Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 12, 2025

4,727 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $323.75/cwt +12.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,192/hd at 677 lb · 331 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.27/cwt +23.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,114/hd at 590 lb · 209 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $404.06/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $2,107/hd at 522 lb · 201 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,727	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	280	12	452.50–595.00	$526.29	$1,474	—
287 unweaned	287	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,406	-17.00
315–345	338	21	445.00–497.50	$462.23	$1,562	-4.34
350–397	375	56	435.00–477.50	$448.16	$1,681	-14.72
400–439	421	80	420.00–489.00	$447.35	$1,883	-20.48
409–440 unweaned	430	31	417.50–461.00	$432.69	$1,861	-36.12
468 unweaned	468	8	375.00	$375.00	$1,755	-41.03
456–499	480	189	399.00–449.00	$428.15	$2,055	-0.93
500–548	521	164	372.00–430.00	$405.80	$2,114	-3.06
518–531 unweaned	524	37	375.00–403.00	$396.33	$2,077	-1.44
554–588 unweaned	559	59	355.00–391.50	$388.74	$2,173	+16.10
550–590	566	92	370.00–407.50	$385.07	$2,179	+5.02
589	589	7	373.50	$373.50	$2,200	+16.55
611 unweaned	611	8	339.00	$339.00	$2,071	-5.82
604–639	616	157	337.00–385.00	$366.96	$2,260	+5.81
655–673	664	44	343.00–357.00	$347.47	$2,307	+24.47
703–747	715	135	301.00–336.00	$327.93	$2,345	+15.66
840	840	43	298.50	$298.50	$2,507	-5.05
883	883	116	307.50	$307.50	$2,715	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–380	362	20	375.00–470.00	$409.14	$1,481	-35.14
385 unweaned	385	5	402.00	$402.00	$1,548	—
400–447	413	48	355.00–430.00	$372.16	$1,537	-41.89
408–440 unweaned	424	10	407.00–409.50	$408.30	$1,731	+10.83
450–498	481	57	350.00–425.00	$393.25	$1,892	-6.80
450–497 unweaned	485	23	378.00–406.00	$400.21	$1,941	+13.91
514	514	4	384.00	$384.00	$1,974	+26.50
512–540	518	44	362.50–396.00	$387.50	$2,007	+30.00
513–543 unweaned	525	23	349.00–388.00	$373.22	$1,959	+1.23
550–599	571	120	338.00–374.00	$361.35	$2,063	+21.79
561–593 unweaned	576	15	335.00–350.00	$345.35	$1,989	+10.66
577	577	3	332.50	$332.50	$1,919	-7.06
600–636	613	41	319.00–347.50	$331.19	$2,030	-6.75
600–618 unweaned	616	29	326.00–345.00	$341.11	$2,101	—
657–697	683	53	286.50–318.50	$299.92	$2,048	-17.00
704–720	716	15	310.00–314.50	$313.32	$2,243	+23.32
757	757	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,309	+8.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	4	457.50	$457.50	$1,917	—
492	492	15	398.00	$398.00	$1,958	—
521 unweaned	521	22	401.50	$401.50	$2,092	—
587	587	20	368.00	$368.00	$2,160	—
625–628	626	9	290.00–320.00	$303.37	$1,899	—
678	678	5	327.00	$327.00	$2,217	+9.52
704	704	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,112	+5.52
779–786	784	20	273.00–299.00	$279.46	$2,191	-8.37
804–810	807	19	280.00–291.00	$285.63	$2,305	-0.58
878	878	3	276.00	$276.00	$2,423	-0.11

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619–630	623	14	355.00–358.00	$356.08	$2,218	—
658–663	661	14	345.00–346.00	$345.36	$2,283	—
780	780	12	308.00	$308.00	$2,402	—
827	827	22	307.50	$307.50	$2,543	—
962	962	51	275.00	$275.00	$2,646	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–439	425	9	307.50–374.00	$335.86	$1,427	-15.14
457–479	469	14	320.00–330.00	$325.94	$1,529	-44.06
473 unweaned	473	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,797	—
542	542	3	319.00	$319.00	$1,729	-34.82
593	593	6	323.00	$323.00	$1,915	+3.00
591–598	595	11	301.00–330.00	$316.90	$1,886	-3.10
633	633	17	336.00	$336.00	$2,127	+24.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	8	309.00	$309.00	$2,135	—
785	785	9	263.00	$263.00	$2,065	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 unweaned	322	3	502.50	$502.50	$1,618	+52.50
305–342	330	40	430.00–510.00	$473.39	$1,562	+41.27
351–368 unweaned	360	9	388.00–400.00	$393.19	$1,415	-16.85
350–394	374	91	395.00–470.00	$422.10	$1,579	+2.06
405–443	424	109	391.00–446.00	$423.30	$1,795	+14.07
443–445 unweaned	444	11	364.00–371.00	$367.19	$1,630	-45.53
453–496	473	145	342.00–422.50	$387.54	$1,833	+2.81
476–480 unweaned	476	25	349.00–380.50	$377.96	$1,799	+5.89
505–545	524	106	331.00–388.00	$363.02	$1,902	+4.45
561–599	590	204	340.00–364.00	$359.50	$2,121	+19.97
593	593	5	308.00	$308.00	$1,826	-31.53
601–643	632	141	300.00–350.00	$343.51	$2,171	+18.24
656–687	677	331	293.00–332.25	$323.75	$2,192	+12.71
706–740	719	106	300.00–310.00	$306.02	$2,200	-10.43
771–774	773	86	297.00–299.25	$298.73	$2,309	—
948	948	5	246.00	$246.00	$2,332	—
1080	1080	7	231.50	$231.50	$2,500	—
1121	1121	10	222.00	$222.00	$2,489	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–348	328	11	395.00–405.00	$399.83	$1,311	+9.38
370–396	382	26	374.00–410.00	$383.40	$1,465	-16.62
382 unweaned	382	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,337	—
400–447	429	65	337.00–410.00	$371.91	$1,595	-18.09
428–448 unweaned	434	15	350.00–367.00	$358.59	$1,556	-42.91
459–487	468	15	359.00–375.00	$369.45	$1,729	+13.92
462–491 unweaned	476	17	332.00–347.50	$341.35	$1,625	-7.78
455–497	479	56	320.00–380.00	$361.67	$1,732	+6.14
510–545 unweaned	521	13	313.00–330.00	$324.42	$1,690	+10.50
502–544	529	35	324.00–347.00	$338.42	$1,790	+11.90
565–592	578	88	315.00–359.00	$335.63	$1,940	+18.20
592	592	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,072	+42.00
603	603	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,743	-9.13
622–648	639	44	288.00–320.50	$314.61	$2,010	+16.48
658	658	9	304.00–310.00	$308.00	$2,027	+28.00
717–742	735	86	261.00–293.00	$286.96	$2,109	+4.49
751–776	762	19	265.00–285.50	$276.70	$2,108	-5.50
809	809	66	285.00	$285.00	$2,306	+15.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	18	345.00	$345.00	$1,704	—
566	566	10	341.00	$341.00	$1,930	—
735	735	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,984	—
788	788	16	269.50	$269.50	$2,124	—
802	802	5	270.50	$270.50	$2,169	—
864	864	9	250.00	$250.00	$2,160	—
1093	1093	4	224.00	$224.00	$2,448	—
1133	1133	4	221.00	$221.00	$2,504	—
1212–1237	1233	19	214.00–215.50	$215.27	$2,654	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,104	-41.86
403–417	413	21	315.00–345.00	$330.03	$1,363	+0.23
445 unweaned	445	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,446	-15.92
460–493	475	18	292.50–362.50	$335.24	$1,592	+20.20
514–526	521	9	324.00–325.00	$324.44	$1,690	+29.44
515–532	523	12	300.00–332.50	$319.82	$1,673	+24.82
570	570	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,710	+4.87
590	590	8	293.00	$293.00	$1,729	-2.13
612	612	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,897	+65.00
703–720	712	6	250.00–275.00	$262.35	$1,868	—
787	787	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,920	-16.44

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
814–842	831	41	2,385.00–2,500.00	$2,469.76	—
870	870	9	2,525.00	$2,525.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	7	460.00	$460.00	$1,385	—
604	604	4	314.00	$314.00	$1,897	—
707	707	11	272.50	$272.50	$1,927	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	367.50	$367.50	$1,419	—
405–422	414	6	342.50–385.00	$363.31	$1,504	-84.69
471–498	485	37	350.00–392.50	$363.77	$1,764	+25.77
503–526	517	27	340.00–380.00	$365.94	$1,892	+7.88
538 unweaned	538	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,614	-40.00
558–591 unweaned	580	12	332.50–337.00	$335.56	$1,946	-4.33
586–598	589	12	321.00–331.00	$323.54	$1,906	-5.08
600–622	609	11	318.00–335.00	$324.29	$1,975	-0.71
650–672	665	15	225.00–310.00	$285.82	$1,901	-13.62
727	727	3	286.00	$286.00	$2,079	-5.00
755	755	2	274.00	$274.00	$2,069	-13.00
820	820	2	249.00	$249.00	$2,042	—
860	860	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,668	-63.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 unweaned	405	8	428.00	$428.00	$1,733	-32.00
522 unweaned	522	8	361.00	$361.00	$1,884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,586	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550–1960	1755	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	6,400.00–7,400.00	$6,958.40	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1535	1238	80-85%	29	143.00–152.00	$148.45	$1,838	-8.07
1035–1500	1271	80-85%	46	147.50–177.00	$160.70	$2,042	—
1390	1390	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,876	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1190	1064	85-90%	27	125.00–148.00	$139.48	$1,484	-5.40
1075	1075	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,290	-24.88
1095–1145	1119	85-90%	8	149.00–153.50	$151.03	$1,690	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1645	1477	75-80%	14	143.50–157.00	$149.56	$2,209	-1.52
1305–1840	1558	75-80%	16	151.50–167.00	$159.59	$2,486	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565	1565	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,473	—
1375–1930	1696	9	178.00–193.00	$186.45	$3,162	—
1635–1980	1817	3	196.00–214.00	$206.44	$3,751	+19.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1165–1350	1228	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,900.00–2,625.00	$2,224.46
990–1475	1256	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,150.00–3,200.00	$2,642.72
1095–1435	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,800.00–2,725.00	$2,375.02

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1098	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1800	1514	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	3,500.00–4,150.00	$3,954.86	—
1475–1700	1562	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	3,900.00–4,100.00	$3,976.92	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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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.