Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 21, 2021

13,711 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.58/cwt +5.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 620 lb · 754 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $157.11/cwt +2.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 669 lb · 637 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.77/cwt +5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 575 lb · 630 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,711	8,214	15,484
Feeder cattle	12,439	6,463	13,288
Slaughter cattle	1,115	748	914
Replacement cattle	157	1,003	1,282

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291–295	294	13	200.00	$200.00	$588	—
335–347	341	6	185.00–197.50	$188.32	$642	—
355–395	376	18	185.00–192.50	$189.33	$712	—
400–447	428	160	172.50–196.00	$184.38	$789	+10.38
450–498	476	192	172.00–187.00	$181.67	$865	+7.85
517 thin fleshed	517	6	185.00	$185.00	$956	+15.00
516–527 fancy	522	20	184.00–190.00	$186.97	$976	—
502–549	528	288	156.00–186.00	$177.43	$937	+8.10
541	541	3	172.00	$172.00	$931	+2.67
560–590	573	9	155.00–156.00	$155.46	$891	-9.00
550–593	576	425	159.00–183.00	$173.28	$998	+8.82
582 fancy	582	9	174.00	$174.00	$1,013	—
602–609 thin fleshed	608	11	169.00–170.00	$169.82	$1,033	+4.55
609–625 fancy	616	28	169.00–172.00	$170.59	$1,051	—
600–646	620	715	152.00–173.00	$163.21	$1,012	+7.67
658	658	11	138.50	$138.50	$911	-16.47
650–698	669	626	145.00–165.00	$157.44	$1,053	+2.47
700–748	723	607	142.00–159.00	$152.72	$1,104	+8.05
752–793	770	476	140.00–150.00	$144.04	$1,109	+1.60
768–784	777	36	143.00–144.25	$143.55	$1,115	+1.11
801–848	817	176	132.00–147.50	$142.44	$1,164	+7.43
851–894	872	135	134.50–145.25	$141.09	$1,230	+6.50
905–946	922	144	132.00–141.85	$137.37	$1,267	+6.40
971–986	984	70	131.00–132.00	$131.86	$1,298	+3.93
1003–1024	1011	47	130.00–131.50	$130.92	$1,324	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–326	323	8	160.00–180.00	$176.39	$570	-1.68
350–397	365	48	169.00–185.00	$176.31	$644	+0.62
405–448	435	115	153.00–186.00	$176.01	$766	+8.43
451–499	475	174	146.00–180.50	$169.92	$807	+3.05
500–549	525	410	146.00–175.00	$164.33	$863	+5.98
550–599	576	358	138.00–175.00	$162.71	$937	+4.20
600–646	622	143	138.00–160.00	$151.61	$943	+4.65
652–699	678	301	135.00–163.00	$147.64	$1,001	+3.66
700–748	727	97	125.00–150.00	$139.34	$1,013	+3.13
760–797	780	114	130.00–149.00	$142.83	$1,114	+8.89
815–844	836	30	125.00–146.25	$137.66	$1,151	+12.72
855–899	878	31	128.00–138.00	$131.62	$1,156	+3.95
881	881	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,057	-7.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	372	21	140.00–170.00	$157.37	$585	-9.97
415–445	434	19	135.00–157.00	$147.16	$639	-8.01
453–495	469	23	130.00–162.00	$150.92	$708	-0.96
505–545	516	15	136.00–147.00	$144.34	$745	-5.30
553–595	579	19	128.00–149.00	$143.67	$832	-1.44
600–638	623	12	125.00–135.00	$132.95	$828	-3.33
675–699	696	8	125.00–137.50	$126.52	$881	-3.33

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–492	475	24	155.00–162.00	$158.64	$754	+10.27
515–548	535	16	137.00–150.00	$141.46	$757	+9.79
560–576	575	11	150.00–151.00	$150.91	$868	+15.38

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	9	161.00	$161.00	$897	—
687	687	29	147.50	$147.50	$1,013	+17.50
720	720	9	148.00	$148.00	$1,066	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023	1023	15	95.00	$95.00	$972	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	3	96.00	$96.00	$586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–336	333	13	155.50–163.00	$157.93	$526	+2.77
350–394	369	23	155.00–166.00	$159.06	$587	+2.77
417 thin fleshed	417	11	168.00	$168.00	$701	—
400–449	430	180	146.00–166.00	$156.55	$673	+6.02
451–498	473	311	146.00–168.00	$155.14	$734	+7.41
500–549	527	560	137.00–155.00	$148.70	$784	+6.24
557 fancy	557	25	161.00	$161.00	$897	—
551–599	576	605	135.00–156.00	$145.14	$836	+5.06
601–648	625	593	130.50–155.00	$143.85	$899	+5.91
637 fancy	637	14	149.50	$149.50	$952	—
663	663	4	137.50	$137.50	$912	+3.96
650–698	672	357	127.50–149.00	$142.71	$959	+9.17
717 fancy	717	34	143.25	$143.25	$1,027	—
730	730	3	135.00	$135.00	$986	+5.21
702–745	731	578	129.00–145.00	$139.26	$1,018	+9.47
757–798	766	379	130.00–142.10	$139.76	$1,071	+7.57
803–818	811	54	124.00–137.50	$134.04	$1,087	+7.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–348	321	55	142.50–159.00	$155.45	$499	+6.94
350–397	377	34	140.00–154.00	$146.22	$551	+2.91
400–449	436	156	130.00–158.00	$145.99	$637	+3.67
450–499	479	192	125.00–153.00	$142.86	$684	+1.38
465–482 thin fleshed	479	40	159.00–160.00	$159.81	$765	—
500–545	527	119	127.50–150.00	$137.12	$723	+5.97
550–597	577	156	125.00–151.00	$140.61	$811	+9.89
600–648	632	81	124.00–145.00	$133.89	$846	+5.86
652–698	671	61	127.00–141.00	$133.99	$899	+6.86
705–745	729	79	115.00–139.75	$130.12	$949	+8.79
754–796	777	66	117.50–137.00	$128.11	$995	—
831–849	840	10	119.50–128.00	$123.70	$1,039	+7.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–392	382	16	130.00–137.00	$132.72	$507	+0.91
418	418	3	130.00	$130.00	$543	+0.16
450–495	477	8	125.00–135.50	$132.67	$633	+0.34
505–545	513	16	122.00–134.00	$130.95	$672	+6.97
595	595	3	120.00	$120.00	$714	-1.84
621	621	20	132.00	$132.00	$820	+12.25
665–685	676	8	115.00–122.50	$120.33	$813	—
773	773	3	123.00	$123.00	$951	+8.03
860	860	16	110.00	$110.00	$946	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	8	154.00	$154.00	$736	—
541	541	10	147.00	$147.00	$795	+22.00
605	605	10	142.00	$142.00	$859	—
669	669	15	131.00	$131.00	$876	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	7	123.00	$123.00	$775	—
681	681	8	113.00	$113.00	$770	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	3	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
766–780	773	4	112.00–119.00	$114.52	$885	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	156.00	$156.00	$554	+7.57
410–448	430	13	135.00–150.00	$144.00	$619	-2.77
460–470	463	3	122.00–130.00	$124.71	$577	-20.14
520–540	528	18	130.00–155.00	$141.65	$748	-12.32
585–590	587	3	120.00–130.00	$125.01	$734	-13.32
605–647	633	15	115.00–138.00	$129.12	$817	-7.84
655–695	683	4	115.00–126.00	$118.65	$810	—
735–748	747	15	115.00–115.50	$115.03	$859	-10.22
805–835	823	5	95.00–105.00	$98.97	$815	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–362	357	5	170.00–174.00	$171.57	$613	—
423–431	428	6	165.00–166.00	$165.67	$709	—
500–504	503	3	155.00–157.00	$156.34	$786	—
550–565	558	8	130.00–145.00	$137.78	$769	—
623–645	634	16	125.00–135.00	$130.30	$826	—
650–693	673	16	122.00–137.00	$130.70	$880	—
716	716	4	131.50	$131.50	$942	—
829	829	4	112.00	$112.00	$928	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	12	146.00	$146.00	$766	—
571	571	6	143.00	$143.00	$817	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	6	111.00	$111.00	$806	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	3	110.00	$110.00	$759	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1538	1186	80-85%	74	57.50–65.00	$61.48	$729	—
920–1690	1203	80-85%	201	59.00–71.00	$66.58	$801	—
870–1565	1213	80-85%	126	71.00–85.00	$75.06	$910	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–960	811	85-90%	8	32.00–37.50	$34.64	$281	-6.62
695–1215	895	85-90%	47	40.00–51.00	$46.74	$418	—
675–1410	1038	85-90%	194	50.00–65.00	$58.10	$603	—
710–1465	1083	85-90%	91	60.00–76.00	$66.78	$723	+1.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1775	1409	75-80%	54	66.50–72.00	$69.16	$974	—
1335–1620	1418	75-80%	36	61.00–66.00	$64.72	$918	—
1170–1835	1462	75-80%	50	71.50–79.00	$74.61	$1,091	+5.31

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1785	1402	12	69.00–88.00	$80.12	$1,123	—
1215–2255	1757	29	85.00–102.00	$95.75	$1,682	—
1030–2255	1816	29	99.00–118.50	$105.14	$1,909	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1085	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	82.50–87.50	$85.77	$839
862–1435	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	66.00–86.00	$74.63	$794

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
791	791	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	112.50	$112.50	$890

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1365	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	750.00–935.00	$833.41
875–1325	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	56	725.00–1,400.00	$1,022.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1220	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	700.00–875.00	$808.28

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–800	738	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	775.00–825.00	$804.07
800–810	807	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	685.00–725.00	$714.26

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1075	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	710.00	$710.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–900	787	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	775.00–900.00	$829.42

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860–1025	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	910.00–1,300.00	$1,167.50	+242.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00	$975.00	-93.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1169	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+231.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1375	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–960.00	$930.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	14	108.00	$108.00	$374	—
379–393	391	27	108.00–111.00	$110.57	$432	—
423	423	2	104.00	$104.00	$440	—
460–484	480	27	90.00–100.00	$92.49	$444	—
502–506	504	18	96.00–109.00	$103.20	$520	—
553–583	568	4	91.00–94.00	$92.54	$526	—
635	635	1	86.00	$86.00	$546	—
650–693	687	69	95.00–104.25	$102.17	$702	—
772–791	778	18	71.00–98.50	$91.04	$708	—
850	850	6	80.00–94.00	$91.67	$779	+4.67
903	903	30	99.75	$99.75	$901	—
1045	1045	1	88.00	$88.00	$920	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	66.50	$66.50	$263	—
555	555	1	70.00	$70.00	$388	—
685	685	1	86.00	$86.00	$589	—

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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.