Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 29, 2024

7,289 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $246.26/cwt +2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,044/hd at 830 lb · 419 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $231.88/cwt +1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,783/hd at 769 lb · 401 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.28/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,804/hd at 834 lb · 336 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,289	9,735	12,792
Feeder cattle	6,379	8,132	9,814
Slaughter cattle	788	1,392	1,808
Replacement cattle	122	211	1,170

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Late week steers steady to 8.00 lower, heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs weak undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	316	18	365.00–422.50	$389.34	$1,230	+7.59
350–388	370	40	340.00–412.50	$361.44	$1,337	-2.42
415 fancy	415	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,536	—
403–439	421	76	330.00–365.00	$342.55	$1,442	-0.16
452–492	471	119	329.00–357.50	$342.79	$1,615	-0.56
506 fancy	506	9	350.00	$350.00	$1,771	—
511 value added	511	10	300.00	$300.00	$1,533	—
501–548	528	181	306.00–347.00	$325.39	$1,718	+8.28
551	551	5	283.00	$283.00	$1,559	-31.80
550–587	566	85	280.00–326.00	$310.90	$1,760	-3.90
570 value added	570	8	297.00	$297.00	$1,693	—
600–646	620	197	280.00–305.00	$291.98	$1,810	-2.39
651–682	668	89	273.00–289.00	$280.53	$1,874	+3.02
706–746	723	162	252.00–280.00	$268.14	$1,939	+3.70
753–787	770	141	242.00–256.00	$251.50	$1,937	+3.34
803–840	830	419	239.00–251.50	$246.26	$2,044	+2.52
858–864	862	180	233.75–236.50	$234.75	$2,024	+1.25
903–935	925	90	219.00–232.00	$223.09	$2,064	+1.09
1004–1031	1016	48	210.00–211.50	$210.67	$2,140	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	5	340.00–372.50	$351.66	$1,146	-3.27
365–398	389	28	320.00–365.00	$333.84	$1,299	-1.97
426 value added	426	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,448	—
400–445	429	38	305.00–342.50	$326.14	$1,399	+7.40
465–497	488	84	300.00–325.00	$313.71	$1,531	-4.19
501–548	523	100	280.00–305.00	$289.94	$1,516	-3.85
560–597	581	115	267.00–291.00	$278.33	$1,617	-5.18
600–646	631	47	252.00–275.00	$266.04	$1,679	+3.01
650–694	666	104	245.00–287.00	$267.75	$1,783	+0.55
707–747	716	29	228.00–250.00	$239.94	$1,718	+0.25
760–798	778	45	217.00–241.00	$230.58	$1,794	-2.54
833–846	843	77	235.00–236.50	$236.19	$1,991	+5.19
856–894	876	131	221.00–231.00	$226.83	$1,987	+1.79
935	935	16	219.50	$219.50	$2,052	—
968–980	970	6	191.00–196.00	$191.84	$1,861	-1.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–446	440	14	284.00–315.00	$293.65	$1,292	+9.68
475–495	480	5	281.00–284.00	$282.99	$1,358	+0.69
540	540	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	—
555–583	564	14	240.00–261.00	$258.48	$1,458	+11.30
675–697	692	4	220.00–240.00	$235.12	$1,627	-1.41

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878	878	14	225.00	$225.00	$1,976	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,186	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	250.00	$250.00	$800	—
470	470	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,119	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	342	19	313.00–325.00	$322.57	$1,103	-15.97
351–397	374	46	312.00–332.50	$321.65	$1,203	+0.42
400–448	428	96	290.00–326.00	$309.35	$1,324	+2.92
450–499	466	123	285.00–317.00	$301.81	$1,406	+0.29
501–547	521	229	270.00–297.50	$285.33	$1,487	-2.12
550–591	571	191	263.00–282.00	$271.28	$1,549	-1.50
600–648	633	114	240.00–257.00	$248.73	$1,574	-10.51
651–696	684	135	236.50–253.00	$244.47	$1,672	-1.59
704–745	719	180	233.00–247.00	$238.17	$1,712	+1.95
750–797	769	401	222.00–245.00	$231.88	$1,783	+1.13
806–845	834	336	208.00–224.00	$216.28	$1,804	-0.36
867–891	880	76	206.00–219.00	$212.57	$1,871	+6.03
973	973	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,849	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–338	317	6	280.00–282.50	$280.89	$890	-21.31
365–398	391	31	290.00–306.00	$302.44	$1,183	+4.22
418–447	431	24	275.00–303.00	$285.70	$1,231	+1.93
450–496	481	71	260.00–290.00	$273.58	$1,316	-7.82
503–547	523	93	240.00–279.00	$265.82	$1,390	+3.52
550–598	582	94	237.00–260.00	$247.21	$1,439	-8.09
601–645	618	84	230.00–245.50	$236.48	$1,461	-0.13
620 unweaned	620	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,482	—
650–695	678	109	225.00–238.00	$233.43	$1,583	+0.17
705–720	710	9	210.00–220.00	$218.00	$1,548	-4.56
751–796	782	113	200.00–221.00	$215.06	$1,682	+9.40
833–845	837	3	199.00–205.50	$203.31	$1,702	+0.54
853	853	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,757	+3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–382	368	17	250.00–270.00	$263.73	$971	-10.87
405–440	418	15	225.00–255.00	$251.40	$1,051	-13.39
452–490	478	19	233.00–269.00	$251.84	$1,204	+12.67
514–540	527	14	222.00–243.00	$232.62	$1,226	-4.88
572–585	576	9	220.00–232.00	$227.94	$1,313	+19.93
620–645	633	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,266	—
775	775	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,550	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,294	+34.34
350–390	372	3	334.00–365.00	$345.52	$1,285	+14.23
433–440	435	4	312.50–333.00	$327.81	$1,426	+2.95
455–480	473	12	308.00–327.50	$313.07	$1,481	-2.27
516–522	519	17	275.00–288.00	$280.42	$1,455	-3.37
565–580	570	5	269.00–280.00	$271.83	$1,549	-8.38
600–610	603	11	244.00–256.00	$253.53	$1,529	-0.53
650–690	670	4	241.00–246.00	$243.43	$1,631	+13.43
705–745	723	7	218.00–229.00	$222.84	$1,611	+6.82
805–845	818	3	185.00–209.00	$197.69	$1,617	+7.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	328	3	386.00–420.00	$396.53	$1,301	+49.03
440	440	19	325.00	$325.00	$1,430	±0.00
467	467	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,471	-3.95
603–604	603	11	262.50–277.00	$270.40	$1,631	-7.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,342	+18.55
545	545	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,362	-4.74
555–597	573	26	240.00–252.00	$247.88	$1,420	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1330	1213	80-85%	205	117.00–133.00	$124.51	$1,510	-6.62
1031–1375	1220	80-85%	53	128.00–142.50	$131.97	$1,610	+0.84
1098–1365	1238	80-85%	16	110.00–120.00	$113.69	$1,407	-9.88

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1055	918	85-90%	2	71.00–75.00	$73.30	$673	-11.81
730–1210	960	85-90%	29	89.00–110.00	$103.95	$998	+1.41
705–1240	1011	85-90%	107	108.00–123.50	$116.94	$1,182	—
920–1255	1056	85-90%	32	123.00–133.00	$127.45	$1,346	+10.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1495	1407	75-80%	5	111.00–119.00	$115.50	$1,625	-10.26
1313–1617	1415	75-80%	102	119.00–133.50	$125.90	$1,781	+0.14
1320–1790	1500	75-80%	35	131.00–147.50	$137.27	$2,059	+1.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,390	—
1230–2150	1549	11	132.00–149.00	$143.75	$2,227	—
1260–2395	1798	63	147.50–171.00	$159.25	$2,863	—
1675–2015	1844	15	170.00–185.00	$173.93	$3,207	-4.27

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1340	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	125.00–175.00	$149.10	$1,554
965–1340	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	129.00–136.50	$132.38	$1,589

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–891	846	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	145.00–160.00	$151.22	$1,279

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
891	891	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,804
1011	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	189.00	$189.00	$1,911

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
815–1425	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,600.00–2,050.00	$1,909.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	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 $
895–1190	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,675.00–2,225.00	$1,984.08

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	165.00	$165.00	$690	—

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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.