Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

3,044 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.49/cwt +7.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 831 lb · 183 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.60/cwt -3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 730 lb · 112 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.27/cwt +2.06 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 573 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,044	5,113	5,460
Feeder cattle	2,272	4,057	4,198
Slaughter cattle	438	676	820
Replacement cattle	334	380	442

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	160.00	$160.00	$517	-14.34
395–397	396	6	163.00–167.00	$165.01	$653	+11.66
412–429	422	15	163.00–172.50	$168.62	$712	+12.81
453–495	487	17	158.00–160.00	$159.24	$775	+7.45
516–535	522	10	150.00–155.00	$153.46	$801	+7.25
564–597	577	72	145.00–153.00	$149.20	$861	+4.42
605–623	615	34	140.00–150.00	$144.49	$889	+4.04
670 unweaned	670	6	137.00	$137.00	$918	—
658–697	674	72	140.00–150.00	$144.83	$976	+2.39
700–742	730	112	135.00–148.00	$138.60	$1,012	-3.03
771–775	772	12	135.00–146.00	$143.24	$1,106	+4.23
800–836	831	183	137.00–145.00	$144.49	$1,201	+7.23
873–886	883	15	132.00–139.00	$137.62	$1,215	—
903–949	933	38	124.50–128.00	$125.62	$1,172	-12.36
1062	1062	21	124.00	$124.00	$1,317	+1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–334	319	37	177.50–188.00	$180.44	$576	—
375–390	377	19	175.00–178.00	$177.51	$669	+3.15
424–443	434	14	174.00–182.00	$177.91	$772	+3.79
470–495	481	26	164.00–172.00	$166.58	$801	-4.02
515	515	5	169.00	$169.00	$870	+6.64
557–566	561	22	157.00–167.00	$160.94	$903	+2.26
642	642	19	159.00	$159.00	$1,021	+6.34
683	683	13	152.00	$152.00	$1,038	-0.65
709–722	717	17	150.00–153.00	$152.06	$1,090	+4.33
752	752	45	150.50	$150.50	$1,132	+3.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–430	424	6	153.00–156.00	$154.48	$655	+11.82
460–496	481	28	139.00–146.00	$142.71	$686	+5.69
546	546	6	138.00	$138.00	$753	+3.90
577	577	6	135.00	$135.00	$779	-0.16
600–621	612	17	128.00–135.00	$131.48	$805	-0.86
668–678	672	8	124.00–139.00	$133.32	$896	+2.32
758	758	8	128.00	$128.00	$970	+3.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	175.00	$175.00	$565	—
450–486	474	26	146.00–159.00	$148.04	$702	+0.04

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
762	762	6	142.00	$142.00	$1,082	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–333	312	23	136.00–145.00	$140.87	$440	-5.01
378–395	391	35	142.00–149.00	$145.92	$571	+5.96
408–449	434	28	135.00–146.00	$140.60	$610	+3.82
452–490	477	44	130.00–138.00	$132.14	$630	-3.78
502–542	520	48	129.00–140.00	$136.28	$709	+4.90
551–595	573	107	128.00–138.00	$134.27	$769	+2.06
602–647	626	88	130.00–139.00	$135.71	$850	+7.23
650–678	664	18	130.00–138.00	$133.01	$883	+2.03
706–727	720	24	126.00–133.00	$128.26	$923	-3.11
781	781	11	125.50	$125.50	$980	+0.98
962–982	974	10	80.00–93.00	$87.86	$856	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	6	150.00	$150.00	$466	—
440	440	5	157.00	$157.00	$691	+8.13
450–498	469	43	150.00–161.00	$156.58	$734	+11.07
504–529	518	28	142.50–157.00	$149.52	$775	+3.79
552–568	562	15	140.00–141.00	$140.39	$789	-2.35
610–639	625	69	141.00–144.50	$142.04	$888	+0.56
672–675	673	13	140.00–144.00	$143.07	$963	+1.27
706–739	725	24	137.50–138.50	$138.09	$1,001	-4.13
856	856	16	129.00	$129.00	$1,104	-6.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	7	130.00	$130.00	$685	+5.89
558–580	560	71	120.00–130.00	$120.73	$676	+0.73
616–639	629	12	124.00–132.00	$128.74	$810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–499	492	14	120.00–135.00	$127.61	$628	+5.41
565–579	573	7	120.00–125.00	$122.89	$704	+4.20
606–608	607	9	124.00–125.00	$124.33	$755	+5.28
658–689	677	8	124.00–125.00	$124.64	$844	-1.34
720	720	5	100.00	$100.00	$720	-15.84

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–538	517	14	134.00–136.00	$135.11	$699	+2.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	5	148.00	$148.00	$653	—
498	498	9	140.00	$140.00	$697	+9.05
516–524	521	11	134.00–138.00	$135.44	$706	+3.80
592	592	8	131.00	$131.00	$776	+6.55
600–630	618	30	120.00–133.00	$126.13	$779	+1.80
672–675	674	7	115.00–128.00	$122.44	$825	+8.22
821	821	9	114.00	$114.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–446	440	15	153.00–160.00	$157.73	$694	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1235	853	85-90%	10	20.00–35.00	$28.69	$245	—
690–1290	985	85-90%	101	38.00–50.00	$45.24	$446	—
797–1280	1066	85-90%	109	50.00–58.00	$53.16	$567	-0.28
985–1275	1140	85-90%	24	57.00–66.00	$59.90	$683	-0.39

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1325	1184	80-85%	16	50.00–56.00	$54.34	$643	—
1030–1370	1188	80-85%	49	56.00–66.00	$61.24	$728	—
1050–1375	1224	80-85%	7	66.00–71.00	$67.99	$832	+6.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1665	1427	75-80%	19	54.00–60.00	$56.08	$800	-0.28
1220–1780	1430	75-80%	41	59.00–70.00	$63.51	$908	+7.15
1370–1685	1527	75-80%	10	70.00–81.00	$73.56	$1,123	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1750	1357	14	60.00–82.00	$73.49	$997	—
1355–2065	1723	28	83.00–94.00	$89.44	$1,541	—
1665–2240	2060	8	95.00–107.00	$99.05	$2,040	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–970	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	96.00–127.00	$106.29	$893
845–1265	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	72.50–96.00	$88.09	$856

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1335	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	48.00–64.00	$57.33	$623

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1005	864	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	79.00–94.00	$84.86	$733

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1060	858	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	45.00–62.50	$55.33	$475

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1380	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	500.00–910.00	$740.57
940–1145	1098	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	475.00–825.00	$682.86

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1005	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	450.00–575.00	$517.32
735–1212	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	450.00–875.00	$715.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1074–1130	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,150.00	$1,001.30
1080–1410	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	925.00–1,200.00	$1,067.22

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–760	716	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	125.00–400.00	$255.65

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1185	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	850.00–1,000.00	$920.45

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
819–940	871	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	900.00–950.00	$926.87

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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
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1090–1225	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,033.33	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1045	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–975.00	$916.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1275	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	7	100.00	$100.00	$312	—

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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.