Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

4,267 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $137.02/cwt +7.58 vs last sale · ≈ $982/hd at 717 lb · 190 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.12/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 675 lb · 177 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.03/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $779/hd at 577 lb · 157 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,267	2,074	4,397
Feeder cattle	3,218	1,854	3,433
Slaughter cattle	587	142	520
Replacement cattle	462	78	444

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–397	381	18	180.00–195.00	$187.35	$714	+6.62
402–437	420	42	174.00–193.00	$185.20	$778	+4.41
453–494	470	46	168.00–180.00	$172.27	$810	+1.87
500–544	522	120	159.00–176.00	$166.85	$871	+6.55
550–597	572	145	149.00–168.00	$159.72	$914	+1.74
607–649	620	51	143.00–153.00	$149.93	$930	+0.13
650–698	675	169	137.00–153.00	$142.60	$963	+2.65
682 unweaned	682	8	132.00	$132.00	$900	—
702–746	717	190	130.00–140.50	$137.02	$982	+7.58
780	780	27	128.00–130.50	$129.39	$1,009	+3.89
805–806	806	41	129.00–134.00	$133.63	$1,077	+2.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	190.00	$190.00	$564	+7.98
308	308	3	192.00	$192.00	$591	+19.50
350–398	374	35	165.00–192.00	$179.41	$671	+5.41
410	410	3	155.00	$155.00	$636	-9.18
405–445	423	18	164.00–172.50	$169.07	$715	+4.89
450–497	479	77	159.00–173.00	$165.31	$792	+2.50
500–548	529	42	140.00–161.00	$149.71	$792	+6.60
551–599	586	49	138.00–153.00	$145.95	$855	+4.60
600–642	627	67	130.00–143.50	$135.67	$851	-0.88
654–691	684	109	127.50–136.50	$132.14	$904	+1.61
700–749	735	38	126.00–130.00	$127.31	$936	+2.31
750–797	776	68	116.00–129.00	$125.19	$971	+3.09
810–845	835	26	118.00–123.00	$119.70	$999	—
850–856	854	22	108.00–125.50	$119.84	$1,023	+1.84
927	927	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	10	155.00	$155.00	$611	+3.00
415	415	7	142.00	$142.00	$589	—
466–498	479	13	140.00–148.00	$143.83	$689	—
564	564	5	131.00	$131.00	$739	+1.35
617	617	3	122.50	$122.50	$756	—
730	730	3	122.50	$122.50	$894	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	10	173.00	$173.00	$754	—
551–570	557	9	155.00–159.00	$157.64	$878	—
614–645	631	11	140.00	$140.00	$883	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–487	484	9	162.00–165.00	$163.99	$794	—
548	548	11	152.00	$152.00	$833	—
726	726	7	117.00	$117.00	$849	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	14	144.00	$144.00	$933	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	3	118.00	$118.00	$682	—
970	970	4	90.00	$90.00	$873	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	5	140.00	$140.00	$811	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	4	161.00	$161.00	$523	-3.39
365–394	377	10	157.00–164.00	$161.07	$607	+6.23
405–448	427	56	141.00–162.00	$150.12	$641	-1.13
463–496	484	39	140.00–147.00	$144.42	$699	+0.25
501–548	526	92	134.00–145.00	$138.98	$731	+1.76
550–599	577	157	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$779	+1.09
601–646	618	99	128.00–135.25	$132.24	$817	+5.03
680–688	680	77	125.50–126.00	$125.52	$854	+0.16
700	700	5	120.00	$120.00	$840	—
775	775	4	115.00	$115.00	$891	—
783	783	12	118.00	$118.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	156.00	$156.00	$532	—
357–395	382	21	145.00–156.00	$151.14	$577	+5.91
400–448	429	30	135.00–146.00	$139.66	$599	+1.66
459–495	480	46	128.00–144.00	$137.45	$660	+2.08
500–532	521	22	125.00–132.50	$129.92	$677	+2.04
558–594	578	92	120.00–130.00	$125.75	$727	+6.29
605–640	631	41	116.00–124.00	$118.73	$749	-2.32
653–695	681	69	114.00–122.00	$119.83	$816	+0.41
716–747	729	30	110.00–118.00	$113.35	$826	-4.44
760–786	769	34	111.00–117.00	$115.44	$888	-0.12
802–822	815	8	110.00–111.00	$110.37	$900	+1.17
852	852	5	110.00	$110.00	$937	—
964	964	9	92.50	$92.50	$892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–394	380	13	120.00–135.00	$127.80	$486	-8.20
405–422	414	6	120.00–122.50	$121.22	$502	—
450–495	473	6	110.00–115.00	$112.38	$532	—
566	566	6	115.00	$115.00	$651	—
767–771	769	13	100.00–113.00	$108.02	$831	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	5	135.00	$135.00	$647	—
592	592	5	125.00	$125.00	$740	—
840	840	5	110.00	$110.00	$924	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603–622	613	6	123.00–127.00	$124.97	$766	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	5	137.00	$137.00	$692	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–485	472	15	142.00–154.00	$148.28	$700	+16.75
510–511	511	7	136.00–142.50	$139.72	$714	—
575–599	586	11	120.00–129.00	$125.07	$733	-0.93
622–625	624	9	125.00–127.50	$125.83	$785	-1.17
660–690	678	5	117.50–124.00	$120.03	$814	—
705–720	714	7	112.50–117.00	$115.09	$822	+0.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–436	426	7	164.00–170.00	$166.49	$709	—
483–492	488	6	150.00–157.00	$153.47	$749	+8.47
575–585	580	6	125.00–130.00	$127.48	$739	—
605–620	614	5	128.00–129.00	$128.39	$788	+0.55
671	671	5	124.00	$124.00	$832	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	122.50	$122.50	$606	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1070	848	85-90%	16	19.00–31.00	$25.50	$216	—
630–1220	953	85-90%	53	30.00–44.00	$38.75	$369	-20.69
770–1525	1030	85-90%	106	44.00–57.00	$50.05	$516	—
840–1255	1048	85-90%	40	55.00–65.00	$58.58	$614	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1390	1164	80-85%	40	47.00–57.50	$52.94	$616	-12.12
925–1360	1186	80-85%	78	55.00–65.00	$60.08	$713	-4.98
1055–1365	1220	80-85%	34	60.50–75.00	$66.92	$816	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1675	1426	75-80%	22	66.00–75.00	$69.98	$998	+0.88
1185–1850	1432	75-80%	50	58.00–67.00	$63.35	$907	-5.75
1200–1700	1436	75-80%	41	48.00–60.00	$56.44	$810	-12.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1795	1529	14	62.00–79.00	$73.14	$1,118	—
1250–2380	1719	27	76.00–92.00	$83.91	$1,442	—
1680–2010	1839	11	89.00–100.00	$94.74	$1,742	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
619–1045	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	82.50–110.00	$99.04	$748
690–1435	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	65.00–90.00	$74.99	$790
1005–1185	1086	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	71.00–85.00	$76.43	$830

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1290	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	38.00–62.50	$56.78	$547

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–805	674	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	85.00–87.50	$86.53	$583
680–1300	927	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	66.00–88.00	$76.40	$708

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1315	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	52.00–66.00	$61.78	$642

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1033–1340	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	875.00–1,050.00	$908.78
1010–1395	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	725.00–1,600.00	$1,189.01
1080–1385	1282	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	510.00–1,025.00	$872.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–1080	914	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	475.00–800.00	$632.47
730–1020	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–800.00	$647.01
955–1160	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–725.00	$631.30

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–1175	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	500.00–975.00	$830.41
925–1195	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	560.00–850.00	$735.19
945–1295	1084	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	500.00–825.00	$699.72

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
470–890	719	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	135.00–575.00	$341.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00
1065–1175	1127	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	650.00–800.00	$717.90
1225–1445	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$865.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
804–1120	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	925.00–1,125.00	$1,005.88
925	925	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520	520	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
695	695	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
1100–1250	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,408.33	—
980–1200	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,331.67	—
1171–1195	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,380.00	—
1100–1275	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,503.57	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1025	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–900.00	$866.67	—
1000–1300	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–975.00	$787.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	5	85.00	$85.00	$617	—

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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.