Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

4,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $155.94/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,045/hd at 670 lb · 191 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.60/cwt -1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,001/hd at 717 lb · 109 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.86/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 477 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,215	5,013	6,201
Feeder cattle	3,214	4,119	4,998
Slaughter cattle	578	541	802
Replacement cattle	423	353	401

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 lower, except some heifer calves late week steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	200.00	$200.00	$686	—
382–392	387	5	181.00–185.00	$183.22	$709	—
400–447	432	20	173.00–184.00	$177.92	$769	+4.86
450–472	462	21	164.00–174.00	$171.23	$791	+0.40
500–546	525	58	158.00–169.00	$165.22	$867	-1.77
555–589	573	30	156.00–165.00	$160.49	$920	-0.48
584 unweaned	584	10	156.00	$156.00	$911	+1.27
600–641	620	58	148.00–165.00	$160.86	$997	-2.24
621–638 unweaned	627	24	141.00–150.00	$145.34	$911	-8.56
650–695	670	191	146.00–161.75	$155.94	$1,045	-3.42
702–740	716	36	140.00–157.50	$153.43	$1,099	+3.10
768–797	791	91	130.00–149.50	$145.55	$1,151	-1.46
802–826	825	33	140.00–150.00	$149.41	$1,233	+4.14
906	906	58	143.50	$143.50	$1,300	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–393	375	23	150.00–175.00	$166.33	$624	-3.99
400–445	425	26	145.00–172.00	$164.46	$699	-1.84
450–489	476	59	146.00–165.00	$157.18	$748	-2.92
502–548	534	47	140.00–164.00	$154.50	$825	-1.51
554–595	572	81	135.00–162.00	$154.83	$886	+3.49
602–638	620	56	136.00–157.50	$145.78	$904	-0.81
660–688	673	57	140.00–152.00	$145.73	$981	+3.79
701–739	717	109	128.00–146.00	$139.60	$1,001	-1.24
750–789	777	65	129.00–144.00	$142.37	$1,106	+2.49
810–811	811	15	135.00–142.50	$140.00	$1,135	+10.52
863	863	10	132.50	$132.50	$1,143	+2.21
948	948	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,176	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	6	161.00	$161.00	$588	+2.51
400–442	432	15	120.00–157.00	$140.59	$607	-8.21
452–495	484	65	110.00–150.00	$141.66	$686	-8.13
530–544	538	17	110.00–145.00	$138.54	$745	+0.05
555–597	575	30	125.00–145.00	$132.75	$763	-7.82
605–645	627	37	116.00–140.00	$131.31	$823	-2.70
667–685	682	79	130.00–136.00	$134.85	$920	+4.44
755–795	769	9	125.00–130.00	$127.68	$982	—
835–840	838	12	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$1,027	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559–570	561	5	142.50–145.00	$143.01	$802	—
712	712	5	138.00	$138.00	$983	-2.00
791	791	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,068	—
1058	1058	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,270	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	155.00	$155.00	$476	—
409–445	419	7	132.50–168.00	$157.24	$659	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–311	311	12	150.00–152.50	$151.46	$471	-6.04
392–395	394	8	143.00–147.50	$145.63	$574	-7.40
400–448	423	54	136.00–149.00	$143.29	$606	-3.28
450–498	477	105	130.00–144.00	$138.86	$662	-1.87
500–545	526	56	130.00–142.00	$136.43	$718	-1.64
555–598	576	56	130.00–143.00	$135.55	$781	-0.14
602–648	622	47	125.00–141.00	$137.06	$853	+3.11
651–694	667	37	129.00–140.00	$133.42	$890	+1.51
700–749	725	14	125.00–134.00	$131.46	$953	+5.33
750–799	772	19	120.00–127.00	$123.66	$955	—
806–843	829	27	119.00–130.00	$126.75	$1,051	-3.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–378	375	4	150.00–158.00	$154.03	$578	-3.86
405–445	421	30	147.50–158.00	$153.45	$646	-1.46
452–496	478	37	146.00–158.00	$151.56	$724	-2.56
512–549	526	72	142.00–157.00	$148.33	$780	+0.67
550–598 unweaned	559	16	142.00–142.50	$142.10	$794	—
550–599	571	60	145.00–152.50	$146.68	$838	+1.10
602–636	617	50	142.00–146.00	$143.43	$885	-2.88
650 unweaned	650	20	137.00	$137.00	$890	—
655–694	689	30	141.00–143.00	$142.20	$980	-3.19
712–735	725	16	137.00–141.00	$138.90	$1,007	-2.07
758	758	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,001	—
842	842	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,128	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–317	309	6	135.00–140.00	$137.43	$425	-2.17
399	399	5	135.00	$135.00	$539	-1.70
402–447	428	15	130.00–132.50	$131.64	$563	-4.54
450–479	466	11	125.00–130.00	$125.90	$587	-8.75
502–520	510	9	120.00–125.00	$122.78	$626	—
560–580	568	17	120.00–125.00	$123.52	$702	-1.58
608–618	611	19	120.00–127.50	$121.20	$741	-3.80
670–690	680	4	105.00–120.00	$113.15	$769	-7.44
712	712	2	110.00	$110.00	$783	-6.25

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	6	150.00	$150.00	$834	—
795	795	25	136.50	$136.50	$1,085	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	6	135.00	$135.00	$556	-3.00
512	512	6	135.00	$135.00	$691	+5.00
582–585	583	9	138.00–142.50	$140.01	$816	+6.39
606	606	4	132.00	$132.00	$800	—
790	790	5	110.00	$110.00	$869	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	144.00	$144.00	$576	—
465–497	482	8	130.00–139.00	$133.26	$642	-11.74
520–530	527	7	128.00–139.00	$135.90	$716	-7.10
700	700	2	130.00	$130.00	$910	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	8	111.00	$111.00	$592	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–395	374	6	140.00–150.00	$144.71	$541	-7.46
400–430	412	3	132.50–140.00	$135.75	$559	-10.92
458–498	481	26	135.00–145.00	$139.24	$670	+0.14
506–545	527	25	125.00–140.00	$130.77	$689	-3.20
560–595	565	29	120.00–135.00	$126.76	$716	-4.32
600–638	614	21	120.00–135.00	$127.85	$785	+3.30
674–678	676	12	120.00–134.00	$128.15	$866	+3.12
710–730	718	8	120.00–129.00	$126.01	$905	+15.01
775–792	784	6	112.00–118.00	$115.03	$902	—
830–835	831	4	115.00	$115.00	$956	+7.97
862	862	5	106.00	$106.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	155.00	$155.00	$542	—
417–448	435	7	147.00–155.00	$150.29	$654	-12.21
450	450	3	143.00–150.00	$145.33	$654	—
535	535	2	135.00	$135.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	6	128.00	$128.00	$727	-9.50
692	692	7	111.00	$111.00	$768	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	6	125.00	$125.00	$581	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–905	812	85-90%	26	30.00–40.00	$34.59	$281	—
770–1195	1021	85-90%	77	40.00–47.00	$43.96	$449	—
705–1585	1092	85-90%	141	47.00–58.00	$52.29	$571	-12.52
890–1250	1093	85-90%	37	59.00–63.00	$60.57	$662	-4.24

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1535	1259	80-85%	82	58.00–68.00	$61.72	$777	—
1120–1605	1308	80-85%	24	50.00–59.00	$55.73	$729	—
1160–1355	1313	80-85%	11	65.00–69.00	$67.73	$889	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1550	1394	75-80%	13	50.00–58.00	$56.14	$783	-3.63
1210–1670	1426	75-80%	75	60.00–66.00	$62.73	$895	-2.60
1425–1720	1485	75-80%	18	64.00–77.00	$69.73	$1,035	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1880	1551	17	69.00–84.00	$78.09	$1,211	—
910–2260	1692	29	80.00–94.00	$87.40	$1,479	—
1425–2115	1780	10	88.00–99.00	$93.72	$1,668	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1155	881	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	75.00–127.50	$98.37	$867
805–1030	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	85.00–95.00	$90.66	$859
920–1090	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	75.00–89.00	$83.52	$810

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1355	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	48.00–67.50	$58.14	$610

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1005	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	70.00–84.00	$78.29	$724

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1090	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	55.00–63.00	$58.86	$583

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1325	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	850.00–1,125.00	$905.63
1010–1240	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	600.00–975.00	$856.95
1004–1475	1202	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	600.00–1,275.00	$1,049.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–950	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	400.00–700.00	$543.47
755–1150	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	450.00–850.00	$635.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1080	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	550.00–800.00	$660.19
925–1335	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	550.00–875.00	$727.38

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–755	689	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	31	175.00–475.00	$259.14

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1095	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	875.00–1,150.00	$968.25

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1450–1580	1554	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,118.66

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1025	945	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	775.00–800.00	$786.44

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–1018	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–900.00	$816.67	-273.33
995–1020	1014	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–950.00	$925.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1247	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,232.14	—
1550	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–750	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	450.00–650.00	$614.29	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1058–1330	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,108.33	-25.00

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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.