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Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

4,087 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.04/cwt +4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 621 lb · 435 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $163.53/cwt -3.56 vs last sale · ≈ $944/hd at 577 lb · 367 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.66/cwt +1.82 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 521 lb · 322 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,087 3,199 979
Feeder cattle 3,763 2,957 596
Slaughter cattle 212 220 256
Replacement cattle 112 22 127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–338 324 16 183.00–200.00 $192.34 $623 +4.28
365–395 376 34 180.50–187.00 $184.37 $693 -2.06
400–445 427 41 180.00–196.00 $190.64 $814 +8.05
450–490 469 122 166.00–190.50 $184.81 $867 +23.81
500–541 521 322 160.00–182.25 $174.66 $910 +1.82
550–595 577 341 152.25–174.50 $164.32 $948 -2.77
580 580 17 154.50 $154.50 $896 -12.59
580–595 585 9 147.50–152.50 $150.80 $882 -16.29
600–647 621 391 154.00–169.25 $164.24 $1,020 +2.23
625 unweaned 625 44 162.25 $162.25 $1,014 +8.91
660–665 unweaned 662 16 147.50–149.50 $148.13 $981 +8.13
650–689 673 109 148.50–158.25 $154.82 $1,042 +6.92
676–688 679 11 131.00–138.00 $136.07 $924 -11.83
700–735 726 38 142.00–154.50 $146.15 $1,061 +4.64
755–786 778 52 135.50–139.25 $138.65 $1,079 +5.91
851 851 67 134.75 $134.75 $1,147 +11.25
946 946 55 125.00 $125.00 $1,182 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–335 321 4 178.00–197.00 $187.44 $602 +2.44
350–390 374 18 167.00–185.00 $175.66 $657 -2.22
400–415 404 13 164.00–178.00 $173.99 $703 +7.35
450–490 472 33 157.00–173.00 $162.50 $767 +0.75
500–545 523 65 149.00–173.00 $161.29 $844 +4.91
552–595 569 55 150.00–164.00 $156.65 $891 +9.11
605–645 629 48 140.00–156.00 $144.90 $911 +3.80
655–690 682 17 144.00–151.75 $148.14 $1,010 +8.14
700–743 727 8 133.50–135.50 $134.22 $976 -0.64
751–768 756 13 132.00–137.50 $133.72 $1,011 +10.72
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
398 398 3 156.00 $156.00 $621 —
505–545 521 15 130.00–142.00 $137.30 $715 -2.70
552–560 555 5 127.00–135.00 $131.77 $731 -3.59
620–630 621 15 125.00–139.00 $135.31 $840 —
650–665 656 5 135.00–136.00 $135.59 $889 —
965 965 4 96.50 $96.50 $931 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
408 408 8 167.00 $167.00 $681 —
461 461 16 163.00 $163.00 $751 —
536 536 16 157.25 $157.25 $843 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
552 552 4 145.50 $145.50 $803 —
641 641 5 136.00 $136.00 $872 —
Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
528 528 6 107.50 $107.50 $568 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–346 326 13 157.00–163.00 $160.19 $522 +4.00
355–395 376 18 152.50–160.00 $157.18 $591 +2.32
405–440 427 53 145.00–155.50 $151.86 $648 +1.82
450–495 471 141 140.50–157.00 $152.21 $717 +7.18
500–530 517 165 138.50–157.75 $152.19 $787 +6.99
535 535 3 138.00 $138.00 $738 -7.20
550–596 570 206 130.00–155.00 $145.59 $830 +8.31
586–595 590 15 129.00–130.00 $129.40 $763 -7.88
600 thin fleshed 600 15 145.00 $145.00 $870 —
600–645 617 61 130.00–140.75 $134.66 $831 +2.45
620 unweaned 620 4 132.00 $132.00 $818 +4.50
644 644 6 126.50 $126.50 $815 -5.71
650–675 662 22 129.50–141.50 $134.96 $893 +1.22
695 695 5 120.50 $120.50 $837 -3.50
700–710 703 8 128.50–130.00 $129.62 $911 -0.63
750–755 753 4 116.50–123.50 $119.99 $904 -6.82
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–325 316 8 142.00–157.00 $150.53 $476 +0.57
375–385 379 13 146.00–153.00 $150.03 $569 +6.28
410–447 437 38 140.00–151.50 $146.75 $641 —
450–497 473 29 138.00–149.00 $143.86 $680 +4.87
510–525 518 25 132.00–140.50 $136.13 $705 +1.88
550–595 576 16 125.00–150.00 $135.05 $778 +4.33
600–640 626 25 125.00–128.00 $126.36 $791 +2.87
653–665 660 7 122.00–128.50 $124.93 $825 +3.92
690 690 19 119.50 $119.50 $825 -1.51
703–735 707 16 117.00–129.00 $125.48 $887 +0.73
845 845 4 104.00 $104.00 $879 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 3 146.00 $146.00 $489 —
420–438 429 10 130.00–136.00 $133.21 $571 —
460 460 4 119.00 $119.00 $547 -6.36
512–540 532 24 116.50–135.00 $123.05 $655 +0.05
560–578 573 9 115.00–123.00 $119.92 $687 —
702 702 8 113.00 $113.00 $793 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
508 508 6 107.50 $107.50 $546 —
Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 4 120.00 $120.00 $522 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
363 363 3 176.00 $176.00 $639 —
410–449 437 15 148.00–160.00 $154.38 $675 —
455–485 472 16 140.00–154.00 $146.80 $693 -4.78
500–540 522 12 130.00–148.50 $142.20 $742 +4.13
555–573 564 6 128.00–134.00 $130.95 $739 -4.63
610–640 628 5 126.50–130.00 $127.86 $803 +2.00
675–698 687 9 116.00–124.00 $119.44 $821 +0.24
705 705 9 120.00 $120.00 $846 +3.46

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
860 860 85-90% 1 35.00 $35.00 $301 +1.62
775–1175 1018 85-90% 13 40.00–48.00 $43.76 $445 -12.24
882–1195 1060 85-90% 23 50.00–59.00 $53.85 $571 +1.56
1175 1175 85-90% 1 62.50 $62.50 $734 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1050–1675 1255 80-85% 29 57.00–65.50 $61.75 $775 —
1065–1535 1278 80-85% 8 65.00–78.50 $70.06 $895 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1302–1766 1490 75-80% 15 60.00–64.50 $62.43 $930 -2.54
1495 1495 75-80% 1 75.50 $75.50 $1,129 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1270–1660 1463 4 64.00–85.00 $76.51 $1,119 —
1695–2075 1917 9 85.00–97.50 $90.76 $1,740 —
1945–2440 2193 2 94.00–98.50 $96.00 $2,105 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1060–1310 1147 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 3 985.00–1,050.00 $1,010.93
905–1560 1223 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 27 900.00–1,275.00 $1,086.36
1235–1450 1308 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 775.00–840.00 $808.46

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1150–1285 1234 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 10 1,450.00–1,750.00 $1,597.50 —
1200–1485 1316 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 5 1,200.00–1,525.00 $1,295.00 —

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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.