Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 20, 2021

1,683 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.85/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $633/hd at 425 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.57/cwt -0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $785/hd at 575 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.46/cwt -2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 528 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,683	5,808	3,249
Feeder cattle	1,290	4,839	1,002
Slaughter cattle	238	560	244
Replacement cattle	155	409	2,003

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifer calves steady to weak on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	336	9	175.00–193.00	$184.41	$620	-5.59
350–395	371	33	181.00–196.00	$191.21	$709	+9.81
410–449	436	18	164.00–177.50	$174.54	$761	-7.29
457–495	478	48	159.00–179.00	$169.51	$810	-3.78
500–548	528	58	150.00–170.00	$161.46	$853	-2.69
550–598	581	36	143.00–162.50	$157.18	$913	-4.05
606–635	613	17	147.00–161.00	$155.24	$952	+2.86
668	668	5	147.00	$147.00	$982	-2.30
705–740	728	22	140.00–150.00	$145.68	$1,061	-1.17
753–788	781	14	139.00–145.00	$140.24	$1,095	-3.26
802–848	818	23	137.00–142.50	$141.35	$1,156	+0.61
869	869	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,217	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–338	333	7	195.00–202.00	$200.18	$667	+0.79
470–472	470	33	180.00–183.00	$180.73	$849	-5.69
533	533	15	176.00	$176.00	$938	-6.31
556–582	567	32	167.00–172.00	$170.00	$964	-1.50
610–647	625	54	162.50–164.00	$162.88	$1,018	-1.96
652–674	665	34	155.00–164.00	$158.87	$1,056	-2.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–448	434	7	152.50–165.00	$156.53	$679	-3.90
450–493	476	24	147.50–165.00	$160.59	$764	+6.90
502–545	512	13	140.00–155.00	$148.56	$761	+1.68
560–590	572	5	142.00–152.50	$144.75	$828	+0.85

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–542	518	23	144.00–160.00	$148.97	$772	—
604	604	5	145.00	$145.00	$876	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519–532	525	11	155.00	$155.00	$814	+2.75
652–699	681	8	148.00–149.00	$148.36	$1,010	+5.71
720	720	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	-10.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–396	385	13	145.00–162.50	$157.83	$608	—
460–498	490	5	130.00–150.00	$137.00	$671	-18.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–328	318	19	145.00–160.00	$155.65	$495	+2.47
360–388	381	23	140.00–154.00	$148.35	$565	-5.43
400–443	425	78	135.00–155.00	$148.85	$633	-0.18
450–498	474	26	135.00–151.00	$140.99	$668	-3.82
500–543	519	26	130.00–140.00	$135.70	$704	-5.25
551–595	575	63	130.00–139.00	$136.57	$785	-0.33
610–645	637	10	128.00–139.00	$135.74	$865	+0.22
680–687	686	20	125.00–135.00	$133.51	$916	+3.51
720–738	729	5	125.00–132.00	$129.00	$940	-5.93

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	6	168.00	$168.00	$591	+5.12
405–430	425	5	158.00–165.00	$159.33	$677	-4.73
475–498	488	21	150.00–159.00	$153.16	$747	-3.83
515–525	521	21	142.00–149.00	$143.23	$746	-5.66
553–585	571	8	140.00	$140.00	$799	-7.88
602	602	11	140.00	$140.00	$843	-4.19
668	668	19	140.00	$140.00	$935	-7.17
703	703	11	139.50	$139.50	$981	-0.50
880	880	14	133.00	$133.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	328	7	137.50–152.50	$141.47	$464	—
365	365	5	135.00–146.00	$139.40	$509	+2.84
408–425	416	5	120.00–135.00	$129.94	$541	-4.71
523–545	529	5	110.00–125.00	$120.96	$640	—
650–695	686	6	109.00–115.00	$113.72	$780	+3.36
772–773	773	5	100.00	$100.00	$773	-18.99
890–891	891	10	100.00–102.50	$100.25	$893	-9.75
1002–1028	1019	6	85.00–90.00	$86.64	$883	-27.36

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–428	422	5	130.00–138.00	$134.87	$569	-4.63
465–486	482	5	135.00–144.00	$142.26	$686	-6.17
509	509	9	130.00	$130.00	$662	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476–490	479	5	127.50–132.50	$131.48	$630	-12.82
606	606	7	133.00	$133.00	$806	-5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	5	140.00	$140.00	$718	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–528	523	12	130.00–136.00	$134.74	$705	-20.11
560–597	580	14	130.00–143.00	$137.12	$795	-5.20
685–690	689	6	120.00–136.00	$125.16	$862	-2.75
732–737	735	5	115.00–123.00	$118.19	$869	-10.05
791–795	793	9	115.00–117.50	$116.39	$923	—
1052–1078	1062	5	88.00–90.00	$89.19	$947	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–432	429	6	168.00–175.00	$170.35	$731	-17.35
555–575	563	5	144.00–148.00	$145.39	$819	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1155	873	85-90%	13	15.00–32.50	$25.54	$223	—
790–1160	952	85-90%	29	32.50–48.00	$40.46	$385	-2.24
795–1235	1027	85-90%	49	47.50–58.00	$53.80	$553	+2.38
855–1165	1068	85-90%	9	58.00–66.00	$60.96	$651	+1.17

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1295	1163	80-85%	9	52.00–57.00	$55.57	$646	—
1089–1300	1177	80-85%	44	58.00–65.00	$61.32	$722	—
1080–1265	1191	80-85%	16	65.00–79.00	$68.82	$820	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1635	1416	75-80%	10	49.00–59.00	$55.57	$787	+1.12
1305–1595	1462	75-80%	13	67.00–78.00	$70.03	$1,024	—
1210–1815	1486	75-80%	24	59.00–67.00	$62.56	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1390	1240	7	60.00–79.00	$69.37	$860	—
1230–1715	1490	7	84.00–95.00	$89.80	$1,338	—
1765–2130	1935	5	96.00–107.00	$99.91	$1,933	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1195	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	67.00–100.00	$82.29	$867

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1155	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	54.00–63.00	$58.72	$612

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–855	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	44.00–58.00	$51.53	$425

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1070	933	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	400.00–600.00	$472.67
845–1071	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	525.00–925.00	$725.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1055	1048	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	650.00	$650.00
1017–1185	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	650.00–900.00	$838.25

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1028	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	880.00	$880.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00
1130–1382	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	950.00–1,200.00	$1,064.74

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–915	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	250.00–400.00	$345.85

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1472	1361	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	600.00–900.00	$834.62

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–950	879	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	700.00–850.00	$782.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828–875	840	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	850.00–900.00	$863.02

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775–925	866	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–1,000.00	$916.67	—

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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.