Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 13, 2026

5,988 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $521.04/cwt +3.79 vs last sale · ≈ $2,694/hd at 517 lb · 268 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $358.68/cwt ≈ $3,293/hd at 918 lb · 254 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $504.55/cwt +6.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,392/hd at 474 lb · 246 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,988	5,543	5,819
Feeder cattle	4,983	4,558	5,175
Slaughter cattle	692	725	564
Replacement cattle	313	260	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder sold steady to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, and bulls mixed 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher.

▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	4	780.00	$780.00	$1,794	—
303–345	326	41	617.50–717.50	$676.69	$2,206	+15.43
360 unweaned	360	29	610.00	$610.00	$2,196	+8.94
350–399	376	100	595.00–705.00	$663.48	$2,495	+49.94
403–449	429	72	540.00–630.00	$592.88	$2,543	+10.28
451–495	473	145	520.00–560.00	$549.69	$2,600	+18.32
500–549	517	268	480.00–545.00	$521.04	$2,694	+1.78
552 fancy	552	6	519.00	$519.00	$2,865	—
550–599	560	131	446.00–505.00	$488.57	$2,736	+12.02
565 unweaned	565	6	465.00	$465.00	$2,627	—
606 unweaned	606	6	430.00	$430.00	$2,606	—
600–647	614	86	428.00–485.00	$457.31	$2,808	+13.00
652–690	665	20	408.00–455.00	$421.36	$2,802	-5.48
665 fancy	665	4	467.50	$467.50	$3,109	—
680 unweaned	680	20	412.50	$412.50	$2,805	—
712–730	718	63	420.00–436.00	$430.90	$3,094	+30.66
750–772	766	15	372.50–381.00	$377.20	$2,889	-12.30
804	804	16	388.50	$388.50	$3,124	+10.22
853–881	874	51	342.00–364.50	$358.37	$3,132	+2.66
906–949	918	254	338.50–363.75	$358.68	$3,293	—
973	973	110	339.75	$339.75	$3,306	—
1053	1053	3	319.00	$319.00	$3,359	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–298	277	14	625.00–710.00	$672.39	$1,863	+52.39
303–348	329	29	575.00–730.00	$636.54	$2,094	+45.29
378–399	389	61	515.00–655.00	$600.98	$2,338	-2.39
421 unweaned	421	3	530.00	$530.00	$2,231	—
416–440	429	62	480.00–595.00	$540.96	$2,321	+3.71
462–493	476	36	490.00–560.00	$518.10	$2,466	+22.65
484 unweaned	484	16	491.00	$491.00	$2,376	—
500–549	518	89	440.00–520.00	$481.59	$2,495	+2.31
519 thin fleshed	519	4	514.00	$514.00	$2,668	+4.00
531 unweaned	531	5	455.00	$455.00	$2,416	—
555–598	570	46	435.00–470.00	$455.58	$2,597	+0.49
603–640	618	70	405.00–447.50	$433.10	$2,677	-16.94
653–686	673	36	394.00–425.00	$404.06	$2,719	-5.82
702–735	722	17	379.00–409.00	$389.97	$2,816	+11.51
760–798	792	116	364.00–374.50	$371.17	$2,940	+4.49
812–828	813	66	363.00–368.50	$368.25	$2,994	—
928	928	3	322.50	$322.50	$2,993	—
1059	1059	23	309.50	$309.50	$3,278	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	3	575.00	$575.00	$1,673	—
305	305	2	555.00	$555.00	$1,693	—
360	360	5	610.00	$610.00	$2,196	+162.31
426–437	433	9	445.00–475.00	$456.74	$1,978	+56.74
488–493	492	15	460.00–470.00	$466.68	$2,296	+61.68
581	581	4	417.50	$417.50	$2,426	+4.09

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	526.00	$526.00	$2,025	—
497	497	13	490.00	$490.00	$2,435	+38.00
564–592	574	11	440.00–450.00	$446.25	$2,561	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230–238	234	9	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,715.40	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	6	480.00	$480.00	$1,358	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,118	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–287	283	29	625.00–680.00	$655.36	$1,855	—
313 unweaned	313	12	600.00	$600.00	$1,878	—
305–348	336	60	578.00–665.00	$640.37	$2,152	+39.04
350–387	374	61	555.00–625.00	$606.77	$2,269	+59.16
375 fancy	375	7	647.50	$647.50	$2,428	—
400–449	431	182	476.00–573.00	$527.30	$2,273	+10.37
436 unweaned	436	4	505.00	$505.00	$2,202	—
452–497	474	246	439.00–535.00	$504.55	$2,392	+8.47
506 fancy	506	18	520.00	$520.00	$2,631	—
500–546	529	74	437.50–470.00	$452.97	$2,396	+47.97
550–598	565	76	389.00–440.00	$423.51	$2,393	-6.67
595 fancy	595	16	444.00	$444.00	$2,642	—
611–639	626	53	392.50–429.00	$406.71	$2,546	+0.64
640	640	2	364.00	$364.00	$2,330	-42.07
650	650	17	360.00	$360.00	$2,340	-16.58
658–665	660	17	364.00–399.00	$384.01	$2,534	+7.43
706–745	726	26	355.00–377.50	$365.35	$2,652	+2.35
833	833	11	343.50	$343.50	$2,861	+0.04
944	944	12	306.00	$306.00	$2,889	—
975–983	982	17	286.00–307.00	$303.32	$2,979	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–286	269	9	550.00–660.00	$606.06	$1,630	—
312 thin fleshed	312	14	607.50	$607.50	$1,895	+2.50
310–346	330	27	472.00–592.50	$558.31	$1,842	+3.30
369 unweaned	369	24	517.50	$517.50	$1,910	—
375 thin fleshed	375	6	595.00	$595.00	$2,231	—
358–396	379	43	470.00–615.00	$539.05	$2,043	+57.71
406 thin fleshed	406	4	527.50	$527.50	$2,142	—
415 unweaned	415	3	490.00	$490.00	$2,034	—
415–435	422	25	475.00–497.50	$492.62	$2,079	+15.74
462 unweaned	462	12	451.00	$451.00	$2,084	—
451–493	473	63	410.00–497.50	$457.77	$2,165	+2.49
484–490 thin fleshed	486	14	475.00–500.00	$489.27	$2,378	-5.73
506–547 unweaned	521	8	417.50–430.00	$425.08	$2,215	—
500–545	525	38	420.00–467.50	$438.78	$2,304	+14.97
568–595	587	72	387.50–437.50	$422.06	$2,477	+17.96
607–638	624	27	364.00–420.00	$387.06	$2,415	+40.40
656–695	666	33	352.50–366.00	$363.35	$2,420	+10.48
680–696	688	8	340.00–345.00	$342.47	$2,356	-10.40
707–740	722	17	340.00–355.00	$347.91	$2,512	-5.96
758–798	785	24	325.00–338.50	$333.99	$2,622	+6.22
810	810	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,653	+2.48
938	938	6	299.00	$299.00	$2,805	-13.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321 thin fleshed	321	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,461	—
457–497	485	19	408.00–435.00	$417.89	$2,027	+22.89
531–532	531	5	380.00–388.00	$384.80	$2,043	-3.92
575 thin fleshed	575	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,242	—
565–588	577	6	370.00–385.00	$377.35	$2,177	+32.35
615–620	617	5	330.00–342.50	$337.48	$2,082	—
703	703	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,250	+7.39
892	892	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,676	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	8	480.00	$480.00	$2,328	—
556	556	4	440.00	$440.00	$2,446	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200–245	218	5	1,575.00–1,650.00	$1,608.72	—
265–288	278	7	1,725.00–1,760.00	$1,739.29	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	470.00	$470.00	$1,589	—
428	428	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,819	—
488	488	6	427.50	$427.50	$2,086	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
771	771	11	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–337	326	7	465.00	$465.00	$1,516	—
368	368	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,343	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
696	696	9	344.00	$344.00	$2,394	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,829	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–343	320	10	700.00–710.00	$705.71	$2,258	+165.87
355–391	375	27	545.00–650.00	$602.94	$2,261	+42.94
404–445	432	31	488.00–575.00	$539.72	$2,332	+10.86
483	483	3	482.50	$482.50	$2,330	+5.49
504–542	521	27	420.00–485.00	$457.30	$2,383	-13.26
559–596	578	20	425.00–460.00	$445.94	$2,578	+4.97
615	615	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,614	-8.31
686–695	691	10	345.00–374.00	$354.51	$2,450	-32.24
810	810	4	336.00	$336.00	$2,722	—
895	895	3	312.00	$312.00	$2,792	—
978	978	3	289.00	$289.00	$2,826	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	5	532.00	$532.00	$2,373	-6.00
500–521	509	10	475.00–490.00	$487.05	$2,479	—
562	562	12	438.00	$438.00	$2,462	+18.00
602	602	6	430.00	$430.00	$2,589	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1295	1159	80-85%	8	143.00–158.00	$149.13	$1,728	-4.59
960–1365	1176	80-85%	132	154.00–184.00	$173.44	$2,040	+19.72
1215	1215	80-85%	1	187.50	$187.50	$2,278	-4.52
1160–1400	1258	80-85%	21	184.00–197.00	$190.11	$2,392	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1580	1370	75-80%	52	165.00–193.00	$183.03	$2,508	—
1370	1370	75-80%	1	217.00	$217.00	$2,973	—
1300–1495	1389	75-80%	12	150.00–173.00	$164.50	$2,285	—
1305–1750	1448	75-80%	24	185.00–200.00	$192.07	$2,781	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1015	944	85-90%	4	159.00–182.50	$169.81	$1,603	+47.70
750–1215	946	85-90%	16	120.00–142.00	$131.59	$1,245	+9.48
810–1245	999	85-90%	55	136.00–173.00	$152.92	$1,528	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
837–990	888	3	257.50–282.50	$266.79	$2,369	—
1285–1790	1522	13	166.00–196.00	$186.43	$2,837	—
1385–1975	1677	22	200.00–229.00	$215.72	$3,618	—
1550–2310	1944	9	230.00–250.00	$239.23	$4,651	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1150	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	235.00–310.00	$277.80	$2,820
862–1290	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	193.00–275.00	$223.79	$2,352
955–1140	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	190.00–227.50	$206.12	$2,173
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,979

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–910	814	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	192.00–267.50	$210.38	$1,712
785–870	830	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	285.00–312.50	$302.10	$2,507
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,142

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1052–1215	1106	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,225.00	$2,156.96
1010–1525	1219	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	2,300.00–3,500.00	$2,728.75
1241–1327	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	2,500.00–2,775.00	$2,716.90
1070–1480	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,700.00–3,500.00	$3,235.69
1293–1392	1349	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	69	3,300.00–3,675.00	$3,436.59
1480–1540	1510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,525.00–2,800.00	$2,665.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1143–1425	1343	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	4,200.00–4,400.00	$4,276.51
1359	1359	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1202	1162	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	3,800.00–4,000.00	$3,924.09

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	5,850.00–5,900.00	$5,875.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	4,750.00	$4,750.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

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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.