Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

4,219 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.57/cwt -2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 778 lb · 96 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.77/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 424 lb · 94 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.73/cwt -1.82 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 529 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,219	4,405	4,608
Feeder cattle	2,980	3,434	3,623
Slaughter cattle	644	654	449
Replacement cattle	595	317	536

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower, spots up to 10.00 lower early week. Slaughter cows and 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
340–342	341	11	165.00–172.50	$169.08	$577	-14.52
352–390	368	43	165.00–182.50	$168.69	$621	-6.55
405–445	425	35	160.00–169.00	$165.81	$705	-3.75
450–495	477	57	150.00–166.00	$161.37	$770	-5.02
513–545	536	38	148.00–158.00	$150.66	$808	-6.95
551–597	572	82	140.00–157.00	$147.04	$841	-7.09
600–648	626	30	132.50–147.50	$139.87	$876	-2.60
667–699	680	33	135.50–139.00	$137.00	$932	-4.29
719–745	731	13	123.00–131.00	$125.85	$920	-11.47
768–783	776	35	120.00–125.00	$124.57	$967	-4.72
816–846	833	12	122.00–126.00	$124.32	$1,036	-3.78
852–891	874	20	113.00–121.00	$119.83	$1,047	-5.17

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	368	12	177.50–188.00	$184.08	$677	-0.85
418–440	429	11	175.00–180.00	$176.64	$758	-6.60
451–486	473	35	169.00–177.00	$172.90	$818	-6.79
505–534	516	69	155.00–167.00	$160.18	$827	-4.09
553–596	562	64	153.00–165.00	$158.97	$893	-5.18
616	616	18	143.00	$143.00	$881	-11.87
656–661	658	26	142.50–144.00	$143.02	$941	-7.77
732	732	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,025	-4.88
755–763	761	42	133.50–138.00	$134.56	$1,024	-9.44
905–915	905	79	124.00–127.00	$126.88	$1,148	+4.01
1091	1091	43	116.50	$116.50	$1,271	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	386	12	140.00–172.50	$157.11	$606	-3.49
400–428	412	11	150.00–165.00	$155.57	$641	+3.69
463–492	475	27	146.00–157.00	$154.18	$732	-0.64
525–546	542	18	137.00–148.00	$140.04	$759	-3.22
580–590	587	24	125.00–135.00	$131.50	$772	-11.78
628	628	6	134.00	$134.00	$842	-4.00
660–697	691	7	127.50–134.00	$129.17	$893	—
745	745	8	124.00	$124.00	$924	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	7	172.50	$172.50	$571	—
369–389	379	10	155.00–160.00	$157.43	$597	—
419–439	430	21	155.00–168.00	$160.45	$690	+1.37
470–495	483	8	145.00–152.50	$148.65	$718	-9.35
516–540	530	5	139.00–147.00	$142.11	$753	-5.35
665	665	9	127.00	$127.00	$845	-8.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	5	142.50	$142.50	$482	—
423	423	6	138.00	$138.00	$584	—
565–575	572	3	130.00–132.50	$130.82	$748	-0.01

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	318	17	140.00–152.50	$147.78	$470	-2.84
358–399	378	37	139.00–152.00	$145.26	$549	-4.53
402–448	434	39	132.50–144.00	$139.08	$604	-5.36
452–496	478	70	131.00–141.00	$138.91	$664	-0.37
500–549	529	83	128.00–134.00	$131.73	$697	-1.82
552–599	580	41	125.00–130.00	$128.18	$743	-4.03
600–649	643	83	120.00–127.00	$125.39	$806	-3.19
656–692	668	45	119.50–124.00	$120.36	$804	-6.91
700–738	725	34	112.00–123.00	$118.95	$862	-3.51
773–791	778	96	115.00–121.00	$119.57	$930	-2.52
803–845	816	20	112.50–121.50	$115.30	$941	-1.16
850–854	854	43	113.00–116.50	$116.26	$993	+0.26

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	335	20	155.00–164.00	$159.82	$535	-6.00
360–369	366	10	153.00–156.00	$153.88	$563	-4.38
404–445	424	94	142.00–157.00	$146.77	$622	-3.50
455–488	466	78	141.00–148.00	$146.13	$681	-5.22
505–546	525	33	134.00–138.00	$135.04	$709	-6.21
576 unweaned	576	11	128.00	$128.00	$737	—
565–592	583	9	135.00–136.00	$135.68	$791	-5.98
602–644	635	47	130.00–138.00	$135.70	$862	+1.57
692	692	5	126.00	$126.00	$872	-7.01
728–731	730	10	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$916	-4.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	6	122.50	$122.50	$495	-11.27
475–495	486	15	123.00–138.00	$129.58	$630	-6.28
528–543	535	22	110.00–125.00	$115.71	$619	-10.66
550–595	573	19	116.00–126.00	$119.63	$685	-5.66
602–643	639	49	108.00–118.50	$117.17	$749	-4.30
687–697	692	6	111.00–116.00	$113.48	$785	-5.31
848	848	3	105.50	$105.50	$895	-3.84
902–915	912	14	93.00–95.00	$94.58	$863	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	8	135.00	$135.00	$508	—
445	445	5	139.00	$139.00	$619	-0.59
480	480	5	136.00	$136.00	$653	-11.00
606	606	7	120.00	$120.00	$727	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–343	340	9	125.00–130.00	$128.32	$436	—
555	555	4	113.00–117.50	$116.38	$646	-2.62

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	145.00	$145.00	$689	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	422	24	150.00–159.00	$152.66	$644	—
462–498	488	14	155.00	$155.00	$756	-8.68
512–542	528	17	138.00–147.00	$143.50	$758	-6.01
555–560	558	7	141.00–146.00	$143.13	$799	+3.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	6	156.00	$156.00	$696	+8.48
455–462	460	4	158.00–161.00	$158.74	$730	+12.06
500–528	519	6	148.00–158.00	$154.79	$803	+8.92
573–588	582	11	119.00–130.00	$127.05	$739	+3.42
604–625	615	15	122.00–143.00	$126.24	$776	—
702–743	717	8	108.00–116.50	$113.20	$812	-4.16
939–940	939	7	80.00	$80.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	4	169.00	$169.00	$608	—
555–590	574	16	137.50–144.00	$139.73	$802	-3.92

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
913	913	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	840.00	$840.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–395	371	4	150.00–154.00	$151.06	$560	-8.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160–1755	1358	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,250.00–1,850.00	$1,508.40	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–1090	791	85-90%	15	20.00–40.00	$31.67	$251	+2.55
700–1205	949	85-90%	36	38.00–47.50	$43.40	$412	-1.02
755–1315	1020	85-90%	141	47.50–58.00	$53.76	$548	-0.20
795–1220	1032	85-90%	72	56.00–65.00	$60.82	$628	+6.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1365	1155	80-85%	40	54.00–62.00	$57.64	$666	-12.16
915–1280	1160	80-85%	27	67.00–74.00	$69.06	$801	+5.74
930–1440	1167	80-85%	105	60.00–67.00	$63.41	$740	+5.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1765	1378	75-80%	58	52.00–63.00	$59.84	$825	-9.60
1320–1430	1379	75-80%	7	69.00–72.00	$70.28	$969	+0.84
1200–1985	1399	75-80%	54	63.00–69.00	$64.88	$908	+0.54

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–2280	1433	23	70.00–85.00	$80.06	$1,147	—
1225–2310	1670	18	85.00–95.00	$89.14	$1,489	—
1245–2080	1764	13	94.00–104.00	$99.16	$1,749	+9.67

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–1070	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	53.00–72.50	$61.53	$519

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–920	782	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	80.00–105.00	$94.96	$743
680–1015	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	72.50–90.00	$80.17	$682

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
724–1015	915	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	85.00–105.00	$93.98	$860
820–1250	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	70.00–80.00	$74.18	$746

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1220	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	58.00–70.00	$63.42	$651

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1142–1260	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	850.00–1,000.00	$935.50
1190–1239	1229	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	875.00–1,000.00	$899.20
1015–1565	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	88	800.00–1,350.00	$1,140.48

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1195	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	74	500.00–875.00	$720.00
710–1165	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	550.00–800.00	$724.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1169–1210	1177	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00
935–1370	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	45	675.00–900.00	$823.95

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1315	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	900.00–1,025.00	$949.93

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
525–835	713	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	300.00–500.00	$419.74

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–925	899	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	750.00–825.00	$797.59

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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
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1015–1413	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	1,250.00–1,600.00	$1,503.21	—
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755–990	823	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–800.00	$745.00	—
775–1025	884	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	750.00–1,000.00	$872.73	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1355	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,101.92	-48.08

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1110	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,277.78	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–840	779	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	400.00–600.00	$543.75	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	39	81.00	$81.00	$271	—
407–440	428	8	55.00–62.50	$57.68	$247	—
523	523	5	62.50	$62.50	$327	—
551–581	558	18	55.00–72.00	$68.06	$380	—
699	699	8	50.00	$50.00	$350	—

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
174	174	15	150.00	$150.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	13	102.50	$102.50	$259	—
359	359	22	106.00	$106.00	$381	—

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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.