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Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 18, 2021

4,401 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.67/cwt -4.87 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 527 lb · 137 head
light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $156.96/cwt ≈ $1,314/hd at 837 lb · 128 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.20/cwt -1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 573 lb · 119 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,401 2,487 4,104
Feeder cattle 3,874 1,823 3,558
Slaughter cattle 527 414 546
Replacement cattle — 250 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs lightly tested, 500-600 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to firm. Heifers 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 $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
289 289 4 201.00 $201.00 $581 —
313–347 331 8 200.00–215.00 $204.54 $677 +3.54
370–394 388 13 199.00–209.00 $201.08 $780 —
400–448 423 43 182.00–207.00 $188.62 $798 -8.39
459–498 477 40 175.00–190.00 $184.59 $880 -0.20
456–492 unweaned 478 27 172.00–175.00 $173.53 $829 —
522 unweaned 522 5 166.00 $166.00 $867 —
525 525 4 159.00 $159.00 $835 -16.00
500–548 527 128 169.00–183.00 $175.50 $925 -5.59
553–579 571 20 156.50–159.50 $158.63 $906 —
553–587 unweaned 573 25 142.50–164.00 $154.87 $887 -10.55
550–595 574 74 160.50–173.50 $168.85 $969 —
610–612 611 6 142.00–150.00 $146.01 $892 -13.62
600–636 615 63 160.00–170.50 $162.84 $1,001 +3.21
628 unweaned 628 13 140.50 $140.50 $882 —
655–698 677 105 151.50–170.00 $164.64 $1,115 +14.64
734–740 738 15 155.00–159.00 $156.33 $1,154 —
773–798 788 21 148.75–149.00 $148.94 $1,174 —
805–847 837 128 155.50–160.00 $156.96 $1,314 —
860 860 61 149.00 $149.00 $1,281 —
915 915 60 147.10 $147.10 $1,346 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
295 295 4 191.00 $191.00 $563 —
305 305 3 197.00 $197.00 $601 —
353–372 364 10 170.50–174.00 $172.32 $627 -16.29
415–441 428 16 172.00–187.00 $180.28 $772 +1.28
450–498 477 40 166.00–177.00 $170.40 $813 +4.93
501–548 523 83 156.50–169.00 $163.84 $857 +20.49
515–545 unweaned 534 17 150.00–153.00 $151.08 $807 —
562–595 576 35 150.00–160.50 $155.26 $894 +3.29
601–634 621 42 143.00–151.00 $147.49 $916 -2.23
620–631 unweaned 629 17 139.00–140.00 $139.62 $878 —
650–680 662 30 142.75–157.50 $147.01 $973 +3.38
666 unweaned 666 5 138.00 $138.00 $919 +3.67
702 702 9 148.00 $148.00 $1,039 +4.21
746 746 4 130.00 $130.00 $970 -13.79
762–765 763 19 144.25–153.00 $150.23 $1,146 +4.19
818–836 832 13 145.00–149.00 $148.09 $1,232 +23.09
871 871 6 136.00 $136.00 $1,185 —
1005 1005 5 120.00 $120.00 $1,206 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 5 173.00 $173.00 $588 —
402–435 416 15 155.00–168.00 $161.69 $673 +11.69
491–498 495 14 159.50–160.00 $159.75 $791 —
522–543 529 31 140.00–159.00 $150.54 $796 —
575–589 585 13 138.25–141.00 $139.83 $818 —
625 625 44 149.00 $149.00 $931 +19.00
702 702 4 142.00 $142.00 $997 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1023–1255 1100 3 110.00–112.00 $111.24 $1,224 —
1220 1220 1 105.00 $105.00 $1,281 —
1218–1398 1283 11 115.00–120.00 $118.41 $1,519 -5.03
1210–1445 1323 21 122.50–125.75 $124.20 $1,643 —
1373–1380 1375 3 118.00 $118.00 $1,622 —
1640 1640 4 117.00 $117.00 $1,919 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
372 372 3 197.00 $197.00 $733 —
406 406 4 179.00 $179.00 $727 —
549 549 4 158.00 $158.00 $867 —
570 570 3 151.00 $151.00 $861 —
629 629 8 144.00 $144.00 $906 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
936 936 8 138.00 $138.00 $1,292 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
769 769 4 131.50 $131.50 $1,011 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
280 280 2 175.00 $175.00 $490 —
333–348 339 15 170.00–173.00 $171.52 $581 —
377–396 393 21 165.00–170.00 $167.78 $659 —
417–448 430 43 156.00–163.00 $159.27 $685 —
470 unweaned 470 9 145.00 $145.00 $682 —
459–497 475 106 150.00–164.00 $156.68 $744 +2.71
500–514 509 16 149.00–158.00 $152.95 $779 -0.05
509 unweaned 509 11 145.50 $145.50 $741 +2.50
565 unweaned 565 11 139.50 $139.50 $788 -3.50
553–586 568 48 149.50–165.00 $157.23 $893 +0.12
623–638 627 61 157.50–162.75 $161.46 $1,012 +2.15
655–697 663 66 152.50–156.50 $154.24 $1,023 -8.76
704–740 733 80 149.75–153.50 $150.47 $1,103 -3.22
756 756 22 147.25 $147.25 $1,113 —
894 894 62 147.50 $147.50 $1,319 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
359–382 365 22 150.00–162.00 $156.20 $570 +4.24
408 unweaned 408 4 147.50 $147.50 $602 —
408–445 419 21 147.00–156.00 $150.41 $630 -5.37
450–483 unweaned 469 7 135.00–138.00 $136.23 $639 —
460–491 477 25 142.00–150.00 $146.80 $700 -1.63
500–545 522 74 140.00–154.00 $147.62 $771 -0.80
523 523 6 143.00 $143.00 $748 -5.42
503–540 unweaned 526 22 130.00–140.00 $136.54 $718 -3.67
550 unweaned 550 4 130.00 $130.00 $715 —
560–598 574 57 138.00–151.00 $146.27 $840 +3.33
624 unweaned 624 9 131.00 $131.00 $817 +2.16
606–634 628 49 137.50–149.00 $141.87 $891 -6.99
651–662 659 21 137.00–142.00 $140.59 $926 +7.91
712 712 5 137.00 $137.00 $975 +5.50
772–787 778 71 131.00–145.00 $142.95 $1,112 +10.25
820 820 4 134.50 $134.50 $1,103 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400–427 414 8 140.00–145.00 $143.07 $592 -2.93
500–546 526 21 130.00–146.00 $137.33 $722 —
556–594 580 24 120.00–148.00 $135.69 $787 —
704 704 4 130.00 $130.00 $915 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370–377 372 11 151.00–154.00 $151.83 $565 —
435–442 437 13 131.00–144.00 $138.79 $607 +13.79
466–484 471 18 141.00–153.00 $147.90 $697 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1131–1285 1200 21 121.50–124.50 $122.42 $1,469 —
1150–1305 1228 4 118.00–120.50 $119.33 $1,465 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
480 480 8 120.00 $120.00 $576 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
746 746 4 132.00 $132.00 $985 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
371 unweaned 371 6 141.00 $141.00 $523 —
469–498 unweaned 479 26 120.00–157.00 $146.03 $699 —
536 536 11 145.00 $145.00 $777 -7.79
556 556 5 147.00 $147.00 $817 —
656–675 664 9 130.00–134.00 $132.19 $878 —
721–735 727 7 123.00–129.00 $125.60 $913 —
770 770 5 111.00 $111.00 $855 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
785–1250 994 85-90% 24 28.00–40.50 $33.09 $329 -5.30
1060 1060 85-90% 1 62.00 $62.00 $657 +12.16
900–1235 1068 85-90% 41 50.00–59.00 $54.29 $580 -3.94
895–1295 1088 85-90% 36 41.50–51.00 $45.86 $499 -18.61
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1130–1385 1241 80-85% 29 49.50–60.50 $54.12 $672 —
1090–1400 1276 80-85% 48 57.00–66.50 $60.74 $775 -0.96
1295–1400 1357 80-85% 3 65.50–70.50 $67.70 $919 —
1420 1420 80-85% 1 50.00 $50.00 $710 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1130–1710 1450 75-80% 16 52.50–61.50 $56.84 $824 —
1295–1710 1484 75-80% 26 58.00–68.50 $63.23 $938 +5.03
1435–1710 1553 75-80% 8 68.00–79.50 $72.20 $1,121 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1380–1830 1573 14 70.50–83.00 $77.73 $1,223 —
1535–2495 1839 19 83.00–96.00 $87.65 $1,612 -10.37
YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
2140 2140 1 77.00 $77.00 $1,648 —

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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.