Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

5,244 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.67/cwt -0.31 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 526 lb · 162 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.50/cwt +0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 532 lb · 126 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.35/cwt +1.13 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 626 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,244	5,261	2,848
Feeder cattle	4,032	4,181	2,028
Slaughter cattle	697	658	422
Replacement cattle	515	422	398

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, except steers under 550 lbs early week 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	311	10	182.00–184.00	$182.60	$568	-2.90
352–398	376	62	175.00–185.00	$180.81	$680	+1.81
400–448	439	64	162.50–183.00	$175.28	$769	-0.61
450–499	476	101	160.00–180.00	$171.18	$815	-0.61
500–549	530	111	152.00–171.00	$162.45	$861	-2.11
550–595	570	111	152.50–161.00	$157.97	$900	-0.53
600–649	624	82	138.00–156.00	$149.84	$935	+1.57
650–695	674	56	138.00–148.00	$143.78	$969	+0.47
703–735	712	20	129.00–142.00	$139.40	$993	+0.41
758–789	771	33	125.00–139.00	$133.30	$1,028	-1.16
816–830	826	16	129.00–134.00	$132.46	$1,094	+5.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	329	14	185.00–205.00	$195.07	$642	-1.43
350–398	373	53	186.00–206.00	$190.35	$710	+0.58
400–449	434	78	176.00–192.50	$185.91	$807	-5.47
450–494	463	40	176.00–189.00	$182.00	$843	-1.29
500–545	519	92	165.00–181.00	$171.76	$891	-6.60
550–596	567	113	162.00–178.50	$170.47	$967	+1.83
605–644	626	107	150.00–169.00	$158.73	$994	-2.54
655–699	681	102	148.00–157.00	$154.83	$1,054	-0.68
700–718	709	8	136.00–142.00	$139.17	$987	-11.49
774–790	776	8	130.00–134.00	$133.49	$1,036	-7.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343–348	346	9	170.00–175.00	$171.65	$594	+0.05
380–392	388	5	170.00–177.00	$175.23	$680	—
460–488	479	16	155.00–157.00	$156.40	$749	+0.14
500–535	517	14	150.00–158.00	$153.46	$793	+0.99
550–596	586	13	143.00–152.50	$150.87	$884	+6.95
608–640	620	11	138.00–142.00	$140.50	$871	+13.64
680–692	688	3	135.00–137.50	$136.68	$940	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433–438	437	13	177.50–178.00	$177.89	$777	+5.19
507–536	523	25	158.00–159.00	$158.43	$829	—
616	616	9	145.00	$145.00	$893	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	5	189.00	$189.00	$624	—
416–423	420	10	180.00	$180.00	$756	—
455	455	5	178.00	$178.00	$810	—
554	554	5	163.00	$163.00	$903	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	5	172.50	$172.50	$657	—
650	650	10	148.00	$148.00	$962	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607	607	8	167.00	$167.00	$1,014	+2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	331	16	145.00–164.00	$154.25	$511	+0.12
350–399	379	55	142.00–159.00	$154.14	$584	+0.56
400–445	423	97	142.50–156.00	$150.53	$637	+1.57
454 unweaned	454	4	140.00	$140.00	$636	—
450–497	472	92	135.00–151.00	$145.53	$687	-0.38
510–549	532	126	130.00–145.00	$139.50	$742	+0.20
551–585	566	77	130.00–142.00	$134.39	$761	-1.13
600–645	621	65	127.50–139.00	$133.28	$828	-0.76
652–697	674	73	128.00–135.00	$129.96	$876	+1.37
714–743	722	67	122.50–130.00	$128.83	$930	+1.30
760–766	764	11	117.00–125.00	$119.17	$910	-4.16
804–841	820	23	110.00–122.50	$114.76	$941	-5.24

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–346	330	29	160.00–177.50	$169.22	$558	+1.52
361–391	382	16	165.00–168.00	$166.79	$637	+5.91
400–448	424	116	150.00–165.00	$157.14	$666	-1.27
450–498	467	52	150.00–158.00	$154.59	$722	+1.99
500–543	526	162	135.00–155.00	$149.67	$787	-0.31
550–598	574	96	135.00–154.00	$142.03	$815	-3.87
603–631	626	117	140.00–145.00	$144.35	$904	+1.13
701–716	706	29	134.00–136.00	$135.37	$956	+3.37
887	887	6	120.50	$120.50	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	438	24	135.00–137.00	$136.92	$600	+6.08
465–497	481	36	132.50–142.50	$138.77	$667	—
510–530	520	5	127.50–140.00	$135.19	$703	+2.81
550–588	564	22	125.00–127.00	$125.72	$709	—
605–645	618	16	121.00–128.00	$125.02	$773	+16.59

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–330	323	9	145.00–150.00	$147.73	$477	—
376	376	5	145.00	$145.00	$545	—
450–478	465	11	145.00–150.00	$147.20	$684	—
796	796	5	120.00	$120.00	$955	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559–594	575	29	128.00–140.00	$137.10	$788	-0.48

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	167.00	$167.00	$554	—
428	428	5	164.00	$164.00	$702	—
458	458	5	151.00	$151.00	$692	+1.24

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–480	473	13	151.00–160.00	$154.38	$730	+14.15

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–390	369	7	139.00–142.50	$140.25	$518	—
435	435	3	129.00–133.00	$130.33	$567	—
535	535	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$669	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	432	15	153.00–168.00	$164.41	$710	-3.59
457–498	479	27	146.00–165.00	$155.29	$744	-0.15
506–532	523	19	149.00–156.00	$153.52	$803	+7.22
582	582	2	152.00	$152.00	$885	+22.00
600–645	633	23	135.00–145.00	$139.79	$885	+11.92
652–662	657	6	131.00–134.00	$132.49	$870	-4.09
755–775	759	9	124.00–125.00	$124.23	$943	—
992	992	7	90.00	$90.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	184.00	$184.00	$653	+14.39
400–420	411	10	175.00–184.00	$180.10	$740	+12.79
452–469	465	22	167.50–180.00	$177.00	$823	+3.64
513–546	530	14	152.50–161.00	$154.53	$819	+4.66

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	366	5	161.00–168.00	$163.67	$599	—
520–542	528	10	134.00–144.00	$138.69	$732	-1.31
560–570	563	4	127.50–140.00	$134.59	$758	—
762	762	2	114.00	$114.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	2	170.00–179.00	$174.53	$686	—
515–542	533	3	148.00–150.00	$148.64	$792	—
575–598	582	11	145.00–147.00	$145.90	$849	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055–1085	1070	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,138.03	—
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–925	790	85-90%	11	20.00–33.00	$26.39	$208	—
710–1220	948	85-90%	66	38.00–50.50	$44.64	$423	—
730–1305	1054	85-90%	149	50.00–61.50	$54.64	$576	-8.81
780–1370	1089	85-90%	49	61.00–68.00	$63.55	$692	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1360	1137	80-85%	36	68.00–77.00	$70.31	$799	—
790–1475	1148	80-85%	60	51.00–62.50	$58.39	$670	—
920–1365	1196	80-85%	103	62.00–67.50	$64.19	$768	-6.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1560	1349	75-80%	43	52.50–65.00	$60.74	$819	—
1235–1685	1494	75-80%	42	65.00–69.00	$66.03	$986	-0.69
1310–1765	1570	75-80%	16	70.00–74.00	$71.19	$1,118	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1845	1440	28	71.00–89.00	$77.81	$1,120	—
1360–2280	1728	40	76.00–95.00	$87.51	$1,512	—
1500–2235	1784	14	96.00–103.00	$98.26	$1,753	-5.21

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1005	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	83.00–115.00	$100.20	$850
760–1205	1001	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	69.00–95.00	$82.20	$823

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1035	821	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	59.00–75.00	$62.82	$516

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–950	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	72.50–90.00	$79.81	$669

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1135	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	55.00–68.00	$63.32	$651

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1105	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	500.00–800.00	$676.09
715–1170	1016	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	400.00–750.00	$646.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1375	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	925.00–1,175.00	$1,043.61
960–1495	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	750.00–1,450.00	$1,098.06
1220–1505	1377	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	950.00–1,000.00	$983.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1300	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	600.00–800.00	$678.88
910–1285	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	600.00–950.00	$797.91

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1045	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	850.00–1,000.00	$920.92
890–1165	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	825.00–1,100.00	$946.57

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	425.00	$425.00
615–805	720	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	200.00–525.00	$377.21

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225–1275	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00–900.00	$893.10

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–975	939	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	850.00–1,075.00	$999.06

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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
1175–1385	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,421.43	+39.61
1284	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1275–1375	1304	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,325.00–1,350.00	$1,332.14	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1150	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,000.00	$975.00	—
1175–1230	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,162.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1125	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,075.00	$1,025.00	—
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00	$850.00	—
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705–758	734	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–800.00	$687.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–975	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	97.50	$97.50	$387	—
455–488	477	7	86.00–99.00	$95.10	$454	—

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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.