Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

7,385 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.68/cwt +1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 479 lb · 224 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.48/cwt -4.47 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 734 lb · 219 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $171.48/cwt +0.29 vs last sale · ≈ $897/hd at 523 lb · 206 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,385	11,072	9,816
Feeder cattle	5,855	8,243	7,550
Slaughter cattle	1,067	1,010	831
Replacement cattle	463	1,819	1,435

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 550 lbs steady, over 550 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, some high dressing 7.00 lower, decline early week. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower, decline early week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	215.00	$215.00	$634	—
311–321	314	23	195.00–200.00	$196.74	$618	-5.19
400–448	424	25	172.50–187.00	$177.61	$753	-7.72
475–490	482	95	173.00–185.00	$180.78	$871	+0.15
501–549	523	206	163.00–180.00	$171.48	$897	+0.29
556–586	574	111	162.00–168.50	$164.44	$944	-1.65
600–649	624	168	147.00–168.00	$155.62	$971	-5.82
652–691	678	171	147.50–157.00	$152.92	$1,037	-1.72
702–743	725	139	137.00–154.00	$142.90	$1,036	-6.60
756–793	770	86	137.00–144.50	$140.03	$1,078	-3.36
800–837	831	79	128.00–137.00	$134.35	$1,116	-4.06
858	858	24	135.85	$135.85	$1,166	+0.18
941	941	36	126.00	$126.00	$1,186	—
957	957	12	123.50	$123.50	$1,182	-11.35
1017–1039	1025	48	116.00–121.00	$119.20	$1,222	-1.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	178.50	$178.50	$530	—
326–348	342	14	180.00–190.00	$188.57	$645	+9.85
353–397	376	94	170.00–187.50	$180.36	$678	-0.45
400–448	428	102	158.00–175.00	$168.63	$722	+1.03
451–496	479	224	155.00–177.00	$167.68	$803	-0.79
500–547	525	140	146.50–169.00	$157.12	$825	+1.25
550–596	570	186	143.00–162.50	$154.74	$882	-1.01
615–643	628	29	140.00–149.00	$142.31	$894	-0.59
655–688	671	30	134.00–149.00	$141.45	$949	-0.42
722	722	12	134.00	$134.00	$967	+0.18
751–759	758	49	132.00–135.00	$132.85	$1,007	+2.34
804–840	836	42	129.50–130.00	$129.56	$1,083	—
852–890	881	80	120.00–132.00	$130.94	$1,154	+0.94
905–928	909	178	122.00–129.00	$125.12	$1,137	+10.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–397	387	39	160.00–172.50	$170.18	$659	+0.07
401–448	435	39	146.50–160.00	$156.32	$680	+1.47
460–497	484	53	150.00–160.00	$153.51	$743	-1.84
520–540	530	2	139.00–145.00	$141.94	$752	-0.59
550–591	565	27	141.00–149.00	$145.74	$823	+2.39
600–645	624	13	131.00–134.00	$132.41	$826	—
680–695	689	5	125.00–130.00	$129.01	$889	-4.39
700–749	733	11	122.00–129.00	$127.42	$934	—
855–872	861	39	118.00–128.00	$123.02	$1,059	—
1000	1000	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,080	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–344	338	12	157.50–160.00	$157.88	$534	-7.12
350–391	373	31	150.00–167.00	$157.31	$587	-5.16
409–413	410	17	145.00–147.00	$145.36	$596	—
487	487	4	145.00	$145.00	$706	—
557–566	562	16	140.00–142.50	$141.08	$793	—
804	804	5	113.00	$113.00	$909	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–338	312	20	156.00–161.00	$157.93	$493	-4.20
385–394	393	20	155.00–158.00	$157.71	$620	-1.00
405–445	426	79	146.00–158.00	$153.88	$656	-3.72
453–486	463	105	146.00–155.00	$151.58	$702	-4.23
501–547	517	191	136.00–151.00	$142.89	$739	-5.70
550–592	580	122	136.00–144.00	$139.44	$809	-3.69
600–635	616	162	127.50–144.00	$137.75	$849	-2.48
650–699	676	150	127.50–140.00	$135.35	$915	-1.41
702–749	734	219	125.00–136.25	$133.48	$980	-4.47
752–779	772	82	124.00–133.00	$129.02	$996	-3.37
803–823	820	50	122.00–123.00	$122.06	$1,001	-11.09
941	941	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,082	-8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	320	58	140.00–154.00	$150.24	$481	+0.12
352–395	370	117	137.00–153.00	$148.62	$550	+2.36
402–445	425	67	139.00–149.00	$144.63	$615	+1.62
450–497	476	155	133.50–149.00	$142.83	$680	+1.42
500–542	518	108	127.00–145.00	$134.82	$698	+2.08
550–595	572	100	129.00–135.00	$133.86	$766	+1.42
600	600	4	128.00	$128.00	$768	+2.54
650–669	666	13	121.00–126.00	$125.25	$834	-1.82
715–745	730	6	120.50–124.00	$122.29	$893	+2.36
845	845	22	121.50	$121.50	$1,027	—
852–860	855	7	103.00–119.00	$112.11	$959	-7.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	321	13	132.00–144.00	$141.38	$454	+4.38
365–395	382	37	130.00–144.00	$141.55	$541	-0.12
426–440	432	18	130.00–139.00	$136.50	$590	+0.10
450–493	477	84	125.00–139.00	$133.51	$637	+0.57
516–545	523	17	130.00–131.00	$130.12	$681	—
552–598	568	53	120.00–130.00	$126.08	$716	+4.08
617–618	618	10	123.00–124.00	$123.50	$763	-6.72
673–695	680	12	115.00–125.00	$120.16	$817	—
705–730	716	4	110.00–116.00	$112.77	$807	-7.90
751–781	761	12	115.00–121.00	$120.01	$913	+2.99
864	864	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,002	—
915	915	4	95.00	$95.00	$869	-6.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	11	125.00	$125.00	$424	—
356–386	375	20	133.00–136.00	$135.19	$507	—
435–448	440	18	120.00–130.00	$123.23	$542	—
460–498	483	10	120.00–131.00	$126.85	$613	+6.85
555–593	566	7	110.00–125.00	$116.31	$658	+1.31
615–635	618	9	110.00–120.00	$115.86	$716	—
658–680	671	5	110.00–115.00	$113.04	$758	—
903	903	9	72.00	$72.00	$650	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	5	131.00	$131.00	$532	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–397	369	27	140.00–162.50	$154.72	$571	—
465	465	5	140.00	$140.00	$651	—
507	507	14	139.00	$139.00	$705	—
554–568	559	26	132.00–136.00	$134.59	$752	—
765–771	767	10	114.00–117.00	$114.90	$881	—
869	869	6	111.00	$111.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	367	3	168.00	$168.00	$617	+9.00
425–445	434	39	150.00–157.00	$155.12	$673	+8.78
485–493	488	7	140.00–145.00	$143.43	$700	+0.10
526–533	532	15	140.00–142.00	$140.40	$747	—
568–577	573	12	142.00–143.00	$142.59	$817	—
665–698	686	10	123.00–136.00	$126.67	$869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	185.00	$185.00	$614	+12.45
360–365	363	2	170.00–176.00	$173.02	$628	-5.26
452–475	461	8	157.50–165.00	$162.10	$747	-1.48
500–545	510	19	142.00–156.00	$153.05	$781	+3.14
570–580	574	9	148.00–155.00	$151.41	$869	-0.41
635–645	642	3	130.00–140.00	$136.65	$877	-5.41
735–744	743	9	123.00–123.50	$123.05	$914	—
820	820	3	117.00	$117.00	$959	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	4	166.00	$166.00	$707	-8.58
615	615	1	157.00	$157.00	$966	+0.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1310	1043	80-85%	54	52.00–62.00	$56.34	$588	—
855–1582	1201	80-85%	260	59.50–70.00	$64.93	$780	—
975–1765	1300	80-85%	86	65.00–81.00	$69.60	$905	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–1015	805	85-90%	15	20.00–32.50	$27.80	$224	—
655–1430	940	85-90%	55	34.00–46.00	$40.00	$376	—
795–1320	1022	85-90%	98	47.00–57.00	$51.61	$527	—
805–1365	1079	85-90%	77	55.50–64.50	$60.03	$648	-1.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1600	1367	75-80%	29	57.00–65.50	$60.66	$829	—
1075–1930	1497	75-80%	129	62.50–71.00	$67.18	$1,006	—
1200–1960	1545	75-80%	48	68.00–80.00	$74.31	$1,148	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–2430	1482	19	65.00–84.00	$77.30	$1,146	—
1270–2180	1644	23	85.00–96.00	$89.79	$1,476	-2.77
1345–2115	1749	43	91.00–109.00	$99.73	$1,744	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1885	1885	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1070	956	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	85.00–100.00	$88.90	$850
895–1310	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	68.00–97.50	$78.90	$846
960–1280	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	64.00–71.00	$67.45	$736

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635	635	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$603
660–1015	822	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	70.00–100.00	$80.86	$665
720–1047	906	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	60.00–75.00	$67.88	$615

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–805	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	107.50–115.00	$111.46	$850
625–840	771	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	100.50–122.50	$115.07	$887

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
868–1153	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	55.00–67.00	$62.30	$627
1023	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	59.00	$59.00	$604

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1146–1255	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	95.00–105.00	$99.22	$1,181

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115–1460	1292	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	74.50–90.00	$78.99	$1,021

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1023	1023	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	103.00	$103.00	$1,054

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1085	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	825.00–1,075.00	$1,004.13
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1121	1121	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	660.00	$660.00
920–1335	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	900.00–1,100.00	$997.35
1153–1390	1264	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	750.00–900.00	$798.87

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1075	967	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	600.00–975.00	$812.13
1030–1052	1047	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	600.00–700.00	$670.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200–1385	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	67.00–70.00	$68.74	$868
1095–1375	1276	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	52.00–73.00	$64.49	$823

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1360	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,460.00	$1,298.89
1250–1360	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	950.00–1,075.00	$1,035.64
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1121–1195	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	700.00–725.00	$703.30
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1390–1395	1393	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	69.00–70.00	$69.50	$968
1442	1442	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	71.50	$71.50	$1,031

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–770	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	525.00–600.00	$561.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
643	643	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00
810	810	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	850.00–935.00	$913.75

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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
1085–1100	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,250.00	-150.00
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	-581.67
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	-324.07
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+600.00
1260	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1150–1350	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,478.57	—
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765–850	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,087.50	+362.50
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+400.00
875–1020	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+225.00
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+25.00
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-400.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	-175.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410–1430	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,475.00–1,500.00	$1,487.50	+287.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	425.00	$425.00	-135.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	98.00	$98.00	$392	+7.31
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	-6.83
587	587	3	88.00	$88.00	$517	-7.84
628	628	2	86.00	$86.00	$540	-5.18
688	688	5	85.00	$85.00	$585	—

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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.