Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 29, 2021

10,668 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.63/cwt +6.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 631 lb · 483 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.50/cwt +7.84 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 523 lb · 330 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.86/cwt +0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $907/hd at 578 lb · 320 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,668	2,031	6,954
Feeder cattle	9,273	1,485	5,782
Slaughter cattle	931	367	687
Replacement cattle	464	179	485

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 12.00 higher, yearlings steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	317	26	190.00–202.00	$195.68	$620	-4.32
318 thin fleshed	318	2	220.00	$220.00	$700	—
355–393	379	90	185.00–213.00	$199.94	$758	+11.38
400–448	419	87	185.00–203.00	$194.39	$814	+16.66
410–448 thin fleshed	423	15	204.00–207.00	$204.79	$866	—
458 thin fleshed	458	4	194.00	$194.00	$889	—
450–495	466	107	175.00–198.00	$188.31	$878	+9.26
502–546	520	206	162.00–187.00	$178.51	$928	+4.14
533 value added	533	5	180.00	$180.00	$959	—
550–592	575	279	166.00–179.00	$173.58	$998	+8.97
605–648	631	472	155.00–172.50	$164.88	$1,040	+6.38
635 unweaned	635	11	154.00	$154.00	$978	—
650–695	671	101	158.00–168.00	$165.67	$1,112	+11.18
713 value added	713	9	161.00	$161.00	$1,148	—
706–749	728	285	152.50–170.00	$164.23	$1,196	+8.14
755–794	783	71	158.00–164.50	$161.56	$1,265	-7.44
831–833	832	29	158.50–160.00	$158.91	$1,322	—
850–852	850	50	158.50–159.00	$158.60	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–335	319	17	175.00–183.00	$179.39	$572	+0.85
355–398	377	51	172.50–190.00	$182.82	$689	+11.23
406–448	434	74	150.00–182.00	$174.03	$755	+9.20
452–498	475	110	160.00–183.00	$175.91	$836	+9.82
502–549	528	199	154.00–178.00	$167.69	$885	+10.90
549 unweaned	549	6	156.00	$156.00	$856	—
551–599	578	320	145.00–170.00	$156.86	$907	+0.60
600–649	629	320	138.00–163.00	$155.60	$979	+6.62
650–699	675	151	140.00–160.00	$152.55	$1,030	+12.53
675 unweaned	675	4	139.50	$139.50	$942	—
700–748	721	231	137.50–159.00	$152.26	$1,098	+8.67
752–799	772	62	142.50–160.00	$152.30	$1,176	—
805–844	829	54	134.00–154.00	$149.56	$1,240	+3.90
850–896	874	58	136.00–154.00	$148.63	$1,299	+8.63
934	934	7	142.50	$142.50	$1,331	—
991	991	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,368	—
1062	1062	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,444	+6.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–376	370	6	160.00–175.00	$167.63	$620	—
436–446	440	17	165.00–173.00	$166.87	$734	—
450–498	482	46	160.00–177.50	$171.70	$828	+18.46
509–542	526	59	155.00–178.50	$169.75	$893	+24.08
552–597	573	37	152.50–160.00	$154.09	$883	—
605–649	631	36	142.50–159.00	$150.24	$948	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	5	168.00	$168.00	$828	—
505–534	519	21	147.00–156.00	$153.46	$796	—
550–593	572	41	152.50–167.00	$163.30	$934	—
621–639	633	21	145.00–157.00	$148.92	$943	—
654–686	664	32	140.00–155.00	$146.52	$973	—
704–719	711	9	126.00–142.50	$135.08	$960	—
754	754	7	153.00	$153.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–499	484	29	157.50–160.00	$158.31	$766	—
503–548	525	46	142.50–159.00	$154.59	$812	+4.59
576–592	587	17	125.00–148.00	$135.43	$795	—
605–618	615	28	135.00–147.00	$137.71	$847	+2.07
688	688	2	138.00	$138.00	$949	—
712	712	6	137.00	$137.00	$975	—
758	758	7	130.00	$130.00	$985	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	7	187.00	$187.00	$793	—
477–488	483	11	178.00–183.00	$180.24	$871	—
623	623	6	157.50	$157.50	$981	—
703–708	707	82	154.00–160.00	$158.54	$1,121	—
795	795	10	158.00	$158.00	$1,256	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	3	142.50	$142.50	$738	—
565	565	3	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
621	621	5	160.00	$160.00	$994	—
654–655	655	15	135.00–156.00	$150.41	$985	—
742	742	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,165	—
769	769	10	156.00	$156.00	$1,200	—
830	830	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,162	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
861	861	21	122.50	$122.50	$1,055	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	9	152.50	$152.50	$639	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269–278	273	7	175.00–179.00	$177.25	$484	—
304–340	322	53	154.00–179.00	$166.83	$537	—
357–398	384	42	150.00–170.00	$159.16	$611	—
401–447	420	130	149.00–175.00	$163.28	$686	+9.32
450–493	471	173	150.00–172.00	$156.89	$739	+8.46
507 value added	507	5	148.00	$148.00	$750	—
500–548	523	325	142.00–157.00	$151.55	$793	+7.89
550–599	564	124	140.00–158.00	$149.97	$846	+7.69
601–640	617	198	145.00–155.00	$151.45	$934	+8.08
651–697	675	229	139.00–153.50	$149.70	$1,010	+9.70
715 value added	715	10	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$1,005	—
715–734	724	94	148.00–151.00	$148.86	$1,078	—
750	750	45	153.00	$153.00	$1,148	—
824	824	6	134.00	$134.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	318	18	142.50–160.00	$152.34	$484	+5.00
353–390	362	35	148.00–164.00	$156.45	$566	+8.82
402–449	435	106	130.00–159.00	$148.29	$645	+6.49
453–498	476	264	132.50–154.00	$145.51	$693	+6.58
503–549	527	290	130.00–151.00	$140.78	$742	+4.22
550–598	572	176	130.00–147.00	$137.81	$788	+7.58
590	590	2	132.00	$132.00	$779	+1.77
600–646	624	116	126.00–148.00	$139.69	$872	+5.08
612–637 unweaned	624	47	128.00–132.00	$130.00	$811	—
650–693	659	159	130.00–147.00	$141.45	$932	+9.05
695	695	3	124.00	$124.00	$862	-8.40
716–742	726	55	121.00–144.00	$134.90	$979	+2.71
759–788	777	35	122.50–142.00	$136.98	$1,064	—
809–830	813	18	128.00–137.50	$135.88	$1,105	+21.73
874–887	879	26	132.00–136.00	$133.96	$1,178	—
912	912	20	130.00	$130.00	$1,186	+16.00
955–958	957	23	115.00	$115.00	$1,101	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–434	432	13	134.00–140.00	$138.63	$599	—
458–499	490	44	120.00–135.00	$127.32	$624	—
505–547	537	57	125.00–135.00	$132.16	$710	+9.98
553–561	559	20	116.00–130.00	$119.46	$668	+12.08
615–645	622	26	115.00–125.00	$123.01	$765	+6.84
663–687	680	10	110.00–125.00	$120.61	$820	—
705	705	3	112.00	$112.00	$790	+3.34
798	798	3	114.00	$114.00	$910	—
900–904	903	14	90.00–105.00	$99.66	$900	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	6	140.00	$140.00	$514	—
439	439	8	138.00	$138.00	$606	+2.58
450–488	476	38	135.00–145.00	$140.46	$669	+3.88
555–592	575	21	138.00–143.00	$141.19	$812	+11.38
621–649	636	42	128.00–142.50	$136.57	$869	—
714	714	5	138.00	$138.00	$985	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–392	388	10	160.00–165.00	$162.47	$630	—
420–428	422	22	160.00–169.00	$166.92	$704	—
467–470	469	19	150.00–153.00	$151.74	$712	—
530	530	12	145.00	$145.00	$768	—
573	573	12	141.00	$141.00	$808	—
644	644	42	150.00	$150.00	$966	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431–446	437	12	153.00–156.00	$154.28	$674	+19.28
474–498	485	28	122.00–147.00	$137.12	$665	—
507	507	5	144.00	$144.00	$730	—
573	573	7	142.00	$142.00	$814	—
600–622	609	7	130.00–139.00	$135.06	$823	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	11	140.00	$140.00	$469	—
368	368	8	120.00	$120.00	$442	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	131.00	$131.00	$757	—
642	642	8	145.00	$145.00	$931	—
673	673	6	135.00	$135.00	$909	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–448	425	10	135.00–155.00	$147.24	$626	+3.29
475	475	4	160.00	$160.00	$760	+21.12
505–545	525	24	130.00–145.00	$137.19	$720	-2.48
550–598	581	44	129.00–148.00	$138.25	$803	+7.65
609–645	632	38	120.00–139.00	$133.13	$841	-0.27
659–698	680	28	119.00–136.00	$130.55	$888	+2.24
703–734	726	11	131.00–133.00	$131.53	$955	-1.47
787	787	3	127.50	$127.50	$1,003	—
862–878	872	13	108.00–116.00	$111.04	$968	+1.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	429	14	160.00–190.00	$173.06	$742	—
452–482	466	12	159.00–174.00	$166.21	$775	+6.99
510–545	532	34	149.00–165.00	$153.40	$816	+5.01
568–588	581	6	152.00–152.50	$152.34	$885	+6.95
654	654	5	141.00	$141.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–1140	904	85-90%	37	15.00–33.00	$23.90	$216	—
730–1360	990	85-90%	102	30.00–45.00	$37.16	$368	—
795–1445	1048	85-90%	125	41.00–54.00	$45.58	$478	—
835–1280	1061	85-90%	52	50.00–59.00	$53.60	$569	+8.28

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1515	1197	80-85%	43	40.00–50.00	$47.27	$566	-10.70
840–1500	1209	80-85%	179	49.00–59.50	$54.01	$653	—
1045–1425	1244	80-85%	46	58.00–67.00	$60.39	$751	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1495	1354	75-80%	17	45.00–54.00	$48.63	$658	—
1175–1705	1412	75-80%	130	50.00–63.00	$55.74	$787	—
1140–1860	1464	75-80%	50	59.00–71.00	$63.43	$929	+3.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1865	1413	37	55.00–78.00	$66.38	$938	—
1295–2430	1681	31	80.00–90.00	$84.85	$1,426	—
1385–2105	1735	11	89.00–104.00	$94.68	$1,643	+0.87

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–965	874	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	100.00–132.00	$117.29	$1,025
825–1245	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	70.00–101.00	$79.95	$851

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1265	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	54.00–69.00	$59.13	$630

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1062	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	67.50–90.00	$78.52	$714

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1315	994	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	49.00–65.00	$58.03	$577

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1270	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	900.00–1,225.00	$1,134.12
1172–1376	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$936.99
1025–1485	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	900.00–1,275.00	$1,058.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1130	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	550.00–600.00	$575.32
1000–1510	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	38	600.00–900.00	$781.98
1080–1280	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	700.00–850.00	$774.34

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–1055	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	500.00–900.00	$706.83
890–1080	986	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	450.00–650.00	$557.46

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
684–915	783	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	150.00–400.00	$302.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1279–1595	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,359.84

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1037	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,096.46

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1050	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	850.00–875.00	$857.05

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1208	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	825.00–950.00	$910.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795–1345	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	950.00–1,350.00	$1,230.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	600.00–625.00	$620.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030–1240	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,100.00	$962.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.