Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

6,804 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.66/cwt +9.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,097/hd at 632 lb · 193 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.37/cwt -2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 674 lb · 181 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $151.13/cwt -0.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,238/hd at 819 lb · 167 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,804	9,137	9,405
Feeder cattle	5,431	7,304	7,013
Slaughter cattle	1,066	1,057	1,031
Replacement cattle	307	776	1,361

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 lower, spots 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	5	215.00	$215.00	$587	+6.00
300–344	319	24	188.00–220.00	$200.42	$639	+5.05
355–359	358	6	195.00–200.00	$199.17	$713	+10.17
400–431	421	55	175.00–180.00	$175.95	$741	-2.90
467–491	473	16	163.00–184.00	$178.55	$845	+11.61
505–545	519	82	158.00–174.00	$168.01	$872	+3.96
536 thin fleshed	536	69	186.00	$186.00	$997	—
557–583	564	17	151.50–158.00	$153.40	$865	-14.43
602–645	627	106	146.00–165.00	$163.54	$1,025	-0.26
637 thin fleshed	637	87	186.00	$186.00	$1,185	—
655–685	664	41	146.50–161.00	$153.93	$1,022	+6.68
705–741	721	67	144.50–154.00	$150.77	$1,087	-1.96
751–788	771	42	140.00–155.00	$149.40	$1,152	-3.47
804–836	819	167	142.00–152.25	$151.13	$1,238	-0.57
856–888	886	63	146.00–148.10	$148.00	$1,311	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–392	379	19	130.00–190.00	$169.70	$643	-11.84
402–430	413	20	142.00–172.00	$159.48	$659	-11.41
461–498	475	47	145.00–172.00	$168.07	$798	+0.16
508–538	522	55	146.00–167.00	$161.97	$845	-0.28
550–597	574	133	143.00–164.00	$157.01	$901	-1.83
600–647	618	96	140.00–159.00	$151.75	$938	-3.53
654–698	680	122	130.00–157.00	$150.57	$1,024	-5.96
705–747	728	30	134.00–149.00	$144.18	$1,050	+0.39
750–797	770	44	123.00–147.00	$142.00	$1,093	-3.68
801–845	818	84	133.50–143.00	$139.76	$1,143	-8.41
855–865	857	14	137.00–144.00	$140.64	$1,205	-4.21
905–940	917	3	125.00–129.00	$126.37	$1,159	-7.13
1005	1005	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	7	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
350–394	387	35	170.00–177.00	$174.78	$676	+3.61
415–445	434	21	120.00–162.00	$154.69	$671	-1.69
455–497	478	24	155.00–163.00	$160.00	$765	+0.57
500–548	534	84	147.00–155.00	$150.90	$806	-1.43
560–598	579	128	125.00–155.00	$149.00	$863	-2.48
605–645	626	46	120.00–149.00	$141.58	$886	-6.65
654–696	676	49	140.00–148.00	$146.56	$991	+1.26
720–745	730	5	130.00–136.00	$132.45	$967	—
752–790	762	14	129.00–137.00	$132.67	$1,011	—
927	927	5	121.00	$121.00	$1,122	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	8	160.00	$160.00	$509	—
353–375	364	8	160.00	$160.00	$582	-5.97
403–449	428	71	145.00–152.00	$148.66	$636	—
455–491	484	27	147.00–150.00	$149.22	$722	-2.26
514–543	525	18	137.00–145.00	$142.46	$748	+0.38
553–595	580	28	137.00–145.00	$140.03	$812	-5.87
607–642	632	15	135.00–137.00	$136.35	$862	+0.76
1070	1070	11	117.00	$117.00	$1,252	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	5	155.00	$155.00	$555	±0.00
496	496	5	140.00	$140.00	$694	—
529	529	5	133.00	$133.00	$704	+2.00
611	611	6	125.00	$125.00	$764	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
883	883	6	116.50	$116.50	$1,029	—
925–945	935	2	122.00–124.00	$123.01	$1,150	—
1000–1040	1027	3	119.00–124.00	$120.62	$1,239	—
1060–1090	1075	2	120.00–123.00	$121.48	$1,306	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,171	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657	657	7	117.00	$117.00	$769	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–335	324	20	130.00–155.00	$147.03	$476	-10.52
355–390	376	23	130.00–157.00	$149.78	$563	-1.10
408–445	424	35	120.00–145.00	$135.78	$576	-7.72
450–495	476	85	125.00–148.00	$143.55	$683	-0.16
500–547	523	149	130.00–144.00	$139.98	$732	-1.57
550–595	573	158	125.00–147.00	$140.12	$803	-0.88
600–648	626	92	126.00–143.00	$138.02	$864	-2.58
650–695	674	181	125.00–143.00	$137.37	$926	-2.35
702–747	726	107	119.00–142.00	$135.27	$982	-0.82
753–785	761	49	121.00–138.75	$134.76	$1,026	-0.77
805–847	836	140	123.00–132.60	$132.43	$1,107	+0.25
857–883	864	24	120.00–132.50	$130.90	$1,131	-3.60
932–949	944	7	116.00–121.00	$119.59	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–281	274	9	160.00	$160.00	$438	—
320	320	2	150.00	$150.00	$480	-14.00
365–390	384	28	143.00–167.00	$164.17	$630	+2.02
402–445	426	29	150.00–154.00	$151.29	$644	-3.81
450–498	478	41	141.00–152.00	$147.64	$706	-3.66
512–536	524	15	138.00–147.00	$144.29	$756	-10.37
550–597	584	101	138.00–151.50	$146.27	$854	-3.05
604–645	626	77	134.00–150.00	$147.43	$923	-5.10
641 fancy	641	51	151.50	$151.50	$971	—
650–693	675	28	131.00–139.50	$137.96	$931	-11.45
709–747	725	40	136.50–141.00	$139.03	$1,008	-4.75
750–766	754	20	130.50–135.00	$132.13	$996	-10.97
910–911	910	11	129.00–131.00	$129.91	$1,182	-3.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	341	19	100.00–145.00	$136.78	$466	—
355–382	372	16	110.00–143.00	$137.54	$512	-6.70
401–449	421	78	110.00–138.00	$133.92	$564	-0.92
450–498	481	96	130.00–139.00	$134.82	$648	-0.21
504–549	533	37	110.00–134.00	$128.44	$685	-2.45
550–598	569	83	125.00–134.00	$129.93	$739	+0.42
603–646	621	28	122.00–130.00	$127.03	$789	-3.45
665–692	682	41	129.00–133.00	$132.14	$901	+3.65
700–730	715	20	122.00–129.00	$126.04	$901	—
755–783	773	5	122.00–127.00	$126.02	$974	+4.61

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	13	132.50	$132.50	$387	—
460–492	472	19	122.00–129.00	$126.36	$596	—
522–525	525	22	122.00–124.00	$123.82	$650	—
622–635	624	14	120.00–123.00	$122.35	$763	—
679	679	5	123.00	$123.00	$835	+1.92
749	749	11	118.00	$118.00	$884	—
805	805	5	100.00	$100.00	$805	+8.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–381	372	20	120.00–124.00	$122.36	$455	—
536	536	11	110.00	$110.00	$590	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	9	137.00	$137.00	$706	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–435	432	4	110.00–120.00	$114.96	$497	-14.68
546	546	2	115.00	$115.00	$628	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	9	165.00	$165.00	$531	—
367	367	7	150.00	$150.00	$550	—
416–425	419	11	152.00	$152.00	$637	—
460–494	480	10	147.50–152.00	$150.28	$721	+0.48
523–541	533	34	137.00–145.00	$140.63	$750	-2.13
550–575	561	29	137.00–143.00	$140.17	$786	-1.42
601–637	612	14	125.00–137.00	$133.74	$818	+3.74
688	688	5	123.00	$123.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	365	3	144.00–150.00	$147.89	$540	-23.29
402–430	409	4	130.00–146.00	$134.21	$549	-13.77
460–498	481	11	139.00–147.00	$144.22	$694	-2.04
536–545	539	8	130.00–148.00	$141.45	$762	+5.23
574–585	575	9	120.00–136.00	$133.08	$765	-13.59
610–620	615	7	125.00–135.00	$126.42	$777	-6.99
650–680	660	6	129.00–134.00	$130.98	$864	-2.73
730	730	5	125.00	$125.00	$912	—
765–785	780	4	120.00–126.00	$124.53	$971	-4.33
819–836	823	9	115.00–119.00	$116.57	$959	-7.43
875	875	4	110.00	$110.00	$962	—
910–931	928	6	111.50–120.00	$112.89	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	7	162.00	$162.00	$687	+7.00
460–464	463	13	120.00–163.00	$156.43	$724	—
605–608	607	9	139.00–140.00	$139.78	$848	+7.22
715–730	718	26	105.00–126.00	$121.17	$870	—
775	775	2	105.00	$105.00	$814	—
845	845	5	116.00	$116.00	$980	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–445	427	6	135.00–140.00	$138.26	$590	+2.26
510	510	6	135.00	$135.00	$688	+5.54
561–585	567	28	127.00–132.50	$128.63	$729	-6.61

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–427	424	13	123.00	$123.00	$522	—
473	473	13	132.00	$132.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	158.00	$158.00	$708	-2.00
450	450	2	157.50	$157.50	$709	+1.98
500–510	506	7	154.00–158.00	$156.00	$789	+13.14
680–688	687	7	136.00–140.50	$139.86	$961	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513–1120	853	85-90%	48	25.00–44.00	$37.28	$318	—
798–1390	1031	85-90%	92	35.00–53.00	$47.03	$485	—
740–1515	1106	85-90%	210	48.00–62.00	$55.43	$613	-0.47
770–1615	1143	85-90%	26	59.00–71.00	$62.16	$710	+6.26

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1685	1220	80-85%	78	54.00–63.50	$58.08	$709	-8.49
985–1870	1264	80-85%	127	58.00–70.00	$64.33	$813	-9.14
920–1585	1318	80-85%	25	69.00–78.50	$71.77	$946	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1565	1387	75-80%	20	57.00–64.00	$61.25	$850	-1.29
1240–1825	1411	75-80%	87	62.50–73.00	$68.36	$965	+0.17
1410–1920	1576	75-80%	40	71.50–81.50	$75.86	$1,196	-0.37

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1735	1315	14	74.00–87.50	$81.22	$1,068	—
1125–2215	1757	64	83.00–97.50	$90.33	$1,587	-2.43
1765–2245	1974	8	95.00–100.00	$98.22	$1,939	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
574–744	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	157	65.00–78.00	$73.43	$496

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–720	683	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	69.00–85.00	$78.56	$537
915–1260	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	71.00–110.00	$88.69	$895

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1850	1304	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	810.00–1,300.00	$1,002.62
1290–1500	1411	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	825.00–1,100.00	$946.29

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–790	763	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	650.00–900.00	$794.01

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1100	961	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	700.00–900.00	$844.67

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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
900–1210	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,080.00	-223.57

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	412	6	109.00–110.00	$109.66	$452	—
455	455	2	103.00	$103.00	$469	—
508–530	518	8	75.00–103.00	$91.92	$476	-11.08
560–595	571	8	75.00–105.00	$96.61	$552	+6.61
613–615	614	11	95.00–110.00	$105.92	$650	—
680–699	691	14	85.00–93.50	$89.61	$619	-13.39
710–734	724	18	75.00–98.00	$82.48	$597	-20.52
772	772	5	100.00	$100.00	$772	—
809–826	819	17	87.50–100.00	$94.92	$777	—
866	866	12	86.00	$86.00	$745	-16.96
915–924	922	38	96.00–100.00	$97.05	$895	—
975–985	978	7	70.00–96.00	$88.52	$866	—

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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.