Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 15, 2021

5,932 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.82/cwt +5.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,079/hd at 675 lb · 357 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.96/cwt +1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,009/hd at 623 lb · 313 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $156.41/cwt +4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,150/hd at 735 lb · 218 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,932	7,439	7,681
Feeder cattle	4,961	6,099	6,336
Slaughter cattle	607	803	702
Replacement cattle	364	537	643

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter 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
324	324	7	182.50	$182.50	$591	-10.35
358–380	366	14	177.50–190.00	$183.35	$671	+6.15
400–445	420	43	173.00–178.00	$175.69	$738	-1.20
455–491	476	29	173.00–185.00	$176.81	$842	-1.13
510–548	523	132	157.50–188.50	$177.01	$926	+5.17
515–544 unweaned	532	41	169.00–170.00	$169.68	$903	+12.18
555 unweaned	555	7	158.00	$158.00	$877	+10.50
551–594	567	92	163.00–172.00	$166.19	$942	+0.57
601–647	623	313	152.00–168.50	$161.96	$1,009	+1.95
652–693	675	357	151.00–164.00	$159.82	$1,079	+2.99
700–745	735	218	146.00–158.85	$156.41	$1,150	+4.02
764–795	776	94	143.00–160.50	$154.90	$1,202	+1.75
803–828	805	144	140.00–155.10	$154.69	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–349	339	11	168.00–172.00	$169.60	$575	-0.07
350–396	377	21	168.00–176.00	$172.06	$649	+0.86
407–440	424	67	158.00–172.00	$165.75	$703	-1.93
450–494	478	78	155.00–170.00	$164.26	$785	-1.65
500–548	527	140	141.00–168.00	$157.76	$831	+0.17
550–596	587	54	141.00–160.00	$151.95	$892	+0.18
602–649	626	131	138.00–155.00	$143.35	$897	-4.59
651–699	676	51	137.00–155.00	$144.94	$980	-0.38
705–744	731	62	138.00–148.50	$146.40	$1,070	-1.16
754–779	763	37	136.00–147.00	$144.46	$1,102	+1.02
800–824	818	26	133.00–146.00	$136.67	$1,118	—
966–986	977	9	133.00–137.00	$134.76	$1,317	+4.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–395	380	12	150.00–165.00	$157.46	$598	-5.89
405–446	440	9	153.00–157.00	$154.09	$678	+11.54
460–497	485	13	145.00–156.00	$148.51	$720	+1.35
500–542	529	26	130.00–142.50	$138.93	$735	-2.49
559–598	587	25	138.00–139.00	$138.19	$811	+3.41
675	675	5	138.00	$138.00	$932	+2.27

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–434	432	10	157.50–162.00	$159.74	$690	-5.26
459–484	472	13	145.00–152.00	$148.86	$703	+0.02
525	525	6	147.00	$147.00	$772	-1.27
559	559	5	142.50	$142.50	$797	+1.70

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–391	381	16	163.00–177.00	$170.13	$648	+10.13
498	498	8	158.00	$158.00	$787	—
571	571	7	135.00	$135.00	$771	-11.69

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	146.00	$146.00	$577	—
401	401	9	140.00	$140.00	$561	+10.00
478–484	482	8	140.00–145.00	$143.14	$690	+7.45

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	7	180.00	$180.00	$682	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	15	150.00	$150.00	$447	—
310–342	329	33	137.50–153.00	$142.78	$470	-5.65
371 thin fleshed	371	9	153.00	$153.00	$568	—
352–395	380	57	137.50–151.00	$144.05	$547	-3.33
394 unweaned	394	4	135.00	$135.00	$532	—
405–447	430	67	130.00–147.00	$139.26	$599	+0.49
450–499	480	167	130.00–142.00	$136.54	$655	-2.11
500–549	522	126	125.00–139.00	$133.16	$695	-2.28
550–599	576	88	125.00–135.00	$132.30	$762	+0.19
600–647	612	101	120.00–139.00	$133.00	$814	+2.35
653–683	669	70	120.00–139.00	$133.23	$891	+1.31
676 unweaned	676	5	115.00	$115.00	$777	—
700–718	708	28	127.00–135.00	$130.57	$924	—
784–788	786	10	129.00–132.50	$130.40	$1,025	-3.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	172.00	$172.00	$580	+12.66
381–398	385	19	152.00–155.00	$154.18	$594	-0.57
402–445	419	33	146.00–150.00	$147.62	$619	-2.98
453–466	461	41	144.00–150.00	$145.67	$672	-3.82
500–540	519	67	140.00–143.00	$140.68	$730	-2.66
540 unweaned	540	3	138.00	$138.00	$745	—
563–588	565	72	137.00–142.00	$138.28	$781	-6.72
606–649	631	72	136.00–146.00	$141.65	$894	-0.23
668–698	682	49	143.50–146.00	$145.01	$989	+1.72
705–742	717	33	138.00–146.00	$142.05	$1,018	-1.40
750–794	770	68	132.00–144.00	$142.50	$1,097	+18.50
828–842	835	17	136.00–138.00	$137.05	$1,144	+2.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	6	130.00–133.00	$131.50	$493	+8.22
442–447	444	10	115.00–128.00	$120.70	$536	—
467–478	474	16	110.00–128.00	$121.35	$575	-3.74
505–545	524	8	120.00–122.50	$121.10	$635	—
550–592	578	3	120.00–123.00	$122.05	$705	+1.37
717	717	7	115.00	$115.00	$825	+1.00
806	806	4	90.00	$90.00	$725	-20.00
861	861	9	110.00	$110.00	$947	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–432	430	9	135.00–138.00	$136.67	$588	-4.37
451–498	484	17	130.00–138.00	$132.19	$640	+2.19
520–523	522	11	132.00–135.00	$132.81	$693	+2.81

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	7	148.00	$148.00	$611	—
512	512	12	138.00	$138.00	$707	-5.49

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	125.00	$125.00	$560	-10.39
498	498	6	137.50	$137.50	$685	+7.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	8	151.00	$151.00	$581	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	5	95.00	$95.00	$481	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	3	157.50	$157.50	$706	-1.73
463–481	470	20	128.00–135.00	$130.86	$615	-11.60
532–547	543	20	125.00–142.50	$132.61	$720	-4.23
571–598	581	35	120.00–136.00	$130.11	$756	+1.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	150.00	$150.00	$639	-8.13
460–499	484	8	150.00–154.00	$152.58	$738	+2.89
505–542	535	23	140.00–150.00	$142.17	$761	-9.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	4	160.00	$160.00	$570	—
435	435	3	150.00	$150.00	$652	—
468–496	484	7	143.00–150.00	$145.90	$706	+0.90
510	510	3	130.00	$130.00	$663	-4.25
563–583	573	6	130.00–134.00	$131.97	$756	+2.54
648	648	3	127.50	$127.50	$826	+1.30

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	147.50	$147.50	$543	—
422	422	5	140.00	$140.00	$591	—
618	618	5	122.50	$122.50	$757	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390–1590	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,650.00–1,950.00	$1,810.07	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1085	903	85-90%	31	20.00–32.50	$27.87	$252	—
765–1185	977	85-90%	59	32.00–45.00	$38.47	$376	—
830–1330	1066	85-90%	156	42.50–55.00	$48.49	$517	-2.01
985–1190	1097	85-90%	18	55.00–61.00	$56.95	$625	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1595	1423	75-80%	31	41.00–55.00	$50.22	$715	-8.59
1290–1920	1446	75-80%	88	53.00–64.00	$57.50	$831	-1.31
1450–1745	1584	75-80%	22	65.00–73.00	$69.17	$1,096	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1178–1265	1193	80-85%	6	68.00–80.00	$77.88	$929	—
1055–1310	1195	80-85%	25	47.00–52.00	$49.99	$597	—
1085–1385	1226	80-85%	89	52.00–62.00	$54.85	$672	-1.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1255	1181	9	60.00–81.00	$70.00	$827	—
1265–1880	1558	17	67.50–79.00	$73.83	$1,150	—
1405–2290	1708	25	79.00–89.00	$85.15	$1,454	-10.74
1578–2020	1759	9	91.00–101.00	$95.83	$1,686	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1330	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	46.00–65.00	$59.10	$679

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1010	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	48.00–63.00	$54.86	$498

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1025	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	101.00–123.00	$106.65	$934
885–1195	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	70.00–85.00	$78.16	$814

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1020	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–80.00	$75.47	$638

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1218	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00
1100–1385	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	61	975.00–1,250.00	$1,146.41

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–1165	947	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	350.00–875.00	$681.43
835–1190	993	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	500.00–675.00	$634.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1420	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	23	600.00–925.00	$805.47
1085–1285	1199	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	650.00–800.00	$729.92

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
922	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00
912–1175	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	925.00–1,150.00	$1,011.62

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–930	793	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	200.00–450.00	$316.70

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–910	793	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	700.00–775.00	$733.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1070	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–975.00	$895.73

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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
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
970–980	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,325.00	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745–785	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	475.00–875.00	$725.00	+146.87

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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.