Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

2,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.94/cwt +1.66 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 571 lb · 157 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $139.95/cwt +0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $971/hd at 694 lb · 157 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.98/cwt +1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 572 lb · 124 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,074	6,793	4,435
Feeder cattle	1,854	5,135	2,918
Slaughter cattle	142	668	303
Replacement cattle	78	990	1,214

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 2.00 higher where tested. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	192.50	$192.50	$664	+5.94
370–380	374	12	175.00–184.00	$180.73	$676	-3.74
402–430	414	32	172.00–189.00	$180.79	$748	+3.15
453–476	464	28	167.50–175.00	$170.40	$791	-4.10
505–523	517	27	157.50–163.00	$160.30	$829	-4.67
554–594	572	124	150.00–164.50	$157.98	$904	+1.69
602–635	610	97	142.00–158.00	$149.80	$914	+3.03
678–699	694	157	136.00–143.00	$139.95	$971	+0.94
700–710	708	25	128.00–130.00	$129.44	$916	-2.07
758–762	760	8	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$954	-4.23
830–832	831	46	130.50–131.50	$131.06	$1,089	+3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–294	293	12	175.00–189.00	$182.02	$533	—
322	322	5	172.50	$172.50	$555	+9.72
398	398	5	174.00	$174.00	$693	+7.42
412–420	417	9	162.50–165.00	$164.18	$685	+6.49
461–497	483	44	153.00–167.50	$162.81	$786	+2.00
519–548	527	26	140.00–154.00	$143.11	$754	-8.75
553–596	584	64	133.00–150.00	$141.35	$825	+0.48
600–646	624	34	127.00–144.00	$136.55	$852	+1.29
651–696	676	66	120.00–134.00	$130.53	$882	-1.56
735	735	15	125.00	$125.00	$919	+0.89
752–786	771	30	120.00–124.00	$122.10	$941	-1.41
861	861	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,016	+1.54
964–983	977	45	110.00–117.00	$113.43	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	152.00	$152.00	$596	+14.50
510–538	530	14	132.50–138.00	$134.01	$710	+0.01
575–595	590	13	125.00–131.00	$129.65	$765	+2.70
650	650	5	122.50	$122.50	$796	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474–486	479	11	153.00–162.00	$157.85	$756	+2.85

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	8	126.00	$126.00	$915	-4.59

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–328	308	13	162.50–165.00	$164.39	$506	—
385–395	393	6	154.00–155.00	$154.84	$609	-0.26
408 fancy	408	16	170.00	$170.00	$694	—
405–442	427	37	144.00–154.00	$151.25	$646	-0.32
452–481	478	38	140.00–149.00	$144.17	$689	-0.80
525–545	531	69	132.50–142.00	$137.22	$729	-1.86
550–598	571	157	127.50–138.00	$133.94	$765	+1.66
602–648	637	45	125.00–139.00	$127.21	$810	-2.35
659–690	686	66	124.75–130.00	$125.36	$860	-2.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	365	7	140.00–150.00	$145.23	$530	+5.25
447	447	5	138.00	$138.00	$617	+2.06
451–485	470	28	125.00–139.00	$135.37	$636	-0.50
503–546	530	21	127.00–130.00	$127.88	$678	-0.08
572–595	581	5	117.00–123.00	$119.46	$694	-3.63
610–648	623	23	118.00–124.00	$121.05	$754	+0.79
650–698	678	26	109.00–122.00	$119.42	$810	-1.57
701–742	713	75	107.00–120.00	$117.79	$840	+3.35
774–777	775	25	115.00–116.00	$115.56	$896	-2.01
810–845	835	9	108.00–113.00	$109.20	$912	-4.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	6	138.00	$138.00	$418	—
371	371	5	136.00	$136.00	$505	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
803	803	10	110.00–115.00	$113.50	$911	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	8	154.00	$154.00	$641	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–498	477	15	145.00	$145.00	$692	—
610–643	634	11	126.00–133.00	$127.84	$811	-1.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–482	471	5	130.00–132.50	$131.53	$620	-9.40
589	589	5	126.00	$126.00	$742	+1.45
612	612	5	127.00	$127.00	$777	-5.00
709	709	5	115.00	$115.00	$815	+4.27

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1725	1725	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1245	1137	80-85%	29	56.00–63.00	$59.63	$678	—
975–1215	1141	80-85%	7	53.00–55.00	$54.14	$618	—
1065–1360	1183	80-85%	12	63.00–71.00	$65.06	$770	+7.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–1075	802	85-90%	10	30.00–42.50	$35.45	$284	—
805–980	883	85-90%	4	10.00–20.00	$15.33	$135	—
745–1175	946	85-90%	21	42.50–54.00	$49.56	$469	—
835–1190	954	85-90%	10	57.00–62.00	$59.44	$567	+38.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1615	1345	75-80%	9	54.00–57.50	$55.37	$745	—
1215–1765	1400	75-80%	16	60.00–65.00	$62.44	$874	+2.79
1250–1555	1425	75-80%	3	67.00–71.00	$69.10	$985	+9.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1390	1207	3	79.00	$79.00	$954	—
1255–1790	1480	5	84.00–93.00	$89.40	$1,323	+13.51
1470–1795	1674	11	94.00–102.00	$96.01	$1,607	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	600.00	$600.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1150	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	47.50–64.00	$54.72	$467

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
959–1050	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	67.00–77.50	$73.08	$740

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120–1160	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	53.00–64.00	$57.36	$656

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–980	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–600.00	$530.61
840–1065	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	475.00–750.00	$603.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1423	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	950.00–1,100.00	$1,031.43

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–835	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	300.00–450.00	$377.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1170	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–800.00	$782.62

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–945	888	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	650.00–850.00	$791.84

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–1,000.00	$762.50	—

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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.