Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 2, 2021

3,280 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $185.17/cwt +4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,080/hd at 583 lb · 119 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $161.77/cwt -0.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,160/hd at 717 lb · 98 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.09/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,227/hd at 781 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,280	2,061	4,086
Feeder cattle	1,766	1,787	2,473
Slaughter cattle	378	274	352
Replacement cattle	1,136	—	1,261

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a light test this week with steers calves under 700 lbs selling mostly steady to 2.00 higher, with yearling steers over 700 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, with over 550 lbs lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold firm to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	368	6	200.00–205.00	$201.95	$743	-5.79
400–440	427	3	196.00–198.00	$197.38	$843	+0.13
455–498	491	33	192.00–198.00	$197.18	$968	+3.21
515–530	522	8	185.00–194.00	$187.87	$981	+2.38
563–594	583	119	175.00–188.00	$185.17	$1,080	+4.01
603–640	625	26	165.50–175.00	$169.41	$1,059	-5.22
658 thin fleshed	658	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,152	—
650–678	666	24	160.00–164.00	$161.16	$1,073	+1.13
700–724	717	98	160.00–164.00	$161.77	$1,160	-0.17
777–790	781	86	153.00–159.00	$157.09	$1,227	+1.09
876	876	60	149.50	$149.50	$1,310	—
922	922	58	145.25	$145.25	$1,339	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	4	185.00	$185.00	$705	-7.37
388 thin fleshed	388	3	196.00	$196.00	$760	—
420–445	433	8	184.00–190.00	$188.33	$815	-3.32
450–481	468	20	184.00–190.00	$186.50	$873	+1.37
500–548	524	20	173.00–183.00	$177.49	$930	+5.44
566–595	572	17	159.00–175.00	$170.32	$974	+2.49
578 thin fleshed	578	8	174.00	$174.00	$1,006	—
595	595	3	159.50	$159.50	$949	-8.33
605–648	627	6	162.00–167.00	$164.41	$1,031	+6.68
668–697	683	11	152.50–158.50	$155.28	$1,061	+2.87
730	730	21	153.50	$153.50	$1,121	-4.00
757	757	3	152.00	$152.00	$1,151	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1074–1385	1124	11	114.00–118.00	$116.79	$1,313	—
1162–1510	1278	22	117.00–120.00	$118.10	$1,509	+2.82
1142–1558	1337	36	122.00–126.50	$124.69	$1,667	+4.19
1310–1545	1441	4	121.00–122.50	$121.47	$1,750	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
967	967	54	141.10	$141.10	$1,364	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	12	165.00	$165.00	$627	—
458–497	471	9	168.00	$168.00	$791	+2.00
743	743	6	122.50	$122.50	$910	-9.50
815–838	829	8	123.50–129.50	$127.29	$1,055	—
907–938	925	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,156	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	4	138.50	$138.50	$503	—
574	574	8	133.50	$133.50	$766	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	7	139.50	$139.50	$1,083	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	322	4	168.00–171.00	$169.40	$545	—
395	395	3	174.00	$174.00	$687	-1.25
403–445	430	20	156.00–176.00	$165.28	$711	-2.67
450–497	478	39	158.00–170.00	$165.59	$792	+1.91
505–546	516	50	156.50–165.00	$161.39	$833	+0.97
552–592	572	69	152.00–161.50	$156.89	$897	—
609–629	622	31	146.50–151.50	$147.30	$916	—
844	844	61	139.85	$139.85	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	339	6	154.00–161.00	$157.41	$534	—
378–379	378	11	158.00–164.00	$161.91	$612	-3.09
402–403	402	8	158.00–164.00	$160.25	$644	+5.31
463–498	479	22	150.00–159.00	$154.65	$741	+0.68
560–595	578	17	140.00–148.50	$144.86	$837	-5.73
603–645	628	14	140.00–143.50	$141.76	$890	+0.34
670–686	679	7	135.00	$135.00	$917	-12.05
701	701	7	134.75	$134.75	$945	-9.25
782	782	3	125.00	$125.00	$978	-19.08
878	878	9	124.50	$124.50	$1,093	—
930	930	7	113.50	$113.50	$1,056	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1041	1041	4	123.50	$123.50	$1,286	—
1150–1232	1179	17	122.00–127.25	$125.40	$1,478	—
1222–1522	1328	6	113.50–115.00	$114.54	$1,521	+5.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	139.00	$139.00	$751	—
583	583	18	139.75	$139.75	$815	+4.75

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	5	130.00	$130.00	$770	-12.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318 thin fleshed	318	3	198.00	$198.00	$630	—
415 thin fleshed	415	3	185.00	$185.00	$768	—
520	520	4	150.00	$150.00	$780	-7.00
546 thin fleshed	546	4	163.50	$163.50	$893	—
557	557	6	149.00	$149.00	$830	-3.00
613–647	632	9	143.50–149.00	$145.87	$922	+6.37
676	676	10	131.50	$131.50	$889	—
737	737	3	126.50	$126.50	$932	-7.50
800–807	803	15	116.00–130.00	$120.98	$971	—
819 thin fleshed	819	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1380	1256	80-85%	37	73.00–81.50	$77.00	$967	+1.19
1140–1360	1258	80-85%	14	65.00–73.50	$69.88	$879	+0.25
1250–1350	1300	80-85%	3	59.00–61.00	$60.01	$780	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1025	913	85-90%	2	43.50	$43.50	$397	+11.87
780–1120	979	85-90%	8	48.00–55.00	$52.49	$514	—
825–1210	1029	85-90%	22	57.00–67.00	$63.74	$656	+0.08
930–1255	1080	85-90%	20	69.00–78.00	$74.52	$805	+0.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1495	1436	75-80%	7	66.00–71.50	$69.41	$997	—
1375–1585	1448	75-80%	18	73.50–83.50	$78.27	$1,133	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–1720	1680	65-75%	3	77.00	$77.00	$1,294	—
1630–1740	1689	65-75%	5	78.00–84.50	$81.86	$1,383	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–2090	1751	17	90.00–99.00	$95.30	$1,669	—
1335–2130	1818	3	82.50–86.50	$85.33	$1,551	-18.57
1460–2330	1863	16	100.00–110.00	$103.48	$1,928	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1027–1390	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	950.00–1,000.00	$963.70
1124–1334	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	1,675.00–1,725.00	$1,701.73
1158–1440	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,208.03
1137–1512	1361	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	89	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,431.82
1276–1475	1370	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	985.00–1,100.00	$1,036.65
1190–1433	1375	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	1,050.00–1,185.00	$1,145.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1176–1496	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	154	1,675.00–1,825.00	$1,753.82
1340–1496	1419	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,622.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1233	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1105–1390	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,084.23

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1504	1504	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
807	807	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	685.00	$685.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1064–1228	1139	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	1,825.00–2,000.00	$1,881.36
1151	1151	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,125.00	$2,125.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
939–1116	1038	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	1,550.00–1,775.00	$1,702.48

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
819	819	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	875.00	$875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1450	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	1,785.00–2,000.00	$1,859.55	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1200–1250	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,659.62	—
1200–1250	1225	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,425.00	$1,412.50	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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
950–1000	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.