Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

4,405 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.55/cwt -5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 530 lb · 126 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.13/cwt -3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 572 lb · 125 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.28/cwt -6.02 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 475 lb · 123 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,405	5,244	4,576
Feeder cattle	3,434	4,032	3,348
Slaughter cattle	654	697	471
Replacement cattle	317	515	757

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 3.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows early week steady to 1.00 lower, late week 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	331	24	172.50–188.00	$183.60	$608	+1.00
351–395	372	18	165.00–183.00	$175.24	$652	-5.57
400–449	425	67	160.00–176.00	$169.56	$721	-5.72
450–498	482	104	156.00–175.00	$166.39	$802	-4.79
500–548	524	63	152.50–162.00	$157.61	$826	-4.84
550–598	572	125	145.00–158.00	$154.13	$882	-3.84
601–646	627	66	136.00–147.00	$142.47	$893	-7.37
650–683	667	75	132.50–146.00	$141.29	$942	-2.49
710–748	723	22	135.00–140.00	$137.32	$993	-2.08
750–794	779	66	122.00–132.00	$129.29	$1,007	-4.01
805–837	815	69	125.00–133.50	$128.10	$1,044	-4.36
862	862	22	125.00	$125.00	$1,078	—
958	958	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	4	205.00	$205.00	$586	—
300–345	322	20	187.50–200.00	$193.61	$623	-1.46
351–394	373	20	179.00–188.00	$184.93	$690	-5.42
411–435	426	39	176.00–188.00	$183.24	$781	-2.67
457–480	473	39	177.00–182.00	$179.69	$850	-2.31
502–548	535	119	161.00–172.00	$164.27	$879	-7.49
561–598	577	108	160.00–170.00	$164.15	$947	-6.32
606 fancy	606	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,042	—
601–646	629	45	148.00–162.00	$154.87	$974	-3.86
677–678	678	34	150.00–151.50	$150.79	$1,022	-4.04
705–734	721	32	125.00–152.00	$144.88	$1,045	+5.71
770	770	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,109	+10.51
811	811	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,014	—
920–923	923	38	118.00–123.00	$122.87	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	3	169.00–181.00	$175.06	$581	+3.41
355–375	369	9	150.00–180.00	$160.60	$593	-14.63
407–425	419	12	142.50–155.00	$151.88	$636	—
450–499	482	29	150.00–159.00	$154.82	$746	-1.58
505–525	517	7	140.00–148.00	$143.26	$741	-10.20
565–593	585	13	138.00–151.00	$143.28	$838	-7.59
633	633	7	138.00	$138.00	$874	-2.50
832	832	6	115.00	$115.00	$957	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–448	423	13	155.00–165.00	$159.08	$673	-18.81
499	499	5	158.00	$158.00	$788	—
521–540	527	10	145.00–153.00	$147.46	$777	-10.97
635	635	5	141.00	$141.00	$895	-4.00
660	660	5	135.00	$135.00	$891	—
799	799	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,039	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	8	162.00	$162.00	$807	—
515–533	526	12	141.00–155.00	$146.72	$772	—
589	589	8	138.00	$138.00	$813	—
627	627	5	140.00	$140.00	$878	—
914–915	914	8	117.50–122.00	$120.31	$1,100	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	382	6	162.50–167.00	$165.40	$632	—
505–540	527	5	131.00–138.00	$134.39	$708	—
555–595	568	4	120.00–137.00	$130.83	$743	—
680–685	683	2	131.00–132.50	$131.75	$900	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
614	614	11	159.00	$159.00	$976	-8.00
715	715	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,030	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	5	171.00	$171.00	$876	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	338	25	145.00–156.00	$150.62	$509	-3.63
351–395	367	22	142.50–152.00	$149.79	$550	-4.35
402–448	427	68	140.00–148.00	$144.44	$617	-6.09
450–499	475	123	130.00–144.00	$139.28	$662	-6.25
500–547	530	126	128.00–138.00	$133.55	$708	-5.95
550–596	575	85	126.00–138.00	$132.21	$760	-2.18
602–645	619	61	120.00–132.50	$128.58	$796	-4.70
655–693	668	74	120.00–130.00	$127.27	$850	-2.69
707–745	728	53	117.00–125.00	$122.46	$892	-6.37
751–776	755	63	120.00–125.00	$122.09	$922	+2.92
809–814	812	17	114.00–120.00	$116.46	$946	+1.70
867	867	9	116.00	$116.00	$1,006	—
922–942	929	21	112.00–113.00	$112.52	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–331	330	10	161.00–167.00	$165.82	$547	-3.40
358–392	373	19	156.00–160.00	$158.26	$590	-8.53
409–448	436	46	147.00–152.00	$150.27	$655	-6.87
451–488	469	40	146.00–159.00	$151.35	$710	-3.24
505–530	515	42	135.00–143.00	$141.25	$727	-8.42
558–575	564	15	141.00–142.00	$141.66	$799	-0.37
600–639	618	25	125.00–140.00	$134.13	$829	-10.22
650–669	662	38	132.00–134.50	$133.01	$881	—
714	714	12	130.00	$130.00	$928	-5.37
758	758	8	128.50	$128.50	$974	—
866	866	28	128.00	$128.00	$1,108	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–398	375	10	134.00–141.00	$138.41	$519	—
400–440	418	28	127.50–138.00	$133.77	$559	-3.15
450–499	480	25	131.00–139.00	$135.86	$652	-2.91
518–540	529	15	123.00–128.00	$126.37	$668	-8.82
550–598	575	27	120.00–128.00	$125.29	$720	-0.43
612–648	621	10	119.00–124.00	$121.47	$754	-3.55
650–697	670	23	112.00–123.50	$118.79	$796	—
805–830	813	3	109.00–110.00	$109.34	$889	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–415	410	8	149.00–150.00	$149.63	$613	—
539	539	8	140.00	$140.00	$755	—
578–580	579	12	131.00–135.00	$133.34	$772	-3.76
728	728	10	123.00	$123.00	$895	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	441	19	138.00–148.00	$139.59	$616	—
486	486	5	147.00	$147.00	$714	-0.20
523	523	5	135.00	$135.00	$706	—
648	648	9	122.50	$122.50	$794	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–492	467	8	120.00–128.00	$124.16	$580	—
520–525	524	4	117.50–122.50	$118.74	$622	-6.26
555	555	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$660	—
650–670	660	2	115.00	$115.00	$759	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–328	324	4	180.00–190.00	$184.94	$599	—
442–448	445	6	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$656	-16.89
468–493	482	9	141.00–151.00	$146.68	$707	-8.61
502–530	515	18	135.00–157.00	$145.87	$751	-7.65
552–580	570	8	120.00–130.00	$123.63	$705	-28.37
650–665	657	11	123.00–136.00	$129.60	$851	-2.89
702–708	704	8	113.00–120.00	$117.36	$826	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469–474	472	12	161.00–165.00	$163.68	$773	-13.32
518–530	525	9	147.50–151.00	$149.51	$785	-5.02
565–568	567	11	137.00–143.00	$139.72	$792	—
639	639	6	137.00	$137.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–402	401	5	148.00–155.00	$152.40	$611	—
491	491	5	151.00	$151.00	$741	—
512–530	521	6	146.00–147.50	$146.51	$763	-2.13
565–592	584	5	135.00–147.00	$143.65	$839	-2.25
602–648	620	11	122.50–136.00	$129.92	$806	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	160.00	$160.00	$600	-3.67
460–483	474	5	135.00–138.00	$136.17	$645	—
662	662	2	120.00	$120.00	$794	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–1130	787	85-90%	21	20.00–38.00	$29.12	$229	+2.73
665–1190	930	85-90%	62	38.00–48.00	$44.42	$413	-0.22
848–1325	1023	85-90%	124	47.50–59.50	$53.96	$552	—
855–1315	1075	85-90%	44	58.00–66.00	$60.18	$647	-3.37

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1340	1155	80-85%	25	66.00–78.00	$69.80	$806	—
970–1375	1156	80-85%	98	60.00–67.00	$63.32	$732	—
885–1380	1170	80-85%	39	54.00–61.00	$57.76	$676	-6.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1560	1394	75-80%	15	68.00–71.00	$69.44	$968	—
1200–1700	1397	75-80%	54	62.00–68.00	$64.34	$899	—
1160–1755	1400	75-80%	47	50.00–62.50	$58.97	$826	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2105	1532	29	68.00–89.00	$79.21	$1,213	—
1315–2325	1785	50	84.00–95.50	$89.49	$1,597	-8.77
1410–2225	1886	33	95.00–107.00	$99.35	$1,874	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
702–1175	872	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	75.00–95.00	$89.43	$780
780–1545	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	72.50–95.00	$83.03	$971

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1205	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	62.00–71.00	$64.76	$694

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
708–875	768	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	97.50–109.00	$101.88	$782
705–1015	802	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	72.50–92.50	$81.26	$652

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1045	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	61.00–71.00	$66.44	$589

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	950.00	$950.00
976–1410	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	875.00–1,200.00	$1,080.33
1105–1525	1216	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	850.00–900.00	$884.66

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–1200	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	450.00–850.00	$677.56
815–1075	998	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	500.00–850.00	$648.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1300	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	675.00–875.00	$812.10
1025–1225	1133	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	700.00–800.00	$739.46

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
575–710	656	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	325.00–475.00	$422.98

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1130	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–1,300.00	$1,001.44

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675–725	681	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	600.00–650.00	$643.75	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–758	733	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–750.00	$743.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1250	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,575.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	-12.50

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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.