Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 12, 2021

5,779 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.68/cwt +2.15 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 529 lb · 227 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $134.01/cwt ≈ $1,252/hd at 934 lb · 185 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $168.26/cwt +4.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,058/hd at 629 lb · 184 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,779	3,987	5,903
Feeder cattle	4,838	3,291	4,891
Slaughter cattle	525	492	483
Replacement cattle	416	204	529

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls steady to 2.00 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
340–345	342	3	194.00–195.00	$194.66	$666	+0.28
405–449	427	10	190.00	$190.00	$811	+2.77
400–448	434	32	175.00–190.00	$185.24	$804	-1.99
453–499	470	61	174.00–191.00	$182.66	$859	-0.65
505–526 thin fleshed	523	16	192.00	$192.00	$1,004	±0.00
500–541	524	79	174.00–191.00	$177.92	$932	-3.81
556–595	577	114	168.00–185.00	$175.76	$1,014	+4.58
608	608	18	173.50	$173.50	$1,055	+10.09
608–649	631	166	155.00–179.50	$167.69	$1,058	+4.28
667 unweaned	667	13	148.00	$148.00	$987	±0.00
650–696	676	120	155.00–162.00	$158.85	$1,074	+1.95
700–748	728	140	138.00–159.00	$157.54	$1,147	+15.01
752–789	775	138	138.00–153.25	$149.81	$1,161	+2.26
806–845	813	96	138.00–149.00	$147.17	$1,196	+2.21
868 fancy	868	49	146.00	$146.00	$1,267	—
925	925	56	144.50	$144.50	$1,337	-3.83
959	959	14	139.00	$139.00	$1,333	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–317	312	9	165.00–188.00	$176.06	$549	-11.94
350–385	373	15	162.00–187.50	$172.00	$642	-10.00
408–445	416	17	165.00–172.50	$167.67	$698	-6.76
464–499	479	26	163.00–181.00	$171.89	$823	+5.82
500–548	525	87	155.00–172.50	$161.19	$846	+0.74
555–595	575	142	151.00–170.00	$158.70	$913	+5.70
602–648	625	139	142.00–160.00	$151.20	$945	+3.48
647	647	6	140.00	$140.00	$906	-7.72
654–696	669	94	142.50–155.00	$147.64	$988	+1.72
704–747	726	29	137.00–148.00	$143.76	$1,044	+2.41
752–794	770	22	140.00–145.00	$144.11	$1,110	+10.73
805–831	814	42	131.00–144.00	$139.10	$1,132	—
871–872	872	35	128.00–142.00	$139.60	$1,217	+27.10
932–949	934	185	121.00–135.50	$134.01	$1,252	—
952	952	11	126.50	$126.50	$1,204	+14.00
1021	1021	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	179.00	$179.00	$524	—
305–315	310	4	175.00–181.00	$177.48	$550	—
380–395	384	10	160.00–177.50	$165.11	$634	+2.61
420–444	432	14	155.00–163.00	$155.93	$674	—
460–495	476	24	150.00–163.00	$157.09	$748	+4.59
505–542	525	37	135.00–153.00	$144.20	$757	-1.35
575–590	582	3	148.00–150.00	$148.66	$865	+2.27
604–648	630	10	140.00–147.00	$144.32	$909	—
665–690	669	28	132.50–138.00	$135.06	$904	—
765–790	770	25	125.00	$125.00	$962	—
834	834	8	122.00	$122.00	$1,017	—
921	921	5	110.00	$110.00	$1,013	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	14	179.50	$179.50	$1,054	+8.50
628–641	637	10	151.00–155.00	$152.18	$969	-0.73
662–695	674	18	141.00–166.00	$151.63	$1,022	—
724–744	734	10	153.00–154.00	$153.51	$1,127	+20.51

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–518	515	8	148.00–155.00	$151.48	$780	—
553	553	15	149.00–152.50	$151.80	$839	—
635	635	9	156.00	$156.00	$991	—
663–682	669	9	140.00–145.00	$141.70	$948	—
805	805	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,183	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	7	165.00	$165.00	$756	—
564	564	5	144.00	$144.00	$812	+4.00
610	610	5	150.00	$150.00	$915	—
686	686	7	137.00	$137.00	$940	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617	617	7	168.00	$168.00	$1,037	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	141.50	$141.50	$828	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	334	12	160.00–170.00	$165.27	$552	+5.27
357–399	386	40	157.00–167.00	$163.52	$631	+5.95
404–444	418	61	149.00–164.00	$159.87	$668	+2.41
452–499	479	112	151.00–164.50	$157.39	$754	+2.98
520 thin fleshed	520	7	159.00	$159.00	$827	+2.34
500–549	529	220	141.00–156.00	$150.42	$796	+3.13
567 unweaned	567	9	140.00	$140.00	$794	—
553–597	579	90	140.00–156.50	$149.99	$868	+6.83
600–646	623	105	136.00–153.00	$145.50	$906	+3.51
655–698	682	94	135.00–147.00	$142.86	$974	+3.92
705–734	724	23	139.00–144.00	$141.78	$1,026	+0.96
763–769	766	11	133.50–139.00	$136.49	$1,046	+3.49
832	832	36	133.00	$133.00	$1,107	-0.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	343	11	150.00–156.00	$153.27	$526	+3.16
375–390	380	12	140.00–156.00	$146.19	$556	-7.02
402–436	422	27	141.00–150.00	$145.83	$615	+2.36
450–497	477	83	132.00–149.00	$143.82	$686	+1.61
502–548	533	74	130.00–146.00	$138.79	$740	-1.63
550–596	577	117	130.00–146.00	$138.92	$802	+5.56
605–640	616	70	125.00–141.00	$133.73	$824	-3.31
650–695	670	42	125.00–140.00	$132.29	$886	-1.71
702–749	718	22	125.00–131.00	$128.48	$922	-2.52
752–798	778	23	123.00–132.50	$127.73	$994	-1.94
803–835	822	16	110.00–125.00	$118.08	$971	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	6	132.00	$132.00	$417	—
377–395	383	12	135.00–145.00	$138.18	$529	—
472–495	489	13	125.00–137.00	$129.86	$635	—
505–545	518	3	125.00–126.00	$125.35	$649	+2.96
580–590	587	4	125.50–128.00	$126.62	$743	—
608–640	619	3	122.00–122.50	$122.17	$756	—
683–690	685	4	122.50	$122.50	$839	+16.93
764–790	783	14	110.00	$110.00	$861	—
806	806	7	100.00	$100.00	$806	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	9	138.00	$138.00	$553	—
516–522	517	13	128.00–138.00	$135.67	$701	—
553–585	569	16	130.00–137.00	$133.60	$760	—
703–742	714	15	124.00–138.00	$132.31	$945	—
771	771	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,002	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574–584	576	20	134.00–149.00	$145.96	$841	—
625–649	634	33	144.00–149.00	$147.08	$932	—
725	725	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,015	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	12	144.00	$144.00	$756	-3.00
550–598	576	21	142.50–145.00	$144.43	$832	+9.43

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	6	148.00	$148.00	$596	—
504	504	5	143.00	$143.00	$721	—
594	594	5	125.00	$125.00	$742	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–548	525	24	135.00–157.00	$146.51	$769	+6.81
550–581	571	26	130.00–153.00	$137.61	$786	-2.49
601–646	623	22	136.00–148.00	$141.70	$883	-4.81
655–668	663	32	133.00–140.00	$136.12	$902	+0.13
764–777	768	11	117.00–133.00	$128.58	$987	-0.42

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	5	152.50	$152.50	$717	-3.26
508–523	516	6	155.00–157.00	$156.01	$805	-4.99
570–575	572	3	174.00–175.00	$174.66	$999	+26.85
858	858	6	139.00	$139.00	$1,193	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–582	576	15	147.00–149.50	$148.98	$858	—
625–635	632	3	134.00	$134.00	$847	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	5	154.00	$154.00	$853	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	134.00	$134.00	$697	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1565	1323	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,331.99	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–950	789	85-90%	13	20.00–39.00	$33.62	$265	—
685–1375	975	85-90%	56	40.00–54.00	$49.41	$482	—
705–1385	1055	85-90%	141	52.00–66.00	$59.24	$625	-8.57
760–1200	1055	85-90%	29	62.00–73.00	$66.15	$698	-1.66

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1400	1181	80-85%	71	60.00–72.00	$67.51	$797	+7.41
1060–1310	1182	80-85%	23	52.00–65.00	$62.34	$737	+2.24
1070–1400	1227	80-85%	23	72.00–83.00	$74.70	$917	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1680	1383	75-80%	53	62.00–75.00	$68.42	$946	-1.13
1160–1725	1384	75-80%	26	54.00–66.00	$61.95	$857	-7.60
1340–1765	1485	75-80%	11	75.00–81.00	$76.95	$1,143	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2000	1464	14	80.00–90.00	$86.19	$1,262	+2.39
1280–2595	1720	26	82.50–102.00	$93.59	$1,610	—
1520–2230	1938	16	96.00–119.00	$104.68	$2,029	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
702–896	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	89.00–124.00	$105.01	$890
895–1295	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	71.00–100.00	$80.10	$887

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–1065	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	69.00–108.00	$78.20	$655

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–1170	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	54.00–68.00	$63.27	$576

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1035	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	67.00–70.00	$67.68	$606

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
802–1265	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	675.00–900.00	$789.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1105	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$932.10
935–1445	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	700.00–1,175.00	$999.63

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1150	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	500.00–875.00	$751.60

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
718–815	766	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	285.00–600.00	$417.56

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1140	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	950.00–1,100.00	$1,042.39

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–910	853	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,075.00	$939.26
850–1140	879	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	825.00–1,050.00	$854.18

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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
1000–1230	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,300.00	—
1000–1275	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,225.00	$1,012.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00	+715.00
800–1080	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–1,425.00	$1,217.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1194	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	775.00–1,200.00	$1,129.55	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715–900	826	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	650.00–700.00	$680.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	16	91.00	$91.00	$772	—

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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.