Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

7,488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.10/cwt -2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 513 lb · 178 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $166.15/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,018/hd at 613 lb · 170 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.58/cwt -2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 528 lb · 160 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,488	10,668	9,740
Feeder cattle	4,918	9,273	8,455
Slaughter cattle	602	931	742
Replacement cattle	1,968	464	543

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	25	190.00–210.00	$198.02	$640	+2.34
350–385	367	24	190.00–214.00	$200.52	$736	+0.58
400–447	423	52	180.00–211.00	$199.61	$844	+5.22
455–489	474	94	185.00–212.00	$195.82	$928	+7.51
500–547	520	105	170.00–191.00	$182.47	$949	+3.96
513–545 unweaned	522	9	165.00–166.00	$165.88	$866	—
532 value added	532	6	179.00	$179.00	$952	-1.00
550–589	563	126	165.00–185.00	$177.02	$997	+3.44
602–634	613	170	145.00–178.00	$166.15	$1,018	+1.27
664–696	679	42	157.00–167.00	$160.03	$1,087	-5.64
701–743	721	55	152.00–165.00	$159.91	$1,153	-4.32
761	761	64	154.00	$154.00	$1,172	-7.56
759–792	781	76	152.50–161.00	$159.20	$1,243	-2.36
812–828	824	17	148.00–157.00	$154.91	$1,276	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–349	334	29	182.00–190.00	$185.77	$620	+6.38
350–398	381	32	173.00–192.50	$188.84	$719	+6.02
402–445	427	50	170.00–188.00	$183.49	$784	+9.46
439 value added	439	7	184.00	$184.00	$808	—
450–498	474	88	162.50–177.50	$171.51	$813	-4.40
500–546	526	107	148.00–173.00	$163.83	$862	-3.86
550–590 unweaned	566	5	147.50	$147.50	$835	—
551–596	576	88	145.00–164.00	$156.15	$899	-0.71
605–645	628	84	137.50–158.00	$150.72	$947	-4.88
652–690	669	115	138.00–155.00	$149.08	$997	-3.47
702–748	728	102	140.00–156.00	$150.63	$1,097	-1.63
756–793	772	68	143.00–155.00	$149.14	$1,151	-3.16
803	803	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,180	-2.56
852–873	867	27	147.00–150.00	$147.55	$1,279	-1.08
908–936	924	12	136.50–149.00	$141.62	$1,309	-0.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	10	150.00	$150.00	$573	—
407–443	435	22	157.00–160.00	$158.19	$688	—
465–496	489	26	150.00–160.00	$153.71	$752	-4.60
500–522	507	22	136.00–153.00	$145.49	$738	-9.10
555–598	581	22	135.00–154.00	$146.81	$853	+11.38
650–688	679	4	132.50–137.00	$135.92	$923	-2.08
703–740	712	4	135.00	$135.00	$961	-2.00
751	751	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,006	+4.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	5	182.00	$182.00	$542	—
380–384	383	9	170.00–175.00	$171.66	$657	+4.03
421–437	429	13	162.00–175.00	$169.53	$727	+2.66
468	468	6	153.00	$153.00	$716	-18.70
515–540	530	9	145.00–158.00	$153.26	$812	-16.49
657–699	666	18	143.00–144.00	$143.23	$954	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	17	135.00	$135.00	$454	—
350	350	6	145.00	$145.00	$508	—
414	414	7	130.00	$130.00	$538	-22.50
494	494	7	145.00	$145.00	$716	—
527	527	3	127.00	$127.00	$669	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–489	477	9	141.00–154.00	$148.40	$708	-19.60
505–539	520	11	152.50–163.00	$158.06	$822	+4.60
711–749	727	14	143.00–150.00	$146.91	$1,068	+11.83

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	6	186.00	$186.00	$804	-1.00
609	609	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,035	+12.50
685	685	15	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	336	21	152.50–158.00	$155.14	$521	+2.80
350–397	379	94	140.00–160.00	$153.92	$583	-2.53
400–448	430	63	142.00–160.00	$153.46	$660	+5.17
450–499	483	58	135.00–150.00	$141.98	$686	-3.53
500–549	528	160	130.00–145.00	$138.58	$732	-2.20
552–595	571	138	127.50–142.50	$137.07	$783	-0.74
600–649	630	95	125.00–139.00	$131.64	$829	-8.05
650–692	665	56	125.00–140.00	$137.66	$915	-3.79
707–740	729	29	125.00–140.00	$130.06	$948	-4.84
737	737	9	120.00	$120.00	$884	-14.90
753–788	764	52	120.00–138.00	$132.80	$1,015	-4.18
828–845	834	15	124.00–131.00	$128.63	$1,073	-7.25
873	873	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,004	-18.96

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–274	274	11	179.00–182.50	$181.55	$497	+4.30
310–345	322	8	159.00–165.00	$161.37	$520	-5.46
358–394	373	47	155.00–174.00	$166.09	$620	+6.93
400–446	425	97	150.00–172.00	$163.21	$694	-0.07
450–495	470	159	149.00–165.00	$156.88	$737	-0.01
502 value added	502	9	150.00	$150.00	$753	+2.00
500–540	514	169	140.00–156.00	$149.05	$766	-2.50
550–597	566	102	140.00–155.00	$146.07	$827	-3.90
608–647	627	54	142.50–148.00	$144.66	$907	-6.79
650–695	678	50	140.00–146.00	$143.75	$975	-5.95
722–737	726	29	137.00–144.00	$142.43	$1,034	-6.43
751–756	755	7	142.00–151.00	$149.72	$1,130	-3.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–334	317	30	135.00–145.00	$139.81	$443	—
365–385	373	13	130.00–137.50	$133.99	$500	—
424–447	433	30	130.00–147.00	$136.86	$593	-1.77
454–489	474	27	120.00–131.00	$127.44	$604	+0.12
544	544	5	125.00	$125.00	$680	-7.16
559–598	584	12	110.00–127.50	$121.62	$710	+2.16
603–644	625	11	120.00–129.00	$123.51	$772	+0.50
650–695	678	17	115.00–125.00	$121.21	$822	+0.60
719–721	720	19	115.00	$115.00	$828	+3.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–396	388	13	137.00–143.00	$140.47	$545	—
451–489	474	16	130.00–140.00	$132.16	$626	-4.96
501	501	7	138.00	$138.00	$691	-6.00
593–595	594	9	132.50–140.00	$137.49	$817	-4.51
606	606	5	136.00	$136.00	$824	+0.94

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	8	134.00	$134.00	$733	—
567–582	576	7	130.00–134.00	$131.69	$759	-9.50
675	675	12	134.00	$134.00	$904	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	146.00	$146.00	$707	-5.74
649	649	13	145.00	$145.00	$941	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–395	379	11	190.00–192.00	$190.85	$723	—
409–446	429	26	160.00–203.00	$170.67	$732	-2.39
452–495	478	32	150.00–172.50	$159.66	$763	-6.55
508–530	514	23	160.00–173.00	$168.23	$865	+14.83
574 unweaned	574	7	156.00	$156.00	$895	—
565–593	579	18	148.00–153.00	$150.23	$870	-2.11
612	612	8	135.00	$135.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–485	464	14	130.00–169.00	$149.00	$691	-11.00
510	510	5	140.00	$140.00	$714	+2.81
561–595	576	17	140.00–149.00	$142.67	$822	+4.42
600–642	625	34	123.00–140.00	$131.05	$819	-2.08
712–738	724	11	127.00–134.00	$130.76	$947	-0.77
810–825	818	6	121.00–125.00	$123.02	$1,006	—
862	862	6	117.00	$117.00	$1,009	+5.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1395	1267	(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	1,500.00–2,200.00	$1,648.96	—
1210–1700	1357	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	18	1,650.00–2,800.00	$2,177.81	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	424	5	140.00	$140.00	$594	—
465–480	476	4	130.00–142.50	$133.05	$633	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	5	125.00	$125.00	$765	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1100	832	85-90%	25	20.00–34.00	$27.15	$226	—
755–1160	935	85-90%	59	33.00–45.00	$39.35	$368	+15.45
722–1325	1054	85-90%	80	45.00–55.00	$50.37	$531	-3.23
920–1290	1095	85-90%	28	55.00–61.00	$57.35	$628	+3.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1555	1388	75-80%	24	48.00–55.00	$53.12	$737	+4.49
1235–1910	1432	75-80%	100	55.00–63.00	$58.88	$843	+3.14
1295–1835	1497	75-80%	39	63.00–69.00	$65.17	$976	+1.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1315	1202	80-85%	22	59.00–68.00	$64.01	$769	+10.00
1000–1395	1207	80-85%	96	52.00–62.00	$57.11	$689	+3.10
1100–1585	1226	80-85%	30	42.00–54.00	$50.90	$624	-3.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1895	1428	20	55.00–78.00	$67.15	$959	+0.77
1260–2415	1670	32	80.00–92.00	$86.17	$1,439	+1.32
1350–2120	1792	20	91.00–107.00	$95.57	$1,713	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
896–1360	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	80	50.00–67.50	$56.39	$600

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1355	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	70.00–108.00	$84.61	$854
1015–1080	1071	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	97.50–138.00	$107.54	$1,152

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1015	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	65.00–90.00	$77.47	$643

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1080	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	50.00–62.50	$54.95	$525

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	175.00	$175.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1325	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,197.19
1104–1275	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	1,225.00–1,410.00	$1,352.79
1027–1278	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	950.00–1,050.00	$1,017.13
1007–1430	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	187	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,185.54
1232	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	950.00	$950.00
1169–1485	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	900.00–1,150.00	$982.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1325	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	115	600.00–975.00	$814.54
905–1313	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	137	500.00–900.00	$797.76

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048–1065	1058	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	975.00–1,025.00	$1,004.61
900–1390	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	75	900.00–1,350.00	$1,110.74
1056–1117	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	950.00–1,200.00	$1,040.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097–1329	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	122	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,584.07
1258	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1284–1360	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,550.00–1,600.00	$1,574.48

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1100	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	116	450.00–900.00	$729.16
867–1113	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	53	400.00–800.00	$688.40

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–975	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	100.00–525.00	$309.97

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1310–1480	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,027.31

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1298	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
1050–1375	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,470.83	+240.83
1100–1275	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	1,125.00–1,550.00	$1,334.62	—
1195–1275	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,394.23	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
933–1175	1071	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	775.00–1,000.00	$903.57	—
1050–1248	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	900.00–1,350.00	$1,241.96	+279.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–880	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	400.00–900.00	$525.00	—
785–925	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–900.00	$885.00	—
975–1000	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	750.00–1,050.00	$1,028.57	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1075	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,354.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	9	94.00	$94.00	$528	—

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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.