Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 3, 2025

14,170 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $261.61/cwt -4.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,263/hd at 865 lb · 737 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.09/cwt +7.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,932/hd at 726 lb · 670 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $252.98/cwt +3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,206/hd at 872 lb · 599 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,170	17,802	18,718
Feeder cattle	13,095	15,569	17,456
Slaughter cattle	749	850	1,062
Replacement cattle	326	1,383	200

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 10.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–345	318	8	410.00–435.00	$426.42	$1,356	-42.70
350–395	360	47	400.00–440.00	$428.49	$1,543	+2.67
410–443	428	68	365.00–440.00	$418.64	$1,792	+8.61
450–497	478	161	360.00–420.00	$382.98	$1,831	-10.80
500–538	512	226	327.50–392.00	$361.69	$1,852	-3.86
536 unweaned	536	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,715	±0.00
550–596	573	415	321.00–352.00	$331.75	$1,901	-10.43
600–639	620	338	302.00–332.00	$319.66	$1,982	-5.80
650–691	674	507	290.00–318.00	$299.50	$2,019	-0.03
703–740	717	252	271.00–294.00	$286.51	$2,054	+4.41
754–791	769	394	267.00–290.50	$276.28	$2,125	+3.58
804–836	819	512	259.50–275.00	$265.17	$2,172	-3.99
856–898	865	737	249.00–270.50	$261.61	$2,263	-4.16
900–946	919	151	245.00–252.50	$249.33	$2,291	-4.96
963–978	971	25	240.00–251.00	$245.76	$2,386	-3.80

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	334	5	372.50–400.00	$388.58	$1,298	+48.58
365–393	378	21	360.00–400.00	$383.22	$1,449	-19.69
414–445	431	69	345.00–395.00	$378.37	$1,631	+15.52
450–493	476	129	325.00–375.00	$356.21	$1,696	-2.96
498 unweaned	498	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,631	—
507–548	529	239	305.00–347.00	$326.57	$1,728	-5.73
551–595	575	302	287.00–321.00	$311.74	$1,793	+7.95
600–649	630	363	270.00–309.00	$294.93	$1,858	-0.46
644 value added	644	6	292.00	$292.00	$1,880	—
650–699	674	449	265.00–290.50	$281.22	$1,895	+4.24
687 value added	687	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,924	—
705–748	725	97	249.00–274.50	$267.01	$1,936	+1.87
744 value added	744	5	269.00	$269.00	$2,001	—
751–797	790	298	246.00–268.00	$262.89	$2,077	-0.74
816–847	838	280	231.00–259.00	$255.75	$2,143	+1.94
852–895	872	599	238.00–257.00	$252.98	$2,206	+3.07
942–948	947	66	240.00–241.50	$241.21	$2,284	-8.29
1136	1136	5	218.00	$218.00	$2,476	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	16	360.00	$360.00	$1,206	—
385–393	390	8	360.00–380.00	$372.60	$1,453	+20.77
403–435	412	11	320.00–330.00	$322.88	$1,330	—
463–494	479	31	310.00–340.00	$319.00	$1,528	-3.73
500–505	503	8	270.00–291.00	$280.55	$1,411	-14.69
560–582	567	10	280.00–292.50	$283.85	$1,609	+0.88
603	603	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,628	—
835	835	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,770	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	14	315.00	$315.00	$1,477	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
804	804	13	259.00	$259.00	$2,082	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	12	395.00	$395.00	$1,157	—
313–325 unweaned	315	7	340.00–345.00	$344.26	$1,084	—
305–346	321	43	350.00–395.00	$374.24	$1,201	+16.21
356–399	382	45	340.00–385.00	$369.43	$1,411	-0.91
394 unweaned	394	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,330	—
403–445	421	153	325.00–355.00	$346.10	$1,457	-10.31
442 unweaned	442	3	322.50	$322.50	$1,425	—
451–490	473	226	307.50–360.00	$331.27	$1,567	-8.24
505–511 unweaned	509	12	279.00–280.00	$279.41	$1,422	-21.43
500–543	516	189	290.00–331.00	$315.96	$1,630	-2.73
550–596	567	284	280.00–318.00	$288.86	$1,638	-6.58
601–648	627	471	268.00–284.00	$278.15	$1,744	-2.46
651–694	672	260	263.00–284.00	$272.05	$1,828	+1.59
701–747	726	670	251.00–271.00	$266.09	$1,932	+7.25
755–796	769	322	240.00–262.00	$251.88	$1,937	-2.69
805–842	835	176	233.00–247.00	$238.27	$1,990	-4.40
870	870	42	240.50	$240.50	$2,092	-0.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	10	355.00	$355.00	$1,218	+10.12
375–398	390	18	305.00–347.50	$334.66	$1,305	-7.64
403–447	425	119	300.00–342.00	$322.92	$1,372	-5.53
450–496	479	119	285.00–317.00	$306.84	$1,470	+2.31
520–540 unweaned	529	9	267.50–272.50	$269.46	$1,425	—
502–549	533	395	270.00–310.00	$292.99	$1,562	-0.57
554–599	585	372	255.00–280.00	$271.39	$1,588	-2.95
600–645	616	281	251.00–277.00	$269.33	$1,659	+3.98
615–625 unweaned	623	5	231.00–245.00	$236.82	$1,475	—
650–691	675	91	237.00–263.00	$251.18	$1,695	-4.30
708–748	715	198	229.00–241.00	$236.18	$1,689	-0.73
755–770	761	16	222.00–237.00	$228.97	$1,742	-1.59
825–849	837	20	210.00–231.00	$220.23	$1,843	-8.81
885–893	889	8	207.00–220.00	$213.25	$1,896	+4.01
905	905	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–388	379	5	282.50–295.00	$290.18	$1,100	-5.33
425–447	443	9	260.00–299.00	$292.46	$1,296	+17.46
453–498	484	83	250.00–310.00	$278.08	$1,346	+6.36
513–548	539	10	240.00–259.00	$252.96	$1,363	—
565	565	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,370	-17.50
603–640	631	14	229.00–240.00	$234.53	$1,480	—
677	677	15	231.00	$231.00	$1,564	+2.14
775–785	780	2	192.50–210.00	$201.31	$1,570	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,429	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–488	475	5	205.00–225.00	$213.21	$1,013	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–310	309	3	360.00–370.00	$363.35	$1,123	—
382	382	5	363.00	$363.00	$1,387	+25.50
405–445	434	20	335.00–360.00	$352.68	$1,531	+19.48
450–499	482	10	322.50–330.00	$326.31	$1,573	-8.96
513–548	522	13	300.00–312.50	$304.92	$1,592	-15.08
549 unweaned	549	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,674	—
565–590	578	8	284.00–310.00	$296.36	$1,713	+2.92
620–645	624	11	259.00–285.00	$271.72	$1,696	-1.07
691	691	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,859	+3.74
703–737	714	18	240.00–260.00	$245.50	$1,753	-5.34
765–780	774	12	232.00–235.00	$233.76	$1,809	-6.97
893	893	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,991	+5.55
915	915	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,830	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,568	+1.01
493 unweaned	493	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,652	—
509 unweaned	509	8	335.00	$335.00	$1,705	—
547	547	7	355.00	$355.00	$1,942	—
550–555	553	3	317.50–325.00	$322.52	$1,784	—
606–635	622	45	272.00–309.00	$280.12	$1,742	-3.77
658–690	670	31	270.00–275.00	$273.68	$1,834	+6.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–375	371	17	367.00–370.00	$368.07	$1,366	—
419	419	10	327.00	$327.00	$1,370	—
466	466	6	335.00	$335.00	$1,561	+5.00
571–587	577	22	245.00–280.00	$262.14	$1,513	-2.86

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	12	320.00	$320.00	$1,258	—
497	497	17	260.00	$260.00	$1,292	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,172	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1105	904	85-90%	18	60.00–85.00	$75.66	$684	—
860–1180	1022	85-90%	30	90.00–110.00	$102.00	$1,042	+3.20
865–1175	1067	85-90%	38	130.00–143.00	$139.62	$1,490	+15.67
830–1295	1072	85-90%	144	109.00–133.00	$120.02	$1,287	-3.93

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1460	1212	80-85%	130	120.00–139.00	$131.31	$1,591	-0.50
1110–1320	1232	80-85%	8	119.00–125.00	$122.44	$1,508	-9.37
1047–1475	1238	80-85%	68	135.00–150.00	$138.76	$1,718	+6.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1697	1446	75-80%	13	105.00–125.00	$120.58	$1,744	—
1330–1880	1531	75-80%	87	126.00–139.00	$132.92	$2,035	+10.75
1370–1870	1561	75-80%	37	136.00–151.00	$140.61	$2,195	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1620	1416	8	142.50–156.00	$150.92	$2,137	—
1220–2630	1738	35	134.50–172.00	$161.89	$2,814	-0.33
1497–2450	1911	19	170.00–194.00	$180.00	$3,440	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1095	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	179.00–223.00	$187.66	$1,544
920–1445	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	140.00–187.00	$155.49	$1,597

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
937	937	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	222.50	$222.50	$2,085
1126–1427	1277	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	180.00–200.00	$188.82	$2,411

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1116	1116	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1065–1350	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,550.00–2,120.00	$1,947.24
1045–1515	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	49	1,750.00–2,405.00	$2,124.56
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1215–1367	1306	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,125.00–2,200.00	$2,172.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1005–1405	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,150.00–2,200.00	$2,179.43
1153–1580	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	2,150.00–2,525.00	$2,336.46
1050–1640	1453	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,225.00–2,800.00	$2,559.95

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00
790–1090	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,425.00–1,635.00	$1,546.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1050	942	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,296.90
970–1010	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–740	727	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,550.00–1,560.00	$1,554.34

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
955–1085	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,529.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1000	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,225.00	$2,124.65

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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
1140–1145	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,550.00–3,100.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,097	—
824	824	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,533	—

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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.