Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 11, 2026

5,853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $450.96/cwt +4.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,828/hd at 627 lb · 292 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $472.63/cwt -2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $2,716/hd at 575 lb · 285 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $512.34/cwt -10.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,658/hd at 519 lb · 233 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,853	9,395	6,233
Feeder cattle	4,976	8,137	5,795
Slaughter cattle	718	932	353
Replacement cattle	159	326	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower, some spots 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

▼ Feeder cattle: feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower
▲ Slaughter cows: 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
252–286	278	12	720.00	$720.00	$2,002	-20.00
296 unweaned	296	6	650.00	$650.00	$1,924	—
315–340	322	13	552.00–660.00	$615.24	$1,981	-49.89
355–393	381	50	620.00–665.00	$644.11	$2,454	+1.47
380–382 unweaned	382	15	590.00–612.50	$609.51	$2,328	+9.51
400–449	423	111	508.00–612.50	$581.64	$2,460	-8.57
408–448 unweaned	443	22	535.00–590.00	$541.91	$2,401	—
474–478 unweaned	476	22	513.00–530.00	$519.09	$2,471	—
450–499	486	190	464.00–575.00	$532.21	$2,587	-3.55
500–515 unweaned	509	5	485.00–495.00	$488.93	$2,489	-0.83
504–544	519	228	468.00–535.00	$512.85	$2,662	-11.14
550–598	574	270	442.50–510.00	$474.58	$2,724	-2.03
588	588	15	437.50	$437.50	$2,572	-39.11
605	605	4	437.50	$437.50	$2,647	-8.75
603–643	627	239	425.00–470.00	$454.74	$2,851	+8.49
616–642 unweaned	629	49	427.50–439.00	$433.64	$2,728	—
650–693	668	89	412.00–450.00	$432.76	$2,891	+8.86
721–732	728	24	382.00–410.00	$402.45	$2,930	-9.10
741 unweaned	741	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,705	—
750–796	763	42	360.00–403.00	$394.91	$3,013	+26.91
858–878	877	51	357.50–359.00	$357.59	$3,136	-4.71
928	928	6	337.00	$337.00	$3,127	-18.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	5	605.00	$605.00	$1,694	-49.79
310–335	320	9	590.00–610.00	$597.78	$1,913	-81.90
353–397	375	27	492.00–595.00	$558.66	$2,095	-39.14
417 unweaned	417	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,085	—
400–448	424	78	480.00–600.00	$549.92	$2,332	-0.49
451–498	470	80	454.00–546.00	$513.55	$2,414	+8.21
502–545	528	105	432.00–530.00	$482.89	$2,550	-7.89
560–595	574	56	422.00–480.00	$450.39	$2,585	-5.42
585 thin fleshed	585	5	493.00	$493.00	$2,884	—
610 thin fleshed	610	3	457.00	$457.00	$2,788	—
602–644	625	53	397.50–448.00	$421.51	$2,634	-9.23
651–694	671	34	387.50–421.50	$405.82	$2,723	+1.39
700–731	714	42	391.00–416.00	$404.00	$2,885	+29.36
751–778	761	11	351.00–359.00	$356.03	$2,709	-16.85
802–836	812	54	339.00–360.00	$352.53	$2,863	-2.32
943	943	3	311.00	$311.00	$2,933	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	4	600.00	$600.00	$2,418	+7.50
461	461	5	492.50	$492.50	$2,270	-62.50
510	510	3	524.00	$524.00	$2,672	—
591	591	7	450.00	$450.00	$2,660	—
610–649	636	23	385.00–455.00	$414.86	$2,639	—
710	710	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,769	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	8	450.00	$450.00	$2,421	—
588	588	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,352	-79.00
698	698	4	382.00	$382.00	$2,666	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	3	512.50	$512.50	$2,511	+40.50
573	573	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,478	—
602	602	5	423.00	$423.00	$2,546	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,218	-27.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–341	327	58	555.00–620.00	$577.90	$1,890	-28.31
335–345 unweaned	340	13	540.00–570.00	$554.07	$1,884	—
358–398	383	24	508.00–537.50	$524.76	$2,010	-34.02
393–394 unweaned	394	15	476.00–510.00	$482.79	$1,902	-37.21
401–408 fancy	405	11	550.00–557.50	$552.70	$2,238	—
401–448	420	158	470.00–557.00	$520.03	$2,184	-6.57
450–499	478	126	423.00–510.00	$467.31	$2,234	-10.97
477–483	480	9	435.00–447.50	$441.91	$2,121	-36.37
500–548	516	207	420.00–474.00	$451.37	$2,329	-15.76
572	572	10	527.50	$527.50	$3,017	+103.01
554–590	575	174	404.50–447.00	$427.89	$2,460	-16.61
598	598	12	396.00	$396.00	$2,368	-48.50
601–624	613	62	387.00–445.00	$425.67	$2,609	+7.85
678	678	7	362.50	$362.50	$2,458	-15.32
728 fancy	728	11	394.00	$394.00	$2,868	—
703–738	737	154	355.00–378.00	$373.68	$2,754	+2.42
757–773	768	15	356.00–370.00	$365.40	$2,806	+20.40
807–839	823	19	317.00–347.00	$333.69	$2,746	+12.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	274	21	540.00–605.00	$571.89	$1,567	-23.11
318–349	331	18	525.00–617.50	$574.73	$1,902	+72.73
360 thin fleshed	360	4	595.00	$595.00	$2,142	—
352–396	383	35	438.00–512.50	$470.84	$1,803	-29.72
404–448	422	57	432.00–515.00	$481.17	$2,031	+5.60
435 unweaned	435	4	445.00	$445.00	$1,936	—
436 thin fleshed	436	5	550.00	$550.00	$2,398	—
450–499	477	49	415.00–485.00	$438.69	$2,093	-6.37
501–549	524	80	400.00–459.00	$432.98	$2,269	+5.58
532–548	540	6	375.00–410.00	$392.76	$2,121	-34.64
550–598	567	61	376.00–425.00	$404.62	$2,294	+4.64
593	593	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,372	+0.02
602	602	5	385.00	$385.00	$2,318	+2.00
606–641	626	55	345.00–408.00	$381.32	$2,387	-13.90
648 unweaned	648	4	353.00	$353.00	$2,287	—
708–731	726	79	347.00–372.00	$365.58	$2,654	+7.99
757–764	762	27	325.00–341.50	$337.56	$2,572	-15.31
862	862	8	316.00–331.00	$327.25	$2,821	+37.25
915	915	3	277.50	$277.50	$2,539	—
956	956	5	279.00	$279.00	$2,667	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,076	—
440 unweaned	440	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,870	—
456	456	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,733	—
470–495	485	5	380.00–410.00	$398.37	$1,932	—
535–545	542	6	380.00–397.50	$391.74	$2,123	—
551–592	568	11	360.00–385.00	$375.69	$2,134	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	417.50	$417.50	$2,021	-77.50
567	567	13	394.50	$394.50	$2,237	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,956	-11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–368	364	7	524.00–590.00	$562.16	$2,046	+47.16
400–440	412	21	460.00–580.00	$530.16	$2,184	+37.55
450–495	473	7	436.00–525.00	$461.47	$2,183	-1.75
500–542	521	22	440.00–490.00	$458.99	$2,391	+18.99
580–585	582	5	395.00–425.00	$412.94	$2,403	-9.86
602–645	629	18	388.00–436.00	$412.66	$2,596	+20.23
663–687	671	6	394.00–402.50	$399.60	$2,681	+15.23
788	788	8	330.00	$330.00	$2,600	-36.00
852	852	2	328.00	$328.00	$2,795	—
933	933	5	311.00	$311.00	$2,902	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1325	1141	80-85%	66	154.00–185.00	$177.29	$2,023	—
985–1460	1179	80-85%	54	184.00–205.00	$188.80	$2,226	+9.09
1110–1375	1221	80-85%	8	150.00–164.00	$157.92	$1,928	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1055	966	85-90%	5	125.00–137.00	$130.84	$1,264	-31.90
830–1250	984	85-90%	45	141.00–177.00	$162.11	$1,595	-0.63
930–1080	1009	85-90%	8	170.00–193.00	$179.33	$1,809	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1408	1408	75-80%	2	173.00	$173.00	$2,436	—
1200–1725	1450	75-80%	20	185.00–199.00	$190.55	$2,763	+8.15
1285–1645	1484	75-80%	26	177.00–187.00	$182.33	$2,706	-11.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	233.00	$233.00	$2,668	—
1305–1825	1463	13	188.00–214.00	$204.26	$2,988	+17.49
1200–2095	1590	29	207.00–239.00	$223.63	$3,556	—
1565–2365	1972	13	239.00–253.00	$245.14	$4,834	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1215	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	35	232.50–295.00	$266.10	$2,594
835–1385	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	183.00–290.00	$218.24	$2,281
1015–1150	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	190.00–200.00	$195.78	$2,105
1145–1385	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	191.00–204.00	$196.50	$2,525

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1255	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,400.00–3,600.00	$3,040.46
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1210–1447	1368	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,870.52
1380	1380	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1275–1637	1492	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	3,100.00–3,350.00	$3,185.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1231	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	202.00	$202.00	$2,487
1241	1241	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	194.00	$194.00	$2,408

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1073	1073	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,700.00	$3,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1460	1460	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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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.