Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

2,206 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary report →

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $172.28/cwt -13.01 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 476 lb · 93 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.81/cwt -7.65 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 618 lb · 83 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.23/cwt -1.19 vs last sale · ≈ $725/hd at 528 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,206	1,902	2,528
Feeder cattle	1,780	1,707	2,041
Slaughter cattle	316	167	239
Replacement cattle	110	28	248

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 10.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	4	191.00–192.00	$191.51	$590	-10.72
350–395	382	26	165.00–181.00	$174.48	$667	-13.56
415–445	426	26	165.00–182.00	$174.85	$745	-13.76
450–495	476	93	160.00–185.00	$172.28	$820	-13.01
527 thin fleshed	527	9	180.50	$180.50	$951	—
515–545	535	62	151.00–176.00	$165.89	$888	+6.89
550–585	567	77	142.50–170.50	$152.54	$865	-9.71
605–642	614	21	135.00–137.00	$136.71	$839	-12.85
608–635	619	39	140.00–151.50	$144.67	$896	-4.89
620 unweaned	620	23	138.00	$138.00	$856	-7.50
655–676	669	18	135.00–139.50	$138.02	$923	-1.09
702–738	724	38	131.50–139.00	$134.63	$975	-10.37
750	750	4	125.25	$125.25	$939	-12.75
808–819	816	8	128.50–129.50	$129.25	$1,055	—
902–907	906	19	120.50–126.50	$125.87	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	226	7	204.00–209.00	$206.72	$467	—
377–390	382	11	150.00–173.00	$162.53	$621	-5.95
405–442	425	24	150.00–168.00	$163.81	$696	-13.49
450–495	468	15	151.00–161.00	$156.27	$731	-14.52
505–544	531	11	145.00–156.50	$150.89	$801	-12.10
555	555	3	139.00	$139.00	$771	-16.02
600–648	618	6	139.50–140.00	$139.83	$864	-5.54
738	738	6	131.50	$131.50	$970	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–396	393	9	147.00–150.00	$149.35	$587	—
406	406	4	135.00	$135.00	$548	—
494	494	7	135.00	$135.00	$667	—
541	541	7	134.50	$134.50	$728	—
621	621	7	133.00	$133.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	147.00	$147.00	$713	—
615–640	628	6	123.00–131.00	$127.08	$798	—
670	670	3	118.00	$118.00	$791	—
709–742	720	6	112.50–120.50	$115.25	$830	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	159.50	$159.50	$471	-5.50
350–398	384	35	142.00–151.50	$146.65	$563	-17.01
400–443	424	54	141.00–149.00	$145.01	$615	-7.18
450–490	462	50	140.00–147.00	$144.21	$666	-3.91
503–547	528	79	133.00–140.25	$137.23	$725	-1.19
550–580	564	58	128.50–138.50	$134.59	$759	-0.75
590	590	17	122.50	$122.50	$723	+2.26
605–642	621	47	125.75–131.75	$128.46	$798	-2.04
640 unweaned	640	17	115.00	$115.00	$736	—
660–695	670	17	125.00–130.00	$128.60	$862	-2.49
810–848	829	6	108.50–109.50	$109.00	$904	-7.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	14	174.00	$174.00	$444	—
380–395	388	8	140.00–145.50	$141.90	$551	-1.28
402–445	426	19	135.00–144.00	$140.16	$597	+0.88
465 thin fleshed	465	4	140.50	$140.50	$653	—
450–483	468	14	133.00–144.00	$138.58	$649	-0.42
517–548	532	17	131.50–135.00	$132.55	$705	+0.36
550–595	574	14	126.00–128.50	$127.29	$731	+2.29
625	625	4	116.00	$116.00	$725	-8.50
602–649	638	25	115.00–124.50	$121.11	$773	-3.39
735	735	3	110.00	$110.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264–295	271	9	134.00–150.00	$146.13	$396	—
316	316	4	139.00	$139.00	$439	—
452–480	460	7	129.00–134.50	$131.90	$607	+12.90
651–685	672	13	105.00–114.50	$110.34	$741	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	13	133.00	$133.00	$722	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	5	131.00	$131.00	$549	-5.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611	611	5	104.00	$104.00	$635	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395 thin fleshed	395	3	162.00	$162.00	$640	—
400–431	421	6	150.00–153.50	$152.39	$642	-3.86
462–495	475	20	124.00–153.00	$142.18	$675	-9.80
500–535	521	12	128.50–139.00	$134.96	$703	-6.44
562–597	583	10	123.50–136.50	$131.05	$764	-10.35
600–648	628	24	120.00–131.00	$124.99	$785	—
700–736	725	13	113.00–121.00	$115.38	$837	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	5	154.00	$154.00	$488	—
391	391	5	140.00	$140.00	$547	—
551	551	4	120.00	$120.00	$661	-12.00

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1425	972	85-90%	34	33.50–46.00	$40.38	$392	-22.62
950–1350	1133	85-90%	42	48.00–57.50	$51.92	$588	-1.02

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1220	1163	80-85%	2	52.00–56.00	$53.90	$627	—
1055–1565	1261	80-85%	52	56.00–64.00	$60.83	$767	-3.18
1160–1545	1313	80-85%	6	63.25–67.50	$65.27	$857	+8.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1660	1398	75-80%	26	56.00–65.50	$61.65	$862	—
1655	1655	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,076	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–2250	1597	9	60.00–80.00	$72.75	$1,162	—
1695	1695	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,729	—
1490–2595	1864	18	82.00–96.50	$89.74	$1,673	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2280	2280	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,938	—

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1480	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	825.00–1,070.00	$961.12
1205–1520	1343	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	870.00–1,220.00	$970.53

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–890	888	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	850.00–1,000.00	$940.20

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1210	1101	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,740.00	$1,647.50	—

↑ Back to top

Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	9	100.00	$100.00	$242	—

↑ Back to top

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.