Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 18, 2021

1,915 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $167.31/cwt +8.78 vs last sale · ≈ $949/hd at 567 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.53/cwt -4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $727/hd at 517 lb · 61 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.54/cwt +3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 618 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,915	1,673	1,493
Feeder cattle	1,640	1,445	1,328
Slaughter cattle	225	208	133
Replacement cattle	50	20	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers mostly steady. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	4	187.00–194.00	$190.47	$653	—
350–390	374	5	183.00–185.00	$183.75	$687	—
403–445	427	19	175.00–185.00	$180.49	$771	-4.97
460–494	476	46	167.00–181.00	$175.76	$837	+1.27
500–540	525	49	162.00–180.00	$170.96	$898	-1.59
525–540	531	5	144.00–146.00	$145.19	$771	-27.36
554–595	567	63	154.00–180.00	$167.31	$949	+6.38
600 unweaned	600	8	151.00	$151.00	$906	-2.53
608–632	621	51	157.00–163.50	$160.88	$999	+1.55
660 unweaned	660	8	140.00	$140.00	$924	—
650–698	672	18	148.00–152.75	$151.16	$1,016	-6.55
747	747	14	147.25	$147.25	$1,100	-2.63
752–780	759	15	142.25–145.50	$144.61	$1,098	—
803	803	3	141.50	$141.50	$1,136	-7.92
899	899	12	140.00	$140.00	$1,259	—
905	905	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,149	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	314	5	175.00–195.00	$189.82	$596	—
355–380	366	9	170.00–185.00	$176.33	$645	-2.82
412–449	435	24	160.00–175.00	$167.76	$730	-1.30
468–498	482	16	160.00–169.00	$165.90	$800	-0.82
500–535	509	5	158.00–165.00	$161.20	$821	-1.80
520	520	3	150.00	$150.00	$780	-13.00
567–595	583	35	145.00–157.50	$152.58	$890	-4.02
605–615 unweaned	609	5	130.00–135.00	$132.98	$810	-16.52
619–638	626	22	144.00–155.50	$148.90	$932	-3.83
655–685	665	10	142.00–151.50	$146.49	$974	+0.79
700–732	720	35	140.00–148.50	$142.79	$1,028	-1.07

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–537	536	11	130.00–143.00	$138.28	$741	—
607–622	613	10	127.50–130.00	$128.51	$788	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–682	681	7	129.50–145.50	$138.63	$944	-3.87
824	824	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,071	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	146.50	$146.50	$711	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	3	138.00	$138.00	$901	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	6	156.00	$156.00	$538	+3.00
373–398	383	22	141.00–155.00	$149.27	$572	+3.27
400–435	413	25	143.00–157.00	$150.20	$620	-3.47
450–495	475	12	135.00–145.00	$140.44	$667	-1.22
475 thin fleshed	475	4	147.00	$147.00	$698	—
475–481	479	6	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$624	-11.33
509	509	4	133.00	$133.00	$677	-11.40
510–548	532	37	131.50–145.00	$137.23	$730	-7.17
550–585	557	10	117.00–128.00	$125.69	$700	-9.17
550–592	574	25	128.00–137.50	$132.93	$763	-1.93
600–635 unweaned	612	9	110.00–120.00	$115.89	$709	—
600–645	616	18	110.00–130.00	$124.63	$768	-10.70
618–648	630	14	130.00–135.00	$131.82	$830	-3.51
653–665	658	5	110.00–112.00	$111.19	$732	-28.39
665–685	676	33	125.00–132.50	$128.98	$872	-10.60
702	702	3	110.00	$110.00	$772	-33.90
720	720	2	137.00	$137.00	$986	-6.90
802	802	4	116.00	$116.00	$930	-7.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	377	12	153.00–159.00	$156.71	$591	—
419–442	426	19	146.50–159.50	$155.41	$662	+1.68
460–470	465	4	132.00–136.00	$133.98	$623	-17.35
450–496	481	33	137.50–149.00	$144.06	$693	-7.27
500–540	517	61	137.00–146.00	$140.53	$727	-4.30
565	565	4	134.50	$134.50	$760	-6.12
558–580	577	19	137.00–140.75	$140.18	$809	-0.44
615–631	625	11	135.50–144.00	$140.96	$881	-11.04
650–695	680	19	137.50–141.00	$138.44	$941	+7.95
746	746	4	129.00	$129.00	$962	-18.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–513	510	13	110.00–117.00	$114.34	$583	—
610–641	621	23	121.50	$121.50	$755	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–490	486	8	119.50–135.00	$123.55	$600	-6.45
583	583	3	127.00	$127.00	$740	—
620	620	4	130.00	$130.00	$806	-7.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–447	442	5	130.00–131.50	$130.91	$579	—
475	475	4	132.50	$132.50	$629	+2.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	167.50	$167.50	$610	-17.50
417–418	417	5	155.00–160.00	$157.00	$655	-8.10
492	492	5	152.00	$152.00	$748	-2.47
502–543	523	25	125.00–152.00	$140.50	$735	-5.58
580	580	3	135.00	$135.00	$783	—
625–628	627	4	135.00–137.00	$136.00	$853	+6.67
713–735	724	7	110.00–114.50	$112.57	$815	-10.43
750–785	761	7	91.50–111.00	$101.92	$776	-16.08
815–825	820	4	113.00–119.00	$115.98	$951	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	3	117.00	$117.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1590	1280	80-85%	29	53.00–61.50	$57.37	$734	-10.21
1025–1555	1296	80-85%	7	60.50–66.50	$63.55	$824	-4.03
1260–1470	1365	80-85%	2	52.50	$52.50	$717	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1250	974	85-90%	9	35.00–45.50	$39.94	$389	—
875–1180	1028	85-90%	2	29.00–35.50	$32.73	$336	+4.18
1045–1405	1178	85-90%	16	47.00–52.50	$49.45	$583	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375	1375	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$742	—
1133–1785	1400	75-80%	16	59.00–64.50	$60.69	$850	+2.37
1260–1680	1503	75-80%	6	64.00–68.00	$64.75	$973	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1810	1627	6	63.50–83.50	$76.79	$1,249	+9.49
1645–1985	1857	3	95.50–103.50	$99.40	$1,846	—
1700–2330	1966	8	82.00–93.00	$87.43	$1,719	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1492–1691	1577	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,025.00–1,325.00	$1,197.98

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375–1600	1457	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,185.00–1,500.00	$1,376.11	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1275	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,271.43	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	4	73.00	$73.00	$299	—

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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.