Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 21, 2025

3,982 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $298.03/cwt +11.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,140/hd at 718 lb · 323 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $371.05/cwt +0.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,110/hd at 569 lb · 257 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $393.28/cwt +9.36 vs last sale · ≈ $2,071/hd at 527 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,982	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	284	14	512.00–556.00	$532.88	$1,513	—
313–335	322	34	455.00–510.00	$489.88	$1,577	+32.09
350–398	382	70	445.00–495.00	$466.91	$1,784	+24.79
402–449	427	98	412.50–475.00	$449.92	$1,921	+9.82
428–430 unweaned	429	9	456.00–470.00	$465.35	$1,996	—
453 unweaned	453	5	426.00	$426.00	$1,930	+43.14
454–498	470	177	380.00–440.50	$418.89	$1,969	-1.78
513 fancy	513	22	421.00	$421.00	$2,160	—
512–534 unweaned	525	29	378.00–389.00	$382.44	$2,008	—
504–547	529	140	372.00–416.00	$391.17	$2,069	+39.06
552–598 unweaned	562	14	345.00–365.00	$360.44	$2,026	—
550–593	569	243	350.00–400.50	$371.66	$2,115	-2.60
603–622	614	5	334.00–335.00	$334.61	$2,055	-10.43
615–648 unweaned	623	99	320.00–344.00	$334.87	$2,086	—
601–638	624	71	340.00–371.00	$357.17	$2,229	+12.13
654–699	677	79	312.00–349.00	$337.68	$2,286	+4.67
691–697	693	8	303.00–308.00	$306.11	$2,121	-26.90
702–726	711	59	318.00–331.50	$326.25	$2,320	+12.18
753 unweaned	753	14	287.50	$287.50	$2,165	—
750–793	770	161	291.00–320.50	$314.76	$2,424	+17.63
807–841	817	119	274.00–299.50	$295.13	$2,411	+5.68
859	859	61	290.50	$290.50	$2,495	+15.50
936	936	118	275.25	$275.25	$2,576	+9.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–346	340	11	379.00–435.00	$398.45	$1,355	-23.37
374–395	386	15	407.00–444.00	$423.98	$1,637	+14.72
416–448	433	23	380.00–420.00	$400.94	$1,736	+13.40
451–488	471	50	350.00–406.00	$379.44	$1,787	+9.23
499 unweaned	499	5	379.00	$379.00	$1,891	—
500–536	519	29	322.00–377.50	$345.50	$1,793	+2.98
553–595	572	53	325.00–360.00	$347.47	$1,988	+5.63
583 unweaned	583	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,807	-5.00
605–640	622	31	304.00–345.00	$329.98	$2,052	+4.36
650–695	662	20	305.00–334.00	$318.13	$2,106	+9.57
665 unweaned	665	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,928	—
718 unweaned	718	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,010	—
723–748	736	12	280.00–301.00	$291.45	$2,145	-13.55
791	791	7	273.00	$273.00	$2,159	+8.00
818–820	819	11	275.00–281.00	$278.27	$2,279	—
864–895	876	8	250.00–270.00	$262.33	$2,298	—
969	969	41	269.50	$269.50	$2,611	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	4	322.50	$322.50	$1,806	—
673–694	679	26	290.00–309.00	$301.24	$2,045	—
858–883	867	11	248.00–264.00	$258.08	$2,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,671	—
622	622	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,866	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274–291	283	17	447.50–510.00	$481.73	$1,363	+37.73
315–345	329	32	420.00–470.00	$440.84	$1,450	+17.73
356–395	365	54	396.00–460.00	$426.80	$1,558	+14.47
402–444	422	118	374.00–429.00	$407.50	$1,720	+20.81
400–445 unweaned	431	11	347.50–362.50	$355.14	$1,531	—
469–483 unweaned	477	17	347.00–351.00	$349.38	$1,667	—
450–497	478	131	320.00–388.00	$369.44	$1,766	+34.60
501–514 unweaned	504	23	335.00–337.00	$336.47	$1,696	—
506 fancy	506	35	378.50	$378.50	$1,915	—
503–539	519	99	334.00–360.00	$349.35	$1,813	+9.45
513–540	528	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,663	+2.48
551–598	575	65	310.00–334.00	$322.64	$1,855	+0.07
552–591 unweaned	586	17	310.00–320.00	$311.70	$1,827	+21.70
595	595	3	302.00	$302.00	$1,797	+7.05
603–640	628	31	295.00–312.00	$303.05	$1,903	+29.05
620–636 unweaned	633	58	290.00–295.00	$294.07	$1,861	—
674–699	681	24	275.00–306.00	$295.59	$2,013	-2.75
689	689	7	273.00	$273.00	$1,881	-25.34
706–741	718	316	283.50–310.00	$298.66	$2,144	+16.17
715–726	721	7	266.00–274.00	$269.40	$1,942	-13.09
750–794	792	79	268.00–282.25	$281.30	$2,228	+13.91
815	815	4	266.00	$266.00	$2,168	-1.90
907	907	11	257.00	$257.00	$2,331	+13.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259–292	270	19	342.50–530.00	$465.04	$1,256	+13.31
317–343	331	10	367.50–430.00	$389.79	$1,290	-32.73
359–388	369	18	340.00–410.00	$388.68	$1,434	+22.16
397 unweaned	397	2	358.00	$358.00	$1,421	—
415 unweaned	415	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,556	—
400–448	434	23	335.00–385.00	$362.46	$1,573	+4.27
450–492	467	34	312.50–380.00	$351.74	$1,643	+13.18
468 unweaned	468	3	324.00	$324.00	$1,516	—
512 thin fleshed	512	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,894	—
502–544	528	44	320.00–356.00	$332.24	$1,754	+9.04
552 unweaned	552	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,766	—
560–573	567	7	284.00–291.00	$286.96	$1,627	+7.96
555–596	574	29	297.00–324.00	$315.19	$1,809	+9.55
600	600	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,590	-32.24
603–640	623	12	289.50–300.00	$295.18	$1,839	-2.06
652 unweaned	652	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,826	—
657–690	668	56	270.00–295.00	$282.42	$1,887	+3.22
703–732	717	52	262.00–282.00	$273.14	$1,958	+9.66
760–783	775	6	259.50–265.00	$261.30	$2,025	+14.30
845	845	2	259.00	$259.00	$2,189	+7.50
925	925	3	228.00	$228.00	$2,109	—
997	997	3	224.00	$224.00	$2,233	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
843	843	14	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
874	874	15	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1172	1172	7	208.50	$208.50	$2,444	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	5	286.00	$286.00	$1,716	+26.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,897	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–935	926	4	235.50–239.00	$236.35	$2,189	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–326	325	7	385.00–470.00	$421.24	$1,369	—
378	378	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,606	+31.00
387 unweaned	387	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,509	—
440–443	442	6	360.00–420.00	$390.10	$1,724	-11.94
454	454	4	332.50	$332.50	$1,510	-36.65
454 unweaned	454	6	386.00	$386.00	$1,752	—
510–540	527	13	334.00–370.00	$354.08	$1,866	+27.00
535 unweaned	535	4	357.00	$357.00	$1,910	—
552–575	564	6	334.00–348.00	$340.86	$1,922	+17.95
572 unweaned	572	4	336.00	$336.00	$1,922	—
628 thin fleshed	628	3	338.00	$338.00	$2,123	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	4	482.50	$482.50	$1,558	-1.27
350–393	367	16	390.00–444.00	$424.40	$1,558	+5.17
451–463	453	27	375.00–420.00	$411.49	$1,864	+55.15

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1198	1102	80-85%	3	123.00–133.50	$125.89	$1,387	-3.26
970–1345	1168	80-85%	53	139.00–154.50	$149.80	$1,750	-3.71
1050–1425	1229	80-85%	31	150.00–159.50	$154.60	$1,900	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	75-80%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,966	—
1342–1715	1419	75-80%	30	150.50–162.50	$154.83	$2,197	-0.87
1315–1825	1470	75-80%	32	143.00–155.00	$149.46	$2,197	-1.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1090	957	85-90%	19	121.00–148.00	$135.01	$1,292	-5.01
855–1115	975	85-90%	4	107.50–116.00	$111.43	$1,086	-28.59
900–1100	977	85-90%	9	146.00–151.00	$147.31	$1,439	+7.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615–1710	1677	3	166.00–180.00	$174.83	$2,932	—
1470–1955	1753	18	168.00–198.00	$187.35	$3,284	—
1635–2240	1979	7	189.00–212.00	$203.18	$4,021	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1945–2155	2050	2	221.00–226.00	$223.63	$4,584	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1200	967	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	190.00–220.00	$204.31	$1,976
1077–1350	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	153.00–160.00	$158.61	$1,786
940–1295	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	150.00–195.00	$172.65	$1,987

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1345	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,100.00–2,700.00	$2,445.41
895–1232	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,723.15
1240–1410	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,900.00–1,975.00	$1,939.91
1425	1425	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1408	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,685.00	$2,685.00

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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
1000–1150	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,650.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1200–1300	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	3,700.00–3,950.00	$3,810.00	—

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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.