Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 143 priced lines covering 3,311 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,316 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 361 head. replacement cattle receipts at 389 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,316Last week 2,198Year ago 3,611

Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 471Year ago 495

Replacement CattleReceipts 389Last week 554Year ago 707

Compared to last week, feeders were uneven from 10.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	368	450.00	450.00
6	400–450	434	445.00	445.00
6	450–500	456	425.00–460.00	442.54
27	500–550	534	365.00–443.00	409.92
2	550–600	565	416.50	416.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	458	437.50	437.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	296	645.00	645.00
5	300–350	345	625.00	625.00
18	350–400	373	575.00–585.00	579.41
14	400–450	426	527.50–540.00	533.62
44	450–500	471	472.50–525.00	499.15
109	500–550	517	457.50–497.50	477.20
56	550–600	583	434.00–461.00	445.92
230	600–650	615	417.50–455.00	434.56
63	650–700	661	397.50–420.00	410.63
21	700–750	710	406.00–410.00	406.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	526	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	620	410.00	410.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	440.00	440.00
8	600–650	601	409.00	409.00
20	650–700	667	380.00–402.00	386.78
3	700–750	712	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	373	540.00–550.00	545.38
42	400–450	433	477.50–505.00	487.88
66	450–500	476	443.00–502.50	464.99
117	500–550	525	415.00–457.50	436.56
77	550–600	582	397.50–413.00	406.98
78	600–650	622	385.00–416.00	400.92
34	650–700	671	380.00–392.50	384.66
24	700–750	723	327.50–387.50	353.99
15	750–800	761	322.50–345.00	333.72
6	800–850	847	337.00	337.00
62	950–1000	973	290.00–315.00	308.61
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	659	419.00	419.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	555.00	555.00
17	400–450	438	465.00–505.00	470.58
2	450–500	492	440.00	440.00
6	800–850	818	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	524	460.00–462.50	460.36
88	550–600	564	420.00–440.00	428.20
9	600–650	603	410.00–415.00	412.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	312	535.00–545.00	539.74
21	350–400	388	470.00–510.00	485.63
71	400–450	433	435.00–487.50	455.38
54	450–500	485	413.00–475.00	433.45
75	500–550	533	375.00–425.00	397.53
50	550–600	582	350.00–375.00	363.44
11	600–650	628	340.00–357.50	351.11
10	650–700	685	310.00–337.50	324.39
7	750–800	758	300.00–310.00	307.11
3	800–850	805	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	421	465.00–470.00	466.49
32	450–500	461	445.00–450.00	447.18
47	500–550	526	410.00–420.00	413.20
48	550–600	576	380.00–386.00	381.89
12	600–650	615	356.00–360.00	358.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	475.00	475.00
8	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
9	400–450	417	400.00–435.00	413.64
4	450–500	455	347.50–415.00	380.88
3	500–550	542	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	592	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	481	370.00–383.00	377.35
2	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	623	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	535.00	535.00
14	350–400	357	527.50–560.00	539.02
43	400–450	417	475.00–505.00	489.39
24	450–500	468	462.50–485.00	472.60
138	500–550	513	422.50–455.00	435.09
66	550–600	571	390.00–412.00	404.03
138	600–650	614	357.50–396.00	377.38
54	650–700	666	343.00–370.00	358.15
11	700–750	724	340.00–342.00	340.36
10	900–950	916	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	489	425.00–433.00	429.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	485	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	515	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	460.00–537.50	488.71
15	400–450	423	475.00–495.00	477.56
38	450–500	484	407.50–440.00	428.87
15	500–550	531	385.00–425.00	396.21
7	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
6	650–700	684	332.50	332.50
4	750–800	759	324.00	324.00
7	800–850	841	319.00	319.00
2	1050–1100	1,088	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	410.00	410.00
4	550–600	556	390.00	390.00
6	650–700	667	336.00	336.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	279	570.00	570.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	418	480.00–505.00	486.79
13	550–600	576	395.00–435.00	411.15
12	600–650	611	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,084	148.00–170.00	159.55
9	—	1,049	100.00–122.50	113.09
47	—	999	126.00–148.00	140.05
8	—	1,095	173.00–182.50	179.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,407	156.00–170.00	163.54
7	—	1,410	179.50–190.00	184.45
38	—	1,443	167.00–185.00	177.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,201	179.00–193.00	186.40
42	—	1,220	152.00–169.00	161.80
48	—	1,210	168.00–185.00	175.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,882	220.00–242.00	230.30
17	—	1,757	206.00–225.00	216.00
7	—	1,586	185.00–202.50	193.94
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,181	236.00–257.50	240.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,088	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,070	4,700.00–4,750.00	4,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,255	3,600.00–4,800.00	4,185.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	4,200.00	4,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	915	2,350.00–3,500.00	3,207.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,415	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,328.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,290	3,550.00	3,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,330	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,260	2,800.00–4,100.00	3,273.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,169	2,200.00–2,750.00	2,428.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,240	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,645.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,495	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	—	1,216	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,161.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	—	1,250	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,396.09
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	—	1,042	1,800.00–2,600.00	2,443.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	—	1,083	1,500.00–2,350.00	2,047.96
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,079	2,700.00–3,550.00	3,187.08
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	762	750.00–1,300.00	1,143.31
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,637	2,650.00–3,100.00	2,934.78
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	3,300.00	3,300.00
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	870	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,599.04
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	890	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	953	130.00–175.00	152.82
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	968	177.50–270.00	231.22
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	770	297.50–328.00	320.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,180	150.00–164.00	159.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,141	173.00–242.50	204.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,334	3,500.00–4,000.00	3,838.08

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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