Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

4,676 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $161.50/cwt -5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $849/hd at 526 lb · 197 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $122.05/cwt ≈ $1,163/hd at 953 lb · 195 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.67/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $934/hd at 624 lb · 184 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,676	2,374	5,753
Feeder cattle	4,102	2,128	4,465
Slaughter cattle	509	246	339
Replacement cattle	65	—	949

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, spots 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	192.00	$192.00	$747	—
404–445	430	34	171.00–181.50	$178.65	$768	—
455–491	472	71	164.50–184.00	$174.25	$822	+0.33
485 thin fleshed	485	3	179.00	$179.00	$868	—
485 unweaned	485	12	171.50	$171.50	$832	—
502–508 thin fleshed	507	13	174.50–176.00	$174.84	$886	—
509–548	527	179	156.00–163.00	$160.69	$847	-6.22
533 unweaned	533	5	156.00	$156.00	$831	—
559 fancy	559	16	160.00	$160.00	$894	—
551–596	577	119	148.00–157.00	$153.15	$884	-2.35
601–647	624	179	145.00–154.25	$149.77	$935	+6.32
630 unweaned	630	5	146.00	$146.00	$920	—
650–688	662	96	138.75–147.50	$145.69	$964	-2.04
677 unweaned	677	11	140.50	$140.50	$951	—
726 unweaned	726	6	133.00	$133.00	$966	—
784	784	10	138.25	$138.25	$1,084	-0.73
800	800	4	127.50	$127.50	$1,020	+0.50
949	949	60	122.25	$122.25	$1,160	—
950–958	953	195	120.75–122.50	$122.05	$1,163	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–447	435	31	167.50–173.50	$168.62	$733	-1.05
455–494	477	69	154.00–177.00	$164.73	$786	-1.84
482	482	4	157.00	$157.00	$757	-9.57
522	522	4	132.50	$132.50	$692	-26.19
524–547	530	36	155.00–167.00	$161.56	$856	+2.87
552–597	569	86	139.75–158.25	$153.00	$871	+2.40
602–633	617	33	137.00–148.00	$144.53	$892	-2.53
676–695	688	57	132.00–142.50	$134.89	$928	+1.23
693	693	9	138.50	$138.50	$960	+4.84
705	705	7	137.00	$137.00	$966	—
706	706	4	123.50	$123.50	$872	—
753	753	30	131.75	$131.75	$992	—
806–816	812	12	128.50–137.50	$133.78	$1,086	+7.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	158.50	$158.50	$539	—
553	553	8	142.00	$142.00	$785	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	3	141.00	$141.00	$829	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	5	159.50	$159.50	$563	—
390 unweaned	390	4	148.00	$148.00	$577	—
401–448	434	84	146.00–159.00	$154.41	$670	-4.32
458–491	474	51	145.00–158.50	$152.80	$724	-5.39
512	512	8	127.50	$127.50	$653	-21.52
517 unweaned	517	7	130.00	$130.00	$672	—
500–537	521	168	135.50–153.50	$147.04	$766	-1.98
554 unweaned	554	17	133.00	$133.00	$737	—
559–579	568	38	133.00–140.00	$136.85	$777	-4.10
592	592	11	132.00	$132.00	$781	-8.95
600–622	614	77	123.00–142.75	$136.79	$840	-3.69
623	623	9	131.00	$131.00	$816	-9.48
660–674	663	27	121.50–135.00	$124.88	$828	-10.13
693	693	10	121.60	$121.60	$843	-13.41
793	793	6	125.50	$125.50	$995	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–383	378	40	147.00–152.25	$149.56	$565	—
435 thin fleshed	435	4	160.50	$160.50	$698	—
431–448	437	16	140.00–144.00	$141.46	$618	+4.96
462	462	10	131.50	$131.50	$608	-12.63
465–491	485	60	139.00–149.00	$143.32	$695	-0.81
500–542	515	50	128.50–145.00	$135.45	$698	-4.04
544	544	11	125.50	$125.50	$683	-13.99
553–588	565	52	126.00–133.50	$130.42	$737	-3.67
570–598	584	10	120.00	$120.00	$701	-14.09
601–648	625	63	118.00–133.25	$129.43	$809	-5.79
655–698	675	35	115.00–121.00	$119.75	$808	-4.59
719	719	5	106.00	$106.00	$762	-14.50
722–734	725	27	117.25–118.25	$117.48	$852	-3.02
750–785	769	67	110.00–123.50	$117.32	$902	-2.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
657	657	83	900.00	$900.00	—
761	761	72	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	7	140.00	$140.00	$542	—
463–493	482	8	125.00–140.00	$130.41	$629	—
501–531	516	6	125.00–130.00	$127.43	$658	-0.57
567	567	10	116.50	$116.50	$661	-11.00
720	720	3	107.00	$107.00	$770	-9.75

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–453	452	6	143.00–154.00	$148.48	$671	-16.52

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1012–1380	1209	80-85%	74	55.50–66.00	$62.47	$755	-0.60
1150–1605	1278	80-85%	24	64.00–69.00	$66.68	$852	-1.08
1235–1390	1313	80-85%	2	49.00–51.00	$49.94	$656	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–995	899	85-90%	4	30.00–38.00	$34.07	$306	—
815–1105	933	85-90%	8	41.00–50.00	$46.38	$433	—
905–1140	1021	85-90%	17	62.00–71.00	$65.26	$666	+0.35
870–1215	1052	85-90%	53	51.00–63.00	$56.98	$599	+24.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1885	1476	75-80%	46	56.00–68.50	$64.70	$955	-0.39
1355–1780	1549	75-80%	33	64.00–72.00	$67.84	$1,051	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625	1625	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,300	-3.00
1470–2325	1811	16	85.50–101.50	$92.45	$1,674	—
2010–2310	2117	3	98.00–103.00	$99.95	$2,116	—

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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
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1050	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	2,050.00–2,300.00	$2,183.93	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

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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.