Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

1,902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $185.29/cwt -3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 470 lb · 147 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.19/cwt -13.17 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 424 lb · 120 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.11/cwt -8.72 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 467 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,902	2,481	2,336
Feeder cattle	1,707	2,011	2,131
Slaughter cattle	167	312	167
Replacement cattle	28	158	38

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	334	22	200.00–204.00	$202.23	$675	-0.63
365–390	383	22	186.00–193.00	$188.04	$720	-5.71
400–445	435	69	182.00–193.00	$188.61	$820	-3.34
450–499	470	147	175.00–194.25	$185.29	$871	-3.75
500–548	518	109	165.00–189.00	$179.40	$929	+0.95
520	520	4	159.00	$159.00	$827	-19.45
550–595	576	49	158.00–170.50	$162.25	$935	+10.25
558–585	579	14	146.00–152.00	$150.21	$870	-1.79
600 unweaned	600	6	145.50	$145.50	$873	-6.86
622–645	641	16	147.00–151.00	$149.56	$959	-10.48
650–698	658	23	141.00–150.50	$146.42	$963	-7.56
662–687	675	6	138.25–140.00	$139.11	$939	-14.87
740	740	42	145.00	$145.00	$1,073	-4.57
762–765	764	6	136.50–139.50	$138.00	$1,054	—
870–895	884	7	123.00–129.50	$125.74	$1,112	-8.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	7	190.00	$190.00	$646	+2.00
350–395	371	15	163.00–171.00	$168.48	$625	-10.88
375 thin fleshed	375	5	194.00	$194.00	$728	—
425–430	427	6	170.00–181.00	$177.30	$757	-2.57
455–495	474	35	161.00–181.00	$170.79	$810	-1.72
500–505	503	4	160.00–166.00	$162.99	$820	-1.27
550–585	558	9	149.00–158.50	$155.02	$865	-3.62
600–631	622	8	140.00–147.50	$145.37	$904	-7.48
650–670	660	4	138.00–144.50	$141.20	$932	+1.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–342	322	5	148.00–157.00	$151.83	$489	—
515	515	3	143.50	$143.50	$739	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	161.00	$161.00	$673	—
524	524	4	155.00	$155.00	$812	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	165.00	$165.00	$437	-11.00
305–345	333	30	142.50–170.00	$162.64	$542	-5.90
360–390	380	33	156.00–166.00	$163.66	$622	-3.89
400–445	424	120	142.00–165.00	$152.19	$645	-13.17
460 thin fleshed	460	10	164.00	$164.00	$754	—
450–495	467	91	141.50–152.00	$148.12	$692	-8.71
460–490	472	16	133.50–141.00	$138.11	$652	-18.72
505–548	535	59	130.00–143.00	$138.42	$741	-16.84
552–584	567	31	130.00–138.00	$135.34	$767	-13.31
550–598	574	4	120.00–120.50	$120.24	$690	-28.41
642	642	4	130.50	$130.50	$838	-12.04
667–695	684	70	127.00–134.00	$131.09	$897	+4.09
709	709	6	127.00	$127.00	$900	-5.16
716 unweaned	716	5	117.50	$117.50	$841	—
765	765	3	117.25	$117.25	$897	-10.60
835–845	838	10	115.25–119.50	$116.77	$979	-6.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	318	8	135.00–149.00	$143.74	$457	-16.07
360–397	381	28	136.00–152.00	$143.18	$546	-9.18
402–430	418	7	135.00–141.00	$139.28	$582	-11.12
450–498	478	22	136.00–141.00	$139.00	$664	-6.57
500–529	510	17	131.00–134.00	$132.19	$674	-14.53
582	582	4	125.00	$125.00	$728	-11.00
605–620	610	10	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$759	-12.62
782	782	3	111.00	$111.00	$868	-12.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	136.00	$136.00	$585	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	119.00	$119.00	$545	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–448	439	7	148.00–160.00	$156.25	$686	-10.19
450–495	463	13	141.00–157.00	$151.98	$704	+1.03
535–548	542	14	138.00–145.00	$141.40	$766	-2.68
570–575	571	5	141.00–143.00	$141.40	$807	+0.15
660–673	668	9	118.00–130.50	$124.43	$831	+3.43
750–795	776	8	104.00–124.00	$112.94	$876	—
805–823	816	5	110.00–117.50	$114.54	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	3	142.00	$142.00	$578	—
561	561	4	132.00	$132.00	$741	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	138.00	$138.00	$651	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$624	+16.55
790–1355	1035	85-90%	9	38.00–52.00	$45.51	$471	—
915–1425	1109	85-90%	23	48.00–59.00	$52.94	$587	-5.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$847	—
1085–1495	1264	80-85%	30	58.00–69.50	$64.01	$809	-5.06
1255–1435	1345	80-85%	2	55.00–58.00	$56.40	$759	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1460	1438	75-80%	2	65.00–69.00	$67.03	$964	—
1370–1520	1454	75-80%	7	62.00–67.50	$64.43	$937	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1645	1483	2	60.00–65.00	$62.77	$931	-21.49
1650	1650	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,666	—
1480–2000	1742	6	85.00–95.50	$91.17	$1,588	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1240	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–1,120.00	$945.79
1045–1147	1119	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	750.00–1,090.00	$802.48

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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.