Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 17, 2025

10,590 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary report →

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $285.53/cwt +8.56 vs last sale · ≈ $2,373/hd at 831 lb · 613 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $328.95/cwt -0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,725/hd at 524 lb · 506 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $269.53/cwt +3.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,952/hd at 724 lb · 500 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	10,590	—	—

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 fancy	300	3	530.00	$530.00	$1,590	+10.00
307 unweaned	307	5	465.00	$465.00	$1,428	—
305–349	328	59	435.00–500.00	$467.37	$1,533	+1.92
352–397	372	41	440.00–500.00	$474.36	$1,765	+29.16
359–385 unweaned	379	18	425.00–460.00	$432.36	$1,639	—
409–410 unweaned	409	7	385.00–420.00	$395.02	$1,616	-5.10
404–449	425	168	400.00–460.00	$438.64	$1,864	+6.18
467–478 unweaned	475	16	362.50–390.00	$381.54	$1,812	+21.54
452–498	476	209	390.00–465.00	$424.87	$2,022	+11.22
500–546	520	259	365.00–415.00	$385.06	$2,002	+5.03
543 unweaned	543	9	340.00	$340.00	$1,846	—
557 unweaned	557	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,117	+48.59
551–598	572	372	340.00–400.00	$367.02	$2,099	+17.02
608 value added	608	13	350.00	$350.00	$2,128	+35.00
601–649	624	367	312.00–359.00	$337.68	$2,107	+9.66
652–696	672	378	306.00–350.00	$321.34	$2,159	+6.73
701–747	724	393	293.00–323.00	$312.11	$2,260	+12.78
754–795	776	488	285.00–295.00	$289.28	$2,245	+4.30
804–848	831	613	279.00–293.00	$285.53	$2,373	+8.56
851–889	873	301	265.00–272.50	$271.74	$2,372	+1.72
901–933	923	258	258.00–270.00	$263.92	$2,436	+3.21
955–995	981	29	251.00–256.00	$254.32	$2,495	-5.68
1002–1036	1018	28	243.00–245.00	$244.05	$2,484	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–348	332	39	380.00–430.00	$414.51	$1,376	+6.91
368 unweaned	368	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,490	—
350–393	378	67	390.00–440.00	$413.31	$1,562	+4.64
402–444	430	87	360.00–417.00	$402.74	$1,732	+24.75
453–498	476	70	355.00–400.00	$378.21	$1,800	+6.42
482–493 unweaned	484	72	350.00–360.00	$356.94	$1,728	—
501–541	519	56	340.00–370.00	$353.84	$1,836	-0.02
533 unweaned	533	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,759	—
569 unweaned	569	7	342.50	$342.50	$1,949	+12.50
550–599	580	230	310.00–350.00	$333.11	$1,932	+2.35
623 unweaned	623	17	295.00–307.00	$297.12	$1,851	+7.12
600–645	627	47	280.00–312.00	$304.39	$1,909	-0.36
652–699	687	196	285.00–302.50	$301.47	$2,071	+7.22
722–748	736	108	275.00–293.00	$287.45	$2,116	+11.78
753–781	773	52	267.00–281.00	$277.39	$2,144	+14.28
802–849	836	191	250.00–276.00	$271.24	$2,268	+8.05
863–885	873	19	262.00–265.00	$263.44	$2,300	+1.70
914–949	935	36	247.00–257.00	$253.21	$2,368	+9.67
972	972	5	241.00	$241.00	$2,343	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–347	337	9	255.00–370.00	$320.83	$1,081	-56.83
356–371	365	18	360.00–380.00	$371.29	$1,355	+1.08
451–475	471	18	325.00–340.00	$332.56	$1,566	+15.57
510–543	528	9	300.00–315.00	$306.44	$1,618	+14.08
773–795	779	11	257.00–267.00	$259.78	$2,024	—
825	825	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,972	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319	319	10	305.00	$305.00	$973	—
460	460	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,403	—
518–543	535	10	255.00–276.00	$271.63	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,214	—
465–469	467	12	290.00–320.00	$307.44	$1,436	—
543	543	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,358	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
971	971	4	230.00	$230.00	$2,233	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,584	-2.50

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,260	—
309–345	332	58	395.00–420.00	$408.34	$1,356	+12.26
350–395	377	106	360.00–410.00	$387.32	$1,460	+3.15
381 fancy	381	36	441.00	$441.00	$1,680	—
374–391 unweaned	386	25	370.00–382.50	$376.11	$1,452	+7.85
400–429 unweaned	415	15	372.50–377.50	$374.75	$1,555	+23.86
401–446	435	196	355.00–400.00	$374.97	$1,631	+10.16
451–496	466	333	335.00–370.00	$360.30	$1,679	+8.55
508 unweaned	508	46	318.00	$318.00	$1,615	-7.00
501–546	526	460	315.00–352.00	$330.04	$1,736	+0.54
566 value added	566	17	307.00	$307.00	$1,738	—
550–594	572	154	302.00–350.00	$318.19	$1,820	-7.27
600–643	626	423	287.50–314.00	$303.68	$1,901	+2.04
664 value added	664	18	282.00	$282.00	$1,872	—
651–695	674	372	274.00–295.00	$281.78	$1,899	+0.56
704–742	724	471	265.00–282.00	$269.69	$1,953	+3.85
725 value added	725	29	267.00	$267.00	$1,936	—
758–798	780	89	256.00–264.50	$261.10	$2,037	+2.13
801–840	816	114	241.00–257.00	$251.91	$2,056	+5.31
872	872	11	237.00	$237.00	$2,067	-0.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–343	329	19	330.00–370.00	$346.38	$1,140	-19.23
356–385 unweaned	379	19	335.00–365.00	$359.07	$1,361	—
365–399	386	61	335.00–360.00	$346.41	$1,337	-1.06
408–445	422	96	320.00–360.00	$340.20	$1,436	+0.13
425–440 unweaned	433	8	342.50–350.00	$346.32	$1,500	—
460–498	482	105	290.00–345.00	$326.36	$1,573	+4.20
483 unweaned	483	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,521	-22.50
502–547	530	129	280.00–315.00	$296.45	$1,571	-1.57
553–598	572	184	280.00–296.00	$290.90	$1,664	+6.09
563–595 unweaned	579	13	280.00–295.00	$288.51	$1,670	—
610 unweaned	610	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,678	—
602–648	627	162	262.00–295.00	$279.57	$1,753	+3.99
656 unweaned	656	4	262.50	$262.50	$1,722	—
651–696	677	72	250.00–290.00	$267.82	$1,813	+8.33
701–727	718	36	252.00–265.00	$258.00	$1,852	+12.14
750–760	754	34	240.00–262.00	$246.51	$1,859	-1.40
835	835	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,920	-0.48
883–886	884	12	227.00–234.00	$229.92	$2,032	+8.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,026	+5.00
381	381	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,257	+10.93
442–446	444	13	280.00–322.50	$299.91	$1,332	-18.35
459	459	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,377	+7.40
533	533	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,599	+22.50
568–578	572	16	255.00–285.00	$266.37	$1,524	-1.39
703	703	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,722	—
755–761	759	13	226.00–227.50	$226.46	$1,719	+10.04

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,647	—
673	673	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,750	—
1018	1018	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,934	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,409	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,267	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,323	-40.00
440	440	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,562	-25.52
472–497	488	35	335.00–367.50	$352.64	$1,721	-4.35
503–538	528	22	316.00–355.00	$322.35	$1,702	-8.76
548 unweaned	548	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,795	—
560–562	561	7	290.00–330.00	$318.60	$1,787	-1.10
662–695	679	18	270.00–292.00	$281.33	$1,910	-8.10
710–718	716	4	277.50–285.00	$279.36	$2,000	+24.24
767	767	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,071	+11.63
846	846	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,925	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,588	+16.27
373	373	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,641	-16.29
400–435	412	6	380.00–390.00	$386.48	$1,592	-20.25
458	458	2	417.00	$417.00	$1,910	+38.60
508	508	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,981	+28.65
547 unweaned	547	3	332.50	$332.50	$1,819	—
605–633	611	15	300.00–317.00	$312.09	$1,907	+3.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,321	—
431	431	7	320.00	$320.00	$1,379	—
485	485	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,528	-5.10
520–523	521	6	270.00–307.00	$294.62	$1,535	—
595	595	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,696	-0.20
645	645	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,677	-10.83

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1026–1368	1214	80-85%	94	139.00–150.00	$144.07	$1,749	+10.00
1025–1445	1232	80-85%	157	129.00–142.00	$136.40	$1,680	-8.64
1120–1330	1279	80-85%	9	110.00–125.00	$118.10	$1,510	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1210	882	85-90%	29	70.00–90.00	$79.28	$699	—
755–1160	989	85-90%	41	90.00–111.00	$98.59	$975	—
865–1220	1054	85-90%	45	127.50–137.50	$133.44	$1,406	—
825–1225	1055	85-90%	76	112.00–133.00	$124.00	$1,308	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$720	—
1285–1910	1463	75-80%	101	129.00–142.00	$136.93	$2,003	+0.10
1238–1840	1503	75-80%	50	141.00–157.00	$145.62	$2,189	—
1565	1565	75-80%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,878	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	6	175.00	$175.00	$2,502	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,940	—
1115–1785	1437	14	137.50–162.50	$153.87	$2,211	—
1325–2260	1705	56	160.00–182.50	$169.40	$2,888	—
1580–2495	1909	27	180.00–207.00	$185.80	$3,547	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
842–1095	903	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	175.00–217.50	$198.79	$1,795
830–1190	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	142.50–190.00	$162.13	$1,680
885–1450	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	141.00–188.00	$167.08	$1,863

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
723–1081	958	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	202.50–230.00	$210.98	$2,021
1165–1307	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	180.00–200.00	$187.45	$2,343

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
877	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,316

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
943	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,462

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1067	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,707

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1310	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,775.00–2,750.00	$2,131.46
1175–1180	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,100.00–2,170.00	$2,134.93
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,825.00	$1,825.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–985	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,612.15
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,735.00	$1,735.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1130–1150	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,600.00–1,925.00	$1,716.87

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360–1660	1477	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,800.00–2,800.00	$2,294.44

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250–1260	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,550.00–3,000.00	$2,886.83
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1410–1560	1448	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,346.11

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
850–940	910	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	+458.33
980–1090	1033	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	2,150.00–2,700.00	$2,482.14	-59.53
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,050.00	$3,050.00	+305.21

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
750–900	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,300.00–3,150.00	$2,866.67	—
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,275.00	$3,275.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.