Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

6,605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.81/cwt +4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 574 lb · 414 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $168.26/cwt +4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 625 lb · 317 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.13/cwt +4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 527 lb · 263 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,605	9,118	6,283
Feeder cattle	5,558	8,202	5,410
Slaughter cattle	833	799	602
Replacement cattle	214	117	271

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with some spots up to 12.00 higher gaining back last weeks losses. Heifers sold 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	5	212.00	$212.00	$591	—
306–335	320	19	190.00–215.00	$195.54	$626	-2.26
350–390	366	8	189.00–195.00	$192.12	$703	-5.00
407–449	428	78	180.00–197.50	$183.76	$786	+1.07
450–499	481	104	172.00–187.00	$183.10	$881	+6.36
512–547	532	119	171.00–186.00	$180.34	$959	+3.05
550–599	577	224	165.00–186.00	$175.79	$1,014	+0.27
603–635 thin fleshed	613	16	181.00–186.00	$182.62	$1,119	—
600–649	625	294	162.00–178.00	$167.96	$1,050	+4.87
637 unweaned	637	7	148.00	$148.00	$943	—
653–698	673	187	158.00–167.00	$163.47	$1,100	+0.01
700–742	721	201	148.00–164.00	$157.93	$1,139	+2.58
750–798	772	133	148.00–158.00	$152.70	$1,179	-4.42
800–842	828	136	134.00–154.00	$151.82	$1,257	+3.34
853–875	858	42	149.00–155.00	$150.48	$1,291	+2.78
920–930	929	17	133.00–141.00	$140.07	$1,301	+6.85
954–997	990	61	134.00–143.00	$141.62	$1,402	+4.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	373	7	180.00–186.00	$183.00	$683	+7.40
410–444	432	24	145.00–170.00	$166.18	$718	+1.58
450–495	473	97	156.00–174.00	$167.58	$793	+1.64
500–546	527	81	143.00–172.00	$162.08	$854	+0.82
550–594	577	85	144.00–167.00	$161.23	$930	+0.22
600–646	621	94	147.00–163.00	$155.45	$965	+1.98
655–698	681	124	142.00–157.00	$151.51	$1,032	-1.00
703–747	721	30	130.00–145.00	$138.65	$1,000	-2.04
750–798	765	39	131.00–148.50	$144.36	$1,104	+4.09
834–843	838	16	130.00–132.00	$130.88	$1,097	-1.79
878–892	881	54	131.50–140.00	$135.97	$1,198	+1.71
908–934	921	25	124.00–132.00	$125.07	$1,152	—
950	950	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,216	—
1030–1048	1041	21	117.00–118.00	$117.62	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–399	380	14	170.00–172.00	$171.46	$652	+2.65
407–447	427	33	150.00–162.00	$152.66	$652	-3.75
460–493	482	52	147.00–160.00	$155.35	$749	-1.45
500–546	523	39	140.00–155.00	$148.32	$776	-0.43
576–596	584	24	140.00–155.00	$146.77	$857	-1.11
602–640	628	23	130.00–135.00	$130.39	$819	-4.86
660–677	675	14	130.00–135.00	$134.30	$907	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–342	329	11	155.00–165.00	$159.73	$526	+9.73
360–399	386	20	140.00–162.00	$152.35	$588	—
437	437	5	145.00	$145.00	$634	—
451 unweaned	451	17	125.00	$125.00	$564	—
465–490	480	12	140.00–147.00	$142.03	$682	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	5	150.00	$150.00	$962	—
657	657	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,038	+3.00
765	765	23	153.00	$153.00	$1,170	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–577	575	9	130.00–145.00	$143.39	$824	—
605–618	615	4	134.00–145.00	$136.71	$841	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
679–693	685	7	143.50–144.50	$144.07	$987	—
765–770	768	3	120.00–138.00	$132.03	$1,014	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	133.00	$133.00	$645	—
539	539	6	121.00	$121.00	$652	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–392	384	16	155.00–169.00	$160.05	$615	+0.65
400–448	422	86	150.00–168.00	$159.17	$672	+4.62
456 thin fleshed	456	6	169.00	$169.00	$771	—
450–495	475	199	144.00–164.00	$157.31	$747	+4.90
500–548	527	263	144.00–159.75	$154.13	$812	+4.77
554 fancy	554	9	163.00	$163.00	$903	—
550–598	574	405	144.00–160.00	$151.56	$870	+3.76
600–647	621	203	142.00–155.00	$150.49	$935	+3.27
650–678	667	60	132.50–152.00	$143.12	$955	-1.00
670 thin fleshed	670	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,072	—
704 fancy	704	12	153.00	$153.00	$1,077	—
700–742	730	115	125.00–146.00	$142.09	$1,037	+4.36
768–786	780	136	131.50–142.00	$137.59	$1,073	-2.48
826–848	842	41	139.00–148.00	$145.63	$1,226	+7.66
915–925	924	7	122.00–125.00	$124.58	$1,151	—
994	994	50	132.25	$132.25	$1,315	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–340	336	12	145.00–159.00	$149.62	$503	+0.98
353–381	369	26	142.00–152.00	$146.48	$541	-1.75
401–445	431	19	135.00–148.00	$142.45	$614	+1.27
450–499	477	70	130.00–149.00	$138.71	$662	-4.81
500–548	522	71	130.00–147.50	$137.32	$717	-0.98
550–597	572	77	130.00–143.00	$137.10	$784	-0.95
618–648	634	51	128.00–147.00	$137.45	$871	+0.51
650–695	666	61	120.00–141.00	$133.92	$892	-1.07
709–736	722	14	118.50–131.00	$122.94	$888	-5.15
751–795	760	5	129.00–130.00	$129.21	$982	+14.88
845	845	6	110.50	$110.50	$934	—
1095	1095	5	100.00	$100.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	7	140.00	$140.00	$500	—
436	436	4	132.00	$132.00	$576	+0.15
470–498	490	22	125.00–134.00	$131.28	$643	-1.22
803–827	821	15	107.00–110.00	$107.78	$885	-4.22
976	976	6	92.00	$92.00	$898	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–547	532	5	139.00–147.00	$143.93	$766	—
555–590	581	4	124.00–134.00	$131.61	$765	—
660–690	683	12	116.00–126.00	$120.59	$824	—
705	705	5	120.00–125.00	$123.00	$867	—
793	793	3	115.00	$115.00	$912	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–682	676	22	138.00–145.00	$143.46	$970	-0.54

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	7	138.00	$138.00	$505	—
486–495	490	11	120.00	$120.00	$588	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	435	3	126.00–130.00	$127.36	$554	+2.36
533	533	2	136.00	$136.00	$725	+11.00
585	585	2	135.00	$135.00	$790	—
698	698	3	120.00	$120.00	$838	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–545	530	28	142.00–157.00	$151.40	$802	+5.12
550–580	573	11	147.00–161.00	$153.62	$880	+4.28
620–645	637	11	137.00–146.00	$141.90	$904	+2.58
652–687	670	21	137.00–140.00	$138.79	$930	+3.79
700–725	711	11	120.00–135.00	$124.03	$882	-10.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–353	351	5	170.00–185.00	$178.97	$628	—
460–470	463	5	148.00–160.00	$156.57	$725	+6.57
509–520	511	18	155.00–162.50	$159.15	$813	+0.37
555	555	6	160.00	$160.00	$888	+12.89
610	610	3	160.00	$160.00	$976	+14.00
657–698	672	18	140.00–155.00	$146.14	$982	—
700–740	720	6	137.00–139.00	$138.03	$994	+0.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409–425	414	14	150.00–160.00	$157.06	$650	—
510–546	522	12	145.00–147.00	$145.70	$761	—
557–587	569	18	135.00–150.00	$142.89	$813	-4.22

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	6	142.00	$142.00	$506	—
493–495	494	11	140.00	$140.00	$692	—
599	599	5	135.00	$135.00	$809	+5.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1590	1217	80-85%	20	55.00–65.00	$60.02	$730	—
905–2035	1232	80-85%	74	73.00–84.00	$76.10	$938	—
970–1635	1266	80-85%	125	63.00–75.00	$69.42	$879	-8.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
768–1010	877	85-90%	11	35.00–43.00	$41.35	$363	—
575–1342	964	85-90%	52	36.00–55.00	$49.76	$480	—
830–1240	1065	85-90%	35	62.00–73.00	$66.98	$713	+7.38
795–1483	1102	85-90%	113	48.00–64.50	$58.38	$643	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1341	1341	75-80%	5	64.00	$64.00	$858	—
1070–1620	1384	75-80%	80	62.00–76.00	$72.16	$999	+1.80
1265–1815	1463	75-80%	85	74.00–84.50	$77.15	$1,129	+0.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1900	1445	9	67.50–89.00	$80.09	$1,157	—
1200–2250	1755	35	84.00–98.00	$92.93	$1,631	—
1500–2205	1824	16	99.00–109.00	$104.60	$1,908	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
857–997	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	91.00–105.00	$99.90	$940

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
808–1070	924	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	74.00–93.00	$86.99	$804
946	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	111.50	$111.50	$1,055

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1165	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	610.00–975.00	$824.06
1020–1365	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	600.00–935.00	$839.87
878–1590	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	950.00–1,300.00	$1,082.67

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1450	1428	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,362.84

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–960	863	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–975.00	$903.09

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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	3	1,385.00–1,450.00	$1,406.67	—
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1318	1318	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
1045–1511	1334	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	985.00–1,285.00	$1,101.79	—
1396	1396	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
1404–1481	1459	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,275.00–1,335.00	$1,292.14	-25.36
1430–1575	1471	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,096.43	-221.07

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–850	817	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,225.00	$1,070.00	—

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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.