Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

2,222 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.84/cwt +3.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,038/hd at 679 lb · 115 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.08/cwt -7.98 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 528 lb · 106 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.78/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $940/hd at 607 lb · 99 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,222	5,075	4,267
Feeder cattle	1,781	4,170	3,218
Slaughter cattle	294	626	587
Replacement cattle	147	279	462

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady. Yearlings not well tested. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	197.50	$197.50	$687	+8.13
395	395	5	192.00	$192.00	$758	-6.09
405–449	424	50	184.00–196.00	$189.66	$804	+4.45
472–490	477	30	182.50–190.00	$184.46	$880	-0.21
503–549	533	48	175.00–190.00	$184.95	$986	+2.09
551–597	568	41	164.00–180.00	$175.42	$996	-3.16
604	604	39	157.00–167.00	$165.97	$1,002	+1.66
652–690	669	18	154.00–164.00	$158.62	$1,061	+3.49
713–740	735	37	142.50–157.00	$148.57	$1,092	-1.43
751–798	761	14	148.00–153.00	$149.90	$1,141	+0.66
800–848	819	20	135.00–148.00	$144.04	$1,180	-4.89
948	948	39	140.00	$140.00	$1,327	—
1015	1015	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	322	9	212.50–220.00	$215.82	$695	+0.10
352–385	373	9	206.00–212.50	$208.69	$778	+3.40
404–418	409	8	205.00–207.50	$205.96	$842	-0.86
461	461	8	201.00	$201.00	$927	-2.37
532	532	11	210.00	$210.00	$1,117	+2.10
564–589	577	21	194.00–210.00	$202.47	$1,168	+6.70
604–638	616	42	175.00–187.00	$180.74	$1,113	+1.12
652–680	658	94	165.00–171.00	$168.49	$1,109	-0.02
700–745	717	29	156.00–162.00	$160.56	$1,151	+1.79
914	914	23	143.00	$143.00	$1,307	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–440	433	7	162.50–178.00	$169.25	$733	+34.65
450–487	464	15	162.00–172.50	$168.36	$781	+5.05
514–528	518	13	167.50–172.50	$170.18	$882	+12.92
559–594	579	30	153.00–162.50	$155.99	$903	-4.58

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	7	190.00	$190.00	$768	+10.00
475	475	5	182.50	$182.50	$867	—
842	842	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,095	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	6	166.00	$166.00	$842	+12.50
626–629	627	11	150.00–163.00	$157.08	$985	-9.92

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	5	197.50	$197.50	$881	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–427	418	23	169.00–180.00	$172.24	$720	-1.94
458–495	474	29	173.00–184.00	$178.30	$845	+4.53
502–542	528	106	161.00–179.00	$167.08	$882	-7.98
550–592	574	19	157.00–162.00	$160.82	$923	-0.17
600–612	607	99	150.00–157.00	$154.78	$940	-0.15
655–683	679	115	150.00–153.50	$152.84	$1,038	+3.00
707–732	721	7	145.00–150.00	$147.10	$1,061	+0.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–384	383	7	172.00–175.00	$173.28	$664	+8.06
405–448	424	52	151.00–166.00	$158.18	$671	-3.59
458–495	477	46	145.00–164.00	$156.10	$745	+0.89
501–530	518	60	145.00–157.50	$153.02	$793	-1.19
560–598	580	18	142.50–153.00	$148.65	$862	-0.32
610–645	629	32	134.00–149.00	$142.15	$894	-1.64
656–686	670	45	135.00–145.00	$143.65	$962	+2.37
720–732	725	19	129.00–144.00	$139.69	$1,013	-3.07
757–759	758	7	130.00–138.00	$134.58	$1,020	—
910	910	6	131.50	$131.50	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–385	383	17	145.00–150.00	$148.84	$570	—
420–430	426	7	135.00–145.00	$140.77	$600	+4.77
490	490	6	142.50	$142.50	$698	+29.09

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488–498	493	6	142.50–145.00	$143.76	$709	-7.74
517–519	518	11	147.00–148.00	$147.55	$764	-5.41
568	568	11	145.00–149.00	$146.82	$834	+6.37

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	11	163.00	$163.00	$921	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	8	150.00	$150.00	$909	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	5	167.50	$167.50	$764	+7.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477–486	481	14	170.00–172.50	$171.08	$823	—
528	528	5	163.00	$163.00	$861	-23.56
554–574	566	13	160.00–165.00	$162.56	$920	-2.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539–546	542	9	157.00–158.00	$157.45	$853	-2.71
685	685	5	139.00	$139.00	$952	+5.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1335–1535	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,525.00–2,000.00	$1,779.05	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1285	1182	80-85%	6	55.00–71.00	$63.22	$747	+0.34
1045–1325	1188	80-85%	63	73.00–85.00	$81.37	$967	+18.49
1025–1287	1222	80-85%	57	85.00–92.00	$86.78	$1,060	+12.68

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–900	722	85-90%	10	27.00–44.00	$33.37	$241	—
720–1105	918	85-90%	26	45.00–60.00	$54.44	$500	—
800–1175	951	85-90%	35	61.00–72.00	$66.42	$632	—
860–1190	1005	85-90%	21	73.00–79.00	$74.83	$752	+2.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1610	1373	75-80%	34	75.00–85.00	$82.52	$1,133	—
1295–1630	1457	75-80%	15	86.00–100.00	$89.10	$1,298	+12.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1785	1342	9	68.00–93.00	$86.72	$1,164	—
1105–2290	1641	10	95.00–108.00	$99.09	$1,626	—
1490–2175	1878	8	110.00–125.00	$118.29	$2,221	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–915	863	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–111.00	$102.65	$886
865–1105	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	79.00–95.00	$87.00	$907

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–1000	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	50.00–66.00	$57.12	$494

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1010	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	55.00–61.00	$57.61	$518

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1082	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,035.00	$1,026.92
965–1340	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,155.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1125	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	650.00–825.00	$743.41
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	800.00	$800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1010	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	500.00–925.00	$668.65

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
733–825	756	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	200.00–350.00	$309.08

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1025	978	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$947.61

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1232	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.