Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

5,462 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $149.30/cwt +5.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,084/hd at 726 lb · 177 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.68/cwt +9.83 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 471 lb · 167 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.85/cwt +8.38 vs last sale · ≈ $781/hd at 518 lb · 158 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,462	4,424	2,883
Feeder cattle	4,397	3,465	2,048
Slaughter cattle	628	529	407
Replacement cattle	437	430	428

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 higher, spots 10.00 to 13.00 higher early week. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	325	10	187.50–200.00	$191.37	$622	+5.99
350–396	379	75	185.00–200.00	$190.54	$722	+4.30
400–444	427	95	183.00–195.00	$189.62	$810	+7.96
461–498	472	64	175.00–188.00	$183.07	$864	+2.69
502–548	524	156	163.00–185.00	$176.36	$924	+2.72
550–597	575	143	159.50–178.00	$170.09	$978	+6.88
600–649	628	154	146.00–168.00	$162.14	$1,018	+8.45
652–698	667	60	149.00–161.50	$155.45	$1,037	+5.64
705–740	726	177	130.00–155.00	$149.30	$1,084	+5.58
754–799	772	131	135.00–146.00	$143.94	$1,111	+26.44
803–845	816	141	127.50–140.50	$137.31	$1,120	+6.89
854–866	858	61	130.00–140.00	$135.65	$1,164	—
902–908	908	66	128.00–128.50	$128.48	$1,167	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	3	180.00–181.00	$180.33	$528	—
326–348	336	19	173.00–190.00	$182.04	$612	+11.57
352–395	375	27	171.00–182.00	$177.05	$664	+2.96
400–448	424	57	161.00–180.00	$172.12	$730	+0.11
450–498	478	96	162.50–177.50	$171.69	$821	+8.02
502–549	523	55	142.50–171.00	$162.57	$850	-0.18
552–597	575	59	140.00–165.00	$153.97	$885	-0.66
603–648	631	51	140.00–153.00	$146.76	$926	+3.30
653–698	680	64	141.00–146.00	$144.90	$985	+3.44
715–734	724	24	120.00–144.00	$137.73	$997	+1.33
750–787	773	22	125.00–135.00	$133.53	$1,032	+6.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	3	164.00–165.00	$164.66	$547	+2.16
352–388	362	7	165.00–166.00	$165.31	$598	+3.31
463–498	477	24	145.00–162.00	$157.65	$752	+8.17
528–545	536	17	137.00–157.50	$146.27	$784	+1.35
565	565	7	133.00–145.00	$141.57	$800	+6.55
616	616	5	132.50	$132.50	$816	—
650–672	661	4	125.00–128.50	$126.72	$838	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	5	185.00	$185.00	$688	—
434	434	17	184.00	$184.00	$799	+1.50
474–475	474	24	179.00–182.50	$179.73	$852	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	180.00	$180.00	$693	—
468–478	475	9	172.50–173.00	$172.66	$820	—
537	537	5	168.00	$168.00	$902	+18.00
594	594	7	150.00	$150.00	$891	—
857	857	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,088	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	12	168.00	$168.00	$1,070	—
658	658	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,046	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	177.50	$177.50	$690	—
465–485	473	8	162.50–163.00	$162.69	$770	+6.70

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	6	150.00	$150.00	$474	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–297	292	5	150.00–169.00	$161.59	$472	—
301–347	325	28	157.50–172.50	$164.25	$534	+10.73
353–397	372	80	150.00–165.00	$159.33	$593	+6.01
376 fancy	376	17	177.00	$177.00	$666	—
408 thin fleshed	408	4	169.00	$169.00	$690	—
403–444	420	118	146.00–166.00	$157.52	$662	+9.62
456 thin fleshed	456	7	160.00	$160.00	$730	—
450–499	472	160	142.00–165.00	$155.49	$734	+9.64
500–547	518	158	135.00–158.00	$150.85	$781	+8.38
555–587	572	61	136.50–148.00	$141.80	$811	+4.73
602–649	617	86	125.00–148.00	$139.02	$858	+3.25
653–697	671	109	124.00–143.00	$137.80	$925	+6.71
700–727	714	59	129.50–132.50	$130.03	$928	+4.76
752–756	754	34	129.50–133.00	$131.55	$992	+9.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–382	370	28	137.50–155.00	$148.59	$550	+3.46
400–445	427	71	135.00–150.00	$142.59	$609	+0.86
457–498	472	60	136.00–148.00	$143.48	$677	+7.36
503–535	526	21	122.50–142.50	$135.77	$714	+2.49
552–594	577	76	124.00–143.00	$138.71	$800	+16.71
604–648	621	31	121.00–134.00	$128.72	$799	+3.82
667–697	687	52	120.00–132.50	$125.31	$861	+2.51
705	705	5	128.00	$128.00	$902	+7.37
775–793	784	6	118.00	$118.00	$925	-2.26
806–826	814	10	116.00–118.00	$116.81	$951	+3.09
870–888	877	18	113.00–118.00	$114.97	$1,008	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	7	157.50	$157.50	$540	—
435–449	441	20	158.00	$158.00	$697	—
507–546	520	27	145.00–156.00	$150.75	$784	—
591	591	13	145.00	$145.00	$857	—
831	831	13	124.00	$124.00	$1,030	+31.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	5	125.00	$125.00	$389	—
350	350	3	135.00	$135.00	$472	+0.33
410–447	433	14	120.00–130.00	$126.18	$546	+0.29
480–490	486	5	122.50–129.00	$125.07	$608	+8.93
531–545	536	9	110.00–120.00	$113.39	$608	—
575–587	582	12	120.00–122.50	$121.03	$704	+9.77
627	627	3	105.00	$105.00	$658	-10.00
640–642	641	4	111.00–112.50	$111.75	$716	-3.25
688–695	691	11	100.00–110.00	$105.48	$729	-4.58
821	821	5	110.00	$110.00	$903	+7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553–587	563	10	138.00–143.00	$141.44	$796	—
690	690	5	127.00	$127.00	$876	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	152.00	$152.00	$491	+11.29
542	542	9	138.00	$138.00	$748	+10.05

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	5	150.00	$150.00	$700	+26.00
572	572	6	142.00	$142.00	$812	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–385	372	6	172.50–175.00	$173.46	$645	+7.46
408–442	425	15	163.00–168.00	$166.15	$706	—
455–497	477	11	161.00–169.00	$163.21	$779	+13.96
521–530	524	9	144.00–147.50	$146.16	$766	—
551–588	568	17	135.00–145.00	$138.12	$785	+5.77
603–647	623	18	122.50–138.00	$134.40	$837	+8.40
652–655	653	9	124.00–132.50	$128.71	$840	+23.71
773	773	3	114.00	$114.00	$881	+5.38
810–815	813	8	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$943	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	185.00	$185.00	$718	+18.86
410–448	431	21	165.00–182.50	$170.55	$735	+12.50
452–485	468	9	157.50–170.00	$163.19	$764	+11.16
509–513	511	11	158.00–167.00	$162.93	$833	+17.56
558	558	6	153.00–156.00	$154.50	$862	+15.37
652–655	653	12	131.00–141.00	$137.91	$901	—
700–733	709	21	127.00–140.00	$137.11	$972	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	4	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$590	—
490–492	491	5	154.00–155.00	$154.40	$758	—
620–648	634	4	121.00–123.50	$122.28	$775	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110–1275	1181	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,233.91	—
1620	1620	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–965	826	85-90%	10	20.00–32.00	$27.45	$227	—
705–1140	913	85-90%	42	35.00–45.00	$40.21	$367	+2.37
825–1240	1027	85-90%	59	54.00–66.00	$60.75	$624	+11.11
750–1340	1041	85-90%	105	45.00–57.00	$51.64	$538	+2.00

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1380	1182	80-85%	54	64.00–73.00	$67.33	$796	+15.02
1035–1420	1212	80-85%	80	58.00–65.00	$62.10	$753	—
990–1405	1232	80-85%	32	52.00–59.00	$55.12	$679	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1825	1429	75-80%	57	61.00–67.00	$64.21	$918	+2.55
1200–1700	1430	75-80%	35	53.00–61.00	$57.19	$818	-4.47
1265–1670	1487	75-80%	23	66.00–75.00	$69.04	$1,027	+2.92

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1740	1564	65-75%	5	62.00–67.00	$63.32	$990	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2010	1536	29	67.00–83.00	$78.32	$1,203	—
1050–2135	1584	48	79.00–94.00	$87.85	$1,392	—
1460–2390	1866	17	95.00–105.00	$98.47	$1,837	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1065	986	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	77.50–107.00	$99.32	$979
920–1215	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	70.00–95.00	$76.86	$791

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1205	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	56.00–68.00	$64.92	$699

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–900	844	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	80.00–110.00	$98.24	$829
735–1050	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	70.00–82.50	$79.09	$694

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1090	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	55.00–67.50	$61.99	$593

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1325	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	875.00–1,125.00	$926.42
1075–1570	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	875.00–1,325.00	$1,089.31
1225–1425	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	950.00–1,025.00	$992.63

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1060	812	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	450.00–725.00	$590.56
725–1080	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	400.00–850.00	$702.14
780–1090	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	450.00–750.00	$611.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1430	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	550.00–925.00	$819.12
920–1305	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	750.00–875.00	$805.05
1102–1365	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	600.00–850.00	$781.76

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1290	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	850.00–1,100.00	$968.32
965–1160	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	825.00–950.00	$883.48

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–805	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	350.00	$350.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–850	749	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	700.00–900.00	$756.76

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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
825–1105	1029	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,170.00	—
975–1050	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
825–1350	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,089.29	+22.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095–1185	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,450.00	—
1225–1285	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,325.00	+58.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–975	892	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–925.00	$866.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	105.00	$105.00	$470	—
452	452	20	103.00	$103.00	$466	—

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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.