Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 15, 2024

7,699 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $236.74/cwt -0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,296/hd at 970 lb · 704 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $250.33/cwt -3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,178/hd at 870 lb · 629 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $257.42/cwt -2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $2,139/hd at 831 lb · 590 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,699	12,880	8,424
Feeder cattle	6,945	11,742	6,934
Slaughter cattle	654	922	1,236
Replacement cattle	100	216	254

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,242	-12.88
409–448	433	43	325.00–330.00	$327.40	$1,418	-23.03
458 unweaned	458	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,466	—
454–498	462	47	305.00–339.00	$328.38	$1,517	-16.57
503–547	530	58	297.00–340.00	$316.70	$1,679	-2.54
542 unweaned	542	10	308.00	$308.00	$1,669	—
563–569 value added	567	21	310.00–326.00	$321.46	$1,823	—
560–599	578	119	295.00–328.00	$307.79	$1,779	-2.94
610–635	622	58	282.00–295.00	$288.76	$1,796	-13.81
655 unweaned	655	9	282.00	$282.00	$1,847	-5.93
651–695	678	277	271.00–294.00	$286.25	$1,941	+5.06
701–724	717	202	263.00–287.00	$266.18	$1,909	-3.14
755–791	782	71	255.50–262.00	$256.57	$2,006	-10.26
804–837	831	590	255.00–260.50	$257.42	$2,139	-2.13
851–883	870	629	244.50–257.00	$250.33	$2,178	-3.89
912–917	915	241	244.50	$244.50	$2,237	-4.39
950–997	970	704	234.00–240.00	$236.74	$2,296	-0.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–395	371	23	330.00–350.00	$340.69	$1,264	+13.24
412–447	422	41	305.00–320.00	$313.31	$1,322	-4.26
450–495	464	36	298.00–325.00	$314.79	$1,461	+9.75
465 value added	465	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,488	—
500–543	526	58	270.00–308.00	$285.88	$1,504	-7.36
555–595	575	99	270.00–300.00	$281.16	$1,617	-7.83
600–645	623	52	250.00–294.00	$276.04	$1,720	+3.23
670–698	681	72	250.00–276.00	$266.15	$1,812	+5.20
705–748	729	112	231.00–261.00	$254.25	$1,853	+0.45
753–798	773	45	238.00–252.00	$245.84	$1,900	-4.34
800–849	839	373	223.00–252.00	$245.99	$2,064	-5.68
850–891	865	230	230.00–244.00	$240.66	$2,082	-5.25
907–949	944	139	211.00–243.00	$238.44	$2,251	-2.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	415	3	265.00–275.00	$268.41	$1,114	-11.59
458–497	482	51	255.00–300.00	$286.56	$1,381	+2.45
507–520	514	11	240.00–257.00	$247.62	$1,273	-22.18
565–595	582	3	230.00–263.00	$244.09	$1,421	-11.77
600–645	623	3	237.00–259.00	$245.06	$1,527	+11.47
955	955	10	217.00	$217.00	$2,072	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	6	125.00	$125.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,185	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,040	-10.00
354–380	358	7	306.00–320.00	$308.12	$1,103	—
400–440	430	45	297.00–317.00	$305.26	$1,313	-12.40
451–479	467	83	287.00–310.00	$299.31	$1,398	-2.35
486 unweaned	486	24	284.50	$284.50	$1,383	-13.50
506–542	522	74	277.00–290.00	$279.94	$1,461	-11.67
553 unweaned	553	14	257.00	$257.00	$1,421	-3.00
553 value added	553	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,454	—
551–599	578	151	267.00–282.00	$271.39	$1,569	-7.69
601–646	626	154	256.00–272.00	$264.13	$1,653	-1.71
653–696	682	157	243.00–261.00	$257.78	$1,758	-2.72
700–742	705	152	234.00–256.00	$249.24	$1,757	-2.88
783	783	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,785	-14.42
805–830	824	54	232.00–235.00	$234.29	$1,931	-0.02
924	924	10	219.00	$219.00	$2,024	-5.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–348	344	19	325.00–330.00	$326.87	$1,124	—
358 unweaned	358	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,056	—
350–383	366	22	320.00–330.00	$323.51	$1,184	+16.25
402–446	428	63	270.00–295.00	$282.49	$1,209	-6.59
465 value added	465	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,344	—
450–499	475	44	270.00–290.00	$276.76	$1,315	-11.36
501–549	522	100	250.00–274.00	$264.77	$1,382	-9.72
556–599	577	84	240.00–267.00	$256.50	$1,480	-5.96
608–648	632	40	232.00–249.00	$241.90	$1,529	+0.14
650–686	672	53	235.00–244.00	$241.96	$1,626	-1.79
683 unweaned	683	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,571	—
700–745	718	41	220.00–242.00	$232.98	$1,673	-4.26
751–799	786	35	214.00–234.00	$229.25	$1,802	-0.21
855–898	877	4	201.00–208.00	$204.41	$1,793	-19.04
925–945	935	2	180.00–188.00	$183.96	$1,720	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	64	264.00	$264.00	$1,507	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,042	—
355–381	368	10	275.00–310.00	$293.12	$1,079	+0.50
461–483	473	13	240.00–265.00	$253.40	$1,199	-7.72
513–535	520	5	245.00–247.00	$246.39	$1,281	—
550–588	570	19	220.00–242.00	$240.24	$1,369	+6.17
620	620	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,401	+18.27
695	695	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,522	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
599	599	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,438	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	376	5	335.00–340.00	$338.03	$1,271	+14.45
405–440	418	8	308.00–315.00	$310.12	$1,296	+8.70
461 unweaned	461	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,429	—
476–490	483	8	299.00–316.00	$308.23	$1,489	+4.58
542	542	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,490	-10.72
573–589	580	12	260.00–265.00	$262.14	$1,520	+0.14
615–622	619	7	250.00–272.00	$262.17	$1,623	+1.14
663	663	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,571	-17.34
744	744	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,748	-2.81
760–790	775	2	226.00–235.00	$230.41	$1,786	+19.41
815–835	822	3	183.00–200.00	$194.24	$1,597	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522 unweaned	522	5	311.00	$311.00	$1,623	—
510–540	530	3	291.00–314.00	$298.38	$1,581	+1.66
550 unweaned	550	10	295.00	$295.00	$1,622	—
555–568	564	3	293.00–305.00	$296.94	$1,675	—
608–623	614	5	283.00–295.00	$290.13	$1,781	+6.23

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1070	865	85-90%	18	78.00–102.50	$89.48	$774	-1.79
755–1225	934	85-90%	47	105.00–120.00	$113.38	$1,059	—
910–1220	1068	85-90%	33	132.50–145.50	$136.10	$1,454	-3.01
820–1267	1093	85-90%	91	119.00–133.00	$126.44	$1,382	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1345	1215	80-85%	16	120.00–136.00	$128.35	$1,559	-2.75
1005–1395	1232	80-85%	130	129.00–148.00	$138.38	$1,705	-3.02
1025–1465	1233	80-85%	37	143.00–162.00	$148.45	$1,830	+7.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1341–1830	1448	75-80%	79	132.00–149.50	$141.13	$2,044	—
1300–1610	1507	75-80%	8	125.00–136.00	$129.03	$1,944	-24.23
1350–1810	1570	75-80%	21	144.00–163.00	$150.94	$2,370	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1015	1008	30	140.00–143.00	$141.80	$1,429	—
1235–2110	1587	9	145.00–162.00	$155.54	$2,468	—
1240–2225	1628	40	163.00–185.00	$173.20	$2,820	—
1640–2120	1933	16	177.50–198.50	$185.31	$3,582	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
722–1140	945	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	165.00–220.00	$192.89	$1,823
750–1180	966	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	149.00–190.00	$162.03	$1,565

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–882	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	200.00–231.00	$218.82	$1,827

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,688

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1000	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,550.51
957–1377	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,425.00–2,200.00	$1,878.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173–1390	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,300.00–2,450.00	$2,342.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–910	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,178.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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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
1275–1285	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1065	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,650.00	$1,475.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	12	190.00	$190.00	$1,634	—

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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.