Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

1,482 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $154.38/cwt +1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 578 lb · 106 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.25/cwt +4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 626 lb · 80 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.46/cwt +3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 529 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,482	2,206	3,527
Feeder cattle	1,314	1,780	3,319
Slaughter cattle	144	316	184
Replacement cattle	24	110	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, except some steers 550 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	332	11	170.00–190.00	$181.86	$604	-9.65
402–445	416	13	161.00–174.00	$169.25	$704	-5.60
455–494	481	52	162.00–179.00	$168.72	$812	-3.56
500–548	530	65	157.00–177.00	$163.41	$866	-2.48
555–595	578	103	148.50–175.00	$154.77	$895	+2.23
585	585	3	141.00	$141.00	$825	-11.54
622 unweaned	622	13	135.50	$135.50	$843	-2.50
605–640	627	67	144.50–148.50	$147.14	$923	+2.47
650–685	677	28	137.50–144.00	$138.30	$936	+0.28
660–691 unweaned	678	23	133.50–141.00	$136.68	$927	—
694	694	4	130.50	$130.50	$906	-7.52
700	700	9	136.50	$136.50	$956	+1.87
770	770	4	127.50	$127.50	$982	+2.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	167.00	$167.00	$573	—
350–375	362	8	161.00–174.00	$166.22	$602	+3.69
403–445	423	26	150.00–168.00	$159.07	$673	-4.74
469–495	476	18	150.00–162.00	$155.76	$741	-0.51
518–535	530	7	145.00–164.50	$154.19	$817	+3.30
554	554	4	133.00	$133.00	$737	-6.00
555–596	571	15	144.00–154.00	$149.08	$851	+10.08
658–685	672	15	131.00–138.00	$134.17	$902	—
715–745	725	6	122.00–125.50	$123.20	$893	-8.30
776	776	35	125.00	$125.00	$970	—
813	813	34	121.00	$121.00	$984	—
873	873	5	113.50	$113.50	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	5	134.00	$134.00	$704	—
677	677	6	130.00	$130.00	$880	+12.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	6	125.50	$125.50	$653	—
615	615	4	124.00	$124.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
672	672	9	116.00	$116.00	$780	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	6	127.00	$127.00	$686	-7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
350–398	376	34	146.00–157.00	$150.62	$566	+3.97
420–445	434	13	139.00–146.00	$143.96	$625	-1.05
450–490	468	46	138.00–146.00	$142.18	$665	-2.03
504–540	529	67	134.00–144.00	$140.46	$743	+3.23
565–584	570	28	125.00–139.00	$134.05	$764	-0.54
590–595	591	7	121.00–123.50	$122.78	$726	+0.28
618–625	622	7	123.00–124.00	$123.43	$768	-5.03
650–665	658	4	121.00	$121.00	$796	-7.60
1025	1025	3	88.50	$88.50	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309 thin fleshed	309	5	155.00	$155.00	$479	—
355–390	365	18	140.00–153.00	$145.52	$531	+3.62
402–444	419	30	137.00–142.00	$139.32	$584	-0.84
480–490	485	17	134.00–138.00	$136.32	$661	-2.26
513–547	533	20	124.00–132.00	$129.54	$690	-3.01
552–590	568	15	122.00–128.00	$124.59	$708	-2.70
615	615	6	114.00	$114.00	$701	-2.00
600–641	623	13	118.50–121.50	$119.86	$747	+3.86
681–687	683	11	119.50–120.00	$119.64	$817	—
700–738	719	4	114.00–120.00	$116.92	$841	+6.92

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	10	124.50	$124.50	$667	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	4	151.00	$151.00	$536	—
382 thin fleshed	382	8	163.50	$163.50	$625	+1.50
428–435	431	5	150.00–152.00	$151.19	$652	-1.20
460–470	466	12	135.50–151.00	$140.72	$656	-1.46
514	514	4	144.00	$144.00	$740	+9.04
570–592	579	5	117.00–120.00	$118.77	$688	-12.28
605–635	620	4	127.00–134.00	$130.42	$809	+5.43
655–695	673	11	111.00–122.00	$116.22	$782	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1560	1321	80-85%	35	57.50–65.00	$61.45	$812	-3.82
1605	1605	80-85%	1	66.50	$66.50	$1,067	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1210	1027	85-90%	10	40.00–50.00	$45.10	$463	—
980–1490	1187	85-90%	15	48.00–57.00	$53.10	$630	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1690	1541	75-80%	12	58.00–64.25	$62.39	$961	—
1550	1550	75-80%	1	55.00	$55.00	$852	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1720	1493	4	63.50–82.00	$73.72	$1,101	—
1495–2145	1744	9	82.00–97.50	$87.02	$1,518	—
2015	2015	1	102.00	$102.00	$2,055	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1390	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	950.00–1,375.00	$1,126.08
1140–1515	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	935.00–1,010.00	$985.09

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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.