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Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

2,692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $201.64/cwt +8.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,073/hd at 532 lb · 167 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.88/cwt -1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $923/hd at 581 lb · 156 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $175.49/cwt +0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,188/hd at 677 lb · 132 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,692 2,615 1,854
Feeder cattle 2,386 2,321 1,723
Slaughter cattle 271 264 119
Replacement cattle 35 30 12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers steady to 6.00 higher except several under 450 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 8.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–375 360 13 191.00 $191.00 $688 -37.51
350–390 382 10 194.00–207.00 $204.62 $782 -23.89
400 value added 400 9 209.00 $209.00 $836 -6.00
402–448 425 71 194.00–231.00 $212.22 $902 -3.64
420–445 430 26 190.00–201.00 $196.24 $844 -19.62
450–496 value added 463 24 209.00–214.00 $210.56 $975 +4.66
451–490 465 63 205.00–232.50 $215.10 $1,000 +13.18
460–495 480 16 192.00–200.00 $196.50 $943 -5.42
520 value added 520 31 201.00 $201.00 $1,045 -1.00
530 530 6 191.00 $191.00 $1,012 -9.29
505–546 535 130 190.00–212.00 $202.28 $1,082 +1.99
550–560 value added 555 31 194.00–197.50 $195.68 $1,086 +9.10
570 570 9 181.00 $181.00 $1,032 +5.85
565–580 unweaned 576 8 177.50–181.00 $178.36 $1,027 +5.36
550–595 577 80 175.00–202.00 $192.46 $1,110 +17.31
614–630 620 19 164.00–179.00 $175.03 $1,085 -6.28
650–698 677 127 164.00–179.00 $176.34 $1,194 +3.15
680 680 5 154.00 $154.00 $1,047 -19.19
710 710 4 166.00–172.00 $169.00 $1,200 +1.39
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270–295 281 7 191.00–194.00 $192.35 $541 -26.11
310–345 331 20 183.00–192.50 $188.97 $625 -22.30
355–380 368 17 180.00–195.00 $189.13 $696 -17.67
380 value added 380 17 206.00 $206.00 $783 —
400–449 424 35 170.00–200.00 $186.61 $791 -12.21
470 value added 470 18 202.00 $202.00 $949 —
450–490 472 40 184.00–208.00 $194.75 $919 +4.31
500–535 515 26 170.00–196.00 $186.50 $960 +2.43
550–588 566 14 165.00–194.50 $176.71 $1,000 +3.79
623–637 628 23 165.00–176.00 $168.95 $1,061 +14.04
694 unweaned 694 25 150.00 $150.00 $1,041 —
705 value added 705 7 151.50 $151.50 $1,068 —
700–744 741 38 148.50–160.00 $155.41 $1,152 +2.95
750 750 3 150.50 $150.50 $1,129 —
855 855 4 144.00 $144.00 $1,231 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315 315 3 182.00 $182.00 $573 —
382 382 4 174.00 $174.00 $665 —
569 569 13 149.50 $149.50 $851 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
525 525 8 159.00 $159.00 $835 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
405 405 5 192.00 $192.00 $778 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
795 795 3 138.00 $138.00 $1,097 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
255 255 3 175.00 $175.00 $446 -6.00
335 335 3 161.00 $161.00 $539 -17.95
343–345 344 6 165.00–167.00 $166.00 $571 -12.95
365–393 380 35 160.00–180.50 $166.49 $633 -11.44
405 405 14 167.00 $167.00 $676 -12.94
410 value added 410 13 178.50 $178.50 $732 +2.50
403–441 426 69 165.50–186.50 $171.37 $730 +2.37
450 450 3 157.00 $157.00 $706 -19.43
450–485 468 69 156.00–181.00 $167.88 $786 -8.55
500–548 526 50 147.00–169.00 $157.97 $831 +5.74
530 530 6 144.00 $144.00 $763 -8.23
555 555 3 138.50 $138.50 $769 -19.22
570 value added 570 10 154.50 $154.50 $881 -10.80
550–599 582 143 147.00–166.00 $159.61 $929 +17.33
600–614 609 15 142.50–153.00 $148.59 $905 -8.12
618 618 3 140.00 $140.00 $865 -16.71
659 659 58 149.75 $149.75 $987 +3.53
710–744 717 12 141.00–145.00 $144.16 $1,034 +0.77
751–765 757 10 139.75–141.00 $140.26 $1,062 +0.15
805 805 3 134.00 $134.00 $1,079 —
850–894 879 9 122.00–134.00 $125.87 $1,106 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
282 282 4 160.00 $160.00 $451 —
300–345 325 16 151.00–167.00 $162.66 $529 -2.62
370–385 379 14 150.00–162.50 $156.28 $592 -11.88
400–435 415 31 150.00–171.00 $160.31 $665 -3.59
460–487 477 13 152.00–161.00 $157.25 $750 -3.35
495 value added 495 9 160.00 $160.00 $792 —
505–515 512 8 144.00–161.00 $152.88 $783 -3.81
565–579 575 10 142.00–158.00 $150.81 $867 -1.46
612 612 3 148.00 $148.00 $906 +8.00
651–690 670 19 139.00–142.00 $140.01 $938 -1.99
758 758 6 136.50 $136.50 $1,035 —
794 794 4 119.00 $119.00 $945 —
845 845 4 134.50 $134.50 $1,137 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
373 373 7 145.00 $145.00 $541 —
402–410 405 9 135.00–147.00 $144.32 $584 —
455–482 465 6 130.00–145.00 $139.73 $650 -5.27
568 568 3 138.00 $138.00 $784 -8.00
604 604 4 128.00 $128.00 $773 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500 500 4 149.50 $149.50 $748 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
441 441 4 110.00 $110.00 $485 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378 378 12 190.00 $190.00 $718 -1.00
403–435 411 8 174.00–186.00 $177.18 $728 +8.43
456–460 457 12 156.00–182.00 $177.64 $812 +5.90
510–530 521 11 156.00–165.50 $163.35 $851 +4.43
551–595 565 13 138.00–171.00 $150.99 $853 +6.46
618–648 631 13 135.00–157.00 $142.92 $902 -3.08
750–790 769 8 112.00–123.00 $119.43 $918 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
457 457 3 140.00 $140.00 $640 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
840–1120 945 85-90% 6 30.00–48.00 $40.35 $381 —
872–1259 1037 85-90% 21 53.00–69.50 $65.10 $675 —
920–1150 1094 85-90% 7 80.00–82.50 $81.53 $892 +10.34
880–1355 1107 85-90% 33 70.00–77.00 $72.88 $807 -6.07
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1115–1440 1266 80-85% 47 78.50–89.00 $84.28 $1,067 —
1135–1355 1287 80-85% 12 88.50–97.00 $91.10 $1,172 —
1535 1535 80-85% 1 77.50 $77.50 $1,190 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1300 1300 75-80% 1 77.00 $77.00 $1,001 —
1370–1670 1464 75-80% 9 86.00–90.50 $87.98 $1,288 -0.98
1360–1795 1533 75-80% 6 88.50–94.00 $90.61 $1,389 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1480–2240 1673 5 66.50–97.00 $86.48 $1,447 —
1290–2230 1718 9 94.00–119.00 $107.89 $1,854 —
1785–2160 1973 2 119.50–122.00 $120.63 $2,380 —
YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
2215 2215 1 105.50 $105.50 $2,337 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1050–1295 1185 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 3 950.00–1,250.00 $1,121.32
1223 1223 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 6 935.00 $935.00

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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
975 975 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 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.