Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 29, 2021

3,627 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.81/cwt +24.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 623 lb · 230 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.28/cwt +16.28 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 519 lb · 183 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $172.66/cwt +24.71 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 531 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,627	280	4,160
Feeder cattle	3,262	203	3,910
Slaughter cattle	343	63	126
Replacement cattle	22	14	124

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 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	270	12	165.00–195.00	$175.13	$473	+9.73
320–348	338	10	174.00–182.00	$178.03	$602	+6.51
360–398	385	29	161.00–193.00	$176.75	$680	—
400–448	424	39	161.00–192.00	$176.17	$747	+14.01
410–436 value added	429	17	180.00–205.00	$188.83	$810	—
450–490	476	77	157.00–181.00	$174.08	$829	+9.93
468–498 value added	482	42	177.00–187.00	$181.42	$874	—
525 fancy	525	3	166.50	$166.50	$874	—
503–549	528	90	145.00–181.00	$169.19	$893	+21.24
505–547 value added	538	49	177.00–182.00	$179.42	$965	—
550–595	576	60	150.00–177.00	$167.35	$964	—
580	580	5	165.00	$165.00	$957	—
550–599 value added	582	67	167.50–185.00	$176.34	$1,026	—
600–648 value added	623	134	150.00–174.00	$167.28	$1,042	—
600–648	623	96	144.00–170.00	$156.56	$975	+20.21
652–668 value added	663	34	159.50–170.00	$160.91	$1,067	—
650–695	677	55	141.00–164.00	$153.78	$1,041	—
713	713	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,055	+10.79
700–748 value added	719	80	150.00–160.00	$158.12	$1,137	—
708–748	726	29	139.00–158.00	$146.99	$1,067	+9.78
767 value added	767	3	152.00	$152.00	$1,166	—
772–791	787	26	140.00–151.00	$149.19	$1,174	—
814 value added	814	24	151.50	$151.50	$1,233	—
808–849	835	13	138.00–149.50	$145.24	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	155.00	$155.00	$434	—
320–348	332	12	155.00–160.00	$157.61	$523	+7.61
368–390	372	12	150.00–165.00	$155.87	$580	—
414–435	423	13	142.00–165.00	$151.92	$643	—
458–495	475	14	140.00–151.00	$143.60	$682	+0.72
500–538	517	30	126.00–158.00	$143.29	$741	+1.73
555–599	582	24	133.00–155.00	$142.93	$832	—
600–639	624	25	131.00–145.00	$138.33	$863	+2.94
660–698	678	11	141.00–148.00	$145.30	$985	—
755–770	764	7	130.00–139.00	$133.81	$1,022	—
885	885	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,062	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	162.00	$162.00	$807	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	271	17	142.00–170.00	$161.16	$437	+13.66
301–345	324	30	140.00–167.00	$157.49	$510	—
350–393	375	28	140.00–165.00	$152.99	$574	+11.23
395 value added	395	3	165.00	$165.00	$652	—
400–447	424	84	137.00–161.00	$151.95	$644	+12.63
424–425 value added	425	14	158.00–161.00	$159.07	$676	—
446 fancy	446	4	155.50	$155.50	$694	—
464–488 value added	469	20	160.00–164.00	$161.40	$757	—
455–499	480	58	130.00–160.00	$154.11	$740	+17.68
498 fancy	498	3	151.00	$151.00	$752	—
500–519 value added	509	57	154.00–164.00	$158.43	$806	—
500–545	524	126	131.00–160.00	$148.04	$776	+13.04
560–590 value added	568	19	145.00–152.00	$151.06	$858	—
550–598	569	106	131.00–151.00	$144.11	$820	+9.35
600–639 value added	621	93	145.00–163.00	$151.03	$938	—
600–643	622	42	130.00–144.00	$139.69	$869	+7.67
632	632	3	130.00	$130.00	$822	+2.50
653–678 value added	674	32	142.00–144.00	$142.99	$964	—
653–692	675	72	130.00–148.50	$142.53	$962	+13.04
715–735 value added	717	27	142.00–149.00	$147.40	$1,057	—
715–735	725	16	131.50–144.00	$136.38	$989	+7.53
750–785	768	21	125.00–146.00	$137.62	$1,057	—
755–795 value added	770	37	137.00–146.00	$143.72	$1,107	—
812–825 value added	819	6	136.00–139.50	$137.76	$1,128	—
838	838	3	138.50	$138.50	$1,161	—
957	957	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–335	334	6	135.00–140.00	$137.49	$459	—
355–395	376	33	125.00–142.00	$135.49	$509	—
400–448	425	23	129.00–140.00	$133.66	$568	+2.66
454–493	473	44	121.00–145.00	$134.19	$635	+8.74
517–549	533	34	116.00–138.00	$128.80	$687	—
556–568	564	17	125.00–133.00	$128.50	$725	—
607–645	621	28	125.00–135.00	$129.98	$807	—
650–699	683	53	115.00–137.50	$132.55	$905	—
711	711	10	132.00	$132.00	$939	—
931	931	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,089	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	3	130.00	$130.00	$588	—
507 value added	507	8	147.50	$147.50	$748	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–398	374	13	153.00–170.00	$161.30	$603	+11.30
412–444	426	18	154.00–174.00	$164.11	$699	+8.11
450–493	474	30	135.00–166.00	$151.65	$719	—
510–517 fancy	515	7	161.00–166.00	$164.59	$848	—
502–545	523	24	135.00–150.00	$143.65	$751	+1.73
550–595	569	23	131.00–155.00	$141.46	$805	+6.08
605–640	620	30	121.00–143.00	$133.75	$829	—
655–685	676	10	125.00–133.00	$127.91	$865	—
705–748	726	10	117.00–125.00	$121.03	$879	+8.48
783	783	3	124.00	$124.00	$971	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–490	462	8	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$626	—
532	532	3	133.00	$133.00	$708	—
568–590	583	9	125.00–136.00	$129.25	$754	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	131.00	$131.00	$618	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1175	1110	80-85%	2	43.00–45.00	$43.94	$488	-5.49
940–1850	1216	80-85%	49	46.00–57.00	$52.56	$639	—
955–1800	1326	80-85%	25	56.00–69.00	$60.27	$799	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1540	1334	75-80%	9	50.00–56.00	$54.08	$721	+3.58
1015–2035	1489	75-80%	18	57.50–69.00	$61.95	$922	—
1645	1645	75-80%	1	77.50	$77.50	$1,275	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$456	—
770–1120	945	85-90%	2	20.00–25.00	$22.04	$208	—
895–1120	1009	85-90%	9	30.00–43.00	$37.31	$376	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1785	1531	5	68.00–79.50	$74.66	$1,143	—
1655–2530	1970	13	84.00–96.00	$89.78	$1,769	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1148	1109	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–680.00	$590.26
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
1135–1230	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$776.00
1145–1565	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–1,175.00	$1,016.56

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
820–1110	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–1,075.00	$948.30

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–810	787	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–850.00	$809.64

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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
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1250–1400	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00–1,600.00	$1,445.00	—

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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.