Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

2,141 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.93/cwt -5.14 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 428 lb · 103 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.41/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 523 lb · 102 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.06/cwt -4.81 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 518 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,141	1,651	1,154
Feeder cattle	1,817	1,452	932
Slaughter cattle	274	155	96
Replacement cattle	50	44	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	264	19	161.00–207.00	$180.87	$477	-2.59
300–348	330	32	168.00–205.00	$187.34	$618	+5.16
320–345 fancy	330	11	196.00–217.00	$208.17	$687	-7.83
355–384 fancy	368	33	195.00–220.00	$209.97	$773	+7.23
355–395	374	40	170.00–194.00	$180.83	$676	-4.15
408–424 fancy	418	23	190.00–206.00	$201.69	$843	+5.87
400–440	426	44	161.00–195.00	$178.87	$762	-2.27
452–496	476	67	159.00–190.00	$177.32	$844	-2.16
459–490 fancy	476	16	194.50–198.00	$195.98	$933	—
501–541	517	82	153.00–185.00	$173.19	$895	-3.26
548 fancy	548	4	192.00	$192.00	$1,052	—
560 fancy	560	7	177.00	$177.00	$991	—
550–595	572	65	157.00–171.00	$164.00	$938	-9.55
600–645	627	39	134.00–164.00	$150.54	$944	-6.10
650–690	672	19	136.00–156.50	$147.75	$993	+0.56
700–740	720	19	127.50–143.00	$135.02	$972	-5.77
760–770	766	7	130.00–139.00	$134.56	$1,031	+2.63
820	820	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,099	+4.50
855–885	875	8	124.00–129.00	$126.62	$1,108	—
920	920	3	123.00	$123.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	150.00	$150.00	$405	-5.08
300–345	327	7	156.00–172.00	$162.66	$532	—
350–398	378	20	144.00–167.50	$156.14	$590	-11.85
425–440	433	9	140.00–167.00	$150.89	$653	-13.20
450–490	469	27	140.00–167.00	$157.92	$741	+0.66
505–548	534	38	138.00–165.00	$153.43	$819	+6.23
550–595	573	26	130.00–147.00	$142.20	$815	-13.68
615–629	621	9	125.00–133.00	$129.40	$804	-5.60
650–693	662	22	120.00–138.00	$129.68	$858	-1.51
702	702	3	120.00	$120.00	$842	-8.00
778	778	4	117.00	$117.00	$910	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	276	15	147.00–165.00	$152.60	$421	-7.55
323–346	336	35	146.00–167.00	$154.35	$519	+2.75
350–390	368	42	138.00–165.00	$152.14	$560	-6.79
365–382 fancy	373	13	170.00	$170.00	$634	—
403 fancy	403	7	170.00	$170.00	$685	—
408–445	430	96	139.00–166.00	$150.61	$648	-6.46
455 fancy	455	5	162.00	$162.00	$737	—
453–498	473	79	138.00–160.00	$147.98	$700	-0.20
500–549	523	102	127.00–144.00	$136.41	$713	-2.34
550–598	571	25	130.00–142.00	$135.29	$773	-4.57
600–645	624	40	120.00–133.00	$129.18	$806	-1.84
658–696	677	20	120.00–135.00	$128.01	$867	+3.61
720–730	725	6	125.00–129.00	$127.01	$921	+11.01
755–797	773	15	110.00–125.00	$118.41	$915	-13.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	268	9	130.00–147.00	$140.98	$378	-4.40
300–348	336	12	120.00–140.00	$130.90	$440	-11.96
350–395	376	29	130.00–145.00	$139.28	$524	-5.15
400–445	413	19	130.00–146.00	$137.06	$566	+0.96
453–496	476	34	125.00–140.00	$134.42	$640	-2.02
500–545	530	8	120.00–133.00	$127.10	$674	-1.58
550–595	579	17	110.00–132.00	$123.94	$718	-2.83
655–695	675	10	108.00–125.00	$116.50	$786	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–395	368	17	157.50–178.00	$168.77	$621	+11.63
400–445	426	31	150.00–171.00	$163.24	$695	+9.11
453 thin fleshed	453	7	169.00	$169.00	$766	—
450–498	478	30	150.00–172.00	$159.91	$764	-2.40
500–540	513	19	132.00–161.00	$151.58	$778	-3.45
553–598	575	27	127.00–145.50	$140.71	$809	+3.95
578 thin fleshed	578	3	139.00	$139.00	$803	—
600–640	626	7	120.00–138.00	$129.44	$810	-1.16
650–689	670	8	120.00–132.00	$129.00	$864	+4.35
700–720	707	3	114.00–116.00	$114.68	$811	-3.06
755	755	3	109.00	$109.00	$823	-16.00
862–885	868	4	109.00–111.00	$110.49	$959	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	145.00	$145.00	$628	+10.00
460–485	479	6	135.00–153.00	$140.72	$674	—
508–545	531	12	130.00–152.00	$142.70	$758	+3.70
555–593	582	8	122.00–135.00	$128.93	$750	+3.93
640	640	4	107.00	$107.00	$685	—
705–725	710	4	100.00–108.00	$102.04	$724	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1535	1085	80-85%	71	49.50–65.50	$59.44	$645	+0.21
1115	1115	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$580	-16.41
905–1680	1187	80-85%	77	63.00–78.50	$68.41	$812	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–895	759	85-90%	4	30.00–35.00	$31.66	$240	—
680–1130	931	85-90%	19	38.00–54.00	$46.99	$437	—
885–1045	963	85-90%	5	54.00–59.00	$56.10	$540	+9.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1350	1248	75-80%	2	64.00–65.50	$64.69	$807	—
1150–1890	1437	75-80%	20	66.50–74.50	$70.59	$1,014	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1430	1385	2	65.00–67.50	$66.29	$918	—
1010–1820	1502	5	81.00–88.00	$84.96	$1,276	+14.90
1245–2225	1698	16	86.00–104.50	$94.15	$1,599	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1130	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,059.53
1179–1210	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.34
940–1266	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–875.00	$822.78
995–1605	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	700.00–1,275.00	$960.39
1240–1245	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–1,075.00	$978.36

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–830	709	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	350.00–900.00	$567.11
745	745	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
595–890	778	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	575.00–1,000.00	$811.70

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00	+385.00
1000–1120	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	790.00–1,150.00	$1,047.50	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	980.00	$980.00	-187.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–1,025.00	$837.50	—

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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.