Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

2,624 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.84/cwt +8.04 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 608 lb · 249 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.67/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,001/hd at 619 lb · 249 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $147.70/cwt -8.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,066/hd at 722 lb · 189 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,624	1,358	1,225
Feeder cattle	2,344	1,158	1,039
Slaughter cattle	248	180	139
Replacement cattle	32	20	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers uneven from 6.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–261	259	13	175.00–200.00	$193.85	$502	+14.24
300–340	314	8	173.00–195.00	$177.34	$557	-2.98
350–380 fancy	364	7	197.00–207.00	$201.95	$735	—
353–398	375	14	166.00–192.50	$173.77	$652	-1.87
417–435 fancy	426	6	200.00–205.00	$202.45	$862	—
400–443	428	41	157.00–195.00	$171.61	$734	-3.79
450–498	473	41	150.00–172.00	$161.99	$766	-9.11
500–549	523	85	141.00–175.00	$160.99	$842	-7.64
523 fancy	523	3	178.00	$178.00	$931	—
558	558	3	135.00	$135.00	$753	-26.87
551–599	576	63	140.00–168.00	$156.97	$904	-4.90
600–648 value added	617	188	153.00–168.50	$165.40	$1,021	—
605–649	625	61	135.00–159.00	$150.17	$939	-7.79
650–695	674	62	130.00–154.50	$148.05	$998	-10.82
700–745	715	70	130.00–147.50	$141.14	$1,009	-15.49
718–732 value added	726	119	147.75–156.75	$151.56	$1,100	—
768 value added	768	36	147.00	$147.00	$1,129	—
750–792	775	19	130.50–143.50	$140.18	$1,086	-15.82
805	805	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,095	-1.47
855–895	884	30	128.00–140.50	$135.06	$1,194	-8.94
884 value added	884	24	144.25	$144.25	$1,275	—
930–935	932	9	129.00–136.00	$132.00	$1,230	+2.00
996	996	9	127.00	$127.00	$1,265	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–332	315	15	138.00–165.00	$151.94	$479	—
383	383	2	150.00	$150.00	$574	-10.53
400–445	431	11	131.00–157.00	$149.25	$643	-5.81
450–497	478	21	130.00–158.00	$142.32	$680	-20.46
500–549	522	15	130.00–145.00	$135.85	$709	-15.66
550–580	564	10	125.00–149.00	$135.92	$767	-11.64
610–645	620	7	125.00–139.00	$130.02	$806	-9.45
658–685	665	4	135.00	$135.00	$898	-4.45
700–708	704	6	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$898	—
795	795	3	111.00	$111.00	$882	—
825	825	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,114	—
915	915	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,190	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	318	9	140.00–157.50	$148.76	$473	-9.65
350–397	373	21	131.00–153.00	$145.04	$541	-8.91
400–449	430	45	134.00–157.00	$145.75	$627	-2.10
450–490	472	59	130.00–161.00	$143.88	$679	-9.59
510 fancy	510	3	154.00	$154.00	$785	—
500–548	521	102	130.50–155.00	$145.25	$757	-6.34
550–599	575	55	127.50–147.00	$138.28	$795	-9.01
574–590 value added	578	46	149.00	$149.00	$861	—
602 value added	602	153	154.00	$154.00	$927	—
604–648	618	96	129.00–153.00	$143.21	$885	+2.59
650–690	662	40	125.00–147.00	$140.39	$929	-8.80
695 value added	695	55	138.50	$138.50	$963	-7.50
700–747	722	30	131.00–140.00	$135.42	$978	-3.89
757–791	789	48	124.00–133.00	$132.46	$1,045	-5.54
802–825	816	8	125.00–125.50	$125.25	$1,022	-8.75
828 value added	828	18	135.00	$135.00	$1,118	—
905	905	7	123.00	$123.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	333	11	125.00–147.00	$134.92	$449	-4.74
360–385	373	10	122.50–147.00	$140.73	$525	—
400–448	434	10	124.00–140.00	$132.83	$576	+2.75
450–495	468	22	120.00–136.00	$128.46	$601	+0.15
510–548	532	22	119.00–141.00	$131.79	$701	+3.36
550–598	578	24	125.00–143.00	$136.14	$787	-1.50
600–649	619	10	119.00–121.00	$120.16	$744	-17.84
667	667	3	125.00	$125.00	$834	—
700–743	718	7	112.00–125.00	$122.36	$879	—
800	800	3	120.00	$120.00	$960	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	387	11	150.00–167.50	$160.04	$619	-5.38
400–415	404	11	140.00–161.00	$152.13	$615	-4.56
450–499	479	24	138.00–161.00	$146.95	$704	-4.00
500–545	515	20	130.00–148.00	$141.15	$727	-8.90
550–598	580	16	128.00–135.00	$133.02	$772	-12.08
605–643	624	19	126.00–135.00	$130.67	$815	-6.69
660–668	666	4	120.00–144.00	$138.05	$919	+0.69
703	703	3	116.00	$116.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	140.00	$140.00	$560	+8.00
500	500	4	125.00	$125.00	$625	—
560–590	569	10	127.00–137.00	$131.00	$745	-6.11
635	635	3	120.00	$120.00	$762	—
680–695	690	9	105.00–119.00	$114.40	$789	—
713–733	723	6	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$802	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–875	845	80-85%	2	45.50–49.50	$47.57	$402	—
840–1590	1198	80-85%	51	50.50–65.50	$58.80	$704	—
965–1485	1228	80-85%	40	62.50–76.50	$66.76	$820	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	75-80%	1	46.00	$46.00	$472	—
1145–1425	1270	75-80%	3	59.50–61.00	$60.28	$766	—
1055–1775	1444	75-80%	29	65.00–78.50	$70.73	$1,021	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1000	831	85-90%	4	22.50–37.50	$29.11	$242	—
665–1425	1041	85-90%	20	41.50–55.00	$47.38	$493	+14.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	65.00	$65.00	$627	—
990–1915	1455	16	65.00–87.00	$79.68	$1,159	—
1605–2360	1922	13	84.00–98.00	$91.91	$1,767	-3.59

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1155	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00–1,350.00	$1,092.24
1098	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
950–1335	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–850.00	$806.08

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–770	728	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	400.00–650.00	$517.70

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–800	688	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–850.00	$756.25	—
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,050.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1100	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,037.50	—
1000–1200	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,050.00	$975.00	+37.50
1000–1200	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,050.00	$941.67	+4.17
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.