Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 6, 2024

8,109 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $241.77/cwt -4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,990/hd at 823 lb · 476 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $282.82/cwt -2.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,473/hd at 521 lb · 292 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $314.65/cwt +6.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,781/hd at 566 lb · 229 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,109	7,289	13,474
Feeder cattle	7,005	6,379	11,423
Slaughter cattle	958	788	1,633
Replacement cattle	146	122	418

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven from 8.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	339	17	355.00–417.50	$373.05	$1,265	-16.29
355–390	381	35	340.00–385.00	$353.59	$1,347	-7.85
405–444	434	116	330.00–365.00	$344.18	$1,494	+1.63
451–492	468	54	327.50–360.00	$337.40	$1,579	-5.39
503–549	529	175	307.00–345.00	$319.67	$1,691	-5.72
551–582	566	229	294.00–335.00	$314.65	$1,781	+3.75
600–642	621	212	270.00–305.00	$285.09	$1,770	-6.89
653–674	661	46	270.00–286.00	$275.54	$1,821	-4.99
701–746	728	128	247.00–261.00	$255.10	$1,857	-13.04
755–780	760	62	245.00–255.00	$252.76	$1,921	+1.26
807–840	823	476	237.00–247.00	$241.77	$1,990	-4.49
850–888	877	220	226.00–233.00	$227.73	$1,997	-7.02
927–928	928	97	219.00–229.00	$224.36	$2,082	+1.27
961–977	967	87	213.25–216.25	$215.17	$2,081	—
1003	1003	48	209.00	$209.00	$2,096	-1.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–387	382	13	335.00–337.00	$336.38	$1,285	+2.54
405–449	428	19	310.00–325.00	$316.78	$1,356	-9.36
450–495	481	77	300.00–325.00	$317.00	$1,525	+3.29
503–548	528	145	270.00–306.00	$289.79	$1,530	-0.15
554–570 unweaned	558	40	285.00–290.00	$288.85	$1,612	—
550–598	575	129	275.00–294.00	$285.08	$1,639	+6.75
600–648	629	103	250.00–278.00	$265.50	$1,670	-0.54
652–697	673	92	249.00–274.00	$260.32	$1,752	-7.43
714	714	13	248.00	$248.00	$1,771	+8.06
750–794	780	61	222.00–238.00	$231.96	$1,809	+1.38
818–839	834	52	229.00–233.00	$231.26	$1,929	-4.93
879–894	884	82	220.00–226.00	$224.40	$1,984	-2.43
948	948	43	216.00	$216.00	$2,048	-3.50
953–980	968	136	207.25–210.00	$208.42	$2,018	+16.58
1110	1110	15	182.00	$182.00	$2,020	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,120	—
601	601	10	218.00	$218.00	$1,310	—
690	690	109	220.00	$220.00	$1,518	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	12	300.00	$300.00	$1,125	—
480–495	485	14	270.00–295.00	$283.77	$1,376	+0.78
530	530	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,378	±0.00
563–588	577	25	260.00–267.50	$263.00	$1,518	+4.52
628–631	630	8	240.00–242.00	$241.00	$1,518	—
650–685	655	7	243.00–245.00	$244.70	$1,603	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
902	902	44	172.00	$172.00	$1,551	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,618	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–345	332	22	330.00–365.00	$341.83	$1,135	+19.26
350–396	372	77	310.00–347.50	$331.99	$1,235	+10.34
400–440	417	168	285.00–321.00	$297.65	$1,241	-11.70
451–498	473	169	285.00–322.00	$294.92	$1,395	-6.89
503–548	521	292	270.00–310.00	$282.82	$1,473	-2.51
555–587	567	76	262.00–277.00	$267.37	$1,516	-3.91
600–644	620	196	240.00–257.00	$250.50	$1,553	+1.77
665 value added	665	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,596	—
655–698	681	45	238.00–242.00	$239.12	$1,628	-5.35
711–738	726	196	224.00–239.00	$232.83	$1,690	-5.34
754–784	773	129	225.00–232.00	$227.22	$1,756	-4.66
807–845	827	113	210.00–217.00	$211.76	$1,751	-4.52
943	943	76	190.00	$190.00	$1,792	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–395	380	32	280.00–315.00	$303.84	$1,155	+1.40
405–448	432	20	265.00–277.50	$272.26	$1,176	-13.44
438 unweaned	438	11	282.00	$282.00	$1,235	—
451–496	472	65	260.00–285.00	$275.05	$1,298	+1.47
518 unweaned	518	34	257.00	$257.00	$1,331	—
503–546	534	116	247.00–276.00	$259.36	$1,385	-6.46
555–599	585	146	240.00–257.00	$249.22	$1,458	+2.01
610–645	627	35	220.00–241.00	$229.36	$1,438	-7.12
670–685	677	41	225.00–237.00	$235.15	$1,592	+1.72
707–740	726	22	211.00–221.00	$218.55	$1,587	+0.55
751–791	770	140	205.00–222.00	$215.21	$1,657	+0.15
777 value added	777	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,671	—
800–843	826	132	195.50–209.00	$207.03	$1,710	+3.72
874	874	7	202.00	$202.00	$1,765	-4.00
938	938	10	181.00	$181.00	$1,698	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	275.00	$275.00	$976	+11.27
437–441	439	27	248.00–261.00	$251.74	$1,105	+0.34
503–532	513	30	225.00–237.00	$232.77	$1,194	+0.15
555–595	575	2	215.00–240.00	$227.07	$1,306	-0.87
608	608	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,338	+20.00
650–665	658	2	216.00–227.00	$221.56	$1,458	—
994	994	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,690	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	14	170.00	$170.00	$746	—
511	511	10	157.00	$157.00	$802	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,428	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,268	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	3	382.50	$382.50	$1,117	—
331	331	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,043	-60.00
392–395	393	7	325.00–335.00	$327.87	$1,289	-17.65
403–440	430	21	317.00–345.00	$324.74	$1,396	-3.07
470–490	487	10	285.00–300.00	$287.68	$1,401	-25.39
523–543	532	7	260.00–270.00	$264.38	$1,407	-16.04
566–590	570	13	250.00–270.00	$263.76	$1,503	-8.07
685	685	9	237.00	$237.00	$1,623	-6.43
725	725	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,805	+26.16
820–835	825	3	204.00–218.00	$208.72	$1,722	+11.03
865–875	870	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,731	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,493	+15.00
521	521	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,615	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,419	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1455	1220	80-85%	203	118.00–133.00	$126.56	$1,544	-5.41
1025–1335	1227	80-85%	5	114.00–121.50	$118.67	$1,456	-13.30
1095–1455	1240	80-85%	76	129.00–144.00	$133.95	$1,661	+20.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712–1195	866	85-90%	16	59.00–96.00	$81.78	$708	—
720–1175	952	85-90%	48	88.00–121.00	$104.94	$999	+0.99
740–1226	1000	85-90%	48	125.00–141.00	$129.56	$1,296	+12.62
750–1330	1066	85-90%	129	110.00–125.00	$119.09	$1,269	-8.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1450	1385	75-80%	6	115.00–121.00	$117.36	$1,625	—
1285–1725	1446	75-80%	125	120.00–133.50	$128.11	$1,852	+2.21
1320–1895	1482	75-80%	61	133.00–144.00	$135.54	$2,009	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1215	1061	10	174.00–187.50	$182.86	$1,940	—
1245–2080	1562	13	129.00–150.00	$140.93	$2,201	—
1305–2465	1776	56	149.00–172.50	$160.39	$2,849	+1.14
1710–2225	1966	12	170.00–182.00	$173.78	$3,417	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–970	799	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	179.00–196.00	$184.16	$1,471
795–1245	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	128.00–161.00	$148.66	$1,503
910–1430	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	127.50–143.00	$132.35	$1,433

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1326	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	149.00–170.00	$161.46	$1,804

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	136.00	$136.00	$1,183

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00
990–1050	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,650.00	$1,599.03
1045–1110	1074	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,325.00–1,500.00	$1,384.88
1020–1295	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,360.00–1,900.00	$1,642.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1020	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,010.00–1,225.00	$1,157.61
1046–1064	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,465.00–1,490.00	$1,469.93

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1380	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,925.00–2,125.00	$1,974.61
1225–1335	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,825.00	$1,825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1100	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,225.00	$2,053.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1120	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,735.27

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1223	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,625.00	$2,625.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1375	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,925.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1460	1460	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445–447	447	6	229.00–238.00	$230.49	$1,030	—
456–460	458	29	217.00–235.00	$229.54	$1,051	—
527	527	10	236.00	$236.00	$1,244	—
555–589	585	14	207.00–210.00	$207.24	$1,212	—
698	698	8	176.00	$176.00	$1,228	—
713–741	732	11	165.00–184.00	$170.91	$1,251	—
799	799	19	177.00	$177.00	$1,414	—
838	838	40	179.00	$179.00	$1,500	—
880–895	885	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,504	—
908–919	914	26	165.00–170.00	$167.52	$1,531	—
968	968	7	153.00	$153.00	$1,481	—

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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.