Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 86 priced lines covering 1,790 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,118 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 159 head. replacement cattle receipts at 260 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,118Last week 2,674Year ago 3,193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 196Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 260Last week 90Year ago 110

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 higher except some under 450 lbs 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	411.00	411.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	329	542.50–575.00	565.28
27	350–400	377	515.00–552.50	538.35
53	400–450	429	490.00–540.00	521.77
70	450–500	475	458.00–508.00	474.43
44	500–550	521	430.00–462.50	449.11
51	550–600	570	412.50–443.00	429.20
42	600–650	623	375.00–410.00	401.24
21	650–700	671	364.00–396.00	380.38
9	700–750	729	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	512	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	550.00	550.00
13	350–400	377	500.00–535.00	523.77
20	400–450	418	445.00–532.50	493.78
8	450–500	471	446.00–460.00	452.67
3	550–600	552	400.00	400.00
7	600–650	618	375.00–390.00	379.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	456.00	456.00
12	450–500	474	450.00–460.00	455.19
2	700–750	718	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	420	540.00	540.00
16	550–600	572	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	570.00	570.00
3	500–550	520	492.50	492.50
29	550–600	581	440.00–470.00	449.17
5	650–700	664	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	331	610.00–652.00	636.78
13	350–400	380	585.00–620.00	602.60
86	400–450	433	535.00–585.00	562.51
111	450–500	475	520.00–563.00	547.57
151	500–550	524	480.00–540.00	516.59
65	550–600	586	449.00–489.00	470.24
67	600–650	630	430.00–458.00	446.85
121	650–700	676	405.00–452.50	431.56
55	700–750	713	409.50–415.50	414.39
13	750–800	770	360.00–387.00	370.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	360	540.00–600.00	579.15
20	400–450	430	538.00–545.00	540.83
9	450–500	470	507.50–530.00	516.62
17	500–550	521	475.00–522.00	496.87
12	550–600	562	441.00–465.00	446.54
4	600–650	600	421.00	421.00
16	700–750	730	368.00–407.00	395.53
10	750–800	796	356.50	356.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	572	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	504	460.00	460.00
11	600–650	621	386.00–420.00	403.92
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	486	522.00	522.00
7	550–600	552	466.00	466.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	507.00	507.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	497	544.00	544.00
36	550–600	563	490.00	490.00
94	600–650	627	448.00–464.00	456.00
38	750–800	780	383.00	383.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	592	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	600	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	530.00–560.00	550.16
4	500–550	533	450.00–465.00	457.46
4	600–650	622	360.00–370.00	365.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	169.50–171.50	170.13
6	—	1,488	177.50–187.50	182.12
2	—	1,560	190.00–195.00	192.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
13	—	996	128.00–154.00	140.95
1	—	1,055	181.00	181.00
28	—	1,093	156.50–178.00	165.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	155.00–165.00	158.03
10	—	1,283	186.50–194.50	190.55
27	—	1,297	171.50–187.00	180.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,789	214.00–235.00	222.87
4	—	1,714	181.00–210.00	196.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,282	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,762.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	—	1,250	3,100.00–3,800.00	3,564.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,195	2,500.00–3,450.00	3,137.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,215	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,419	4,600.00–5,500.00	5,075.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,259	4,800.00–4,900.00	4,833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	977	4,600.00–5,400.00	5,222.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	948	3,600.00–4,300.00	3,810.10
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	797	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,026.20

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Missouri barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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