Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

3,459 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.67/cwt -4.65 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 522 lb · 158 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.32/cwt -1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 620 lb · 158 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $131.89/cwt -0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 833 lb · 151 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,459	6,269	6,795
Feeder cattle	3,063	5,434	5,738
Slaughter cattle	305	571	749
Replacement cattle	91	264	308

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders under 700 lbs. sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs. steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 higher some spots up to 11.00 higher on high dressing cows. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–393	375	38	185.00–190.00	$187.47	$703	—
403–449	435	48	175.00–180.00	$175.81	$765	-10.01
470	470	22	176.00	$176.00	$827	-2.36
507–548	519	133	155.00–170.00	$167.31	$868	-0.71
550–591	572	90	155.00–158.50	$155.51	$890	-3.09
601–648	620	158	140.00–153.00	$145.32	$901	-1.38
650–681	667	42	140.00–144.00	$140.37	$936	-1.22
700–747	725	103	132.00–140.00	$136.29	$988	+1.05
751–793	771	117	132.50–137.50	$134.37	$1,036	+0.13
820–843	833	151	124.50–133.50	$131.89	$1,099	-0.90
873–898	878	34	128.50–131.00	$130.47	$1,146	+0.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	8	182.50	$182.50	$622	+5.46
377–392	382	36	175.00–180.00	$177.52	$678	+2.42
407–443	415	22	155.00–172.50	$169.04	$702	+3.82
459–488	472	74	155.00–170.00	$163.15	$770	+7.28
510–537	525	27	140.00–154.00	$145.34	$763	-6.45
558–599	587	99	142.00–152.00	$148.66	$873	+5.03
640–645	643	8	135.00–139.00	$137.01	$881	+1.57
670–693	684	95	127.00–137.75	$136.46	$933	+4.18
700–727	714	29	125.50–132.00	$128.89	$920	-3.54
753–794	782	22	122.00–130.00	$127.55	$997	+3.35
808–831	815	28	123.00–126.50	$124.69	$1,016	+1.46
877	877	4	124.50	$124.50	$1,092	+3.52
946	946	4	112.50	$112.50	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–347	338	11	150.00–170.00	$155.08	$524	-9.49
355–391	374	18	160.00–170.00	$163.69	$612	+5.55
493	493	3	140.00	$140.00	$690	-4.03
569	569	5	138.00	$138.00	$785	+0.64
642	642	4	121.00	$121.00	$777	-1.74
692	692	7	118.00	$118.00	$817	-1.41
750	750	3	115.00	$115.00	$862	-5.00
820	820	3	111.00	$111.00	$910	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	140.00	$140.00	$539	—
446	446	4	147.50	$147.50	$658	—
566–589	583	12	135.00–136.00	$135.76	$791	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	3	132.50	$132.50	$722	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–348	331	28	145.00–154.00	$147.37	$488	-0.13
380	380	4	150.00	$150.00	$570	+1.36
404–444	418	34	144.00–149.00	$145.95	$610	-1.60
460	460	17	145.00	$145.00	$667	-0.39
503–547	522	158	130.00–141.50	$136.67	$713	-4.65
556–597	587	124	131.00–134.00	$132.56	$778	-4.11
610–648	624	37	124.00–131.00	$127.83	$798	+1.09
650–666	656	30	124.00–124.50	$124.25	$815	-2.76
702–742	726	48	124.50–127.00	$125.50	$911	-1.12
781	781	13	124.25	$124.25	$970	-2.70
814	814	19	123.50	$123.50	$1,005	-2.61
937	937	39	122.50	$122.50	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347–348	347	11	140.00–142.50	$141.59	$491	—
352–365	356	12	140.00–142.00	$140.84	$501	+5.65
403–447	426	21	138.00–142.50	$140.52	$599	+2.47
460–499	489	74	134.00–141.00	$140.11	$685	+3.99
531	531	6	125.00	$125.00	$664	—
557–597	583	39	121.00–129.00	$126.30	$736	+0.83
603–648	617	85	121.00–123.00	$121.38	$749	+5.57
659–698	679	21	113.00–123.00	$118.91	$807	+4.34
739–740	739	9	110.00–115.00	$111.67	$825	-5.88
753–795	781	20	115.00–122.00	$120.05	$938	+1.87
957	957	10	116.00	$116.00	$1,110	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	16	132.00	$132.00	$488	+5.00
410–438	424	8	130.00–135.00	$132.42	$561	+12.42
452–475	467	32	132.00–135.00	$134.24	$627	+9.24
526	526	5	125.00	$125.00	$658	+5.00
586	586	3	115.00	$115.00	$674	—
611–622	618	11	110.00	$110.00	$680	—
667–690	682	20	108.00–110.00	$109.60	$747	—
858	858	4	92.50	$92.50	$794	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511–528	515	12	146.00–148.00	$146.51	$755	-2.90
579	579	17	140.00	$140.00	$811	-6.16
605–627	609	29	131.00–139.50	$137.99	$840	+7.71
695	695	9	124.00	$124.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487–498	490	13	140.00–150.00	$143.12	$701	-1.55
522	522	3	136.00	$136.00	$710	+6.00
606	606	5	123.00	$123.00	$745	—
710	710	6	120.00	$120.00	$852	+0.74
760	760	4	115.00	$115.00	$874	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	5	121.00	$121.00	$582	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
833–1465	1062	80-85%	12	53.00–61.00	$55.98	$595	—
890–1420	1143	80-85%	27	58.50–69.00	$62.80	$718	+10.91
990–1550	1265	80-85%	48	64.00–78.00	$70.52	$892	+5.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1780	1410	75-80%	20	61.00–69.00	$65.01	$917	+4.65
1135–1835	1451	75-80%	5	56.00–62.50	$59.33	$861	-4.46
1275–1850	1534	75-80%	56	65.50–77.50	$71.83	$1,102	+15.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568–1245	835	85-90%	11	13.50–31.00	$22.98	$192	—
870–990	965	85-90%	10	39.00–44.00	$41.05	$396	—
875–1182	1038	85-90%	15	45.50–60.00	$52.16	$541	—
850–1410	1098	85-90%	22	55.00–72.00	$60.35	$663	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1725	1414	5	65.00–82.00	$72.58	$1,026	—
1240–2040	1703	12	80.00–94.00	$86.28	$1,469	—
1605–2010	1782	5	92.00–101.00	$94.98	$1,693	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750	1750	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,978	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1280	1107	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	64.00–83.00	$73.53	$814

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–765	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–68.00	$66.51	$505
772	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	82.50	$82.50	$637

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1335	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	658.00–875.00	$789.80
1075–1325	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,175.00	$1,030.25
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1015	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	625.00–685.00	$654.85

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1465	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,203.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1350	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	69.00–72.00	$70.03	$879

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–680	679	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	450.00–500.00	$487.57

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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
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00	$725.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	660.00	$660.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	-450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00	$775.00	—

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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.