Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

16,135 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $289.19/cwt -6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,804/hd at 624 lb · 824 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $251.81/cwt ≈ $2,098/hd at 833 lb · 751 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $243.54/cwt ≈ $1,771/hd at 727 lb · 662 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,135	1,802	17,735
Feeder cattle	14,840	1,000	14,430
Slaughter cattle	1,084	692	2,173
Replacement cattle	211	110	1,132

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last test of the market calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower, heavier weights sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 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
316–349	323	54	350.00–385.00	$373.46	$1,206	—
353–360	356	9	350.00–374.00	$363.72	$1,295	-10.18
415 value added	415	17	387.00	$387.00	$1,606	—
400–445	431	156	327.00–377.00	$348.02	$1,500	+6.64
450–489	463	154	317.00–355.00	$334.67	$1,550	+6.14
521 value added	521	138	322.50	$322.50	$1,680	+9.24
505–546	525	328	303.00–325.00	$317.37	$1,666	+4.19
536 unweaned	536	20	307.00	$307.00	$1,646	—
554 unweaned	554	10	300.00	$300.00	$1,662	—
550–596	575	439	290.00–319.00	$308.32	$1,773	-1.86
614 unweaned	614	14	272.00–287.00	$279.50	$1,716	-9.85
602–647	624	797	272.00–305.00	$289.40	$1,806	-8.61
625 value added	625	13	287.00	$287.00	$1,794	—
659 unweaned	659	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,746	—
650–683	666	249	271.00–289.00	$278.67	$1,856	-9.09
674 value added	674	45	273.00	$273.00	$1,840	—
718 value added	718	9	264.00	$264.00	$1,896	—
701–747	731	461	255.00–282.00	$263.02	$1,923	—
750–797	762	195	249.00–260.00	$257.03	$1,959	+3.43
807–849	833	751	238.00–261.75	$251.81	$2,098	—
852–899	866	380	230.00–242.00	$238.68	$2,067	—
901–933	920	417	228.50–245.00	$236.95	$2,180	—
951	951	20	219.00	$219.00	$2,083	—
1011	1011	108	220.50	$220.50	$2,229	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–331	325	9	330.00–340.00	$332.56	$1,081	—
350–396	381	63	300.00–345.00	$324.90	$1,238	-15.12
413–449	433	111	300.00–327.00	$313.17	$1,356	-17.65
450–498	475	221	290.00–322.00	$310.95	$1,477	-5.87
505–549	527	223	280.00–305.00	$293.09	$1,545	-11.14
550–598	578	358	270.00–297.00	$284.71	$1,646	-9.64
590 unweaned	590	3	274.00	$274.00	$1,617	-6.50
600–649	633	172	245.00–282.00	$266.18	$1,685	-17.13
650–698	666	271	245.00–275.00	$264.31	$1,760	-5.03
702–747	726	153	234.00–254.00	$250.83	$1,821	-0.17
765–787	776	29	225.00–245.00	$235.42	$1,827	-9.57
805–842	836	335	225.00–238.50	$235.34	$1,967	+3.67
856–898	876	176	223.50–231.00	$227.11	$1,989	+15.93
905–934	925	188	226.25–227.00	$226.38	$2,094	+6.05
970	970	2	218.00	$218.00	$2,115	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–335	324	5	293.00–298.00	$295.07	$956	-9.93
367–380	369	12	290.00–310.00	$305.74	$1,128	+9.15
432–447	438	10	280.00–310.00	$292.25	$1,280	-12.80
458–497	474	37	260.00–292.00	$278.37	$1,319	-21.63
512–540	515	23	240.00–270.00	$265.78	$1,369	-12.84
550–595	587	79	250.00–275.00	$269.13	$1,580	—
643	643	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,640	+18.27
676	676	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,656	-1.31
727	727	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,599	—
775–795	785	2	210.00–212.00	$210.99	$1,656	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	16	282.00	$282.00	$1,035	—
476	476	8	292.00	$292.00	$1,390	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	166.00	$166.00	$551	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	332	13	322.00–370.00	$345.01	$1,145	+0.77
350–398	367	56	312.00–340.00	$336.48	$1,235	+2.23
401–449	435	216	292.00–320.00	$310.40	$1,350	-7.90
450–499	474	256	287.50–310.00	$301.32	$1,428	-0.69
456–484 value added	483	138	305.00–307.50	$307.40	$1,485	—
500–549	523	392	265.00–307.00	$287.23	$1,502	+4.82
563 value added	563	14	279.00	$279.00	$1,571	—
550–588	571	313	262.00–290.00	$276.09	$1,576	+5.70
596 unweaned	596	9	255.00	$255.00	$1,520	—
600–648	624	389	244.00–268.00	$255.64	$1,595	-5.05
650–695	665	118	239.00–255.00	$245.68	$1,634	-7.87
683 value added	683	7	244.00	$244.00	$1,667	—
700–748	727	662	232.00–253.00	$243.54	$1,771	—
752–795	766	563	225.00–250.00	$232.43	$1,780	—
809–843	815	61	217.00–226.50	$225.45	$1,837	—
862–898	868	129	211.00–225.75	$222.59	$1,932	—
922	922	10	200.00	$200.00	$1,844	—
956–978	965	12	199.00–200.00	$199.42	$1,924	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	327	33	299.00–320.00	$306.54	$1,002	—
355–395	382	54	300.00–325.00	$317.20	$1,212	+13.94
400–444	429	88	265.00–295.00	$282.04	$1,210	-12.03
450–499	481	222	260.00–287.00	$275.51	$1,325	-4.00
501–548	524	304	250.00–273.00	$264.98	$1,388	-4.11
553–598	574	355	240.00–264.00	$252.09	$1,447	-6.37
601–645	625	106	231.00–250.00	$239.73	$1,498	-10.27
655–697	678	103	220.00–238.00	$233.48	$1,583	-7.22
717–744	728	53	216.50–228.00	$223.51	$1,627	-2.00
778–781	779	43	215.00–221.00	$219.88	$1,713	-0.63
807–848	834	128	207.50–220.50	$216.45	$1,805	—
850–877	877	122	203.00–206.00	$204.01	$1,789	—
955–970	965	3	193.00–200.00	$197.69	$1,908	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–347	345	13	270.00–287.00	$275.16	$949	—
356–395	375	34	265.00–290.00	$270.88	$1,016	-4.12
415–446	438	13	250.00–266.00	$259.91	$1,138	-19.38
465–498	484	9	250.00–270.00	$254.75	$1,233	+4.75
510–545	522	21	230.00–245.00	$241.43	$1,260	-1.37
573–595	588	27	225.00–241.00	$231.32	$1,360	-11.79
645	645	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,471	+18.00
700–733	717	4	200.00–203.00	$201.53	$1,445	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	4	269.00	$269.00	$1,208	—
613	613	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,189	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	368	8	320.00–335.00	$323.98	$1,192	-26.02
434–445	436	14	296.00–312.00	$297.74	$1,298	-18.31
455–498	475	28	287.00–318.00	$300.45	$1,427	-13.01
511–532	523	23	260.00–289.00	$276.21	$1,445	-15.71
553–598	581	26	266.00–288.00	$272.60	$1,584	-8.82
670–680	678	5	250.00–266.00	$253.16	$1,716	-1.59
710–740	728	4	220.00–234.00	$228.54	$1,664	-16.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–426	422	21	270.00–280.00	$276.25	$1,166	—
450–499	484	17	250.00–287.50	$272.90	$1,321	—
514	514	14	251.00	$251.00	$1,290	—
580	580	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,491	—
634	634	5	233.00	$233.00	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,388	—
450–460	457	3	320.00–328.00	$325.37	$1,487	—
501–530	516	12	287.00–290.00	$288.46	$1,488	-25.54
651–695	662	29	252.00–257.00	$254.03	$1,682	—
729	729	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,786	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	17	232.00	$232.00	$1,357	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,644	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,625.00	$2,625.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1260	1155	80-85%	6	120.50–131.50	$127.29	$1,470	—
1010–1393	1203	80-85%	187	122.00–145.00	$135.30	$1,628	+18.52
1020–1465	1218	80-85%	151	137.00–156.00	$141.95	$1,729	+11.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1343–1473	1413	75-80%	11	122.00–129.00	$127.22	$1,798	-6.34
1310–2070	1456	75-80%	153	126.00–145.00	$137.80	$2,006	—
1327–2060	1534	75-80%	76	140.00–158.00	$146.91	$2,254	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1185	909	85-90%	14	55.00–99.00	$81.49	$741	—
705–1235	1002	85-90%	45	98.00–119.00	$110.78	$1,110	-18.97
815–1215	1020	85-90%	45	127.00–141.00	$131.99	$1,346	+2.24
815–1260	1037	85-90%	124	114.00–134.00	$123.56	$1,281	-6.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1785	1527	17	141.00–160.00	$149.97	$2,290	—
1240–2710	1768	38	153.00–177.00	$166.55	$2,945	—
1290–2395	1830	30	174.00–213.00	$187.98	$3,440	+5.60

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1300	999	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	130.00–175.00	$150.91	$1,508
955–1215	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	133.50–140.00	$138.04	$1,523

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,073

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,788

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,600.00	$1,600.00
800–1235	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,250.00–2,000.00	$1,771.62
805–1358	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,450.00–1,950.00	$1,735.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–820	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	925.00–1,100.00	$1,013.85
770–1000	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,275.00	$1,108.19
735–1154	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	800.00–1,615.00	$1,517.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1425	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,000.00–2,385.00	$2,217.06
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–985	942	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,785.00–1,885.00	$1,850.13

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00
860–1060	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,825.00	$1,747.14

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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
805–935	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,675.00	—
1025–1093	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,050.00–2,075.00	$2,062.50	—
1050–1355	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,118.18	—
1191	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1312	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—
1260–1520	1314	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,025.00–2,475.00	$2,370.45	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
962	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805–855	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,050.00–2,075.00	$2,062.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.