Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 12, 2021

4,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $186.33/cwt +13.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 574 lb · 195 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.73/cwt +7.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,123/hd at 625 lb · 186 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $171.40/cwt +9.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 669 lb · 167 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,215	1,329	4,987
Feeder cattle	3,432	1,064	4,361
Slaughter cattle	683	265	626
Replacement cattle	100	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 550-700 lbs trading 5.00-10.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and over 650 lb traded with a higher undertone.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–341	328	13	198.00–207.00	$200.80	$659	—
378–392	387	16	201.00–208.00	$203.64	$788	—
403–445	423	27	191.00–201.00	$197.02	$833	—
453–494	484	36	180.00–201.00	$190.62	$923	-3.83
500–548	521	82	184.00–200.00	$195.33	$1,018	—
556 fancy	556	7	196.50	$196.50	$1,093	—
573 unweaned	573	6	164.00	$164.00	$940	—
557–593	575	182	180.00–191.00	$186.67	$1,073	+13.34
603–637	625	186	175.00–182.00	$179.73	$1,123	+7.60
657 fancy	657	16	178.00	$178.00	$1,169	—
655–681	670	151	163.00–174.50	$170.70	$1,144	+8.43
703–735	718	95	155.00–160.50	$159.61	$1,146	+0.07
764	764	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,177	+3.61
810	810	41	153.75	$153.75	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–445	438	10	187.00–189.00	$188.10	$824	—
452 thin fleshed	452	18	189.00	$189.00	$854	—
455–492	480	24	171.50–185.00	$180.47	$866	—
505–549	521	51	165.00–180.00	$170.30	$887	+0.80
555–595	570	54	159.50–174.00	$168.89	$963	+7.42
610–649	626	84	154.00–168.00	$162.05	$1,014	+1.78
653–695	667	65	147.75–161.00	$156.05	$1,041	+3.26
700–740	725	49	140.50–153.50	$147.49	$1,069	-5.17
743	743	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,003	-17.66
762	762	6	139.50	$139.50	$1,063	-5.38
754–796	766	33	141.00–158.00	$149.42	$1,145	+4.54
812–818	817	15	141.00–145.00	$144.20	$1,178	—
888	888	6	129.50	$129.50	$1,150	-11.25
923	923	3	131.50	$131.50	$1,214	—
962	962	13	125.25	$125.25	$1,205	-5.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1295	1190	2	116.00–118.00	$117.09	$1,393	—
1165–1365	1241	15	118.00–122.50	$120.35	$1,494	—
1178–1388	1285	8	121.00–122.00	$121.61	$1,563	+0.96
1240–1618	1379	86	123.00–126.50	$125.23	$1,727	—
1385	1385	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	164.00	$164.00	$776	—
541	541	5	150.00	$150.00	$812	—
606	606	6	140.00	$140.00	$848	—
710	710	4	140.25	$140.25	$996	—
766	766	4	130.00	$130.00	$996	—
811–822	815	8	130.00–135.00	$133.11	$1,085	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	175.00	$175.00	$665	—
513–523	519	13	163.50–166.00	$164.45	$853	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	5	144.25	$144.25	$981	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	5	170.00	$170.00	$559	—
379	379	10	172.00	$172.00	$652	—
407–414	410	30	162.50–174.00	$167.46	$687	+5.46
455–498	473	56	158.00–164.00	$161.15	$762	+3.52
485 fancy	485	46	172.25	$172.25	$835	—
502–533	516	46	158.00–166.00	$163.72	$845	+7.26
567 fancy	567	94	171.25	$171.25	$971	—
550–597	575	40	153.00–163.00	$156.12	$898	-1.03
600 thin fleshed	600	12	163.00	$163.00	$978	—
610–648	632	126	146.00–153.50	$152.30	$963	+1.09
661–697	682	149	140.00–152.00	$149.81	$1,022	—
700–704	701	86	145.75–146.00	$145.79	$1,022	+4.07
780–798	781	68	135.00–136.60	$136.50	$1,066	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–360	359	6	161.00–163.00	$162.00	$582	—
424–438	433	13	145.00–156.00	$150.20	$650	+0.70
464–491	480	17	161.00–161.50	$161.20	$774	—
517–527 thin fleshed	523	13	166.00	$166.00	$868	—
510–547	527	72	144.00–158.50	$153.38	$808	+10.36
550–599	571	61	143.00–155.50	$150.19	$858	+14.19
615–648	626	60	139.00–149.00	$143.38	$898	—
654–680	660	58	138.00–147.00	$142.99	$944	—
709–748	729	27	130.50–141.00	$136.52	$995	+5.02
746	746	8	133.50	$133.50	$996	+2.00
761–764	763	8	133.00–134.50	$133.75	$1,021	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023–1345	1127	26	115.50–121.50	$118.99	$1,341	—
1119–1275	1184	7	118.00–120.00	$119.16	$1,411	—
1250–1351	1319	29	124.00–126.00	$125.10	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	9	140.00	$140.00	$673	-0.50
563	563	7	140.00	$140.00	$788	—
653–674	662	12	133.50–135.00	$134.36	$889	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–392	384	10	150.00–157.00	$152.74	$587	—
469–497	478	11	152.00	$152.00	$727	—
586	586	4	146.00	$146.00	$856	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	10	140.00	$140.00	$455	—
396	396	10	139.00	$139.00	$550	—
554	554	5	120.50	$120.50	$668	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	133.00	$133.00	$629	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	180.00	$180.00	$855	—
605	605	4	129.00	$129.00	$780	—
713–747	735	11	127.50–129.00	$128.03	$941	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	80-85%	1	57.50	$57.50	$690	—
1075–1390	1232	80-85%	34	64.00–73.50	$68.94	$849	+0.90
1105–1385	1268	80-85%	44	73.50–83.50	$78.17	$991	+4.06
1195–1405	1274	80-85%	11	62.50–65.50	$63.68	$811	-10.43

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1175	966	85-90%	17	47.50–63.50	$54.28	$524	—
895–1120	1008	85-90%	2	41.50–53.00	$47.89	$483	-5.55
900–1340	1068	85-90%	23	57.00–70.50	$63.69	$680	+1.72
905–1175	1076	85-90%	33	66.50–80.00	$72.27	$778	+10.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1555	1467	75-80%	3	64.00–66.00	$64.96	$953	-12.93
1305–1985	1476	75-80%	39	74.50–85.50	$78.81	$1,163	+0.92
1400–2265	1574	75-80%	14	68.00–73.50	$71.17	$1,120	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1885	1645	65-75%	7	83.00–86.00	$84.58	$1,391	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2185	1639	8	80.50–90.00	$86.62	$1,420	—
1247–2340	1664	20	93.00–102.50	$97.97	$1,630	-8.26
1430–2225	1809	24	103.00–115.00	$108.73	$1,967	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1209–1277	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	1,375.00–1,480.00	$1,414.51
1245–1480	1346	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,540.00	$1,540.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	960.00	$960.00
1258	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,370.00	$1,370.00
1355–1455	1405	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,240.00	$1,124.27

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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
1450–1500	1470	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,430.00–1,560.00	$1,508.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1298	1298	20	100.00	$100.00	$1,298	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
676	676	6	82.50	$82.50	$558	—

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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.