Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

6,236 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.75/cwt +2.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 674 lb · 295 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $154.28/cwt +0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,284/hd at 832 lb · 293 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.94/cwt +0.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,140/hd at 722 lb · 241 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,236	8,500	7,942
Feeder cattle	5,410	5,730	6,937
Slaughter cattle	708	1,091	627
Replacement cattle	118	1,679	378

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows early week 2.00 to 6.00 lower, late week steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower early week, steady to 2.00 higher late week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	21	220.00	$220.00	$651	—
312–348	330	30	200.00–212.00	$205.78	$679	+0.78
361–380 fancy	369	7	215.00	$215.00	$793	—
350–394	382	33	193.00–212.50	$199.35	$762	—
402–440	428	80	177.00–190.00	$185.83	$795	+6.75
455–492	479	92	166.00–187.50	$181.06	$867	-2.83
500–548	521	87	161.00–180.00	$173.55	$904	-2.52
553–599	572	191	160.00–177.00	$169.09	$967	-4.29
602–648	630	184	160.50–173.00	$166.80	$1,051	-1.29
654–687	670	144	164.00–170.00	$167.70	$1,124	+2.08
687 fancy	687	8	166.00	$166.00	$1,140	—
704–740	722	241	150.00–165.00	$157.94	$1,140	+0.73
754–791	779	76	145.00–157.00	$154.17	$1,201	-1.36
805–848	832	293	147.00–161.00	$154.28	$1,284	+0.75
856–891	874	124	151.25–155.75	$153.55	$1,342	+4.72
908–923	911	21	136.00–148.00	$145.35	$1,324	-2.31
1040	1040	9	137.00	$137.00	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	380	12	176.00–190.00	$184.44	$701	+6.96
409–445	420	52	149.00–175.00	$170.24	$715	+6.74
450–498	481	74	159.00–175.00	$171.02	$823	+2.34
500–544	523	61	140.00–168.00	$159.76	$836	-1.84
553–597	581	127	140.00–167.00	$161.83	$940	-1.05
600–644	630	101	152.00–161.00	$158.55	$999	-2.72
657–696	681	68	152.00–162.00	$157.88	$1,075	-0.84
710–733	723	27	140.00–151.00	$145.19	$1,050	-2.50
752–767	762	104	145.00–151.50	$148.32	$1,130	+1.91
871–886	880	19	137.00–145.00	$143.74	$1,265	-0.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	384	12	165.00–167.50	$166.08	$638	+1.08
446	446	13	160.00	$160.00	$714	+0.67
468–498	487	27	155.00–163.00	$160.24	$780	-0.43
508–547	527	17	147.00–152.00	$149.89	$790	-1.61
550–596	575	27	135.00–154.00	$149.10	$857	-2.14
623–645	633	15	145.00–150.00	$148.68	$941	+3.65
660–678	675	23	142.00–148.00	$146.56	$989	-0.30
743	743	4	130.00	$130.00	$966	—
977	977	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,202	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	16	154.00	$154.00	$561	—
431–447	436	19	147.00–152.00	$148.67	$648	+5.44
490–497	492	8	147.00–150.00	$149.24	$734	+7.95
544–548	545	9	127.00–135.00	$129.68	$707	-11.06
591	591	5	135.00	$135.00	$798	-2.72
605–625	620	8	132.00–135.00	$132.73	$823	—
686	686	15	134.00	$134.00	$919	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	8	180.00	$180.00	$835	—
998	998	24	142.00	$142.00	$1,417	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	5	135.00	$135.00	$657	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–319	318	17	168.00–182.00	$180.40	$574	+18.40
353–399	373	42	165.50–173.00	$168.75	$629	+5.39
402–443	423	107	154.00–169.00	$161.18	$682	+5.60
453–498	476	115	145.50–167.00	$159.99	$762	+5.22
500–543	522	192	138.50–165.00	$154.19	$805	-1.11
552–599	572	166	147.00–162.00	$153.64	$879	+0.32
600–648	631	204	138.00–158.00	$151.30	$955	+0.66
650–691	674	295	145.00–154.00	$151.75	$1,023	+2.42
700–745	724	27	133.50–149.00	$141.68	$1,026	-0.85
751–795	757	24	135.00–138.00	$137.61	$1,042	-4.05
801–816	805	65	139.00–146.00	$141.78	$1,141	+7.70
850–883	877	10	131.00–134.00	$131.29	$1,151	-1.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–287	284	20	165.00–166.00	$165.29	$469	—
365–387	380	54	150.00–160.00	$155.97	$593	+2.33
402–445	423	45	140.00–152.00	$145.16	$614	+0.80
450–488	474	64	134.00–152.00	$144.98	$687	+0.64
501–548	516	90	135.00–150.00	$143.29	$739	-1.14
551–595	573	67	130.00–146.00	$141.45	$811	-2.99
607–648	632	46	130.00–142.00	$135.82	$858	-5.93
655–692	684	31	130.00–144.00	$139.86	$957	+2.24
700–747	732	27	120.00–133.00	$130.59	$956	+1.89
755–785	776	46	120.00–131.00	$128.09	$994	—
805–830	818	6	120.00–122.00	$121.02	$990	-1.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	323	10	140.00	$140.00	$452	+1.72
370–390	378	5	140.00–148.00	$141.57	$535	-1.58
412–442	429	22	130.00–139.00	$134.53	$577	+0.11
450–496	463	26	125.00–137.00	$132.60	$614	+1.42
557–580	571	5	130.00–132.00	$130.41	$745	—
633	633	9	122.00–126.00	$124.67	$789	-6.12
675–693	688	14	121.00–132.00	$128.30	$883	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	15	131.00	$131.00	$465	—
426–436	431	8	120.00	$120.00	$517	—
459–477	467	9	120.00–122.00	$120.91	$565	-8.09

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	13	170.00	$170.00	$505	—
432	432	15	160.00	$160.00	$691	—
480–492	485	5	142.00–152.00	$146.06	$708	—
514	514	7	150.00	$150.00	$771	—
560–598	585	6	140.00–150.00	$143.19	$838	-7.46
650–662	657	12	137.00–137.50	$137.21	$901	+9.21
820	820	5	118.00	$118.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–438	428	6	172.00–182.00	$175.41	$751	+14.97
451–482	468	24	149.00–164.50	$159.59	$747	+8.59
518–530	523	7	151.00–155.00	$154.42	$808	—
561–580	564	6	148.00–150.00	$148.34	$837	-1.60
605–615	613	9	141.00–146.00	$142.89	$876	-5.11
660–663	661	9	141.00–147.00	$145.55	$962	+6.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–495	479	8	130.00–145.00	$135.00	$647	±0.00
518–531	529	12	135.00–156.00	$151.90	$804	+11.16
573	573	3	140.00	$140.00	$802	-2.49
610–645	623	9	130.00–152.00	$140.99	$878	+0.01
660–673	670	4	137.00–139.00	$137.49	$921	—
773–795	784	4	124.00–131.00	$128.24	$1,005	+1.59
933	933	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,082	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	5	120.00	$120.00	$613	—
558–572	565	10	120.00–134.00	$127.09	$718	—
677	677	6	116.00	$116.00	$785	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	120.00	$120.00	$562	—
588–589	589	11	120.00–126.00	$124.37	$733	—
668–690	674	4	120.00–122.00	$121.49	$819	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	14	142.00	$142.00	$721	+2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1685	1191	80-85%	33	55.00–64.00	$60.22	$717	—
925–1570	1197	80-85%	32	70.00–79.50	$72.97	$873	—
1015–1515	1231	80-85%	123	61.00–71.50	$67.04	$825	+4.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–995	915	85-90%	9	30.00–45.00	$37.76	$346	—
625–1630	968	85-90%	32	40.00–55.00	$50.36	$487	-1.08
693–1455	1077	85-90%	82	47.00–65.00	$57.98	$624	-1.36
855–1495	1145	85-90%	18	60.00–73.00	$64.53	$739	-3.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1550	1403	75-80%	11	67.00–70.00	$68.68	$964	—
1095–1885	1425	75-80%	92	60.00–77.50	$70.40	$1,003	+3.08
1340–2005	1572	75-80%	35	73.50–84.00	$78.84	$1,239	-1.34

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
941–1780	1285	28	62.00–88.00	$76.55	$984	-4.71
1085–2405	1654	42	83.50–102.00	$93.42	$1,545	—
1040–2130	1835	19	99.50–112.00	$104.27	$1,913	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1175	1054	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	71.00–89.00	$78.81	$831

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1290	1102	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	700.00–935.00	$855.09
975–1530	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	800.00–1,385.00	$1,115.92
1095–1443	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	775.00–1,050.00	$972.68

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00
900–1115	974	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–1,000.00	$917.17
920–1240	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	850.00–1,400.00	$1,064.65

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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
998–1565	1087	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	850.00–1,175.00	$1,075.00	—
1008–1360	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,100.00	$1,025.00	—
1355–1410	1369	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,235.00–1,350.00	$1,321.25	+110.89

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	324	11	112.00–114.00	$113.04	$366	—
350–398	381	11	90.00–109.00	$102.65	$391	—
619	619	5	101.00	$101.00	$625	—
815–849	818	70	100.00–107.50	$106.92	$875	—
907–936	911	31	85.00–102.50	$100.18	$913	+30.18
1130	1130	8	99.50	$99.50	$1,124	—

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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.