Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 19, 2025

11,192 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $274.42/cwt -2.64 vs last sale · ≈ $2,519/hd at 918 lb · 635 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $293.44/cwt -6.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,456/hd at 837 lb · 460 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $389.48/cwt +0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $2,205/hd at 566 lb · 435 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	11,192	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	323	15	440.00–520.00	$493.83	$1,595	-48.36
354–386	363	38	430.00–500.00	$452.89	$1,644	-26.89
392 unweaned	392	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,686	—
400–447	427	255	412.00–500.00	$464.67	$1,984	+1.60
462–472 unweaned	468	9	380.00–385.00	$382.80	$1,792	—
451–492	473	225	387.50–475.00	$433.85	$2,052	-17.40
508 unweaned	508	12	375.00	$375.00	$1,905	+13.26
500–546	525	226	370.00–447.00	$415.94	$2,184	-1.66
550–582	566	430	365.00–407.00	$389.88	$2,207	+0.01
568 unweaned	568	5	355.00	$355.00	$2,016	-8.23
605 unweaned	605	12	327.50	$327.50	$1,981	—
600–630	612	287	337.50–375.00	$362.05	$2,216	-11.12
652–694	670	129	322.50–354.00	$337.60	$2,262	-9.99
704–742	717	125	315.00–332.50	$322.76	$2,314	+0.13
765 value added	765	20	300.00	$300.00	$2,295	—
752–791	767	198	295.00–316.00	$300.63	$2,306	-4.31
807–848	837	460	289.75–299.00	$293.44	$2,456	-6.17
851–871	859	158	280.00–298.00	$288.95	$2,482	-2.31
907–945	918	635	273.75–280.00	$274.42	$2,519	-2.64
951–972	971	62	266.00–268.00	$266.09	$2,584	-3.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–341	333	27	427.50–480.00	$448.27	$1,493	-51.65
353–394	371	45	400.00–440.00	$428.73	$1,591	-12.65
400–449	432	97	385.00–440.00	$421.68	$1,822	+1.45
450–499	477	222	360.00–425.00	$399.32	$1,905	-2.74
485 unweaned	485	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,746	-16.34
500–549	529	233	340.00–400.00	$377.75	$1,998	-14.77
510–545 unweaned	532	3	335.00–355.00	$344.97	$1,835	-28.13
550–599	579	315	337.50–373.00	$364.02	$2,108	-1.78
567–596 unweaned	582	6	340.00–345.00	$341.62	$1,988	—
602–649	624	268	315.00–351.00	$338.69	$2,113	-6.77
650–696	685	91	295.00–330.00	$319.03	$2,185	-1.34
705–747	725	255	275.00–312.00	$300.96	$2,182	-2.30
751–793	779	210	270.00–298.00	$289.68	$2,257	+12.09
805–849	835	274	280.00–287.50	$284.81	$2,378	-6.61
850–899	886	297	274.00–279.00	$276.06	$2,446	-1.66
910–937	914	369	266.00–272.00	$270.51	$2,472	-4.53
982–984	982	63	259.50–266.00	$260.22	$2,555	+8.72
1061	1061	6	251.00	$251.00	$2,663	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–378	373	13	365.00–380.00	$373.40	$1,393	-36.60
405–445	432	9	370.00–380.00	$376.87	$1,628	—
470–498	484	80	330.00–380.00	$363.52	$1,759	+2.04
512–532	516	6	320.00–347.50	$341.11	$1,760	—
562–594	577	43	307.00–335.00	$324.95	$1,875	-6.96
603–646	629	21	280.00–309.00	$294.40	$1,852	—
680–695	687	18	265.00–295.00	$273.05	$1,876	-20.95
876	876	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,971	—
939	939	10	245.00	$245.00	$2,301	—
997	997	10	242.00	$242.00	$2,413	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	10	367.50	$367.50	$2,216	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,190	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,530	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	2	196.00	$196.00	$2,528	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	324	17	420.00–455.00	$436.73	$1,415	-20.56
352–395	379	119	405.00–460.00	$438.94	$1,664	-7.08
406–415 unweaned	409	9	380.00–385.00	$383.31	$1,568	—
400–448	431	177	380.00–440.00	$408.67	$1,761	-6.95
452–496	468	228	352.50–430.00	$397.61	$1,861	+7.25
500–549	523	365	330.00–380.00	$358.46	$1,875	-6.65
523–545 unweaned	529	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,746	±0.00
535 fancy	535	8	415.00	$415.00	$2,220	—
550–594	569	353	310.00–347.50	$331.43	$1,886	-8.61
581 unweaned	581	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,845	—
609 unweaned	609	6	294.00	$294.00	$1,790	—
600–645	615	239	305.00–330.00	$316.93	$1,949	-2.50
650–684	667	32	285.00–310.00	$304.54	$2,031	-0.96
706 value added	706	27	276.00	$276.00	$1,949	—
704–730	712	233	275.00–309.00	$298.19	$2,123	-5.81
760–788	780	153	275.00–298.00	$280.24	$2,186	-3.18
800–840	830	195	260.00–274.00	$270.14	$2,242	-4.55
850–878	870	99	257.00–264.50	$262.43	$2,283	+8.72
966–973	970	18	240.00–252.00	$245.31	$2,380	-6.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	324	20	375.00–440.00	$415.27	$1,345	-16.14
355–392	371	44	375.00–430.00	$400.11	$1,484	+7.80
392 unweaned	392	5	387.50	$387.50	$1,519	—
417–430 unweaned	423	9	360.00–365.00	$362.26	$1,532	+0.27
402–444	426	113	350.00–380.00	$366.11	$1,560	-8.01
450–497	475	198	325.00–365.00	$342.91	$1,629	-14.31
489 unweaned	489	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,589	-20.08
500–549	528	357	300.00–342.50	$325.28	$1,717	-6.24
551–597	574	163	292.00–321.00	$308.13	$1,769	-7.57
604–643	620	55	265.00–308.00	$287.75	$1,784	-0.13
650–694	678	133	275.00–297.00	$287.81	$1,951	-5.61
701–748	728	39	262.00–274.00	$270.76	$1,971	-7.07
725–735 unweaned	728	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,711	—
750–792	790	79	253.00–273.00	$270.97	$2,141	+1.41
839	839	35	262.50	$262.50	$2,202	—
868–878	874	18	240.00–255.00	$250.61	$2,190	+3.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–341	338	15	360.00–365.00	$363.32	$1,228	—
393	393	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,415	±0.00
402–448	423	13	310.00–350.00	$322.33	$1,363	-7.67
455–498	477	29	297.50–330.00	$314.83	$1,502	-21.50
525–545	539	4	280.00–300.00	$291.33	$1,570	-32.64
572–585	576	6	255.00–285.00	$271.68	$1,565	-21.24
645	645	2	240.00–250.00	$245.00	$1,580	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	8	315.00	$315.00	$1,222	—
436	436	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,243	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	6	260.00	$260.00	$2,231	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–334	332	11	450.00–470.00	$460.86	$1,530	—
405–430	420	3	350.00–360.00	$354.90	$1,491	-71.82
452–488	471	13	340.00–390.00	$362.27	$1,706	-10.54
500–538	533	20	320.00–357.00	$332.21	$1,771	-30.13
550–590	571	13	322.50–350.00	$331.72	$1,894	-7.57
600–628	613	37	300.00–322.00	$315.33	$1,933	—
660–687	675	26	255.00–315.00	$294.50	$1,988	-28.58
757	757	10	275.00	$275.00	$2,082	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384–385 unweaned	384	6	420.00–425.00	$420.84	$1,616	—
410 unweaned	410	2	392.50	$392.50	$1,609	—
415–445	436	10	390.00–427.00	$412.15	$1,797	—
450–471	469	14	375.00–410.00	$405.49	$1,902	-14.02
520–540	530	2	360.00–370.00	$364.91	$1,934	-26.93
566–568	567	9	355.00–360.00	$358.33	$2,032	-10.26
600–619	607	14	310.00–345.00	$315.29	$1,914	-12.12
788	788	5	290.00	$290.00	$2,285	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–590	576	22	320.00–325.00	$321.65	$1,853	-8.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1320–1420	1353	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	3,250.00–3,300.00	$3,282.51	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1395	1187	80-85%	179	135.00–158.00	$149.21	$1,771	+1.00
1030–1430	1212	80-85%	98	151.00–166.00	$154.95	$1,878	-1.04
975–1360	1217	80-85%	15	126.00–147.50	$134.23	$1,634	-21.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1145	925	85-90%	44	107.50–125.00	$118.55	$1,097	—
855–1140	993	85-90%	5	80.00–105.00	$88.35	$877	—
965–1200	1039	85-90%	20	145.00–162.50	$151.25	$1,571	+16.02
730–1295	1042	85-90%	99	125.00–149.00	$137.17	$1,429	+1.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1560	1431	75-80%	8	120.00–145.00	$140.78	$2,015	—
1210–1960	1486	75-80%	68	140.00–158.00	$148.65	$2,209	—
1360–1945	1528	75-80%	54	151.00–164.00	$154.76	$2,365	-1.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,988	—
1270–1595	1427	8	155.00–168.00	$161.45	$2,304	—
1255–2165	1663	35	165.00–192.00	$179.52	$2,985	—
1210–2190	1822	40	187.50–223.00	$201.81	$3,677	+6.93

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–980	973	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	210.00–220.00	$214.96	$2,092
720–1185	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	162.00–215.00	$178.03	$1,812
1005–1125	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	157.00–177.50	$170.19	$1,756

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1085	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	200.00–223.00	$212.03	$2,201

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
973	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	175.00	$175.00	$1,703

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	167.50	$167.50	$1,658

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1235	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,600.00–2,500.00	$2,162.81
960–1490	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	1,725.00–2,900.00	$2,501.29
1025–1325	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	68	1,700.00–2,225.00	$2,076.71
1200–1220	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,825.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1680	1294	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,575.00–2,850.00	$2,661.26
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1405–1490	1448	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,375.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828	828	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1140–1180	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,200.00	$2,200.00
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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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
1050–1260	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	2,200.00–3,850.00	$3,282.50	+602.50
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00	$3,400.00	+116.67
1060–1535	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	45	2,500.00–3,250.00	$2,941.67	-655.55
1203	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,350.00	$2,350.00	-1,650.00
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	-645.45
1492	1492	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1426	1426	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–940	933	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,775.00	-2,105.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

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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.