Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

2,016 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.68/cwt -3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 524 lb · 98 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.52/cwt -8.31 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 477 lb · 77 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.46/cwt -3.33 vs last sale · ≈ $850/hd at 523 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,016	1,861	1,506
Feeder cattle	1,648	1,680	1,245
Slaughter cattle	267	155	209
Replacement cattle	101	26	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 6.00 lower to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	278	8	160.00–185.00	$170.16	$473	-3.25
303–340	324	20	166.00–187.50	$178.76	$579	+7.06
310–340 fancy	330	3	190.00–192.00	$190.63	$629	-3.00
350–390	373	28	160.00–190.00	$174.81	$652	-1.75
410–435 fancy	424	5	190.00–193.00	$190.58	$808	+1.57
405–448	428	38	158.00–187.00	$177.44	$759	-0.41
460–485 fancy	467	7	185.00–190.00	$187.59	$876	+0.09
453–495	476	51	156.00–180.00	$170.56	$812	+1.99
500–548	523	74	151.00–175.00	$162.46	$850	-1.88
553–591	573	67	130.00–173.00	$159.13	$912	-4.60
600–643	619	47	133.00–160.00	$151.18	$936	+13.75
650–698	675	58	132.00–151.00	$139.53	$942	+2.00
700–747	726	20	121.00–135.00	$128.51	$933	-2.40
750–780	774	5	129.00–133.00	$132.19	$1,023	+0.67
804–805	804	7	121.00–131.50	$127.00	$1,021	+0.97
910–920	913	4	116.00–122.50	$120.86	$1,103	-1.14
994	994	5	107.25	$107.25	$1,066	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	6	151.00–157.00	$153.97	$413	+8.52
313–340	324	9	142.00–151.00	$148.12	$480	-3.95
350–370	356	7	146.00–165.00	$157.25	$560	+11.50
405–448	426	11	140.00–165.00	$149.23	$636	+12.67
450–495	478	20	140.00–160.00	$151.97	$726	+2.40
508–547	526	21	128.00–162.00	$143.71	$756	+1.66
550–595	581	18	128.00–154.00	$144.27	$838	-4.02
600–645	630	3	121.00–132.00	$128.51	$810	+8.28
735	735	3	118.00	$118.00	$867	-10.00
845	845	3	93.00	$93.00	$786	—
968	968	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,016	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	3	133.00	$133.00	$678	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	282	13	142.00–159.00	$152.10	$429	-2.64
300–338	320	14	133.00–152.50	$143.06	$458	-5.45
360 fancy	360	7	157.00	$157.00	$565	-8.51
350–398	379	56	134.00–161.00	$146.27	$554	+0.40
403–445	427	67	128.00–150.00	$138.99	$593	-4.04
455–499	477	77	124.00–145.00	$133.52	$637	-8.31
500–547	524	98	123.00–138.00	$130.68	$685	-3.85
550–595	581	66	121.00–132.50	$126.60	$736	-5.43
600–643	619	21	117.00–133.00	$122.42	$758	+0.78
650–680	667	19	116.00–124.00	$118.28	$789	-7.54
700–740	720	17	105.00–120.00	$115.18	$829	-5.67
800–820	815	4	105.00–120.00	$108.68	$886	-9.72
892	892	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,035	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	4	135.00–140.00	$136.25	$395	—
308–347	328	9	120.00–150.00	$134.76	$442	+12.76
350–395	376	22	121.00–145.00	$130.17	$489	+4.21
410–445	434	23	116.00–140.00	$130.97	$568	+3.40
450–498	476	31	115.00–138.00	$125.92	$599	+1.58
500–545	521	28	110.00–130.00	$122.29	$637	-2.28
550–595	571	27	110.00–130.00	$121.18	$692	+1.15
610–645	623	7	105.00–117.00	$111.19	$693	-6.33
655–670	665	11	106.00–115.00	$110.36	$734	-10.51
774–795	778	15	106.50–109.00	$107.01	$833	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	380	26	140.00–177.00	$164.21	$624	+2.52
400–445	420	39	140.00–182.00	$163.56	$687	+1.67
450–493	470	42	149.00–170.00	$160.14	$753	+6.36
500–543	522	46	125.00–157.50	$145.90	$762	-1.39
552–595	577	28	122.00–156.00	$135.72	$783	-0.50
600–640	617	33	115.00–136.00	$131.20	$810	+3.77
653–685	660	17	118.00–132.00	$126.72	$836	+7.43
700–720	703	7	110.00–125.00	$117.13	$823	-1.68
768–793	779	11	102.00–116.00	$110.21	$859	-4.79
845	845	3	105.00–110.00	$106.67	$901	—
850 fancy	850	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	142.00	$142.00	$557	+3.56
420–440	430	6	125.00–147.00	$136.26	$586	—
455–495	483	6	125.00–145.00	$138.93	$671	+3.19
510–545	530	10	125.00–135.00	$129.30	$685	—
565–595	575	4	121.00–131.00	$126.93	$730	—
610–648	625	5	115.00–120.00	$117.93	$737	—
653–695	667	3	115.00	$115.00	$767	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1470	1129	80-85%	76	40.00–57.00	$50.89	$575	-2.06
835–1440	1212	80-85%	22	57.50–64.50	$60.06	$728	-1.58
1215	1215	80-85%	1	38.00	$38.00	$462	-23.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–950	847	85-90%	7	20.00–37.00	$25.09	$213	—
889–1100	956	85-90%	6	42.00–48.00	$45.55	$435	+17.88
750–1340	973	85-90%	39	30.00–47.50	$37.83	$368	-2.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1845	1535	75-80%	13	45.50–56.50	$53.12	$815	—
1265–1640	1537	75-80%	10	57.00–63.50	$60.20	$925	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1855	1320	6	50.00–62.50	$56.02	$739	—
1190–1915	1506	12	65.00–78.00	$72.47	$1,091	—
1345–2375	1647	36	75.00–91.00	$85.41	$1,407	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1075	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–900.00	$717.53
1025–1405	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	450.00–1,175.00	$795.85
980–1300	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	575.00–1,375.00	$1,054.87
1035–1455	1239	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	550.00–1,125.00	$744.37
1135–1505	1337	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	620.00–850.00	$724.44
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–990	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	400.00–725.00	$576.18
750–900	858	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	685.00–875.00	$833.45
845–980	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	475.00–750.00	$582.82
895–965	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	420.00–435.00	$427.78

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	960.00	$960.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	720.00–1,175.00	$986.88	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1100–1300	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,175.00–1,550.00	$1,340.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.