Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

3,799 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.90/cwt -7.62 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 524 lb · 136 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.78/cwt -0.29 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 664 lb · 98 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.81/cwt -1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 626 lb · 87 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,799	3,044	5,111
Feeder cattle	2,803	2,272	3,943
Slaughter cattle	581	438	697
Replacement cattle	415	334	471

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	7	180.00	$180.00	$549	-0.44
352	352	6	180.00	$180.00	$634	+2.49
402–420	416	20	168.00–171.00	$168.73	$702	-9.18
452–490	471	28	167.00–182.00	$170.60	$804	+4.02
500–548	517	66	156.00–168.00	$164.38	$850	-4.62
520–542 fancy	536	8	172.00–175.50	$174.70	$936	—
565–593	586	29	151.00–162.00	$153.10	$897	-7.84
602–648	624	80	150.00–160.00	$155.22	$969	-3.78
650–696	685	81	150.00–157.25	$154.15	$1,056	+2.15
710–742	724	35	140.00–152.00	$146.61	$1,061	-5.45
752–795	780	68	142.00–152.00	$146.77	$1,145	-3.73
837	837	39	150.50	$150.50	$1,260	—
953	953	13	136.00	$136.00	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	6	172.50	$172.50	$521	+12.50
357–397	372	25	161.00–179.00	$167.77	$624	+2.76
402–438	422	23	151.00–165.00	$159.21	$672	-9.41
460–499	484	46	151.00–166.00	$157.82	$764	-1.42
506–549	527	79	140.00–158.00	$153.71	$810	+0.25
550–599	568	79	139.00–154.00	$147.82	$840	-1.38
600–641	626	87	138.00–150.00	$142.81	$894	-1.68
650–699	682	51	135.00–149.00	$145.39	$992	+0.56
702–735	715	31	130.00–144.00	$138.92	$993	+0.32
863–896	886	14	136.00–138.00	$136.84	$1,212	-0.78
903–926	907	21	133.00–134.00	$133.19	$1,208	+7.57
1166	1166	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,341	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	318	4	162.50–165.00	$163.76	$521	—
410–420	414	9	140.00–150.00	$147.77	$612	-6.71
460–498	481	20	132.00–145.00	$139.91	$673	-2.80
505–545	535	14	129.00–135.00	$130.13	$696	-7.87
582	582	5	140.00	$140.00	$815	+5.00
602–630	611	9	132.00–134.50	$132.85	$812	+1.37
661–697	675	16	125.00–138.00	$130.93	$884	-2.39
1209	1209	8	100.00	$100.00	$1,209	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–495	475	25	145.00–155.00	$150.62	$715	+2.58
537–538	538	6	144.00–154.00	$149.00	$802	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–485	469	4	130.00–135.00	$131.29	$616	—
500–525	517	3	122.50–128.00	$126.23	$653	—
575–590	584	7	130.00–135.00	$132.89	$776	—
611	611	5	125.00	$125.00	$764	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	5	156.00	$156.00	$735	—
630	630	5	138.00	$138.00	$869	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–335	325	41	147.50–153.00	$149.55	$486	-0.45
377–390	380	4	145.00–150.00	$146.28	$556	—
404–445	422	54	138.00–156.00	$150.50	$635	-6.50
450–486	469	58	136.00–147.00	$142.74	$669	-13.84
505–547	522	126	132.00–145.00	$141.26	$737	-8.26
545 fancy	545	10	150.00	$150.00	$818	—
550–596	564	48	133.00–139.00	$136.75	$771	-3.64
600–641	626	58	135.00–141.00	$139.46	$873	-2.58
650–685	664	59	130.00–143.00	$139.66	$927	-3.41
664 fancy	664	39	147.50	$147.50	$979	—
708–744	735	40	122.50–143.00	$137.19	$1,008	-0.90
755	755	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,027	—
800–812	807	10	134.00–136.00	$135.21	$1,091	—
912	912	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	380	27	132.50–143.00	$139.35	$530	-6.57
410–448	428	24	130.00–142.50	$136.32	$583	-4.28
450–497	475	56	122.50–140.00	$134.21	$637	+2.07
500–548	522	57	121.00–137.00	$132.55	$692	-3.73
550–595	576	42	124.00–133.00	$129.19	$744	-5.08
600–646	625	53	119.00–134.00	$128.62	$804	-7.09
665–692	676	24	120.00–130.00	$124.75	$843	-8.26
701–749	728	14	120.00–133.00	$126.20	$919	-2.06
784	784	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,043	+7.50
845	845	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471–478	475	6	125.00	$125.00	$594	-2.61
540	540	5	116.00	$116.00	$626	—
572–592	581	7	110.00–120.00	$114.37	$664	-8.52
653–654	654	9	100.00–110.00	$103.33	$676	-21.31
772–778	774	10	114.00	$114.00	$882	—
875	875	4	100.00	$100.00	$875	—
907	907	5	90.00	$90.00	$816	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	149.00	$149.00	$569	—
405–440	428	17	135.00–143.00	$140.33	$601	—
476–495	484	18	128.00–129.00	$128.55	$622	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
614	614	12	138.00	$138.00	$847	—
662	662	5	140.00	$140.00	$927	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538–546	543	8	125.00–135.00	$131.28	$713	+1.28

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474–475	475	10	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$677	+2.50
517–530	526	10	144.00–150.00	$145.77	$767	+10.33
619	619	9	122.00	$122.00	$755	-4.13
700	700	7	110.00	$110.00	$770	—
772	772	16	119.00	$119.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	165.00	$165.00	$632	—
465	465	9	151.00	$151.00	$702	—
552	552	9	143.00	$143.00	$789	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–488	476	10	130.00–135.00	$133.99	$638	—
542	542	3	126.00	$126.00	$683	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–578	569	6	137.00–139.50	$138.50	$788	—
652	652	3	122.50	$122.50	$799	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1195	824	85-90%	29	24.00–37.00	$31.23	$257	—
765–1370	964	85-90%	108	38.00–48.00	$44.47	$429	-0.77
925–1295	1120	85-90%	22	57.00–64.00	$59.33	$664	-0.57
750–1395	1139	85-90%	132	48.00–56.00	$52.02	$593	-7.88

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1365	1178	80-85%	33	45.00–57.00	$52.58	$619	-1.76
1065–1375	1211	80-85%	72	55.00–64.00	$58.39	$707	-9.60
1160–1345	1244	80-85%	7	64.00–66.00	$64.43	$802	-3.56

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1940	1456	75-80%	57	57.00–67.00	$61.83	$900	—
1265–1780	1474	75-80%	25	48.00–57.50	$54.00	$796	—
1410–1650	1515	75-80%	10	67.00–72.00	$68.81	$1,042	-4.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1975	1468	31	60.00–79.00	$71.72	$1,053	—
1300–2265	1704	34	80.00–89.00	$85.00	$1,448	-4.44
1640–2020	1871	7	92.00–97.00	$93.49	$1,749	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1095	812	(<2 yrs)	Open	25	94.00–120.00	$113.45	$921
760–1260	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	70.00–90.00	$80.42	$835

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1230	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	43.00–65.00	$54.63	$545

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–1150	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	48.00–66.00	$58.82	$557

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
752–840	789	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–93.00	$87.73	$692
705–875	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	103.00–115.00	$107.64	$861

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
974–1545	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	625.00–1,425.00	$1,023.27
1174–1215	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	800.00–950.00	$811.89
1125–1230	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$939.23

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
722–1160	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	34	475.00–825.00	$682.39
815–1130	992	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	450.00–775.00	$612.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1059–1230	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	650.00–800.00	$725.45
1015–1400	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	600.00–900.00	$775.48

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1098	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	850.00–1,200.00	$1,107.24
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–845	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	160.00–475.00	$284.03

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–910	851	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	700.00–875.00	$801.40

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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
920–1400	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	950.00–1,325.00	$1,189.29	—
1230–1275	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,450.00–1,525.00	$1,515.63	—
1274	1274	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–975	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–875.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1185	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,150.00	$1,066.67	+33.34

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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.