Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

4,489 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.47/cwt +3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 521 lb · 182 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $137.67/cwt +4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,057/hd at 768 lb · 142 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.81/cwt +0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $675/hd at 476 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,489	3,721	5,088
Feeder cattle	3,226	2,856	4,045
Slaughter cattle	734	497	610
Replacement cattle	529	368	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher on light calves early week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–335	314	8	169.00–177.00	$175.04	$550	—
354–392	376	21	173.00–190.00	$182.78	$687	+13.75
410–438 thin fleshed	426	8	177.00–181.00	$179.53	$765	—
400–446	431	33	160.00–187.50	$175.72	$757	+9.93
450–488	465	53	160.00–183.00	$172.89	$804	+6.09
507 thin fleshed	507	3	169.00	$169.00	$857	-1.00
500–549	527	111	150.00–168.00	$160.67	$847	+2.94
553–585	567	51	150.00–157.00	$154.13	$874	-2.35
600–648	627	65	142.50–152.50	$147.72	$926	-0.81
650–662	658	18	142.00–148.00	$144.26	$949	+6.57
701–726	718	14	132.50–135.00	$133.38	$958	+0.14
750–769	768	142	132.00–138.00	$137.67	$1,057	+4.29
804–810	804	23	122.00–127.50	$127.26	$1,023	—
927	927	11	125.00	$125.00	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–332	326	9	162.50–175.00	$169.94	$554	+2.27
358–390	375	19	160.00–172.50	$167.58	$628	+1.25
400–445	421	28	150.00–170.00	$161.99	$682	+3.91
450–499	479	41	150.00–166.00	$157.89	$756	+1.34
501–540	511	39	142.00–156.00	$151.94	$776	+2.40
552–598	579	60	140.00–150.00	$145.17	$841	-4.52
600–644	627	93	128.00–143.00	$136.71	$857	-3.93
650–695	678	38	128.00–140.00	$133.95	$908	+0.26
703–743	724	47	122.00–131.00	$126.55	$916	-3.88
763–792	785	35	122.00–129.00	$125.42	$985	-0.57
841	841	58	123.25	$123.25	$1,037	+0.52
868–871	870	14	115.00–119.50	$118.54	$1,031	-2.96
919	919	11	122.00	$122.00	$1,121	+3.03
978	978	15	117.00	$117.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–388	387	6	152.50–158.00	$155.26	$601	+3.22
457–482	470	6	132.50–145.00	$138.92	$653	-6.68
550–585	571	27	128.00–140.00	$130.94	$748	+0.94
615	615	10	126.00	$126.00	$775	+9.00
654–693	671	14	122.00–128.00	$124.68	$837	+8.04

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	5	136.00	$136.00	$454	—
412–440	421	6	125.00–130.00	$128.26	$540	+0.76
460–475	465	3	127.50–132.00	$130.47	$607	—
512	512	13	118.00	$118.00	$604	—
633	633	3	118.00	$118.00	$747	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	170.00	$170.00	$748	—
473	473	5	169.00	$169.00	$799	—
578	578	6	157.00	$157.00	$907	+4.00
605	605	4	152.50	$152.50	$923	—
650	650	5	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	7	125.00	$125.00	$744	-24.00
665–681	677	15	127.00–135.00	$132.81	$899	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–388	378	12	148.00–155.00	$152.01	$575	—
406	406	9	160.00	$160.00	$650	-1.65

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	130.00	$130.00	$417	—
563	563	6	91.00	$91.00	$512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–331	322	10	157.50–161.00	$160.02	$515	+4.10
368–396	393	35	152.50–157.00	$155.78	$612	+2.78
408–448	424	48	140.00–152.00	$145.10	$615	+2.08
452–493	476	116	137.00–146.00	$141.81	$675	+0.23
500–549	521	182	130.00–143.00	$136.47	$711	+3.43
552–577	568	91	130.00–136.00	$131.90	$749	-1.37
600–635	628	18	125.00–128.00	$126.85	$797	+6.85
711–731	727	40	124.00–125.50	$125.21	$910	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	339	4	142.50–148.00	$144.10	$488	+4.10
352–392	371	55	135.00–150.00	$141.25	$524	-2.82
400–449	437	32	127.50–144.00	$137.41	$600	+1.94
455–498	482	87	128.00–140.00	$133.97	$646	+3.77
514–548	531	27	118.00–129.00	$126.29	$671	-0.82
550–596	576	75	120.00–129.00	$124.92	$720	-2.02
600–648	623	79	115.00–127.00	$122.25	$762	+2.23
657–685	677	28	115.00–123.00	$120.42	$815	+3.83
700–747	728	28	115.00–122.00	$118.90	$866	+6.77
760–799	774	45	113.50–120.50	$118.26	$915	+13.27
865	865	27	110.00	$110.00	$952	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	380	6	135.00–138.00	$136.42	$518	+16.42
470–488	481	9	122.00–127.00	$123.30	$593	+10.30
557–598	584	15	110.00–117.50	$113.75	$664	-1.39
623–644	635	7	100.00–110.00	$105.80	$672	+0.30
705–726	719	8	100.00–112.50	$101.53	$730	—
758–770	762	3	110.00–112.50	$111.66	$851	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	5	152.50	$152.50	$589	—
570–592	575	13	128.00–132.50	$131.43	$756	+8.43
671	671	7	125.00	$125.00	$839	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	468	23	115.00–120.00	$117.49	$550	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	135.00	$135.00	$667	—
520	520	8	133.00	$133.00	$692	+2.00
550	550	5	130.00	$130.00	$715	+3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
789	789	8	111.50	$111.50	$880	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	385	6	155.00–165.00	$159.70	$615	-7.30
453–495	477	15	120.00–153.00	$141.07	$673	-10.81
562–595	578	26	120.00–139.50	$131.74	$761	-0.10
605–648	629	25	110.00–132.00	$121.47	$764	-1.16
706–732	717	11	109.00–114.00	$111.20	$797	—
901–909	906	12	95.00–107.50	$102.32	$927	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	9	157.50–161.00	$159.83	$627	+2.33
400–422	412	17	150.00–160.00	$153.21	$631	+3.21
451–495	474	17	140.00–147.50	$144.57	$685	—
511	511	7	141.00	$141.00	$721	—
665–684	678	9	122.00–127.00	$123.64	$838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–580	571	9	124.00–134.00	$129.06	$737	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–1275	838	85-90%	6	16.00–30.00	$27.93	$234	—
665–1240	916	85-90%	49	38.00–48.00	$43.93	$402	—
780–1325	1044	85-90%	141	48.00–57.50	$53.18	$555	-0.44
890–1295	1069	85-90%	57	58.00–66.00	$60.04	$642	-1.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1465	1176	80-85%	40	52.00–61.00	$57.11	$672	+0.62
1005–1355	1182	80-85%	141	57.50–67.00	$62.89	$743	+6.40
1005–1425	1227	80-85%	17	68.00–75.00	$69.32	$851	-1.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1790	1442	75-80%	40	52.50–61.00	$59.14	$853	-5.59
1265–1865	1443	75-80%	107	58.00–68.00	$63.61	$918	-1.12
1220–1755	1486	75-80%	16	69.00–74.00	$70.02	$1,040	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1900	1433	18	70.00–87.00	$78.63	$1,127	—
1205–2280	1681	59	84.00–96.00	$89.67	$1,507	—
1595–2235	1853	25	87.50–110.00	$96.78	$1,793	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1025	836	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	77.50–100.00	$89.23	$746
728–1160	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	38	68.00–92.50	$77.18	$735

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1025	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	72.00–96.00	$80.04	$683
770–1080	933	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	82.50–90.00	$86.85	$810

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1245	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	56.00–69.00	$64.12	$667

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1105	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	56.00–67.50	$62.39	$568

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1067–1210	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	850.00–975.00	$867.62
928–1565	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	850.00–1,250.00	$1,077.91
1155–1320	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00–875.00	$843.18

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1170	967	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	475.00–825.00	$654.50
800–1185	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	500.00–900.00	$706.35

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–990	973	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$874.14
865–1215	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	950.00–1,300.00	$1,127.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1405	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	525.00–900.00	$770.07
1020–1262	1141	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	550.00–600.00	$572.35

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–735	685	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	300.00–450.00	$395.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–925	890	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	775.00–850.00	$826.97

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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
879–1350	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	58	1,425.00–1,700.00	$1,605.17	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1250–1295	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,210.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–950	884	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,050.00	$978.57	+178.57

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–790	733	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	525.00–850.00	$668.75	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	5	65.00	$65.00	$575	—

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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.