Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

5,707 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.29/cwt +6.09 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 578 lb · 193 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $180.36/cwt -3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $952/hd at 528 lb · 163 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.38/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,093/hd at 768 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,707	4,290	3,457
Feeder cattle	4,076	3,868	2,719
Slaughter cattle	940	422	385
Replacement cattle	691	—	353

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows firm to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–343	320	18	193.00–203.00	$200.33	$641	-8.67
350–393	368	16	188.00–210.00	$201.89	$743	-3.59
389 unweaned	389	14	190.00	$190.00	$739	—
403–418 fancy	412	25	204.00–207.00	$204.63	$843	—
403–444	420	32	175.00–200.00	$191.06	$802	-5.85
453 unweaned	453	33	169.75	$169.75	$769	—
469 fancy	469	22	202.00	$202.00	$947	—
451–496	476	68	180.00–197.00	$189.85	$904	+3.55
507–543	526	103	175.00–189.00	$183.49	$965	+2.45
526 thin fleshed	526	20	194.50	$194.50	$1,023	—
529–539 unweaned	534	40	161.00–170.00	$165.23	$882	—
554–598	578	104	170.00–180.00	$176.79	$1,022	+5.48
588 unweaned	588	8	152.50	$152.50	$897	—
591	591	12	152.00	$152.00	$898	-19.31
610–638	623	47	161.00–167.00	$163.73	$1,020	-3.17
631	631	14	142.00	$142.00	$896	-15.48
665	665	4	145.50	$145.50	$968	-17.11
650–691	667	99	148.00–160.00	$153.81	$1,026	-8.80
706–747	722	82	148.50–155.00	$152.28	$1,099	+14.78
765	765	6	134.00	$134.00	$1,025	-18.59
813–822	817	124	145.00–146.50	$145.73	$1,191	+11.52
876	876	9	128.25	$128.25	$1,123	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391–394	392	10	175.00–176.50	$175.60	$688	-11.64
410–420	416	8	172.50–178.00	$174.53	$726	-1.06
452–497	473	56	164.00–182.00	$173.95	$823	+0.73
453–493	473	8	155.00–165.00	$160.21	$758	-13.01
500–549	522	80	155.50–180.00	$165.30	$863	-5.93
526–535 unweaned	528	13	150.00–158.00	$154.98	$818	—
560–588	572	53	157.00–167.50	$164.37	$940	+3.08
579 unweaned	579	4	145.00	$145.00	$840	—
595	595	4	141.00	$141.00	$839	-7.50
613	613	14	131.00	$131.00	$803	-27.05
600–642	623	91	148.50–159.00	$154.71	$964	-3.34
651–693	667	39	138.50–160.50	$151.24	$1,009	+4.34
705–740	719	10	144.00–146.00	$144.82	$1,041	-1.80
759–777	768	136	136.50–145.50	$142.66	$1,096	+1.98
768	768	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,044	-4.68
855	855	13	139.00	$139.00	$1,188	—
913–939	920	21	129.75–132.00	$130.41	$1,200	+4.86

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	5	173.00	$173.00	$446	—
355–383	369	4	181.00–184.00	$182.44	$673	—
420–440	430	8	143.50–167.00	$154.98	$666	—
478	478	2	169.00	$169.00	$808	—
525	525	5	143.00	$143.00	$751	—
738	738	6	138.50	$138.50	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–333	322	8	170.00–171.00	$170.39	$549	—
520	520	3	140.00	$140.00	$728	—
630	630	10	145.00	$145.00	$914	+20.00
831 thin fleshed	831	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,130	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1193	1193	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,396	—
1160–1375	1287	8	108.00–114.00	$109.71	$1,412	—
1085–1612	1360	17	121.50–125.50	$123.21	$1,676	+7.71
1465	1465	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,751	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	10	155.50	$155.50	$902	+9.50
765	765	9	142.00	$142.00	$1,086	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	9	102.00	$102.00	$705	—
774	774	6	108.00	$108.00	$836	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	6	135.00	$135.00	$686	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	172.00	$172.00	$556	-5.10
373–398	390	18	161.00–171.50	$164.81	$643	-8.59
410–421 unweaned	419	21	163.00	$163.00	$683	—
400–442	425	46	155.00–166.00	$161.30	$686	+1.47
453–493	468	81	153.00–164.00	$155.58	$728	-4.22
487 unweaned	487	19	157.50	$157.50	$767	—
500–538	521	57	153.00–162.50	$158.83	$828	+8.04
527	527	7	142.00	$142.00	$748	-8.79
550–579	566	62	144.00–148.00	$146.20	$827	+1.00
581–583	582	29	136.50–145.00	$140.61	$818	-4.59
564–589 thin fleshed	585	102	157.00–157.50	$157.42	$921	—
606–635	622	62	143.50–148.00	$144.93	$901	+2.10
639	639	7	140.00	$140.00	$895	-2.83
656–692	682	18	143.00–149.00	$144.60	$986	+0.60
731	731	73	143.00	$143.00	$1,045	+7.10
800	800	12	134.00	$134.00	$1,072	+1.00
926	926	4	120.75	$120.75	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–347	340	20	150.00–162.00	$155.25	$528	-0.96
365–368	366	12	151.00–161.50	$153.64	$562	-19.36
398	398	3	140.00	$140.00	$557	-33.00
406–446	429	41	144.00–155.00	$151.28	$649	+1.68
450–493	475	77	141.50–154.00	$148.33	$705	+0.96
496	496	7	142.00	$142.00	$704	+1.00
501–547	524	87	139.00–160.50	$148.65	$779	+8.99
528 unweaned	528	4	132.00	$132.00	$697	—
546	546	4	139.00	$139.00	$759	+13.00
550–590	571	45	133.00–141.50	$138.39	$790	+0.37
562–597	580	12	127.00–131.50	$128.89	$748	-2.61
610–627	619	6	121.00–127.00	$124.04	$768	-12.80
616–649	635	61	140.50–147.50	$145.04	$921	+8.20
652–669	665	30	127.00–144.25	$136.82	$910	+6.12
705	705	13	128.00	$128.00	$902	+0.16
708–723	710	25	136.00–139.00	$138.63	$984	+10.79
750–780	772	29	125.00–133.75	$126.84	$979	-4.23
792	792	11	125.00	$125.00	$990	-6.07
831	831	4	124.25	$124.25	$1,033	+1.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1172	1123	5	108.00–114.00	$110.24	$1,238	—
1100–1327	1270	4	117.00–120.00	$119.35	$1,516	—
1150–1575	1295	18	120.00–125.50	$122.52	$1,587	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	7	156.00	$156.00	$651	—
475	475	3	148.00	$148.00	$703	—
568	568	3	139.00	$139.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	131.00	$131.00	$692	-5.39
558 thin fleshed	558	9	136.00	$136.00	$759	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380 thin fleshed	380	4	191.00	$191.00	$726	—
415 thin fleshed	415	3	180.00	$180.00	$747	—
465–475	472	10	157.00–168.00	$164.75	$778	+5.75
507–532	522	14	149.50–157.50	$152.81	$798	-5.63
552–591	574	19	132.50–145.50	$142.76	$819	-8.24
655	655	5	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
746	746	4	123.50	$123.50	$921	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1295	1216	80-85%	20	50.00–63.50	$57.35	$697	—
1090–1440	1275	80-85%	70	57.50–71.00	$64.28	$820	-5.73
1110–1390	1281	80-85%	84	65.00–78.00	$69.91	$896	-0.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1150	913	85-90%	10	10.00–40.50	$24.14	$220	—
865–1145	998	85-90%	27	39.00–57.00	$46.39	$463	+10.29
835–1225	1051	85-90%	63	53.00–66.50	$60.09	$632	—
945–1180	1088	85-90%	45	62.00–76.00	$68.58	$746	+2.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1635	1528	75-80%	6	52.50–64.00	$59.28	$906	-10.61
1350–1850	1530	75-80%	60	66.00–76.00	$70.23	$1,075	+0.34
1295–1855	1532	75-80%	36	59.00–72.00	$66.59	$1,020	-3.30

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–2605	1760	22	84.50–96.50	$91.94	$1,618	—
1320–2030	1762	15	97.50–109.50	$100.49	$1,771	—
1525–2015	1793	6	53.00–79.50	$71.64	$1,285	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
908–936 thin fleshed	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,225.00	$1,225.00
928 thin fleshed	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,175.00	$1,175.00
993 thin fleshed	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1047–1114	1074	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,304.25
963–1370	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	1,230.00–1,425.00	$1,322.14
1185–1200	1190	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,040.00	$959.33
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1159–1440	1253	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,050.00–1,525.00	$1,229.86
1108–1384	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,390.26
1246–1404	1325	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,123.51
1095–1535	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,210.00–1,800.00	$1,493.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1073	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	985.00	$985.00
1137–1151	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	650.00–750.00	$705.25
1117–1390	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,094.29
1241–1255	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,121.57

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1104	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1147	1147	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00	$850.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,880.00	$1,880.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
900–1250	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	1,700.00–2,025.00	$1,937.50	—
1050–1200	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,675.00–1,900.00	$1,810.00	—
1000–1450	1279	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,628.57	—
1300–1400	1371	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,675.00–1,800.00	$1,710.71	—
1300–1500	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00–1,850.00	$1,612.50	—
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1300	1265	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	1,525.00–1,575.00	$1,560.00	—
1250–1400	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,775.00–2,050.00	$1,848.44	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1050	993	(<2 yrs)	Open	37	2,300.00–2,625.00	$2,476.35	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1120	1011	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	2,050.00–2,350.00	$2,120.37	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–930	898	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,810.00	—

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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.