Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 134 priced lines covering 3,276 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,221 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 361 head. replacement cattle receipts at 372 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,221Last week 1,980Year ago 4,446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 329Year ago 409

Replacement CattleReceipts 372Last week 371Year ago 374

Compared to last week, feeders were mixed with early week sales 3.00-15.00 higher, late week 5.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	335	610.00–615.00	610.45
21	350–400	390	560.00–615.00	587.82
37	400–450	428	525.00–580.00	560.22
64	450–500	480	500.00–545.00	518.50
44	500–550	527	480.00–510.00	493.93
50	550–600	576	440.00–465.00	455.73
46	600–650	635	415.00–438.00	433.23
38	650–700	670	382.50–417.50	402.69
28	700–750	729	360.00–387.50	364.84
13	750–800	782	360.00–365.00	361.17
12	800–850	816	337.50–350.00	342.06
15	900–950	908	312.50–328.00	315.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	575.00	575.00
4	500–550	545	477.50	477.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	545.00	545.00
9	400–450	429	490.00–505.00	499.50
3	450–500	465	475.00–485.00	478.23
9	500–550	534	450.00–470.00	460.01
4	600–650	626	375.00–392.50	388.31
5	700–750	706	352.50	352.50
5	900–950	930	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	679	402.50	402.50
5	700–750	718	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	470.00	470.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	519	540.00–545.00	542.85
11	600–650	636	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	605.00	605.00
9	400–450	428	535.00–545.00	537.08
6	500–550	526	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	655.00–675.00	669.51
42	350–400	364	590.00–677.50	653.65
51	400–450	421	537.50–615.00	579.41
105	450–500	465	517.50–600.00	571.12
128	500–550	519	505.00–560.00	524.22
110	550–600	572	459.00–510.00	486.34
157	600–650	624	440.00–485.00	453.99
25	650–700	664	415.00–430.00	419.16
23	700–750	708	387.50–407.50	403.50
41	750–800	770	375.00	375.00
4	800–850	839	352.00	352.00
261	850–900	858	340.00–355.00	354.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	671	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	334	520.00–575.00	554.32
24	350–400	380	485.00–530.00	519.09
40	400–450	433	465.00–500.00	486.41
63	450–500	483	455.00–475.00	464.39
52	500–550	526	425.00–450.00	436.07
40	550–600	576	392.50–420.00	406.93
22	600–650	633	360.00–385.00	377.12
34	650–700	663	330.00–365.00	350.72
8	700–750	725	332.50–340.00	337.14
2	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	331	545.00–612.50	577.59
29	350–400	379	535.00–565.00	549.72
73	400–450	422	500.00–555.00	533.42
145	450–500	470	470.00–512.50	492.52
47	500–550	517	454.00–492.50	464.98
97	550–600	569	420.00–465.00	435.00
158	600–650	615	390.00–415.00	401.41
20	650–700	686	365.00–375.00	368.92
8	700–750	733	345.00	345.00
25	800–850	807	330.50	330.50
5	850–900	871	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	500.00–530.00	515.34
5	350–400	367	450.00–485.00	474.01
19	400–450	437	417.00–467.50	448.45
9	450–500	476	436.00–455.00	446.34
7	500–550	521	380.00–407.50	401.20
7	550–600	594	342.50–355.00	346.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	586	405.00	405.00
13	700–750	729	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	568	420.00–430.00	423.04
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	512.50–535.00	520.93
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	508.00	508.00
7	450–500	467	482.50	482.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	520.00–540.00	530.09
3	400–450	402	530.00	530.00
3	450–500	462	475.00	475.00
11	500–550	525	442.50	442.50
12	550–600	568	395.00–420.00	410.33
4	600–650	637	392.50–407.50	400.01
2	650–700	688	377.50–385.00	381.21
6	1150–1200	1,158	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	385	555.00–615.00	576.26
17	400–450	427	555.00–562.50	560.50
10	450–500	479	485.00–495.00	487.05
20	500–550	522	485.00–510.00	492.85
9	550–600	557	435.00–475.00	452.67
12	600–650	632	417.50–437.50	423.54
7	650–700	689	370.00–371.00	370.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,121	174.00–262.50	195.79
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	759	312.50–355.00	327.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	978	222.50–280.00	257.18
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	776	272.50–341.00	309.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,030	185.00–270.00	219.21
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	981	143.00–180.00	163.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	—	891	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,422.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	975	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,202	3,300.00–3,650.00	3,540.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,663	5,200.00–5,400.00	5,298.35
(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	—	952	2,675.00–3,600.00	2,936.75
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,265	3,600.00	3,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,220	2,700.00–3,200.00	2,943.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,238	2,025.00–2,800.00	2,530.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	—	1,298	2,400.00–3,500.00	2,947.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	—	1,278	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,520.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	—	1,205	1,800.00–2,400.00	2,270.36
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	—	825	700.00–2,200.00	1,556.24
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	—	1,052	1,950.00–2,700.00	2,457.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	—	1,016	1,450.00–2,350.00	1,833.38
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,064	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,920.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	4,100.00	4,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	5,250.00	5,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,036	3,800.00	3,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	995	2,550.00–3,650.00	3,365.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,231	179.00–190.00	185.21
65	—	1,199	169.00–185.00	176.60
19	—	1,156	148.00–170.00	161.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,441	170.00–185.00	178.66
4	—	1,525	185.00–188.00	186.55
10	—	1,455	150.00–169.00	163.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	830	91.00–117.50	106.04
59	—	983	121.00–149.00	136.70
68	—	1,047	144.00–167.00	156.20
12	—	998	168.00–176.00	171.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,469	153.00–198.00	185.85
13	—	1,769	224.00–250.00	233.65
32	—	1,602	200.00–226.00	213.11

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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