Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 147 priced lines covering 4,258 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,439 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 272 head. replacement cattle receipts at 391 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,439Last week 2,262Year ago 2,418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 272Last week 190Year ago 402

Replacement CattleReceipts 391Last week 285Year ago 387

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 10.00 lower, although a few light weight calves sold with higher undertones. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	788	267.50–280.00	273.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	26	—	961	170.00–240.00	202.54
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,230	182.50–225.00	206.31
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	982	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,572.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	863	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,549.57
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	2,650.00	2,650.00
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	843	1,800.00–2,600.00	2,294.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	—	1,011	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,070.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	—	962	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,448.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,270	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,761.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	61	—	1,278	2,500.00–3,350.00	3,109.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,280	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,604.69
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,084	2,200.00–3,700.00	2,990.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,118	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,386.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,623	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,575	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	3,225.00	3,225.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	—	814	700.00–1,200.00	969.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	—	1,301	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,179.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,224	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,438.61
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,472	2,900.00–3,800.00	3,330.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,189	142.00–175.00	159.24
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,022	152.50–175.00	165.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	880	192.50	192.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,242	128.00–135.00	132.27
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,061	122.50–135.00	133.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	3,900.00	3,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	4,850.00	4,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	3,200.00	3,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,040	1,600.00–2,600.00	2,220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,170	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,655	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,223.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	525.00	525.00
10	350–400	369	490.00–510.00	505.00
5	400–450	419	440.00–470.00	452.17
5	450–500	452	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	512	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	495.00–500.00	496.79
16	350–400	373	450.00–485.00	474.23
14	400–450	417	380.00–435.00	399.76
24	450–500	467	365.00–430.00	408.29
15	500–550	511	350.00–385.00	361.33
30	550–600	573	335.00–367.50	354.05
23	600–650	635	320.00–342.50	329.72
28	650–700	679	300.00–338.00	318.92
3	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	464	340.00–385.00	362.91
6	900–950	914	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	375.00–385.00	377.83
21	400–450	419	345.00–375.00	359.48
10	450–500	492	350.00–355.00	350.99
14	500–550	521	300.00–325.00	316.97
16	550–600	578	322.50–341.00	335.74
2	600–650	648	300.00	300.00
8	700–750	708	250.00–305.00	270.73
5	800–850	848	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
67	350–400	390	440.00–457.50	453.16
30	400–450	414	420.00–445.00	426.29
122	450–500	470	395.00–425.00	407.85
109	500–550	525	356.00–390.00	374.34
55	550–600	565	342.00–380.00	358.79
77	600–650	623	340.00–374.00	356.16
159	650–700	664	327.50–347.50	338.27
55	700–750	716	320.00–325.00	322.26
11	800–850	830	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	764	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	566	330.00–350.00	345.40
6	600–650	607	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	415.00–475.00	431.88
34	350–400	378	400.00–445.00	419.56
70	400–450	428	380.00–422.50	403.21
71	450–500	473	350.00–395.00	373.10
90	500–550	530	335.00–370.00	354.14
161	550–600	574	320.00–350.00	338.78
56	600–650	625	310.00–340.00	326.75
66	650–700	667	300.00–325.00	318.09
14	700–750	729	300.00–320.00	311.00
17	750–800	770	280.00–320.00	292.64
11	850–900	860	285.00–290.00	287.26
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	320.00	320.00
12	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	594	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	472	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	485.00–545.00	510.91
22	350–400	386	490.00–550.00	535.57
88	400–450	419	445.00–505.00	478.37
58	450–500	480	435.00–455.00	446.43
128	500–550	524	400.00–450.00	426.59
110	550–600	576	390.00–412.50	402.79
141	600–650	613	367.50–411.00	389.47
60	650–700	675	354.00–390.00	374.44
81	700–750	718	340.00–364.00	353.78
65	750–800	773	325.00–348.00	339.76
60	800–850	811	320.50–325.00	321.71
116	1000–1050	1,008	296.50	296.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	520	422.50	422.50
9	600–650	608	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	455.00–520.00	507.70
24	350–400	381	405.00–490.00	463.12
31	400–450	427	395.00–460.00	431.54
79	450–500	478	390.00–430.00	407.96
51	500–550	528	375.00–415.00	396.04
86	550–600	581	360.00–395.00	376.09
77	600–650	624	335.00–383.00	357.92
110	650–700	680	330.00–355.00	344.21
76	700–750	723	310.00–340.00	325.67
30	750–800	776	307.50–336.00	324.09
15	800–850	831	300.00–317.50	311.44
73	850–900	873	300.00–311.00	309.38
214	900–950	921	300.00–308.50	305.45
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	488	385.00–390.00	385.85
12	650–700	688	335.00–340.00	337.49
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
35	550–600	570	388.00–390.00	389.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	390.00–425.00	412.76
2	450–500	478	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	525	325.00–355.00	339.04
12	550–600	589	320.00–352.50	341.74
7	600–650	620	335.00–350.00	346.41
12	650–700	681	320.00–337.50	331.35
3	700–750	722	312.50	312.50
13	1000–1050	1,009	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	320.00	320.00
8	500–550	547	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	476	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	734	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	458	488.00	488.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,825	200.00–220.00	205.63
31	—	1,666	175.00–200.00	189.38
8	—	1,557	168.00–182.00	175.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,221	135.00–145.00	139.62
18	—	1,249	109.00–132.50	127.02
5	—	1,274	147.00–153.00	149.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,442	147.00–150.00	148.74
20	—	1,464	130.00–146.00	139.65
17	—	1,491	119.00–133.00	126.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,023	130.00–136.00	132.09
57	—	1,065	115.00–130.00	121.12
36	—	1,013	100.00–115.00	106.46
13	—	1,010	79.00–103.00	93.57

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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