Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 15, 2021

3,151 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $171.47/cwt +2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 579 lb · 151 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.89/cwt +1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 478 lb · 116 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.61/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 623 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,151	4,307	3,659
Feeder cattle	2,827	3,893	3,312
Slaughter cattle	288	354	293
Replacement cattle	36	60	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots 5.00 to 8.00 higher on feeder calves. Slaughter cows 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
361 thin fleshed	361	4	212.50	$212.50	$767	—
365–399	386	32	184.00–191.00	$185.65	$717	+3.07
405–440	425	77	180.00–196.00	$189.81	$807	+7.42
433 thin fleshed	433	3	196.00	$196.00	$849	—
462 thin fleshed	462	5	201.00	$201.00	$929	—
460–495	481	78	174.00–188.00	$182.51	$878	+0.18
505–546	521	91	168.00–186.00	$177.95	$927	+5.91
529 thin fleshed	529	5	184.00	$184.00	$973	±0.00
552–577 thin fleshed	570	21	181.25–188.50	$183.26	$1,045	—
560–595	580	130	158.00–173.00	$169.56	$983	+1.03
600–645	623	102	157.00–167.00	$161.61	$1,007	-2.46
652–660	657	31	152.00–165.50	$159.76	$1,050	+3.28
690 thin fleshed	690	48	170.25	$170.25	$1,175	—
709	709	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,010	-8.24
707–745	726	29	148.00–162.75	$158.95	$1,154	+8.21
750 thin fleshed	750	15	162.25	$162.25	$1,217	—
764–796	783	34	146.00–151.75	$149.17	$1,168	+1.48
800–830	807	53	145.00–150.00	$147.28	$1,189	+0.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	441	11	178.00	$178.00	$785	+5.89
452–499	477	32	153.00–176.00	$167.73	$800	+2.82
520–542	535	61	148.50–163.00	$158.00	$845	-0.95
550–596	574	44	142.00–162.00	$153.96	$884	+0.65
587	587	3	130.00	$130.00	$763	-23.31
613–646	627	44	141.00–152.00	$149.08	$935	-2.02
662–697	675	41	130.50–148.00	$142.95	$965	-2.15
725	725	4	142.00–145.00	$143.50	$1,040	-7.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431–440	436	8	160.00–162.00	$161.01	$702	-2.99
495	495	2	155.00	$155.00	$767	—
540	540	4	140.00	$140.00	$756	—
621–639	630	8	135.00–138.50	$136.78	$862	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	155.00	$155.00	$767	-6.00
550	550	4	155.00	$155.00	$852	—
635	635	5	140.00	$140.00	$889	—
695	695	5	140.00	$140.00	$973	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374 thin fleshed	374	5	169.00	$169.00	$632	—
377–392	384	14	157.00–161.00	$159.80	$614	+4.80
429 thin fleshed	429	6	164.50	$164.50	$706	—
405–449	433	43	152.00–168.00	$157.46	$682	-3.33
452–495	478	116	148.75–162.00	$154.89	$740	+1.47
512 unweaned	512	7	144.00	$144.00	$737	+9.50
500–545	526	72	137.50–151.00	$148.23	$780	+1.75
550–597	572	63	137.00–144.00	$141.12	$807	-2.74
575 thin fleshed	575	5	158.50	$158.50	$911	—
594 unweaned	594	4	130.00	$130.00	$772	—
600–635	617	41	136.00–155.00	$147.35	$909	+8.26
640	640	2	133.00	$133.00	$851	-6.09
650–692	661	48	136.50–149.25	$144.04	$952	+5.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–340	314	15	150.00–161.00	$152.93	$480	—
365–394	380	18	150.00–160.00	$154.64	$588	+3.48
400–445	419	19	139.50–161.00	$152.33	$638	+3.38
450–495	476	49	139.00–151.00	$145.08	$691	-1.43
500–545	525	84	128.00–144.00	$136.27	$715	+1.05
550–587	572	94	129.00–140.00	$136.09	$778	+1.95
605–647	624	34	125.00–138.50	$132.80	$829	-4.09
655	655	3	122.00	$122.00	$799	-12.77
650–685	668	4	125.00–130.00	$127.43	$851	-7.34
712–735	720	12	124.00–136.00	$127.53	$918	-3.40
750–790	780	9	125.00–130.00	$128.31	$1,001	+7.31
825	825	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	8	135.00	$135.00	$393	—
429	429	4	135.00	$135.00	$579	-2.50
450–480	469	17	130.00–140.00	$134.32	$630	+11.32
620	620	3	125.00	$125.00	$775	+4.00
658–688	678	6	120.00–127.00	$124.74	$846	—
705–715	711	9	107.00–112.00	$109.80	$781	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	10	128.00	$128.00	$941	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	142.00	$142.00	$625	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	160.00	$160.00	$483	-7.00
349 thin fleshed	349	4	200.00	$200.00	$698	—
367–395	378	10	161.00–165.00	$163.33	$617	—
410	410	2	177.50	$177.50	$728	+16.57
425 thin fleshed	425	4	170.50	$170.50	$725	—
456–490	472	24	140.00–172.00	$154.36	$729	+8.88
504–542	523	18	141.00–161.00	$149.94	$784	+12.70
551–575	562	39	134.00–142.00	$136.71	$768	+5.16
615	615	11	132.50	$132.50	$815	+3.83
665–685	672	15	123.50–125.50	$124.82	$839	+3.33
705	705	2	125.50	$125.50	$885	+6.35
805	805	3	114.00	$114.00	$918	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1295	1017	85-90%	40	30.00–44.50	$34.86	$355	—
795–1440	1091	85-90%	25	12.00–33.00	$24.57	$268	-22.52
915–1490	1131	85-90%	31	39.50–51.50	$45.31	$512	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	80-85%	1	59.50	$59.50	$708	—
950–1530	1199	80-85%	36	32.00–52.50	$43.19	$518	—
1015–1530	1292	80-85%	26	45.00–58.00	$52.58	$679	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1235	1177	75-80%	3	42.00–50.00	$45.46	$535	—
1045–1600	1294	75-80%	25	48.00–55.00	$52.91	$685	—
1235–1725	1387	75-80%	23	56.00–67.50	$59.17	$821	+4.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–2130	1454	25	40.00–77.00	$62.38	$907	—
1375–1905	1706	6	75.00–87.50	$81.51	$1,391	—
1985	1985	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,846	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1552	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	650.00–880.00	$781.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1265	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,125.00	$1,000.34

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
970–1200	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,217.50	—

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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.