Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

3,644 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $165.38/cwt +4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $942/hd at 570 lb · 180 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.79/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 527 lb · 109 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.54/cwt +6.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 625 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,644	4,221	2,599
Feeder cattle	2,792	3,236	1,606
Slaughter cattle	543	575	573
Replacement cattle	309	410	420

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, spots 4.00 to 8.00 higher early week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–442	425	17	170.00–182.50	$178.54	$759	+2.11
458–492	478	51	172.00–180.00	$175.12	$837	+5.11
510–547	527	66	155.00–177.00	$169.26	$892	+1.45
563 unweaned	563	6	150.00	$150.00	$844	—
553–599	570	174	157.50–173.00	$165.91	$946	+5.06
600–646	625	95	155.00–171.00	$162.54	$1,016	+3.34
667–698	672	73	153.00–162.00	$159.38	$1,071	+5.18
700–740	720	40	150.00–155.00	$153.54	$1,105	+0.67
773	773	39	156.00	$156.00	$1,206	-2.37
802–848	813	30	140.00–154.00	$152.26	$1,238	+2.41
940	940	22	129.00–148.00	$145.41	$1,367	+5.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	313	3	175.00–179.00	$176.36	$552	—
350–395	373	32	167.50–176.00	$171.08	$638	-4.49
438–445	442	10	164.00–170.00	$166.44	$736	+2.21
450–496	477	48	154.00–168.00	$161.34	$770	+2.28
500–541	522	38	145.00–165.00	$158.50	$827	+4.34
560–595	578	22	145.00–159.00	$154.28	$892	+2.88
601–645	618	55	138.00–153.00	$148.05	$915	+3.28
650–696	669	64	138.00–154.00	$147.64	$988	+3.83
704–740	721	22	132.50–144.00	$137.32	$990	-6.21
750–782	767	15	138.00–148.00	$142.64	$1,094	-0.10
824–845	832	8	144.00	$144.00	$1,198	—
884	884	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,202	+8.60
917	917	41	140.00	$140.00	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	368	3	160.00–169.00	$163.37	$601	—
425–445	435	3	145.00	$145.00	$631	+5.14
455–490	480	15	145.00–151.00	$149.87	$719	+13.74
505–514	511	8	140.00–141.00	$140.63	$719	+3.49
560–565	562	3	130.00–139.00	$133.68	$751	—
608–642	625	6	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$829	+2.57
650–668	662	3	130.00–132.50	$131.68	$872	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	8	169.00	$169.00	$799	—
544–545	545	20	161.00–165.00	$163.00	$888	—
685	685	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607	607	5	135.00	$135.00	$819	-13.00
694	694	8	130.00	$130.00	$902	—
844	844	14	131.00	$131.00	$1,106	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	158.00	$158.00	$597	-7.31
624–636	630	12	139.00–142.50	$140.73	$887	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–347	338	14	150.00–158.00	$151.61	$512	-0.49
362–395	380	16	153.00–160.00	$154.95	$589	+0.80
400–448	429	52	145.00–159.00	$151.85	$651	-0.07
450–498	483	69	143.00–151.00	$146.21	$706	+2.09
503–546	527	109	141.00–151.00	$145.79	$768	+3.55
550–592	563	73	138.00–152.00	$145.30	$818	+2.98
612–645	629	50	143.00–149.00	$144.88	$911	+3.50
663–676	671	12	144.00–146.00	$145.18	$974	—
706–728	714	16	146.00–148.00	$147.24	$1,051	+5.49
750	750	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,050	—
802	802	3	120.00	$120.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	4	150.00	$150.00	$423	—
335–342	337	13	142.00–142.50	$142.12	$479	-0.75
352–398	377	29	138.00–151.00	$145.23	$548	+1.82
400–445	418	21	130.00–146.00	$142.28	$595	+0.27
465–495	478	38	128.00–144.00	$137.82	$659	+0.24
502–530	515	42	125.00–138.00	$135.01	$695	-1.17
550–595	568	42	124.00–139.00	$133.69	$759	+0.70
603 unweaned	603	3	130.00	$130.00	$784	—
603–639	620	41	128.00–142.00	$135.37	$839	+3.73
652–697	675	27	121.00–138.00	$135.16	$912	+2.75
710–737	727	12	122.00–133.00	$129.93	$945	+3.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	130.00	$130.00	$426	—
440–444	443	5	125.00–128.00	$125.60	$556	+7.53
468	468	5	125.00	$125.00	$585	—
515	515	5	110.00	$110.00	$566	—
555–573	564	6	110.00–117.00	$113.44	$640	—
600–646	624	19	117.00–128.00	$121.71	$759	+9.50
652–655	653	3	118.00–120.00	$119.33	$779	—
705–710	708	6	100.00–104.00	$101.99	$722	-5.51
821	821	6	100.00	$100.00	$821	—
978	978	8	100.00	$100.00	$978	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	8	158.00	$158.00	$528	+5.49
497	497	6	143.00	$143.00	$711	—
569–584	577	20	138.00–144.00	$141.38	$816	+1.85

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	9	135.00	$135.00	$732	—
592	592	5	130.00	$130.00	$770	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–395	381	6	125.00–135.00	$130.18	$496	—
627–649	640	7	122.00–139.00	$129.14	$826	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	3	105.00	$105.00	$539	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–328	315	7	131.00–137.50	$133.90	$422	-13.16
469–492	484	29	140.00–146.00	$144.01	$697	-1.61
502–513	509	8	132.50–133.00	$132.68	$675	-1.19
550–595	571	21	131.00–141.50	$134.90	$770	+1.88
612–628	622	15	118.00–135.00	$128.97	$802	+3.65
652–659	656	8	112.00–122.00	$115.73	$759	-6.40
710–726	719	7	110.00–125.00	$118.65	$853	+4.07
784–788	785	11	100.00–119.00	$106.93	$839	-2.36
803	803	5	112.00	$112.00	$899	—
905–913	909	6	108.00	$108.00	$982	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	6	172.50	$172.50	$576	—
439	439	5	169.00	$169.00	$742	+15.31
460–492	472	20	152.50–164.00	$155.82	$735	+4.90
514–538	524	17	142.00–145.00	$143.44	$752	-4.25
559	559	8	146.00	$146.00	$816	+2.93
621	621	6	143.00	$143.00	$888	+7.94
735	735	5	132.50	$132.50	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–648	639	6	117.50–122.50	$120.81	$772	—
688	688	6	123.50	$123.50	$850	—
708–715	710	3	120.00–121.00	$120.66	$857	—
777	777	3	117.50	$117.50	$913	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	125.00	$125.00	$596	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1070	860	85-90%	24	14.00–38.00	$28.74	$247	—
750–1275	992	85-90%	136	35.00–48.00	$43.05	$427	—
855–1245	1061	85-90%	100	46.00–56.00	$52.05	$552	+8.45
845–1195	1068	85-90%	27	56.00–64.00	$58.51	$625	+14.91

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1555	1376	75-80%	20	48.00–57.00	$53.79	$740	—
1235–1895	1432	75-80%	62	54.00–66.00	$61.87	$886	+0.61
1350–1600	1482	75-80%	9	68.00–82.00	$70.76	$1,049	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1330	1182	80-85%	9	49.00–54.00	$51.90	$613	+0.71
1040–1395	1184	80-85%	69	53.00–63.00	$58.46	$692	+7.27
1085–1285	1198	80-85%	11	60.00–68.00	$63.76	$764	+12.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1780	1388	16	60.00–77.00	$71.24	$989	—
1250–2390	1631	28	78.00–89.00	$84.55	$1,379	—
1355–2300	1798	13	92.00–102.00	$95.17	$1,711	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–985	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–117.00	$99.81	$821
720–1220	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	70.00–90.00	$80.18	$767

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1185	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	63.00–104.00	$79.63	$717

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–965	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	43.00–68.00	$56.62	$487

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1285	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	57.00–66.00	$62.56	$705

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1060	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	32	500.00–850.00	$725.15
860–1005	953	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	400.00–550.00	$469.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1325	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	500.00–975.00	$811.98
995–1297	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	575.00–800.00	$706.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1075	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	825.00–1,075.00	$969.13
930–1445	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	600.00–1,400.00	$1,133.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
833–1190	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	800.00–975.00	$919.73

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–905	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	225.00–400.00	$348.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1165	1043	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	825.00–1,175.00	$1,037.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–810	801	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	600.00–825.00	$780.31

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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
1000–1400	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,344.44	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905–1050	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,050.00	$900.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.