Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

1,739 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.90/cwt -3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 623 lb · 121 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.74/cwt -3.26 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 574 lb · 101 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.00/cwt -0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 623 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,739	3,091	1,562
Feeder cattle	1,647	2,811	1,436
Slaughter cattle	78	180	100
Replacement cattle	14	100	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower except a few under 450 lbs which sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	8	195.00–205.00	$201.53	$746	—
405–448	430	20	177.00–194.00	$186.13	$800	-3.83
455–495	487	40	178.00–197.00	$189.65	$924	+6.53
500–546	522	61	168.50–177.00	$172.72	$902	-5.05
552–595	566	86	160.00–174.00	$168.37	$953	-3.87
610–635	622	89	160.25–167.00	$163.98	$1,020	-1.12
620–630 unweaned	625	32	151.75–160.00	$156.10	$976	—
655–670 unweaned	663	18	153.00–156.50	$154.54	$1,025	+6.17
650–687	665	46	154.00–161.00	$159.42	$1,060	-3.48
700–740	712	60	147.00–155.00	$152.79	$1,088	-0.97
730 unweaned	730	21	147.75	$147.75	$1,079	—
765–780 unweaned	770	12	140.00–149.00	$145.96	$1,124	+4.96
818	818	28	148.25	$148.25	$1,213	-1.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	193.00	$193.00	$637	+7.26
360–398	382	6	173.00–182.00	$176.84	$676	-3.94
415–442	431	12	170.00–182.00	$176.80	$762	+0.54
450–495	475	14	167.00–178.00	$169.94	$807	-0.76
505–545	530	25	161.00–171.00	$165.11	$875	-2.98
555–595	581	20	150.00–163.00	$157.28	$914	-5.12
610–645	636	25	150.00–160.50	$157.71	$1,003	+3.17
676–680	678	25	149.00–152.75	$151.16	$1,025	-0.92
786	786	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,100	-8.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443–448	446	6	151.50–160.00	$155.73	$695	—
466	466	5	168.00	$168.00	$783	+5.00
508	508	3	150.00	$150.00	$762	—
584	584	4	152.50	$152.50	$891	-2.50
625–644	638	10	142.00–143.00	$142.71	$910	-1.72
675	675	3	142.00	$142.00	$958	+1.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	6	151.75	$151.75	$941	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	4	144.50	$144.50	$889	-7.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	4	143.00	$143.00	$875	-6.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	3	123.50	$123.50	$904	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	378	16	158.00–176.00	$165.34	$625	—
410–425	419	12	164.50–168.00	$166.36	$697	+3.77
455–490	481	14	156.50–165.50	$159.40	$767	-4.64
500–545	516	69	150.00–164.50	$157.95	$815	-5.40
550–597	574	101	148.00–162.00	$156.74	$900	-3.26
605–645	619	62	140.00–151.75	$147.88	$915	+0.11
605–645 unweaned	634	24	140.00–141.50	$141.15	$895	+0.40
650–670 unweaned	666	30	138.50–140.75	$140.31	$934	+6.31
700–729	717	15	143.25–144.50	$143.71	$1,030	+3.00
834	834	10	132.50	$132.50	$1,105	+3.97
909	909	4	122.50	$122.50	$1,114	+3.00
1030	1030	3	104.00	$104.00	$1,071	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	4	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$549	—
405	405	3	150.00	$150.00	$608	-6.58
450–473	467	32	151.00–160.50	$157.11	$734	+0.40
500–540	522	35	146.00–153.00	$152.08	$794	-1.62
550–592	561	39	144.00–160.00	$152.90	$858	-0.98
600–634	619	22	139.00–144.50	$141.97	$879	+0.41
765	765	12	132.00	$132.00	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	140.00	$140.00	$553	—
530	530	3	144.00	$144.00	$763	—
627	627	3	135.00	$135.00	$846	—
659	659	7	134.00	$134.00	$883	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	4	135.00	$135.00	$633	—
575	575	3	134.00	$134.00	$770	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	4	140.00	$140.00	$582	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	4	171.00	$171.00	$634	-10.00
425–445	440	11	151.00–156.00	$154.18	$678	—
460	460	6	151.00	$151.00	$695	-5.25
510–522	518	9	140.00–155.00	$150.04	$777	-3.98
560–580	571	8	135.00–145.00	$139.19	$795	-6.08
658	658	3	137.00	$137.00	$901	—
722–738	728	5	124.50–126.00	$125.39	$913	+2.88
857	857	3	100.00	$100.00	$857	-15.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	4	124.00	$124.00	$744	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1130	1016	85-90%	13	50.00–57.50	$52.50	$533	+1.61
1060	1060	85-90%	1	66.00	$66.00	$700	+5.76
1055–1225	1168	85-90%	6	52.00–60.00	$55.61	$650	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1170	1158	80-85%	2	73.50–74.00	$73.75	$854	—
1232–1520	1310	80-85%	16	64.00–73.00	$68.76	$901	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$784	—
1215–1465	1354	75-80%	5	67.00–73.50	$70.68	$957	—
1442–1450	1445	75-80%	3	70.00–76.50	$74.33	$1,074	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1835–1860	1848	2	93.50–97.50	$95.51	$1,765	+8.17
1570–2155	1863	2	98.50–105.00	$101.24	$1,886	-2.14

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1370	1289	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	940.00–1,290.00	$1,070.39

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
876	876	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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.