Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

4,824 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.86/cwt -3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 613 lb · 216 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.21/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $974/hd at 671 lb · 194 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.99/cwt +4.07 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 579 lb · 182 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,824	5,779	4,983
Feeder cattle	4,110	4,838	4,001
Slaughter cattle	387	525	509
Replacement cattle	327	416	473

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers sold uneven 2.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold uneven 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–446	428	17	175.00–189.00	$183.19	$784	-6.81
450–492	474	92	175.00–186.00	$182.39	$865	-0.27
507–547	526	73	164.00–188.00	$178.65	$940	+0.73
552–581	568	121	165.00–178.00	$171.28	$973	-4.48
600–649	613	216	156.00–170.00	$164.86	$1,011	-8.64
650–696	678	108	154.00–169.00	$161.68	$1,096	+2.83
700–749	722	71	143.00–159.00	$151.09	$1,091	-6.45
752–795	781	43	140.00–147.00	$144.45	$1,128	-5.36
807–824	811	69	146.00–152.00	$147.33	$1,195	+0.16
885–891	886	72	136.00–143.50	$142.35	$1,261	—
903	903	60	143.00	$143.00	$1,291	-1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	319	5	179.00–192.50	$184.75	$589	+8.69
350–393	376	24	167.50–188.00	$174.36	$656	+2.36
405–448	438	26	160.00–174.00	$167.78	$735	+0.11
455–498	484	74	160.00–173.00	$165.18	$799	-6.71
500–548	527	103	146.00–174.00	$158.98	$838	-2.21
552–595	576	145	145.00–173.00	$155.96	$898	-2.74
600–648	619	139	138.00–156.00	$149.76	$927	-1.44
650–692	666	87	139.00–155.00	$149.29	$994	+1.65
700–745	727	24	133.00–149.00	$140.52	$1,022	-3.24
756–793	770	31	127.50–140.00	$136.66	$1,052	-7.45
820–848	827	61	135.00–140.00	$138.66	$1,147	-0.44
868–898	880	12	125.00–135.00	$131.26	$1,155	-8.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–347	334	10	152.50–182.50	$171.87	$574	-5.61
410–440	424	10	155.00–164.00	$158.82	$673	+2.89
460–498	485	27	140.00–163.00	$153.72	$746	-3.37
500–542	527	20	144.00–156.00	$152.77	$805	+8.57
553–590	571	30	145.00–156.00	$152.27	$869	+3.61
609–648	624	15	130.00–142.00	$135.06	$843	-9.26
665–692	679	6	132.50–142.50	$138.28	$939	+3.22
738	738	6	115.00	$115.00	$849	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	122.00	$122.00	$714	—
660–689	678	8	125.00–137.00	$132.62	$899	—
774	774	4	110.00	$110.00	$851	—
890	890	3	100.00	$100.00	$890	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	331	4	165.00–170.00	$166.25	$550	—
360–385	370	3	165.00–174.00	$168.45	$623	—
425–440	432	3	145.00–152.50	$148.15	$640	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	3	165.00	$165.00	$746	±0.00
574	574	4	146.00	$146.00	$838	+2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–398	389	29	150.00–165.00	$157.70	$613	-5.82
402–447	428	31	150.00–158.00	$153.23	$656	-6.64
452–497	480	111	149.00–166.00	$158.90	$763	+1.51
500–545	518	122	143.00–156.00	$149.85	$776	-0.57
552–598	575	120	146.00–156.00	$152.02	$874	+2.03
600–626	610	166	135.00–155.25	$150.27	$917	+4.77
650–698	671	194	135.00–151.00	$145.21	$974	+2.35
704–745	715	67	125.00–145.50	$138.87	$993	-2.91
752–799	777	103	130.00–143.00	$133.57	$1,038	-2.92
930–938	932	17	119.00–129.00	$126.04	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–333	321	16	155.00–158.00	$157.27	$505	+4.00
350–398	382	17	143.00–154.00	$147.73	$564	+1.54
409–449	426	45	140.00–150.00	$146.07	$622	+0.24
460–499	485	62	140.00–152.50	$146.87	$712	+3.05
500–548	530	115	130.00–145.00	$140.95	$747	+2.16
550–598	579	182	130.00–147.00	$142.99	$828	+4.07
600–646	624	122	125.00–145.00	$138.99	$867	+5.26
650–695	674	50	126.00–141.00	$137.36	$926	+5.07
703–748	726	30	128.00–137.00	$133.56	$970	+5.08
765–792	780	13	112.50–130.00	$125.97	$983	-1.76
882–895	886	13	100.00–114.00	$104.35	$925	—
907	907	6	116.50	$116.50	$1,057	—
970	970	12	115.00	$115.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	368	3	145.00–147.50	$146.71	$540	+8.53
430–449	443	9	130.00–139.00	$136.16	$603	—
450–498	477	7	134.00–139.00	$136.98	$653	+7.12
500–525	513	3	122.00–127.00	$123.79	$635	-1.56
580–590	587	3	120.00–128.00	$125.15	$735	-1.47
650–675	667	5	116.00–122.50	$120.70	$805	-1.80

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–422	415	12	120.00–135.00	$130.10	$540	—
465–482	474	6	122.00–125.00	$123.47	$585	—
725	725	3	100.00	$100.00	$725	—
770	770	3	90.00	$90.00	$693	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	3	134.00	$134.00	$770	+0.40
611	611	4	140.00	$140.00	$855	—
777	777	5	120.00	$120.00	$932	-10.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	10	124.00–130.00	$128.20	$882	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–441	431	11	148.00–168.00	$155.14	$669	—
500–547	531	27	140.00–160.00	$149.39	$793	+2.88
590	590	3	142.00	$142.00	$838	+4.39
603–640	619	16	135.00–151.00	$142.94	$885	+1.24
660–675	668	9	126.00–128.00	$126.67	$846	-9.45
703–725	709	4	128.00–132.50	$131.35	$931	—
756–794	780	8	121.00–135.00	$126.09	$984	-2.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–442	429	4	158.00–163.50	$160.66	$689	—
462–495	476	8	156.00–160.50	$159.72	$760	—
505–545	531	4	146.00–154.00	$150.95	$802	—
565–578	573	6	148.00–154.00	$149.32	$856	+0.34
620–635	628	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$873	+4.99
652–685	663	3	132.00–136.00	$134.62	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	21	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–495	469	8	159.00–164.00	$162.02	$760	+9.52
638	638	6	146.00	$146.00	$931	—
671	671	5	134.00	$134.00	$899	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–375	358	4	155.00–168.00	$158.41	$567	—
400–425	413	2	146.00–147.50	$146.73	$606	—
465	465	1	152.00	$152.00	$707	—
510	510	1	142.50	$142.50	$727	+8.50
551	551	5	138.00	$138.00	$760	—
790	790	4	112.50	$112.50	$889	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1570	1167	80-85%	68	60.00–68.00	$65.58	$765	-1.93
905–1605	1222	80-85%	21	55.00–62.00	$59.88	$732	-14.82
885–1645	1248	80-85%	34	67.50–75.00	$70.48	$880	-4.22

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–910	793	85-90%	4	20.00–37.00	$27.32	$217	-6.30
785–1170	927	85-90%	12	40.00–50.00	$46.12	$428	—
900–1275	1027	85-90%	31	62.00–71.00	$66.74	$685	—
800–1595	1075	85-90%	58	52.00–61.00	$56.77	$610	-2.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1830	1393	75-80%	24	65.00–72.00	$68.09	$948	+6.14
1105–1770	1480	75-80%	23	70.00–82.00	$74.69	$1,105	-2.26
1600	1600	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$992	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–2355	1326	18	69.00–91.00	$82.41	$1,093	—
915–2450	1639	37	84.00–100.00	$96.53	$1,582	—
1440–1910	1719	13	96.50–120.00	$103.64	$1,782	+10.05

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–1185	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	60.00–76.00	$66.22	$632

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
962	962	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	85.00	$85.00	$818
820–1350	1119	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	71.00–87.50	$77.26	$865

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–830	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–86.00	$83.28	$633

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963–1165	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	850.00–925.00	$890.35
1010–1695	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	900.00–1,250.00	$1,091.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1020	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–725.00	$687.59
750–1330	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	650.00–850.00	$786.81

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1050	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$623.64

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–895	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00–800.00	$698.87

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
702	702	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	425.00	$425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1117–1135	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,230.72

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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
900–1260	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,395.19	+95.19
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+387.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.