Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

5,671 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.77/cwt +4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,004/hd at 617 lb · 246 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.93/cwt +2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $957/hd at 580 lb · 184 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.54/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 574 lb · 183 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,671	5,724	6,094
Feeder cattle	4,749	4,589	5,224
Slaughter cattle	601	619	501
Replacement cattle	321	516	369

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, heifers sold 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	6	177.50–188.00	$181.28	$589	-1.97
350–385	364	10	172.00–190.00	$182.37	$664	+3.27
400–436	425	36	165.00–182.00	$176.44	$750	+3.46
451–495	473	59	166.00–184.00	$176.14	$833	+0.41
508–528 fancy	517	7	173.00–175.00	$174.12	$900	+1.62
500–535	522	102	158.00–172.00	$168.14	$878	-0.85
550–599	580	184	159.00–168.00	$164.93	$957	+2.67
602–647	617	246	150.00–168.00	$162.77	$1,004	+4.52
650–681	669	104	132.50–156.00	$148.01	$990	-1.11
700–746	735	112	127.50–146.00	$142.01	$1,044	+3.22
752–774	760	25	139.00–140.00	$139.67	$1,061	—
802–804	804	22	133.00–139.00	$133.82	$1,076	—
861–865	863	126	133.25–136.00	$134.56	$1,161	—
1024–1033	1030	87	122.50–124.25	$123.06	$1,268	+9.06
1110–1149	1135	17	115.00–116.00	$115.35	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–342	334	4	166.00–168.00	$166.97	$558	+1.48
360–382	372	18	160.00–177.00	$171.03	$636	+7.10
400–445	413	39	157.50–175.00	$166.50	$688	+3.37
455–499	475	90	152.50–171.00	$164.00	$779	+2.26
500–546	526	148	140.00–164.00	$160.23	$843	+6.23
553–595	570	66	144.00–157.00	$151.04	$861	+3.07
600–642	618	85	135.00–152.00	$145.08	$897	+3.53
659–699	675	74	129.00–145.00	$135.74	$916	+3.78
705–740	713	40	120.00–137.50	$133.72	$953	+3.98
750–772	764	20	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$974	+1.09
810–842	831	62	120.00–130.00	$126.31	$1,050	—
850–892	885	66	126.50–128.00	$126.74	$1,122	+1.43
942	942	12	125.50	$125.50	$1,182	—
991	991	12	118.50	$118.50	$1,174	—
1009	1009	37	118.50	$118.50	$1,196	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	10	162.50	$162.50	$562	—
436–439	438	15	150.00–156.00	$153.47	$672	+13.25
450–497	474	15	150.00–155.00	$152.97	$725	+5.88
515–544	530	43	135.00–148.00	$143.54	$761	+3.55
567–587	578	20	120.00–135.00	$128.14	$741	-6.82
605–645	630	61	123.00–138.00	$134.97	$850	+9.59
673–684	678	25	125.00	$125.00	$848	-1.48
758	758	6	119.00	$119.00	$902	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	9	179.00	$179.00	$754	—
489	489	13	172.00	$172.00	$841	-2.18
515	515	22	167.00	$167.00	$860	+1.00
587	587	11	162.00	$162.00	$951	-3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	5	150.00	$150.00	$650	—
588–595	594	34	142.00–143.50	$143.28	$851	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
707	707	5	140.00	$140.00	$990	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	333	5	142.00–142.50	$142.40	$474	-7.84
351–398	375	21	142.00–150.00	$145.24	$545	+0.43
402–446	429	26	128.00–147.00	$139.47	$598	-2.50
455–498	476	79	130.00–145.00	$137.24	$653	+0.41
502–549	533	105	120.00–138.50	$134.19	$715	+3.41
552–599	574	183	120.00–136.00	$130.54	$749	+0.33
600–645	623	131	117.00–131.00	$126.29	$787	+0.77
651–693	682	59	120.00–130.50	$127.87	$872	+6.50
709–737	716	20	115.00–121.00	$117.87	$844	-1.94
769–799	776	24	113.00–117.00	$115.77	$898	+0.27
853–862	855	17	106.00–111.50	$110.20	$942	—
1015	1015	11	90.00	$90.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–330	309	9	153.00–165.00	$159.97	$494	—
350–386	376	32	152.00–157.00	$154.03	$579	+1.53
400–442	423	66	139.00–151.00	$147.22	$623	-3.87
450–472	460	56	142.50–148.00	$145.42	$669	+0.22
504–544	519	78	131.00–146.00	$139.49	$724	-1.38
551–576	559	89	130.00–143.50	$140.78	$787	-0.48
600–645	621	101	125.00–145.00	$134.57	$836	+2.25
654–692	686	84	131.00–136.00	$135.38	$929	-4.62
705–735	722	46	120.00–126.00	$123.93	$895	-1.71
751–782	770	50	120.00–125.00	$121.95	$939	+1.95
804–809	806	67	123.00–125.00	$124.37	$1,002	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–443	421	25	147.00–157.00	$152.35	$641	—
481–485	482	21	139.00–143.00	$142.04	$685	-2.96
525	525	23	140.00	$140.00	$735	—
558–580	570	21	135.00–136.00	$135.19	$771	+2.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	135.00	$135.00	$479	—
428	428	6	130.00	$130.00	$556	+4.30
653–670	660	16	107.00–119.00	$113.73	$751	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–525	521	21	120.00–133.00	$131.13	$683	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471–480	474	8	135.00–148.00	$139.93	$663	—
521	521	7	132.50	$132.50	$690	+5.94
644	644	5	125.00	$125.00	$805	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	178.00	$178.00	$587	—
350–378	374	10	162.50–176.00	$168.38	$630	—
420–440	431	9	158.00–162.00	$158.89	$685	+5.01
450–488	472	41	145.00–164.00	$153.18	$723	-6.31
508–543	526	45	145.00–159.00	$152.07	$800	—
567–596	585	8	136.00–138.00	$136.73	$800	+3.73
605–645	630	18	132.00–138.00	$133.73	$842	-9.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–383	377	10	140.00–163.00	$146.37	$552	—
468–488	478	13	136.00–157.00	$145.74	$697	+7.43
515–548	530	32	130.00–155.00	$141.53	$750	+5.25
560–572	566	6	127.00–130.00	$128.48	$727	+3.70
618–635	627	6	127.00–135.00	$131.05	$822	—
659–679	667	12	120.00–130.00	$126.36	$843	+6.78
723–739	730	15	113.00–118.00	$116.55	$851	—
761–788	772	11	108.00–111.00	$109.65	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1195	1078	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,165.98	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1235	844	85-90%	9	17.00–36.00	$28.07	$237	—
705–1390	909	85-90%	36	40.00–48.00	$44.55	$405	—
670–1335	1024	85-90%	90	48.00–59.00	$54.79	$561	—
775–1265	1035	85-90%	75	57.50–69.00	$62.61	$648	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1335	1158	80-85%	46	52.00–63.00	$59.33	$687	+2.68
915–1390	1184	80-85%	106	61.00–69.00	$65.25	$773	+1.19
1005–1355	1208	80-85%	29	69.00–76.00	$71.08	$859	+3.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1700	1373	75-80%	34	50.00–63.00	$59.94	$823	—
1210–1730	1430	75-80%	18	70.00–76.00	$72.88	$1,042	+12.95
1220–1760	1460	75-80%	54	62.00–70.00	$66.62	$973	-4.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1920	1426	26	65.00–92.00	$81.47	$1,162	+3.11
1175–2190	1638	41	86.00–97.00	$92.79	$1,520	+2.75
1500–2190	1780	29	97.00–107.00	$101.62	$1,809	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–860	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	79.00–112.50	$98.63	$769
770–1110	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	70.00–94.00	$81.47	$763

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–973	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	82.50–106.00	$97.81	$908
875–1178	1056	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	75.00–117.50	$84.01	$887

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1510	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	59.00–72.50	$65.02	$759

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1070	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	59.00–69.00	$64.10	$582

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1124	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	850.00	$850.00
1150–1305	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	875.00–1,025.00	$940.09
1125–1415	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	72	900.00–1,250.00	$1,072.40

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–1200	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	525.00–825.00	$685.86
850–1200	977	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	375.00–800.00	$586.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1295	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	750.00–875.00	$816.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1255	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	850.00–1,025.00	$901.53

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–865	792	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	200.00–450.00	$370.37

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–885	823	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	800.00–825.00	$805.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–760	753	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$616.81

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–1010	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,000.00	$900.00	+150.00
921–1008	946	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	825.00–1,025.00	$866.07	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1156	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1150–1175	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,433.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1200	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,250.00	$1,083.33	-1.05

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,366.67	-148.71

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
751	751	11	69.00	$69.00	$518	—

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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.