Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

3,721 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $156.48/cwt -2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $890/hd at 569 lb · 135 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.04/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $684/hd at 514 lb · 110 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.13/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 523 lb · 91 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,721	4,219	4,998
Feeder cattle	2,856	2,980	3,852
Slaughter cattle	497	644	523
Replacement cattle	368	595	623

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows early week steady to 1.00 higher, late week 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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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	340	3	167.00–168.00	$167.67	$570	-1.41
358–394	377	26	160.00–172.50	$166.33	$627	-2.36
400–448	432	42	151.00–162.50	$158.08	$683	-7.73
450–498	473	52	149.00–162.50	$156.55	$740	-4.82
503–529	514	32	143.00–152.50	$149.54	$769	-1.12
563–590	577	41	148.00–152.50	$149.69	$864	+2.65
602–640	616	43	138.00–147.50	$140.64	$866	+0.77
662–693	688	22	132.50–136.00	$133.69	$920	-3.31
706–743	722	39	127.00–134.00	$130.43	$942	+4.58
752–774	762	17	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$960	+1.42
808–843	828	26	118.00–124.00	$122.73	$1,016	-1.59
869	869	27	121.50	$121.50	$1,056	+1.67
925–949	929	70	113.50–120.25	$118.97	$1,105	—
1011–1020	1019	64	105.50–111.00	$110.49	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	376	22	167.00–174.00	$169.03	$636	-15.05
420–432	427	5	165.00–167.00	$165.79	$708	-10.85
476–499	486	27	160.00–175.00	$166.80	$811	-6.10
513 thin fleshed	513	3	170.00	$170.00	$872	—
502–549	523	88	153.00–170.00	$157.73	$825	-2.45
551–589	569	135	150.00–167.00	$156.48	$890	-2.49
611–642	619	18	145.00–150.00	$148.53	$919	+5.53
657–690	669	36	128.00–144.00	$137.69	$921	-5.33
700–747	713	45	120.00–136.00	$133.24	$950	-6.76
759–769	765	21	133.00–134.00	$133.38	$1,020	-1.18
868	868	6	117.50	$117.50	$1,020	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	140.00	$140.00	$477	-32.50
402–436	430	20	155.00–167.00	$161.65	$695	+1.20
512–540	523	13	120.00–150.00	$138.58	$725	-3.53
597	597	5	120.00	$120.00	$716	—
664–687	671	33	125.00–134.00	$127.79	$857	+0.79
702	702	6	122.50	$122.50	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	9	150.00	$150.00	$448	—
369–392	381	21	145.00–157.00	$152.04	$579	-5.07
457–459	458	10	145.00–147.00	$145.60	$667	-8.58
516	516	4	127.50	$127.50	$658	-12.54
565	565	3	130.00	$130.00	$734	-1.50
633	633	3	117.00	$117.00	$741	-17.00
645	645	3	131.00	$131.00	$845	-3.00
665–695	680	8	110.00–123.00	$116.64	$793	-12.53
888	888	5	109.00	$109.00	$968	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–438	431	8	145.00–158.00	$153.25	$661	—
581	581	5	149.00	$149.00	$866	—
627–636	632	14	131.00–137.00	$133.55	$844	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	3	127.50	$127.50	$544	-10.50
551	551	5	129.00	$129.00	$711	-1.82
866	866	7	113.00	$113.00	$979	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
762	762	10	103.50	$103.50	$789	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	8	153.00	$153.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–842	832	8	91.00–105.00	$96.14	$800	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	6	167.00	$167.00	$802	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	130.00	$130.00	$592	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–348	335	11	152.50–158.00	$155.92	$522	-3.90
365–383	373	11	152.00–154.00	$153.00	$571	-0.88
401–447	422	83	130.00–153.00	$143.02	$604	-3.75
451–495	466	60	132.50–146.00	$141.58	$660	-4.55
500–533	514	110	128.00–138.00	$133.04	$684	-2.00
552–585	576	36	130.00–135.00	$133.27	$768	-2.41
611	611	22	140.00	$140.00	$855	+4.30
632	632	5	120.00	$120.00	$758	-15.70
658	658	5	124.00	$124.00	$816	-2.00
820–844	843	49	115.00–118.25	$118.12	$996	—
995	995	2	93.00	$93.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	140.00	$140.00	$479	-7.78
362–399	389	32	139.00–148.00	$144.07	$560	-1.19
400–448	428	33	132.50–138.00	$135.47	$580	-3.61
450–490	472	41	120.00–137.00	$130.20	$615	-8.71
500–548	528	38	120.00–132.00	$127.11	$671	-4.62
553–585	567	79	117.00–128.00	$126.94	$720	-1.24
605–637	619	36	117.00–122.00	$120.02	$743	-5.37
639	639	8	100.00	$100.00	$639	-25.39
652–690	679	44	114.00–121.00	$116.59	$792	-3.77
703–720	708	12	110.50–114.00	$112.13	$794	-6.82
750–765	761	4	104.00–108.00	$104.99	$799	-14.58
896	896	5	95.00	$95.00	$851	—
1115	1115	5	86.00	$86.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	6	140.00	$140.00	$344	—
278	278	6	130.00	$130.00	$361	—
319	319	5	135.00	$135.00	$431	—
358	358	5	120.00	$120.00	$430	—
493	493	3	113.00	$113.00	$557	-16.58
502	502	4	115.00	$115.00	$577	-0.71
565–598	576	11	105.00–117.50	$115.14	$663	-4.49
610–632	626	12	105.00–107.00	$105.50	$660	-11.67
651–685	659	17	107.00–112.50	$110.30	$727	-3.18

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–526	517	10	131.00	$131.00	$677	—
574	574	19	127.00	$127.00	$729	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	7	127.50	$127.50	$602	—
532	532	13	135.00	$135.00	$718	—
580	580	2	123.00	$123.00	$713	—
787	787	3	102.50	$102.50	$807	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–383	376	16	132.50–135.00	$134.25	$505	-0.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–492	484	6	120.00–136.00	$128.14	$620	—
690–695	693	8	112.00–113.00	$112.63	$781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	115.00	$115.00	$575	—
581	581	4	105.00	$105.00	$610	—
601	601	4	105.00	$105.00	$631	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	75.00	$75.00	$270	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	2	87.50	$87.50	$542	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	4	167.00	$167.00	$636	—
410–435	426	10	145.00–149.00	$147.33	$628	-8.67
427 thin fleshed	427	3	169.00	$169.00	$722	—
454–490	470	25	148.00–156.50	$151.88	$714	-6.86
500–538	519	7	143.00–151.00	$149.60	$776	-5.19
558–592	572	32	115.00–137.00	$131.84	$754	+4.79
609–640	628	18	121.00–123.50	$122.63	$770	-3.61
655–698	682	8	116.00–120.00	$117.44	$801	—
772–790	782	12	92.00–106.00	$99.89	$781	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	10	157.50	$157.50	$617	—
418	418	13	150.00	$150.00	$627	-2.66
605–606	606	7	130.00–135.00	$132.86	$805	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1395	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,202.20	-306.20

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1170	969	85-90%	10	30.00–40.00	$34.03	$330	—
755–1190	982	85-90%	33	40.00–50.00	$44.53	$437	—
775–1350	1041	85-90%	82	50.00–58.00	$53.62	$558	-7.20
925–1285	1050	85-90%	38	56.00–66.00	$61.05	$641	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1435	1198	80-85%	40	50.00–61.00	$56.49	$677	-6.92
965–1395	1202	80-85%	77	57.00–68.00	$63.56	$764	—
1040–1385	1206	80-85%	19	68.00–78.00	$70.61	$852	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1585	1376	75-80%	22	57.00–63.00	$60.87	$838	+1.03
1220–1805	1410	75-80%	36	58.00–69.00	$64.73	$913	—
1350–1930	1559	75-80%	6	69.00–74.00	$71.34	$1,112	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1885	1478	25	60.00–85.00	$78.07	$1,154	—
1245–2140	1561	40	85.00–98.00	$91.58	$1,430	—
1325–2280	1767	20	95.00–107.00	$101.01	$1,785	+1.85

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–970	873	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	85.00–107.50	$91.67	$800
755–1200	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	70.00–93.00	$78.93	$736

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1160	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	52.00–68.00	$60.59	$548

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1308	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	53.00–72.00	$62.34	$716

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–970	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	69.00–90.00	$79.06	$670

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1330	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	850.00–925.00	$872.57
990–1375	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	900.00–1,125.00	$1,055.56
1315–1355	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$900.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1260	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	625.00–875.00	$809.02
1086	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	650.00	$650.00
1030–1295	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	600.00–900.00	$800.45

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1185	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	525.00–850.00	$709.36
905–1015	969	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	500.00–775.00	$636.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1125	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–875.00	$860.36
830–1305	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	825.00–1,175.00	$939.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–901	881	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	750.00–850.00	$819.88

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
758–900	801	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	650.00–925.00	$783.33	+38.33
892	892	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	-72.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1050	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,375.00	$1,262.50	—
800–1230	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,379.17	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
865–1105	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	950.00–1,125.00	$1,035.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–898	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,150.00–1,425.00	$1,357.50	—

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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.