Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

4,893 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.43/cwt -2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 530 lb · 181 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $160.95/cwt -4.07 vs last sale · ≈ $999/hd at 621 lb · 165 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.04/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $874/hd at 571 lb · 160 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,893	2,954	5,839
Feeder cattle	3,889	2,465	4,948
Slaughter cattle	599	285	752
Replacement cattle	405	204	139

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 3.00 higher with some spots of up to 10.00 higher gaining back last weeks losses from lighter supplies. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	373	6	195.00–204.00	$202.45	$755	+14.49
400–440	426	36	168.00–209.00	$188.91	$805	+19.10
457–490	469	27	165.00–188.00	$175.96	$825	-1.57
514 fancy	514	9	178.00	$178.00	$915	—
500–542	527	136	160.00–180.00	$171.42	$903	+1.27
552–595	575	75	156.00–172.00	$166.74	$959	+7.00
601 fancy	601	12	171.00	$171.00	$1,028	—
600–647	621	132	151.00–170.00	$160.58	$997	-4.44
632 unweaned	632	21	157.50	$157.50	$995	—
655–697	681	130	150.00–165.00	$154.98	$1,055	-2.43
700–746	719	62	142.00–159.00	$155.21	$1,116	+3.76
726 fancy	726	35	162.00	$162.00	$1,176	—
757–797	786	44	148.00–153.00	$148.59	$1,168	+0.65
805–841	826	66	132.50–149.00	$146.82	$1,213	+2.10
862–864	864	144	147.00–149.85	$149.36	$1,290	+3.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	377	17	170.00–185.00	$177.59	$670	+28.78
420–438	432	28	165.00–179.00	$173.66	$750	+5.19
458–498	484	40	150.00–175.00	$166.37	$805	+1.65
505–549	531	79	156.00–168.00	$162.09	$861	+0.96
553–596	577	129	140.00–161.00	$154.27	$890	-3.71
600–645	620	77	138.00–161.00	$152.49	$945	-2.14
651–698	668	82	142.00–153.00	$148.83	$994	+0.96
702–742	722	47	140.00–152.00	$149.40	$1,079	+4.90
817–846	835	15	137.00–144.00	$141.79	$1,184	+1.79
858–899	890	14	135.00–138.00	$137.38	$1,223	—
902–945	922	19	131.00–135.00	$133.85	$1,234	+3.33
961	961	24	133.00	$133.00	$1,278	—
1020–1021	1020	28	122.50–125.00	$122.86	$1,253	—
1058	1058	6	95.00	$95.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	365	4	155.00–160.00	$156.30	$570	—
451–490	470	23	145.00–157.50	$151.27	$711	-4.43
538–545	542	14	145.00–147.00	$146.29	$793	-7.15
560–595	579	11	130.00–142.50	$139.49	$808	-9.65
687–691	690	11	122.50–143.00	$136.98	$945	—
888	888	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,066	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–449	436	22	154.00–178.00	$164.86	$719	—
461	461	5	162.50	$162.50	$749	—
507	507	8	152.50	$152.50	$773	—
582	582	5	142.50	$142.50	$829	-26.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611	611	5	145.00	$145.00	$886	-16.00
715–745	731	11	144.00–147.00	$145.67	$1,065	-7.08

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	155.00	$155.00	$969	—
753	753	6	132.50	$132.50	$998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	3	164.00	$164.00	$446	—
310–342	326	8	153.00–167.00	$160.58	$523	+3.47
350–399	379	55	152.50–173.00	$164.61	$624	—
402–446	434	51	149.00–173.00	$159.19	$691	+3.52
452–498	467	47	150.00–162.50	$157.67	$736	+1.18
503–548	525	119	146.00–161.00	$154.53	$811	+1.95
550–599	571	160	145.00–158.00	$153.04	$874	+0.70
605–644	636	91	137.50–153.00	$149.52	$951	+0.16
650–697	682	59	138.00–150.00	$146.68	$1,000	+1.14
702–725	712	26	130.00–140.00	$136.40	$971	-3.76
795	795	16	137.00	$137.00	$1,089	—
800–828	812	48	135.50	$135.50	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	15	146.00–153.00	$149.73	$581	+0.41
408–448	427	77	145.00–156.00	$150.70	$643	+7.69
450–499	483	75	124.00–152.00	$146.60	$708	+0.10
502–549	530	181	137.00–150.00	$145.43	$771	+1.52
550–595	573	81	131.00–145.00	$143.30	$821	+1.92
602–645	624	83	125.00–145.00	$138.89	$867	-0.91
658–689	672	21	130.00–140.00	$134.31	$903	-2.31
702–726	714	8	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$968	+1.74
795–798	797	56	134.00–136.00	$134.98	$1,076	—
822	822	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,044	—
862–896	882	17	112.00–124.50	$119.47	$1,054	-6.53

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522–541	536	11	145.00–147.00	$145.53	$780	—
553–577	558	14	144.00	$144.00	$804	-4.00
611	611	6	130.00	$130.00	$794	—
836	836	5	126.00	$126.00	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438–447	443	6	139.00–146.00	$142.54	$631	—
528–539	535	10	128.00–138.00	$131.76	$705	—
673	673	3	125.00	$125.00	$841	—
782	782	7	115.00	$115.00	$899	—
833	833	6	115.00	$115.00	$958	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–432	424	10	154.00–158.00	$156.78	$665	—
564	564	8	154.00	$154.00	$869	—
667	667	7	147.00	$147.00	$980	+1.90
718	718	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,005	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	5	138.00	$138.00	$951	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	3	102.50	$102.50	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	381	9	145.00–167.00	$152.33	$580	—
430–449	439	15	147.50–152.50	$150.32	$660	-2.99
480	480	3	157.50	$157.50	$756	+10.62
515–548	540	19	138.00–150.00	$144.20	$779	+7.35
555–592	578	23	139.00–152.00	$145.98	$844	+3.67
610–632	619	8	130.00–142.50	$134.63	$833	-6.86
668	668	3	138.00	$138.00	$922	—
740–746	743	8	122.00–126.00	$123.99	$921	—
810–824	818	7	121.00–127.00	$124.45	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	12	160.00–177.00	$163.84	$688	+4.07
460–494	488	17	153.00–155.00	$153.75	$750	—
656	656	5	145.00	$145.00	$951	+15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1196	1196	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1215	1182	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,134.27	—
1970	1970	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	4	145.00	$145.00	$670	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–970	788	85-90%	10	20.00–42.50	$35.21	$277	—
735–1200	884	85-90%	57	44.00–54.00	$49.44	$437	—
735–1275	1029	85-90%	120	50.00–66.00	$59.59	$613	—
955–1305	1077	85-90%	28	60.00–71.00	$65.24	$703	+6.94

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1335	1174	80-85%	36	50.00–65.00	$61.68	$724	-5.55
1010–1540	1180	80-85%	103	60.00–73.00	$67.78	$800	+0.55
1025–1295	1197	80-85%	22	68.00–75.00	$72.55	$868	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1670	1391	75-80%	51	55.00–68.00	$64.05	$891	-8.40
1245–1605	1399	75-80%	62	63.50–75.00	$70.16	$982	-2.29
1320–1515	1455	75-80%	17	70.00–78.00	$76.31	$1,110	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1725	1295	24	65.00–91.00	$83.22	$1,078	—
1275–2020	1591	27	88.00–102.00	$94.93	$1,510	+0.21
1650–2190	1844	17	104.00–111.00	$106.34	$1,961	+2.46

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
734–1077	893	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	100.00–127.00	$107.55	$960
930–1235	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	71.00–84.00	$77.81	$893

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1000	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	70.00–100.00	$77.31	$748

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1025	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	59.00–67.00	$62.79	$588

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1188	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	900.00–1,025.00	$941.46
1100–1430	1264	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	900.00–950.00	$914.36
980–1630	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	875.00–1,325.00	$1,105.26

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–952	908	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	500.00–600.00	$560.94
705–1142	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	36	500.00–900.00	$750.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
658–1235	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	725.00–800.00	$747.36
1158	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	800.00	$800.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–995	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	875.00–950.00	$930.96
960–1160	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–975.00	$930.88

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–893	837	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	300.00–550.00	$477.82

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815–1005	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	750.00–1,150.00	$991.67	—
958–975	964	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,000.00	$966.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
978–1050	1002	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
975–1205	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,046.43	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935–1109	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,250.00–1,550.00	$1,288.64	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1292	1292	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	4	85.00	$85.00	$540	—

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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.