Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 1, 2021

6,269 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.67/cwt +7.67 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 577 lb · 333 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $132.79/cwt -0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,088/hd at 819 lb · 316 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.60/cwt -0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 570 lb · 247 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,269	7,376	8,023
Feeder cattle	5,434	6,475	7,512
Slaughter cattle	571	485	355
Replacement cattle	264	416	156

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 1.00 to 7.00 higher, yearlings steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, with the greatest advance late week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–348	336	14	185.00–195.00	$190.73	$641	+3.18
400–438	428	86	177.00–192.50	$185.82	$795	+4.49
456–494	476	72	165.00–187.50	$178.36	$849	+5.31
503–520 thin fleshed	516	8	176.00–180.00	$179.02	$924	—
500–549	518	142	156.00–173.00	$168.02	$870	+6.72
550–594	570	247	145.00–165.00	$158.60	$904	-0.51
600–647	620	239	139.00–156.00	$146.70	$910	+2.10
658 unweaned	658	6	127.50	$127.50	$839	—
650–698	672	171	130.00–146.50	$141.59	$951	-5.96
714 fancy	714	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,050	—
705–749	723	202	128.00–140.00	$135.24	$978	-0.36
750–781	771	200	127.50–139.50	$134.24	$1,035	-0.74
801–845	819	316	122.50–138.00	$132.79	$1,088	-0.33
857–890	885	197	127.00–133.50	$130.08	$1,151	—
913	913	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,132	-2.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–347	341	12	175.00–181.00	$177.04	$604	+5.44
355–398	384	35	172.00–180.00	$175.10	$672	+2.06
420–441	437	23	162.50–170.00	$165.22	$722	+0.24
458–497	473	30	150.00–165.00	$155.87	$737	-3.43
505–545	532	40	143.00–157.00	$151.79	$808	+8.63
556–597	576	99	128.50–155.00	$143.63	$827	-1.60
605–647	632	65	130.00–140.00	$135.44	$856	+1.17
650–697	674	142	125.00–137.00	$132.28	$892	-2.37
717–744	729	101	123.00–140.75	$132.43	$965	+4.77
750–787	769	30	120.00–128.00	$124.20	$955	-4.47
825–844	828	28	122.50–126.50	$123.23	$1,020	-0.77
855–888	865	12	119.00–123.00	$120.98	$1,046	—
955–985	970	6	112.00–116.00	$113.97	$1,106	-10.03
1058	1058	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	334	9	164.00–165.00	$164.57	$550	+10.42
376–390	382	11	150.00–160.00	$158.14	$604	+9.35
427	427	7	163.00	$163.00	$696	+11.00
451–473	464	11	130.00–152.50	$144.03	$668	-1.61
500	500	2	135.00	$135.00	$675	+1.78
561–583	568	26	125.00–140.00	$137.36	$780	+3.57
620–643	631	10	115.00–128.00	$122.74	$774	+2.74
655–693	676	20	110.00–122.00	$119.41	$807	-3.06
740	740	2	120.00	$120.00	$888	—
763	763	4	120.00	$120.00	$916	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	7	160.50	$160.50	$769	+21.50
555	555	2	158.00	$158.00	$877	—
645	645	3	137.50	$137.50	$887	—
713	713	3	118.00	$118.00	$841	—
810	810	10	126.00	$126.00	$1,021	+11.00
979	979	13	127.00	$127.00	$1,243	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	9	147.50	$147.50	$478	—
363–398	390	41	144.00–157.50	$148.64	$580	+2.33
402–448	421	135	140.00–156.00	$147.55	$621	+4.29
460 thin fleshed	460	4	157.00	$157.00	$722	—
450–498	471	111	137.00–155.00	$145.39	$685	+3.41
505–548	530	225	130.00–149.00	$141.32	$749	+8.35
552–596	577	333	128.00–144.00	$136.67	$789	+7.67
602–646	628	180	120.00–133.00	$126.74	$796	-1.12
655–689	668	109	120.00–132.00	$127.01	$848	+1.57
701–739	726	237	120.00–132.50	$126.62	$919	+0.63
768–788	777	130	124.00–128.00	$126.95	$986	+3.89
804–811	806	34	122.00–127.25	$126.11	$1,016	+4.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–378	368	9	130.00–140.00	$135.19	$497	-11.31
410–444	426	29	135.00–140.00	$138.05	$588	+3.06
460–496	480	54	126.50–140.00	$136.12	$653	+3.28
550–598	582	25	121.00–137.50	$125.47	$730	+2.49
618–642	637	20	114.00–119.00	$115.81	$738	-2.39
665–696	682	39	109.00–121.00	$114.57	$781	-1.42
707–744	735	35	113.00–121.00	$117.55	$864	-1.04
753–795	779	60	115.00–120.00	$118.18	$921	+0.18
905	905	12	109.00	$109.00	$986	—
965	965	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,052	—
1030	1030	15	100.00	$100.00	$1,030	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–493	472	8	138.00–139.00	$138.26	$653	—
545	545	5	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
563–590	577	10	134.00–134.50	$134.24	$775	—
630–640	636	5	120.50–125.00	$123.22	$784	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	127.00	$127.00	$470	-7.46
413	413	8	120.00	$120.00	$496	—
457	457	8	125.00	$125.00	$571	-2.00
511	511	4	120.00	$120.00	$613	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	3	110.00	$110.00	$518	—
558–562	561	12	80.00–110.00	$89.95	$505	—
710	710	4	87.50	$87.50	$621	-15.79

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	100.00	$100.00	$313	—
378	378	2	100.00	$100.00	$378	—
445	445	2	94.00	$94.00	$418	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
418–423	422	19	145.00–158.00	$154.61	$652	—
473–478	476	6	144.00–145.00	$144.67	$689	-5.33
530	530	2	130.00	$130.00	$689	-10.00
555–598	577	4	129.00–132.50	$130.82	$755	+2.82
645	645	4	119.00	$119.00	$768	-8.05
670–690	683	6	117.00–121.00	$118.64	$810	-5.36
710–738	727	4	118.00–120.00	$119.26	$867	—
752	752	3	119.00	$119.00	$895	—
835	835	3	117.50	$117.50	$981	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–363	360	6	172.00–180.00	$177.37	$639	—
408 thin fleshed	408	2	184.00	$184.00	$751	—
435–448	442	4	158.00–161.00	$159.48	$705	—
458 thin fleshed	458	3	170.00	$170.00	$779	—
520–537	527	10	149.00–150.00	$149.41	$787	+6.75
558–576	568	7	145.00–147.00	$146.16	$830	+13.16
605–638	629	7	130.00–131.00	$130.28	$819	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–581	579	25	115.00–117.50	$116.81	$676	—
686	686	3	117.00	$117.00	$803	-1.00
703–737	720	6	110.00	$110.00	$792	-7.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	7	70.00	$70.00	$536	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1485	1139	80-85%	24	43.00–56.00	$51.89	$591	—
880–1485	1177	80-85%	72	52.00–61.00	$56.86	$669	+9.48
985–1565	1274	80-85%	116	57.00–72.00	$64.70	$824	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1230	934	85-90%	23	14.50–33.00	$23.79	$222	—
745–1420	1104	85-90%	31	35.00–44.00	$39.82	$440	-11.86
820–1326	1116	85-90%	44	40.00–54.50	$47.35	$528	-4.33
800–1630	1141	85-90%	34	48.00–64.00	$56.50	$645	+4.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1695	1430	75-80%	33	56.00–63.00	$60.36	$863	+4.36
1120–1813	1472	75-80%	26	60.00–68.00	$63.79	$939	+2.46
860–1730	1510	75-80%	12	50.00–58.00	$55.86	$843	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1855	1636	8	64.00–79.00	$73.48	$1,202	—
1240–2515	1832	20	79.00–90.00	$85.56	$1,567	—
1450–2340	1847	21	90.00–101.00	$94.97	$1,754	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1725–2160	1943	2	105.50–107.00	$106.33	$2,066	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1220	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	63.00–83.00	$72.21	$790

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	67.50	$67.50	$756
1125–1275	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	62.00–64.00	$63.32	$785

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–770	720	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	95.00–125.00	$107.55	$774
820–955	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–72.00	$69.88	$648

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–987	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	52.50–57.00	$56.30	$548

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1365	1252	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	710.00–1,000.00	$831.54
945–1398	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	875.00–1,125.00	$1,030.69
1220–1345	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	800.00–1,035.00	$955.70
1288–1380	1334	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–740.00	$720.69

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00	$400.00
870–1045	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	600.00–1,075.00	$832.97
850–1020	979	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	585.00–700.00	$649.08

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1465–1570	1489	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,150.00–1,585.00	$1,434.43
1420–1593	1535	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,010.00	$945.26

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1550	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,000.00	$951.61
1425–1600	1543	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	950.00–1,100.00	$1,010.12

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1405–1455	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	60.00–61.00	$60.51	$865
1430–1475	1448	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	63.00–66.00	$64.27	$931

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1285	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,175.00–1,260.00	$1,241.44
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1135–1295	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	57.50–63.00	$60.38	$720
1300–1325	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	59.50–62.00	$60.76	$798

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1375	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–875.00	$828.69

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
545–900	782	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	335.00–560.00	$507.71

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,110.00	$1,110.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–800	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	860.00–885.00	$871.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1325	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,060.00	$1,005.00	+95.00
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+440.00
1275–1295	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,325.00	+415.00
1200–1365	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,453.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+7.50
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-42.50
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-142.50
1042	1042	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00	$875.00	+50.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+300.00
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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	$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.