Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 26, 2021

2,539 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.95/cwt +2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 619 lb · 187 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.09/cwt +5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 576 lb · 116 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $156.87/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 728 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,539	4,824	5,278
Feeder cattle	2,044	4,110	4,453
Slaughter cattle	322	387	583
Replacement cattle	173	327	242

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves traded steady to 5.00 higher with most weights, including yearlings, not well tested. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 higher while slaughter bulls trade steady 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
324	324	5	190.00	$190.00	$616	—
350–370	368	9	195.00–204.00	$195.95	$721	—
451	451	7	196.00	$196.00	$884	+13.61
505–520	511	12	177.00–181.00	$179.30	$916	+0.65
550–598	567	58	167.00–175.00	$171.69	$973	+0.41
600–645	630	103	161.00–167.00	$164.99	$1,039	+0.13
650–680	662	58	157.00–168.00	$161.48	$1,069	-0.20
711–740	728	104	153.00–164.00	$156.87	$1,142	+5.78
762–796	779	12	151.00–153.00	$151.98	$1,184	+7.53
802–847	844	62	145.50–152.00	$145.90	$1,231	-1.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–382	374	14	173.00–182.50	$179.04	$670	+4.68
420–439	432	17	172.50–178.00	$174.63	$754	+6.85
455–485	467	44	162.50–177.00	$168.07	$785	+2.89
502–548	534	50	160.00–174.00	$163.78	$875	+4.80
557–597	576	116	150.00–166.00	$161.09	$928	+5.13
600–638	607	84	149.00–160.00	$154.88	$940	+5.12
663–699	684	41	146.50–156.00	$151.67	$1,037	+2.38
708–712	710	8	148.00–150.50	$149.56	$1,062	+9.04
802–832	815	21	132.50–144.00	$139.39	$1,136	+0.73
862–882	867	13	138.00	$138.00	$1,196	+6.74
936	936	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–485	484	10	157.50–165.00	$162.76	$788	+9.04
565–575	569	9	152.50–157.00	$154.98	$882	+2.71
718	718	5	138.00	$138.00	$991	+23.00
901	901	10	115.00	$115.00	$1,036	—
1127	1127	9	100.00	$100.00	$1,127	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	5	157.00	$157.00	$835	—
691	691	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,036	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	334	6	162.50–165.00	$163.80	$547	—
415–442	434	24	156.00–168.00	$162.08	$703	+8.85
472–479	476	22	154.00–156.00	$155.18	$739	-3.72
506–548	533	59	152.00–158.00	$155.46	$829	+5.61
557–592	578	88	149.00–156.00	$154.65	$894	+2.63
600–634	619	187	151.50–155.00	$152.95	$947	+2.68
657–672	662	27	144.00–156.00	$150.20	$994	+4.99
718	718	15	145.50	$145.50	$1,045	+6.63
761	761	22	144.50	$144.50	$1,100	+10.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	140.00	$140.00	$483	-17.27
437–449	444	11	138.00–154.00	$145.89	$648	-0.18
480–488	484	13	140.00–153.00	$146.33	$708	-0.54
502–537	517	57	139.00–150.00	$146.02	$755	+5.07
568–599	583	29	137.50–145.00	$141.92	$827	-1.07
601–636	611	38	136.00–145.00	$141.70	$866	+2.71
650–695	677	24	130.00–137.00	$133.98	$907	-3.38
720–748	734	6	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$987	+0.93
799	799	5	125.00	$125.00	$999	-0.97
823	823	7	129.00	$129.00	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	5	138.00	$138.00	$535	-8.71
408–447	429	17	138.00–142.50	$140.47	$603	+4.31
455–498	466	13	135.00–136.00	$135.53	$632	-1.45
503–542	527	16	125.00–135.00	$130.39	$687	+6.60
563–592	583	10	128.00–133.00	$129.45	$755	+4.30

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–525	522	9	145.00–148.00	$147.01	$767	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	5	138.00	$138.00	$701	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	151.00	$151.00	$527	—
388	388	6	150.00	$150.00	$582	—
430–442	435	8	140.00–156.00	$149.90	$652	-5.24
502–542	521	16	144.00–150.00	$147.94	$771	-1.45
555–599	580	20	140.00–146.00	$143.79	$834	+1.79
605–642	628	18	134.00–143.00	$138.48	$870	-4.46
660–668	663	11	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$875	+5.34
702–720	713	9	119.00–140.00	$129.65	$924	-1.70
864	864	10	113.00	$113.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	11	172.00	$172.00	$666	—
498	498	5	163.00	$163.00	$812	+0.98
565	565	6	154.00	$154.00	$870	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	10	115.00	$115.00	$670	-23.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195–1242	1221	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,425.00–1,750.00	$1,627.22	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1440	1440	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–965	833	85-90%	6	30.00–42.50	$38.36	$320	—
730–1250	918	85-90%	23	44.00–53.00	$48.56	$446	+2.44
830–1290	1030	85-90%	66	54.00–63.00	$58.55	$603	-8.19
910–1355	1060	85-90%	15	64.00–71.00	$66.53	$705	+9.76

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1325	1164	80-85%	51	65.00–70.00	$67.82	$789	+2.24
1045–1330	1176	80-85%	15	55.00–64.00	$60.51	$712	-5.07
1015–1385	1208	80-85%	26	71.00–80.00	$73.50	$888	+13.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1510	1356	75-80%	6	60.00–65.00	$61.92	$840	—
1220–1680	1389	75-80%	27	66.00–74.00	$70.16	$975	+2.07
1240–1810	1423	75-80%	16	74.00–86.00	$78.25	$1,113	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–2270	1292	25	74.00–92.00	$83.56	$1,080	—
1195–1965	1554	23	92.00–102.00	$96.66	$1,502	—
1345–2305	1774	16	102.00–113.00	$106.77	$1,894	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–780	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	90.00–94.00	$90.96	$700
905–1155	1066	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	73.00–97.50	$80.81	$861

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–945	772	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	72.50–84.00	$78.72	$608

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1065	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	57.00–72.50	$64.67	$595

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–945	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	60.00–70.00	$65.12	$552

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1090	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	525.00–850.00	$757.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1230	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	550.00–925.00	$796.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1165	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,100.00	$973.16
1200–1345	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,083.64

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1068	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–995	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	400.00–500.00	$464.77

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–850	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00–700.00	$625.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	7	98.00	$98.00	$610	—

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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.