Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 5, 2021

5,261 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.83/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 475 lb · 142 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $178.36/cwt +2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 510 lb · 136 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.22/cwt +4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 618 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,261	5,462	2,870
Feeder cattle	4,181	4,397	2,041
Slaughter cattle	658	628	396
Replacement cattle	422	437	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, except some calves early week spots 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	3	197.50	$197.50	$537	—
314–336	322	13	195.00–197.50	$196.50	$633	+5.13
350–390	374	47	185.00–197.50	$189.77	$710	-0.77
400–449	427	119	183.00–197.00	$191.38	$817	+1.76
453–499	474	106	175.00–194.00	$183.29	$869	+0.22
501–535	510	136	171.00–183.00	$178.36	$910	+2.00
550–586	570	101	164.00–176.00	$168.64	$961	-1.45
600–638	620	59	156.00–166.00	$161.27	$1,000	-0.87
650–698	682	101	148.00–159.00	$155.51	$1,061	+0.06
702–724	712	98	143.00–159.00	$150.66	$1,073	+1.36
770–786	782	102	138.00–144.00	$140.56	$1,099	-3.38
808–840	815	27	133.00–137.00	$135.94	$1,108	-1.37
873–886	880	36	130.00–139.00	$137.62	$1,211	+1.97
900–935	921	22	135.50–136.00	$135.70	$1,250	+7.22
964	964	16	127.00	$127.00	$1,224	—
1025	1025	5	126.00	$126.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–282	272	11	180.00–200.00	$194.34	$529	+14.01
300–345	319	31	177.50–196.00	$185.50	$592	+3.46
355–390	371	34	173.00–183.00	$179.00	$664	+1.95
400–440	419	66	170.00–184.00	$175.89	$737	+3.77
454–497	472	83	160.00–178.00	$171.79	$811	+0.10
521	521	4	162.00	$162.00	$844	-0.57
500–549	525	96	156.00–174.00	$164.56	$864	+1.99
550	550	4	150.00	$150.00	$825	-3.97
550–591	570	59	153.00–165.00	$158.50	$903	+4.53
601–647	623	49	141.00–156.00	$148.27	$924	+1.51
652–689	671	55	138.00–150.00	$143.31	$962	-1.59
687	687	5	132.50	$132.50	$910	-12.40
701–745	725	34	131.00–144.00	$138.99	$1,008	+1.26
750–785	766	35	133.50–137.00	$134.46	$1,030	+0.93
802	802	17	126.50–127.00	$126.62	$1,015	—
943–946	945	23	117.00–127.00	$123.09	$1,163	—
972	972	21	122.00	$122.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–344	338	9	170.00–175.00	$171.60	$580	+6.94
431–438	434	7	157.50–158.00	$157.78	$685	—
468–499	487	16	149.00–162.00	$156.26	$761	-1.39
502–518	512	8	151.00–155.00	$152.47	$781	+6.20
550–596	581	24	139.00–152.50	$143.92	$836	+2.35
625	625	7	120.00–136.00	$126.86	$793	-5.64
734	734	5	120.00	$120.00	$881	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	3	175.00	$175.00	$616	—
512	512	3	162.00	$162.00	$829	—
550–569	562	11	158.50–177.00	$170.42	$958	—
614	614	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,013	-3.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–370	367	6	165.00–170.00	$167.52	$615	-9.98
448	448	10	165.00–176.00	$172.70	$774	—
491	491	6	165.00	$165.00	$810	+2.31
583	583	5	146.00	$146.00	$851	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	13	149.00	$149.00	$690	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532–544	537	13	129.00–133.00	$130.56	$701	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	12	152.50	$152.50	$808	-15.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	10	148.00	$148.00	$752	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,028	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–293	287	11	162.50–170.00	$165.17	$474	+3.58
300–348	326	13	160.00–173.00	$167.70	$547	+3.45
352–393	368	52	157.00–165.00	$160.88	$592	+1.55
402–442	423	74	155.00–164.00	$158.41	$670	+0.89
452 unweaned	452	7	146.00	$146.00	$660	—
455–499	484	35	150.00–154.00	$152.60	$739	-2.89
484	484	5	144.00	$144.00	$697	-11.49
508–549	527	89	142.50–153.00	$149.98	$790	-0.87
552–585	566	114	135.00–152.00	$145.90	$826	+4.10
592	592	4	130.50	$130.50	$773	-11.30
601–648	618	120	136.00–149.00	$143.22	$885	+4.20
653–698	669	84	134.00–142.50	$137.58	$920	-0.22
722	722	5	132.00	$132.00	$953	+1.97
809–822	814	42	123.00–125.00	$123.79	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–280	270	14	140.00–152.50	$144.17	$389	—
322–341	328	14	145.00–157.50	$154.13	$506	—
358–395	378	38	150.00–159.00	$153.58	$581	+4.99
402–449	426	42	140.00–156.00	$148.96	$635	+6.37
460	460	2	140.00	$140.00	$644	-3.48
455–498	475	140	138.00–154.00	$145.91	$693	+2.43
501–546	520	64	130.00–144.50	$139.30	$724	+3.53
552	552	5	135.50	$135.50	$748	-3.21
550–592	575	83	130.00–142.50	$135.52	$779	-3.19
600–645	618	66	130.00–137.00	$134.04	$828	+5.32
660	660	5	120.00	$120.00	$792	-5.31
652–680	663	24	122.00–132.50	$128.59	$853	+3.28
702–728	715	29	124.00–128.00	$127.53	$912	-0.47
755–798	784	21	118.00–125.00	$123.33	$967	+5.33
815	815	12	120.00	$120.00	$978	+3.19
865	865	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,003	+1.03
924	924	6	99.00	$99.00	$915	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	148.00	$148.00	$545	—
451–485	465	31	141.00–149.00	$145.86	$678	—
569–570	570	12	137.00–138.00	$137.58	$784	-3.86
655–680	673	10	128.00–129.00	$128.29	$863	+1.29
770	770	5	125.50	$125.50	$966	—
805	805	6	118.00	$118.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–318	314	6	140.00–142.50	$141.27	$444	+16.27
351–382	367	18	136.00–140.00	$138.84	$510	+3.84
412–435	424	14	110.00–145.00	$130.84	$555	+4.66
518–545	527	6	129.00–135.00	$132.38	$698	+18.99
618–623	621	8	107.50–110.00	$108.43	$673	+3.43

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	161.00	$161.00	$630	—
452–462	457	4	138.00–142.50	$140.23	$641	—
509–521	513	11	143.00–150.00	$147.42	$756	-3.33
656	656	5	134.00	$134.00	$879	—
783	783	7	127.50	$127.50	$998	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469–474	472	20	147.00–152.00	$149.76	$707	-0.24
618	618	5	138.00	$138.00	$853	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–439	428	14	132.50–140.00	$138.02	$591	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	5	126.00	$126.00	$466	—
458–464	462	7	120.00	$120.00	$554	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	3	172.50	$172.50	$668	-0.96
430–446	439	8	167.00–169.00	$168.00	$738	+1.85
452–490	472	9	152.00–159.00	$155.44	$734	-7.77
500–542	527	27	135.00–161.50	$146.30	$771	+0.14
582	582	5	130.00	$130.00	$757	-8.12
600–648	626	18	120.00–143.00	$127.87	$800	-6.53
660–680	668	5	130.00–140.00	$136.58	$912	+7.87

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–386	384	13	165.00–174.00	$169.61	$651	-15.39
405–440	425	7	162.00–175.00	$167.31	$711	-3.24
455–492	474	6	170.00–177.00	$173.36	$822	+10.17
508–538	526	23	142.00–155.00	$149.87	$788	-13.06
551	551	5	146.00	$146.00	$804	-8.50
604–641	625	15	139.00–142.00	$140.86	$880	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	3	140.00	$140.00	$735	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1350	1175	80-85%	37	56.00–63.00	$59.99	$705	-7.34
820–1495	1177	80-85%	95	62.50–70.50	$65.19	$767	-2.14
1020–1465	1196	80-85%	90	67.00–79.00	$70.26	$840	+2.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–1110	829	85-90%	13	13.00–35.00	$26.32	$218	-1.13
740–1110	903	85-90%	33	38.00–52.50	$45.94	$415	+5.73
780–1275	1045	85-90%	80	49.00–64.00	$55.37	$579	+3.73
810–1280	1052	85-90%	55	59.00–72.00	$63.45	$667	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1770	1387	75-80%	29	53.00–64.00	$59.39	$824	—
1195–1625	1390	75-80%	34	69.00–80.00	$72.11	$1,002	—
1245–1680	1462	75-80%	52	64.00–69.00	$66.72	$975	-2.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–2470	1473	25	60.00–90.00	$78.86	$1,162	—
1180–2255	1631	54	85.00–100.00	$91.72	$1,496	—
1520–2330	1797	19	97.00–112.00	$103.47	$1,859	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
724–950	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	95.00–134.00	$121.62	$964
785–1180	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	71.00–90.00	$81.81	$821

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1015	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	50.00–70.00	$60.55	$531

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1238	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	59.00–70.00	$63.91	$730

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1180	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	72.50–92.50	$80.59	$728

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1330	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	900.00–950.00	$919.08
980–1460	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	950.00–1,300.00	$1,089.19
1215–1380	1309	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	850.00–1,150.00	$991.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–930	889	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	450.00–625.00	$495.78
800–1075	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	550.00–825.00	$734.38
745–1265	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	500.00–850.00	$696.80
825–1175	1001	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	525.00–750.00	$657.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062–1120	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	650.00–775.00	$710.46
1050–1178	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	575.00–900.00	$803.39
1022–1400	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	675.00–925.00	$797.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1240	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	600.00–1,200.00	$944.64

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–870	759	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	225.00–525.00	$405.89

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–795	767	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	675.00–750.00	$728.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
837–1130	959	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	800.00–1,100.00	$887.50

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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
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1150–1168	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00	-200.00
1125–1325	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,250.00–1,525.00	$1,381.82	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1125	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	800.00–1,050.00	$964.29	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625–725	692	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–700.00	$558.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210–1215	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—

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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.