Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 26, 2025

2,638 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $317.50/cwt -0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,318/hd at 730 lb · 151 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $388.64/cwt -3.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,234/hd at 575 lb · 130 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $295.00/cwt ≈ $2,682/hd at 909 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,638	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–220	218	4	545.00–560.00	$552.59	$1,205	—
275–285	279	7	520.00–530.00	$524.31	$1,463	+13.87
330–349	344	13	470.00–500.00	$478.19	$1,645	-33.67
355–396	373	26	435.00–470.00	$452.42	$1,688	-8.05
393 unweaned	393	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,651	-42.15
410–444	430	72	420.00–463.00	$451.93	$1,943	+5.90
445 unweaned	445	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,914	-4.54
466–491	480	69	395.00–439.00	$415.46	$1,994	-13.80
500 unweaned	500	3	382.00	$382.00	$1,910	-15.26
504–547	521	94	388.00–421.00	$407.78	$2,125	-3.38
570–585 unweaned	573	14	368.00–378.00	$370.19	$2,121	-5.04
553–590	575	116	371.00–400.00	$390.87	$2,248	-2.61
601–640	622	62	354.50–384.00	$367.17	$2,284	-10.11
652–687	669	36	344.00–370.00	$353.87	$2,367	+6.04
674 unweaned	674	13	336.00	$336.00	$2,265	+11.09
700–735	705	31	319.00–330.00	$327.41	$2,308	+4.78
705 unweaned	705	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,256	+2.67
750	750	45	323.00	$323.00	$2,422	+6.22
821	821	14	303.50	$303.50	$2,492	+16.34
909	909	111	295.00	$295.00	$2,682	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330 unweaned	328	4	420.00–422.00	$420.99	$1,381	—
360 unweaned	360	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,512	—
408–433	422	26	385.00–439.00	$424.85	$1,793	+4.86
455–498 unweaned	467	7	357.50–390.00	$380.10	$1,775	+20.10
453–494	479	22	381.00–400.00	$390.66	$1,871	+7.46
501–548	526	39	360.00–403.00	$381.66	$2,008	-6.64
545–548 unweaned	546	7	365.00–368.00	$365.86	$1,998	-14.14
570	570	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,767	-50.24
576–591	583	34	320.00–382.00	$356.52	$2,079	-3.72
588 unweaned	588	4	353.00	$353.00	$2,076	-9.41
608–645 unweaned	624	8	346.00–347.50	$346.55	$2,162	-9.50
601–645	629	75	330.00–357.50	$349.04	$2,195	+1.87
652–680	673	42	332.00–347.00	$340.38	$2,291	-3.55
705–745	718	16	280.00–311.00	$298.13	$2,141	-6.87
751–769	762	13	289.00–299.00	$295.21	$2,250	-4.79
841	841	5	279.00	$279.00	$2,346	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,312	—
449	449	5	368.00	$368.00	$1,652	+8.00
543	543	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,846	-3.67
568	568	3	331.00	$331.00	$1,880	-0.36
601	601	5	326.00	$326.00	$1,959	+26.00
670 unweaned	670	4	329.00	$329.00	$2,204	—
693	693	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,218	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	7	352.50	$352.50	$2,207	+15.52
649 unweaned	649	17	324.00	$324.00	$2,103	—
772	772	6	303.00	$303.00	$2,339	+22.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	3	292.50	$292.50	$2,018	—
805	805	3	259.00	$259.00	$2,085	—
997	997	7	230.00	$230.00	$2,293	+4.00
1186	1186	8	211.50	$211.50	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–233	231	4	490.00–500.00	$492.44	$1,138	—
268	268	3	510.00	$510.00	$1,367	—
305–345	328	10	430.00–457.50	$446.27	$1,464	-6.12
355–358	357	6	410.00–450.00	$430.08	$1,535	+4.56
378–383 unweaned	381	6	414.00–427.50	$420.71	$1,603	-2.96
403–444	427	24	395.00–410.00	$402.45	$1,718	-1.47
444 unweaned	444	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,621	-25.40
452–498	476	110	342.00–402.00	$383.60	$1,826	+16.10
504–510 unweaned	507	8	329.00–345.00	$337.05	$1,709	-10.10
500–548	517	79	323.00–382.50	$357.69	$1,849	+4.00
550–586	561	64	339.00–370.00	$357.75	$2,007	+22.75
574–576	575	11	322.50–338.00	$330.94	$1,903	-4.06
598 unweaned	598	10	306.50	$306.50	$1,833	-20.50
603–641	618	37	286.00–335.00	$322.42	$1,993	+3.24
618–634 unweaned	628	10	286.00–303.00	$293.62	$1,844	+4.62
665–697	695	46	311.00–329.50	$328.35	$2,282	—
730	730	151	317.50	$317.50	$2,318	-0.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303 unweaned	303	3	401.00	$401.00	$1,215	+1.00
340	340	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,360	—
378 unweaned	378	4	389.00	$389.00	$1,470	—
354–397	382	13	387.50–400.00	$394.00	$1,505	-14.91
413–430 unweaned	423	6	322.00–352.00	$340.19	$1,439	—
406–448	424	30	338.00–392.50	$371.42	$1,575	-7.03
453–465	460	23	350.00–380.00	$361.59	$1,663	+7.42
470–473 unweaned	472	5	329.00–339.00	$332.98	$1,572	-17.35
503–545	527	33	308.00–348.00	$330.16	$1,740	-3.72
525–539 unweaned	536	14	320.00–330.00	$327.90	$1,758	+7.22
565 unweaned	565	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,723	-25.00
550–596	577	78	295.00–343.00	$325.89	$1,880	-1.17
583	583	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,877	-7.76
611 unweaned	611	16	309.00	$309.00	$1,888	-1.00
617–648	631	16	295.00–309.00	$302.71	$1,910	-15.96
655–686	680	20	285.00–301.00	$296.17	$2,014	-7.36
655–694 unweaned	689	16	286.00–295.00	$293.93	$2,025	-5.07
713	713	2	284.00	$284.00	$2,025	+6.14
727–738	731	8	294.00–297.00	$295.14	$2,157	+17.28
733 unweaned	733	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,979	—
753–764	759	16	275.50–282.50	$278.54	$2,114	+7.32
808	808	4	266.00	$266.00	$2,149	-16.00
893	893	6	251.00	$251.00	$2,241	—
957	957	13	268.00	$268.00	$2,565	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	368.00	$368.00	$1,141	—
379	379	10	328.00	$328.00	$1,243	—
401–431	413	10	335.00–355.00	$343.35	$1,418	-33.29
470–498	479	6	227.50–315.00	$257.80	$1,235	-95.76
530 unweaned	530	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,670	—
575–586	581	7	308.00–317.50	$312.03	$1,813	+3.88
578–585	581	5	298.00–315.00	$308.15	$1,790	±0.00
602	602	9	271.00	$271.00	$1,631	-32.00
675	675	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,789	-27.00
700	700	6	282.00	$282.00	$1,974	—
785	785	14	269.50	$269.50	$2,116	-2.50
843	843	2	255.00	$255.00	$2,150	-15.00
949	949	4	219.00	$219.00	$2,078	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	4	238.00	$238.00	$2,237	—
969–991	984	15	235.50–259.00	$251.28	$2,473	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,385	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
942	942	3	225.00	$225.00	$2,120	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	382.00	$382.00	$1,318	—
360–389	379	9	401.00–452.50	$417.29	$1,582	-0.32
425 unweaned	425	2	402.00	$402.00	$1,708	—
433–448	442	13	352.50–392.50	$377.21	$1,667	-22.79
480 unweaned	480	2	382.00	$382.00	$1,834	—
463–497	482	20	359.00–380.00	$362.33	$1,746	+9.50
508–540	517	14	326.00–360.00	$335.74	$1,736	-19.00
573 unweaned	573	3	326.00	$326.00	$1,868	-1.50
570–598	591	25	307.50–329.00	$311.87	$1,843	-25.70
645–647	646	5	280.00–320.00	$304.03	$1,964	—
680	680	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,040	+32.68
738–745 unweaned	741	5	245.00–246.00	$245.40	$1,818	—
740–749	746	6	256.00–292.00	$267.90	$1,999	-7.10
1188	1188	3	205.00	$205.00	$2,435	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	7	337.50	$337.50	$1,269	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	3	242.50	$242.50	$1,249	—
737	737	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,658	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1435	1208	80-85%	51	153.00–164.00	$157.88	$1,907	—
1075–1520	1235	80-85%	56	138.00–155.00	$148.61	$1,835	—
1250–1340	1297	80-85%	3	126.00–136.00	$132.66	$1,721	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1020	885	85-90%	4	72.50–100.00	$85.10	$753	—
905–1085	1015	85-90%	11	143.50–156.50	$150.09	$1,523	+30.09
865–1275	1051	85-90%	72	116.00–145.00	$136.02	$1,430	-17.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1820	1464	75-80%	37	144.00–158.00	$150.40	$2,202	-8.82
1175–1848	1469	75-80%	46	154.00–172.00	$159.82	$2,348	+0.60

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1850	1508	30	168.00–198.00	$183.86	$2,773	—
1510–2095	1828	12	196.00–214.00	$203.79	$3,725	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1150	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	161.00–190.00	$178.08	$1,799

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1215	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,925.00–2,400.00	$2,105.45
1050–1385	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,200.00–2,485.00	$2,330.35
1095–1620	1331	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,150.00–3,100.00	$2,602.58

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1100	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,175.00–2,350.00	$2,259.20

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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.