Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

2,199 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.90/cwt -1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 573 lb · 157 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.41/cwt -3.41 vs last sale · ≈ $696/hd at 479 lb · 144 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $166.35/cwt +1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 564 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,199	2,141	1,280
Feeder cattle	1,942	1,817	1,116
Slaughter cattle	209	274	138
Replacement cattle	48	50	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 7.00 lower to 2.00 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
250–295	277	31	162.00–205.00	$179.77	$498	-1.10
303–345	325	36	155.00–198.00	$181.41	$590	-5.93
348 fancy	348	3	202.00	$202.00	$703	-6.17
358 fancy	358	6	190.00	$190.00	$680	-19.97
350–395	373	31	151.00–197.50	$184.86	$690	+4.03
400–449	428	67	154.00–185.00	$171.22	$733	-7.65
403–433 value added	428	25	188.00–196.00	$193.17	$827	—
452 value added	452	9	186.00	$186.00	$841	—
460–498	481	61	146.00–178.00	$169.37	$815	-7.95
508–544 fancy	512	35	175.00	$175.00	$896	—
500–545	524	49	146.00–174.00	$161.68	$847	-11.51
559 value added	559	26	185.50	$185.50	$1,037	—
550–595	565	89	134.00–170.00	$156.45	$884	-7.55
568 fancy	568	23	183.00	$183.00	$1,039	+6.00
605–647	629	60	140.00–152.00	$146.42	$921	-4.12
650–698	668	34	137.00–149.00	$142.61	$953	-5.14
701	701	5	138.50	$138.50	$971	+3.48
750–755	753	7	130.00–136.00	$133.15	$1,003	-1.41
800–832	822	18	118.00–136.00	$131.87	$1,084	-2.13
905–927	922	13	123.50–125.50	$123.95	$1,143	+0.95
962	962	13	125.50	$125.50	$1,207	—
1059	1059	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,207	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–295	275	4	160.00–162.50	$161.83	$445	+11.83
305–345	334	5	154.00–155.00	$154.38	$516	-8.28
355–395	381	8	131.00–155.00	$139.68	$532	-16.46
403–445	423	13	141.00–165.00	$155.43	$657	+4.54
460–493	480	21	140.00–165.00	$154.31	$741	-3.61
505–538	519	22	126.00–155.00	$140.35	$728	-13.08
551–596	578	24	121.00–157.00	$143.90	$832	+1.70
610–640	617	10	125.00–152.00	$136.33	$841	+6.93
668–695	680	8	120.00–130.00	$123.85	$842	-5.83
860–872	866	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,065	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	284	5	140.00–148.00	$144.36	$410	-8.24
308–345	318	30	137.00–160.00	$150.00	$477	-4.35
332 fancy	332	11	177.50	$177.50	$589	—
353–398	379	63	136.00–162.00	$148.29	$562	-3.85
393 value added	393	4	159.00	$159.00	$625	—
410–445	427	58	130.00–155.00	$142.94	$610	-7.67
450–498	477	110	128.00–157.00	$143.68	$685	-4.30
484 value added	484	34	151.00	$151.00	$731	—
520–522 value added	522	12	142.00	$142.00	$741	—
500–547	531	56	124.00–141.00	$135.49	$719	-0.92
550–597	569	96	124.00–139.00	$131.92	$751	-3.37
564–587 value added	578	52	137.50–142.00	$139.19	$805	—
587	587	9	124.50	$124.50	$731	-10.79
605–638	621	45	120.00–134.50	$123.21	$765	-5.97
655–685	675	19	117.00–126.00	$122.83	$829	-5.18
700–743	719	32	116.00–126.00	$124.06	$892	-2.95
763	763	5	123.50	$123.50	$942	+5.09
995	995	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	6	130.00–141.00	$135.19	$358	-5.79
305–310	309	6	130.00–140.00	$136.02	$420	+5.12
350–390	377	13	120.00–142.00	$134.19	$506	-5.09
405–432	420	9	128.00–133.00	$129.73	$545	-7.33
450–488	478	13	120.00–139.00	$128.27	$613	-6.15
500–545	516	20	123.00–131.00	$127.70	$659	+0.60
555–595	579	6	122.00–126.00	$124.60	$721	+0.66
610–645	628	6	110.00–126.00	$115.40	$725	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	165.00–175.00	$169.80	$531	—
350–395	375	14	150.00–167.00	$160.94	$604	-7.83
405–445	428	25	141.00–156.00	$149.45	$640	-13.79
450–499	479	23	132.00–155.00	$149.34	$715	-10.57
500–545	521	39	130.00–157.00	$143.98	$750	-7.60
550–595	568	14	125.00–141.00	$135.22	$768	-5.49
600–645	627	28	122.00–137.00	$128.68	$807	-0.76
650–680	667	10	115.00–126.00	$120.17	$802	-8.83
705	705	4	111.00	$111.00	$783	-3.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	140.00	$140.00	$490	—
475	475	5	139.00	$139.00	$660	-1.72
515–540	523	6	130.00–135.00	$133.28	$697	-9.42
556–567	561	10	121.00–137.00	$128.23	$719	-0.70
684	684	4	107.00	$107.00	$732	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1365	1077	80-85%	55	50.00–65.00	$57.10	$615	-2.34
915–1495	1203	80-85%	54	60.00–77.00	$67.61	$813	—
1140–1300	1220	80-85%	2	40.00–47.50	$44.00	$537	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–925	890	85-90%	4	50.00–58.00	$53.72	$478	—
775–1330	993	85-90%	23	39.00–55.00	$46.29	$460	-9.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1785	1385	75-80%	17	59.00–73.00	$67.79	$939	—
1365–1610	1452	75-80%	3	60.00–65.00	$63.42	$921	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2075	1390	9	74.00–85.50	$79.70	$1,108	+13.41
1530–2290	1981	7	89.00–97.50	$92.46	$1,832	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1195	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–850.00	$716.06
1050–1135	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$620.69
995–1440	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–930.00	$765.08
1120–1290	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–810.00	$735.95
1385	1385	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–930	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00–975.00	$806.84
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
845–980	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	550.00–825.00	$693.46

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-510.00
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	-10.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	-155.00
1000–1200	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,212.50	+232.50
1000–1200	1133	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+195.00
1100–1200	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,200.00	$1,062.50	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00	—
1320	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.