Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

5,724 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.26/cwt +8.13 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 574 lb · 474 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $158.25/cwt +10.53 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 619 lb · 354 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.26/cwt +9.36 vs last sale · ≈ $795/hd at 563 lb · 258 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,724	4,489	7,685
Feeder cattle	4,589	3,226	6,633
Slaughter cattle	619	734	599
Replacement cattle	516	529	453

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	318	12	175.00–191.00	$183.25	$583	+8.21
358–385	377	16	172.50–185.00	$179.10	$675	-3.68
410–445	427	50	161.00–180.00	$172.98	$739	-2.74
450–498	468	86	165.00–183.00	$175.73	$822	+2.84
483–493 thin fleshed	488	12	178.00–180.00	$179.01	$874	—
512–515 fancy	513	12	172.50	$172.50	$885	—
500–547	522	184	152.50–177.00	$168.99	$882	+8.32
550–597	574	474	150.00–173.00	$162.26	$931	+8.13
604–640	619	354	142.50–161.00	$158.25	$980	+10.53
653–690	660	110	144.00–153.50	$149.12	$984	+4.86
703–743	725	88	136.00–144.00	$138.79	$1,006	+5.41
846	846	58	135.50	$135.50	$1,146	—
1040	1040	10	114.00	$114.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	10	160.00–171.00	$165.49	$538	-4.45
362–395	381	14	160.00–167.50	$163.93	$625	-3.65
402–449	428	74	150.00–172.00	$163.13	$698	+1.14
450–498	472	110	150.00–168.50	$161.74	$763	+3.85
501–545	518	69	142.00–160.00	$154.00	$798	+2.06
550–594	579	82	140.00–155.00	$147.97	$857	+2.80
603–648	624	101	130.00–151.00	$141.55	$883	+4.84
650–698	675	85	128.00–140.00	$131.96	$891	-1.99
703–725	713	23	125.00–131.00	$129.74	$925	+3.19
754–788	773	30	120.00–130.00	$126.40	$977	+0.98
864–890	872	10	125.00–126.00	$125.31	$1,093	+6.77
1092	1092	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	364	11	152.50–157.50	$155.78	$567	+0.52
410–435	426	6	136.00–146.00	$140.22	$597	—
450–490	483	14	140.00–150.00	$147.09	$710	+8.17
520–545	536	13	134.00–145.00	$139.99	$750	—
569–599	581	35	128.00–139.00	$134.96	$784	+4.02
600–620	606	12	119.00–132.00	$125.38	$760	-0.62
670–682	676	6	124.00–129.00	$126.48	$855	+1.80

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	5	160.00	$160.00	$584	—
457–493	469	13	150.00–165.00	$155.97	$731	—
538	538	5	133.00	$133.00	$716	—
615–616	615	17	129.00–130.00	$129.71	$798	—
697	697	5	132.50	$132.50	$924	-0.31
745	745	8	130.00	$130.00	$968	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	7	175.00	$175.00	$620	—
476–497	489	21	166.00–179.00	$174.18	$852	—
541	541	6	166.00	$166.00	$898	—
591	591	6	165.00	$165.00	$975	—
651	651	9	149.00	$149.00	$970	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	10	176.00	$176.00	$876	+7.00
678–688	681	9	145.00–149.00	$147.65	$1,005	+7.65

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	5	165.00	$165.00	$790	—
520	520	6	137.00	$137.00	$712	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	152.50	$152.50	$535	—
400–449	428	135	140.00–161.00	$151.09	$647	+5.99
451–497	473	132	138.00–151.00	$145.20	$687	+3.39
500–546	525	201	131.00–147.50	$140.87	$740	+4.40
550–595	563	258	130.00–146.50	$141.26	$795	+9.36
602–638	618	40	126.00–136.00	$132.32	$818	+5.47
651–656	651	56	130.00–145.00	$140.00	$911	—
704–721	716	38	123.50–131.00	$125.64	$900	+0.43
751	751	34	120.00	$120.00	$901	—
908–916	914	35	113.50–117.00	$114.49	$1,046	—
1104	1104	4	100.00	$100.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–342	328	16	145.00–155.00	$150.24	$493	+6.14
355–395	380	36	140.00–149.00	$144.81	$550	+3.56
407–442	420	30	138.00–145.00	$141.97	$596	+4.56
450–499	484	100	128.00–142.00	$136.83	$662	+2.86
502–548	532	47	125.00–137.00	$130.78	$696	+4.49
560–598	578	175	120.00–133.00	$130.21	$753	+5.29
600–648	626	110	117.00–132.00	$125.52	$786	+3.27
654–692	673	69	114.00–127.00	$121.37	$817	+0.95
714–736	722	21	117.50–122.00	$119.81	$865	+0.91
777	777	7	115.50	$115.50	$897	-2.76
838	838	6	114.00	$114.00	$955	—
960–968	963	8	90.00–105.00	$99.35	$957	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	15	145.00	$145.00	$722	+10.00
560–571	566	19	129.00–137.00	$133.02	$753	+3.02
642	642	5	129.00	$129.00	$828	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	137.00	$137.00	$603	—
508–546	530	17	120.00–133.00	$126.56	$671	—
882	882	7	110.00	$110.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	138.00	$138.00	$466	—
445–447	446	5	120.00–127.50	$125.70	$561	—
465–495	479	14	121.00–127.50	$125.18	$600	+1.88
696	696	5	105.00	$105.00	$731	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	14	123.00	$123.00	$854	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–524	516	8	134.00–137.00	$135.10	$697	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–430	420	9	142.50–152.50	$146.14	$614	—
469–485	478	9	137.00–140.00	$138.31	$661	-2.76
542–546	544	7	135.00–138.00	$136.28	$741	—
552–598	574	11	120.00–129.00	$124.78	$716	-6.96
692–695	693	10	110.00–126.00	$119.58	$829	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	431	13	152.50–155.00	$153.88	$663	+0.67
470–488	479	4	159.00–160.00	$159.49	$764	+14.92
597	597	7	133.00	$133.00	$794	—
608	608	5	143.00	$143.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1011–1095	1033	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,200.00–1,850.00	$1,367.46	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–985	800	85-90%	7	27.00–39.00	$33.34	$267	—
660–1190	879	85-90%	38	35.00–48.00	$43.81	$385	—
735–1390	998	85-90%	82	47.00–58.00	$53.70	$536	—
780–1280	1071	85-90%	71	57.50–65.00	$61.63	$660	+1.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1415	1172	80-85%	27	50.00–59.00	$56.65	$664	-0.46
1020–1615	1194	80-85%	107	59.00–68.00	$64.06	$765	+1.17
940–1385	1213	80-85%	59	60.00–75.00	$68.06	$826	-1.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1204–1910	1423	75-80%	39	52.00–63.00	$59.93	$853	+0.79
1260–1860	1449	75-80%	69	58.00–70.00	$65.70	$952	+2.09
1260–1645	1460	75-80%	27	69.00–77.00	$71.35	$1,042	+1.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1885	1436	8	69.00–85.00	$78.36	$1,125	-0.27
1330–2095	1647	49	85.00–99.00	$90.04	$1,483	—
1435–2190	1802	29	95.00–108.00	$98.83	$1,781	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–1095	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	48.00–70.00	$58.30	$501

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–775	732	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	95.00–107.50	$99.41	$728
735–1350	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	69.00–86.00	$77.87	$778

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–985	782	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	70.00–82.50	$77.18	$604

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1275	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	50.00–70.00	$62.45	$676

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1215	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–975.00	$958.62
1030–1535	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	700.00–1,250.00	$1,029.88
1374–1377	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	950.00–1,000.00	$958.84

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1140	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	525.00–850.00	$686.56
935–1030	982	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	575.00–675.00	$621.52

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1173	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	850.00–1,025.00	$919.81
1025–1125	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$845.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1387	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	675.00–900.00	$789.58
1170–1250	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	750.00–850.00	$813.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1296	1280	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	64	850.00–935.00	$926.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–855	739	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	600.00–750.00	$674.49

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1200	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,084.38	—
1120–1285	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1125	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,350.00–1,625.00	$1,507.14	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–990	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,325.00–1,600.00	$1,515.38	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00	$750.00	—
845–1075	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	700.00–1,275.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	4	77.00–77.50	$77.25	$342	—
537	537	3	74.00	$74.00	$397	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	3	82.50	$82.50	$535	—
690	690	3	80.00	$80.00	$552	—

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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.