Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

4,307 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.07/cwt +4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 617 lb · 294 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.53/cwt +2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $954/hd at 566 lb · 257 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $172.38/cwt -1.42 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 523 lb · 209 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,307	2,667	4,266
Feeder cattle	3,893	2,263	3,971
Slaughter cattle	354	294	275
Replacement cattle	60	110	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	200.00	$200.00	$616	+1.76
355–375	365	15	180.00–188.00	$182.58	$666	-8.35
400–444	434	74	172.00–186.00	$182.39	$792	-1.80
450–495	473	51	170.00–187.00	$182.33	$862	+6.12
498 thin fleshed	498	5	191.00	$191.00	$951	—
509 thin fleshed	509	6	184.00	$184.00	$937	—
500–545	523	203	164.00–179.00	$172.04	$900	-1.76
550–599	566	257	157.00–176.00	$168.53	$954	+14.53
600–643	617	294	155.00–172.00	$164.07	$1,012	+10.12
656–695	675	134	150.00–163.25	$156.48	$1,056	+2.88
700 thin fleshed	700	16	162.00	$162.00	$1,134	—
700–743	726	69	145.00–159.00	$150.74	$1,094	-2.38
780–781	781	13	147.00–150.00	$147.69	$1,153	-5.83
805–840	821	8	142.00–150.00	$146.73	$1,205	-1.27
860–870	864	5	136.00–147.00	$140.43	$1,213	—
910	910	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,265	—
1100	1100	4	112.50	$112.50	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–396	386	7	179.00–180.00	$179.73	$694	-5.31
425–445	438	24	165.00–178.00	$172.11	$754	-3.58
455–498	478	50	159.00–170.00	$164.91	$788	-4.39
504–545	531	152	149.00–166.00	$158.95	$844	-5.03
565	565	3	135.00	$135.00	$763	-21.08
555–599	578	68	146.00–161.00	$153.31	$886	-2.77
600–645	623	41	140.00–158.00	$151.10	$941	-1.55
636	636	9	135.00	$135.00	$859	-17.65
650–692	665	82	140.00–148.00	$145.10	$965	-5.73
715–748	730	9	147.50–154.30	$151.20	$1,104	+3.96
768	768	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,137	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	143.00	$143.00	$644	—
590	590	5	149.00	$149.00	$879	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
496	496	5	161.00	$161.00	$799	—
587	587	3	155.00	$155.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	4	164.00	$164.00	$692	—
595	595	2	145.00	$145.00	$863	+6.31

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	162.00	$162.00	$518	-2.00
387	387	14	155.00	$155.00	$600	-10.47
410–449	435	39	150.00–165.00	$160.79	$699	-7.02
457–498	478	117	144.00–166.00	$153.42	$733	-3.28
500 unweaned	500	7	134.50	$134.50	$672	—
500–545	528	201	139.00–155.00	$146.48	$773	-3.70
560–590	575	134	137.50–149.75	$143.86	$827	-3.39
585	585	30	220.00	$220.00	$1,287	+77.18
605	605	6	123.00	$123.00	$744	-13.70
600–643	622	66	134.00–150.50	$139.09	$865	-5.76
650–695	674	91	135.00–144.00	$138.62	$934	+2.56
713–745	731	36	137.00–143.50	$139.09	$1,017	-9.91
801–830	808	31	139.00–139.75	$139.20	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–388	384	15	145.50–155.00	$151.16	$580	-7.69
400–445	426	64	135.00–159.00	$148.95	$635	-10.05
465 unweaned	465	5	129.00	$129.00	$600	—
465–495	484	47	141.50–150.50	$146.51	$709	+0.17
500–515 unweaned	508	8	132.00	$132.00	$671	—
500–549	515	56	122.00–146.00	$135.22	$696	+5.22
550–595	574	81	123.00–145.00	$134.14	$770	-2.73
605–638	618	29	130.00–139.75	$136.89	$846	+0.56
650–656	651	13	132.00–140.00	$134.77	$877	—
715–740	723	6	125.00–134.00	$130.93	$947	—
769	769	4	121.00	$121.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$584	—
460	460	5	123.00	$123.00	$566	—
513–540	524	5	132.00–135.00	$133.76	$701	+5.76
586	586	5	131.00	$131.00	$768	—
615	615	4	121.00	$121.00	$744	-4.29

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	5	126.00	$126.00	$687	—
617	617	6	122.50	$122.50	$756	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	8	136.00	$136.00	$427	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	6	167.00	$167.00	$559	—
420–440	429	17	154.00–164.25	$160.93	$690	-11.38
452–488	471	12	139.00–150.00	$145.48	$685	-13.10
505–538	516	24	120.00–141.00	$137.24	$708	-11.82
570–595	582	20	123.00–137.50	$131.55	$766	-4.13
616–632	623	7	125.00–131.50	$128.67	$802	-3.83
678–688	683	4	120.00–123.00	$121.49	$830	—
703–725	712	5	115.00–122.00	$119.15	$848	-3.57
761	761	5	114.00	$114.00	$868	-11.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	6	190.00	$190.00	$804	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1460	971	85-90%	27	19.50–35.00	$28.08	$273	-4.40
810–1390	1056	85-90%	32	32.00–45.00	$40.30	$426	—
800–1350	1082	85-90%	34	42.00–53.00	$47.09	$510	+4.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1635	1355	75-80%	47	50.00–57.00	$54.81	$743	-13.12
1310–1685	1449	75-80%	26	58.00–66.00	$62.74	$909	—
1585	1585	75-80%	1	51.50	$51.50	$816	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1395	1144	80-85%	5	58.50–66.00	$60.80	$696	—
1063–1375	1214	80-85%	42	50.00–60.50	$54.24	$658	+1.24
925–1525	1223	80-85%	18	39.00–51.50	$45.57	$557	-7.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1965	1236	23	75.00–90.50	$82.33	$1,018	—
1355–1895	1605	7	62.00–76.00	$69.16	$1,110	-26.34
2350	2350	1	92.00	$92.00	$2,162	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1270	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	950.00–1,350.00	$1,148.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	875.00	$875.00
985–1305	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00–950.00	$851.92
915–1200	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	620.00–800.00	$706.30

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1495	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	950.00–1,650.00	$1,193.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–850.00	$825.00	—

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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.