Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

4,424 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.81/cwt +0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 624 lb · 152 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $154.25/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $963/hd at 624 lb · 148 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.47/cwt +3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 528 lb · 127 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,424	4,473	2,355
Feeder cattle	3,465	3,599	1,133
Slaughter cattle	529	441	748
Replacement cattle	430	433	474

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	318	6	182.50–190.00	$185.38	$590	+4.15
339 thin fleshed	339	5	201.00	$201.00	$681	—
376–393	380	20	181.00–187.50	$186.24	$708	+1.86
403–448	429	34	175.00–188.00	$181.66	$779	-7.44
450–488	471	74	175.00–188.00	$180.38	$850	-3.37
502–545	515	47	166.00–184.00	$173.64	$894	-0.14
516–546 thin fleshed	536	12	175.00–176.00	$175.32	$940	—
552–580	564	53	158.00–166.00	$163.21	$921	-2.80
600–645	621	123	145.00–165.00	$153.69	$954	+1.03
640 thin fleshed	640	25	157.00	$157.00	$1,005	—
650–684	663	87	143.00–154.00	$149.81	$993	+3.85
702–731	716	95	137.00–150.50	$143.72	$1,029	+2.68
751–782	766	53	134.00–141.00	$135.72	$1,040	+2.75
772	772	4	117.50	$117.50	$907	-15.47
801–848	820	48	119.00–135.00	$130.42	$1,069	+1.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	170.00–171.00	$170.47	$554	-0.53
354–381	371	40	165.00–180.00	$174.09	$646	-1.07
400–448	431	59	161.00–177.00	$172.01	$741	+3.19
453–498	482	89	155.00–172.50	$163.67	$789	-2.64
500–547	530	67	145.00–169.00	$162.75	$863	+2.28
551–599	577	91	140.00–162.00	$154.63	$892	+3.02
620 unweaned	620	5	134.00	$134.00	$831	—
604–648	622	64	136.00–151.00	$143.46	$892	+0.75
658–695	675	60	133.00–144.00	$141.46	$955	+4.08
710–736	728	54	131.00–139.00	$136.40	$993	+7.40
778–795	792	40	117.00–130.00	$127.28	$1,008	+0.69
802–835	817	13	115.00–127.00	$122.15	$998	-1.35
882–896	894	34	120.50–126.00	$121.51	$1,086	+2.96
900–901	901	21	117.00–122.00	$120.81	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	162.50	$162.50	$552	-3.78
374	374	5	162.00	$162.00	$606	+3.39
440–445	443	11	160.00–163.00	$161.64	$716	+7.87
454–490	470	19	140.00–156.00	$149.48	$703	+0.85
522–545	534	6	137.00–152.50	$144.92	$774	+1.62
565–578	570	9	130.00–138.00	$135.02	$770	-7.98

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–430	420	15	155.00–159.00	$157.41	$661	—
462–483	473	15	155.00–158.00	$155.99	$738	+5.99

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	150.00	$150.00	$786	+3.05
610–620	616	8	134.00–147.00	$142.17	$876	-4.83
712–728	718	8	136.00–138.00	$137.24	$985	+7.74

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	9	182.50	$182.50	$750	—
562	562	5	166.00	$166.00	$933	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	124.00	$124.00	$587	—
674	674	9	118.00	$118.00	$795	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	7	178.00	$178.00	$390	—
305–310	308	2	151.00–156.00	$153.52	$473	+6.52
300–322 thin fleshed	313	7	165.00–169.00	$166.69	$522	—
360–366 thin fleshed	364	7	157.50	$157.50	$573	—
360–398	384	22	148.00–156.00	$153.32	$589	-2.98
402–447	426	29	141.00–155.00	$147.90	$630	-1.57
458–498	469	54	142.00–149.00	$145.85	$684	+1.80
500–547	528	127	134.00–150.00	$142.47	$752	+3.13
564–568 fancy	565	20	146.00–157.00	$149.32	$844	—
550–598	570	70	132.00–140.00	$137.07	$781	+1.69
610 fancy	610	3	138.00	$138.00	$842	—
602–648	624	149	127.00–142.00	$135.77	$847	+0.67
650–695	662	86	124.00–138.00	$131.09	$868	+1.87
708 fancy	708	10	128.00	$128.00	$906	—
708–740	732	18	118.00–130.00	$125.27	$917	-2.36
754–774	762	69	122.50	$122.50	$933	—
803	803	9	127.50	$127.50	$1,024	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–332	309	11	140.00–156.00	$148.56	$459	+3.95
353–395	373	13	143.00–148.00	$145.13	$541	+0.12
400–434	419	48	135.00–146.00	$141.73	$594	+3.61
450–499	473	108	128.00–143.00	$136.12	$644	+0.25
500–548	532	98	125.00–137.00	$133.28	$709	+4.01
550–597	567	23	120.00–136.00	$130.13	$738	+3.49
575	575	2	122.00	$122.00	$702	-4.64
605–649	620	38	120.00–132.50	$124.90	$774	+2.80
650–696	689	23	118.00–125.00	$122.80	$846	+0.99
706–721	716	25	115.00–125.00	$120.63	$864	—
760–778	763	16	115.00–121.50	$120.26	$918	+3.26
809–838	817	11	113.00–114.00	$113.72	$929	+1.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–393	377	22	130.00–137.00	$134.67	$508	+4.34
418–447	430	7	125.00–127.00	$125.89	$541	+1.83
462–478	470	6	110.00–122.50	$116.14	$546	-2.97
572–583	578	6	110.00–112.50	$111.26	$643	—
612	612	6	115.00	$115.00	$704	—
652–697	680	13	100.00–115.00	$110.06	$748	+0.06
781	781	5	110.00	$110.00	$859	+10.00
842	842	6	103.00	$103.00	$867	—
904	904	6	106.00	$106.00	$958	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–347	343	9	135.00–147.00	$140.71	$483	—
358–380	371	16	130.00–145.00	$134.97	$501	—
480–498	485	16	125.00–138.00	$131.59	$638	—
512–530	521	10	125.00–131.00	$127.95	$667	-0.05
584	584	5	125.00	$125.00	$730	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	7	115.00	$115.00	$358	—
364	364	6	120.00	$120.00	$437	—
422	422	5	115.00	$115.00	$485	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	5	159.00	$159.00	$539	—
449	449	9	144.00	$144.00	$647	—
482	482	2	124.00	$124.00	$598	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	5	140.00	$140.00	$637	—
623	623	5	127.00	$127.00	$791	—
745	745	5	117.00	$117.00	$872	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	129.00	$129.00	$609	—
815	815	2	92.50	$92.50	$754	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–393	369	9	160.00–175.00	$166.14	$613	-4.02
402–443	427	9	156.00–160.00	$158.05	$675	-1.11
460–489	476	29	149.00–157.00	$152.03	$724	-8.97
522–528	524	9	141.00–154.00	$145.37	$762	-5.91
551–584	566	30	138.00–142.00	$139.13	$787	+4.13
603–640	619	10	132.50–139.00	$136.79	$847	—
699	699	5	131.00	$131.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	166.00	$166.00	$601	+11.00
450–498	467	10	140.00–164.00	$149.25	$697	+12.56
551–598	571	27	122.00–145.00	$132.35	$756	+7.35
602	602	3	126.00	$126.00	$759	—
665	665	5	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
700	700	5	136.00	$136.00	$952	—
762–767	765	10	92.50–123.00	$108.62	$831	—
928	928	6	95.00	$95.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1850	1540	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,300.00–2,300.00	$1,830.11	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545–1155	790	85-90%	21	10.00–30.00	$21.58	$170	—
670–1380	921	85-90%	34	30.00–45.00	$37.84	$349	—
745–1280	1022	85-90%	101	42.00–56.50	$49.64	$507	+1.94
815–1395	1058	85-90%	37	55.00–64.00	$58.38	$618	+3.44

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1450	1183	80-85%	23	48.00–55.00	$52.31	$619	-3.43
900–1420	1185	80-85%	60	59.50–72.00	$64.66	$766	+8.92
925–1645	1185	80-85%	72	55.00–63.00	$58.95	$699	+3.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1555	1361	75-80%	12	50.00–58.00	$55.22	$752	-3.18
1135–1880	1400	75-80%	41	58.00–64.00	$61.66	$863	—
1260–1720	1459	75-80%	26	64.00–69.00	$66.12	$965	+13.04

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1830	1480	18	65.00–82.00	$76.90	$1,138	—
1170–2055	1664	29	81.50–91.00	$85.48	$1,422	—
1485–2120	1849	20	92.00–105.00	$96.73	$1,789	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
562–1040	679	(<2 yrs)	Open	44	100.00–135.00	$122.28	$830
725–1210	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	70.00–90.00	$78.25	$786

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1070	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	53.00–65.00	$60.17	$546

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1205	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	47.00–68.00	$57.34	$593

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1120	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	74.00–86.00	$79.56	$800

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1195	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	750.00–1,000.00	$879.03
955–1655	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	58	985.00–1,350.00	$1,165.69

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1170	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	450.00–850.00	$654.91
865–1155	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	500.00–750.00	$638.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1395	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	650.00–950.00	$831.04
1130–1295	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$816.32
1065–1330	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	600.00–900.00	$775.10

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1180	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	925.00–1,200.00	$1,140.64

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–785	689	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	175.00–425.00	$292.77

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1115	989	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,003.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–950	751	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	800.00–975.00	$842.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–775	758	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	525.00–700.00	$570.65

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743	743	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

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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
965–1475	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,150.00	$980.00	—
1125–1180	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,066.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–825	812	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–1,050.00	$933.33	—
789–950	851	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	550.00–975.00	$758.33	+33.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1335	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,266.67	—
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1100	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,208.33	—

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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.