Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

5,596 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $162.60/cwt -4.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 733 lb · 203 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $162.35/cwt +5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,445/hd at 890 lb · 179 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $189.41/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 524 lb · 166 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,596	6,336	5,624
Feeder cattle	3,604	5,508	4,618
Slaughter cattle	800	828	687
Replacement cattle	1,192	—	319

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs firm to 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs firm to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs higher undertone. Heifers under 600 lbs mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, over 700 lbs not tested. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–395	364	34	201.00–206.00	$205.47	$748	+24.47
418–444	435	23	190.00–203.00	$200.04	$870	+3.36
452–493	477	79	187.00–200.00	$196.11	$935	+8.53
514–518 fancy	516	22	197.00–199.00	$198.09	$1,022	+3.59
505–549	525	144	180.00–194.50	$188.08	$987	+1.20
550–595	579	146	168.00–180.00	$172.84	$1,001	+2.49
600–648	642	134	164.00–175.00	$172.21	$1,106	+6.05
658–683	664	109	164.00–175.00	$171.75	$1,140	+8.14
711–736	733	203	160.00–164.50	$162.60	$1,192	-7.89
770	770	65	162.00	$162.00	$1,247	-0.28
873–898	890	179	160.00–163.50	$162.35	$1,445	+5.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–395	393	24	182.00–190.00	$185.86	$730	—
403–445	429	19	182.00–187.00	$185.08	$794	+2.52
478–498	487	14	171.00–180.00	$176.52	$860	+0.56
503–514 unweaned	509	12	160.00–166.00	$163.53	$832	—
515–548	538	47	168.00–179.50	$176.45	$949	+16.45
550–589	574	22	153.00–169.00	$163.72	$940	+3.13
593 unweaned	593	25	145.00	$145.00	$860	-4.00
603–628	616	27	154.00–160.00	$157.07	$968	+5.00
650–688	664	32	150.00–167.00	$157.37	$1,045	+4.85
700–723	711	29	154.00–159.00	$157.23	$1,118	+8.88
762–790	783	35	134.50–158.00	$151.75	$1,188	+4.25
905	905	27	148.00	$148.00	$1,339	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	5	157.00	$157.00	$685	-17.50
524–543	532	18	145.00–150.00	$146.86	$781	-7.23
608	608	4	141.00	$141.00	$857	—
690	690	6	141.00	$141.00	$973	+1.35

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1203–1310	1230	4	123.00–125.00	$124.47	$1,531	—
1313–1430	1372	4	130.50	$130.50	$1,790	-4.67
1280–1509	1387	25	134.00–138.00	$136.21	$1,889	+1.04

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	5	148.00	$148.00	$750	—
604	604	5	131.00	$131.00	$791	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	6	177.00	$177.00	$605	—
365–398	376	64	173.00–177.50	$176.34	$663	-2.66
410–445	433	16	165.00–175.00	$167.56	$726	+1.43
450 thin fleshed	450	5	177.00	$177.00	$796	—
453–495	472	111	161.00–171.00	$167.64	$791	+3.82
500–534	512	118	158.00–169.00	$163.47	$837	+7.11
501–537 unweaned	528	19	158.00	$158.00	$834	—
578–587	586	93	156.00–157.50	$157.31	$922	-2.32
619 thin fleshed	619	31	165.75	$165.75	$1,026	+2.75
609–633	620	45	157.00–162.00	$160.03	$992	+17.85
679–691	681	76	154.00–158.25	$157.57	$1,073	+2.31
700	700	74	159.25	$159.25	$1,115	+5.00
711	711	7	144.00	$144.00	$1,024	-10.25
753	753	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,167	+1.25
815	815	11	142.75	$142.75	$1,163	-3.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	5	170.00	$170.00	$462	—
313	313	5	161.00	$161.00	$504	+8.00
380	380	5	166.00	$166.00	$631	+8.75
454–498	480	35	150.00–158.50	$155.28	$745	+5.70
500–545	525	48	141.00–156.00	$151.93	$798	+4.03
552–582	568	32	145.00–154.00	$149.91	$851	+12.57
606–648	626	41	138.00–154.00	$147.81	$925	-0.05
650	650	7	136.50	$136.50	$887	-3.10
709	709	5	141.50	$141.50	$1,003	-8.66
777	777	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,158	+10.50
958	958	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,322	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	4	147.00	$147.00	$622	+6.00
478	478	4	146.00	$146.00	$698	+8.89
535–540	538	8	131.00–136.00	$133.51	$718	—
574–598	580	13	133.50–138.00	$134.91	$782	—
618	618	5	135.50	$135.50	$837	+13.23

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1195	1120	4	130.00–132.00	$131.04	$1,468	+2.35
1230–1310	1270	2	125.00–130.00	$127.42	$1,618	-9.08
1230–1441	1388	8	136.50–137.50	$136.72	$1,898	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	5	148.00	$148.00	$858	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	5	126.00	$126.00	$568	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	171.00	$171.00	$593	—
487–495	491	18	159.00–166.00	$161.50	$793	-0.14
537	537	3	156.00	$156.00	$838	+8.39
553–580	569	5	147.00–151.00	$148.55	$845	+4.46
636	636	6	143.00	$143.00	$909	+2.43
660–686	673	11	130.00–139.00	$135.65	$913	—
718–723	721	7	120.00–137.00	$127.26	$918	—
772	772	10	120.00	$120.00	$926	—
884–889	886	10	115.00–120.00	$117.01	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	5	191.00	$191.00	$716	—
439	439	6	194.00	$194.00	$852	—
448 fancy	448	5	197.00	$197.00	$883	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1450	1258	80-85%	28	47.00–54.50	$51.26	$645	+0.78
1125–1440	1282	80-85%	56	54.00–61.00	$57.61	$739	+0.59
1215–1375	1289	80-85%	21	61.00–66.00	$62.96	$812	+0.05
1745	1745	80-85%	1	47.00	$47.00	$820	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1295	1059	85-90%	15	30.00–40.00	$35.96	$381	-16.70
890–1290	1064	85-90%	30	41.00–49.00	$44.51	$474	-8.15
960–1140	1070	85-90%	9	56.00–61.00	$58.31	$624	+0.38
875–1235	1080	85-90%	45	49.00–56.00	$52.31	$565	-5.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1665	1483	75-80%	39	57.50–67.00	$62.62	$929	—
1350–1735	1517	75-80%	32	51.00–58.00	$55.58	$843	+0.01
1220–1660	1540	75-80%	27	68.00–77.00	$71.93	$1,108	+16.36
1695	1695	75-80%	1	46.50	$46.50	$788	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1845	1753	65-75%	9	60.00–75.00	$68.63	$1,203	—
1650–1980	1759	65-75%	10	69.00–79.00	$74.02	$1,302	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1975	1617	16	56.00–82.00	$73.65	$1,191	—
1600–2105	1808	7	99.00–107.00	$102.99	$1,862	—
1470–2480	1876	18	85.00–96.00	$89.31	$1,675	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2330	2330	1	71.50	$71.50	$1,666	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1064–1103	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,725.45
990–1231	1091	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,759.74
1159	1159	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1151–1310	1192	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	840.00–1,050.00	$940.43
1135–1288	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	860.00–1,140.00	$1,029.48
1208	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00
990–1473	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	128	1,375.00–1,725.00	$1,555.10
1029–1443	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	1,375.00–1,525.00	$1,465.18
1311	1311	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	910.00	$910.00
1332	1332	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	970.00	$970.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1198–1318	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1046	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,190.00	$1,190.00
1047	1047	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1077	1052	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,434.65
986–1133	1064	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	103	1,725.00–2,050.00	$1,862.28
1066–1104	1087	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,800.00–1,850.00	$1,818.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1109	1109	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1138–1208	1178	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	2,250.00–2,325.00	$2,299.19

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1100 thin fleshed	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	1,275.00–1,525.00	$1,394.44	—
1050 thin fleshed	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1150–1200	1179	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,290.00–1,330.00	$1,306.47	—
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1300	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,853.33	—
1150–1350	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,724.19	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375–1500	1433	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,015.00–2,300.00	$2,168.46	—
1500	1500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1650	1650	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1434	1434	17	95.00	$95.00	$1,362	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1100	1083	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	1,925.00–2,300.00	$2,175.00	—

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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.