Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

4,473 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.10/cwt +5.63 vs last sale · ≈ $836/hd at 619 lb · 249 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.34/cwt -1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 531 lb · 166 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.22/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 674 lb · 158 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,473	9,041	1,410
Feeder cattle	3,599	7,651	586
Slaughter cattle	441	752	333
Replacement cattle	433	638	491

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, except some heifer calves early week steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–308	306	4	180.00–185.00	$181.23	$555	-13.44
358–390	376	14	181.00–186.00	$184.38	$693	-4.19
404–435	423	33	182.00–197.00	$189.10	$800	+2.85
452–488	475	50	172.50–194.00	$183.75	$873	+3.29
502–540	518	89	168.00–178.00	$173.78	$900	+2.07
550–585	567	115	158.00–170.00	$166.01	$941	+4.46
610–641	629	62	150.50–157.00	$152.66	$960	-0.81
654–699	674	120	141.50–151.00	$145.96	$984	-0.87
702–733	714	70	132.50–145.00	$141.04	$1,007	+0.42
764–786	769	33	129.00–135.00	$132.97	$1,023	-2.22
795	795	17	127.50	$127.50	$1,014	-7.69
810–839	827	56	128.50–129.00	$128.79	$1,065	+3.79
905	905	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,122	+2.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	325	16	170.00–175.00	$171.00	$556	-9.51
350–399	373	66	167.50–183.00	$175.16	$653	-3.87
400–444	428	60	164.00–175.00	$168.82	$723	-2.64
450–491	468	51	160.00–175.00	$166.31	$778	+0.26
503–548	522	45	156.00–167.00	$160.47	$838	+1.73
550–592	568	83	140.00–156.00	$151.61	$861	+1.69
610–641	628	39	133.00–149.00	$142.71	$896	-3.20
652–697	681	37	127.00–143.00	$137.38	$936	+0.24
715	715	5	129.00	$129.00	$922	+1.07
756–798	788	38	125.00–128.50	$126.59	$998	-0.85
842	842	8	123.50	$123.50	$1,040	+2.27
875–890	887	20	118.00–120.00	$118.55	$1,052	-2.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–338	316	18	160.00–175.00	$166.28	$525	+1.28
365–398	379	27	145.00–165.00	$158.61	$601	-3.39
400–443	417	19	150.00–160.00	$153.77	$641	+1.19
465–495	486	16	138.00–155.00	$148.63	$722	-0.42
508–546	528	29	135.00–150.00	$143.30	$757	+0.97
582	582	6	143.00	$143.00	$832	+9.40
645	645	2	120.00	$120.00	$774	-14.27
692	692	10	126.00	$126.00	$872	+1.00
815	815	5	104.00	$104.00	$848	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
599	599	13	145.00	$145.00	$869	-23.00
611–638	629	21	138.00–157.00	$144.15	$907	—
682–696	691	17	125.00–144.00	$139.23	$962	—
808	808	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,067	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–524	516	10	144.00–150.00	$146.95	$758	-7.05
558–595	573	12	135.00–152.00	$142.76	$818	-1.64
641	641	9	147.00	$147.00	$942	+10.55
658	658	5	139.00	$139.00	$915	+5.16
721	721	8	129.50	$129.50	$934	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	155.00	$155.00	$589	—
558	558	5	130.00	$130.00	$725	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	175.00	$175.00	$612	—
471	471	5	150.00	$150.00	$706	-7.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–528	520	8	167.00–167.50	$167.19	$869	-10.81

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	5	138.00	$138.00	$701	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	8	144.00–150.00	$147.00	$492	-11.46
352–399	379	36	147.00–160.00	$156.30	$592	-1.55
403–431	418	57	140.00–160.00	$149.47	$625	-3.45
448 unweaned	448	23	140.00	$140.00	$627	—
457–488	463	71	138.00–150.00	$144.05	$667	-0.51
502–548	531	166	131.00–144.00	$139.34	$740	-1.91
552–596	577	124	128.00–140.00	$135.38	$781	-0.60
601–649	619	249	128.50–138.00	$135.10	$836	+5.63
660–699	674	158	125.00–132.50	$129.22	$871	+3.50
701–718	702	41	123.00–128.00	$127.63	$896	-0.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–336	331	15	138.00–148.00	$144.61	$479	-1.59
350–394	373	44	140.00–149.00	$145.01	$541	-0.33
424–448	436	37	135.00–140.00	$138.12	$602	-0.71
453–497	476	80	125.00–141.00	$135.87	$647	+1.88
502–548	521	34	125.00–135.00	$129.27	$673	+0.11
563–597	583	22	120.00–130.00	$126.64	$738	-0.85
610–634	624	7	120.00–125.00	$122.10	$762	+0.71
665–690	680	20	117.00–125.00	$121.81	$828	+2.98
771	771	7	117.00	$117.00	$902	-0.37
802–849	824	35	108.50–118.00	$112.11	$924	+0.90
852–872	863	25	106.00–110.00	$108.02	$932	-9.98

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	13	139.00	$139.00	$705	—
557–587	571	34	128.50–135.00	$132.45	$756	—
603–612	610	53	132.50–134.00	$132.86	$810	—
676	676	10	128.50	$128.50	$869	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	8	144.00	$144.00	$478	—
375	375	3	129.00–133.00	$130.33	$489	-8.66
410	410	8	122.50–125.00	$124.06	$509	—
455–488	475	10	117.00–122.50	$119.11	$566	-1.85
652	652	2	110.00	$110.00	$717	±0.00
779	779	7	100.00	$100.00	$779	-2.90

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	6	135.00	$135.00	$551	—
502–516	509	12	128.00–129.00	$128.49	$654	+7.73
673	673	5	116.00	$116.00	$781	—
748	748	9	117.00	$117.00	$875	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424–448	434	12	132.00–135.00	$133.71	$580	—
523	523	6	128.00	$128.00	$669	+1.45

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	5	142.50	$142.50	$744	+5.92

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–366	359	29	165.00–192.50	$170.16	$611	—
402–438	426	39	155.00–167.50	$159.16	$678	-6.74
471	471	4	161.00	$161.00	$758	-0.09
505–539	526	15	146.00–154.00	$151.28	$796	+4.68
584	584	5	135.00	$135.00	$788	-7.73
652	652	9	136.00	$136.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	155.00	$155.00	$524	-14.00
353	353	3	155.00	$155.00	$547	-8.53
431–442	434	7	146.00–165.00	$151.53	$658	-3.47
464–486	476	9	125.00–152.00	$136.69	$651	-6.88
589	589	7	125.00	$125.00	$736	-2.83
819–835	825	8	107.00–108.00	$107.38	$886	+11.38
861	861	5	93.00	$93.00	$801	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	155.00	$155.00	$457	—
380–397	390	5	142.50–155.00	$147.37	$575	-2.63
455–475	462	6	147.00–148.00	$147.66	$682	+11.50
552–582	567	9	131.00–132.50	$131.95	$748	+6.72

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1015	861	85-90%	4	20.00–26.00	$22.71	$196	—
670–1330	890	85-90%	47	30.00–40.00	$34.89	$311	—
830–1590	1048	85-90%	71	40.00–53.00	$47.70	$500	—
895–1450	1075	85-90%	63	47.50–63.00	$54.94	$591	+9.28

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1350	1120	80-85%	4	46.00–51.00	$48.87	$547	—
840–1405	1131	80-85%	39	59.00–68.00	$61.99	$701	—
960–1465	1172	80-85%	58	52.00–59.00	$55.74	$653	+0.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1660	1357	75-80%	48	54.00–62.00	$58.40	$792	+6.48
1245–1710	1385	75-80%	20	61.00–71.00	$63.82	$884	+11.90
1340–1610	1451	75-80%	10	49.00–54.00	$53.08	$770	-9.72

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–2055	1520	25	60.00–77.00	$72.27	$1,099	—
1190–2155	1742	28	64.50–87.00	$81.54	$1,420	—
1360–2190	1775	11	83.00–94.00	$90.22	$1,601	+6.66

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1200	962	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–87.50	$84.62	$814
865–1325	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	65.00–96.00	$76.69	$812

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585–985	819	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	52.50–67.50	$60.29	$494

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1300	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	49.00–63.00	$56.84	$661

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–915	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–80.00	$76.10	$642

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1555	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	79	825.00–1,375.00	$1,122.67
962–1560	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	900.00–1,100.00	$985.86
1165–1345	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	750.00–1,000.00	$891.55

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1011	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	550.00–800.00	$643.73
825–1175	996	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	525.00–825.00	$680.42
970–1055	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–675.00	$615.06
970–1125	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	500.00–700.00	$563.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1150	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–700.00	$653.24
880–1225	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	700.00–900.00	$822.88
1105–1400	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	500.00–875.00	$736.65

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1255	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,075.00	$961.62
990–1230	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	875.00–1,050.00	$963.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260–1360	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,453.60

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–975	752	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	200.00–500.00	$338.78

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–950	838	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$755.07

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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
980–1100	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–1,200.00	$1,040.00	—
925–1215	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,387.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–1050	884	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–900.00	$725.00	—
680–935	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–950.00	$931.25	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1143–1295	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,093.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–945	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,287.50	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.