Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 2, 2026

2,130 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $399.10/cwt -2.59 vs last sale · ≈ $2,628/hd at 658 lb · 117 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $499.56/cwt +31.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,368/hd at 474 lb · 97 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $554.16/cwt +20.79 vs last sale · ≈ $2,535/hd at 457 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,130	5,031	7,019
Feeder cattle	1,895	4,444	6,849
Slaughter cattle	207	477	150
Replacement cattle	28	110	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady.

▼ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 8.00 lower
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	4	700.00	$700.00	$1,862	-5.23
355–367	362	28	575.00–627.50	$600.43	$2,174	+26.79
403–442	429	44	562.50–645.00	$583.41	$2,503	+1.22
431 unweaned	431	3	590.00	$590.00	$2,543	—
450 unweaned	450	6	487.50	$487.50	$2,194	—
451–478	458	89	510.00–585.00	$558.65	$2,559	+21.70
503 unweaned	503	9	522.50	$522.50	$2,628	+47.78
500–542	517	75	491.00–547.00	$516.19	$2,669	-0.46
550–599	568	71	442.50–495.00	$476.00	$2,704	-13.77
624 fancy	624	13	490.00	$490.00	$3,058	—
615–643	629	41	445.00–477.00	$460.28	$2,895	-7.77
641	641	4	419.00	$419.00	$2,686	-49.05
659–665	661	17	422.50–464.00	$444.73	$2,940	+37.23
711–740	736	29	398.00–400.00	$399.73	$2,942	-4.19
736	736	9	375.00	$375.00	$2,760	-28.92
754–777	766	21	377.50–397.00	$389.50	$2,984	+5.45
809	809	7	360.00	$360.00	$2,912	-15.38
800–848	836	50	360.00–365.50	$363.29	$3,037	-12.09
858–875	872	75	359.00–364.00	$359.79	$3,137	+2.60
888	888	8	341.50	$341.50	$3,033	-15.69
953	953	36	314.50	$314.50	$2,997	—
1027	1027	13	308.50	$308.50	$3,168	+18.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	575.00	$575.00	$1,898	+20.00
392	392	5	565.00	$565.00	$2,215	+21.18
437	437	10	528.00	$528.00	$2,307	+48.77
455–485	476	8	520.00–525.00	$523.11	$2,490	+46.51
502–548	530	46	478.00–519.00	$493.35	$2,615	+88.35
553–594	576	41	436.00–450.00	$439.35	$2,531	-13.02
602–636	619	8	429.00–456.00	$445.77	$2,759	+8.69
690	690	21	394.00	$394.00	$2,719	-3.25
712–740	736	53	375.00–387.50	$376.24	$2,769	-7.98
799	799	56	364.00	$364.00	$2,908	+2.27
808	808	57	368.75	$368.75	$2,980	+26.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,911	—
689	689	9	388.00	$388.00	$2,673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,749	—
580–591	587	8	430.00–445.00	$436.37	$2,561	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	660.00	$660.00	$1,386	—
330–335	332	3	625.00	$625.00	$2,075	+29.73
362–388	373	29	525.00–625.00	$555.95	$2,074	+28.04
427–445	433	29	500.00–530.00	$517.47	$2,241	+8.19
450–492	474	97	445.00–525.00	$499.56	$2,368	+27.48
505	505	3	427.50	$427.50	$2,159	-29.74
512–543	526	40	433.00–485.00	$456.02	$2,399	-1.22
572–589	581	33	424.00–435.00	$428.92	$2,492	-17.87
592	592	8	377.50	$377.50	$2,235	-69.29
608	608	12	389.00	$389.00	$2,365	-56.00
656	656	102	405.50	$405.50	$2,660	-37.00
664–696	675	15	348.00–360.00	$355.61	$2,400	-21.89
724	724	7	369.00	$369.00	$2,672	-7.26
765–779	772	21	340.00–344.00	$341.89	$2,639	-11.46
806–824	816	31	325.00–350.00	$334.84	$2,732	-3.11
909	909	14	301.00	$301.00	$2,736	-27.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	587.50	$587.50	$1,645	—
319	319	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,515	—
392 unweaned	392	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,960	-6.70
426–446	436	6	435.00–465.00	$450.34	$1,963	+1.14
470–490	484	15	395.00–455.00	$426.15	$2,063	-12.00
520	520	6	421.00	$421.00	$2,189	-3.51
552–597	559	29	385.00–430.00	$415.62	$2,323	+7.02
620	620	2	377.50	$377.50	$2,340	-6.82
659–676	665	16	359.00–375.00	$365.10	$2,428	+0.11
757	757	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,498	—
818–829	823	9	326.00–328.00	$326.90	$2,690	-3.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,583	—
492	492	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,845	-21.32
525	525	4	410.00	$410.00	$2,152	—
637	637	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,198	-10.00
640	640	3	362.50	$362.50	$2,320	+7.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657	657	7	354.00	$354.00	$2,326	—
912	912	3	273.00	$273.00	$2,490	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	4	525.00–540.00	$532.19	$2,278	+28.92
468	468	3	472.50	$472.50	$2,211	-26.74
500–540	527	6	408.00–510.00	$440.28	$2,320	-1.92
618–632	624	5	395.00–412.50	$405.41	$2,530	+2.18
665	665	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,594	+8.87
727	727	6	343.00	$343.00	$2,494	-21.69
768–781	773	10	307.50–320.00	$314.95	$2,435	—
867	867	3	298.00	$298.00	$2,584	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–520	509	9	457.50–470.00	$463.17	$2,358	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	80-85%	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,840	—
1100–1243	1195	80-85%	3	148.00–155.00	$152.85	$1,827	-9.84
960–1405	1217	80-85%	31	150.00–172.00	$165.00	$2,008	+17.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1273	1054	85-90%	22	138.00–153.00	$146.17	$1,541	—
1065	1065	85-90%	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,358	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1355	1317	75-80%	3	180.00–184.00	$182.74	$2,407	—
1330–1645	1477	75-80%	9	160.00–174.00	$167.90	$2,480	+17.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1670	1423	3	182.00–186.00	$183.51	$2,611	—
1340–2190	1765	18	185.00–209.00	$197.52	$3,486	—
1495–2200	1767	5	208.00–225.00	$215.74	$3,812	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1140	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	232.50–257.50	$246.67	$2,664
905–1260	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	180.00–185.00	$182.91	$1,981
840–1375	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	170.00–300.00	$200.69	$2,196

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1275–1310	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,800.00	$2,495.94
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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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.