Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 16, 2026

6,605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $406.97/cwt -3.95 vs last sale · ≈ $2,951/hd at 725 lb · 387 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $472.99/cwt +9.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,938/hd at 621 lb · 307 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $443.15/cwt +14.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,954/hd at 667 lb · 266 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	6,605	10,241
Feeder cattle	6,088	9,645
Slaughter cattle	453	522
Replacement cattle	64	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold firm to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	330	25	580.00–650.00	$629.35	$2,077	+24.35
350–385	373	27	585.00–630.00	$604.73	$2,256	-15.37
402–405 unweaned	403	20	522.00–585.00	$569.16	$2,294	—
400–447	426	66	560.00–610.00	$587.05	$2,501	-1.64
445	445	15	481.00	$481.00	$2,140	-107.69
478 unweaned	478	4	540.00	$540.00	$2,581	—
452–498	480	111	535.00–596.00	$559.96	$2,688	+9.38
509–543 unweaned	523	27	425.00–475.00	$467.42	$2,445	-20.62
502–548	526	215	495.00–555.00	$533.50	$2,806	+15.78
508–536	530	13	450.00–470.00	$454.43	$2,408	-63.29
564 fancy	564	30	583.00	$583.00	$3,288	+33.00
555–598	579	132	460.00–510.00	$489.81	$2,836	-2.70
591 unweaned	591	4	400.00	$400.00	$2,364	—
604–608 fancy	606	46	513.00–518.00	$515.83	$3,126	+30.30
607 thin fleshed	607	6	477.50	$477.50	$2,898	—
604–649	624	247	432.00–499.00	$466.85	$2,913	+6.12
624–629	627	8	407.00–419.00	$412.98	$2,589	-47.75
657 fancy	657	6	460.00	$460.00	$3,022	—
650–692	665	235	422.50–462.00	$443.43	$2,949	+13.86
657–684	675	14	387.50–420.00	$412.16	$2,782	-17.41
693 thin fleshed	693	11	467.50	$467.50	$3,240	—
701–740	725	387	386.00–425.00	$406.97	$2,951	-4.20
750	750	16	372.00	$372.00	$2,790	-18.68
753–788	775	168	375.50–414.00	$389.69	$3,020	-0.99
815–847	823	222	347.00–385.00	$374.53	$3,082	+1.89
851–877	874	134	345.00–360.00	$355.13	$3,104	+5.83
917	917	9	359.00	$359.00	$3,292	+12.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	685.00	$685.00	$2,021	+40.00
303 unweaned	303	4	590.00	$590.00	$1,788	—
330–348	338	6	500.00–580.00	$549.26	$1,856	-51.84
355–371	361	11	485.00–557.50	$528.85	$1,909	-26.27
382 unweaned	382	15	595.00	$595.00	$2,273	—
411–440	425	31	525.00–600.00	$549.95	$2,337	+20.48
479 thin fleshed	479	23	522.00	$522.00	$2,500	—
455–498	483	45	470.00–527.50	$506.80	$2,448	+13.01
503–548	527	74	470.00–525.00	$487.42	$2,569	+2.38
554–597	571	45	440.00–487.50	$463.37	$2,646	+2.72
581 thin fleshed	581	9	482.50	$482.50	$2,803	—
608–620 thin fleshed	609	59	457.50–467.00	$466.02	$2,838	—
600–642	625	153	392.50–457.50	$440.32	$2,752	+19.74
640	640	7	387.50	$387.50	$2,480	-33.08
650–699	683	69	395.00–432.50	$415.36	$2,837	+6.78
737	737	3	362.00	$362.00	$2,668	+1.00
712–748	739	94	375.00–404.00	$393.37	$2,907	+32.37
758–797	781	31	355.00–375.00	$368.34	$2,877	+10.45
785	785	2	347.50	$347.50	$2,728	-10.39
817–846	839	28	355.00–360.00	$357.62	$3,000	+5.47
855 thin fleshed	855	16	360.00	$360.00	$3,078	—
875	875	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,800	-21.15
851–892	887	30	346.00–349.00	$346.38	$3,072	+5.23
947	947	7	341.00	$341.00	$3,229	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,402	—
357	357	5	535.00	$535.00	$1,910	+35.00
479 thin fleshed	479	17	487.50	$487.50	$2,335	—
665–672	671	21	379.00–384.00	$379.71	$2,548	—
766	766	9	338.00	$338.00	$2,589	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	496.00	$496.00	$2,306	—
573	573	7	445.00	$445.00	$2,550	—
686	686	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,538	-2.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
692	692	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,595	—
731	731	4	377.00	$377.00	$2,756	—
773	773	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,783	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	7	364.00	$364.00	$2,064	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,870	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–332	313	40	565.00–612.50	$601.80	$1,884	+66.80
352–398	382	34	525.00–590.00	$532.83	$2,035	+12.09
420 unweaned	420	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,953	—
421	421	8	435.00	$435.00	$1,831	-71.81
401–448	424	73	485.00–530.00	$512.65	$2,174	+5.84
417–430 thin fleshed	424	14	560.00–585.00	$575.67	$2,441	+33.67
450–498	479	117	450.00–540.00	$488.12	$2,338	+6.44
479–492 unweaned	486	13	407.50–431.00	$418.19	$2,032	+0.19
501–519 unweaned	515	14	422.00–450.00	$444.16	$2,287	—
502–543	522	162	430.00–515.00	$455.32	$2,377	+6.26
525 thin fleshed	525	24	509.00	$509.00	$2,672	+16.11
549	549	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,072	-71.56
551 unweaned	551	5	405.00	$405.00	$2,232	—
560–595	572	118	417.50–450.50	$438.31	$2,507	+33.31
581–586	584	14	397.50–400.00	$398.57	$2,328	-30.59
602–645	618	188	400.00–435.00	$421.51	$2,605	+1.51
658–691	674	163	366.00–406.00	$385.29	$2,597	+3.10
701–731	716	38	369.00–381.00	$374.28	$2,680	+2.15
701–741	718	44	352.00–385.00	$360.19	$2,586	-11.94
758–765	762	31	334.00–350.50	$347.60	$2,649	-7.93
808–844	813	34	324.00–334.50	$332.90	$2,706	+9.90
1022	1022	4	288.00	$288.00	$2,943	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243–245	244	4	555.00–600.00	$566.32	$1,382	—
258 thin fleshed	258	3	690.00	$690.00	$1,780	—
292	292	7	580.00	$580.00	$1,694	+65.00
311–332	323	10	500.00–580.00	$555.32	$1,794	+12.75
355–397	378	35	462.50–525.00	$496.72	$1,878	-15.88
406–449	433	38	460.00–492.50	$472.29	$2,045	+4.88
434–436 thin fleshed	435	10	500.00–515.00	$507.99	$2,210	-4.51
458 thin fleshed	458	6	500.00	$500.00	$2,290	—
450–493	461	46	420.00–470.00	$452.75	$2,087	+0.72
466 unweaned	466	12	455.00	$455.00	$2,120	—
503–547	529	66	407.50–442.50	$421.31	$2,229	+2.89
558–598	582	69	382.00–417.50	$405.45	$2,360	+1.82
630	630	3	356.00	$356.00	$2,243	-34.99
603–649	643	98	363.00–395.00	$380.42	$2,446	-10.57
655–696	673	31	354.00–385.00	$365.16	$2,458	+2.70
717–742	734	15	339.00–357.50	$349.66	$2,567	-5.83
759–788	763	70	328.00–343.00	$341.15	$2,603	+13.65
813–835	823	9	314.00–323.00	$319.98	$2,633	+0.98
855–881	859	39	314.00–319.50	$318.69	$2,738	—
935	935	2	308.00	$308.00	$2,880	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,720	±0.00
418–443	432	7	400.00–420.00	$408.29	$1,764	+4.84
458–485	465	17	420.00–447.50	$438.85	$2,041	+68.85
517–533	522	7	362.50–377.50	$366.88	$1,915	-21.61
565–598	584	16	370.00–377.50	$371.45	$2,169	+1.45
585	585	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,018	-25.00
625	625	3	347.50	$347.50	$2,172	—
715	715	2	317.00	$317.00	$2,267	—
852	852	3	303.00	$303.00	$2,582	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	6	448.00	$448.00	$1,949	-27.00
495	495	6	431.00	$431.00	$2,133	—
564	564	6	369.00	$369.00	$2,081	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	6	425.00	$425.00	$2,082	—
602	602	4	349.00	$349.00	$2,101	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	440.00	$440.00	$2,099	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,526	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	8	632.50	$632.50	$1,898	—
343	343	3	540.00	$540.00	$1,852	—
350–392	373	14	517.50–560.00	$544.02	$2,029	+15.56
426–447	433	6	506.00–545.00	$519.42	$2,249	+1.92
450 unweaned	450	7	470.00	$470.00	$2,115	—
463 thin fleshed	463	7	490.00	$490.00	$2,269	—
452–490	477	16	452.50–520.00	$472.17	$2,252	-10.77
504–540	517	11	415.00–457.50	$447.26	$2,312	+14.96
552–585	570	22	399.00–445.00	$424.37	$2,419	+8.70
600–630	610	3	375.00–410.00	$397.95	$2,427	-3.83
655–685	670	12	380.00–435.00	$426.65	$2,859	+55.88
700–735	719	7	350.00–366.00	$358.64	$2,579	+33.78
913	913	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,465	—
1079	1079	6	259.00	$259.00	$2,795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	6	407.50	$407.50	$2,107	—
578–596	587	8	382.50–415.00	$398.50	$2,339	—
721	721	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,469	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–374	366	6	555.00–615.00	$574.13	$2,101	-25.87
416	416	3	570.00	$570.00	$2,371	+25.00
526	526	8	485.00	$485.00	$2,551	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1540	1191	80-85%	81	155.00–176.00	$166.25	$1,980	+2.26
1095–1370	1239	80-85%	10	174.00–179.00	$177.14	$2,195	+2.53
1025–1570	1244	80-85%	18	137.00–172.00	$151.93	$1,890	-22.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1475	1413	75-80%	5	176.00–192.50	$181.50	$2,565	+10.71
1260–1565	1425	75-80%	5	154.00–163.00	$158.51	$2,259	-12.28
1215–1740	1442	75-80%	52	163.00–182.00	$170.45	$2,458	-0.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1225	1010	85-90%	26	134.00–157.00	$146.46	$1,479	+0.37
820–1205	1020	85-90%	22	100.00–142.50	$128.31	$1,309	-17.78
955–1465	1156	85-90%	5	158.00–164.00	$161.01	$1,861	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1745	1487	9	163.00–189.00	$177.56	$2,640	—
1385–2025	1657	23	183.00–205.00	$194.88	$3,229	—
1660–2080	1862	18	208.00–226.00	$216.35	$4,028	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
738–1010	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	227.50–300.00	$280.99	$2,490
995–1140	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	177.50–217.50	$197.39	$2,110

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1150–1565	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	3,300.00–4,200.00	$3,838.21
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1170–1500	1409	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,500.00–3,275.00	$2,856.48

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
865–950	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,600.00–3,650.00	$3,190.73

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1805	1805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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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	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—

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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.