Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 17, 2026 Corrected report

4,715 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $306.25/cwt -14.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,943/hd at 961 lb · 465 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $328.03/cwt -15.39 vs last sale · ≈ $2,329/hd at 710 lb · 325 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $322.81/cwt -17.05 vs last sale · ≈ $2,557/hd at 792 lb · 238 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,715	5,955	5,214
Feeder cattle	4,427	5,143	4,576
Slaughter cattle	171	487	452
Replacement cattle	117	325	186

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 12.00 lower, Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower and bulls 8.00-10.00 lower.

▼ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 12.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower and bulls 8.00-10.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	5	570.00	$570.00	$1,630	—
330–345	338	4	500.00–540.00	$520.44	$1,759	-40.05
360–395	377	3	480.00–495.00	$486.44	$1,834	-37.43
415–449	432	25	445.00–470.00	$460.81	$1,991	-6.06
451–498	474	25	430.00–460.00	$441.55	$2,093	+0.82
512–548	528	228	365.00–430.00	$402.77	$2,127	+6.31
552–595	583	74	360.00–397.00	$375.68	$2,190	-13.29
600–646	632	80	351.00–380.00	$366.62	$2,317	-7.76
651–695	668	39	345.00–367.50	$358.29	$2,393	-5.90
705–743	716	78	320.00–345.00	$339.23	$2,429	-21.62
763–796	792	238	318.00–330.00	$322.81	$2,557	-17.05
801–836	820	236	295.00–335.00	$330.76	$2,712	-5.64
860–897	882	201	300.00–315.00	$306.27	$2,701	-22.72
908–930	910	83	310.00–316.00	$310.52	$2,826	-11.75
980	980	25	280.00	$280.00	$2,744	-31.20
1017–1048	1024	19	285.00–286.00	$285.22	$2,921	+9.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–325	322	5	520.00–600.00	$551.52	$1,776	-97.96
400–441	427	10	485.00–500.00	$490.32	$2,094	-16.87
455–488	469	7	465.00–480.00	$473.31	$2,220	-6.51
469 unweaned	469	7	450.00	$450.00	$2,110	—
505–549	539	35	435.00–470.00	$462.84	$2,495	+21.21
553–572	566	12	400.00–430.00	$416.18	$2,356	-5.74
594 unweaned	594	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,317	—
600–628	612	123	387.00–407.00	$395.46	$2,420	-14.25
628 unweaned	628	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,355	—
662–685	665	100	370.00–387.50	$381.68	$2,538	+1.44
702–723	713	74	355.00–374.00	$367.01	$2,617	-10.39
714 unweaned	714	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,428	—
751–799	768	126	334.00–355.00	$345.85	$2,656	-5.71
800–828	803	139	335.00	$335.00	$2,690	-13.52
850–892	874	105	318.00–331.00	$322.77	$2,821	-13.02
925	925	58	325.50	$325.50	$3,011	-6.47
961	961	465	306.25	$306.25	$2,943	-14.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388 unweaned	388	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,707	—
357–394	390	48	460.00–500.00	$494.73	$1,929	-5.27
427–448	438	19	380.00–420.00	$395.44	$1,732	-50.15
472–485	480	8	400.00–410.00	$405.02	$1,944	+7.68
500–549	519	18	350.00–400.00	$373.95	$1,941	-59.81
550–598	573	42	315.00–360.00	$351.58	$2,015	—
610–625	619	5	340.00–345.00	$343.03	$2,123	-6.97
662–667	665	13	325.00–357.50	$337.28	$2,243	+0.28
779	779	15	275.00	$275.00	$2,142	-40.00
858	858	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,574	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,570	—
465	465	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,558	—
788	788	39	259.00	$259.00	$2,041	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	580.00	$580.00	$1,810	+71.51
410–440	426	18	420.00–445.00	$427.61	$1,822	-5.26
463 unweaned	463	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,945	—
513–532 unweaned	518	16	385.00–405.00	$398.93	$2,066	—
505–542	526	98	370.00–410.00	$384.54	$2,023	-11.32
553–589	579	43	360.00–390.00	$378.76	$2,193	-10.56
601–638	612	40	348.00–365.00	$355.72	$2,177	-19.80
661	661	15	345.00	$345.00	$2,280	-15.62
708–710	710	323	328.00–330.00	$328.02	$2,329	-15.40
710 unweaned	710	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,343	—
802–811	807	30	312.00–316.00	$313.86	$2,533	-16.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	22	470.00	$470.00	$1,382	—
300 unweaned	300	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,290	—
322–345	330	6	450.00–460.00	$456.51	$1,506	+10.38
358–360	359	5	460.00	$460.00	$1,651	+11.81
392 unweaned	392	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,705	-25.00
400–420 unweaned	407	3	360.00–430.00	$384.10	$1,563	-15.90
405–448	442	108	365.00–430.00	$394.54	$1,744	-7.98
450–495	469	20	350.00–410.00	$374.45	$1,756	-16.23
505–545	526	33	335.00–390.00	$352.90	$1,856	-12.00
510–538 unweaned	528	8	360.00–375.00	$369.56	$1,951	-15.44
552–585	578	16	330.00–370.00	$342.46	$1,979	-20.33
605–644	622	73	325.00–350.00	$339.62	$2,112	-8.26
642 unweaned	642	4	320.00	$320.00	$2,054	-20.00
655–672 unweaned	668	4	300.00–325.00	$318.87	$2,130	—
650–687	674	32	322.00–345.00	$330.64	$2,229	-13.69
705–743	734	5	302.50–320.00	$315.12	$2,313	-9.68
782–790	782	39	282.00–294.00	$293.38	$2,294	-24.77
810–843	830	87	285.00–305.00	$299.06	$2,482	-13.81
862	862	7	290.00	$290.00	$2,500	-13.00
976	976	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,255	—
367–381	370	22	420.00–435.00	$428.34	$1,585	—
475–490	483	10	315.00–375.00	$337.20	$1,629	—
510–545	535	5	317.00–375.00	$333.30	$1,783	+5.30
575–596	585	15	320.00–332.00	$327.44	$1,916	-17.56
623–632	624	28	280.00–300.00	$282.89	$1,765	—
836–841	839	6	280.00	$280.00	$2,349	—
928	928	4	255.00	$255.00	$2,366	—
950–972	953	17	252.00–255.00	$252.36	$2,405	-23.64

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,409	—
445	445	9	275.00	$275.00	$1,224	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378 unweaned	378	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,833	—
400–445	433	8	445.00–455.00	$448.59	$1,942	-33.80
450–480	460	4	425.00–450.00	$436.06	$2,006	+22.21
500–535	512	8	395.00–445.00	$417.17	$2,136	-5.25
525 unweaned	525	9	400.00	$400.00	$2,100	—
555–591	580	8	350.00–370.00	$363.64	$2,109	-2.51
621–630 unweaned	624	8	330.00	$330.00	$2,059	—
640	640	6	357.00	$357.00	$2,285	-16.10
733	733	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,126	-30.00
785 unweaned	785	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,355	—
790–795	793	4	285.00–295.00	$292.51	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	425.00	$425.00	$1,908	—
492	492	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,968	+25.37
527–540	534	4	330.00–410.00	$370.49	$1,978	+15.49
545 unweaned	545	6	385.00	$385.00	$2,098	—
598	598	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,033	—
643	643	9	310.00	$310.00	$1,993	—
650	650	2	317.00	$317.00	$2,060	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–516	510	8	410.00–435.00	$419.20	$2,138	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1342	1214	80-85%	24	165.00–175.00	$169.07	$2,053	-17.62
1130–1345	1214	80-85%	12	150.00–160.00	$156.76	$1,903	-29.93
1050–1345	1233	80-85%	13	175.00–187.50	$180.87	$2,230	+9.12

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
853–1140	1001	85-90%	13	125.00–145.00	$137.55	$1,377	-39.88
750–1190	1040	85-90%	10	95.00–120.00	$111.41	$1,159	-66.02
835–1215	1043	85-90%	19	147.50–165.00	$153.74	$1,604	-23.69

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1575	1427	75-80%	7	165.00–175.00	$170.74	$2,436	-15.27
1400–1705	1547	75-80%	6	145.00–162.50	$155.95	$2,413	—
1475–1710	1616	75-80%	4	182.50–189.00	$184.89	$2,988	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530	1530	65-75%	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,984	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2300	1786	22	192.50–216.00	$205.18	$3,665	-11.30
1835	1835	1	217.50	$217.50	$3,991	—
1645–1995	1935	10	160.00–194.00	$187.58	$3,630	-43.15

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
932–1080	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	205.00	$205.00	$2,032

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	240.00	$240.00	$2,700

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1160	1086	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,203.68
1060–1125	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	2,850.00–3,400.00	$3,112.67
1075–1205	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,688.12
1115–1425	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,984.54
1110–1360	1218	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,160.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	3,700.00	$3,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00

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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
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	5,200.00	$5,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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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.