Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

3,860 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $152.25/cwt +20.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,417/hd at 931 lb · 220 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $166.24/cwt +7.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 675 lb · 132 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.41/cwt -3.21 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 569 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,860	2,289	4,028
Feeder cattle	3,104	1,789	3,070
Slaughter cattle	441	289	575
Replacement cattle	315	211	383

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, spots 8.00 higher late week. Yearlings steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	217.50	$217.50	$696	—
380	380	2	190.00	$190.00	$722	-1.30
420–440	432	3	175.00–185.00	$179.37	$775	—
453–485	466	34	174.00–182.00	$175.68	$819	+6.01
510–546	534	37	165.00–177.00	$172.93	$923	+4.54
550–594	576	51	165.00–176.00	$170.18	$980	+6.09
601–649	630	57	154.00–172.00	$168.62	$1,062	+6.96
652–698	675	132	155.00–169.00	$166.24	$1,122	+7.55
702–737	724	68	152.00–163.00	$158.77	$1,149	+2.82
755–765	759	18	142.00–154.50	$151.81	$1,152	—
807	807	53	153.50	$153.50	$1,239	+12.63
931	931	220	152.25	$152.25	$1,417	+20.25
964	964	4	132.50	$132.50	$1,277	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	6	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$528	—
388–395	390	3	172.50–177.50	$174.19	$679	+2.16
420–444	434	30	162.50–173.00	$169.06	$734	—
452–498	474	34	150.00–170.00	$165.38	$784	-2.09
508–548	525	72	145.00–166.00	$159.81	$839	+5.67
562–597	584	104	150.00–164.00	$157.72	$921	+3.47
602–648	625	92	142.50–159.00	$155.75	$973	+6.07
652–698	677	41	140.00–158.00	$151.56	$1,026	+5.43
701–748	720	37	130.00–154.00	$147.13	$1,059	+0.88
754–762	757	34	138.00–152.00	$147.85	$1,119	+4.97
815–844	837	64	138.00–149.00	$148.39	$1,242	+28.06
870–879	879	60	133.00–146.00	$145.36	$1,278	—
902–915	903	27	127.00–138.50	$137.21	$1,239	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	5	160.00	$160.00	$546	-10.00
403–430	416	18	143.00–155.00	$151.66	$631	-9.03
488	488	10	143.00	$143.00	$698	-9.60
550–593	563	13	130.00–145.00	$141.04	$794	-7.48
605–635	620	6	135.00–140.00	$137.44	$852	+4.92
672	672	8	139.00	$139.00	$934	—
722	722	3	120.00	$120.00	$866	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	180.00	$180.00	$569	—
394	394	9	166.00	$166.00	$654	—
488–495	493	11	150.00	$150.00	$740	-11.14
513–547	524	10	150.00–157.50	$153.09	$802	—
583–595	589	12	149.00–152.50	$151.13	$890	-1.37
601–612	606	12	146.00–147.00	$146.42	$887	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466–468	467	7	150.00–160.00	$155.70	$727	—
565–567	566	9	135.00–151.00	$140.35	$794	—
611–648	633	27	138.00–145.00	$142.28	$901	—
653–699	680	14	140.00–147.00	$143.48	$976	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	23	165.00	$165.00	$939	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	7	164.00	$164.00	$956	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	172.00–175.00	$174.00	$574	—
350–380	368	20	160.00–172.00	$168.17	$619	+3.88
408–444	430	17	158.00–166.00	$161.44	$694	+2.61
450–498	478	51	150.00–160.00	$155.33	$742	+1.41
508–542	522	81	151.00–161.00	$154.99	$809	-1.81
550–595	569	110	142.50–155.00	$153.41	$873	-3.21
604–648	620	80	144.00–157.00	$154.01	$955	+5.91
663–696	683	83	138.00–152.00	$146.62	$1,001	+0.58
704–728	717	34	138.00–147.00	$145.19	$1,041	+3.60
818–828	819	14	134.00–136.50	$135.78	$1,112	-2.22
932–938	933	12	126.00–128.00	$127.66	$1,191	+2.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	155.00–157.00	$156.03	$582	+8.15
415–448	434	14	141.00–157.00	$151.93	$659	+5.38
452–497	476	46	136.00–152.00	$145.87	$694	-1.68
500–542	522	62	140.00–153.00	$145.74	$761	-1.23
551–598	571	60	132.50–149.00	$141.69	$809	-3.14
610–647	624	49	136.00–147.00	$141.64	$884	-0.28
650–699	668	64	130.00–145.00	$140.58	$939	+4.80
700–748	714	23	122.50–144.00	$136.15	$972	+5.06
810–812	811	6	132.00–134.00	$133.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	9	140.00	$140.00	$484	—
378	378	5	138.00	$138.00	$522	—
510–531	526	10	122.50–130.00	$128.66	$677	—
550–590	571	9	125.00–135.00	$131.56	$751	-1.94
625–643	637	6	127.50–133.00	$128.73	$820	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	5	155.00	$155.00	$755	—
517–539	534	21	154.00–155.00	$154.77	$826	—
608	608	9	146.00	$146.00	$888	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	5	167.00	$167.00	$546	—
437	437	12	145.00	$145.00	$634	—
498	498	5	140.00	$140.00	$697	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536–537	537	11	142.50–145.00	$143.64	$771	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	5	153.00	$153.00	$730	±0.00
505	505	5	151.00	$151.00	$763	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	385	5	171.00–188.00	$174.54	$672	—
405–440	417	3	157.00–169.00	$164.78	$687	+14.78
450–475	459	6	145.00–160.00	$154.34	$708	+5.32
506–542	527	20	131.00–147.50	$142.02	$748	-6.39
555–580	570	19	133.00–154.00	$141.77	$808	-3.21
640	640	2	132.50	$132.50	$848	-5.94
678–681	680	10	133.00–139.00	$137.21	$933	+3.80
702–742	721	14	120.00–131.00	$128.09	$924	+0.73
791	791	5	118.00	$118.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	6	197.00	$197.00	$703	+29.00
410–448	437	11	171.00–182.00	$174.37	$762	—
450–480	463	4	172.50–174.00	$172.86	$800	+16.86
500–542	525	12	150.00–156.00	$153.13	$804	—
566	566	5	144.00	$144.00	$815	—
619	619	6	146.00	$146.00	$904	—
656	656	5	138.00	$138.00	$905	—
720–748	739	3	133.00–136.00	$133.97	$990	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1135	867	85-90%	7	30.00–40.00	$33.82	$293	—
665–1205	953	85-90%	37	42.50–53.00	$48.40	$461	—
770–1375	1048	85-90%	86	52.00–63.50	$57.83	$606	+0.09
780–1235	1062	85-90%	27	63.00–72.00	$66.27	$704	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1370	1171	80-85%	21	56.00–63.00	$60.16	$704	-12.33
840–1420	1176	80-85%	93	62.00–73.50	$66.70	$784	-5.79
1040–1315	1200	80-85%	26	69.00–77.00	$72.54	$870	+12.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1750	1422	75-80%	44	65.00–73.50	$68.05	$968	-0.70
1230–1760	1439	75-80%	27	72.00–81.00	$74.64	$1,074	+5.89
1245–1840	1483	75-80%	20	58.00–65.00	$62.50	$927	+0.34

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1148–1765	1405	15	65.00–90.00	$80.96	$1,137	—
1065–2190	1762	28	90.00–102.00	$96.40	$1,699	—
1675–2025	1872	6	102.00–105.00	$104.18	$1,950	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1295	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	69.00–90.00	$81.80	$843
755–1290	1034	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	102.50–114.00	$110.91	$1,147

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1035	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	50.00–66.00	$57.66	$549

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–935	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–90.00	$75.06	$597

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1190	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	59.00–66.00	$62.56	$629

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1153	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	875.00–1,185.00	$1,074.60
1069–1552	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	750.00–1,325.00	$1,129.15

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1120	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	500.00–875.00	$658.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1280	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	650.00–900.00	$781.91

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1050	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00
995–1100	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	925.00–975.00	$963.91

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–935	726	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	175.00–475.00	$360.84

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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
1165–1420	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,200.00	$1,108.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1000	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—
1075–1080	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,166.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–890	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,033.33	—

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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.