Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 25, 2023

4,393 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $249.65/cwt -4.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,820/hd at 729 lb · 224 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $267.17/cwt +9.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,718/hd at 643 lb · 191 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $316.08/cwt +4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,514/hd at 479 lb · 148 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,393	4,408	6,149
Feeder cattle	3,614	3,391	5,424
Slaughter cattle	398	887	580
Replacement cattle	381	130	145

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 10.00 lower, yearlings steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	340.00	$340.00	$935	—
302–343	316	7	305.00–323.00	$312.23	$987	—
361–395	373	19	297.50–334.00	$314.39	$1,173	-31.80
380 unweaned	380	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,079	—
420–440	435	30	297.50–340.00	$328.01	$1,427	+0.53
455–487 unweaned	469	14	275.00–295.00	$284.72	$1,335	+10.31
453–497	480	134	295.00–340.00	$319.36	$1,533	+1.84
505 unweaned	505	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,358	-34.08
503–546	529	73	291.00–323.00	$306.45	$1,621	-9.80
559–585	568	15	277.50–286.00	$281.92	$1,601	-18.44
555–595	576	104	282.00–317.50	$307.72	$1,772	+7.36
584 unweaned	584	12	280.00	$280.00	$1,635	+7.29
600	600	10	276.00	$276.00	$1,656	-16.26
604–620 unweaned	611	15	259.00–277.50	$267.70	$1,636	+12.97
603–649	626	52	260.00–295.00	$285.53	$1,787	-6.73
652–698	662	35	254.00–291.00	$284.68	$1,885	+8.69
695	695	48	257.25	$257.25	$1,788	-18.74
725–738	729	61	271.00–275.75	$274.34	$2,000	+1.04
737 unweaned	737	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,791	+14.99
769–795	777	38	254.50–265.00	$261.89	$2,035	+0.70
810–820	814	50	251.75–260.00	$252.37	$2,054	+2.87
860	860	14	249.00	$249.00	$2,141	+15.93
1139	1139	18	185.25	$185.25	$2,110	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	4	308.00	$308.00	$841	—
309–315	311	6	300.00–305.00	$303.31	$943	+20.81
342 unweaned	342	5	302.50	$302.50	$1,035	—
355–390	374	9	280.00–320.00	$298.72	$1,117	-35.56
395 unweaned	395	12	257.50	$257.50	$1,017	—
400–415 unweaned	408	4	265.00–282.50	$273.91	$1,118	—
423–445	434	8	283.00–292.50	$288.07	$1,250	-30.93
453–493	477	37	266.00–307.50	$293.52	$1,400	+4.80
478 unweaned	478	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,219	-10.00
500–507 unweaned	506	20	256.00–270.50	$269.07	$1,361	—
505–548	523	29	253.00–295.00	$273.06	$1,428	-35.05
547 thin fleshed	547	5	291.00	$291.00	$1,592	—
555–592	572	25	261.00–288.00	$271.06	$1,550	-5.32
612–645	635	54	250.00–283.00	$271.16	$1,722	-1.64
652–688	671	54	252.00–267.00	$264.44	$1,774	+7.34
726–731	729	13	240.00–256.00	$244.90	$1,785	-7.27
766	766	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,900	+2.00
861–893	872	24	222.50–235.50	$231.06	$2,015	—
925	925	3	230.00	$230.00	$2,128	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–433 unweaned	422	12	260.00–324.00	$307.57	$1,298	—
591 unweaned	591	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,454	—
629	629	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,761	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	10	292.50	$292.50	$951	—
409	409	9	300.00	$300.00	$1,227	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 unweaned	345	5	235.00	$235.00	$811	—
540	540	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	—
686	686	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,578	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,485	-2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–328	322	7	275.00–295.00	$283.34	$912	-19.65
353–399	377	18	282.50–300.00	$292.87	$1,104	+0.57
357–398 unweaned	378	22	262.00–292.50	$276.49	$1,045	+13.99
401–449	425	88	248.00–297.00	$283.89	$1,207	-6.91
402–444 unweaned	437	12	252.00–273.00	$267.06	$1,167	+18.06
473–497 unweaned	484	11	263.00–270.00	$266.27	$1,289	-15.16
450–498	485	103	267.50–287.00	$280.31	$1,360	+1.69
486 fancy	486	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,507	—
500–540	517	55	246.00–285.00	$268.08	$1,386	-2.16
505–535 unweaned	519	10	258.00–263.00	$261.03	$1,355	-0.24
546	546	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,414	-11.24
560–594	587	72	257.00–274.50	$269.95	$1,585	+0.27
590 unweaned	590	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,404	—
592	592	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,362	-39.68
600	600	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,365	-35.22
620–625 unweaned	624	8	228.00	$228.00	$1,423	-21.03
629–647	645	179	261.00–279.75	$269.81	$1,740	+7.09
651–670	655	117	258.00–267.00	$265.27	$1,738	—
721–745	729	224	247.00–251.00	$249.65	$1,820	+14.65
750–790	761	77	223.75–239.75	$235.01	$1,788	-7.10
842	842	12	218.50	$218.50	$1,840	+2.50
903	903	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,978	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–299	296	9	259.00–299.00	$282.59	$836	-3.41
332–335	333	5	254.00–269.00	$262.97	$876	-7.77
358–380	369	13	268.00–281.00	$274.76	$1,014	-0.60
398 unweaned	398	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,035	—
401–445 unweaned	423	7	238.00–266.00	$252.83	$1,069	+6.05
405–448	426	31	261.00–279.00	$268.86	$1,145	-13.17
467	467	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,168	-21.76
451–498	472	61	236.00–279.00	$265.01	$1,251	-6.75
487 unweaned	487	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,169	-5.00
505–538	527	42	240.00–264.00	$258.87	$1,364	+1.07
530 unweaned	530	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,166	—
540	540	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,237	-28.80
558 unweaned	558	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,328	-3.67
556–598	566	29	229.00–260.00	$252.70	$1,430	-5.92
584	584	4	244.00	$244.00	$1,425	-14.62
605–645	621	21	240.00–270.00	$257.97	$1,602	+10.17
622 unweaned	622	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,350	—
673–698	686	12	239.00–250.00	$242.72	$1,665	-1.07
708–745	714	37	225.00–240.25	$237.21	$1,694	+8.05
823	823	8	215.50	$215.50	$1,774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	235.00	$235.00	$928	—
442 unweaned	442	2	200.00	$200.00	$884	—
522 unweaned	522	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,044	—
526	526	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,052	—
575	575	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,259	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,386	—
623	623	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,558	-10.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	8	248.00	$248.00	$1,490	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	235.00	$235.00	$698	—
391	391	5	211.00	$211.00	$825	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–342	319	9	260.00–313.00	$282.31	$901	-7.69
367–396	382	10	290.00–299.00	$294.67	$1,126	+16.50
400–444	428	24	255.00–313.00	$281.96	$1,207	+3.84
452–493	476	29	250.00–291.00	$266.35	$1,268	-5.94
512–545	532	9	252.50–271.00	$262.30	$1,395	+1.02
550–593	576	21	226.50–262.00	$247.10	$1,423	+0.13
633–647	637	15	226.00–243.00	$231.38	$1,474	-8.22
660	660	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,518	-16.80
702	702	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,537	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–475	471	19	291.00–319.00	$305.62	$1,439	—
591 unweaned	591	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,389	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	7	219.00	$219.00	$874	—
509	509	4	190.00	$190.00	$967	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1425	1162	80-85%	16	85.00–94.50	$91.92	$1,068	-2.27
975–1405	1208	80-85%	67	90.00–109.00	$99.65	$1,204	—
1020–1395	1253	80-85%	15	102.00–110.50	$106.87	$1,339	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1090	930	85-90%	3	60.00–66.00	$61.61	$573	—
850–1040	966	85-90%	7	61.50–84.00	$69.52	$672	-19.98
1000	1000	85-90%	1	98.00	$98.00	$980	—
850–1351	1108	85-90%	34	70.00–97.00	$86.00	$953	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1825	1441	75-80%	27	98.00–117.00	$108.28	$1,560	+11.40
1340–1515	1462	75-80%	6	110.00–120.00	$117.30	$1,715	+6.41
1275–1565	1468	75-80%	4	89.00–105.00	$94.04	$1,381	-16.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1605	1400	4	103.00–115.00	$108.10	$1,513	—
1320–2430	1661	18	113.50–131.50	$122.16	$2,029	+8.33
1650–2055	1827	6	128.50–137.50	$133.47	$2,438	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1230	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	37	125.00–194.00	$172.94	$1,608
835–1245	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	108.00–137.00	$121.23	$1,249
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	105.00	$105.00	$1,218

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,782

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,585.00	$1,585.00
1040–1290	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,350.00–1,625.00	$1,541.71
1245–1480	1334	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,475.00–1,775.00	$1,599.82

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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
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,760.00	$1,760.00	—
1150–1400	1259	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,785.00–2,200.00	$1,978.93	—

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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.