Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

4,196 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.43/cwt -3.29 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 570 lb · 130 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.85/cwt -2.02 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 477 lb · 112 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.80/cwt -5.61 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 573 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,196	3,860	4,292
Feeder cattle	3,312	3,104	3,299
Slaughter cattle	468	441	457
Replacement cattle	416	315	536

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher early week, 2.00 to 4.00 lower, spots up to 8.00 lower late week. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–349	326	11	167.50–182.50	$175.44	$572	+0.44
350–395	370	19	166.00–182.50	$174.22	$645	+0.03
400–448	427	101	156.00–172.50	$164.94	$704	-4.12
451–495	470	98	149.00–170.00	$162.24	$763	-3.14
502–549	528	104	145.00–163.00	$157.11	$830	-2.70
550–599	570	130	144.00–164.00	$154.43	$880	-3.29
602–648	630	74	143.00–156.00	$150.12	$946	-5.63
650–693	672	104	140.00–154.00	$147.75	$993	-3.81
700–725	714	14	140.00–151.00	$144.52	$1,032	-2.61
750–780	768	32	132.50–148.00	$143.96	$1,106	-3.89
815–821	818	19	136.00–145.00	$142.16	$1,163	-6.23
853–882	868	6	141.00–142.00	$141.51	$1,228	-3.85
1021	1021	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,297	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	323	10	185.00–190.00	$187.43	$605	-30.07
392	392	6	183.00	$183.00	$717	-7.00
410–432	429	18	175.00–182.50	$180.11	$773	+0.74
451	451	4	175.00	$175.00	$789	-0.68
508–524	513	13	173.00–177.50	$176.09	$903	+3.16
551–597	565	88	166.00–179.00	$172.06	$972	+1.88
600–644	619	52	154.00–166.00	$159.47	$987	-9.15
658–690	678	80	154.00–166.00	$160.00	$1,085	-6.24
703–718	707	55	157.00–160.00	$158.73	$1,122	-0.04
752–790	763	38	147.50–158.00	$153.05	$1,168	+1.24
804–821	816	85	150.50–154.00	$151.60	$1,237	-1.90
860–892	862	60	136.00–151.50	$150.70	$1,299	—
1017	1017	56	139.00	$139.00	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	167.50	$167.50	$628	—
405–440	424	11	135.00–157.50	$149.40	$633	-2.26
459–492	470	18	140.00–157.50	$148.95	$700	+5.95
515–548	533	4	140.00–147.50	$144.83	$772	—
555–595	572	28	140.00–147.50	$143.42	$820	+2.38
619–647	628	12	129.00–145.00	$139.71	$877	+2.27

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–485	478	14	142.00–160.00	$152.17	$727	-3.53
583–592	586	9	138.00–145.00	$140.36	$823	+0.01
760	760	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	9	160.00	$160.00	$630	-6.00
408	408	5	145.00	$145.00	$592	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	11	175.00	$175.00	$614	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	375	3	152.50	$152.50	$572	—
480–498	492	3	140.00–142.50	$141.69	$697	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	4	169.00	$169.00	$470	—
310–345	329	10	155.00–169.00	$163.95	$539	-10.05
384–397	390	16	161.00–167.50	$164.96	$643	-3.21
408–443	425	62	151.00–167.00	$159.93	$680	-1.51
458–492	475	89	151.00–164.00	$156.90	$745	+1.57
500–542	523	81	142.50–157.00	$149.95	$784	-5.04
551–597	573	106	142.00–155.00	$147.80	$847	-5.61
604–649	628	25	141.00–154.00	$150.72	$947	-3.29
650–683	667	93	144.00–152.00	$147.81	$986	+1.19
714–737	732	42	142.50–144.50	$144.08	$1,055	-1.11
752–755	752	7	138.00–143.00	$138.72	$1,043	—
844	844	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,131	-1.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–342	327	19	150.00–155.00	$153.45	$502	—
361–397	377	24	150.00–160.00	$154.87	$584	-1.16
405–448	430	42	139.00–154.00	$147.50	$634	-4.43
452–498	477	112	135.00–151.00	$143.85	$686	-2.02
501–545	520	63	130.00–149.00	$141.04	$733	-4.70
550–595	571	84	130.00–142.50	$137.65	$786	-4.04
600–645	624	35	130.00–147.00	$136.63	$853	-5.01
651–672	664	27	128.00–139.00	$134.22	$891	-6.36
712	712	6	132.50	$132.50	$943	-3.65
751–798	789	60	125.00–134.50	$132.07	$1,042	—
827	827	6	128.00	$128.00	$1,059	-5.00
873–898	890	9	120.00	$120.00	$1,068	—
908–936	922	15	103.00–116.00	$109.74	$1,012	—
955–957	956	6	109.00–119.00	$113.99	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–390	382	11	130.00–142.50	$133.23	$509	-4.77
400–442	425	15	130.00–138.00	$133.83	$569	—
458–485	471	12	130.00–142.50	$132.39	$624	—
675–682	681	7	127.00–128.00	$127.86	$871	—
708–725	718	10	114.00–120.00	$117.01	$840	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564–599	583	13	135.00–138.00	$136.58	$796	—
879	879	6	113.00	$113.00	$993	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	364	4	127.50–130.00	$129.38	$471	—
570	570	3	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
670	670	3	110.00	$110.00	$737	—
868	868	6	90.00	$90.00	$781	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	112.50	$112.50	$523	—
753	753	5	87.50	$87.50	$659	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	5	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	160.00	$160.00	$672	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	5	146.00	$146.00	$791	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–441	422	16	142.50–163.00	$150.31	$634	-14.47
455–495	471	38	135.00–163.00	$145.07	$683	-9.27
507–541	526	7	130.00–135.00	$132.94	$699	-9.08
563–590	575	13	128.00–140.00	$133.17	$766	-8.60
615–645	631	11	136.00–144.00	$138.98	$877	+6.48
651–690	665	15	130.00–143.00	$134.27	$893	-2.94
702–735	718	11	120.00–139.00	$130.38	$936	+2.29
760	760	5	129.00	$129.00	$980	+11.00
815–845	828	7	124.00–126.00	$125.13	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	4	150.00	$150.00	$632	—
460–489	479	10	150.00–158.00	$154.23	$739	—
515–524	523	7	142.50–145.00	$142.85	$747	—
562–580	570	16	140.00–142.50	$140.63	$802	—
615–620	618	3	136.00–141.00	$139.34	$861	—
735	735	3	124.00	$124.00	$911	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–495	477	23	140.00–148.00	$146.39	$698	—
530–545	539	7	130.00–135.00	$133.72	$721	—
550–592	574	12	127.50–138.00	$135.38	$777	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	10	173.00	$173.00	$773	-1.37
493	493	5	152.00	$152.00	$749	-20.86
502	502	5	155.00	$155.00	$778	+1.87
626	626	5	143.00	$143.00	$895	-3.00
741	741	7	131.00	$131.00	$971	-2.97

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–415	408	9	132.50	$132.50	$541	—
523	523	3	122.50	$122.50	$641	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1250	1172	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,510.11	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1430	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1195	915	85-90%	7	30.00–41.00	$35.49	$325	—
770–1195	959	85-90%	50	42.50–52.00	$48.30	$463	-0.10
805–1360	1074	85-90%	103	51.00–63.00	$56.39	$606	-9.88
900–1360	1112	85-90%	32	62.00–68.00	$64.68	$719	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1350	1186	80-85%	81	61.00–70.00	$64.59	$766	-2.11
1025–1415	1210	80-85%	22	55.00–62.00	$59.71	$722	-12.83
1115–1340	1236	80-85%	8	69.00–78.00	$71.35	$882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1860	1412	75-80%	43	64.00–70.00	$66.52	$939	-1.53
1295–1645	1426	75-80%	25	57.00–65.00	$60.90	$868	-7.15
1322–1720	1449	75-80%	20	70.00–80.00	$73.40	$1,064	-1.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–2020	1466	19	65.00–87.00	$79.52	$1,166	—
985–2050	1632	29	85.00–98.00	$90.91	$1,484	—
1295–2040	1809	11	98.00–108.00	$101.08	$1,829	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–995	839	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	92.50–129.00	$115.15	$966
825–1510	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	70.00–97.50	$82.79	$938

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–950	792	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	76.00–109.00	$91.03	$721
695–985	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	68.00–96.00	$77.12	$658

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1070	858	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–70.00	$67.19	$576

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1095	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	60.00–64.00	$62.85	$600

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1420	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	775.00–950.00	$886.94
1055–1505	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	900.00–1,275.00	$1,053.90
1251	1251	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1350	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	500.00–900.00	$738.93
1153	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1095	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	500.00–825.00	$665.28

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
678–992	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	300.00–600.00	$466.09

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1115	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–875.00	$867.13
950–1170	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,050.00	$989.65

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1125	968	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	775.00–1,000.00	$843.17

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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
1028	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1025–1210	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,395.45	—
1137	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1180	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845–1075	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,125.00	$1,058.33	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	110.00	$110.00	$572	—
920	920	11	95.00	$95.00	$874	—

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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.