Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 25, 2026

1,635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $456.17/cwt +17.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,137/hd at 468 lb · 38 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $364.54/cwt -5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,619/hd at 718 lb · 35 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $352.80/cwt -1.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,376/hd at 673 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,635	14,873	2,335
Feeder cattle	814	13,378	1,553
Slaughter cattle	583	961	120
Replacement cattle	238	534	662

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a very light test of feeders sold with mostly weak to lower undertones. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower and bulls sold steady.

▼ Feeder cattle: a very light test of feeders sold with mostly weak to lower undertones
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower and bulls sold steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–330	315	3	550.00–600.00	$582.56	$1,835	-54.67
365–395	389	14	510.00–545.00	$534.45	$2,079	-40.19
405–440	423	2	470.00–495.00	$483.02	$2,043	-45.05
440–443 unweaned	442	5	460.00–475.00	$465.98	$2,060	-65.29
460–498	482	19	465.00–487.50	$478.38	$2,306	-22.95
486 unweaned	486	5	480.00	$480.00	$2,333	-13.44
525–545	533	15	430.00–460.00	$450.27	$2,400	-19.18
550–598	576	18	410.00–430.00	$419.88	$2,419	-16.54
590 unweaned	590	4	407.50	$407.50	$2,404	-42.50
600–649	634	24	380.00–410.00	$400.13	$2,537	-12.31
652 value added	652	3	377.50	$377.50	$2,461	—
655–676	671	8	370.00–375.00	$373.78	$2,508	-23.39
672 unweaned	672	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,419	—
706–741	718	32	355.00–377.50	$364.03	$2,614	-6.02
723 unweaned	723	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,675	—
765	765	7	367.00	$367.00	$2,808	+13.41
803–843	816	10	342.50–350.00	$347.18	$2,833	-3.31
905	905	2	315.00–338.00	$326.50	$2,955	-1.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–340	327	5	610.00	$610.00	$1,995	-74.10
360–397	386	9	550.00–590.00	$559.40	$2,159	-63.89
409–426	418	9	525.00–545.00	$533.69	$2,231	-39.71
452–484	467	20	490.00–515.00	$501.78	$2,343	-40.53
514–515	514	6	462.50–490.00	$467.92	$2,405	-43.37
554–570	556	9	440.00–445.00	$444.43	$2,471	-27.45
558 unweaned	558	2	430.00	$430.00	$2,399	-26.92
601 unweaned	601	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,494	-7.51
606–618	612	12	417.50–426.00	$423.55	$2,592	-20.32
665–685	681	5	387.50–390.00	$387.99	$2,642	-29.69
701–712 unweaned	704	10	375.00–380.00	$376.52	$2,651	-14.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	470.00	$470.00	$1,551	-30.00
388	388	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,901	+2.62
492	492	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,066	-46.74
505–545	519	6	400.00–425.00	$407.61	$2,115	+5.64
760	760	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,470	-10.00
957	957	3	281.00	$281.00	$2,689	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	2	286.00	$286.00	$3,160	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	520.00–540.00	$529.92	$1,765	-22.68
355–390	379	4	487.50–515.00	$497.08	$1,884	-17.70
400–445	431	13	450.00–485.00	$475.67	$2,050	+4.05
458–461 unweaned	460	9	450.00–457.50	$454.18	$2,089	+21.70
450–488	471	29	435.00–470.00	$456.79	$2,151	+17.36
516–538	530	24	412.50–427.50	$420.12	$2,227	+11.92
570–590 unweaned	580	8	385.00–395.00	$390.09	$2,263	+10.09
570–592	582	18	370.00–395.00	$384.89	$2,240	-9.11
619 unweaned	619	7	377.50	$377.50	$2,337	—
600–645	622	7	367.50–397.50	$376.71	$2,343	+9.44
664 value added	664	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,291	—
669 unweaned	669	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,308	—
650–695	676	24	330.00–365.00	$355.72	$2,405	+1.49
700–744	724	9	330.00–340.00	$337.84	$2,446	+3.14
795	795	2	300.00–337.50	$318.75	$2,534	-10.80
912	912	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,827	+15.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	6	550.00–610.00	$564.53	$1,806	-51.75
362–375	366	8	520.00–545.00	$538.01	$1,969	-31.56
422–434	429	15	490.00–500.00	$493.32	$2,116	-10.27
455–469	463	9	470.00–472.50	$471.41	$2,183	-6.67
485 unweaned	485	10	460.00	$460.00	$2,231	-2.99
510–519	517	5	437.50–440.00	$437.99	$2,264	+1.89
558 unweaned	558	5	410.00	$410.00	$2,288	-15.00
561–597	574	9	400.00–411.00	$407.08	$2,337	-12.77
605–633	621	21	395.00–415.00	$404.21	$2,510	-2.00
653–668 unweaned	659	5	370.00–405.00	$384.19	$2,532	+17.19
665	665	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,594	+10.60
820	820	11	330.00	$330.00	$2,706	-13.23
916	916	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,931	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,778	-22.63
452–490	465	3	422.50–435.00	$430.61	$2,002	+20.10
507 unweaned	507	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,927	—
520–530	527	3	405.00–410.00	$406.65	$2,143	+27.80
555–575	565	2	370.00–380.00	$375.09	$2,119	+17.78

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,883	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,072	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	418	6	485.00–520.00	$505.56	$2,113	-15.42
458–479 unweaned	473	7	472.50–475.00	$473.19	$2,238	—
452–498	485	18	440.00–480.00	$455.71	$2,210	-40.59
505–546	530	9	425.00–455.00	$435.77	$2,310	-26.63
560–580 unweaned	573	6	410.00–417.50	$415.06	$2,378	—
564–590	576	15	405.00–435.00	$418.83	$2,412	-1.71
600–637	620	14	375.00–405.00	$394.70	$2,447	-8.78
650–694	684	7	360.00–370.00	$362.08	$2,477	-7.80
690 unweaned	690	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,450	—
712	712	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,492	-18.16
750–785	768	2	320.00–350.00	$335.34	$2,575	-19.66
802–815	809	4	312.50–325.00	$318.80	$2,579	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	5	545.00	$545.00	$2,218	-25.00
462 unweaned	462	3	505.00	$505.00	$2,333	—
626 unweaned	626	7	402.00	$402.00	$2,517	-28.00
605–635	630	6	407.50–420.00	$409.50	$2,580	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	3	440.00	$440.00	$1,817	—
470–475	473	3	430.00–450.00	$436.62	$2,065	-28.38
712	712	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,385	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1347	1213	80-85%	60	182.00–195.00	$184.27	$2,235	+6.62
1060–1346	1213	80-85%	154	165.00–182.00	$173.24	$2,101	-4.41
1020–1387	1237	80-85%	18	147.50–162.50	$158.56	$1,961	-29.94

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1035	884	85-90%	10	80.00–125.00	$109.56	$969	-9.20
778–1215	972	85-90%	26	130.00–142.50	$137.08	$1,332	-4.90
840–1210	1039	85-90%	29	165.00–180.00	$171.01	$1,777	-6.14
840–1208	1045	85-90%	64	145.00–164.00	$156.91	$1,640	-20.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1358–1700	1454	75-80%	35	167.50–180.00	$174.87	$2,543	+10.35
1305–1755	1490	75-80%	37	180.00–190.00	$183.51	$2,734	+4.14
1410–1685	1490	75-80%	4	151.00–160.00	$156.67	$2,334	-22.70

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1910	1910	65-75%	1	220.00	$220.00	$4,202	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	2	225.00	$225.00	$2,880	—
1315–2200	1610	6	191.00–208.00	$200.73	$3,232	-7.12
1332–2350	1719	24	211.00–235.00	$221.13	$3,801	-1.17
1620–2230	1922	16	231.00–251.00	$240.92	$4,630	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–960	894	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	240.00–310.00	$254.56	$2,276
851–1122	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	271.00–313.00	$292.41	$2,778
1280	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	220.00	$220.00	$2,816

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	292.50	$292.50	$2,325
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	197.50	$197.50	$1,817

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1158–1180	1162	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	196.00–220.00	$215.13	$2,500

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
906	906	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,718
963	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	325.00	$325.00	$3,130

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
762	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,286

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1100–1140	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,538.69
1045–1675	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	2,800.00–3,400.00	$2,963.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1255	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	2,200.00–2,600.00	$2,432.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1355	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	3,750.00–4,350.00	$3,962.80

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1040	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,737.55
900–960	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,500.00	$3,292.55

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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	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1050–1140	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	4,400.00–4,450.00	$4,416.67	+516.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

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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.