Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 3, 2026

3,641 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $362.67/cwt +2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,629/hd at 725 lb · 157 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $394.73/cwt -0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,684/hd at 680 lb · 149 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $382.80/cwt +18.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,787/hd at 728 lb · 128 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,641	1,553	4,948
Feeder cattle	3,126	1,145	4,447
Slaughter cattle	366	275	358
Replacement cattle	149	133	143

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower.

▲ Feeder cattle: feeders sold firm to 5.00 higher
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 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
300–336	320	10	580.00–655.00	$614.27	$1,966	—
350–391	384	13	517.50–590.00	$538.47	$2,068	-0.18
403–449	427	18	500.00–535.00	$509.39	$2,175	+12.42
431 unweaned	431	5	507.50	$507.50	$2,187	—
450–496	469	27	472.50–525.00	$496.51	$2,329	-13.49
505 unweaned	505	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,247	—
505–536	524	69	450.00–510.00	$470.08	$2,463	+0.14
568 unweaned	568	4	407.50	$407.50	$2,315	—
557–597	579	65	420.00–444.00	$429.36	$2,486	-26.77
614 fancy	614	10	458.00	$458.00	$2,812	—
601–646	621	112	397.00–426.00	$414.90	$2,577	+13.66
650–693	680	149	369.00–419.00	$394.73	$2,684	-0.34
700–747	728	128	375.00–400.00	$382.80	$2,787	+18.80
752	752	14	360.00	$360.00	$2,707	—
811	811	68	360.50	$360.50	$2,924	+7.50
985	985	4	315.00	$315.00	$3,103	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	620.00	$620.00	$1,705	—
389	389	6	505.00	$505.00	$1,964	-15.00
400–423	413	6	450.00–480.00	$464.93	$1,920	+4.93
426 unweaned	426	3	455.00	$455.00	$1,938	—
456–493	467	37	432.50–469.00	$453.79	$2,119	-3.71
505–545	533	32	417.50–465.00	$430.63	$2,295	+6.98
570 unweaned	570	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,166	—
553–595	575	33	390.00–420.00	$409.30	$2,353	+49.30
627	627	3	367.50	$367.50	$2,304	-8.47
610–637	629	27	365.00–418.00	$383.27	$2,411	+7.30
655	655	5	377.00	$377.00	$2,469	—
700–749	722	64	346.00–380.00	$368.67	$2,662	+7.67
758–797	774	112	335.00–363.75	$357.34	$2,766	+18.78
834–838	834	61	333.50–344.00	$343.26	$2,863	+5.26
971–983	976	9	308.00–310.00	$309.11	$3,017	—
1009	1009	7	301.00	$301.00	$3,037	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	5	370.00	$370.00	$870	—
353	353	68	322.00	$322.00	$1,137	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,045	—
518–532	527	11	367.50–400.00	$377.10	$1,987	—
591–594	593	11	370.00–380.00	$376.38	$2,232	—
638	638	2	369.00	$369.00	$2,354	—
664–673	668	7	336.00–355.00	$346.79	$2,317	—
703–745	728	6	348.00–357.50	$350.64	$2,553	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–526	516	6	402.50–425.00	$413.98	$2,136	—
635	635	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,381	—
716	716	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,434	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
733	733	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,539	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	6	600.00	$600.00	$1,740	-29.00
300–320	306	4	530.00–555.00	$541.51	$1,657	+11.51
373 unweaned	373	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,641	—
355–393	381	13	462.50–540.00	$499.76	$1,904	-40.24
422 unweaned	422	2	505.00	$505.00	$2,131	—
400–446	435	30	427.50–520.00	$468.77	$2,039	-5.28
451–495	467	70	420.00–470.00	$433.71	$2,025	-23.29
500–548	522	65	402.50–445.00	$431.51	$2,252	+22.92
550–583	568	52	378.00–422.50	$405.50	$2,303	+16.83
615–646	627	107	367.50–401.00	$390.00	$2,445	-21.00
662–678	663	78	349.00–384.00	$374.14	$2,481	—
713	713	3	334.00	$334.00	$2,381	-26.00
704–746	725	154	353.00–375.00	$363.23	$2,633	+3.23
764–779	772	20	329.50–355.00	$340.85	$2,631	+15.85
844	844	15	319.50	$319.50	$2,697	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313 unweaned	313	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,315	—
344	344	6	510.00	$510.00	$1,754	—
367–373	371	5	455.00–500.00	$472.83	$1,754	-1.80
403–447	426	9	397.50–435.00	$422.45	$1,800	+2.45
461–497	478	29	395.00–435.00	$415.51	$1,986	+6.47
483 unweaned	483	3	377.50	$377.50	$1,823	—
518–547	538	21	382.50–410.00	$395.92	$2,130	-6.57
553 thin fleshed	553	7	439.00	$439.00	$2,428	—
553–595	571	75	361.00–400.00	$379.76	$2,168	+19.89
595	595	3	358.00	$358.00	$2,130	-1.87
603	603	11	345.00	$345.00	$2,080	+1.26
600–648	628	27	340.00–378.00	$357.46	$2,245	+13.72
650–695	677	100	335.00–350.00	$345.36	$2,338	+11.36
703	703	6	334.00	$334.00	$2,348	+18.00
813–821	818	20	311.50–324.00	$314.51	$2,573	—
880	880	2	302.50	$302.50	$2,662	+27.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	2	470.00	$470.00	$1,678	—
433	433	2	392.50	$392.50	$1,700	—
465–490	477	10	312.50–370.00	$342.71	$1,635	—
500–530	517	6	355.00–368.00	$360.25	$1,862	+40.25
550–592	577	19	351.00–382.50	$364.83	$2,105	+2.33
607–630	613	4	340.00–345.00	$341.29	$2,092	—
649	649	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,239	—
670–695	676	4	325.00–330.00	$328.72	$2,222	—
693	693	3	314.00	$314.00	$2,176	—
832	832	5	306.00	$306.00	$2,546	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	6	349.00	$349.00	$2,506	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,948	—
643	643	3	341.00	$341.00	$2,193	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	355.00	$355.00	$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
335 unweaned	335	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,809	—
346	346	6	550.00	$550.00	$1,903	-49.14
435 unweaned	435	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,153	—
433–445	439	6	455.00–475.00	$465.14	$2,042	-25.79
477–485	482	8	425.00–440.00	$430.57	$2,075	-19.43
503–543	525	12	367.50–422.50	$402.92	$2,115	-6.21
570–572 unweaned	571	6	385.00–390.00	$386.67	$2,208	—
595	595	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,231	-14.93
600–635	633	14	362.50–376.00	$371.09	$2,349	+41.09
765–788	775	9	322.50–330.00	$328.02	$2,542	-5.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	4	525.00	$525.00	$1,995	—
415–445 unweaned	432	5	510.00–550.00	$529.37	$2,287	—
434	434	7	525.00	$525.00	$2,278	—
460	460	2	510.00	$510.00	$2,346	—
531	531	8	448.00	$448.00	$2,379	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	3	332.00	$332.00	$2,228	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1255	1161	80-85%	4	220.00–245.00	$231.62	$2,689	—
1045–1985	1220	80-85%	41	162.00–185.00	$174.30	$2,126	-17.39
1210–1295	1263	80-85%	7	182.00–205.00	$189.30	$2,391	—
1265	1265	80-85%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,771	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1370	1328	75-80%	3	216.00–262.50	$232.44	$3,087	—
1295–1558	1388	75-80%	20	186.00–220.00	$193.01	$2,679	—
1330–1730	1453	75-80%	30	168.00–188.00	$180.73	$2,626	-4.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878–1125	998	85-90%	24	145.00–171.00	$156.84	$1,565	—
870–1165	1042	85-90%	8	112.50–153.00	$143.00	$1,490	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2245	1569	12	186.00–215.00	$201.57	$3,163	—
1130–2275	1654	31	208.50–240.00	$223.43	$3,696	—
1535–2075	1810	5	240.00–266.00	$248.57	$4,499	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1275	1044	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	230.00–298.00	$270.18	$2,821
935–1337	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	42	211.00–290.00	$235.71	$2,730
1145–1269	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	205.00–215.00	$207.40	$2,586

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1545	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,700.00–4,200.00	$4,063.13
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1195–1330	1262	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–3,100.00	$2,940.62
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	4,750.00	$4,750.00
1362–1500	1385	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	4,600.00–4,900.00	$4,845.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1142	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	4,400.00–4,750.00	$4,542.93

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
953	953	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
961	961	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	4,500.00	$4,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,900.00	$3,900.00
870	870	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—
1490	1490	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—
1475–2030	1753	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,500.00–5,200.00	$4,850.00	—
1800	1800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	5,600.00	$5,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	+400.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,700.00	$4,700.00	-300.00
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	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.