Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

3,126 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.56/cwt +0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,075/hd at 620 lb · 259 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $171.26/cwt +3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,145/hd at 668 lb · 132 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.77/cwt -0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 567 lb · 103 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,126	4,151	2,432
Feeder cattle	2,850	3,219	1,755
Slaughter cattle	276	727	677
Replacement cattle	—	205	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower, spots 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	196.00	$196.00	$774	-10.68
402–419 thin fleshed	413	6	202.00–204.00	$202.65	$837	—
403–448	423	14	185.00–205.50	$196.95	$833	+4.54
465–498	479	7	183.00–188.00	$185.23	$887	+1.80
500–548	519	80	180.00–194.00	$187.51	$973	+1.75
550–598	572	87	167.00–180.00	$171.12	$979	-4.71
600 thin fleshed	600	90	179.00	$179.00	$1,074	—
600–648	630	169	164.25–175.00	$170.66	$1,075	+1.63
658 fancy	658	23	174.50	$174.50	$1,148	—
665–676	670	35	160.50–166.50	$163.32	$1,094	-4.62
671 thin fleshed	671	74	174.00	$174.00	$1,168	—
700–748	729	79	155.00–162.00	$157.70	$1,150	-6.79
756	756	7	149.50	$149.50	$1,130	-11.61
769	769	9	147.25	$147.25	$1,132	-13.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–330 unweaned	319	7	188.00–191.00	$190.11	$606	-0.66
318–325	321	5	188.00–189.00	$188.41	$605	+0.55
377 thin fleshed	377	3	202.00	$202.00	$762	—
395	395	3	190.00	$190.00	$750	—
461–492	479	26	164.00–183.00	$178.45	$855	+0.57
500–535	514	25	170.00–181.00	$173.49	$892	-1.09
550 thin fleshed	550	44	169.50	$169.50	$932	—
551–598	579	59	158.00–168.00	$162.98	$944	-3.26
601–646	618	37	153.00–160.00	$156.67	$968	-2.87
650–694	677	31	150.00–160.00	$153.82	$1,041	+0.05
722–731	726	30	147.50–155.00	$151.25	$1,098	-3.82
777 thin fleshed	777	65	155.10	$155.10	$1,205	—
800–837	805	73	136.00–154.10	$151.67	$1,221	+5.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	167.00	$167.00	$731	+12.43
478	478	3	151.00	$151.00	$722	-3.11
512	512	6	161.00	$161.00	$824	+6.00
597	597	5	145.00	$145.00	$866	-13.35
669	669	5	140.00	$140.00	$937	—
779	779	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,083	+9.00
801–804	802	31	135.00–142.50	$140.25	$1,125	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	14	158.00	$158.00	$826	—
700	700	23	154.00	$154.00	$1,078	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1360	1278	2	119.00–122.00	$120.40	$1,539	-3.31
1205–1388	1331	5	123.00–125.00	$124.32	$1,655	—
1325–1480	1389	4	136.00–141.00	$138.25	$1,920	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	6	170.00	$170.00	$765	+1.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	145.00	$145.00	$689	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	175.00	$175.00	$648	-7.67
407–446	422	16	163.00–169.00	$165.69	$699	-2.17
451–492	474	42	160.25–165.50	$161.68	$766	-4.26
502–546	520	15	157.00–162.00	$159.79	$831	-3.23
513–535 unweaned	520	13	155.00–156.00	$155.68	$810	—
554–598	583	69	152.00–159.75	$155.14	$904	-1.78
586 thin fleshed	586	13	166.50	$166.50	$976	—
609–648	626	93	153.75–163.50	$160.47	$1,005	+3.33
667–690	677	59	153.75–158.00	$154.87	$1,048	+0.12
707–730	725	31	150.75–153.00	$151.25	$1,097	—
753	753	8	133.50	$133.50	$1,005	—
792	792	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,045	—
820	820	7	130.75	$130.75	$1,072	—
860	860	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,032	—
932	932	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	151.00	$151.00	$541	—
355–397	374	13	158.00–164.00	$161.03	$602	+9.03
428	428	4	130.00	$130.00	$556	-25.98
422–443	433	23	150.00–160.00	$155.58	$674	-0.40
458 thin fleshed	458	3	159.50	$159.50	$731	—
483–492	485	32	149.50–153.00	$152.32	$739	-6.61
500–541	533	50	145.00–158.50	$152.91	$815	-0.78
553–596	575	45	140.00–150.00	$147.27	$847	-2.53
603–631	615	46	143.00–156.00	$150.62	$926	-0.65
654–698	672	32	137.50–149.50	$144.68	$972	-3.79
709–741	716	24	135.00–142.00	$137.71	$986	-3.32
775	775	5	127.50	$127.50	$988	-6.50
779–797	789	17	131.50–132.75	$132.17	$1,043	-1.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437–443	440	6	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$636	—
544	544	5	142.50	$142.50	$775	+9.00
628–648	641	8	135.00	$135.00	$865	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1235	1193	3	140.00–143.00	$141.36	$1,686	+17.83
1270–1280	1275	2	133.00–134.00	$133.50	$1,702	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390 unweaned	390	5	173.00	$173.00	$675	—
397	397	5	203.00	$203.00	$806	—
433	433	3	175.00	$175.00	$758	—
545	545	5	162.00	$162.00	$883	+1.01
810	810	4	103.00	$103.00	$834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	4	126.50	$126.50	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1055	904	85-90%	4	41.00–45.00	$42.09	$380	—
850–1170	1032	85-90%	13	47.00–55.00	$51.52	$532	+11.43
945–1135	1052	85-90%	10	67.00–73.00	$69.50	$731	+5.63
930–1210	1056	85-90%	23	56.00–67.00	$62.70	$662	-1.17

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1380	1275	80-85%	5	69.00–76.00	$72.50	$924	+4.65
1155–1385	1280	80-85%	30	63.00–70.00	$66.98	$857	-0.87
1190–1455	1286	80-85%	11	55.50–63.00	$58.68	$755	-9.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1515	1466	75-80%	8	58.00–63.00	$60.48	$887	-8.49
1390–1655	1474	75-80%	24	64.00–72.50	$68.10	$1,004	-0.87
1435–1970	1602	75-80%	12	71.00–77.00	$74.29	$1,190	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–2180	1653	10	78.00–85.00	$83.62	$1,382	—
1440–2250	1825	16	88.00–95.00	$91.49	$1,670	-1.91
1485–2310	1871	5	96.50–103.00	$99.53	$1,862	—

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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.