Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

4,971 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.29/cwt +9.92 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 573 lb · 149 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.64/cwt +9.14 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 627 lb · 123 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.98/cwt -1.90 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 473 lb · 101 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,971	2,984	4,109
Feeder cattle	2,818	2,145	3,329
Slaughter cattle	634	839	780
Replacement cattle	1,519	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 750 lbs mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers steady to 5.00 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
310–336	331	10	181.00–189.00	$182.50	$604	—
381–383	381	9	178.00–183.00	$181.88	$693	—
418–447	438	35	170.00–176.00	$172.68	$756	+12.68
459–496	483	68	169.00–179.00	$173.91	$840	-7.09
501–538	513	54	157.00–174.00	$168.78	$866	-5.72
539 unweaned	539	17	160.00	$160.00	$862	+5.58
550–597	569	122	149.00–166.00	$157.88	$898	+5.65
563–593 fancy	590	27	165.00–171.00	$165.64	$977	—
604–641	627	95	140.00–150.50	$143.59	$900	+6.09
627 fancy	627	28	157.00	$157.00	$984	—
658–686	672	77	138.00–148.25	$142.25	$956	+2.25
705 fancy	705	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,086	—
735	735	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,044	-6.31
758–764	761	14	125.00–131.00	$126.28	$961	-14.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–322	320	9	167.00–170.00	$168.68	$540	-10.32
391 unweaned	391	4	156.00	$156.00	$610	—
381–398	393	32	158.00–173.00	$168.08	$661	—
401–448	426	22	161.00–173.00	$166.98	$711	-3.39
450–495	463	35	154.00–169.50	$162.52	$752	+0.36
503–519	512	34	150.00–161.00	$156.15	$799	-2.00
552–589	564	31	140.00–145.50	$142.69	$805	-2.24
604 unweaned	604	7	134.00	$134.00	$809	—
613	613	8	131.00	$131.00	$803	-10.85
607–648	620	19	127.50–145.00	$137.44	$852	-4.41
655–694	672	35	129.50–143.25	$137.40	$923	+3.59
723–728	727	18	126.25–134.00	$132.29	$962	+0.17
788	788	25	127.75	$127.75	$1,007	+1.15
850	850	7	105.00	$105.00	$892	—
911	911	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445–448	447	5	140.00–141.00	$140.60	$628	-16.40
455	455	3	155.00	$155.00	$705	+4.33
513	513	5	143.50	$143.50	$736	—
570–586	580	11	125.00–130.50	$128.54	$746	-8.52
614–623	616	13	120.00–144.00	$132.23	$815	-3.27

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	4	160.00	$160.00	$694	—
495–498	496	25	145.00–157.00	$151.70	$752	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1254	1254	10	115.00	$115.00	$1,442	—
1385–1455	1417	9	117.00–120.00	$118.12	$1,674	—
1530	1530	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,836	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	4	130.50	$130.50	$654	—
552–596	567	12	130.00–140.00	$133.51	$757	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	4	151.00	$151.00	$512	-17.05
363–387	376	13	158.00–164.00	$160.85	$605	—
404–448	423	30	150.00–156.00	$151.77	$642	-3.83
450–489	472	97	146.00–160.00	$150.39	$710	-1.49
493	493	4	140.00	$140.00	$690	-11.88
516	516	8	137.00	$137.00	$707	-10.85
503–546	528	57	139.50–150.00	$145.60	$769	-2.25
551–590	576	65	134.50–141.50	$136.59	$787	-7.91
730	730	74	133.25	$133.25	$973	+8.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	7	152.00	$152.00	$524	-5.00
350–362	356	14	143.00–150.00	$146.92	$523	-9.03
400–445	415	57	140.00–151.00	$144.21	$598	+5.24
436	436	5	139.00	$139.00	$606	+0.03
466 unweaned	466	7	135.00	$135.00	$629	-4.80
454–481	470	27	139.00–146.00	$142.43	$669	-4.32
482	482	7	134.00	$134.00	$646	-12.75
504–528	512	15	130.50–140.50	$134.95	$691	-3.97
508–542	517	12	112.00–139.00	$129.96	$672	-8.96
555–592	572	30	125.00–134.00	$129.81	$743	-3.66
598	598	3	120.00	$120.00	$718	-5.79
610–641	623	53	121.00–135.00	$129.08	$804	-0.92
629–634	631	11	115.00–117.50	$116.14	$733	-6.86
667	667	3	112.00	$112.00	$747	-8.00
701–749	734	42	116.75–129.00	$125.54	$921	-0.51
765	765	3	115.00	$115.00	$880	—
778	778	4	110.00	$110.00	$856	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	141.00	$141.00	$485	—
395	395	3	145.00	$145.00	$573	—
413	413	2	138.00	$138.00	$570	—
496	496	13	135.00	$135.00	$670	—
554–576	564	9	128.00–129.00	$128.45	$724	—
662	662	3	105.00	$105.00	$695	—
668	668	6	116.50	$116.50	$778	—
706	706	6	100.50	$100.50	$710	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	6	140.00	$140.00	$442	—
371	371	4	136.00	$136.00	$505	—
420	420	3	138.00	$138.00	$580	+6.40
488	488	3	130.50	$130.50	$637	-3.50
529	529	3	129.00	$129.00	$682	+8.00
570	570	3	120.00	$120.00	$684	-0.53
762	762	4	96.50	$96.50	$735	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,450	-2.88
1200–1350	1283	3	127.50–131.00	$128.76	$1,652	+9.88
1357	1357	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,628	—

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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	398	3	155.00	$155.00	$617	-4.76
425	425	3	158.00	$158.00	$672	—
472–494	485	7	132.50–135.50	$133.75	$649	-12.03
503–545	527	7	136.50–138.00	$137.39	$724	-3.61
568–572	570	6	120.00–124.50	$122.26	$697	-15.86
587	587	3	115.00	$115.00	$675	-23.12
606–628	616	15	120.50–125.50	$123.98	$764	-3.02
733	733	4	107.50	$107.50	$788	—
786	786	4	108.50	$108.50	$853	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	6	127.00	$127.00	$645	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1340	1222	80-85%	16	50.00–63.50	$56.80	$694	-4.00
1105–1390	1263	80-85%	56	56.00–68.50	$62.72	$792	-5.69
1135–1405	1270	80-85%	59	64.00–75.00	$68.29	$867	-0.12

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1155	948	85-90%	16	25.00–42.50	$31.87	$302	-0.81
745–1140	953	85-90%	25	37.50–54.50	$46.53	$443	—
745–1300	1067	85-90%	41	54.00–65.50	$59.64	$636	-6.16
930–1210	1072	85-90%	26	62.00–70.00	$65.01	$697	-0.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1670	1434	75-80%	7	57.50–62.50	$60.54	$868	—
1350–1700	1479	75-80%	45	64.00–74.50	$68.67	$1,016	-1.04
1335–1875	1507	75-80%	27	57.50–69.50	$64.35	$970	+3.04

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1805	1653	65-75%	12	70.00–76.00	$73.35	$1,212	—
1530–2055	1737	65-75%	9	65.00–72.50	$69.25	$1,203	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1830	1579	6	65.00–80.00	$75.46	$1,192	—
1375–2000	1667	9	97.50–105.00	$99.97	$1,666	—
1435–2275	1782	22	85.00–97.00	$92.55	$1,649	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1053–1151	1122	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	900.00–925.00	$917.96
1151	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00
962–1351	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,290.19
1116–1239	1184	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	725.00–775.00	$752.80
1214–1264	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,391.85
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1337–1405	1382	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,000.00	$991.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205–1437	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	67	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,530.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1006	976	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	625.00–650.00	$639.73
1019–1110	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–950.00	$885.27
1070–1134	1117	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	675.00–810.00	$774.72
1100–1357	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	875.00–1,050.00	$959.10

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
964–1019	988	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,524.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
986	986	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1000–1100	1043	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,250.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
950–1350	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,112.50	—
1000–1175	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	1,950.00–2,050.00	$2,017.86	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1100–1250	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,302.50	—
1200–1300	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,869.23	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–850	819	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,318.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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
875–1100	944	(<2 yrs)	Open	107	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,107.71	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1049	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	2,300.00–2,750.00	$2,486.96	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,755.77	—

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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.