Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 30, 2026

5,552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $371.15/cwt -17.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,709/hd at 730 lb · 389 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $355.85/cwt -0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,940/hd at 826 lb · 197 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $384.92/cwt -8.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,557/hd at 664 lb · 175 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,552	6,097	4,668
Feeder cattle	4,838	5,262	4,159
Slaughter cattle	573	595	491
Replacement cattle	141	240	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 10.00 higher, with some spots 15.00-20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 10.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	334	38	620.00–670.00	$653.02	$2,181	-26.36
356–394	376	34	580.00–675.00	$600.74	$2,259	-9.91
400–447	428	145	544.00–622.50	$591.68	$2,532	+3.44
457–470 thin fleshed	462	8	577.50–590.00	$582.27	$2,690	—
450–496	475	131	515.00–575.00	$535.73	$2,545	-11.58
502–549	521	163	475.00–537.00	$510.53	$2,660	+1.89
557–595	578	130	450.00–494.00	$468.12	$2,706	+53.12
600–635	617	55	430.00–472.50	$445.91	$2,751	+4.21
635 unweaned	635	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,699	+20.00
655	655	6	400.00	$400.00	$2,620	-22.07
655–684	672	56	410.00–435.00	$417.74	$2,807	-4.33
702–747	731	167	370.00–430.00	$406.18	$2,969	+7.71
754 fancy	754	7	398.00	$398.00	$3,001	—
762–796	787	122	357.50–389.00	$370.47	$2,916	+6.46
801–809 fancy	803	14	381.50–385.00	$383.99	$3,083	—
804–847	828	183	340.00–369.50	$353.70	$2,929	-2.99
854–883	868	141	350.00–361.50	$356.30	$3,093	+19.85
936–941	939	26	330.00–349.50	$342.77	$3,219	+7.77
1005	1005	11	304.00	$304.00	$3,055	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	635.00	$635.00	$1,588	—
300–340	328	9	575.00–620.00	$587.31	$1,926	-14.51
358–393	384	13	560.00–580.00	$571.06	$2,193	+7.81
405–444	429	20	490.00–600.00	$536.49	$2,302	+15.40
455–495	476	45	462.50–540.00	$505.82	$2,408	+15.39
522 thin fleshed	522	7	540.00	$540.00	$2,819	+2.62
500–549	530	38	450.00–485.00	$472.17	$2,503	-13.23
553–599	571	58	415.00–484.00	$457.83	$2,614	+16.64
603–645	632	37	410.00–432.50	$423.49	$2,676	+6.84
666 thin fleshed	666	4	420.00	$420.00	$2,797	—
656–695	673	41	380.00–412.50	$393.19	$2,646	-10.30
715–719	718	10	367.50–375.00	$372.76	$2,676	-31.24
764–793	787	71	350.00–373.50	$371.55	$2,924	—
829	829	6	365.00	$365.00	$3,026	+6.05
860–868	862	10	336.00–338.00	$336.60	$2,901	-1.40
1000–1008	1005	9	295.00	$295.00	$2,965	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556–569	563	15	445.00–472.00	$457.44	$2,575	—
658	658	7	412.00	$412.00	$2,711	-27.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,870	—
503	503	3	367.50	$367.50	$1,849	-62.03
552	552	6	370.00–425.00	$397.50	$2,194	—
682	682	3	337.50	$337.50	$2,302	-24.50
840	840	4	327.50	$327.50	$2,751	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–465	461	7	442.50–445.00	$443.92	$2,046	-3.58

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	500.00	$500.00	$2,025	+0.12

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	7	650.00	$650.00	$1,651	—
315–345	329	19	535.00–605.00	$561.77	$1,848	-30.52
386 unweaned	386	4	510.00	$510.00	$1,969	-34.90
350–399	387	39	514.00–542.00	$533.30	$2,064	-13.18
413 thin fleshed	413	3	540.00	$540.00	$2,230	—
405–448	429	94	475.00–540.00	$501.26	$2,150	+5.16
465	465	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,069	-23.82
466 thin fleshed	466	6	493.00	$493.00	$2,297	—
452–498	473	87	441.00–530.00	$483.05	$2,285	+14.23
503–549	527	114	422.50–480.00	$447.51	$2,358	+6.39
554 fancy	554	9	450.00	$450.00	$2,493	—
551–585	570	71	410.00–470.00	$424.42	$2,419	-2.07
605–624	619	146	390.00–416.00	$413.75	$2,561	+5.49
620	620	5	382.00	$382.00	$2,368	-26.26
652–676	664	172	385.00–392.50	$385.22	$2,558	-7.84
687	687	3	367.50	$367.50	$2,525	-25.56
702–740	730	389	344.00–379.00	$371.15	$2,709	+19.80
764–789	778	52	344.00–359.00	$350.57	$2,727	-14.43
784	784	14	369.00	$369.00	$2,893	+4.00
839–843	841	20	329.00–330.50	$329.90	$2,774	+11.34
863	863	4	307.00	$307.00	$2,649	—
1084	1084	16	301.00	$301.00	$3,263	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	575.00	$575.00	$1,581	+26.35
305–334	325	13	520.00–600.00	$568.10	$1,846	+6.78
360–395	377	18	505.00–545.00	$522.94	$1,971	+34.93
403–435	414	33	440.00–477.50	$463.58	$1,919	+6.41
450–497	478	44	380.00–495.00	$443.25	$2,119	+3.91
502–544	536	48	390.00–431.00	$417.61	$2,238	+6.11
545 thin fleshed	545	4	447.50	$447.50	$2,439	—
551	551	4	402.50	$402.50	$2,218	+1.11
554 thin fleshed	554	5	427.50	$427.50	$2,368	—
554–596	577	45	376.00–407.50	$393.84	$2,272	-7.55
600–647	627	79	357.50–407.50	$379.57	$2,380	+0.36
663	663	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,420	+1.14
672–694	680	42	345.00–377.00	$367.66	$2,500	+3.80
703–745	724	98	332.50–364.00	$360.53	$2,610	+17.02
754–780	765	12	337.50–342.00	$340.09	$2,602	+12.28
757–782	772	10	315.00–319.00	$317.43	$2,451	-10.38
807–809	809	72	323.00–334.75	$333.61	$2,699	—
923	923	4	278.00	$278.00	$2,566	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	417.50	$417.50	$1,599	-52.50
437	437	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,879	—
540	540	2	397.50	$397.50	$2,146	+10.17
560	560	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,254	+42.56
614–635	627	11	347.50–348.00	$347.68	$2,180	+27.68
648	648	3	332.00	$332.00	$2,151	—
679	679	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,309	—
677–695	687	14	330.00–340.00	$334.78	$2,300	—
723	723	3	308.00	$308.00	$2,227	-31.00
752–767	762	16	307.50–335.00	$321.48	$2,450	—
885	885	6	277.50	$277.50	$2,456	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	4	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
840	840	20	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	5	434.00	$434.00	$2,040	—
565	565	6	399.00	$399.00	$2,254	-36.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
672	672	4	302.00	$302.00	$2,029	—
723	723	6	329.00	$329.00	$2,379	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	3	402.50	$402.50	$2,133	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	321	8	550.00–690.00	$641.29	$2,059	—
360	360	6	605.00–645.00	$631.67	$2,274	+77.02
407–430	419	4	530.00–545.00	$537.29	$2,251	+40.66
452–453 unweaned	453	6	505.00–507.50	$506.25	$2,293	—
452–485	462	28	450.00–493.00	$483.95	$2,236	+8.95
515–547	532	38	452.50–499.00	$474.42	$2,524	+11.99
558–597	580	27	365.00–477.50	$420.44	$2,439	-3.82
600 unweaned	600	3	395.00	$395.00	$2,370	—
602–624	618	14	400.00–439.00	$428.47	$2,648	+35.39
722	722	2	372.00	$372.00	$2,686	—
790	790	10	350.00	$350.00	$2,765	+6.93
960–975	973	6	280.00–297.00	$294.20	$2,863	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1630	1630	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1290	1177	80-85%	9	141.00–157.00	$150.14	$1,767	-32.68
1030–1405	1180	80-85%	47	150.00–180.00	$169.83	$2,004	-12.99
1005–1360	1197	80-85%	56	180.00–197.50	$186.50	$2,232	+18.99

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1140	968	85-90%	19	101.00–135.00	$127.03	$1,230	-25.19
935–1005	970	85-90%	2	167.50–186.00	$177.08	$1,718	+24.86
820–1170	982	85-90%	66	136.00–174.00	$150.73	$1,480	-16.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1560	1390	75-80%	21	170.00–188.00	$180.42	$2,508	—
1295–1785	1448	75-80%	24	183.00–201.00	$190.25	$2,755	+2.55
1370–1600	1485	75-80%	8	148.00–170.00	$160.69	$2,386	-17.60

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1270	1213	2	201.00–210.00	$205.29	$2,490	—
1107–1338	1296	30	220.00–240.00	$226.01	$2,929	—
1240–1990	1480	8	181.00–192.50	$185.55	$2,746	—
1175–2480	1658	33	194.00–228.00	$211.16	$3,501	+4.94
1655–2350	1915	18	219.00–248.00	$233.00	$4,462	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2105	2105	1	250.00	$250.00	$5,262	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
618–818 thin fleshed	787	(<2 yrs)	Open	23	337.50–350.00	$339.45	$2,671
850–1030	908	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	295.00–317.00	$303.87	$2,759
770–1295	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	200.00–322.50	$251.14	$2,569
920–1270	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	179.00–255.00	$223.04	$2,393
1196	1196	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	200.00	$200.00	$2,392

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1030–1205	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,700.00	$3,354.36
925–1315	1141	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	2,100.00–2,850.00	$2,464.94
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
930–1275	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,200.00–3,000.00	$2,715.56
1191	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1020–1450	1229	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	2,600.00–3,400.00	$2,834.92
1060–1485	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,700.00–4,000.00	$3,824.95
1040–1520	1291	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,850.00–3,500.00	$3,193.35
1380	1380	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00

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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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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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.