Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 7, 2021

5,895 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $154.78/cwt -2.62 vs last sale · ≈ $961/hd at 621 lb · 231 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.15/cwt +0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 527 lb · 197 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.79/cwt +1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 527 lb · 195 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,895	4,476	4,991
Feeder cattle	4,666	3,654	4,311
Slaughter cattle	770	469	440
Replacement cattle	459	353	240

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady 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
285	285	3	203.00	$203.00	$579	—
355–395	377	11	175.00–188.00	$180.57	$681	+3.50
418–441	437	47	165.00–177.50	$175.86	$769	+0.04
455–498	474	10	165.00–172.50	$169.33	$803	-6.54
500–545	528	102	159.00–174.00	$163.96	$866	-4.03
564 unweaned	564	28	157.00	$157.00	$885	—
550–599	566	143	158.00–168.00	$163.38	$925	+2.80
600–649	621	231	140.00–166.00	$154.78	$961	-2.62
650–698	674	118	140.00–152.00	$146.75	$989	+3.45
700–745	722	69	132.00–144.00	$139.33	$1,006	+3.08
753–799	782	64	131.00–142.50	$137.13	$1,072	+1.13
800–837	802	54	128.00–136.25	$135.77	$1,089	+12.10
883	883	62	136.50	$136.50	$1,205	+3.75
909–936	933	64	123.10–126.00	$123.36	$1,151	-0.89
993	993	15	120.00	$120.00	$1,192	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	339	12	177.50–180.00	$177.68	$602	+7.68
360–397	382	17	167.50–174.00	$169.75	$648	-1.34
403–448	431	68	155.00–173.00	$166.02	$716	+1.02
450–497	471	111	155.00–169.00	$162.24	$764	+2.86
500–549	527	197	141.00–160.00	$154.15	$812	+0.71
552–596	574	172	140.00–157.50	$149.90	$860	+1.20
600–645	622	74	128.00–154.00	$140.72	$875	-1.83
652–698	678	90	127.50–142.50	$136.73	$927	+2.75
690	690	5	126.50	$126.50	$873	-7.48
706–740	719	68	125.00–140.00	$130.80	$940	+1.79
757–799	787	13	122.00–135.00	$131.19	$1,032	+4.56
833–842	835	15	120.00–130.00	$127.98	$1,069	—
852–874	868	24	122.50–125.00	$123.22	$1,070	+0.72
932–942	938	22	116.00–124.00	$119.25	$1,119	—
1039	1039	8	108.00	$108.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	165.00	$165.00	$462	—
365–395	376	5	162.50–165.00	$163.52	$615	—
400–446	431	17	140.00–165.00	$154.70	$667	+3.54
450–490	478	41	145.00–157.00	$153.92	$736	+5.00
508–545	531	18	140.00–147.50	$144.24	$766	-1.90
550–590	572	23	135.00–146.00	$139.86	$800	+3.76
619–645	628	11	128.00–132.00	$129.49	$813	—
661	661	5	133.00	$133.00	$879	-3.00
740	740	5	125.00	$125.00	$925	—
815–838	831	10	125.00	$125.00	$1,039	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–536	532	9	139.00–145.00	$143.03	$761	-9.47
566–573	570	29	135.00–144.00	$141.01	$804	+0.09
658–669	664	7	129.00–138.00	$132.82	$882	—
830	830	12	117.00	$117.00	$971	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–465	462	9	158.00–159.00	$158.66	$733	+12.80
505	505	5	159.00	$159.00	$803	+6.50
602	602	26	134.00	$134.00	$807	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	6	159.00	$159.00	$900	+7.90
619	619	5	152.00	$152.00	$941	+12.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	328	14	150.00–162.00	$160.33	$526	-4.08
350–399	384	33	150.00–159.00	$154.26	$592	+2.02
405–442	423	59	143.00–154.00	$147.61	$624	+1.50
451–493	473	118	143.00–149.00	$144.92	$685	+2.33
500–548	527	195	133.00–146.00	$137.79	$726	+1.02
550–580	562	142	133.00–140.00	$136.39	$767	+0.32
601–645	617	110	127.00–141.00	$134.92	$832	+3.84
653–682	663	50	125.00–136.00	$133.18	$883	+1.67
669	669	6	128.00	$128.00	$856	-3.51
700–729	726	37	133.00–136.00	$134.83	$979	+3.83
756–778	768	67	125.00–132.50	$129.67	$996	+3.90
820	820	3	110.00	$110.00	$902	—
928	928	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	342	27	142.50–153.00	$147.99	$506	-2.01
350–398	380	35	140.00–150.00	$144.56	$549	-1.89
400–445	424	69	133.00–146.00	$140.50	$596	+2.17
455–497	479	129	128.00–144.00	$137.27	$658	+1.83
503–545	519	79	122.00–135.00	$131.35	$682	+0.83
550–594	576	156	120.00–137.00	$130.06	$749	+1.91
600–648	629	73	117.50–132.00	$125.29	$788	+2.79
654–680	668	36	120.00–133.00	$125.60	$839	+2.64
705–732	717	34	102.50–129.00	$123.05	$882	+11.05
750–786	764	13	117.00–127.00	$121.55	$929	+3.42
882–897	884	25	106.00–113.00	$112.15	$991	—
1037	1037	13	85.00	$85.00	$881	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507 thin fleshed	507	15	138.00	$138.00	$700	—
606	606	24	132.50	$132.50	$803	—
755	755	5	125.00	$125.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	135.00	$135.00	$506	-1.00
405–435	421	12	120.00–132.50	$128.81	$542	—
455–495	474	11	128.00–132.00	$130.00	$616	—
515–540	534	8	115.00–125.00	$122.62	$655	—
567–588	574	9	100.00–115.00	$109.88	$631	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	16	143.00	$143.00	$682	+4.95
506	506	5	136.00	$136.00	$688	+2.21
550–595	573	6	132.00–139.00	$135.36	$776	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	5	126.00	$126.00	$459	—
442	442	6	129.00	$129.00	$570	—
957	957	6	111.50	$111.50	$1,067	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
716	716	14	133.50	$133.50	$956	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–411	409	11	137.00–160.00	$142.83	$584	—
452–486	463	17	142.00–156.00	$147.38	$682	-5.15
505–545	531	17	130.00–149.00	$136.99	$727	-6.20
564–595	579	45	127.50–137.00	$131.08	$759	+7.08
605–632	623	12	125.00–130.00	$128.79	$802	+2.43
653–685	663	18	124.50–127.50	$126.39	$838	—
702–732	714	15	115.00–127.00	$120.32	$859	—
844	844	5	102.00	$102.00	$861	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–490	466	24	140.00–153.00	$144.70	$674	-5.28
510–525	515	12	152.50–156.00	$153.60	$791	+8.60
611–643	622	27	136.00–141.00	$138.93	$864	—
651	651	6	131.00	$131.00	$853	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–510	507	7	130.00–142.50	$135.31	$686	—
555–597	587	11	135.00–142.50	$137.09	$805	—
665–685	672	3	115.00–120.00	$116.70	$784	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	3	127.50	$127.50	$648	—
570–597	588	9	130.00–131.00	$130.68	$768	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1205	1165	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,232.76	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1285	1177	80-85%	31	55.00–65.00	$61.74	$727	-10.88
920–1365	1180	80-85%	161	62.00–73.00	$69.15	$816	-3.47
1025–1375	1214	80-85%	69	70.00–80.00	$74.56	$905	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–1080	794	85-90%	12	27.00–43.00	$34.44	$273	—
735–1320	907	85-90%	34	40.00–55.00	$51.01	$463	—
740–1380	997	85-90%	125	50.00–64.00	$59.37	$592	+1.95
810–1280	1026	85-90%	74	59.00–74.00	$65.50	$672	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1585	1387	75-80%	21	61.00–68.00	$65.99	$915	—
1235–1880	1443	75-80%	83	63.00–75.00	$71.56	$1,033	-2.95
1300–1750	1449	75-80%	42	70.00–80.00	$76.25	$1,105	+1.74

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1695	1467	19	75.00–88.00	$84.11	$1,234	—
1120–2170	1673	51	87.50–101.00	$94.64	$1,583	—
1560–2245	1936	21	97.50–110.00	$104.31	$2,019	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
707–1081	891	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	90.00–114.00	$104.05	$927
790–1205	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	70.00–98.00	$80.83	$799

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–985	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	54.00–71.00	$62.94	$551

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
839	839	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	106.00	$106.00	$889
775–930	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–90.00	$76.29	$664

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
963–1165	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	57.50–69.00	$65.36	$686

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1415	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	74	825.00–1,325.00	$1,126.02
1230–1262	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	925.00–1,000.00	$935.48
1255–1420	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00–950.00	$926.30

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1035	942	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	625.00–750.00	$677.12
780–1090	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	60	500.00–925.00	$771.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1385	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	675.00–950.00	$869.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00
1062–1295	1092	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,150.00	$1,091.51

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–940	801	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	300.00–600.00	$477.22

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
1065–1225	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,365.00	—
1246–1275	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,442.11	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
989–1197	1066	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–1,250.00	$1,065.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–950	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,050.00	$925.00	—
1015–1050	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,100.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1013	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-31.25

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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.