Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

3,765 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $129.62/cwt ≈ $1,187/hd at 916 lb · 238 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.30/cwt +4.96 vs last sale · ≈ $972/hd at 610 lb · 176 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $129.02/cwt -5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,075/hd at 833 lb · 153 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,765	5,371	2,697
Feeder cattle	2,884	4,428	2,303
Slaughter cattle	554	706	394
Replacement cattle	327	237	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 800 lbs steady to firm, spots 2.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, over 800 lbs firm to higher undertone. Heifers steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	5	194.00	$194.00	$524	—
317	317	3	203.00	$203.00	$644	—
361–394	378	12	193.00–202.00	$196.82	$744	+0.31
414–443	427	19	177.00–191.00	$182.97	$781	-3.03
453–491	478	9	178.00–185.00	$180.21	$861	+0.21
522–547	530	73	165.00–175.00	$172.47	$914	-2.56
554–588	572	44	158.00–170.50	$162.68	$931	-1.58
572	572	5	130.00	$130.00	$744	-34.26
601–638	610	169	150.00–164.00	$160.56	$979	+6.22
620	620	7	129.00	$129.00	$800	-25.34
659–698	683	78	145.00–153.00	$149.96	$1,024	-0.69
711 fancy	711	11	152.25	$152.25	$1,082	—
702–743	725	94	140.00–147.00	$141.60	$1,027	-0.06
756–785	772	92	130.50–139.25	$135.49	$1,046	-5.49
815–845	833	153	127.50–129.35	$129.02	$1,075	-5.69
866–881	871	136	124.50–126.85	$126.61	$1,103	+4.61
913–923	916	238	126.75–131.00	$129.62	$1,187	—
996	996	55	126.85	$126.85	$1,263	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	5	191.00	$191.00	$615	—
370–390	381	5	189.00–196.00	$190.77	$727	+9.76
400–446	423	11	170.00–181.00	$175.14	$741	-1.47
450–495	476	18	161.00–179.00	$168.43	$802	-0.72
500–549	515	38	158.00–175.50	$167.62	$863	+2.66
559–586	571	9	148.00–151.00	$149.37	$853	-5.45
550–596	582	10	141.50–150.50	$144.66	$842	+6.66
636	636	4	133.00	$133.00	$846	-12.14
635–648	641	19	146.00–150.75	$148.80	$954	+3.66
695	695	4	130.00	$130.00	$904	-11.09
700–732	715	12	130.00–137.50	$133.41	$954	-0.59
720	720	12	127.75	$127.75	$920	-6.25
756–793	776	36	126.75–134.50	$129.94	$1,008	-0.42
835–842	838	8	118.00–120.50	$119.56	$1,002	-8.94
872	872	5	108.50	$108.50	$946	-11.50
878	878	3	116.50	$116.50	$1,023	-3.50
960	960	10	118.00	$118.00	$1,133	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1280	1223	6	107.00–108.00	$107.57	$1,316	—
1230–1365	1330	6	94.00–102.00	$99.08	$1,318	—
1315–1430	1373	2	110.50–111.00	$110.76	$1,521	-1.01
1290–1543	1439	22	112.00–115.00	$113.94	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	163.00	$163.00	$606	—
675	675	4	133.00	$133.00	$898	—
991	991	5	109.50	$109.50	$1,085	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	8	137.50	$137.50	$976	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	8	136.00	$136.00	$926	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	4	132.00	$132.00	$983	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–435	415	9	144.00–146.50	$145.20	$603	-3.14
460–482	469	7	140.50–142.00	$141.34	$663	-2.97
515 thin fleshed	515	21	158.00	$158.00	$814	—
525–545	537	39	127.00–144.00	$136.19	$731	-3.13
550–594	576	49	125.50–141.00	$136.29	$785	+4.52
584	584	6	128.00	$128.00	$748	-3.77
609–628	621	36	133.00–137.00	$134.75	$837	+11.75
631	631	4	126.50	$126.50	$798	-3.75
662	662	9	119.50	$119.50	$791	-6.02
650–675	663	46	126.50–136.00	$129.95	$862	+4.43
716	716	7	119.50	$119.50	$856	+4.23
711–737	724	28	123.00–126.00	$124.12	$899	+1.79
752–798	764	53	114.00–123.00	$119.92	$916	+5.32
803	803	12	118.00	$118.00	$948	+18.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	4	161.00	$161.00	$497	—
378	378	20	175.00	$175.00	$662	—
436	436	6	156.00	$156.00	$680	+0.11
454–498	475	35	151.00–162.00	$158.25	$752	-0.48
500–542	521	44	139.50–153.50	$148.56	$774	+3.29
563–584	578	17	140.00–142.00	$141.43	$817	+0.29
608–640	620	90	140.00–145.00	$142.84	$886	+3.69
669–672	670	26	130.00–137.00	$135.38	$907	+1.12
707–713	710	12	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$916	+1.52
885–893	889	11	119.00–119.50	$119.27	$1,060	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–342	320	7	140.00–148.00	$144.34	$462	—
365–398	385	22	139.00–153.00	$146.34	$563	—
483	483	5	138.00	$138.00	$667	—
598	598	6	133.50	$133.50	$798	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1215	1140	4	103.00–105.00	$103.53	$1,180	—
1185–1265	1205	4	103.00–104.00	$103.74	$1,250	—
1175–1361	1258	9	107.00–110.00	$108.97	$1,371	-3.60
1158–1490	1324	16	111.50–115.00	$112.74	$1,493	+1.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	3	140.00	$140.00	$563	—
488	488	3	137.00	$137.00	$669	+5.51
733	733	6	116.50	$116.50	$854	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	5	100.00	$100.00	$685	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	181.00	$181.00	$557	—
443–445	444	6	143.00–161.00	$151.98	$675	—
493	493	3	163.00	$163.00	$804	—
617–640	629	6	132.00–140.00	$136.07	$856	-2.71
650	650	3	122.00	$122.00	$793	—
731	731	4	112.50	$112.50	$822	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	5	141.00	$141.00	$512	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1400	1265	80-85%	30	60.00–70.00	$63.46	$803	+6.72
1100–1465	1274	80-85%	47	52.00–60.00	$56.29	$717	+4.89
1120–1490	1297	80-85%	13	45.00–55.00	$50.64	$657	-0.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1190	1059	85-90%	13	57.50–66.50	$61.33	$649	+7.68
865–1270	1067	85-90%	29	49.00–58.50	$53.45	$570	-0.20
910–1475	1098	85-90%	9	10.00–37.00	$26.14	$287	-27.51
900–1300	1099	85-90%	16	40.00–50.00	$45.18	$497	-8.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1475	1405	75-80%	3	51.00–53.00	$51.67	$726	—
1200–1790	1516	75-80%	30	53.00–60.50	$57.60	$873	+0.57
1245–1950	1533	75-80%	27	60.00–70.00	$64.58	$990	+7.55

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–2075	1808	65-75%	6	66.00–73.00	$69.63	$1,259	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1770	1495	6	61.00–77.00	$68.57	$1,025	—
1400–2160	1703	28	79.50–92.50	$85.75	$1,460	—
1630–2225	1897	9	93.00–105.00	$96.26	$1,826	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1196	1196	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,190.00	$1,190.00
1168–1530	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,080.00–1,225.00	$1,160.23
1102–1373	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,425.00–1,500.00	$1,471.76
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,030.00	$1,030.00
1203–1474	1361	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	58	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,224.67
1412	1412	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	940.00	$940.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1057–1110	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,140.00–1,225.00	$1,166.38
1124–1277	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	1,070.00–1,130.00	$1,106.67
1405	1405	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1169–1284	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	1,325.00–1,475.00	$1,420.26

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1523	1523	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,130.00	$1,130.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
928	928	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	790.00	$790.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1400	1192	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,875.00–1,900.00	$1,879.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007	1007	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	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
1050–1450	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,425.00–1,625.00	$1,537.50	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 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
1375–1400	1398	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,200.00–2,450.00	$2,275.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.