Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 21, 2021

6,927 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.98/cwt +6.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 780 lb · 380 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $157.39/cwt +6.07 vs last sale · ≈ $977/hd at 621 lb · 283 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $140.46/cwt -0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,171/hd at 834 lb · 214 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,927	3,914	5,564
Feeder cattle	6,022	3,124	4,612
Slaughter cattle	587	541	625
Replacement cattle	318	249	327

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher with some spots up to 12.00 higher, although steers late week sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	382	5	180.00	$180.00	$688	—
420–447	443	23	172.50–183.00	$174.18	$772	-4.43
455–491	483	54	169.00–181.00	$171.88	$830	+6.88
502–546	521	100	162.50–177.00	$169.99	$886	+2.33
554–599	574	164	158.50–175.00	$164.35	$943	+5.54
602–648	621	283	147.00–162.50	$157.39	$977	+3.39
653–695	672	139	148.00–157.00	$151.35	$1,017	+4.84
700–742	720	141	137.50–153.00	$147.01	$1,058	+8.23
756–799	771	106	132.50–152.50	$146.57	$1,130	+11.37
812–848	834	214	128.50–145.50	$140.46	$1,171	-0.04
853	853	60	138.50	$138.50	$1,181	—
942–948	944	157	132.50–140.00	$138.03	$1,303	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–379	378	7	160.00–165.00	$162.86	$616	-5.50
407–446	426	83	155.00–171.00	$165.60	$705	+0.30
450–498	482	91	155.00–168.00	$162.45	$783	+5.28
500–548	524	106	148.00–160.00	$157.30	$824	+5.28
536 unweaned	536	21	145.00	$145.00	$777	—
550–598	572	164	142.00–159.00	$151.95	$869	+2.25
601–649	628	69	132.00–148.00	$142.34	$894	+1.62
650–698	674	131	131.00–146.00	$141.04	$951	+9.92
707–736	719	41	125.00–135.00	$131.91	$948	+0.17
750–788	760	83	120.00–137.00	$134.05	$1,019	+4.05
801	801	9	132.00	$132.00	$1,057	+6.76
858–892	868	40	120.00–132.50	$129.66	$1,125	—
907–939	912	46	125.00–131.50	$130.23	$1,188	+6.23
991	991	17	124.50	$124.50	$1,234	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	380	12	145.00–162.50	$149.92	$570	—
410–447	432	21	140.00–156.00	$147.91	$639	-2.19
450–499	488	44	140.00–157.50	$151.27	$738	+3.75
501–540	528	31	130.00–151.00	$144.73	$764	+5.89
551–598	577	70	132.50–145.00	$138.03	$796	+4.45
605–647	625	34	120.00–138.00	$131.64	$823	+11.64
650–697	680	17	120.00–131.00	$128.01	$870	—
1006	1006	10	104.00	$104.00	$1,046	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466–495	482	11	159.00–161.00	$160.12	$772	—
525	525	5	155.00	$155.00	$814	—
586	586	10	151.50	$151.50	$888	—
600–646	626	43	135.00–148.00	$146.84	$919	+15.03
657–682	668	50	132.50–140.00	$136.78	$914	-2.35
712–742	725	12	132.00–138.50	$134.77	$977	—
788	788	5	126.00	$126.00	$993	-7.00
912	912	10	120.00	$120.00	$1,094	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	164.00	$164.00	$651	—
442–446	445	10	161.00–163.00	$162.40	$723	+7.26
508	508	15	159.00	$159.00	$808	+9.00
616–628 unweaned	624	23	133.00–138.00	$134.50	$839	—
690	690	12	136.00	$136.00	$938	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	9	167.00	$167.00	$792	—
500–516	507	27	166.00–170.00	$167.91	$851	—
599	599	9	156.00	$156.00	$934	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	4	146.50	$146.50	$842	—
607	607	6	160.00	$160.00	$971	—
650–664	656	12	151.00–155.00	$152.69	$1,002	+6.05
700	700	16	141.50	$141.50	$990	+1.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–568	564	3	125.00–130.00	$128.36	$724	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	362	9	154.00–165.00	$158.29	$573	+7.58
403–434	417	28	151.00–156.00	$151.93	$634	+1.11
452–496	472	91	146.00–153.00	$148.18	$699	+1.28
516 unweaned	516	15	135.00	$135.00	$697	—
500–547	519	198	132.00–152.00	$143.31	$744	+4.57
550–599	570	169	130.00–142.00	$138.68	$790	+0.64
600–648	627	174	130.00–144.50	$137.38	$861	+3.29
651–697	671	107	129.00–140.00	$136.58	$916	+1.76
700–739	713	203	124.00–137.00	$133.98	$955	+2.33
755–782	780	380	131.50–138.00	$136.98	$1,068	+6.98
819–830	825	48	128.00–130.00	$129.01	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	16	140.00–154.00	$146.29	$483	—
351–392	372	43	140.00–154.00	$144.92	$539	-1.53
402–448	430	72	137.50–150.00	$146.02	$628	+6.90
450–498	479	92	132.50–146.00	$139.66	$669	+5.65
501–546	523	134	120.00–141.00	$133.19	$697	+4.30
550–592	566	136	120.00–136.00	$132.98	$753	+6.15
604–648	620	92	120.00–133.50	$128.60	$797	+3.13
651–691	675	27	120.00–132.50	$126.50	$854	+2.80
715–719	718	27	122.00–132.00	$130.67	$938	+9.68
770–789	780	11	117.00–130.00	$123.85	$966	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–332	329	9	135.00–140.00	$137.24	$452	—
360–385	373	8	140.00–145.00	$140.63	$525	—
408–445	418	14	120.00–133.00	$128.43	$537	+3.43
460–495	479	21	120.00–132.50	$127.30	$610	-0.66
540	540	3	117.50	$117.50	$634	-7.64
559	559	5	122.00	$122.00	$682	—
663	663	6	121.00	$121.00	$802	—
792	792	3	105.00	$105.00	$832	—
854	854	14	100.00	$100.00	$854	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	7	138.00	$138.00	$774	+5.50
649	649	5	136.00	$136.00	$883	—
657	657	22	135.00	$135.00	$887	+4.00
712	712	40	130.50–132.50	$130.75	$931	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–521	506	22	135.00–136.00	$135.72	$687	+10.23
598	598	35	128.00–135.00	$131.60	$787	+5.19
660	660	16	128.00	$128.00	$845	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	150.00	$150.00	$570	—
460	460	13	149.00	$149.00	$685	—
610	610	13	135.00	$135.00	$824	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	6	131.00	$131.00	$472	—
462	462	6	135.00	$135.00	$624	—
540–546	544	10	135.00–140.00	$136.99	$745	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	169.00	$169.00	$662	+6.46
467–491	475	12	152.00–156.00	$154.62	$734	-0.38
503–521	511	12	145.00–154.00	$150.17	$767	+6.99
569–598	590	18	141.00–147.00	$145.39	$858	+3.42
608	608	5	138.00	$138.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	4	166.00	$166.00	$618	—
450–494	481	20	135.00–161.00	$141.90	$683	+0.18
528–530	529	6	132.00–135.00	$133.50	$706	+4.39
630	630	3	134.00	$134.00	$844	+10.92
665–698	681	14	124.00–129.00	$126.09	$859	—
705–740	714	4	125.00–126.00	$125.74	$898	+6.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–480	468	8	140.00–149.00	$144.67	$677	—
512–530	516	5	131.00–140.00	$138.15	$713	—
585–590	588	4	130.50–134.00	$132.38	$778	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1470–1780	1573	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,856.57	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1020	863	85-90%	4	31.00–42.50	$38.28	$330	—
660–1305	925	85-90%	26	40.00–53.00	$48.20	$446	-2.41
705–1350	1028	85-90%	160	52.00–64.00	$59.83	$615	-8.45
760–1270	1051	85-90%	58	64.00–74.00	$67.19	$706	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1350	1142	80-85%	87	60.00–71.00	$66.44	$759	—
940–1290	1163	80-85%	23	55.00–65.00	$62.09	$722	-7.19
1035–1365	1182	80-85%	32	71.00–81.00	$74.14	$876	+4.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1600	1387	75-80%	23	62.00–67.00	$64.65	$897	—
1250–1735	1429	75-80%	54	60.00–72.00	$67.57	$966	-3.68
1250–1625	1435	75-80%	29	72.00–84.00	$75.54	$1,084	-2.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–2115	1469	13	65.00–88.00	$80.95	$1,189	—
1105–2390	1657	30	85.00–100.00	$93.36	$1,547	—
1280–2305	1765	25	100.00–113.00	$105.35	$1,859	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
762–1152	887	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	99.00–118.00	$107.92	$957
885–1020	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	72.00–87.50	$79.15	$739

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	112.50	$112.50	$754
655–985	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	72.50–96.00	$81.05	$686

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–1075	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	50.00–69.00	$59.75	$523

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1125	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	62.50–70.00	$65.83	$609

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1098–1212	1148	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	850.00–975.00	$911.78
1025–1505	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	750.00–1,150.00	$1,002.73

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1040	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	450.00–875.00	$683.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1300	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	625.00–925.00	$797.41
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1045	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	875.00–1,075.00	$1,015.98

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–785	709	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	225.00–450.00	$336.82

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
778	778	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00	$800.00
957	957	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1069	1069	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-83.33
1020–1185	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,183.33	—
1065–1180	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690–1020	829	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	950.00–1,200.00	$1,105.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00	$575.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559	559	7	90.00	$90.00	$503	—
855–884	873	8	77.50–87.50	$83.83	$732	—

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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.