Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 19, 2024

4,722 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.05/cwt +0.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 685 lb · 532 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $247.09/cwt -13.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,932/hd at 782 lb · 335 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.24/cwt +2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,602/hd at 582 lb · 277 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,722	3,252	826
Feeder cattle	4,425	2,952	745
Slaughter cattle	247	230	0
Replacement cattle	50	70	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows uneven from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher, few spots 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 unweaned	350	15	352.00	$352.00	$1,232	—
358	358	11	389.00	$389.00	$1,393	—
412–430	422	7	335.00–353.00	$345.26	$1,457	+9.27
451–496	477	38	304.00–336.00	$323.30	$1,542	-5.07
504–519 thin fleshed	513	29	322.00–330.00	$324.98	$1,667	—
512–528	525	14	310.00–316.00	$312.59	$1,641	-7.54
553 unweaned	553	8	279.00	$279.00	$1,543	—
550–599	574	78	283.00–302.50	$293.94	$1,687	-12.10
608–609 thin fleshed	609	31	308.00	$308.00	$1,876	—
600–646	623	116	270.00–300.00	$283.96	$1,769	-6.54
652–697	677	67	264.00–280.50	$273.25	$1,850	-5.43
703–747	726	157	251.50–276.25	$264.68	$1,922	-7.85
754–794	782	335	244.00–259.50	$247.09	$1,932	-13.78
835	835	5	246.50	$246.50	$2,058	-2.00
878	878	9	239.00	$239.00	$2,098	-6.51
904	904	21	216.00	$216.00	$1,953	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 thin fleshed	335	14	396.00	$396.00	$1,327	—
344	344	7	329.00	$329.00	$1,132	—
391–392 unweaned	391	16	321.00–360.00	$335.65	$1,312	—
395	395	8	335.00	$335.00	$1,323	-19.00
409–443	424	16	299.00–315.00	$306.30	$1,299	—
437 unweaned	437	7	320.50	$320.50	$1,401	—
453–484	474	16	282.50–304.00	$296.97	$1,408	-8.96
493 unweaned	493	27	303.75	$303.75	$1,497	—
504–545	517	34	282.50–305.00	$295.58	$1,528	-4.01
528 unweaned	528	13	280.00	$280.00	$1,478	—
553–587	576	59	269.00–290.00	$281.75	$1,623	+3.32
601–646	629	106	254.00–275.00	$263.87	$1,660	-11.70
641	641	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,602	-25.57
652–693	681	47	247.50–264.00	$258.06	$1,757	-4.44
708–712	710	12	250.00–260.00	$252.99	$1,796	-3.46
733 unweaned	733	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,811	—
752–783	765	17	238.50–244.00	$240.51	$1,840	-4.61
806–844	832	13	227.50–239.00	$230.93	$1,921	-26.07
935	935	3	222.00	$222.00	$2,076	-5.00
958	958	4	218.50	$218.50	$2,093	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521–545	533	16	258.00–260.00	$258.98	$1,380	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395 unweaned	395	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,066	—
953	953	4	210.00	$210.00	$2,001	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	5	289.00	$289.00	$1,584	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	337.50	$337.50	$1,174	—
382	382	14	306.00	$306.00	$1,169	-6.50
413 thin fleshed	413	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,322	—
408–433 unweaned	425	13	297.50	$297.50	$1,264	+16.50
450–490	469	48	272.00–298.00	$291.47	$1,367	-6.13
505–548	530	80	262.00–287.00	$274.47	$1,455	-3.95
553–598	582	277	258.00–283.00	$275.24	$1,602	+2.13
613 fancy	613	5	279.00	$279.00	$1,710	—
609–635	624	212	253.00–273.00	$265.95	$1,660	+0.42
633–634	633	15	240.00–252.00	$247.20	$1,565	-18.33
675	675	20	239.50	$239.50	$1,617	-15.46
656–697	685	512	234.00–270.50	$255.66	$1,751	+0.70
703–744	717	149	235.00–250.50	$246.24	$1,766	-6.94
734	734	15	232.50	$232.50	$1,707	-20.68
762	762	15	228.00	$228.00	$1,737	-16.50
751–792	777	8	228.00–229.50	$228.96	$1,779	-15.54
810	810	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,782	—
857–877	874	35	211.50–219.50	$212.89	$1,861	-14.11
932–939	935	9	204.00–210.50	$206.90	$1,935	—
953	953	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,992	—
1049	1049	27	195.00	$195.00	$2,046	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324 thin fleshed	324	18	350.00	$350.00	$1,134	—
343	343	3	311.00	$311.00	$1,067	-21.00
363 unweaned	363	6	274.00	$274.00	$995	—
354–393	371	17	287.50–319.00	$307.85	$1,142	—
412–440	429	20	300.00–308.00	$303.31	$1,301	—
467–499	476	26	278.00–281.00	$278.96	$1,328	-15.35
507 thin fleshed	507	5	289.00	$289.00	$1,465	—
500–539	519	79	242.00–280.00	$265.97	$1,380	-9.49
550–592	576	73	229.00–265.00	$250.00	$1,440	-3.75
608–645	629	70	241.00–262.00	$252.14	$1,586	+11.64
625–641 unweaned	634	14	230.00–235.00	$232.11	$1,472	—
652–693	668	44	229.50–252.50	$239.53	$1,600	-19.63
652–693	679	9	228.00–229.00	$228.68	$1,553	-30.48
681 unweaned	681	5	231.50	$231.50	$1,577	—
713–731	723	38	228.00–238.75	$234.52	$1,696	—
757–777	769	19	217.00–229.50	$224.18	$1,724	-11.28
888	888	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	12	246.00	$246.00	$1,442	—
640–643	641	14	235.00–245.00	$241.42	$1,548	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	7	252.00	$252.00	$1,376	—
667	667	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,541	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374 thin fleshed	374	7	298.00	$298.00	$1,115	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,380	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,611	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	346.00	$346.00	$1,055	-38.00
400–433	409	10	306.00–342.00	$314.76	$1,287	+23.77
453–466	460	16	260.00–315.00	$297.93	$1,370	+15.09
510–529	521	14	268.00–295.00	$276.80	$1,442	-11.20
561–577	571	8	250.00–268.00	$256.63	$1,465	—
618–640	629	9	228.00–257.00	$242.79	$1,527	-10.26
660–690	678	13	235.00–250.00	$242.33	$1,643	—
778	778	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,595	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,116	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
669	669	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,438	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
771	771	3	216.50	$216.50	$1,669	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1395	1230	80-85%	30	133.00–146.00	$139.63	$1,717	-0.33
1145–1340	1238	80-85%	6	127.00–129.00	$128.16	$1,587	-11.80
1135–1475	1274	80-85%	16	146.00–155.00	$148.85	$1,896	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1650	1472	75-80%	17	146.00–158.00	$152.33	$2,242	+8.92
1240–1795	1493	75-80%	27	139.00–149.00	$144.88	$2,163	+1.47

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1025	889	85-90%	6	100.00–120.00	$112.85	$1,003	—
765–1165	949	85-90%	14	120.00–134.00	$126.30	$1,199	—
980–1115	1048	85-90%	3	132.00–137.00	$135.11	$1,416	+29.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	65-75%	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,543	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1640	1368	3	144.00–155.00	$149.67	$2,047	—
1135–2055	1677	14	158.00–177.00	$169.72	$2,846	-7.40
1710–2320	1945	11	180.00–192.00	$184.57	$3,590	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1200	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	140.00–159.00	$149.37	$1,582
930–1305	1070	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	164.00–195.50	$179.12	$1,917

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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.