Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

6,367 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.44/cwt +4.87 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 678 lb · 221 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.88/cwt +4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $950/hd at 576 lb · 201 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $153.55/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $961/hd at 626 lb · 200 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,367	5,884	2,852
Feeder cattle	5,223	5,093	2,431
Slaughter cattle	473	791	421
Replacement cattle	671	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 400-500 lbs firm undertone, 500-600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 600-760 lbs mostly steady, over 800 lbs weak undertone. Heifers 450-600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 600-750 lbs steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–384	379	5	186.00–187.00	$186.19	$706	-8.81
407–448	421	55	185.00–198.00	$191.44	$806	+6.35
450–496	477	71	174.00–192.00	$183.60	$876	+2.51
483 fancy	483	3	195.00	$195.00	$942	—
504–548	530	110	167.50–188.00	$179.07	$949	+4.92
552–599	576	201	154.00–171.00	$164.88	$950	+4.58
600–648	626	195	146.00–159.50	$153.78	$963	+0.62
630	630	5	144.50	$144.50	$910	-8.66
657–697	677	179	146.75–154.00	$150.81	$1,021	-1.62
684	684	11	137.50	$137.50	$940	-14.93
702–739	714	121	135.25–153.00	$147.24	$1,051	-1.53
737–747	741	22	130.00	$130.00	$963	-18.77
758–798	778	106	128.00–141.50	$137.91	$1,073	+7.82
798	798	5	122.50	$122.50	$978	-7.59
805–835	827	98	126.00–129.75	$129.01	$1,067	-0.57
851–893	872	84	125.00–128.50	$126.13	$1,100	+3.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–395	369	15	178.00–193.00	$187.46	$692	+6.66
473–498	489	21	157.00–170.00	$162.82	$796	-4.97
505–548	530	36	154.50–170.00	$163.57	$867	+3.80
550	550	3	152.00	$152.00	$836	+3.49
555–592	576	22	152.00–162.00	$156.65	$902	+8.14
625	625	3	138.00	$138.00	$862	-6.98
608–647	628	63	138.00–155.00	$146.51	$920	+1.53
665–690	681	25	127.50–142.00	$135.61	$924	-5.51
690–694	691	19	130.00–133.00	$132.21	$914	-8.91
710–735	720	25	127.00–131.25	$130.12	$937	-7.59
702–743	734	109	129.00–146.00	$141.04	$1,035	+3.33
751–789	760	17	129.00–129.75	$129.57	$985	-7.74
755–798	771	35	125.00–137.50	$129.04	$995	-8.27
804 thin fleshed	804	7	138.25	$138.25	$1,112	—
820–832	829	12	122.50–123.00	$122.88	$1,019	-4.62
832	832	6	120.00	$120.00	$998	-7.50
871–883	874	11	118.00–125.50	$123.43	$1,079	-5.82
989	989	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,187	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	27	135.50	$135.50	$841	—
693	693	26	130.50	$130.50	$904	+0.50
810	810	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1513	1354	18	108.25–112.50	$111.07	$1,504	-4.25
1202–1520	1382	25	113.00–115.50	$113.84	$1,573	-1.48

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	178.00	$178.00	$643	—
440	440	2	171.00	$171.00	$752	—
467	467	3	173.00	$173.00	$808	—
521	521	4	150.00	$150.00	$782	—
742	742	9	123.00	$123.00	$913	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	13	126.00	$126.00	$718	-9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	160.00	$160.00	$629	-4.48
421 thin fleshed	421	9	168.00	$168.00	$707	+1.00
418–448	431	44	156.50–167.00	$159.98	$690	+2.99
459 thin fleshed	459	7	168.00	$168.00	$771	—
450–498	477	148	145.00–161.00	$155.45	$741	+4.43
520–535 fancy	527	27	159.50–160.00	$159.76	$842	+6.17
501–549	528	90	138.00–158.00	$148.00	$781	+2.40
557–595	568	159	137.00–155.50	$148.30	$842	+4.40
624	624	19	147.50	$147.50	$920	+9.16
605–648	628	95	131.50–145.00	$137.70	$865	-0.64
650–688	662	71	133.50–138.00	$136.15	$901	+1.91
667 fancy	667	16	145.50	$145.50	$970	—
700–730	709	126	126.00–135.00	$134.06	$950	+9.62
739	739	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,035	+9.73
755	755	11	126.75	$126.75	$957	+1.03
850	850	17	121.75	$121.75	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–318	318	6	160.00–167.00	$163.51	$520	-4.99
352–396	372	34	150.00–166.00	$157.54	$586	+3.64
405–418	413	17	142.50–156.00	$151.46	$626	—
462–491 thin fleshed	479	15	152.00–156.00	$154.46	$740	—
482	482	5	149.00	$149.00	$718	+3.78
528–542 unweaned	530	17	130.00–132.00	$130.36	$691	—
515–548	533	24	134.50–145.00	$140.79	$750	+3.23
562–569 unweaned	566	7	130.00	$130.00	$736	—
550–597	579	93	131.00–144.75	$139.42	$807	+6.64
589	589	8	128.50	$128.50	$757	-4.28
606–646	626	111	128.00–137.50	$133.75	$837	+1.71
633	633	5	128.00	$128.00	$810	-4.04
655–698	677	201	122.50–138.75	$132.53	$897	+5.96
685–696	688	20	116.00–123.50	$120.52	$829	-6.05
715	715	8	122.75	$122.75	$878	+12.75
701–749	740	134	119.50–126.50	$124.68	$923	+1.82
767–790	773	105	118.25–126.50	$124.89	$965	+8.85
810–815	812	7	113.75–119.50	$116.22	$944	—
865–874	870	7	115.00–116.00	$115.43	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–360	359	6	143.00–144.00	$143.50	$515	+8.50
508	508	3	133.00	$133.00	$676	+6.43
606–648	613	52	121.50–130.00	$122.27	$750	—
663–672	670	11	120.00–123.50	$120.95	$810	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	14	129.50	$129.50	$654	—
632	632	28	128.00	$128.00	$809	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1032–1246	1200	15	112.00–114.50	$113.06	$1,357	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	148.00	$148.00	$509	—
515	515	3	135.00	$135.00	$695	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398 thin fleshed	398	3	192.00	$192.00	$764	—
448	448	3	173.00	$173.00	$775	—
450–475	461	9	156.00–166.00	$160.58	$740	+13.58
500–520	511	20	157.00–160.75	$159.71	$816	+25.71
572 unweaned	572	3	135.00	$135.00	$772	—
561–589	581	17	140.00–145.00	$143.39	$833	+2.39
611–639	620	15	132.00–141.00	$137.74	$854	+3.74
655	655	4	132.00	$132.00	$865	+10.50
713–730	723	10	117.50–122.00	$119.27	$862	-0.73
741	741	4	108.50	$108.50	$804	-11.50
750–783	764	8	115.00–120.00	$117.71	$899	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	4	177.00	$177.00	$796	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$495	—
1005–1375	1258	80-85%	37	54.00–61.50	$58.06	$730	-7.32
1090–1495	1285	80-85%	20	50.00–56.50	$52.97	$681	-0.43
1140–1560	1292	80-85%	15	61.50–65.00	$63.12	$816	+9.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1305	1029	85-90%	8	5.00–30.00	$23.61	$243	-26.01
905–1205	1053	85-90%	10	59.00–66.50	$62.09	$654	-1.64
880–1220	1057	85-90%	32	51.00–59.50	$54.67	$578	-9.06
875–1335	1062	85-90%	21	40.00–49.50	$44.84	$476	-18.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1625	1475	75-80%	14	50.00–56.50	$52.89	$780	—
1285–1940	1538	75-80%	36	54.00–62.50	$58.62	$902	-8.04
1405–1795	1596	75-80%	20	62.50–66.00	$63.73	$1,017	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1835–1935	1885	65-75%	2	66.50–70.00	$68.30	$1,287	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–2590	1823	24	83.00–94.00	$87.74	$1,600	-2.58
1570–2390	1864	9	70.00–79.00	$74.27	$1,384	—
1610–2200	1917	6	96.00–108.00	$101.55	$1,947	+3.57

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285–1445	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,624.03
1228–1523	1362	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	92	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,698.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1148–1550	1279	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,350.00–1,425.00	$1,380.87
1206–1405	1291	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,246.63
1300–1318	1311	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	750.00–800.00	$780.16
1269–1445	1367	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	950.00–1,225.00	$1,111.52

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1700–1740	1730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,437.72

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1012–1120	1073	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	1,475.00–1,585.00	$1,526.09
1263–1375	1291	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,186.69

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1040	943	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,338.73
888–1018	956	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,097.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1216	1216	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,675.00	$1,675.00

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1100–1250	1194	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1100	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	2,050.00–2,475.00	$2,262.50	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	989	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	2,275.00–2,350.00	$2,312.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–900	889	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,044.44	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.