Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

3,851 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $156.54/cwt -5.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,210/hd at 773 lb · 134 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.08/cwt +1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 477 lb · 117 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.61/cwt ≈ $996/hd at 624 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,851	3,615	3,684
Feeder cattle	3,329	3,073	3,158
Slaughter cattle	522	542	526

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs steady to firm, 600-800 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 800 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Heifers 400-700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	365	14	199.00–211.00	$202.75	$740	+2.56
400–443	428	32	186.00–200.50	$193.30	$827	-0.98
468–471 unweaned	470	9	177.00–179.00	$177.89	$836	—
450–498	477	51	182.00–193.00	$186.56	$890	-0.35
506	506	7	162.00	$162.00	$820	+11.00
503–549	517	53	176.00–188.50	$183.67	$950	+32.67
514–533 unweaned	521	27	170.00–171.00	$170.63	$889	+8.63
552–562 unweaned	557	20	160.00–162.00	$160.99	$897	—
561–577	567	39	170.00–173.50	$171.30	$971	+29.30
590	590	19	156.00	$156.00	$920	-13.89
614 unweaned	614	4	147.00	$147.00	$903	—
619	619	9	156.00	$156.00	$966	—
605–648	625	103	156.00–168.00	$160.42	$1,003	—
659 thin fleshed	659	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,133	—
655–686	675	65	161.00–166.00	$163.44	$1,103	-2.87
681–695	684	30	147.00–157.25	$149.08	$1,020	-17.23
705–725	717	38	156.50–162.00	$160.14	$1,148	-3.77
737 thin fleshed	737	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,246	—
760 thin fleshed	760	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,254	+1.50
751–795	773	131	152.50–158.50	$156.35	$1,209	-0.70
892	892	60	153.75	$153.75	$1,371	+0.65
910	910	61	152.00	$152.00	$1,383	+1.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	325	14	186.00–201.00	$193.21	$628	-0.79
350	350	5	196.00	$196.00	$686	—
395 unweaned	395	5	179.00	$179.00	$707	—
410–420	414	8	176.00–183.00	$178.66	$740	+1.66
465–493	479	49	169.00–181.00	$175.52	$841	+0.93
505–535	524	20	163.00–176.00	$170.30	$892	+0.90
518–549 unweaned	535	14	155.00–160.50	$157.33	$842	—
564–583 unweaned	571	43	148.00–158.00	$153.65	$877	+3.39
581	581	4	172.00	$172.00	$999	+10.79
610–616	613	10	144.00–150.00	$146.99	$901	+3.99
609–635 unweaned	627	18	143.50–150.00	$146.49	$918	-2.63
662–666	666	24	155.00–163.50	$162.44	$1,082	-4.56
708–745	715	43	149.00–157.00	$155.64	$1,113	+5.74
750–795	776	36	145.00–149.50	$147.97	$1,148	—
833–845	842	31	140.00–145.75	$143.94	$1,212	+10.33
870	870	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,209	-2.23
930	930	58	146.85	$146.85	$1,366	+26.85

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
954–972	968	63	127.25–145.60	$142.59	$1,380	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1178	1165	4	116.00–118.50	$117.12	$1,364	—
1150–1245	1197	16	117.50–119.50	$118.35	$1,417	—
1220	1220	2	120.50	$120.50	$1,470	—
1320–1535	1412	26	121.50–124.00	$123.03	$1,737	—
1470	1470	2	121.50	$121.50	$1,786	-1.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477–486	482	7	153.00–163.50	$157.45	$759	+5.45
500	500	5	158.00	$158.00	$790	—
567	567	9	132.50	$132.50	$751	-12.00
739	739	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,053	—
759	759	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,116	—
873	873	4	135.75	$135.75	$1,185	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	13	162.00	$162.00	$778	—
574	574	16	166.00	$166.00	$953	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	5	166.00	$166.00	$880	—
581 unweaned	581	7	140.00	$140.00	$813	—
745	745	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	6	131.00	$131.00	$690	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–397	381	34	166.50–177.00	$174.28	$664	—
400–428	409	17	168.00–184.00	$175.01	$716	+4.01
451–498	477	117	152.00–163.00	$157.08	$749	-1.44
500–540	518	59	152.50–165.00	$157.47	$816	+2.13
533 fancy	533	6	170.00	$170.00	$906	—
556	556	5	145.00	$145.00	$806	—
550–589	576	33	148.00–161.50	$154.73	$891	—
628 thin fleshed	628	37	164.25	$164.25	$1,031	—
613–639	634	26	152.50–162.00	$158.67	$1,006	+3.53
657–697	674	59	154.00–157.00	$155.74	$1,050	-4.26
723–737	728	25	146.50–153.25	$150.79	$1,098	—
751	751	69	152.50	$152.50	$1,145	+6.56
850	850	60	147.25	$147.25	$1,252	+11.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	4	170.00	$170.00	$520	—
360–390	377	14	162.00–167.00	$164.21	$619	+1.21
412–434	423	10	146.00–159.00	$152.33	$644	-1.82
468–498	489	52	146.00–153.50	$151.17	$739	+0.06
502–549 unweaned	515	15	133.00–135.00	$134.35	$692	-5.65
513–535	522	37	145.50–159.50	$148.20	$774	-1.03
551–581	559	59	140.00–156.25	$149.75	$837	+10.66
550–584 unweaned	569	48	134.00–141.00	$136.88	$779	+2.88
600–643	624	34	138.50–147.00	$144.60	$902	-6.76
654–670	660	10	140.00–145.00	$142.97	$944	-10.30
700–746	726	25	130.50–142.00	$134.18	$974	-9.26
763–784	775	9	132.75–133.25	$132.97	$1,031	-2.03
808–826	817	8	132.75–133.75	$133.26	$1,089	+0.76

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	10	131.00	$131.00	$348	—
487	487	7	119.00	$119.00	$580	—
732	732	24	136.00	$136.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–330	327	5	140.00	$140.00	$458	—
459	459	4	128.00	$128.00	$588	-8.43
500–549	520	10	135.00	$135.00	$702	-4.05
626	626	9	140.25	$140.25	$878	+5.36
663–674	669	10	132.00–134.50	$133.24	$891	+15.24

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	4	140.00	$140.00	$585	—
654	654	8	135.00	$135.00	$883	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1238	1199	4	120.50–121.00	$120.76	$1,448	—
1315–1415	1365	2	124.50–126.00	$125.28	$1,710	—
1433	1433	3	121.75	$121.75	$1,745	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	4	131.00	$131.00	$783	—
923	923	4	125.25	$125.25	$1,156	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	378	7	183.00–191.00	$186.19	$704	+6.19
533	533	6	151.00	$151.00	$805	-7.47
550–589	571	11	141.00–159.00	$148.88	$850	+7.38
643	643	4	143.00	$143.00	$919	+6.00
693	693	3	136.50	$136.50	$946	+6.10

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$716	—
1010–1370	1264	80-85%	27	61.00–70.50	$65.51	$828	+1.19
1005–1525	1265	80-85%	23	54.00–65.00	$59.14	$748	+0.89
1190–1340	1300	80-85%	4	69.00–75.00	$71.77	$933	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1195	1026	85-90%	18	44.00–60.00	$53.24	$546	+1.56
850–1255	1068	85-90%	26	55.00–66.50	$59.77	$638	-0.02
825–1300	1094	85-90%	7	30.00–49.50	$39.60	$433	—
1075–1145	1110	85-90%	2	67.00–68.00	$67.52	$749	+0.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1354–1540	1438	75-80%	7	57.00–62.50	$60.08	$864	—
1240–1705	1452	75-80%	12	64.00–72.50	$67.16	$975	+0.16
1405–1985	1598	75-80%	18	69.00–82.50	$76.06	$1,215	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1860	1666	10	73.00–85.00	$78.51	$1,308	—
1315–2595	1819	15	87.00–96.00	$91.37	$1,662	—
1900–1910	1905	2	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$1,857	+0.76

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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.