Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

14,788 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.68/cwt +0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 528 lb · 683 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $165.97/cwt +0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 574 lb · 672 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.69/cwt +2.73 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 569 lb · 631 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,788	18,520	7,276
Feeder cattle	13,388	16,001	6,445
Slaughter cattle	951	1,056	500
Replacement cattle	449	1,463	331

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	6	210.00	$210.00	$626	+8.35
305–342	327	97	191.00–217.00	$204.21	$668	+0.91
362–395	380	90	190.00–205.00	$197.71	$751	+0.35
400–448	428	214	174.00–197.50	$183.96	$787	-2.81
450–498	476	417	166.50–190.00	$180.08	$857	-1.11
492 thin fleshed	492	34	194.00	$194.00	$954	—
500–548	526	358	153.00–184.00	$168.81	$888	-3.74
538 thin fleshed	538	39	184.00	$184.00	$990	-3.00
569–570 fancy	570	147	174.50–176.75	$175.76	$1,002	—
550–597	575	525	153.00–174.00	$163.23	$939	-2.35
612 thin fleshed	612	11	162.00	$162.00	$991	—
600–649	625	586	137.00–160.00	$151.20	$945	+4.28
657 fancy	657	9	154.75	$154.75	$1,017	—
650–695	670	200	136.50–155.00	$146.93	$984	+1.34
700–741	721	476	130.00–144.00	$138.50	$999	+1.43
751–792	768	390	131.00–138.25	$135.52	$1,041	+0.40
801–848	826	315	127.00–138.00	$131.94	$1,090	+1.33
851–893	866	224	126.50–134.25	$130.26	$1,128	+1.88
907–941	925	48	123.50–126.00	$124.38	$1,151	+0.96
950–996	961	131	121.00–125.00	$123.29	$1,185	-1.48
1025–1046	1039	27	118.00–120.00	$118.73	$1,234	-2.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–346	331	26	174.00–180.00	$175.97	$582	-4.73
356–398	373	104	170.00–189.00	$180.50	$673	-0.79
404–448	424	62	154.00–175.00	$162.18	$688	-3.90
450–498	471	148	159.00–173.50	$167.23	$788	-0.52
478	478	4	150.00	$150.00	$717	-17.75
501–547	526	141	138.00–160.00	$152.04	$800	+0.76
550–599	576	295	140.00–158.00	$152.90	$881	-0.50
604–644	624	173	125.00–140.00	$138.16	$862	+1.13
659–699	676	107	129.00–140.00	$135.09	$913	-2.83
700–749	734	62	126.00–133.00	$130.79	$960	-0.65
750–797	776	249	126.00–133.50	$131.77	$1,023	+1.29
828–849	835	14	124.00–126.00	$125.15	$1,045	+1.09
878	878	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,080	-1.61
958	958	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–327	313	9	158.00–163.00	$161.67	$506	-8.33
362–394	379	31	151.00–167.50	$162.10	$614	-7.98
405–443	420	23	135.00–155.00	$147.66	$620	+13.49
451–496	477	86	135.00–159.00	$152.92	$729	-0.86
518–548	531	13	126.00–145.00	$136.19	$723	-5.54
550–591	574	44	130.00–145.00	$142.04	$815	-1.67
603–648	628	15	120.00–127.00	$122.29	$768	-5.71
725–735	730	6	110.00–121.00	$115.46	$843	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	6	132.00	$132.00	$403	—
430	430	4	120.00	$120.00	$516	—
473	473	3	110.00	$110.00	$520	-12.95
515–543	524	43	132.00–140.00	$139.02	$728	+22.44
553–595	579	18	110.00–130.00	$124.02	$718	—
696	696	5	122.00	$122.00	$849	+5.00
836	836	4	112.00	$112.00	$936	—
901	901	7	80.00	$80.00	$721	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	334	81	150.00–159.00	$155.65	$520	-2.30
350–398	382	122	150.00–163.00	$156.63	$598	+1.57
401–445	426	150	142.00–157.00	$151.00	$643	-1.62
453–499	481	105	142.00–157.00	$149.79	$720	-4.89
501–548	527	572	130.00–152.00	$143.15	$754	-2.15
523–539 fancy	532	97	156.50–161.25	$159.08	$846	—
543 thin fleshed	543	14	156.00	$156.00	$847	—
556–567 fancy	562	65	151.00–156.00	$153.72	$864	—
550–599	570	566	127.50–150.00	$142.54	$812	+1.58
602–648	623	366	124.00–140.00	$132.10	$823	-0.38
651–694	677	359	124.50–136.00	$130.10	$881	+0.92
700–749	723	317	124.00–130.00	$127.73	$923	+1.21
752–790	759	248	124.85–128.00	$125.89	$956	-1.61
813–848	821	87	112.00–124.25	$123.02	$1,010	-0.64
863–887	873	130	115.00–124.50	$121.74	$1,063	+0.01
909	909	6	113.00	$113.00	$1,027	-10.93
1012	1012	15	106.00	$106.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	142.00	$142.00	$419	+2.00
307–349	335	64	144.00–149.00	$144.88	$485	+0.12
351–396	375	88	139.00–149.00	$145.13	$544	+0.45
405–445	423	171	135.00–152.00	$144.66	$612	-0.10
450–498	476	228	136.00–149.00	$144.05	$686	-2.32
525 thin fleshed	525	22	154.00	$154.00	$808	—
500–548	534	171	120.00–135.00	$131.08	$700	-4.01
550–598	579	164	120.00–133.00	$127.90	$741	-4.10
601–645	624	48	119.50–124.00	$121.70	$759	+0.82
650–695	662	25	118.00–124.00	$122.76	$813	+2.93
710–745	720	20	121.00–123.00	$122.24	$880	+2.71
770–790	781	54	113.00–123.50	$120.68	$943	+1.65
810–845	843	45	109.00–115.00	$114.62	$966	+2.62
868	868	2	100.00	$100.00	$868	-9.00
925	925	6	105.00	$105.00	$971	-7.00
1041	1041	4	97.00	$97.00	$1,010	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	319	14	125.00–137.50	$132.92	$424	-4.58
353–396	374	33	125.00–148.00	$138.35	$517	—
401–447	430	117	125.00–142.00	$135.86	$584	+0.38
450–498	477	265	125.00–142.00	$138.07	$659	+0.97
523	523	7	134.00	$134.00	$701	—
571–598	583	14	115.00–121.00	$117.96	$688	—
610–646	628	29	110.00–122.00	$116.27	$730	-2.95
665–698	678	30	110.00–121.00	$116.09	$787	+3.36
710–740	718	14	109.00–111.00	$109.65	$787	-0.63
770–778	775	5	105.00–110.00	$108.01	$837	+1.49
860	860	5	103.00	$103.00	$886	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–378	368	5	120.00–123.00	$121.23	$446	—
412–428	417	17	110.00–128.00	$120.88	$504	+10.88
472–487	481	18	120.00	$120.00	$577	—
520–546	540	15	117.00–120.00	$117.99	$637	+11.49
561–584	571	20	107.00–118.00	$111.32	$636	+11.32
608	608	4	105.00	$105.00	$638	—
698	698	2	104.00	$104.00	$726	+4.00
710	710	2	103.00	$103.00	$731	—
814	814	10	72.00	$72.00	$586	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	6	141.50	$141.50	$672	-0.50
590	590	14	142.00	$142.00	$838	+10.00
990	990	4	95.00	$95.00	$940	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	5	169.00	$169.00	$529	-7.00
374–395	377	7	169.00–180.00	$178.35	$672	+1.42
417–433	420	53	155.00–165.00	$163.93	$689	+2.04
467	467	12	161.00	$161.00	$752	-0.74
503–544	528	75	143.00–162.00	$152.64	$806	-4.89
588	588	3	138.00	$138.00	$811	—
601–635	617	65	133.00–146.00	$138.54	$855	-4.23
659–694	682	25	128.00–130.00	$128.63	$877	—
700–713	707	7	123.50–124.00	$123.79	$875	-0.21
758	758	2	120.00	$120.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	156.00	$156.00	$523	—
373–398	387	17	150.00–162.00	$153.63	$595	-1.81
458–495	485	67	140.00–157.50	$153.22	$743	-3.78
500–547	522	11	130.00–136.00	$133.11	$695	-3.58
553–592	583	40	129.00–145.00	$137.93	$804	-2.92
605–628	618	9	120.00	$120.00	$742	-6.14
730	730	5	119.00	$119.00	$869	-6.49
891	891	5	105.00	$105.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–399	385	14	140.00–150.00	$144.33	$556	—
443	443	2	135.00	$135.00	$598	—
458–492	483	27	135.00–141.00	$139.79	$675	—
510–545	522	12	120.00–125.00	$123.12	$643	—
568–591	579	12	120.00–125.00	$120.85	$700	+0.85
655–684	674	16	110.00–117.00	$112.15	$756	+0.15
755–795	782	11	94.00–111.00	$99.65	$779	-2.35
895	895	4	105.00	$105.00	$940	—
1005	1005	3	90.00	$90.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609–1178	762	85-90%	51	13.00–28.00	$18.50	$141	—
692–1415	978	85-90%	70	30.00–39.00	$34.21	$335	-2.21
798–1395	1102	85-90%	139	38.50–49.00	$44.07	$486	—
955–1440	1205	85-90%	34	47.00–55.50	$50.92	$614	+5.70

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1540	1172	80-85%	99	42.50–51.00	$47.57	$558	—
1015–1565	1254	80-85%	124	50.00–58.00	$53.80	$675	-3.21
1110–1535	1343	80-85%	35	57.50–64.50	$61.36	$824	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
972–1670	1343	75-80%	50	45.00–56.50	$51.60	$693	-2.27
1145–1795	1451	75-80%	68	54.00–61.00	$58.26	$845	-1.36
1175–2025	1551	75-80%	45	60.50–66.50	$63.42	$984	-1.21

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1559	1559	65-75%	2	69.00	$69.00	$1,076	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222–2160	1591	31	61.00–77.00	$72.40	$1,152	-0.08
1280–2200	1759	54	77.00–86.50	$81.64	$1,436	-3.80
1595–2425	1913	17	86.00–96.00	$89.96	$1,721	-4.43

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–840	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	86.00–117.00	$107.77	$797
685–935	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	73.00–105.00	$85.64	$707
785–1045	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	52.50–68.00	$58.85	$560

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1120	999	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	75.00–103.00	$91.27	$912
912–1265	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	60.00–93.00	$74.16	$794
1090–1345	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	54.00–59.50	$56.09	$658

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
713–720	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	36.00–44.00	$38.27	$275

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
671–760	689	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	112.50	$112.50	$775

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
902–967	935	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	102.50–107.00	$104.74	$979

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–970	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	50.00–60.00	$52.64	$502

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1340	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	735.00–1,060.00	$888.02
1185–1200	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–775.00	$762.58
925–1375	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	850.00–1,200.00	$1,015.12
1075–1360	1297	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	650.00–910.00	$799.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1325	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	43.00–60.00	$50.56	$588
1106–1355	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	48.00–63.00	$58.20	$696
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	50.00	$50.00	$608

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1045	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	710.00–885.00	$818.50
745–1045	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	625.00–950.00	$815.80
885–1010	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–650.00	$577.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1170	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–600.00	$503.54
965–1290	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	525.00–825.00	$701.79
1237	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
1435–1535	1471	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	860.00–1,000.00	$928.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1340–1355	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,225.14
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1055	1008	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	41.00–50.00	$46.77	$471

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–950	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00–525.00	$482.72

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	660.00	$660.00
675–875	776	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	550.00–860.00	$695.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
916	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,210.00	$1,210.00	-790.00
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	875.00	$875.00	-1,125.00
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,550.00	$1,550.00	-450.00
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00	-125.00
1075–1255	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,237.50	-162.50
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+237.50
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1290	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	650.00–900.00	$725.00	-185.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	80.00	$80.00	$274	—
370–398	387	12	83.00–100.00	$91.61	$355	—
473–499	490	26	75.00–97.00	$92.80	$455	—
505–540	536	8	82.00–86.50	$85.78	$460	—
550–586	563	28	75.00–92.00	$88.01	$495	—
670–692	685	8	55.00–85.00	$75.07	$514	—
700–740	716	16	74.00–83.50	$80.75	$578	—
755	755	2	86.00	$86.00	$649	—
800–830	813	11	80.00–86.00	$83.15	$676	—
890–895	892	6	75.00–75.50	$75.17	$671	—
915–930	916	11	82.00–82.50	$82.45	$755	—

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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.