Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

7,061 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $160.47/cwt +2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,157/hd at 721 lb · 431 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.33/cwt +2.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 683 lb · 388 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.48/cwt +2.18 vs last sale · ≈ $956/hd at 623 lb · 305 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,061	6,236	7,963
Feeder cattle	5,726	5,410	6,840
Slaughter cattle	860	708	708
Replacement cattle	475	118	415

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, spots 6.00 higher on steer calves late week. Slaughter cows early week steady to firm, late week cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	324	12	200.00–215.00	$207.07	$671	+1.29
358–397	374	30	187.00–213.00	$202.19	$756	+2.84
400–436	423	15	177.50–195.00	$182.96	$774	-2.87
465–496	479	108	171.00–185.00	$179.05	$858	-2.01
500–546	523	144	165.00–182.00	$175.20	$916	+1.65
550–596	580	155	160.50–186.00	$172.81	$1,002	+3.72
605–647	626	85	159.00–174.00	$167.33	$1,047	+0.53
650–698	664	131	154.50–171.00	$165.19	$1,097	-2.51
700–749	721	431	150.00–166.50	$160.47	$1,157	+2.53
759–776	768	31	142.00–158.50	$150.25	$1,154	-3.92
800–846	818	115	148.00–159.00	$155.60	$1,273	+1.32
855–880	871	86	150.00–151.50	$151.25	$1,317	-2.30
900	900	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,305	-0.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–333	325	14	171.00–193.00	$185.93	$604	—
350–398	378	42	166.00–190.00	$183.52	$694	-0.92
400–445	430	42	164.50–175.00	$170.62	$734	+0.38
452–497	469	95	150.00–175.00	$168.23	$789	-2.79
505–547	528	107	145.00–167.50	$161.29	$852	+1.53
551–599	586	149	146.00–169.00	$161.95	$949	+0.12
600–640	624	101	149.00–164.00	$158.89	$991	+0.34
650–695	681	132	140.00–163.00	$158.79	$1,081	+0.91
701–747	732	111	143.00–152.00	$149.16	$1,092	+3.97
764–787	775	12	142.00–151.00	$145.65	$1,129	-2.67
801–822	803	45	140.00–147.75	$147.10	$1,181	—
850–887	868	58	140.00–147.00	$143.85	$1,249	+0.11
900–940	937	34	133.00–141.00	$140.38	$1,315	—
960–982	978	5	130.00–143.00	$132.55	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–393	377	18	160.00–175.00	$170.25	$642	+4.17
411–440	424	34	140.00–165.00	$156.19	$662	-3.81
456–495	480	48	138.00–164.00	$158.60	$761	-1.64
513–541	529	33	150.00–155.00	$152.24	$805	+2.35
550–595	563	32	150.00–155.00	$153.50	$864	+4.40
604–646	625	32	133.00–151.00	$146.09	$913	-2.59
665–691	683	15	142.00–148.00	$145.02	$990	-1.54
730–748	745	6	135.00–140.00	$135.82	$1,012	+5.82
800–840	816	27	130.00–134.00	$132.42	$1,081	—
898	898	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,221	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–431	431	10	150.00–151.00	$150.60	$649	+1.93
471–499	485	14	150.00–153.00	$152.07	$738	+2.83
555–597	573	25	140.00–143.00	$141.58	$811	+6.58

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	13	160.00	$160.00	$907	—
683	683	14	160.00	$160.00	$1,093	—
727	727	6	162.00	$162.00	$1,178	—
821	821	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,240	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	16	133.00	$133.00	$677	—
610–614	613	16	124.00–132.00	$125.49	$769	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	10	175.00	$175.00	$537	-5.40
385–395	389	5	161.00–171.00	$166.94	$649	-1.81
405–445	428	74	154.00–167.00	$160.31	$686	-0.87
454–496	482	125	154.00–169.00	$159.34	$768	-0.65
500–549	519	296	148.00–165.50	$157.48	$817	+3.29
550–597	582	226	148.00–164.00	$156.73	$912	+3.09
600–646	622	292	141.00–161.00	$153.53	$955	+2.23
639 fancy	639	13	152.25	$152.25	$973	—
653–691	683	388	140.00–158.25	$154.33	$1,054	+2.58
701–743	714	190	135.00–153.50	$151.68	$1,083	+10.00
753–798	784	75	132.00–147.00	$142.77	$1,119	+5.16
820–844	834	27	138.00–142.00	$139.16	$1,161	-2.62
860–887	877	27	140.00–143.00	$141.82	$1,244	+10.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	6	160.00	$160.00	$459	-5.29
303–345	329	22	150.00–164.00	$157.94	$520	—
350–398	380	66	149.00–165.00	$159.92	$608	+3.95
400–445	421	68	140.00–154.00	$146.42	$616	+1.26
450–495	475	91	140.00–156.00	$146.70	$697	+1.72
500–548	520	50	139.00–148.00	$144.26	$750	+0.97
550–599	579	80	135.00–146.00	$141.53	$819	+0.08
600–640	623	55	135.00–145.00	$139.08	$866	+3.26
650–697	675	34	127.00–142.00	$137.14	$926	-2.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	331	5	140.00–145.00	$141.80	$469	+1.80
357–395	364	14	140.00–145.00	$141.10	$514	-0.47
435	435	3	130.00	$130.00	$566	-4.53
452–497	479	17	132.50–137.50	$135.69	$650	+3.09
502–545	518	19	120.00–130.00	$127.37	$660	—
550–556	555	6	127.00–133.00	$132.01	$733	+1.60
702–745	710	10	121.00–127.00	$123.52	$877	—
1029	1029	13	101.00	$101.00	$1,039	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	12	137.00	$137.00	$448	—
405–436	417	10	110.00–122.00	$116.99	$488	-3.01
693	693	12	118.00	$118.00	$818	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
679	679	6	140.00	$140.00	$951	—
735	735	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,051	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	410	9	157.00–182.00	$168.80	$692	—
463–490	479	18	140.00–150.00	$147.29	$706	+12.29
504–545	509	10	142.00–148.50	$146.44	$745	-5.46
550–590	572	14	140.00–159.00	$152.57	$873	+12.57
615–631	626	16	136.00–146.00	$143.43	$898	+2.44
725–740	730	3	130.00–144.00	$139.27	$1,017	—
855	855	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–340	333	5	186.00–195.00	$191.53	$638	—
411–420	414	6	187.00–189.00	$188.32	$780	+12.91
458–468	461	6	166.00–168.00	$167.32	$771	+7.73
510–545	532	9	150.00–155.00	$152.86	$813	-1.56
566–570	567	8	152.00	$152.00	$862	+3.66
602–625	611	12	146.00–160.00	$150.87	$922	+7.98
660–680	672	6	142.00–147.00	$143.32	$963	-2.23
705–728	719	5	149.00–150.00	$149.39	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	8	160.00	$160.00	$666	±0.00
556–557	556	7	147.00–150.00	$149.14	$829	+5.95

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
681	681	5	128.00	$128.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1510–1610	1573	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–3,000.00	$2,444.70	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1014–1450	1214	80-85%	41	71.00–78.00	$72.45	$880	+5.41
1005–1750	1223	80-85%	54	57.00–63.00	$60.63	$742	-6.41
900–1813	1250	80-85%	167	63.00–70.50	$66.72	$834	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653–1437	899	85-90%	19	32.50–45.00	$37.71	$339	—
795–1405	1011	85-90%	59	42.50–60.00	$52.30	$529	—
807–1505	1104	85-90%	135	50.50–65.50	$60.13	$664	—
875–1410	1117	85-90%	29	60.00–72.50	$66.85	$747	+2.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1555	1417	75-80%	38	64.00–69.50	$67.06	$950	-3.34
1165–1760	1486	75-80%	45	64.00–76.50	$71.43	$1,061	—
1340–1795	1610	75-80%	22	74.00–81.00	$78.73	$1,268	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–2145	1527	28	72.50–89.00	$83.20	$1,270	—
1150–2335	1670	45	84.50–98.00	$92.91	$1,552	-0.51
1830–2095	1915	7	98.50–100.00	$99.26	$1,901	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
787–1091	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	75.00–110.00	$90.40	$852

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715	715	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	80.00	$80.00	$572

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1290	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	36	700.00–950.00	$809.05
720–1290	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	810.00–875.00	$856.12
940–1390	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	144	750.00–1,300.00	$1,057.85
1217–1270	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,235.00–1,650.00	$1,479.74
1155–1455	1256	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	975.00–1,350.00	$1,075.47
925–1440	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	800.00–1,025.00	$913.39

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–790	772	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430–1510	1483	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	860.00–1,150.00	$1,054.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
827	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00

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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
900–1190	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,275.00–1,500.00	$1,425.00	—
1010–1160	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,433.33	—
940–1290	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,296.43	—
1020–1290	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,142.50	+117.50
1200 fancy	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
720–780	751	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,296.77	—
760–790	773	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,275.00–1,700.00	$1,477.78	—

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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.