Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

5,013 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $157.47/cwt -2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,080/hd at 686 lb · 160 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.69/cwt -1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 566 lb · 142 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.21/cwt -11.85 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 573 lb · 115 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,013	4,196	5,099
Feeder cattle	4,119	3,312	3,873
Slaughter cattle	541	468	612
Replacement cattle	353	416	614

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, spots 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	423	22	169.00–176.00	$173.06	$732	-7.05
453–475	465	35	167.50–175.00	$170.83	$794	-4.17
485–493 unweaned	487	33	164.00–165.00	$164.21	$800	—
502–530	512	36	160.00–172.00	$166.99	$855	-9.10
551–599	573	101	158.00–167.00	$160.97	$922	-11.09
568–593 unweaned	573	14	145.00–157.50	$154.73	$887	—
602–617 unweaned	610	27	152.50–155.00	$153.90	$939	—
603–647	626	67	150.00–169.50	$163.10	$1,021	+3.63
659–661 unweaned	660	22	144.00–150.00	$145.63	$961	—
655–699	690	138	155.00–162.00	$159.36	$1,100	-0.64
700–740	717	109	140.00–158.00	$150.33	$1,078	-8.40
760–786	780	62	136.00–149.00	$147.01	$1,147	-6.04
802–825	806	31	132.50–148.00	$145.27	$1,171	-6.33
852–870	864	15	130.00–144.00	$141.48	$1,222	-9.22
905	905	19	138.50	$138.50	$1,253	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–335	319	12	177.50	$177.50	$566	+2.06
376–398	387	29	165.00–179.00	$170.32	$659	-3.90
402–448	424	26	160.00–173.00	$166.30	$705	+1.36
455–499	480	97	152.50–170.00	$160.10	$768	-2.14
505–548	527	105	148.00–164.00	$156.01	$822	-1.10
550–599	572	107	145.00–157.00	$151.34	$866	-3.09
600–646	623	58	138.00–152.50	$146.59	$913	-3.53
652–698	676	40	136.00–147.50	$141.94	$960	-5.81
700–740	716	59	131.00–148.00	$140.84	$1,008	-3.68
750–786	773	40	133.00–147.00	$139.88	$1,081	-4.08
815–848	837	22	122.50–134.00	$129.48	$1,084	-12.68
863–888	874	9	125.00–133.00	$130.29	$1,139	-11.22
952–965	958	7	116.00–123.00	$119.02	$1,140	—
1069	1069	36	120.00	$120.00	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–398	378	14	150.00–173.00	$158.49	$599	-9.01
400–445	427	14	135.00–155.00	$148.80	$635	-0.60
458–495	480	53	143.00–158.00	$149.79	$719	+0.84
505–548	529	29	130.00–147.50	$138.49	$733	-6.34
560–598	581	18	131.00–146.00	$140.57	$817	-2.85
632–647	642	15	130.00–135.00	$134.01	$860	-5.70
665–695	684	13	124.00–138.00	$130.41	$892	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	8	145.00	$145.00	$673	—
511–521	516	17	146.00–152.00	$149.79	$773	—
564–599	584	14	144.00–156.00	$149.10	$871	—
631–641	636	24	135.00–152.50	$147.53	$938	—
665	665	6	135.00	$135.00	$898	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	12	147.50	$147.50	$720	-4.67
613	613	5	142.00	$142.00	$870	—
663–667	666	18	138.00–149.00	$142.15	$947	—
729	729	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,021	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	24	146.00	$146.00	$1,066	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	325	4	157.50–161.00	$160.08	$520	—
352–393	375	9	160.00–162.50	$161.36	$605	+8.86
460–484	478	7	140.00–148.00	$145.12	$694	+3.43

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	8	157.50	$157.50	$499	+4.05
357–398	372	45	142.50–159.00	$153.03	$569	-1.84
400–448	430	86	135.00–156.00	$146.57	$630	-0.93
456–496	478	78	132.50–146.00	$140.73	$673	-3.12
500–548	527	110	130.00–144.00	$138.07	$728	-2.97
550–592	566	142	128.00–142.00	$135.69	$768	-1.96
602–645	620	82	127.50–140.00	$133.95	$830	-2.68
652–690	668	36	127.50–138.00	$131.91	$881	-2.31
705–738	725	19	122.50–133.00	$126.13	$914	-6.37
801–835	811	28	126.00–134.00	$130.69	$1,060	+2.69
859	859	9	129.00	$129.00	$1,108	+9.00
1002	1002	25	96.00	$96.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	367	29	150.00–166.00	$157.89	$579	-7.07
400–448	428	51	145.00–168.00	$154.91	$663	-5.02
451–481 unweaned	477	44	147.00–147.50	$147.44	$703	—
478–497	493	25	145.00–157.00	$154.12	$760	-2.78
501–535	509	60	144.00–151.00	$147.66	$752	-2.29
513 unweaned	513	13	142.00	$142.00	$728	—
555–595	568	92	143.00–147.00	$145.58	$827	-2.22
619–627 unweaned	622	22	134.00–142.00	$136.57	$849	—
606–648	628	89	139.00–149.50	$146.31	$919	-4.41
654–696	669	50	141.00–146.50	$145.39	$973	-2.42
700–739	728	76	130.00–146.50	$140.97	$1,026	-3.11
860	860	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	317	24	135.00–145.00	$139.60	$443	—
358–398	380	24	130.00–145.00	$136.70	$519	+3.47
406–440	415	21	130.00–142.50	$136.18	$565	+2.35
450–498	476	36	130.00–141.00	$134.65	$641	+2.26
546	546	6	130.00	$130.00	$710	—
562–592	582	17	122.50–126.00	$125.10	$728	—
625–645	630	4	125.00	$125.00	$788	—
653–692	670	15	120.00–123.00	$120.59	$808	-7.27
725–747	733	12	115.00–120.00	$116.25	$852	-0.76
756	756	5	118.00	$118.00	$892	—
807–845	819	22	110.00–117.00	$112.07	$918	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	5	138.00	$138.00	$610	—
488–495	491	18	132.50–138.00	$136.39	$670	—
504	504	5	130.00	$130.00	$655	—
557–580	566	17	130.00–140.00	$133.62	$756	-2.96
690	690	5	125.00	$125.00	$862	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	9	145.00	$145.00	$684	—
514	514	5	143.00	$143.00	$735	-3.00
581	581	11	142.00	$142.00	$825	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	10	147.00	$147.00	$847	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
807	807	3	102.50	$102.50	$827	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	384	7	150.00–155.00	$152.17	$584	—
422–445	432	18	132.50–167.00	$146.67	$634	-3.64
466–490	481	33	131.00–143.00	$139.10	$669	-5.97
528–533	531	18	130.00–137.00	$133.97	$711	+1.03
555–598	577	28	125.00–140.00	$131.08	$756	-2.09
615–629	623	15	115.00–130.00	$124.55	$776	-14.43
681–688	683	9	120.00–135.00	$125.03	$854	-9.24
718	718	6	111.00	$111.00	$797	-19.38
820–835	827	11	105.00–110.00	$107.03	$885	-18.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	431	15	150.00–157.00	$154.86	$667	+4.86
450–464	463	13	150.00–152.00	$151.85	$703	-2.38
554	554	6	137.50	$137.50	$762	-3.13
600–645	623	15	125.00–134.00	$129.40	$806	-9.94
715–738	728	18	117.00–124.00	$120.55	$878	-3.45
772	772	5	110.00	$110.00	$849	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	163.00	$163.00	$505	—
372–398	381	11	155.00–162.50	$159.24	$607	—
438	438	3	148.00	$148.00	$648	—
465–495	482	16	132.50–144.00	$140.76	$678	-5.63
510–530	523	9	125.00–134.00	$130.40	$682	-3.32
550–558	554	10	130.00–135.00	$132.49	$734	-2.89
646	646	4	120.00	$120.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	6	162.50	$162.50	$668	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	4	145.00	$145.00	$554	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1205	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,298.46	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1165	885	85-90%	28	30.00–43.00	$36.96	$327	—
730–1260	955	85-90%	70	40.00–52.50	$46.61	$445	-1.69
790–1295	1077	85-90%	109	50.00–62.00	$56.31	$606	-0.08
925–1265	1090	85-90%	13	63.00–68.00	$64.81	$706	+8.42

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1340	1196	80-85%	31	55.00–60.00	$58.34	$698	-6.25
890–1385	1202	80-85%	72	60.00–68.00	$63.30	$761	+3.59
1055–1275	1213	80-85%	8	69.00–73.00	$70.76	$858	+11.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1590	1365	75-80%	28	53.00–62.00	$59.77	$816	—
1202–1700	1421	75-80%	61	62.00–70.00	$65.33	$928	+4.43
1275–1785	1564	75-80%	21	70.00–82.00	$74.52	$1,165	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1062–1710	1326	26	65.00–86.00	$76.56	$1,015	—
920–2445	1635	39	84.00–97.00	$92.32	$1,509	+1.41
1015–1875	1654	7	90.00–100.00	$96.38	$1,594	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1030	899	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–125.00	$92.57	$832
835–1200	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	70.00–89.00	$80.12	$785

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1290	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	53.00–66.00	$59.51	$696

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1170	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	51.00–68.00	$59.44	$570

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1110	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	500.00–875.00	$679.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1355	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	875.00–1,050.00	$989.61
1030–1490	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	825.00–1,200.00	$990.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1275	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	575.00–875.00	$798.38
1205–1250	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$816.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1015	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	850.00–1,100.00	$955.92

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–880	724	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	200.00–500.00	$375.15

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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
1229–1275	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1175	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,133.33	—
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840–995	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–1,150.00	$1,090.00	+31.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060–1335	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,325.00–1,475.00	$1,418.75	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229	229	9	117.50	$117.50	$269	—
353	353	43	107.00	$107.00	$378	—
497	497	5	95.00	$95.00	$472	—
532	532	5	100.00	$100.00	$532	-10.00
1190	1190	3	65.00	$65.00	$774	—

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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.