Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

2,902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.00/cwt +6.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,090/hd at 677 lb · 227 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.42/cwt +5.04 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 587 lb · 131 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $189.01/cwt +1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $998/hd at 528 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,902	3,399	3,368
Feeder cattle	2,252	2,963	3,051
Slaughter cattle	334	425	317
Replacement cattle	316	11	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs. with 550-650 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher. over 650 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher with weights over 600 lbs selling with a higher undertone on a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady 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
333	333	3	204.00	$204.00	$679	-1.00
423–440	430	8	200.00–202.00	$200.49	$862	+1.39
450–495	469	65	192.00–197.00	$194.83	$914	-11.87
500–544	528	105	183.00–194.00	$189.01	$998	+2.56
550–596	562	43	177.00–190.00	$186.10	$1,046	+3.49
601–630	612	39	174.00–177.00	$175.90	$1,077	+0.04
658–685	673	85	163.00–171.00	$169.42	$1,140	+6.46
701–730	715	36	163.00–169.50	$166.84	$1,193	+6.67
822	822	62	160.75	$160.75	$1,321	+8.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	194.00	$194.00	$708	—
410–423	415	5	194.00–195.00	$194.41	$807	+12.66
470–490	482	29	179.00–190.00	$187.33	$903	-1.69
510–540	534	33	158.50–181.00	$173.42	$926	+9.72
552–571	564	70	161.50–176.00	$167.34	$944	-4.65
605–649	636	83	155.00–173.00	$163.45	$1,040	+7.84
683–688	686	4	156.00–158.00	$157.00	$1,077	+2.93
706–736	715	18	150.00–158.00	$153.41	$1,097	+2.50
753–797	773	25	140.00–151.00	$146.64	$1,134	+1.89
813	813	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,098	-8.25
892	892	3	132.50	$132.50	$1,182	-2.00
900	900	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,170	-5.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518–545	534	11	162.00–169.50	$164.80	$880	—
608–634	622	15	144.50–156.50	$152.17	$946	+5.66
653	653	5	145.00	$145.00	$947	-0.25
714–748	721	15	143.50–147.50	$145.46	$1,049	—
760–775	769	8	135.00–143.00	$138.86	$1,068	-1.64

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1114–1165	1124	5	117.50–118.50	$117.71	$1,323	—
1281–1475	1343	22	126.00–127.00	$126.55	$1,700	—
1205–1550	1378	13	117.50–121.50	$118.65	$1,635	—
1381–1427	1401	7	113.00–114.00	$113.56	$1,591	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	11	152.25	$152.25	$1,022	—
775	775	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,070	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	10	174.50	$174.50	$639	—
410–440	426	46	167.00–176.50	$172.06	$733	-4.94
454–498	478	43	160.00–170.00	$164.39	$786	+3.94
512–548	522	96	158.00–166.00	$163.16	$852	+0.17
551–598	587	131	155.00–163.00	$161.42	$948	+5.04
677	677	227	161.00	$161.00	$1,090	+6.31
710	710	75	156.50	$156.50	$1,111	+8.16
761	761	70	151.50	$151.50	$1,153	+8.50
900–926	914	11	122.50–125.25	$123.73	$1,131	-1.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–390	376	7	158.00–172.00	$167.86	$631	+3.86
420	420	2	165.00	$165.00	$693	+9.17
455–488	467	16	149.00–161.00	$154.91	$723	-1.15
515	515	3	149.00	$149.00	$767	-3.87
563–597	587	30	143.00–153.00	$147.25	$864	+8.25
602–635	618	27	145.00–153.50	$149.84	$926	+4.07
653–690	680	24	140.50–145.00	$144.21	$981	-0.30
711–728	716	17	135.00–137.00	$135.58	$971	-6.11
861	861	5	126.50	$126.50	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	2	134.00	$134.00	$784	-4.00
658–683	669	14	135.50–138.50	$136.90	$916	+6.90

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
959	959	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,103	—
1020	1020	1	109.50	$109.50	$1,117	—
1128–1325	1167	6	123.50–126.00	$124.87	$1,457	+0.23

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	152.00	$152.00	$593	-8.34
506	506	4	138.50	$138.50	$701	-3.50
623	623	3	138.00	$138.00	$860	+3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	4	149.50	$149.50	$771	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283 thin fleshed	283	7	208.00	$208.00	$589	—
358–373	368	6	166.00–188.00	$180.87	$666	—
414 thin fleshed	414	5	213.00	$213.00	$882	—
463	463	3	170.00	$170.00	$787	—
506	506	5	165.00	$165.00	$835	+13.00
606	606	4	140.00	$140.00	$848	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1665	1253	80-85%	32	68.00–75.00	$71.43	$895	-0.50
980–1490	1260	80-85%	23	57.00–68.50	$65.59	$826	-6.34
995–1450	1265	80-85%	11	75.50–81.00	$77.95	$986	+6.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1145	940	85-90%	6	72.00–77.00	$73.60	$692	—
600–1405	978	85-90%	5	20.00–52.50	$37.70	$369	—
720–1255	1011	85-90%	18	48.50–62.50	$57.57	$582	+12.29
780–1460	1031	85-90%	24	62.00–71.00	$66.03	$681	+6.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1615	1420	75-80%	29	68.50–76.50	$72.50	$1,030	+7.90
1335–1555	1436	75-80%	5	62.00–66.50	$64.13	$921	-8.76
1355–1765	1525	75-80%	10	75.50–84.50	$80.37	$1,226	+0.84

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1785	1343	10	62.00–91.00	$84.73	$1,138	—
1285–2130	1626	16	90.00–103.00	$97.82	$1,591	—
1595–1930	1795	8	100.00–112.00	$105.65	$1,896	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1161	1161	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1161	1161	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	960.00	$960.00
1217	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	950.00	$950.00
1086–1378	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	1,210.00–1,425.00	$1,328.54
1203–1358	1249	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	1,310.00–1,725.00	$1,519.35

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1375–1620	1487	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,675.00–1,925.00	$1,808.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,060.00	$1,060.00
995–1092	1037	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,592.72

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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
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,440.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—
1050–1300	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,425.00–1,475.00	$1,446.43	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1436	1436	12	100.00	$100.00	$1,436	—

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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.