Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 14, 2021

3,914 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.04/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 570 lb · 183 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.74/cwt +0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 517 lb · 158 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $138.78/cwt -0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $999/hd at 720 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,914	5,895	5,604
Feeder cattle	3,124	4,666	4,493
Slaughter cattle	541	770	695
Replacement cattle	249	459	416

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 6.00 higher with some spots late week up to 12.00 higher, except early week steer calves that sold steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady 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
438–445	442	13	174.00–182.50	$178.61	$789	+2.75
466	466	6	165.00	$165.00	$769	-4.33
502–548	521	67	154.00–186.00	$167.66	$874	+3.70
552–599	582	70	154.00–172.50	$158.81	$924	-4.57
606 unweaned	606	19	143.00	$143.00	$867	—
600–645	614	59	148.00–165.00	$154.00	$946	-0.78
652–694	671	76	138.00–150.50	$146.51	$983	-0.24
700–746	720	138	135.00–147.00	$138.78	$999	-0.55
754–765	759	16	130.00–139.00	$135.20	$1,026	-1.93
805–839	821	90	138.00–141.00	$140.50	$1,154	+4.73
960	960	37	129.25	$129.25	$1,241	+9.25
1021	1021	57	127.75	$127.75	$1,304	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	11	161.00	$161.00	$499	-16.68
350–395	379	11	164.00–176.00	$168.36	$638	-1.39
400–445	427	16	155.00–170.00	$165.30	$706	-0.72
450–499	482	68	150.00–167.50	$157.17	$758	-5.07
500–547	521	108	142.50–163.00	$152.02	$792	-2.13
550–599	588	77	142.50–160.00	$149.70	$880	-0.20
602–643	614	82	132.00–146.00	$140.72	$864	±0.00
679–697	684	26	124.00–135.00	$131.12	$897	-5.61
711–749	730	19	128.50–134.00	$131.74	$962	+0.94
750–799	790	16	120.00–133.00	$130.00	$1,027	-1.19
804–848	826	41	119.00–130.00	$125.24	$1,034	-2.74
924	924	19	124.00	$124.00	$1,146	+4.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	438	21	140.00–158.00	$150.10	$657	-4.60
459–495	478	25	136.00–152.50	$147.52	$705	-6.40
505–547	534	9	121.00–142.00	$138.84	$741	-5.40
556–568	560	15	127.00–136.00	$133.58	$748	-6.28
613	613	9	120.00	$120.00	$736	-9.49
878	878	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,010	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–672	660	38	141.00–149.00	$146.64	$968	—
716	716	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,002	—
769	769	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,077	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–446	426	11	150.00–162.00	$155.14	$661	—
452–480	474	25	142.00–156.00	$153.95	$730	-4.71
529	529	9	150.00	$150.00	$794	-9.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	9	150.00	$150.00	$954	—
676	676	20	139.00	$139.00	$940	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623–638	631	11	128.00–136.00	$131.81	$832	—
667–688	679	9	138.00–140.00	$139.13	$945	+6.31
756	756	6	133.00	$133.00	$1,005	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–340	330	7	160.00–161.00	$160.44	$529	+0.11
350–371	365	10	150.00–151.00	$150.71	$550	-3.55
409–445	422	38	145.00–155.00	$150.82	$636	+3.21
483–490	487	11	146.00–148.00	$146.90	$715	+1.98
500–535	517	158	134.00–145.00	$138.74	$717	+0.95
551–598	570	183	128.00–146.00	$138.04	$787	+1.65
601–649	621	123	130.00–141.00	$134.09	$833	-0.83
658–699	689	46	130.00–136.50	$134.82	$929	+6.82
706–723	716	26	130.00–132.50	$131.65	$943	-3.18
751	751	5	130.00	$130.00	$976	+0.33
926	926	20	119.25	$119.25	$1,104	+9.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–394	385	10	140.00–149.00	$146.45	$564	+1.89
401–449	426	63	130.00–146.00	$139.12	$593	-1.38
458–498	482	64	130.00–140.00	$134.01	$646	-3.26
505–546	525	32	120.00–133.00	$128.89	$677	-2.46
555–596	581	15	120.00–132.50	$126.83	$737	-3.23
617–649	639	51	120.00–130.00	$125.47	$802	+0.18
652–688	669	25	120.00–125.00	$123.70	$828	-1.90
702–719	707	32	117.50–127.00	$120.99	$855	-2.06
802–829	819	23	117.00–118.50	$117.56	$963	—
896	896	8	117.00	$117.00	$1,048	+4.85
908–917	910	16	100.00–116.50	$103.12	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	17	125.00	$125.00	$512	-3.81
460–492	486	8	123.00–134.00	$127.96	$622	-2.04
505–515	511	4	115.00–134.00	$125.14	$639	+2.52
604–648	619	10	100.00–124.00	$110.24	$682	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	5	151.00	$151.00	$666	—
485	485	5	143.00	$143.00	$694	—
551–568	557	17	132.50	$132.50	$738	—
689	689	6	131.00	$131.00	$903	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–548	521	7	120.00–130.00	$125.49	$654	—
562–588	579	9	121.00–129.00	$126.41	$732	—
740	740	5	125.00	$125.00	$925	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–574	569	11	132.00–136.00	$134.94	$768	-0.42
779	779	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,013	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
756	756	7	124.00	$124.00	$937	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	383	9	161.00–166.00	$162.54	$623	—
411–440	423	18	154.00–168.00	$157.85	$668	—
469	469	5	155.00	$155.00	$727	+10.30
505–535	526	10	140.00–150.00	$143.18	$753	-10.42
552–585	569	31	139.00–145.00	$141.97	$808	—
702	702	3	127.50	$127.50	$895	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–486	482	20	130.00–145.00	$141.72	$683	-5.66
508–542	526	14	116.00–145.00	$129.11	$679	-7.88
560–596	580	11	130.00–137.00	$133.93	$777	+2.85
606–632	616	8	120.00–125.00	$123.08	$758	-5.71
712–719	716	12	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$856	-0.82
760	760	5	116.00	$116.00	$882	—
834	834	5	110.00	$110.00	$917	+8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1395	1178	80-85%	138	60.50–74.00	$69.28	$816	+7.54
1035–1385	1203	80-85%	62	74.00–84.00	$76.33	$918	+1.77
1045–1565	1206	80-85%	29	53.50–65.00	$61.63	$743	-12.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1030	848	85-90%	9	30.00–41.00	$36.01	$305	—
730–1085	904	85-90%	24	40.00–55.50	$50.61	$458	-0.40
745–1255	993	85-90%	62	55.00–65.00	$60.11	$597	+0.74
835–1245	1031	85-90%	51	65.00–77.00	$68.28	$704	+2.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1690	1416	75-80%	21	57.50–68.00	$65.29	$925	-6.27
1200–1880	1432	75-80%	63	60.00–76.00	$71.25	$1,020	-0.31
1280–1690	1437	75-80%	31	76.00–83.00	$77.97	$1,120	+6.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1615	1409	7	76.00–90.00	$82.09	$1,157	—
1150–2160	1610	25	75.00–101.00	$96.10	$1,547	—
1420–2185	1807	8	103.00–113.00	$106.24	$1,920	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–920	852	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	90.00–103.00	$99.83	$851
800–1340	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	72.00–95.00	$82.05	$880

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1035	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	65.00–69.00	$67.48	$630

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1075	939	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	69.00–88.00	$75.20	$706

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1235	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	63.00–74.00	$68.05	$739

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1215	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	900.00–1,075.00	$961.12
1002–1492	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	925.00–1,285.00	$1,125.96

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1085	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	500.00–875.00	$686.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1310	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	775.00–875.00	$858.19

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1105	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–900.00	$882.81
890–1105	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	900.00–925.00	$903.47

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1070	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,235.00	-65.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1080	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,133.33	+68.33

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–835	802	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	550.00–600.00	$566.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	5	75.00	$75.00	$281	—
819	819	8	77.00	$77.00	$631	—

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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.