Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 5, 2021

2,406 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $166.72/cwt -4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $966/hd at 579 lb · 112 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.57/cwt -1.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 681 lb · 104 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.47/cwt +5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 478 lb · 98 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,406	2,941	632
Feeder cattle	2,182	2,637	556
Slaughter cattle	196	194	66
Replacement cattle	28	110	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 7.00 higher, except some steers under 600 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	197.00	$197.00	$561	—
300–335	317	8	192.00–199.00	$196.18	$622	-2.56
355–395	373	10	186.00–208.00	$194.68	$726	-6.98
400–448	423	51	181.50–197.00	$189.36	$801	-6.68
430	430	5	181.00	$181.00	$778	-15.04
450–495	475	68	177.00–190.00	$185.07	$879	-0.57
500–536	511	98	178.00–187.75	$184.02	$940	+0.61
550	550	8	165.00	$165.00	$908	-7.65
550–599	581	99	160.00–171.00	$167.53	$973	+10.98
595	595	5	153.50	$153.50	$913	-3.05
617 unweaned	617	6	154.00	$154.00	$950	+6.53
600–628	621	27	158.00–163.00	$160.48	$997	+2.04
622	622	7	146.00	$146.00	$908	-12.44
675 unweaned	675	6	146.00	$146.00	$986	+5.00
650–699	681	92	146.00–154.00	$150.31	$1,024	-0.97
685–695	690	6	140.50–143.00	$141.76	$978	-9.52
720–738	731	18	142.00–146.25	$144.38	$1,055	-0.22
758–770	762	13	137.00–139.00	$137.77	$1,050	-4.82
854	854	5	126.00	$126.00	$1,076	—
900	900	4	122.25	$122.25	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–316	313	8	178.00–183.00	$181.16	$567	-0.02
350–372	362	10	169.00–193.00	$183.05	$663	+1.89
380–392	382	12	160.00–165.00	$164.14	$627	-17.02
405–448	433	10	172.00–190.00	$177.92	$770	-1.35
462–488	480	8	165.00–181.50	$175.74	$844	+3.27
514–545	530	43	156.50–181.50	$171.50	$909	+5.40
572–595	581	21	155.00–167.50	$159.26	$925	-7.38
589	589	7	147.50	$147.50	$869	-19.14
607–618	615	25	157.00–158.50	$157.86	$971	+6.52
655–694	683	12	144.00–146.00	$144.86	$989	+1.56
703	703	9	139.00	$139.00	$977	-1.04
717–742	736	28	140.00–143.25	$140.97	$1,038	+0.93
815–838	828	9	128.50–132.00	$130.03	$1,077	-0.60

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	161.50	$161.50	$546	—
394	394	4	163.00	$163.00	$642	—
600	600	3	145.50	$145.50	$873	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	6	160.00	$160.00	$690	—
475	475	4	157.00	$157.00	$746	—
763	763	3	121.00	$121.00	$923	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	6	139.50	$139.50	$963	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–280	268	9	159.00–176.00	$166.15	$445	—
315–345	334	15	161.00–170.00	$163.76	$547	-0.52
350–392	376	15	155.00–173.00	$164.11	$617	-1.54
400–435	421	67	165.00–176.00	$172.17	$725	+3.02
450–495	478	98	156.50–173.00	$164.47	$786	+5.32
502 thin fleshed	502	7	172.00	$172.00	$863	—
500–548	519	80	151.00–169.00	$158.06	$820	+18.06
550–595	581	69	143.00–151.50	$148.97	$866	+3.96
650–675	662	42	135.00–142.25	$138.90	$920	+1.32
674	674	6	130.50	$130.50	$880	-7.08
700–734	708	29	135.00–138.50	$137.30	$972	+5.09
780–797	790	10	127.50–132.50	$130.53	$1,031	+5.35
811	811	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,054	—
935	935	5	113.25	$113.25	$1,059	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–338	332	14	156.00–165.00	$159.18	$528	+7.77
360–375	368	10	151.00–152.00	$151.50	$558	-2.72
403–447	427	21	155.00–163.00	$157.37	$672	+0.83
455–498	477	62	144.00–167.00	$156.04	$744	+6.69
500–548	523	34	140.00–152.00	$146.65	$767	+7.94
552–590	577	24	135.00–149.00	$142.20	$820	+12.20
614–647	636	58	128.00–141.75	$135.80	$864	-6.20
660	660	7	125.00	$125.00	$825	-2.65
670	670	3	136.00	$136.00	$911	+8.35
763	763	3	122.50	$122.50	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	143.00	$143.00	$498	—
382–394	389	7	146.00–146.50	$146.21	$569	—
440–445	443	14	149.00–153.00	$151.08	$669	—
454	454	4	148.00	$148.00	$672	—
542	542	5	131.00–136.00	$133.00	$721	—
570–595	585	5	121.00–130.00	$126.49	$740	—
670	670	3	120.00	$120.00	$804	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	7	130.50	$130.50	$837	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–398	373	16	155.00–185.00	$170.13	$635	—
420	420	4	151.00	$151.00	$634	-14.22
405–445	428	11	160.00–177.00	$170.28	$729	+5.06
450–493	464	36	148.50–176.00	$161.64	$750	-0.23
505–545	527	21	129.50–157.50	$150.41	$793	-5.86
560–595	581	17	130.00–149.50	$135.93	$790	-16.60
628–635	632	4	135.00–136.50	$135.75	$858	+4.12
650–675	653	10	125.00–138.50	$134.41	$878	+7.23
880	880	4	106.00–115.00	$110.50	$972	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	3	130.00	$130.00	$767	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	3	28.50	$28.50	$235	—
915–1110	1024	85-90%	8	35.00–50.00	$45.66	$468	—
995–1301	1122	85-90%	37	50.00–58.00	$53.69	$602	+0.99

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1445	1282	80-85%	7	68.00–71.50	$68.56	$879	+3.70
1085–1572	1309	80-85%	36	58.00–68.50	$65.02	$851	+3.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1695	1472	75-80%	5	63.00–67.00	$64.85	$955	+2.46
1400–1495	1476	75-80%	5	69.00–71.00	$69.38	$1,024	+6.99

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1760	1590	6	62.00–86.50	$74.72	$1,188	—
1125–2215	1766	9	84.00–101.00	$95.71	$1,690	—
1880	1880	1	108.00	$108.00	$2,030	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1405	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,160.00	$1,076.90
1250–1375	1321	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	850.00–1,040.00	$905.49

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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.