–290.00	$282.16	$1,205	+0.17
450–495	474	64	260.00–285.00	$271.37	$1,286	-5.38
500–542	518	60	235.00–266.00	$254.98	$1,321	-6.10
570 unweaned	570	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,368	—
575	575	19	235.00	$235.00	$1,351	-15.67
555–598	577	118	235.00–262.00	$250.85	$1,447	+0.18
601–646	619	56	222.00–244.00	$231.71	$1,434	-11.77
661–690	677	66	216.00–232.00	$227.97	$1,543	-10.35
711–745	716	27	207.50–223.50	$215.85	$1,545	-7.24
755–790	769	32	203.00–222.00	$215.41	$1,657	-3.91
800–811	804	29	194.00–209.00	$204.78	$1,646	—
880–892	884	12	190.00–204.00	$199.29	$1,762	-1.63
906–908	908	20	190.00–195.00	$191.25	$1,737	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–340	338	6	270.00–280.00	$276.71	$935	—
378–383	380	22	260.00–280.00	$270.41	$1,028	-1.83
400–445	437	11	240.00–260.00	$244.70	$1,069	-6.51
491–496	494	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,161	-16.33
510	510	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,219	—
558–590	572	4	220.00–240.00	$233.82	$1,337	+1.07
680–693	684	12	180.00–210.00	$201.26	$1,377	-10.74
885	885	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,549	—
950–990	970	2	168.00–175.00	$171.57	$1,664	+15.57

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	15	250.00	$250.00	$768	—
905	905	12	157.50	$157.50	$1,425	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	10	261.00	$261.00	$1,446	—
651	651	8	236.00	$236.00	$1,536	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	14	227.00	$227.00	$1,657	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–395	365	23	305.00–335.00	$331.52	$1,210	-3.48
425–440	438	24	300.00–325.00	$304.49	$1,334	-0.51
465–482	478	11	306.00–317.00	$312.05	$1,492	-5.97
500–539	512	25	275.00–290.00	$282.73	$1,448	+12.47
550–598	574	34	259.00–290.00	$275.60	$1,582	+6.97
610–635	624	8	250.00–277.00	$259.14	$1,617	-2.80
787	787	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,297	-22.50
411	411	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,521	+45.17
503–524	517	25	295.00–312.50	$309.08	$1,598	+11.70
560	560	10	290.00	$290.00	$1,624	+6.32
614	614	6	272.50	$272.50	$1,673	—
655–675	669	10	277.50–282.00	$278.82	$1,865	—
700–745	723	2	221.00–242.00	$231.17	$1,671	—
815	815	10	210.00	$210.00	$1,712	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–380	379	4	260.00–298.00	$269.54	$1,022	-60.46
648	648	7	217.50	$217.50	$1,409	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	5	262.00	$262.00	$1,727	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1325	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,660.00–1,700.00	$1,680.38	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1140	845	85-90%	13	60.00–85.00	$72.91	$616	—
790–1295	980	85-90%	34	89.00–111.00	$100.06	$981	—
825–1250	1040	85-90%	148	105.00–128.00	$118.50	$1,232	+5.36
800–1245	1073	85-90%	42	124.00–143.00	$128.90	$1,383	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1455	1211	80-85%	170	121.00–138.00	$129.35	$1,566	-5.39
1127–1430	1225	80-85%	51	131.00–147.00	$136.11	$1,667	+11.22
1163–1375	1228	80-85%	11	118.00–127.00	$123.77	$1,520	-1.12

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1650	1425	75-80%	5	124.00–129.00	$125.73	$1,792	+10.65
1340–2000	1472	75-80%	88	122.50–139.00	$132.10	$1,945	-7.10
1355–1795	1519	75-80%	30	137.00–149.00	$142.03	$2,157	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1053	1053	9	185.00	$185.00	$1,948	—
1085	1085	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,454	-46.43
1285–1745	1446	6	127.50–143.00	$135.26	$1,956	—
1260–2460	1705	41	144.00–169.00	$155.88	$2,658	+7.60
1370–2220	1853	56	160.00–186.00	$170.67	$3,163	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1010	933	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	186.00–191.00	$189.08	$1,764
655–1445	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	131.00–171.00	$149.23	$1,451
1070–1105	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–147.00	$144.06	$1,575

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
811	811	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	203.00	$203.00	$1,646
1025–1113	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	160.00–177.00	$166.94	$1,795

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1060	921	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	124.00–144.00	$134.85	$1,242

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
910–1215	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,325.00–1,775.00	$1,668.22
925–1378	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,500.00–2,200.00	$1,854.99
995–1240	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,600.00–1,790.00	$1,703.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–960	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1020–1125	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,250.00–1,750.00	$1,503.59

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
811	811	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00
810–1035	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,350.00–1,750.00	$1,512.46
790–1280	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,875.00	$1,684.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–890	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	935.00–1,250.00	$1,082.13

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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
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00	$3,400.00	+908.75
1065–1090	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,050.00–3,000.00	$2,222.73	-268.52
1020–1175	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,075.00–3,500.00	$3,275.00	+825.00
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1595	1595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
750–850	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,625.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	250.00	$250.00	$832	—
365–384	374	10	237.50–240.00	$238.72	$893	—
404–448	425	17	230.00–260.00	$252.70	$1,074	—
485	485	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,246	—
500–533	521	21	219.00–257.50	$235.83	$1,229	—
550–581	569	48	212.00–224.00	$220.62	$1,255	—
605–630	613	13	200.00–216.00	$209.47	$1,284	—
656–688	669	35	210.00–212.50	$211.15	$1,413	—
707–744	730	25	199.00–209.00	$203.04	$1,482	—
760–785	777	38	190.00–200.00	$192.94	$1,499	—

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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.