Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 26, 2024

8,129 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $241.75/cwt -1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,990/hd at 823 lb · 500 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $229.83/cwt -9.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,023/hd at 880 lb · 491 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $227.82/cwt -9.65 vs last sale · ≈ $2,094/hd at 919 lb · 322 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,129	7,288	7,311
Feeder cattle	7,309	6,027	5,948
Slaughter cattle	685	1,078	1,134
Replacement cattle	135	183	229

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower, except some steers late week spots 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–338	327	16	395.00–420.00	$407.60	$1,333	+16.65
355–392	385	15	340.00–380.00	$347.38	$1,337	-27.16
400–447	419	62	300.50–360.00	$326.63	$1,369	-25.70
450–486	467	82	290.00–320.00	$302.99	$1,415	-17.60
501–548	512	123	280.00–312.00	$290.13	$1,485	-10.02
553–595	570	72	276.00–285.00	$279.99	$1,596	-16.78
600–647	620	186	270.00–285.00	$274.39	$1,701	-17.08
650–693	678	149	259.00–278.00	$262.34	$1,779	-18.93
700–745	716	125	246.00–266.00	$255.41	$1,829	-5.33
752–784	774	187	244.00–247.50	$245.73	$1,902	-6.19
804–848	823	500	234.00–246.50	$241.75	$1,990	-1.34
862–890	880	491	227.50–237.50	$229.83	$2,023	-9.37
902–946	919	322	219.50–232.25	$227.82	$2,094	-9.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–343	341	6	295.00–317.50	$300.36	$1,024	-0.97
381–399	388	16	305.00–335.00	$316.58	$1,228	-1.92
405–433	418	33	278.00–315.00	$300.85	$1,258	-1.53
424 unweaned	424	39	280.00	$280.00	$1,187	—
453–495	475	28	265.00–282.00	$278.50	$1,323	-11.50
505–549	524	129	241.00–280.00	$269.19	$1,411	-13.55
550–596	570	115	250.00–275.00	$265.62	$1,514	-8.48
603–648	629	175	245.00–270.00	$261.50	$1,645	-4.42
670–696	680	90	235.00–259.00	$254.77	$1,732	-6.15
713–748	725	49	225.00–254.00	$240.87	$1,746	-5.61
755–799	780	123	225.00–244.50	$238.23	$1,858	-4.00
788 value added	788	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,915	—
825–847	843	154	219.00–233.00	$230.63	$1,944	+0.21
899	899	5	217.00	$217.00	$1,951	-7.42
927	927	147	218.75	$218.75	$2,028	—
950–978	959	9	187.00–210.50	$202.51	$1,942	-20.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336 unweaned	336	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,042	—
335–342	340	9	275.00–315.00	$301.85	$1,026	—
355	355	2	270.00	$270.00	$958	—
406–448	436	25	245.00–260.00	$253.67	$1,106	-32.10
461–488	472	36	245.00–267.00	$257.50	$1,215	-12.20
473–482 unweaned	479	19	265.00–273.00	$267.91	$1,283	—
500–543	514	9	235.00–250.00	$240.28	$1,235	-14.61
570–595	578	24	220.00–252.00	$238.19	$1,377	-20.27
605–645	617	6	215.00–230.00	$220.99	$1,364	-11.18

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	4	238.00	$238.00	$795	—
455	455	8	211.00	$211.00	$960	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	4	210.00	$210.00	$836	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	150.00	$150.00	$472	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,000	—
403–445	438	44	280.00–300.00	$283.69	$1,243	-10.58
458–498	477	70	275.00–290.00	$283.25	$1,351	-11.72
505–535	519	104	260.00–280.00	$266.56	$1,383	-11.70
528 unweaned	528	4	248.50	$248.50	$1,312	-2.00
550–597	572	199	253.50–290.00	$263.42	$1,507	-16.46
608–649	638	118	242.00–270.00	$246.99	$1,576	-13.37
656–698	684	298	240.00–257.00	$245.41	$1,679	+2.23
700–743	722	276	232.00–253.00	$243.70	$1,760	-6.17
754	754	120	242.00	$242.00	$1,825	+5.00
811	811	115	221.00	$221.00	$1,792	-6.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	6	320.00	$320.00	$906	-7.50
340	340	5	290.00	$290.00	$986	-0.45
350–385	370	18	272.00–305.00	$287.13	$1,062	-2.65
407–439	426	74	245.00–270.00	$255.98	$1,090	-16.64
462 unweaned	462	11	256.00	$256.00	$1,183	—
450–495	469	91	245.00–270.00	$255.77	$1,200	-10.26
500–549	530	91	230.00–260.00	$248.34	$1,316	-6.99
550–593	570	83	227.00–256.00	$244.74	$1,395	-0.93
605–648	629	68	215.00–242.00	$231.28	$1,455	-7.94
650–698	674	81	214.00–240.00	$231.90	$1,563	-0.86
701–749	724	121	214.00–236.00	$230.22	$1,667	-5.88
755–799	769	219	215.00–228.00	$225.96	$1,738	+1.92
805–845	824	77	183.00–219.00	$217.74	$1,794	-4.26
850–886	882	18	180.00–204.00	$201.43	$1,777	—
901–902	901	16	205.00–210.00	$206.88	$1,864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–386	366	15	237.00–275.00	$262.70	$961	-15.16
415–445	433	19	230.00–245.00	$238.95	$1,035	-3.25
460–495	482	16	213.00–245.00	$238.22	$1,148	-1.72
510–549	534	8	220.00–221.00	$220.36	$1,177	-12.97
768	768	15	201.00	$201.00	$1,544	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–358	356	4	153.00–169.00	$161.06	$573	—
465–488	477	6	200.00–209.00	$204.61	$976	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	384	4	290.00–306.00	$295.52	$1,135	-7.72
430–433	432	4	253.00–275.00	$264.04	$1,141	-8.20
470–493	476	10	266.00–285.00	$275.10	$1,309	+9.01
504–548	533	34	240.00–279.00	$266.24	$1,419	-1.54
550–595	575	8	240.00–266.00	$250.71	$1,442	-7.95
603–640	620	7	221.00–247.00	$229.34	$1,422	-8.11
655–683	670	5	220.00–233.00	$227.42	$1,524	-9.45
755–780	769	4	222.00–227.00	$224.49	$1,726	+9.54
850–885	868	4	207.00–211.00	$209.04	$1,814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	379	3	240.00–250.00	$243.17	$922	—
519–547	529	9	230.00–240.00	$235.45	$1,246	+7.34
565–592	585	11	229.00–235.00	$233.42	$1,366	—
636–641	640	16	205.00–227.00	$220.31	$1,410	+15.21
672–694	686	11	210.00–220.00	$213.56	$1,465	-9.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–458 unweaned	458	14	287.50–290.00	$288.93	$1,323	—
521–533	525	13	272.00–286.00	$280.60	$1,473	+0.60
562 unweaned	562	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,517	—
613	613	11	264.00	$264.00	$1,618	—
775–780	778	2	228.00–237.00	$232.51	$1,809	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	8	210.00	$210.00	$995	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1570	1570	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1135	885	85-90%	19	70.00–101.00	$91.95	$814	—
710–1160	979	85-90%	40	96.00–118.00	$110.64	$1,083	-0.81
890–1200	1047	85-90%	16	132.50–140.00	$135.13	$1,415	+7.80
717–1285	1094	85-90%	118	117.50–134.00	$123.83	$1,355	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1380	1231	80-85%	149	128.00–145.50	$135.28	$1,665	+7.03
1095–1390	1231	80-85%	18	143.00–161.00	$148.65	$1,830	+20.40
1095–1340	1259	80-85%	15	116.00–130.00	$124.91	$1,573	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1900	1477	75-80%	78	129.00–146.00	$136.68	$2,019	-4.59
1360–1820	1494	75-80%	23	115.00–132.00	$124.45	$1,859	-16.82
1415–1745	1579	75-80%	23	142.00–156.00	$148.31	$2,342	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1995	1507	16	144.00–161.00	$153.89	$2,319	—
1220–2405	1727	35	162.00–184.00	$173.50	$2,996	—
1650–2170	1935	13	183.00–197.50	$187.67	$3,631	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–825	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	170.00–200.00	$185.28	$1,501
1005–1418	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	145.00–175.00	$158.51	$1,847
1090–1385	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	144.50–157.00	$150.01	$1,857

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1040	1013	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	189.00–197.00	$192.89	$1,954
1362	1362	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	160.00	$160.00	$2,179

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,410

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968–1380	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,600.00–2,050.00	$1,829.84
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00
970–1360	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,600.00–2,175.00	$1,936.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1340	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1230–1490	1429	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,200.00–2,825.00	$2,391.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1125	1019	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,275.00–1,700.00	$1,523.98

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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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
1075–1085	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,196.88	—
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	+50.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	14	219.00	$219.00	$850	—
520–548	541	8	165.00–194.00	$171.97	$930	—
580–587	584	19	180.00–198.00	$193.18	$1,128	—
679–695	685	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,233	—
726	726	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,307	—
770	770	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,386	—
865	865	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,298	—
915–917	917	9	170.00	$170.00	$1,559	—
1049	1049	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,574	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	8	167.00	$167.00	$670	—
551	551	4	150.00	$150.00	$826	—

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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.