Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

7,439 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.44/cwt +0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $712/hd at 526 lb · 218 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.59/cwt +3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 529 lb · 183 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.24/cwt +0.01 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 579 lb · 176 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,439	5,373	8,625
Feeder cattle	6,099	3,940	7,267
Slaughter cattle	803	928	892
Replacement cattle	537	505	466

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 8.00 higher, except some steers calves late week that sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	3	169.00–170.00	$169.67	$572	-3.74
355 unweaned	355	3	166.00	$166.00	$589	—
359–395	377	44	165.00–177.50	$171.20	$645	+1.90
412–442 unweaned	422	15	150.00	$150.00	$633	—
400–445	427	50	159.00–174.00	$167.68	$716	+3.58
455–498	473	98	157.00–172.00	$165.91	$785	+2.19
500–545	529	183	146.00–165.00	$157.59	$834	+3.78
553–578 unweaned	567	7	138.00–139.00	$138.42	$785	—
550–599	580	169	140.00–161.50	$151.77	$880	+0.54
600–645	616	118	140.00–154.00	$147.94	$911	+3.45
650–698	679	143	137.00–154.00	$145.32	$987	+4.20
705–735	718	35	132.50–151.00	$147.56	$1,059	+10.88
752–796	785	51	139.00–149.00	$143.44	$1,126	+5.98
868–871	870	11	140.00–142.50	$141.82	$1,234	+4.78
974	974	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	4	196.00	$196.00	$551	—
305–340	319	18	182.50–205.00	$192.85	$615	+6.83
378–382	380	5	177.00–177.50	$177.20	$673	-4.22
402–431	420	71	175.00–182.50	$176.89	$743	-1.71
450–491	468	70	173.00–188.00	$177.94	$833	+3.92
497 unweaned	497	11	160.00	$160.00	$795	—
515 unweaned	515	3	157.50	$157.50	$811	—
500–546	520	128	158.00–181.00	$171.84	$894	+2.03
550–599	567	77	160.00–178.00	$165.62	$939	+0.13
588 unweaned	588	16	147.50	$147.50	$867	-5.05
600–649	618	113	156.00–167.00	$160.01	$989	+3.61
674 unweaned	674	8	141.00	$141.00	$950	—
658–695	677	48	155.00–158.00	$156.83	$1,062	-0.08
702–732	723	103	150.00–156.00	$152.39	$1,102	-4.55
762–782	780	54	140.00–154.00	$153.15	$1,195	-4.20
840–849	848	59	152.00–154.50	$154.29	$1,308	+7.05
859–884	878	22	150.00–153.00	$150.67	$1,323	—
922	922	21	155.00	$155.00	$1,429	+17.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–382	375	8	160.00–164.00	$163.35	$613	+7.74
409–449	425	22	131.00–153.00	$142.55	$606	-0.69
460–498	484	38	136.00–155.00	$147.16	$712	+3.67
515–540	528	6	138.00–145.00	$141.42	$747	+4.36
553–591	568	45	130.00–146.00	$134.78	$766	+3.09
614–645	626	26	132.00–138.00	$134.95	$845	—
642 unweaned	642	5	126.00	$126.00	$809	—
650–678	666	30	131.00–138.00	$135.73	$904	+2.95
924	924	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,146	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	4	165.00	$165.00	$767	—
474 unweaned	474	8	153.00	$153.00	$725	—
540–546	543	10	156.00–166.00	$160.97	$874	—
554 unweaned	554	18	142.50	$142.50	$789	—
558	558	12	173.00	$173.00	$965	—
634 unweaned	634	12	139.00	$139.00	$881	—
664–673	670	46	137.50–158.50	$150.25	$1,007	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	8	165.00	$165.00	$723	—
487–493	489	14	145.00–151.00	$148.84	$728	-9.34
514–531	520	15	142.00–152.50	$148.27	$771	-5.87
575–592	579	23	140.00–143.00	$140.80	$815	-0.94
608–649	625	21	145.00–148.00	$146.31	$914	+0.31
674–676	675	29	130.00–142.50	$134.32	$907	-12.44

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	5	160.00	$160.00	$600	—
449	449	5	159.00	$159.00	$714	+9.59
462	462	5	157.00	$157.00	$725	—
521	521	11	150.00	$150.00	$782	+15.92
551–587	561	47	142.50–158.00	$146.69	$823	+6.69
642	642	8	142.50	$142.50	$915	+6.94
706–744	729	13	141.00–145.00	$142.49	$1,039	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	130.00	$130.00	$520	—
465–490	473	3	135.00–137.00	$135.69	$642	+0.69
1107	1107	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,162	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	338	20	142.50–152.50	$148.43	$502	+2.05
350–398	377	73	136.00–154.00	$147.38	$556	+4.67
400–449	430	129	130.00–147.00	$138.77	$597	+0.66
450–499	480	161	130.00–145.00	$138.65	$666	+2.07
503–546	526	218	125.00–143.00	$135.44	$712	+0.86
550–599	575	145	125.00–138.00	$132.11	$760	+0.08
604–645	623	128	120.00–137.00	$130.65	$814	+2.35
650–699	682	92	120.00–138.00	$131.92	$900	+1.45
775–799	786	20	125.00–138.50	$134.16	$1,054	+9.08
833–840	838	16	121.00–129.00	$122.50	$1,027	-2.50
871–897	882	7	116.00–123.00	$119.95	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	320	4	157.50–160.00	$159.34	$510	+5.34
360–395	383	24	154.00–156.00	$154.75	$593	+0.72
405–445	428	53	148.00–156.00	$150.60	$645	+1.33
460–494	475	88	146.00–155.50	$149.49	$710	+2.63
505–538	519	142	140.00–151.00	$143.34	$744	+1.82
561–599	581	90	139.00–152.50	$145.00	$842	+3.96
600–646	621	117	138.00–148.00	$141.88	$881	+1.53
655–697	676	73	134.00–148.50	$143.29	$969	-3.65
700–748	728	100	120.00–148.00	$143.45	$1,044	-1.05
798	798	3	124.00	$124.00	$990	—
802–808	807	12	120.00–140.00	$135.03	$1,090	-5.35
896	896	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,192	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	383	4	120.00–125.00	$123.28	$472	+8.06
480–490	482	13	120.00–128.00	$125.09	$603	—
550–588	568	20	120.00–122.50	$120.68	$685	—
604–648	621	62	115.00–125.00	$120.93	$751	+4.20
651	651	5	125.00	$125.00	$814	+7.54
708	708	5	114.00	$114.00	$807	—
786	786	5	100.00	$100.00	$786	±0.00
827	827	5	110.00	$110.00	$910	+8.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–498	486	17	136.00–147.00	$144.68	$703	—
502 unweaned	502	19	136.00	$136.00	$683	—
512–544	524	11	141.00–145.00	$143.49	$752	—
584	584	4	132.00	$132.00	$771	—
608–632	612	45	140.00–148.50	$146.94	$899	—
638 unweaned	638	22	125.00	$125.00	$798	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–439	428	15	135.00–142.50	$141.04	$604	+8.54
496	496	7	130.00	$130.00	$645	+4.35
534	534	9	130.00	$130.00	$694	±0.00
580	580	24	128.00	$128.00	$742	—
632	632	7	132.50	$132.50	$837	—
662	662	5	132.00	$132.00	$874	+4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	6	148.00	$148.00	$539	—
435–445	439	16	130.00–139.00	$135.39	$594	—
475	475	5	130.00	$130.00	$618	—
509–535	519	13	130.00–137.00	$132.78	$689	+1.79
559–562	560	8	120.00–125.00	$123.12	$689	—
608–627	619	7	135.00–136.00	$135.42	$838	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	7	147.00	$147.00	$689	—
536	536	10	137.00	$137.00	$734	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	167.00	$167.00	$660	+19.69
429–438	432	8	155.00–161.00	$159.23	$688	+20.80
460–494	485	17	138.00–155.00	$142.46	$691	-2.36
522–547	531	49	132.00–142.50	$136.84	$727	+1.09
552–591	574	55	120.00–136.50	$128.38	$737	+1.00
602–626	619	13	120.00–127.00	$123.85	$767	-8.97
656–660	658	19	115.00–124.00	$120.20	$791	-1.19
710–712	711	17	115.00	$115.00	$818	-0.45
752–768	763	9	111.00–112.00	$111.67	$852	—
914	914	5	98.00	$98.00	$896	—
1049	1049	6	85.00	$85.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–446	425	13	157.00–159.00	$158.13	$672	—
460–495	473	21	145.00–156.00	$149.69	$708	+3.02
508–532	515	25	146.00–154.00	$151.78	$782	+7.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	4	145.00	$145.00	$683	+5.60
510–520	515	4	134.00–135.00	$134.25	$691	—
552–573	563	11	125.00–133.00	$129.43	$729	—
612–615	614	12	123.50–130.00	$126.20	$775	+6.20

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	3	120.00	$120.00	$620	—
598	598	3	122.50	$122.50	$733	—
632	632	3	120.00	$120.00	$758	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1000	835	85-90%	33	18.00–30.00	$26.01	$217	—
725–1170	1001	85-90%	139	30.00–46.00	$38.52	$386	—
890–1190	1053	85-90%	17	55.00–61.00	$57.29	$603	+5.70
710–1255	1057	85-90%	184	45.00–55.00	$50.50	$534	-1.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1680	1390	75-80%	44	45.00–57.00	$52.04	$723	-1.71
1250–1765	1439	75-80%	104	54.00–66.00	$58.81	$846	-2.16
1352–1710	1515	75-80%	13	65.00–73.00	$68.08	$1,031	-2.58

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1325	1208	80-85%	40	40.00–53.00	$47.90	$579	-4.57
1035–1315	1222	80-85%	102	53.00–62.00	$56.31	$688	-2.38
1225–1305	1258	80-85%	10	63.00–65.00	$63.60	$800	-8.30

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–2195	1493	31	62.00–79.00	$72.29	$1,079	-1.15
1230–2005	1662	32	80.00–92.00	$84.77	$1,409	—
1445–1955	1719	16	92.00–105.00	$95.89	$1,648	-2.88
2010–2135	2073	2	112.00–116.00	$113.94	$2,362	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
787–1095	891	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	90.00–120.00	$105.63	$941
995–1340	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	67.00–88.00	$82.65	$874

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1645	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	45.00–66.00	$58.13	$675

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1105	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	44.00–66.00	$54.10	$523

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1100	906	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–91.00	$81.44	$738

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1024–1475	1127	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	950.00–1,350.00	$1,158.24
1075–1245	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	925.00–950.00	$934.17
1119–1295	1236	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00–950.00	$915.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
899–1440	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	400.00–800.00	$637.50
875–1605	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	635.00–900.00	$771.71

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1155	924	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	425.00–800.00	$635.03
915–1105	991	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	450.00–700.00	$566.03

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062–1298	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,682.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1090	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	850.00–975.00	$896.58
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–920	766	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	200.00–400.00	$338.29

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	725.00	$725.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–875	752	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–700.00	$578.13	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1060	992	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–800.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205–1250	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,483.33	+37.50
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1227–1445	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,037.50	—

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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.