Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 9, 2021

2,954 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight L 1 heifers $145.10/cwt ≈ $1,008/hd at 695 lb · 136 head

light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $152.75/cwt ≈ $1,088/hd at 712 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.36/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 619 lb · 108 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,954	6,874	5,829
Feeder cattle	2,465	4,522	3,604
Slaughter cattle	285	520	423
Replacement cattle	204	1,832	1,802

Market comments — USDA reporter

steer calves traded 3.00-8.00 lower while heifer calves traded uneven from 4.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Yearling steers traded steady to 3.00 higher with yearling heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	370	3	141.00–160.00	$148.81	$551	-30.50
400–442	423	22	145.00–178.00	$168.47	$713	-3.82
450–497	486	68	149.00–173.00	$164.72	$801	-3.07
512–540	524	38	140.00–168.00	$161.13	$844	-1.09
550–592	581	62	142.50–164.00	$157.98	$918	-4.25
612 unweaned	612	12	145.00	$145.00	$887	—
600–648	621	87	141.00–160.00	$154.63	$960	+2.94
659–685	671	65	140.00–156.00	$147.87	$992	-3.44
700–747	721	33	128.00–151.00	$144.50	$1,042	-1.50
778–790	784	31	130.00–142.00	$139.86	$1,097	-3.14
800–825	819	17	140.00	$140.00	$1,147	+9.63
925–948	937	6	129.00–132.00	$130.52	$1,223	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	310	11	182.50–192.50	$186.76	$579	—
380–397	389	6	186.00–190.00	$187.96	$731	-4.54
400–447	418	15	163.00–175.00	$169.81	$710	-15.09
455–485	477	14	174.00–181.00	$177.53	$847	-2.83
500–546	529	29	162.50–176.00	$170.15	$900	-6.30
550–594	574	49	151.00–171.00	$159.74	$917	-12.58
600–649	632	43	154.00–168.00	$165.02	$1,043	-2.09
652–680	667	21	144.00–163.00	$157.41	$1,050	-8.96
704–745	715	19	140.00–161.00	$151.45	$1,083	-9.42
758–790	764	38	130.00–150.00	$147.94	$1,130	-5.87
811–841	819	33	139.00–146.50	$144.72	$1,185	-5.20
870	870	49	145.75	$145.75	$1,268	+3.01
920	920	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,279	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	10	162.50	$162.50	$899	+2.50
617	617	7	161.00	$161.00	$993	+4.87
712	712	134	152.75	$152.75	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	5	161.00	$161.00	$662	+2.33
488–491	490	7	152.50–160.00	$155.70	$763	-2.34
516–534	525	38	142.50–157.00	$153.44	$806	+0.32
552–594	569	13	145.00–152.50	$149.14	$849	-3.13
606	606	5	141.00	$141.00	$854	-0.85

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	22	169.00	$169.00	$984	+9.20
692–697	694	16	142.50	$142.50	$989	-12.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	16	162.00	$162.00	$1,068	-4.91

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	7	145.00	$145.00	$757	—
579	579	6	146.00	$146.00	$845	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	5	157.00	$157.00	$696	—
506	506	7	144.00	$144.00	$729	+6.98

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603–609	606	10	115.00–129.00	$122.03	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	8	147.50	$147.50	$810	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	332	11	145.00–163.00	$157.11	$522	—
405–448	439	39	144.00–159.00	$155.67	$683	-1.25
454–498	473	92	143.00–164.00	$156.49	$740	+0.59
500–548	522	55	141.00–158.00	$152.58	$796	-1.29
550–590	578	81	143.00–156.00	$152.34	$881	-2.07
598	598	8	148.00	$148.00	$885	-6.41
605–645	619	108	136.00–157.00	$149.36	$925	+1.24
650–662	661	27	142.00–154.00	$145.54	$962	-0.59
705–732	716	27	128.00–143.50	$140.16	$1,004	-3.84
757	757	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,007	-5.69
855–860	857	3	122.00–122.50	$122.33	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	140.00	$140.00	$483	—
358–398	383	19	137.00–156.00	$149.32	$572	-0.15
410–442	431	13	130.00–150.00	$143.01	$616	-2.86
455–498	484	41	132.50–150.00	$146.50	$709	-1.78
516 thin fleshed	516	22	157.00	$157.00	$810	—
500–540	524	56	136.00–150.00	$143.91	$754	+0.04
550–593	571	101	130.00–149.00	$141.38	$807	-0.32
605–646	621	56	124.00–145.00	$139.80	$868	+0.94
650–695	689	40	131.00–140.00	$136.62	$941	-1.65
702–740	721	11	125.00–138.00	$133.77	$964	-0.79
895	895	10	126.00	$126.00	$1,128	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	19	146.00	$146.00	$917	—
695	695	136	145.10	$145.10	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	5	130.00	$130.00	$741	+5.51
632	632	6	130.00	$130.00	$822	+4.90
737	737	6	115.00	$115.00	$848	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	5	148.00	$148.00	$847	+10.00
654–675	660	11	130.00–140.00	$137.21	$906	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	10	148.00	$148.00	$657	—
503	503	5	138.00	$138.00	$694	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	3	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	170.00	$170.00	$578	—
415–445	432	10	154.00–164.00	$159.77	$690	-1.18
515–545	538	12	154.00–161.00	$155.93	$839	-3.67
550–590	567	22	138.00–157.50	$149.62	$848	—
600–640	629	5	138.00–140.00	$139.62	$878	—
675	675	3	130.00	$130.00	$878	-15.00
924	924	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,063	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437–448	441	12	150.00–155.00	$153.31	$676	+0.43
455–495	482	9	142.00–157.50	$146.88	$708	-2.39
530–540	535	6	126.00–147.50	$136.85	$732	-15.32
572–588	579	9	138.00–147.00	$142.31	$824	+3.62
613–638	626	12	141.00–142.00	$141.49	$886	+7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1005	904	85-90%	4	26.00–40.00	$33.67	$304	-17.97
715–1275	964	85-90%	28	42.50–55.00	$49.62	$478	—
890–1275	1055	85-90%	8	66.00–71.00	$68.48	$722	-0.05
765–1400	1059	85-90%	54	50.50–65.00	$58.30	$617	-10.23

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1335	1153	80-85%	42	60.50–73.00	$67.23	$775	-7.31
1025–1380	1208	80-85%	12	56.00–65.00	$62.89	$760	-5.02
920–1540	1241	80-85%	34	68.00–80.00	$72.75	$903	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1745	1398	75-80%	26	68.00–76.00	$72.45	$1,013	—
1280–1665	1419	75-80%	9	62.00–67.00	$64.49	$915	+0.43
1210–1800	1441	75-80%	19	70.00–80.00	$76.08	$1,096	+5.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1615	1437	6	60.00–88.00	$76.62	$1,101	-6.58
1240–1905	1576	17	85.00–100.00	$94.72	$1,493	—
1570–2355	1821	19	91.00–112.50	$103.88	$1,892	-4.06

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–905	777	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	100.00–129.00	$108.83	$846
795–1130	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	66.00–85.00	$75.85	$735

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–970	849	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	62.00–68.00	$64.81	$550

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
788	788	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	109.00	$109.00	$859

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1025	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,058.66
1105–1368	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,014.64
1055–1426	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,224.53

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
835–1060	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	500.00–825.00	$727.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1185	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	675.00–950.00	$836.57
1095–1300	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$796.21
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–855	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	275.00–600.00	$478.56

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1405–1615	1511	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,126.49

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1010	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,100.00	$1,014.68

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–850	793	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	700.00–825.00	$760.29

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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
1000–1125	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–875	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,150.00	$1,062.50	-120.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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	-155.00

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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.