Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 18, 2021

4,221 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $158.37/cwt +11.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 756 lb · 286 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.80/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 618 lb · 98 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $156.44/cwt +1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 613 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,221	3,799	4,550
Feeder cattle	3,236	2,803	2,929
Slaughter cattle	575	581	897
Replacement cattle	410	415	724

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 8.00 higher late week. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bull steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–275	272	9	185.00–190.00	$185.56	$505	—
335	335	5	185.00	$185.00	$620	+5.00
355–395	384	10	180.00–184.00	$182.28	$700	+2.28
402–434	421	26	170.00–184.00	$176.43	$743	+7.70
455–484	472	38	167.00–179.00	$170.01	$802	-0.59
501–540	522	37	164.00–170.00	$167.81	$876	+3.43
509–546 unweaned	530	30	153.00–161.00	$158.13	$838	—
550–593	570	77	154.00–166.00	$160.85	$917	+7.75
604 unweaned	604	18	146.00	$146.00	$882	—
610–640	616	68	152.50–163.00	$159.20	$981	+3.98
652–691	667	21	152.50–157.00	$154.20	$1,029	+0.05
722–735	727	18	149.00–155.00	$152.87	$1,111	+6.26
751–785	756	286	150.00–158.85	$158.37	$1,197	+11.60
820–847	847	60	141.00–150.00	$149.85	$1,269	-0.65
911	911	13	140.00	$140.00	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–394	388	8	174.00–180.00	$175.57	$681	+7.80
400–447	429	66	155.00–172.00	$164.23	$705	+5.02
450–498	478	59	147.50–165.00	$159.06	$760	+1.24
500–548	529	62	147.00–159.00	$154.16	$816	+0.45
552–598	567	63	140.00–157.50	$151.40	$858	+3.58
628 unweaned	628	9	135.00	$135.00	$848	—
600–649	629	42	135.00–153.00	$144.77	$911	+1.96
650–698	667	48	130.00–147.50	$143.81	$959	-1.58
707–739	725	19	140.00–148.00	$143.53	$1,041	+4.61
760–798	790	51	133.50–146.00	$142.74	$1,128	—
860–895	887	13	125.50–134.00	$127.40	$1,130	-9.44

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–391	375	10	161.00–170.00	$165.31	$620	—
452–467	456	13	140.00–155.00	$144.50	$659	-6.12
525–536	533	11	147.00–152.50	$151.02	$805	+2.02
570–571	571	12	138.00–155.00	$147.92	$845	—
657–660	659	11	138.00–140.00	$138.54	$913	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–428	422	9	135.00–150.00	$139.86	$590	-7.91
465–495	474	7	130.00–142.50	$136.13	$645	-3.78
510–542	524	13	130.00–145.00	$137.14	$719	+7.01
615	615	3	130.00	$130.00	$800	-2.85

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	10	162.50	$162.50	$884	—
745	745	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,155	—
758	758	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,137	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	6	145.00	$145.00	$525	—
450	450	6	142.50	$142.50	$641	-13.50
621	621	5	148.00	$148.00	$919	+10.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	5	167.00	$167.00	$716	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	7	153.00	$153.00	$399	—
315–340	330	16	147.50–155.00	$152.10	$502	+2.55
360–382	374	12	153.00–155.00	$154.15	$577	+7.87
408–445	429	23	147.50–154.00	$151.92	$652	+1.42
451–492	475	54	142.00–150.00	$144.12	$685	+1.38
485 unweaned	485	5	139.00	$139.00	$674	—
500–549	529	56	138.00–152.50	$142.24	$752	+0.98
546 unweaned	546	4	132.00	$132.00	$721	—
552–596	572	56	136.00–151.00	$142.32	$814	+5.57
609 unweaned	609	5	130.00	$130.00	$792	—
604–632	619	93	136.00–145.00	$141.38	$875	+1.92
718–728	725	30	140.00–144.00	$141.75	$1,028	+4.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	319	5	140.00–145.00	$142.87	$456	—
355–395	378	23	135.00–151.00	$143.41	$542	+4.06
404–448	423	55	132.50–147.00	$142.01	$601	+5.69
452–493	471	60	130.00–141.00	$137.58	$648	+3.37
505–540	521	48	126.00–139.00	$136.18	$709	+3.63
555–596	575	48	125.00–138.00	$132.99	$765	+3.80
611–648	623	65	125.00–137.00	$131.64	$820	+3.02
658–697	676	14	129.00–136.00	$132.41	$895	+7.66
709–742	723	22	120.00–131.50	$126.81	$917	+0.61
853–862	859	9	119.50–125.00	$121.32	$1,042	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	321	6	150.00–155.00	$152.51	$490	—
408	408	6	152.00	$152.00	$620	—
534	534	5	138.00	$138.00	$737	—
552–569	555	26	137.00–140.00	$139.53	$774	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–413	410	12	132.50–140.00	$135.59	$556	—
471–485	476	14	134.00–136.00	$135.36	$644	—
561	561	5	129.00	$129.00	$724	—
652–682	669	7	115.00	$115.00	$769	—
950	950	3	107.50	$107.50	$1,021	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–476	473	13	135.00–138.00	$137.32	$650	+8.77
602–632	619	14	131.00–135.00	$132.67	$821	—
735	735	9	131.00	$131.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	7	135.00	$135.00	$479	—
435–440	438	8	111.00–130.00	$118.07	$517	—
640–644	642	9	110.00–115.00	$112.21	$720	—
710	710	4	107.50	$107.50	$763	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712	712	16	142.00	$142.00	$1,011	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–335	325	5	145.00–150.00	$147.06	$478	—
472–488	480	5	141.00–148.50	$145.62	$699	+3.12
500–540	518	11	127.50–141.00	$133.87	$693	-11.90
567–598	584	28	125.00–138.00	$133.02	$777	—
607–648	618	51	120.00–133.00	$125.32	$774	+3.32
655–698	687	15	115.00–125.00	$122.13	$839	—
710–737	724	6	110.00–119.00	$114.58	$830	+4.58
770–795	788	10	109.00–110.00	$109.29	$861	-9.71
846	846	6	113.00	$113.00	$956	—
1020–1021	1021	11	92.00–92.50	$92.14	$941	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	5	152.50	$152.50	$596	-12.50
412–432	422	15	150.00–156.00	$153.69	$649	—
457–485	473	13	143.00–160.00	$150.92	$714	-0.08
506–544	513	30	142.00–153.00	$147.69	$758	—
556–582	569	14	142.50–143.50	$143.07	$814	+0.07
608–636	630	15	134.00–137.00	$135.06	$851	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1140	897	85-90%	30	20.00–38.00	$30.75	$276	—
720–1445	1086	85-90%	82	35.00–48.00	$43.60	$473	—
1030–1285	1120	85-90%	11	57.00–64.00	$58.52	$655	-0.81
830–1455	1144	85-90%	99	46.50–56.00	$51.08	$584	-0.94

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1375	1184	80-85%	35	49.00–53.00	$51.19	$606	-1.39
1025–1445	1207	80-85%	84	52.00–64.00	$56.70	$684	-1.69
1125–1385	1258	80-85%	8	65.00–71.00	$66.21	$833	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1665	1404	75-80%	29	50.00–57.00	$54.70	$768	—
1235–1855	1445	75-80%	76	53.00–68.00	$61.26	$885	—
1370–1600	1514	75-80%	7	68.00–78.00	$69.59	$1,054	+0.78

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1775	1430	19	63.00–80.00	$74.68	$1,068	—
1220–2135	1572	36	80.00–90.00	$85.26	$1,340	—
1435–1935	1811	11	93.00–102.00	$96.72	$1,752	—

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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	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	93.00–104.00	$96.12	$887
890–1130	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–75.00	$73.30	$722
1010–1295	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	75.00–80.00	$78.02	$929

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1030	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	50.00–65.00	$55.21	$507

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1150	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	52.00–67.50	$57.49	$594

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–945	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–94.00	$83.37	$703

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1075	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–975.00	$827.73
880–1228	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	575.00–950.00	$847.50
775–1455	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	625.00–1,300.00	$991.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1081–1310	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	500.00–750.00	$614.34
875–1460	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	600.00–925.00	$796.19

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1170	946	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	34	500.00–875.00	$654.61
1097–1105	1099	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	650.00–800.00	$762.30

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	960.00	$960.00
1000–1441	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,135.00–1,200.00	$1,193.83

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1170	1019	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,100.00	$1,007.55

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–880	774	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	450.00–600.00	$578.25

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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
885–1225	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,180.56	—
1132–1265	1176	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–825.00	$775.00	—
1225–1320	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,319.44	+169.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1212	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,150.00	+83.33

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	5	83.00	$83.00	$805	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1047	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.