Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 12, 2021

9,118 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $147.70/cwt -1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,292/hd at 875 lb · 503 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.80/cwt -5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $844/hd at 571 lb · 416 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.36/cwt -2.62 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 516 lb · 360 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,118	6,614	8,201
Feeder cattle	8,202	6,029	7,286
Slaughter cattle	799	490	635
Replacement cattle	117	95	280

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last regular auctions feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher, although some calves mid week saw up to 14.00 lower than the tops from last week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 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
305–348	328	17	185.00–215.00	$197.80	$649	—
352–385	371	23	180.00–203.00	$197.12	$731	—
414	414	10	199.00	$199.00	$824	+12.37
402–444	421	67	170.00–190.00	$182.69	$769	-3.94
450–490	472	79	165.00–185.00	$176.74	$834	-5.55
500 fancy	500	11	187.00	$187.00	$935	—
521 thin fleshed	521	6	190.00	$190.00	$990	—
504–547	525	122	166.00–183.00	$177.29	$931	-6.53
550–598	575	268	156.00–185.00	$175.52	$1,009	-0.13
608	608	18	178.50	$178.50	$1,085	+14.55
603–648	627	255	157.00–173.00	$163.09	$1,023	-0.86
650–697	666	350	157.00–171.00	$163.46	$1,089	-0.48
700–747	727	347	148.00–162.00	$155.35	$1,129	+1.11
752–793	773	224	135.00–161.75	$157.12	$1,215	+5.17
801–816	806	105	141.00–152.50	$148.48	$1,197	-2.12
853–885	875	503	137.00–148.25	$147.70	$1,292	-1.04
900–941	929	7	120.00–136.00	$133.22	$1,238	-9.83
964	964	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,321	+8.00
1024	1024	36	140.00	$140.00	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–390	372	29	174.00–180.00	$175.60	$653	+7.23
403–445	425	82	150.00–172.00	$164.60	$700	-9.35
453–495	474	73	145.00–172.50	$165.94	$787	-2.30
500–548	534	181	149.00–169.00	$161.26	$861	-6.75
550–596	577	219	140.00–169.00	$161.01	$929	-6.40
600–649	627	221	141.00–159.50	$153.47	$962	-1.31
650–698	681	145	142.50–156.00	$152.51	$1,039	+5.92
700–748	716	69	129.00–145.00	$140.69	$1,007	-8.04
750–797	763	73	131.00–143.25	$140.27	$1,070	-0.28
805–836	825	29	129.00–137.50	$132.67	$1,095	-8.01
862–891	882	98	129.00–136.50	$134.26	$1,184	-7.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	144.00	$144.00	$475	—
380–387	383	5	168.00–170.00	$168.81	$647	—
409–440	427	74	131.50–161.00	$156.41	$668	—
460–486	474	27	150.00–161.00	$156.80	$743	—
518–547	533	28	145.00–152.50	$148.75	$793	—
562–597	581	28	140.00–151.00	$147.88	$859	+7.88
605–633	621	8	131.00–138.00	$135.25	$840	—
745	745	6	125.00	$125.00	$931	—
755	755	3	116.00	$116.00	$876	—
800–837	821	16	114.00–120.00	$117.44	$964	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	5	150.00	$150.00	$464	—
507	507	5	125.00	$125.00	$634	—
551	551	7	131.00	$131.00	$722	—
621	621	18	124.00	$124.00	$770	—
657–681	674	16	128.00–132.00	$129.22	$871	—
825	825	6	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
1011	1011	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,011	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	12	155.00	$155.00	$1,049	—
897	897	18	143.00	$143.00	$1,283	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1023	1012	8	115.00–124.00	$122.25	$1,237	—
1076–1078	1077	11	115.00–116.50	$115.82	$1,247	+6.82

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–333	319	13	155.00–170.00	$161.79	$516	—
352–397	378	41	152.00–165.00	$159.40	$603	—
400–448	421	155	150.00–165.00	$154.55	$651	-5.45
450–498	479	114	147.00–157.00	$152.41	$730	-6.30
500–540	516	360	142.00–157.00	$149.36	$771	-2.62
550–595	571	416	142.00–158.00	$147.80	$844	-3.16
600–647	624	336	141.50–156.00	$147.22	$919	+1.37
650–693	675	195	135.50–150.00	$144.12	$973	-3.91
700–745	722	101	130.00–143.00	$137.73	$994	-8.98
728 thin fleshed	728	71	149.75	$149.75	$1,090	—
755–795	784	142	125.00–144.00	$140.07	$1,098	+5.87
808–840	816	104	125.00–140.75	$137.97	$1,126	-1.43
956	956	19	128.00	$128.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–347	323	11	140.00–151.00	$148.64	$480	-7.36
360–395	382	38	140.00–154.00	$148.23	$566	-6.83
418–448	436	46	135.00–151.50	$141.18	$616	-6.39
450–497	479	199	135.00–149.00	$143.52	$687	-3.37
500–546	520	102	130.00–145.00	$138.30	$719	-8.17
551–597	568	134	132.00–142.00	$138.05	$784	-2.72
600–649	621	137	126.00–141.00	$136.94	$850	-7.21
650–695	662	108	122.00–139.00	$134.99	$894	-3.17
720–745	731	22	115.00–129.50	$128.09	$936	-3.16
775–797	788	5	110.00–124.00	$114.33	$901	-17.20
965–980	977	32	113.00–119.00	$114.11	$1,115	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–442	429	8	130.00–133.00	$131.85	$566	-3.15
463	463	5	132.50	$132.50	$613	+10.50
587–597	588	14	120.00–128.00	$121.16	$712	-3.84
689	689	5	123.00	$123.00	$847	—
702	702	10	115.00	$115.00	$807	—
765	765	17	116.00	$116.00	$887	—
842	842	14	112.00	$112.00	$943	—
927	927	7	107.00	$107.00	$992	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–615	604	12	136.00–143.00	$137.69	$832	—
685	685	18	144.00	$144.00	$986	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	125.00	$125.00	$412	—
435	435	3	125.00	$125.00	$544	—
452–455	453	3	125.00–133.50	$127.85	$579	—
533	533	3	125.00	$125.00	$666	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	6	121.00	$121.00	$544	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	12	160.00	$160.00	$675	+10.00
473	473	5	163.00	$163.00	$771	+13.00
512–525	514	7	145.00–146.50	$146.28	$752	-5.72
562–593	572	18	138.00–155.00	$149.34	$854	—
600–642	621	25	138.00–143.00	$139.32	$865	+4.02
663	663	5	135.00	$135.00	$895	—
706–720	710	4	132.00–135.00	$134.24	$953	—
760–770	762	6	130.50–132.00	$130.83	$997	—
804–810	808	9	106.00–122.50	$116.72	$943	—
881	881	3	106.00	$106.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	194.00	$194.00	$646	—
428	428	4	169.00	$169.00	$723	-4.62
460–475	465	3	150.00	$150.00	$698	—
502–533	518	15	147.00–170.00	$158.78	$822	—
555–580	560	7	145.50–151.00	$147.11	$824	-4.69
613	613	3	146.00	$146.00	$895	+2.98
725	725	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–498	485	25	152.00–155.00	$154.38	$749	—
559–585	563	14	142.00–148.00	$147.11	$828	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571–582	576	9	127.00–133.00	$129.69	$747	—
772	772	7	113.00	$113.00	$872	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694–1425	1165	80-85%	48	53.50–65.50	$62.57	$729	±0.00
950–1624	1252	80-85%	148	63.00–76.00	$68.88	$862	+0.34
930–1615	1255	80-85%	48	73.00–87.50	$77.83	$977	+9.29

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–990	843	85-90%	17	32.50–43.00	$38.84	$327	—
735–1450	918	85-90%	29	30.00–55.00	$46.41	$426	—
775–1505	1065	85-90%	83	50.00–64.50	$59.60	$635	+0.31
775–1265	1078	85-90%	37	65.00–72.50	$67.31	$726	+8.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1635	1371	75-80%	77	63.00–74.00	$70.36	$965	+0.20
1380–1435	1415	75-80%	3	59.00–64.00	$62.14	$879	—
1280–1735	1472	75-80%	49	73.00–81.00	$76.54	$1,127	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1037–1420	1222	22	75.00–88.00	$81.79	$999	-0.55
1075–2245	1712	49	85.00–101.00	$93.08	$1,594	—
1055–2230	1793	18	100.00–112.50	$105.04	$1,883	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–945	813	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–86.00	$82.87	$674

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1290	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	775.00–1,060.00	$863.39
1000–1450	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	800.00–1,275.00	$1,016.84
980–1405	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	600.00–985.00	$853.64

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1410	1401	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	825.00–1,025.00	$943.78

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
798–1210	937	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	635.00–910.00	$840.41

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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
950–1025	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,142.86	-88.39
1290–1665	1478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,385.00	$1,317.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00	-293.75

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	4	106.00	$106.00	$494	—
524–547	536	22	70.00–110.00	$77.65	$416	—
579	579	5	99.00	$99.00	$573	—
612–630	623	36	99.00–105.00	$104.15	$649	—
661–691	680	31	75.00–92.00	$84.35	$574	—
725–731	731	17	103.00–105.00	$103.12	$754	—
830–835	831	22	81.00–92.50	$83.10	$691	—
910–945	920	22	83.00–101.00	$97.68	$899	—

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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.