Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

4,476 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.24/cwt -4.54 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 567 lb · 204 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.80/cwt -3.77 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 628 lb · 162 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.58/cwt -4.35 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 578 lb · 153 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,476	5,671	6,889
Feeder cattle	3,654	4,749	5,946
Slaughter cattle	469	601	585
Replacement cattle	353	321	358

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeders were mixed with early week sales steady to 6.00 lower except yearling heifers which sold steady to 3.00 higher. Late week sales sold steady to 6.00 higher. slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	314	11	180.00–186.00	$182.52	$573	+1.24
356–385	362	18	172.00–182.50	$177.07	$641	-5.30
400–445	423	39	165.00–180.00	$175.82	$744	-0.62
452–498	472	33	165.00–182.00	$175.87	$830	-0.27
500–549	521	90	159.00–176.00	$167.99	$875	-0.15
550–597	578	153	156.00–168.50	$160.58	$928	-4.35
601–641	625	148	151.00–165.00	$157.40	$984	-5.37
655 thin fleshed	655	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,009	—
651–681	663	81	135.00–150.00	$143.30	$950	-4.71
702–729	713	34	131.00–140.00	$136.25	$971	-5.76
734 thin fleshed	734	68	148.50	$148.50	$1,090	—
761	761	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,035	-3.67
829–840	833	6	123.00–125.00	$123.67	$1,030	-10.15
872	872	59	132.75	$132.75	$1,158	-1.81
902	902	21	124.25	$124.25	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	170.00	$170.00	$570	+3.03
354–396	382	23	167.50–174.00	$171.09	$654	+0.06
412–440	431	26	154.00–170.00	$165.00	$711	-1.50
452–491	470	55	156.00–165.00	$159.38	$749	-4.62
504–540	519	71	146.00–160.00	$153.44	$796	-6.79
559–597	582	125	145.00–158.00	$148.70	$865	-2.34
600–642	628	62	135.00–150.00	$142.55	$895	-2.53
650–699	680	49	127.00–139.00	$133.98	$911	-1.76
702–745	724	31	122.00–136.00	$129.01	$934	-4.71
750–782	756	42	122.50–128.00	$126.63	$957	-0.86
871	871	17	122.50	$122.50	$1,067	-4.24
978	978	18	115.00	$115.00	$1,125	-3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–445	425	21	145.00–152.50	$151.16	$642	-2.31
469–485	477	6	144.00–154.00	$148.92	$710	-4.05
518–522	520	7	145.00–147.00	$146.14	$760	+2.60
553–572	565	16	132.00–141.00	$136.10	$769	+7.96
663	663	6	136.00	$136.00	$902	+11.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	17	163.00	$163.00	$712	—
451–496	473	13	145.00–147.00	$145.86	$690	—
540	540	11	152.50	$152.50	$824	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	6	146.00	$146.00	$708	—
519	519	12	152.50	$152.50	$791	—
580–598	594	17	140.00–144.00	$140.92	$837	-2.36

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581–598	583	14	140.00–153.00	$151.10	$881	—
602	602	2	140.00	$140.00	$843	—
659	659	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,008	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531	531	9	162.00	$162.00	$860	-5.00
605	605	7	150.00	$150.00	$908	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	5	150.00	$150.00	$531	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
721	721	5	90.00	$90.00	$649	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–328	313	8	159.00–171.00	$164.41	$515	+4.44
368–392	383	9	150.00–154.00	$152.24	$583	-1.79
400–448	426	63	141.00–154.00	$146.11	$622	-1.11
450–498	469	79	140.00–149.00	$142.59	$669	-2.83
500–547	523	121	132.00–145.00	$136.77	$715	-2.72
552–590	566	198	130.00–140.00	$136.07	$770	-4.71
588 fancy	588	6	142.00	$142.00	$835	—
603–645	627	153	124.00–137.00	$131.08	$822	-3.49
643 unweaned	643	9	126.00	$126.00	$810	—
651–680	677	125	127.00–132.50	$131.51	$890	-3.87
708	708	13	131.00	$131.00	$927	+7.07
759–765	761	109	123.50–127.00	$125.77	$957	+3.82
853	853	17	120.00	$120.00	$1,024	—
1005	1005	3	85.00	$85.00	$854	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	9	150.00	$150.00	$512	+7.60
360–395	389	20	145.00–147.00	$146.45	$570	+1.21
400–445	433	37	131.00–141.00	$138.33	$599	-1.14
450–494	477	86	127.00–141.00	$135.44	$646	-1.80
502–549	521	97	124.00–134.00	$130.52	$680	-3.67
554–597	568	89	120.00–132.00	$128.15	$728	-2.39
602–644	623	60	115.00–127.00	$122.50	$763	-3.79
651–698	664	65	118.00–125.00	$122.96	$816	-4.91
708–713	710	10	110.00–115.00	$112.00	$795	-5.87
752–794	765	20	114.00–120.00	$118.13	$904	+2.36
822	822	2	112.50	$112.50	$925	—
920	920	26	112.50	$112.50	$1,035	—
984	984	25	100.00	$100.00	$984	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–420	419	18	145.00	$145.00	$608	-7.35
488–493	489	19	136.00–141.00	$138.05	$675	-3.99
505–549	528	28	133.00–135.00	$133.79	$706	-6.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	10	136.00	$136.00	$537	—
672–688	680	6	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$745	-4.22
768	768	10	103.00	$103.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524–546	537	21	80.00–90.00	$84.19	$452	—
670	670	5	90.00	$90.00	$603	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	13	121.00	$121.00	$709	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–399	386	10	110.00–129.00	$119.17	$460	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–495	467	8	135.00–140.00	$138.68	$648	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–476	465	25	135.00–160.00	$152.53	$709	+6.79
505–540	534	18	137.00–149.00	$143.19	$765	+1.66
593–597	595	6	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$738	-4.48
610–638	622	7	123.00–129.00	$126.36	$786	-4.69
752–780	764	11	90.00–106.00	$96.74	$739	-12.91

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426–441	434	11	157.00–160.00	$158.66	$689	-0.23
454–459	457	9	146.00–155.00	$149.98	$685	-3.20
516	516	8	145.00	$145.00	$748	-7.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290–1650	1470	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,325.00–1,950.00	$1,675.77	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1360	1185	80-85%	53	70.00–80.00	$72.62	$861	+7.37
1005–1390	1187	80-85%	30	56.00–63.00	$59.83	$710	-5.42
960–1440	1190	80-85%	85	62.50–70.00	$66.22	$788	+0.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1220	830	85-90%	4	30.00–31.00	$30.37	$252	+2.30
740–1340	960	85-90%	27	40.00–49.00	$44.85	$431	—
770–1470	993	85-90%	74	50.00–63.00	$57.42	$570	—
890–1370	1068	85-90%	26	59.00–68.00	$64.53	$689	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1640	1400	75-80%	16	59.00–65.00	$63.36	$887	-9.52
1055–1730	1431	75-80%	45	62.50–72.00	$68.31	$978	-4.57
1245–1690	1447	75-80%	17	72.00–82.00	$74.51	$1,078	+1.63

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1690	1538	65-75%	3	70.00–76.00	$72.07	$1,108	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1965	1405	21	72.00–87.00	$80.79	$1,135	-0.68
1285–2240	1753	31	89.00–99.00	$92.99	$1,630	-8.63
1600–2275	1878	17	99.00–110.00	$103.29	$1,940	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1230	911	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	92.50–105.00	$100.78	$918
890–1265	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	71.00–94.00	$82.51	$867

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
673–845	727	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	100.00–111.00	$107.00	$778
678–1005	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	70.00–94.00	$78.81	$672

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
809–1155	954	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	61.00–69.00	$64.82	$618

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1255	1101	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	975.00–1,000.00	$992.88
1045–1230	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	875.00–1,000.00	$957.14
1010–1640	1241	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	925.00–1,225.00	$1,079.16

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–1150	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	31	525.00–875.00	$726.46
895–1095	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	525.00–800.00	$664.10

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1230	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	875.00–975.00	$890.89
918–1370	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	850.00–1,075.00	$924.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1230	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	725.00–875.00	$784.07
945–1545	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	700.00–875.00	$820.90

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–978	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,025.00	$968.75	—
875–1140	1074	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	875.00–1,025.00	$912.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1175	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–1050	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,331.25	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	100.00	$100.00	$358	—

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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.