Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

5,808 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.03/cwt +1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 674 lb · 271 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.95/cwt +2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 529 lb · 201 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.23/cwt +5.55 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 573 lb · 193 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,808	7,488	5,658
Feeder cattle	4,839	4,918	4,271
Slaughter cattle	560	602	680
Replacement cattle	409	1,968	707

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers uneven from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher and heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	329	5	195.00–205.00	$199.39	$656	+1.37
355–392	373	20	190.00–207.50	$198.78	$741	-1.74
400–435	426	41	190.00–210.00	$200.17	$853	+0.56
455–466	460	21	180.00–192.50	$186.42	$858	-9.40
506–544	524	100	170.00–189.00	$182.31	$955	-0.16
526 unweaned	526	10	170.00	$170.00	$894	+4.12
550–598	584	101	169.00–174.00	$171.50	$1,002	-5.52
585 unweaned	585	3	160.00	$160.00	$936	—
600–648	629	145	153.00–176.00	$164.84	$1,037	-1.31
669 unweaned	669	6	156.00	$156.00	$1,044	—
650–696	674	265	157.00–168.00	$161.14	$1,086	+1.11
705	705	12	157.50	$157.50	$1,110	-2.41
752–788	766	45	154.00–159.00	$155.22	$1,189	+1.22
805–815	814	44	140.00–162.50	$161.00	$1,311	+6.09
869–895	884	47	154.00–161.00	$156.05	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	5	190.00	$190.00	$619	+4.23
350–392	369	28	172.50–188.00	$181.40	$669	-7.44
402–445	428	60	170.00–187.50	$181.83	$778	-1.66
454–497	480	88	162.50–180.00	$173.29	$832	+1.78
500–549	530	129	156.00–174.00	$164.15	$870	+0.32
550–599	573	193	149.00–167.00	$161.23	$924	+5.08
600–645	623	72	140.00–159.00	$152.38	$949	+1.66
650–696	670	42	130.00–155.00	$149.30	$1,000	+0.22
700–735	721	34	140.00–155.00	$146.85	$1,059	-3.78
755–791	779	36	132.00–150.00	$143.50	$1,118	-5.64
800–842	826	25	138.00–154.00	$140.74	$1,163	-6.26
854	854	11	150.00	$150.00	$1,281	+2.45
1011–1013	1012	10	137.00–140.00	$139.10	$1,408	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–391	371	15	162.50–170.00	$166.10	$616	+16.10
402–442	411	25	145.00–170.00	$160.43	$659	+2.24
450–490	471	24	142.50–163.00	$153.69	$724	-0.02
500–536	519	16	135.00–154.00	$146.88	$762	+1.39
565–588	579	16	134.00–152.50	$143.90	$833	-2.91
632–637	634	10	120.00–147.00	$137.98	$875	—
1046	1046	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,308	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	4	186.00	$186.00	$632	—
439–440	439	12	167.50–172.00	$169.00	$742	—
452–470	460	11	170.00–172.50	$171.16	$787	+22.76
511–540	532	14	145.00–155.00	$152.25	$810	-5.81
600–629	613	24	138.00–150.00	$146.99	$901	—
655–685	664	10	142.50–143.00	$142.65	$947	—
743	743	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	+3.09
762	762	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,143	—
819	819	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,106	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–342	336	7	180.00–185.00	$182.09	$612	—
418–444	434	16	165.00–174.00	$171.33	$744	+1.80
474–489	480	18	163.00–176.00	$170.26	$817	+17.26
669	669	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,030	+10.77
714	714	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,035	—
772	772	10	150.00	$150.00	$1,158	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	170.00	$170.00	$586	+35.00
468	468	6	155.00	$155.00	$725	+10.00
531–535	533	14	138.00–144.00	$141.42	$754	+14.42
576	576	5	145.00	$145.00	$835	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513–540	523	11	175.00–177.50	$176.56	$923	—
699	699	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,090	+1.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
771	771	8	156.00	$156.00	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	383	6	95.00–115.00	$105.15	$403	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–349	335	50	140.00–161.00	$153.18	$513	-1.96
354–395	377	64	145.00–162.50	$153.78	$580	-0.14
405–448	432	52	135.00–155.00	$149.03	$644	-4.43
452–499	480	91	135.00–151.00	$144.81	$695	+2.83
505–549	529	201	130.00–147.50	$140.95	$746	+2.37
550–599	580	86	125.00–144.00	$136.90	$794	-0.17
600–649	630	101	122.50–141.00	$135.52	$854	+3.88
650–690	670	26	120.00–134.00	$130.00	$871	-7.66
702–728	719	18	130.00–141.00	$134.93	$970	+4.87
761–769	767	17	136.00–137.00	$136.71	$1,049	+3.91
800–844	809	28	124.50–138.00	$133.56	$1,081	+4.93
853–872	861	9	127.00–132.00	$129.25	$1,113	+14.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	320	5	157.00–168.00	$161.44	$517	+0.07
353–395	370	34	158.00–170.00	$162.88	$603	-3.21
400–449	425	77	152.50–173.00	$164.06	$697	+0.85
450–495	471	102	150.00–166.00	$156.99	$739	+0.11
500–549	526	190	146.00–156.00	$148.89	$783	-0.16
554–581	574	117	143.00–151.00	$147.88	$849	+1.81
603–627	613	49	142.00–146.00	$144.19	$884	-0.47
654–682	679	110	144.00–147.50	$147.17	$999	+3.42
714	714	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,000	-2.43
777	777	9	141.00	$141.00	$1,096	-8.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–394	377	22	115.00–147.50	$136.56	$515	+2.57
400–445	417	17	117.50–145.00	$134.65	$561	-2.21
478–495	483	14	130.00–133.00	$131.90	$637	+4.46
598	598	12	125.00	$125.00	$748	+3.38
605	605	4	115.00	$115.00	$696	-8.51
658–690	682	14	100.00–115.00	$110.36	$753	-10.85
745	745	6	105.00	$105.00	$782	-10.00
752–765	759	6	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$903	—
875	875	10	110.00	$110.00	$962	—
928	928	10	118.00	$118.00	$1,095	—
1047	1047	11	114.00	$114.00	$1,194	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	5	158.00	$158.00	$689	—
470–492	485	27	138.00–149.00	$144.30	$700	—
502–543	517	8	128.00–140.00	$135.28	$699	+1.28
557–575	564	13	137.00–141.00	$138.57	$782	+6.88
616–618	617	27	138.00	$138.00	$851	—
848	848	5	110.00	$110.00	$933	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571–586	575	17	140.00–144.00	$143.04	$822	—
608	608	8	142.00–145.00	$143.13	$870	—
650	650	13	143.00	$143.00	$930	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–418	412	8	130.00–145.00	$139.50	$575	—
472–480	475	7	148.00–149.00	$148.43	$705	+16.27
620	620	7	133.00	$133.00	$825	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–364	361	5	157.50–175.00	$160.89	$581	—
406–430	414	20	145.00–160.00	$148.36	$614	—
455–468	459	10	140.00–170.00	$151.36	$695	+2.36
500–545	529	6	151.00–158.00	$154.85	$819	+14.85
560–598	584	15	130.00–149.00	$142.32	$831	-0.35
600–647	628	22	128.00–143.00	$135.41	$850	+4.36
675–699	696	8	120.00–129.00	$127.91	$890	—
700–745	714	11	115.00–137.50	$128.24	$916	-2.52
825	825	6	104.00	$104.00	$858	-19.02
900	900	5	111.00	$111.00	$999	—
1028	1028	8	95.00	$95.00	$977	—
1129	1129	7	95.00	$95.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–395	373	18	177.50–194.00	$183.32	$684	-7.53
420–422	422	5	182.50–189.00	$187.70	$792	+17.03
450–480	473	6	172.50–176.00	$174.77	$827	+15.11
510–541	527	16	145.00–167.00	$153.46	$809	-14.77
618	618	5	145.00	$145.00	$896	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–485	475	4	145.00–146.00	$145.25	$690	—
620–630	625	6	122.50–127.50	$125.02	$781	+0.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1240	1162	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,125.00–1,400.00	$1,230.95	—
1240–1545	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	1,450.00–2,000.00	$1,729.69	-448.12

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–1080	833	85-90%	17	20.00–30.00	$27.03	$225	-0.12
720–1190	966	85-90%	53	32.50–47.00	$42.70	$412	—
745–1375	1029	85-90%	99	45.00–57.00	$51.42	$529	—
795–1205	1070	85-90%	30	57.00–67.00	$59.79	$640	+9.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1630	1423	75-80%	17	50.00–57.00	$54.45	$775	-4.43
1155–1825	1439	75-80%	74	54.00–67.00	$61.58	$886	+2.70
1330–1930	1555	75-80%	39	65.00–72.00	$68.12	$1,059	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1400	1208	80-85%	86	46.00–64.00	$57.70	$697	+0.59
1065–1490	1212	80-85%	27	46.00–55.00	$52.56	$637	-4.55
1100–1335	1218	80-85%	13	63.00–68.00	$65.75	$801	+14.85

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1850	1524	23	60.00–82.00	$73.06	$1,113	—
1300–2365	1749	27	82.00–94.00	$88.12	$1,541	—
1510–2270	1784	14	92.00–106.00	$97.95	$1,747	+2.38

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1116	1052	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	88.00–120.00	$107.58	$1,132
820–1430	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	68.00–100.00	$79.11	$879

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1115	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	57.50–65.00	$61.10	$592
960–1130	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	58.00–60.00	$59.56	$648

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–930	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	85.00–90.00	$87.99	$678
695–1100	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	65.00–90.00	$78.58	$677

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1275	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	54.00–67.00	$59.64	$666

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1220	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	44	400.00–925.00	$678.39
825–1195	973	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	475.00–900.00	$680.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1340	1171	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	750.00–950.00	$847.70
965–1420	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	800.00–1,400.00	$1,157.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1019–1435	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	700.00–975.00	$874.05

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
966–1210	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,250.00	$1,163.23

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–865	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	250.00–400.00	$333.39

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1100	1005	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	850.00–1,000.00	$927.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–960	883	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	600.00–775.00	$688.08

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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
1122	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	-70.83
1342–1375	1353	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,166.67	—
1075–1505	1399	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,490.63	—
1440	1440	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1192	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,245.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1000	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-28.57

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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.