Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

5,572 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.36/cwt +9.50 vs last sale · ≈ $938/hd at 571 lb · 340 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $175.93/cwt +2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 472 lb · 245 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $158.06/cwt +9.89 vs last sale · ≈ $978/hd at 619 lb · 178 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,572	2,908	6,156
Feeder cattle	4,154	2,446	5,266
Slaughter cattle	947	462	625
Replacement cattle	471	—	265

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, 550-650 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 higher, yearlings over 700 lbs. sold with higher undertones. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold mostly steady with those over 600 lbs. trading with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold 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
320	320	6	183.00–193.00	$189.67	$607	—
363–380	368	10	180.00–187.00	$184.08	$677	+0.08
410–445	428	19	169.00–181.00	$177.39	$759	-5.27
462–491	472	245	171.00–180.00	$175.93	$830	+2.78
500–538	519	95	167.00–175.00	$171.42	$890	+0.56
550–599	567	283	159.00–167.00	$163.37	$926	+8.51
588 fancy	588	57	169.25	$169.25	$995	—
600–639	618	165	147.00–165.00	$159.20	$984	+11.03
603–640	625	13	141.00–147.00	$143.56	$897	-4.61
657	657	17	145.00	$145.00	$953	+5.00
678–683	681	20	147.00–158.00	$151.18	$1,030	+6.65
708	708	4	133.00	$133.00	$942	-9.68
721–730	726	15	148.50–149.00	$148.73	$1,080	+6.05
757–795	788	34	136.50–137.25	$137.12	$1,081	+2.06
842	842	63	135.00	$135.00	$1,137	—
888–896	891	41	124.50–129.00	$127.34	$1,135	—
912–936	928	176	136.50–136.75	$136.58	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347–348	348	6	170.00–184.00	$176.99	$616	—
350–392	378	36	169.50–180.00	$174.27	$659	+3.93
402–443	429	38	168.50–177.50	$173.15	$743	+8.52
428–444	439	6	150.00	$150.00	$658	-14.63
462–492	481	28	165.00–169.00	$167.27	$805	+4.57
517–548	543	45	153.00–161.50	$159.24	$865	+0.53
565–594	581	38	144.00–157.00	$151.45	$880	+2.92
608–638	617	27	141.00–148.00	$145.29	$896	+3.32
623	623	7	134.00	$134.00	$835	-7.97
668–691	680	27	131.00–147.00	$141.00	$959	+6.62
702–740	734	54	137.00–146.25	$144.35	$1,060	+14.09
748	748	6	131.00	$131.00	$980	+0.74
795	795	4	122.00	$122.00	$970	—
881	881	4	128.50	$128.50	$1,132	+6.96
956	956	9	105.00	$105.00	$1,004	-5.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1344	1344	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,532	—
1155–1542	1356	66	118.50–122.75	$120.87	$1,639	+2.05
1275–1550	1368	5	116.00–117.00	$116.48	$1,593	-2.34
1620	1620	2	112.50	$112.50	$1,822	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	5	126.00	$126.00	$646	—
602	602	12	139.50	$139.50	$840	—
735	735	10	127.00	$127.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	7	146.00	$146.00	$661	-4.00
543	543	3	137.00	$137.00	$744	—
623	623	3	130.00	$130.00	$810	-11.50
652	652	11	133.00	$133.00	$867	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
758	758	21	133.00	$133.00	$1,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	5	168.00	$168.00	$497	—
325	325	4	155.00	$155.00	$504	+5.00
355–396	373	25	154.00–160.00	$156.26	$583	+7.63
407–448	432	40	140.00–147.00	$145.47	$628	+0.55
469–498	484	98	132.50–145.00	$141.14	$683	-5.13
525–528	527	6	126.00–128.00	$127.00	$669	-9.33
506–548	535	59	135.00–144.00	$140.40	$751	+4.07
558–593	574	34	131.50–139.50	$135.14	$776	+2.38
590	590	4	125.50	$125.50	$740	-7.26
600–636	611	19	115.00–123.00	$119.67	$731	-12.34
603–623	618	28	128.00–136.00	$131.92	$815	-0.09
653	653	3	116.00	$116.00	$757	-9.67
650–695	683	65	127.75–133.50	$130.22	$889	+4.55
703	703	5	118.50	$118.50	$833	-4.23
728–749	730	100	121.00–132.50	$131.20	$958	+8.47
767–774	769	15	108.50–119.50	$115.81	$891	-4.44
753–794	770	114	124.00–127.25	$125.87	$969	+5.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–349	343	10	157.00–167.00	$162.09	$556	—
398	398	6	162.00	$162.00	$645	—
404–443	425	70	150.00–160.00	$154.68	$657	+0.67
458–496	482	76	148.00–159.00	$153.30	$739	-0.96
507 fancy	507	5	162.00	$162.00	$821	+2.16
500–542	522	77	143.00–154.00	$149.95	$783	+0.54
550–578	565	25	139.00–144.50	$141.85	$801	-3.63
620–628	624	46	139.00–140.50	$139.72	$872	-1.11
684	684	7	135.00	$135.00	$923	+6.50
711–739	720	111	135.50–136.75	$136.32	$982	+9.19
788	788	10	128.00	$128.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	10	136.50	$136.50	$504	+0.75
432	432	4	137.50	$137.50	$594	-0.34
473	473	7	126.00	$126.00	$596	-8.00
530	530	6	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$684	+6.00
553–555	554	7	123.50–127.00	$125.00	$692	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1341	1220	24	118.00–121.75	$119.76	$1,461	—
1345–1405	1365	3	115.00–116.00	$115.66	$1,579	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–387	377	10	147.00–148.00	$147.69	$557	—
485	485	3	144.00	$144.00	$698	—
663	663	5	121.50	$121.50	$806	—
718	718	6	114.00	$114.00	$819	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 unweaned	322	6	160.00	$160.00	$515	—
398	398	3	145.00	$145.00	$577	—
404–428	419	17	145.00–165.00	$159.18	$667	+2.58
488	488	3	154.00	$154.00	$752	+4.00
521–525	523	7	129.50–132.00	$130.58	$683	-7.29
573	573	8	136.00	$136.00	$779	—
627–644	637	7	115.00–122.00	$119.05	$758	-18.47
665	665	4	118.50	$118.50	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	14	120.00	$120.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	4	172.00	$172.00	$659	—
440	440	3	162.50	$162.50	$715	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1075	908	85-90%	13	20.00–44.50	$36.78	$334	-1.41
785–1185	1003	85-90%	31	44.00–53.50	$48.86	$490	+1.16
835–1288	1059	85-90%	59	53.75–62.50	$57.78	$612	-0.31
980–1220	1097	85-90%	49	62.50–75.00	$66.22	$726	+0.85

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1470	1246	80-85%	54	60.00–67.50	$63.68	$793	—
1130–1530	1270	80-85%	54	66.00–76.00	$69.41	$882	+6.47
1135–1385	1270	80-85%	21	50.00–61.50	$56.68	$720	-6.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1630	1463	75-80%	15	52.50–62.50	$57.88	$847	-5.53
1245–1855	1491	75-80%	31	62.00–67.50	$65.24	$973	-3.53
1380–1930	1520	75-80%	52	66.00–73.50	$69.80	$1,061	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1830	1658	65-75%	17	70.00–78.50	$74.92	$1,242	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1940	1526	9	71.00–83.00	$75.98	$1,159	—
1320–2340	1835	28	83.50–98.00	$91.07	$1,671	—
1635–2130	1939	11	96.00–103.50	$99.04	$1,920	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1181–1318	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,312.23
1274	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,090.00	$1,090.00
1275–1300	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	1,100.00–1,130.00	$1,112.31
1282–1340	1301	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	910.00–940.00	$929.70
1204–1441	1346	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,380.00–1,525.00	$1,442.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1434	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	1,410.00–1,525.00	$1,466.95
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1014	1014	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	730.00	$730.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1573	1573	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	990.00	$990.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1003–1052	1027	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,513.41

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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
1050–1100	1081	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	920.00–1,090.00	$1,026.25	—
1000–1200	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	1,210.00–1,320.00	$1,245.63	—
900–1300	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	55	1,390.00–1,660.00	$1,510.73	—
1000–1200	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,080.00	$1,080.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	2,325.00–2,550.00	$2,437.50	—

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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.