Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

2,487 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.69/cwt +2.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,079/hd at 702 lb · 95 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.27/cwt +3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $917/hd at 583 lb · 85 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.63/cwt +0.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 634 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,487	3,851	3,134
Feeder cattle	1,823	3,329	2,728
Slaughter cattle	414	522	406
Replacement cattle	250	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs steady to firm, over 600 lbs firm to higher undertone. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	5	201.00	$201.00	$681	—
385 unweaned	385	11	188.00	$188.00	$724	—
407–410 unweaned	408	5	187.00–190.00	$188.21	$768	—
403–449	431	26	192.00–200.50	$197.01	$849	+3.71
489–492	491	10	183.00–189.00	$184.79	$907	-1.77
523	523	14	175.00	$175.00	$915	-8.67
505–545	530	41	177.00–187.00	$181.09	$960	-2.58
550–575 unweaned	560	13	163.00–167.00	$165.42	$926	+4.43
607–647	634	83	155.75–164.00	$159.63	$1,012	-0.79
651	651	9	150.00	$150.00	$976	-13.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–376	368	13	175.00–193.00	$188.61	$694	-7.39
424	424	4	179.00	$179.00	$759	+0.34
456 unweaned	456	4	155.00	$155.00	$707	—
460–468	462	13	162.00–172.00	$165.47	$764	-10.05
517–538	524	9	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$751	-26.95
505–545	526	34	150.00–171.00	$165.69	$872	-4.61
563 unweaned	563	6	154.00	$154.00	$867	+0.35
558–593	578	20	145.00–159.00	$151.97	$878	-20.03
605–634	621	27	145.00–151.00	$149.72	$930	+2.73
657–663 unweaned	661	9	132.50–136.00	$134.33	$888	—
650–693	666	36	141.00–148.50	$143.63	$957	-18.81
698	698	5	140.00	$140.00	$977	-22.44
727–746	732	14	140.25–145.25	$143.79	$1,053	-11.85
755–790	768	19	143.25–147.75	$146.04	$1,122	-1.93
828	828	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,035	-18.94

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1156–1413	1265	21	121.00–125.75	$123.44	$1,562	—
1400	1400	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,596	-9.03
1335–1524	1455	8	116.25–118.00	$116.80	$1,699	-4.70
1358–1606	1471	11	122.25–122.50	$122.37	$1,800	+0.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	150.00	$150.00	$656	—
600	600	5	130.00	$130.00	$780	—
762	762	7	132.75	$132.75	$1,012	-14.25

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–532	522	8	165.00–167.00	$165.73	$865	—
850	850	5	133.25	$133.25	$1,133	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	10	145.00	$145.00	$1,012	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–421 unweaned	412	10	153.00–156.50	$154.71	$637	—
470–490	480	30	150.50–157.00	$153.97	$739	-3.11
517 unweaned	517	5	143.00	$143.00	$739	—
526	526	14	153.00	$153.00	$805	-4.47
556 unweaned	556	5	143.00	$143.00	$795	—
572–595	581	37	153.00–160.00	$157.11	$913	+2.38
586	586	8	143.00	$143.00	$838	-11.73
551–593 thin fleshed	588	35	162.00–169.00	$162.75	$957	—
604–614	608	42	158.50–160.75	$159.31	$969	+0.64
660	660	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,076	+7.26
700–709	702	95	150.00–154.75	$153.69	$1,079	+2.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–339	335	9	154.00–157.00	$155.65	$521	-14.35
369–388	374	14	150.00–153.50	$151.96	$568	-12.25
407–445	427	13	155.00–157.00	$155.78	$665	+3.45
460–498	479	15	143.00–156.00	$148.43	$711	-2.74
504–530 unweaned	514	19	136.50–144.00	$140.21	$721	+5.86
505–531	523	23	144.00–150.00	$148.42	$776	+0.22
555–598	577	27	135.00–147.00	$142.94	$825	-6.81
618–622	620	18	144.00–150.00	$148.86	$923	+4.26
603–638 unweaned	621	6	123.50–134.50	$128.84	$800	—
673–698	682	31	125.00–135.00	$132.68	$905	-10.29
719	719	5	131.50	$131.50	$945	-2.68
752–791	762	23	130.00–135.75	$132.70	$1,011	-0.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–427	426	6	144.00–148.00	$146.00	$622	—
626	626	8	136.00	$136.00	$851	-4.25
650	650	4	135.00	$135.00	$878	+1.76

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1330	1260	4	119.00–120.00	$119.47	$1,505	—
1292	1292	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,602	—
1330	1330	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,636	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	4	125.00	$125.00	$511	-15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–343	338	8	160.00–166.00	$163.72	$553	—
372	372	3	180.00	$180.00	$670	-6.19
445	445	5	170.00	$170.00	$756	—
464	464	4	160.00	$160.00	$742	—
520–541	535	11	152.00–155.00	$152.79	$817	+1.79
610–648	629	15	127.50–140.00	$134.02	$843	-8.98

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–443	434	9	178.00–187.00	$181.57	$788	—
497	497	5	171.00	$171.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	5	139.00	$139.00	$791	—
665	665	5	116.00	$116.00	$771	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1075	994	85-90%	9	32.50–43.00	$38.39	$382	—
855–1230	1053	85-90%	23	44.00–54.00	$49.84	$525	-9.93
870–1200	1069	85-90%	43	54.00–63.00	$58.23	$622	-1.54
1030–1150	1096	85-90%	4	64.00–66.00	$64.47	$707	+24.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1750	1487	75-80%	18	52.50–62.00	$58.20	$865	-8.96
1375–1685	1517	75-80%	25	59.00–68.00	$62.73	$952	—
1395–1685	1536	75-80%	15	68.00–76.50	$71.75	$1,102	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1390	1281	80-85%	27	56.50–67.50	$61.70	$790	+2.56
1155–1415	1304	80-85%	24	50.00–60.00	$55.86	$728	-15.91

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1725–1770	1748	65-75%	2	76.00–80.00	$78.03	$1,364	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1640	1517	3	71.00–81.00	$77.07	$1,169	—
1815–1860	1838	2	96.00–100.00	$98.02	$1,802	+6.65
1520–2620	1911	15	85.00–93.00	$88.97	$1,700	-8.53

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1219	1219	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	740.00	$740.00
1155–1350	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,100.00–1,110.00	$1,103.69
1255	1255	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1232–1548	1339	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,210.00–1,370.00	$1,303.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
904	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
897–1004	948	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	1,575.00–1,710.00	$1,649.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
972	972	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,860.00	$1,860.00	—
1100–1450	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,575.00–1,775.00	$1,667.86	—
1300–1350	1325	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,375.00	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1500	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,485.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.