Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 15, 2025

4,012 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $392.79/cwt +16.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,592/hd at 660 lb · 224 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $506.18/cwt +11.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,393/hd at 473 lb · 183 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $473.92/cwt +7.97 vs last sale · ≈ $2,511/hd at 530 lb · 178 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,012	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	3	600.00	$600.00	$1,542	—
310–345	328	32	532.50–565.00	$554.55	$1,819	+19.55
350–397	374	40	505.00–597.50	$543.88	$2,034	+32.10
383 unweaned	383	17	496.00	$496.00	$1,900	—
403–446	422	64	487.00–570.00	$539.78	$2,278	+24.23
451–498	471	159	440.00–545.00	$513.58	$2,419	+22.27
474–499 unweaned	484	24	437.50–475.00	$457.19	$2,213	-27.66
500–546	529	153	447.50–495.00	$476.06	$2,518	+9.46
533–540 unweaned	535	25	440.00–469.00	$460.80	$2,465	+35.80
552 unweaned	552	9	443.00	$443.00	$2,445	+39.66
550–597	573	107	415.00–467.50	$442.70	$2,537	+10.20
600–641	623	131	390.00–435.00	$415.18	$2,587	+14.93
650–678	660	224	373.00–407.00	$392.79	$2,592	+15.96
716–749	736	115	352.00–386.50	$375.94	$2,767	+28.35
740 unweaned	740	5	341.00	$341.00	$2,523	-4.09
765–790	774	17	355.00–362.00	$358.76	$2,777	+4.60
808	808	19	359.00	$359.00	$2,901	+11.10
861	861	8	335.00	$335.00	$2,884	-0.84
905–928	913	31	329.00–349.00	$337.64	$3,083	—
1035	1035	58	311.25	$311.25	$3,221	+28.25
1055	1055	57	306.25	$306.25	$3,231	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	8	550.00	$550.00	$1,414	+34.08
302	302	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,510	+13.69
353–386	376	26	430.00–520.00	$489.41	$1,840	-6.92
408 unweaned	408	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,775	—
415–442	425	14	450.00–482.50	$464.95	$1,976	+8.58
460–498	484	51	430.00–482.50	$459.32	$2,223	+26.40
501 unweaned	501	7	396.00	$396.00	$1,984	-24.00
500–543	517	106	382.00–457.50	$433.17	$2,239	+2.24
550–597	575	47	382.50–440.00	$420.04	$2,415	+24.49
600–648	624	68	356.00–416.00	$384.77	$2,401	+3.14
650–692	677	72	342.00–389.00	$363.37	$2,460	+8.37
708	708	6	344.00	$344.00	$2,436	-6.93
712–743	735	26	331.00–366.00	$350.70	$2,578	-0.23
745	745	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,458	-20.93
756–796	771	32	339.00–357.00	$347.60	$2,680	+8.95
800–826	819	27	335.00–344.00	$338.33	$2,771	+8.43
940	940	3	308.00	$308.00	$2,895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,378	+20.00
488–492	490	8	392.50–410.00	$401.21	$1,966	+1.21
575–588	582	10	357.50–360.00	$358.74	$2,088	+10.81
600–611	605	20	342.50–362.50	$351.34	$2,126	+11.34
663	663	6	319.00	$319.00	$2,115	—
711	711	4	344.00	$344.00	$2,446	+49.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	7	427.50	$427.50	$2,005	—
570	570	4	417.50	$417.50	$2,380	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
751	751	4	316.00	$316.00	$2,373	-14.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	4	280.00	$280.00	$759	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	460.00	$460.00	$2,153	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	5	620.00	$620.00	$1,798	—
303–344	323	18	480.00–595.00	$534.97	$1,728	+65.86
359–388	371	65	444.00–518.00	$485.83	$1,802	+1.04
401–443	421	88	432.50–486.00	$458.32	$1,930	-1.91
456–485	467	91	417.50–490.00	$455.22	$2,126	+12.13
464–493 unweaned	477	16	408.00–415.00	$411.83	$1,964	+0.05
501–548	516	120	392.50–464.00	$430.03	$2,219	+20.86
558	558	6	360.00	$360.00	$2,009	-23.59
555–597	578	159	360.00–400.00	$385.00	$2,225	+1.41
603–638	625	44	360.00–384.00	$375.52	$2,347	+9.09
633 fancy	633	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,532	—
660–678	676	38	343.00–390.00	$385.17	$2,604	+27.22
704–736	725	132	335.00–357.00	$351.75	$2,550	+6.42
752–797	758	35	322.50–334.00	$332.27	$2,519	-11.42
797	797	3	294.00	$294.00	$2,343	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
209	209	4	550.00	$550.00	$1,150	—
271–286	280	13	480.00–562.00	$510.13	$1,428	—
300–348	335	14	415.00–540.00	$468.80	$1,570	+8.23
350–393	373	18	400.00–505.00	$436.09	$1,627	-7.40
403–443	427	50	405.00–442.50	$419.74	$1,792	+4.74
423–443 unweaned	429	7	360.00–392.50	$381.12	$1,635	—
450–493	479	75	382.50–412.50	$394.57	$1,890	-12.39
485 thin fleshed	485	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,940	-40.00
506–516 unweaned	509	10	347.50–408.00	$365.90	$1,862	-11.10
505–548	533	138	344.00–399.00	$382.31	$2,038	+10.24
553–597	576	25	347.00–369.00	$357.07	$2,057	-2.19
580 thin fleshed	580	11	388.00	$388.00	$2,250	—
600–644	625	47	319.00–361.00	$346.92	$2,168	-8.15
656–696	679	69	340.00–359.00	$352.83	$2,396	+4.69
688 unweaned	688	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,202	—
708–745	726	25	317.50–341.00	$328.54	$2,385	+3.71
743	743	8	301.00	$301.00	$2,236	-23.83
757–792	779	8	306.00–319.00	$310.74	$2,421	-1.93
825	825	8	312.00	$312.00	$2,574	—
872	872	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,250	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,322	—
450	450	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,732	+25.01
507 unweaned	507	4	377.50	$377.50	$1,914	—
508	508	3	347.50	$347.50	$1,765	+0.44
566	566	7	356.00	$356.00	$2,015	+16.00
555–581	573	21	355.00–360.00	$356.17	$2,041	+16.17
613–631	618	11	312.50–335.00	$328.73	$2,032	—
626 unweaned	626	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,034	—
665–667	666	10	272.00–285.00	$281.11	$1,872	-36.29
816	816	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,366	+15.00
1096	1096	3	220.00	$220.00	$2,411	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	6	432.00	$432.00	$1,922	+42.00
594	594	8	328.00	$328.00	$1,948	—
655	655	3	331.00	$331.00	$2,168	+5.00
764	764	4	275.00	$275.00	$2,101	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
679–693	686	21	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,505.78	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	9	387.50	$387.50	$1,903	—
583	583	4	362.50	$362.50	$2,113	-6.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–491	485	7	300.00–340.00	$322.66	$1,565	—
607	607	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,942	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589–590	590	9	350.00–355.00	$352.22	$2,078	+33.22

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,148	—
340–347	345	7	500.00–545.00	$532.33	$1,837	—
376–380	377	6	455.00–522.00	$477.49	$1,800	-2.51
415–439	426	11	395.00–485.00	$442.46	$1,885	+9.96
451–473	461	15	392.50–402.50	$397.29	$1,832	-36.63
522	522	3	401.00	$401.00	$2,093	+9.06
558–597	572	9	335.00–410.00	$379.99	$2,174	+23.04
631	631	3	378.00	$378.00	$2,385	+35.22
665–692	681	21	327.50–347.50	$336.34	$2,290	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,632	-5.00
827	827	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,985	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,832	—
492	492	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,017	-70.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1425	1220	80-85%	97	138.00–160.00	$150.63	$1,838	+13.02
1115–1375	1239	80-85%	9	130.00–140.00	$135.62	$1,680	-1.99
1100–1390	1241	80-85%	29	155.00–168.00	$162.57	$2,017	+24.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1254–1810	1440	75-80%	84	150.00–168.00	$161.67	$2,328	-9.71
1310–1720	1465	75-80%	24	163.00–178.00	$168.03	$2,462	+23.33
1520–1910	1703	75-80%	4	145.00–151.00	$148.80	$2,534	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1105	976	85-90%	15	95.00–121.00	$107.99	$1,054	+0.42
1000–1090	1047	85-90%	5	134.00–164.00	$155.00	$1,623	+20.58
820–1310	1049	85-90%	63	115.00–151.00	$132.11	$1,386	-2.31

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1980	1688	4	159.00–172.00	$167.77	$2,832	—
1290–2115	1737	20	174.00–209.00	$190.80	$3,314	-1.21
1563–2200	1874	5	199.00–213.00	$204.69	$3,836	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1042	881	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	171.00–295.00	$238.65	$2,103
985–1105	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	156.00–207.00	$188.84	$1,990
890–1280	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	166.00–270.00	$212.73	$2,251

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
1164	1164	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,900.00	$3,900.00
1065–1460	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,050.00–3,050.00	$2,761.98
1190–1435	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,600.00	$2,486.67
1210–1445	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,042.82
1238–1570	1357	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	2,550.00–4,100.00	$3,285.75
1343–1380	1362	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,300.00–3,000.00	$2,645.24
1380	1380	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1160	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	3,600.00–4,000.00	$3,812.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1404	1404	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	165.00	$165.00	$2,317

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1213	1179	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	4,125.00–4,325.00	$4,167.88

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,050.00	$3,050.00
946–954	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,225.53

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1002–1020	1011	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	3,550.00–3,800.00	$3,676.11

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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.