Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

5,113 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.83/cwt -6.49 vs last sale · ≈ $933/hd at 622 lb · 163 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.21/cwt -3.34 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 573 lb · 145 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.22/cwt +3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,021/hd at 718 lb · 126 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,113	4,215	5,001
Feeder cattle	4,057	3,214	3,885
Slaughter cattle	676	578	662
Replacement cattle	380	423	454

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 4.00 lower, except for some heavier weights over 700 lbs which sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	3	190.00	$190.00	$538	—
368–389	386	18	171.00–175.00	$174.36	$673	-8.86
415–445	432	13	166.00–182.00	$174.12	$752	-3.80
453–473	459	48	166.00–184.00	$170.60	$783	-0.63
451–490 unweaned	475	29	157.00–161.00	$159.63	$758	—
500–545	517	46	155.00–169.00	$162.36	$839	-2.86
502–548 unweaned	521	65	145.00–160.00	$155.60	$811	—
550–586	561	79	155.00–163.00	$158.68	$890	-1.81
553–578 unweaned	567	31	143.00–153.00	$149.36	$847	-6.64
603–645	622	86	142.50–161.00	$152.66	$950	-8.20
601–645 unweaned	623	77	143.00–151.00	$146.66	$914	+1.32
653–672	658	72	145.00–156.00	$152.65	$1,004	-3.29
726 fancy	726	12	147.50	$147.50	$1,071	—
705–746	732	87	128.00–151.00	$147.73	$1,081	-5.70
762–778	768	27	144.00–150.00	$147.31	$1,131	+1.76
823–843	840	75	125.00–147.00	$144.13	$1,211	-5.28
903	903	19	145.00	$145.00	$1,309	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	6	180.00	$180.00	$524	—
300–338	331	11	171.00–176.00	$174.34	$577	—
353–396	379	11	150.00–160.00	$153.35	$581	-12.98
410–448	428	27	150.00–163.00	$155.81	$667	-8.65
450–495	478	84	140.00–162.50	$151.79	$726	-5.39
500–548	529	58	140.00–153.00	$146.21	$773	-8.29
550–599	575	74	135.00–154.00	$144.78	$832	-10.05
600–646	613	41	132.00–142.50	$140.45	$861	-5.33
651–690	669	35	130.00–147.00	$142.44	$953	-3.29
703–736	721	49	135.00–147.00	$141.63	$1,021	+2.03
760–790	780	25	134.00–143.00	$139.01	$1,084	-3.36
807–841	828	39	129.00–140.00	$137.26	$1,137	-2.74
918–938	921	120	135.00–141.50	$137.98	$1,271	+13.98
1065	1065	19	123.00	$123.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	3	165.00	$165.00	$459	—
347	347	8	154.00	$154.00	$534	—
355–390	368	3	160.00–166.00	$163.72	$602	+2.72
400–430	409	19	135.00–145.00	$142.66	$583	+2.07
455–499	485	34	132.00–145.00	$137.02	$665	-4.64
502–526	516	16	130.00–139.00	$134.10	$692	-4.44
572–596	582	18	132.50–138.00	$135.16	$787	+2.41
615–646	635	21	125.00–140.00	$132.34	$840	+1.03
686	686	24	131.00	$131.00	$899	-3.85
776	776	9	125.00	$125.00	$970	-2.68
808–838	813	18	115.00–124.00	$116.55	$948	-5.96

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–547	531	16	155.00–156.00	$155.48	$826	—
659	659	7	142.00	$142.00	$936	—
732	732	18	145.50	$145.50	$1,065	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	140.00	$140.00	$538	—
570–593	582	6	130.00–138.00	$133.92	$779	-9.09
619–631	626	21	143.00–150.00	$146.47	$917	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	5	110.00	$110.00	$571	—
843	843	12	109.00	$109.00	$919	—
887	887	9	110.00	$110.00	$976	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	7	160.00	$160.00	$586	—
481	481	5	148.00	$148.00	$712	—
691	691	12	132.50	$132.50	$916	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	4	141.00	$141.00	$869	—
668	668	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,009	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	5	120.00	$120.00	$672	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–298	283	7	140.00–145.00	$142.74	$404	—
320–340	328	9	145.00–148.00	$145.88	$478	-5.58
350–395	383	27	130.00–149.00	$139.96	$536	-5.67
400–445	423	77	125.00–145.00	$136.78	$579	-6.51
450–499	471	74	125.00–145.00	$135.92	$640	-2.94
503–546	522	98	125.00–139.00	$131.38	$686	-5.05
550–598	573	145	125.00–141.00	$132.21	$758	-3.34
603–647	613	40	122.00–132.50	$128.48	$788	-8.58
663–691	680	42	125.00–137.00	$130.98	$891	-2.44
702–748	718	45	121.00–137.00	$131.37	$943	-0.09
782–790	785	13	119.00–128.00	$124.52	$977	+0.86
813–846	830	22	123.00–127.00	$124.74	$1,035	-2.01
867	867	5	115.00	$115.00	$997	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–386	380	35	152.00–163.00	$160.55	$610	+6.52
402–444	416	17	144.00–155.00	$148.87	$619	-4.58
458–499 unweaned	477	15	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$670	—
486–498	489	32	143.00–147.00	$145.51	$712	-6.05
502–542	516	46	142.50–149.00	$145.73	$752	-2.60
507–547 unweaned	531	32	134.00–137.00	$135.77	$721	—
550–568	559	32	140.00–148.00	$142.74	$798	-3.94
554–598 unweaned	576	77	130.00–138.00	$134.73	$776	-7.37
600–649 unweaned	618	33	136.00–138.00	$137.36	$849	—
615–646	627	27	139.00–146.50	$141.48	$887	-1.95
650–680	674	19	141.00–142.00	$141.80	$956	-0.40
692 unweaned	692	7	138.00	$138.00	$955	—
711–734	718	126	140.00–143.00	$142.22	$1,021	+3.32
762	762	15	142.00	$142.00	$1,082	+10.00
821	821	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,051	-6.00
859	859	29	135.00	$135.00	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–335	315	18	120.00–138.00	$127.14	$400	-10.29
351–390	372	41	115.00–138.00	$129.97	$483	-5.03
420–435	430	5	129.00–132.50	$131.72	$566	+0.08
450–498	471	25	112.00–134.00	$122.20	$576	-3.70
570–588	582	3	116.00–120.00	$118.69	$691	-4.83
612–645	624	17	110.00–128.00	$119.05	$743	-2.15
660–698	680	11	122.50–128.00	$125.98	$857	+12.83
722–738	735	14	115.00–119.00	$115.84	$851	+5.84
772–794	787	10	110.00	$110.00	$866	—
891	891	7	114.00	$114.00	$1,016	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	12	148.00	$148.00	$725	—
536	536	14	147.00	$147.00	$788	—
579	579	21	151.50	$151.50	$877	+1.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517–545	531	6	120.00–128.00	$124.11	$659	-10.89
562	562	5	120.00	$120.00	$674	-20.01
650–672	662	11	119.00–121.00	$120.11	$795	—
715–744	726	13	134.00–135.00	$134.61	$977	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	9	135.00	$135.00	$517	—
459	459	7	135.00	$135.00	$620	+1.74
532	532	6	133.00	$133.00	$708	-2.90
744	744	5	128.00	$128.00	$952	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	3	133.50	$133.50	$750	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–497	491	23	120.00–150.00	$130.95	$643	-8.29
538–547	543	9	129.00–135.00	$131.64	$715	+0.87
567–592	583	43	120.00–131.00	$124.45	$726	-2.31
622–645	631	19	120.00–134.00	$124.33	$785	-3.52
662–681	673	7	110.00–120.00	$114.22	$769	-13.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	367	3	155.00–162.50	$157.39	$578	—
405–435	422	3	135.00–145.00	$139.45	$588	—
465–482	477	4	138.00–142.50	$140.78	$672	—
510–545	526	13	125.00–136.00	$133.66	$703	—
550–595	579	5	122.50–128.00	$126.37	$732	-1.63
615–648	634	11	120.00–128.00	$124.83	$791	—
770–795	787	4	100.00–113.00	$104.44	$822	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	5	143.00	$143.00	$659	-2.33
709	709	5	132.00	$132.00	$936	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	6	146.00	$146.00	$479	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	120.00	$120.00	$552	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230–1365	1303	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,236.86	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–990	843	85-90%	22	20.00–40.00	$31.55	$266	-3.04
710–1310	1015	85-90%	101	40.00–50.00	$44.97	$456	+1.01
825–1305	1066	85-90%	129	50.00–58.00	$53.44	$570	+1.15
960–1265	1133	85-90%	15	58.00–64.00	$60.29	$683	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1550	1201	80-85%	59	48.00–58.00	$54.61	$656	—
1014–1410	1218	80-85%	93	57.50–66.00	$61.49	$749	—
1220–1385	1300	80-85%	18	66.00–75.00	$69.32	$901	+13.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1605	1419	75-80%	40	50.00–60.00	$56.36	$800	-6.37
1210–2000	1496	75-80%	82	59.00–69.00	$63.56	$951	-6.17
1390–1825	1571	75-80%	25	69.00–80.00	$73.57	$1,156	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–2045	1437	26	65.00–81.00	$74.89	$1,076	—
1435–2120	1756	19	82.00–95.00	$87.24	$1,532	-6.48
1125–2215	1795	12	88.00–100.00	$94.32	$1,693	+0.60

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1050	886	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	95.00–110.00	$103.54	$917
845–1165	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	67.00–88.00	$77.49	$793

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1145	872	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	69.00–82.50	$73.52	$641

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1130	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	44.00–67.50	$55.76	$529

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1430	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	54.00–69.00	$61.56	$701

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1205	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–950.00	$809.43
975–1605	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	850.00–1,450.00	$1,025.85
1321	1321	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1320	1122	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	550.00–775.00	$644.52
975–1375	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	36	500.00–925.00	$769.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1170	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	525.00–825.00	$673.60

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1248	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	850.00–975.00	$921.56

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–875	761	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	275.00–450.00	$327.49

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1000	911	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00–1,050.00	$924.49
975–1090	994	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	900.00–1,100.00	$1,017.85

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–1070	890	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	675.00–875.00	$757.68

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1225	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,086.36	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1110	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,575.00–1,600.00	$1,595.00	—

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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.