Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

7,516 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $154.21/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,113/hd at 722 lb · 202 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.77/cwt -6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 620 lb · 194 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.09/cwt +0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,267/hd at 833 lb · 179 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,516	6,804	9,173
Feeder cattle	6,039	5,431	7,588
Slaughter cattle	1,257	1,066	1,077
Replacement cattle	220	307	508

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower, except some yearling steers early week spots 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–335	322	10	182.50–190.00	$188.44	$607	—
355–390	379	21	151.00–190.00	$180.28	$683	+10.58
400–448	433	77	145.00–173.00	$167.98	$727	+8.50
452–495	475	81	135.00–174.00	$167.20	$794	-0.87
497 unweaned	497	5	140.00	$140.00	$696	—
502–549	523	132	139.00–168.00	$161.64	$845	-0.33
551–598	567	163	134.00–167.00	$162.42	$921	+5.41
601–645	624	127	130.00–160.50	$153.72	$959	+1.97
650–699	680	168	130.00–158.00	$153.11	$1,041	+2.54
706–745	718	38	129.00–145.00	$139.14	$999	-5.04
773–797	785	34	143.00–146.00	$145.56	$1,143	+3.56
802–820	806	5	139.00–142.00	$141.39	$1,140	+1.63
863–887	868	23	135.00–145.50	$143.31	$1,244	+2.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	5	200.00–205.00	$202.97	$656	+2.55
356–360	357	5	194.00–195.00	$194.80	$695	-4.37
402–429	421	29	169.00–182.00	$174.89	$736	-1.06
454–497	472	16	157.00–175.00	$168.40	$795	-10.15
505–515	508	13	154.50–156.00	$155.69	$791	-12.32
539 unweaned	539	6	145.00	$145.00	$782	—
558 unweaned	558	5	145.00	$145.00	$809	—
562–585	571	9	150.00–153.50	$151.91	$867	-1.49
610–644	622	47	145.00–167.00	$155.98	$970	-7.56
652–663	659	31	161.00–165.00	$163.72	$1,079	+9.79
702–747	722	202	142.50–163.00	$154.21	$1,113	+3.44
750–794	776	111	139.50–153.50	$151.74	$1,178	+2.34
804–847	833	179	135.00–154.00	$152.09	$1,267	+0.96
853	853	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,280	+2.00
915–934	919	52	143.00–147.50	$146.53	$1,347	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	320	7	175.00–180.00	$177.21	$567	—
372–398	387	44	133.00–180.00	$169.75	$657	-5.03
412–448	433	41	155.00–162.50	$160.02	$693	+5.33
455–497	476	70	110.00–160.00	$156.07	$743	-3.93
505–548	536	42	125.00–154.00	$149.19	$800	-1.71
550–596	564	128	146.00–156.00	$152.32	$859	+3.32
602–648	628	77	140.00–147.50	$143.55	$901	+1.97
657–698	678	47	140.00–148.00	$143.40	$972	-3.16
702–737	723	13	132.00–137.00	$133.01	$962	+0.56
762–780	770	7	134.00–137.00	$135.86	$1,046	+3.19

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	5	167.50	$167.50	$561	+7.50
358–390	368	17	155.00–167.50	$163.59	$602	+3.59
405–441	422	24	145.00–152.50	$150.74	$636	+2.08
458–497	475	60	142.00–154.00	$150.12	$713	+0.90
508–546	532	28	140.00–145.00	$141.69	$754	-0.77
550–591	567	87	136.00–145.00	$141.07	$800	+1.04
601–632	619	19	131.00–145.00	$134.06	$830	-2.29
1054	1054	7	105.00	$105.00	$1,107	-12.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392–397	395	11	150.00	$150.00	$592	—
428–447	433	10	140.00–142.00	$141.20	$611	—
455–498	476	28	130.00–142.00	$135.16	$643	-4.84
561–581	579	24	128.00–131.00	$130.64	$756	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
761	761	37	154.50	$154.50	$1,176	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	6	139.00	$139.00	$744	—
845	845	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,149	—
1000	1000	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,260	+5.38
1085	1085	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,237	-7.48

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	129.50	$129.50	$809	—
803	803	6	126.00	$126.00	$1,012	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–343	325	25	138.00–155.00	$147.77	$480	+0.74
361–399	390	43	140.00–152.00	$150.91	$589	+1.13
402–446	418	125	127.00–148.00	$140.22	$586	+4.44
452–495	472	102	125.00–147.00	$140.26	$662	-3.29
503–549	527	170	125.00–143.00	$138.73	$731	-1.25
551–595	577	152	125.00–143.50	$137.83	$795	-2.29
600–645	626	139	125.00–141.00	$137.41	$860	-0.61
655–691	684	127	119.50–141.00	$138.17	$945	+0.80
704–745	726	22	127.00–135.00	$133.01	$966	-2.26
752–785	765	8	127.00–136.00	$132.73	$1,015	-2.03
805–835	813	6	112.00–120.50	$118.67	$965	-13.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–398	390	5	146.00–159.00	$153.70	$599	-10.47
413–420	419	24	149.00–150.00	$149.79	$628	-1.50
458–495	474	65	139.00–152.00	$146.16	$693	-1.48
502–548	522	87	136.00–148.00	$145.11	$757	+0.82
551–597	578	80	136.00–147.00	$143.80	$831	-2.47
602–648	620	194	133.00–150.00	$142.77	$885	-4.66
653–685	668	82	130.50–154.00	$144.83	$967	+6.87
701–744	725	89	130.00–144.00	$139.36	$1,010	+0.33
769–799	791	33	140.00–141.00	$140.60	$1,112	—
803–845	826	164	123.00–143.50	$137.37	$1,135	—
865–897	885	8	120.00–129.00	$125.86	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	8	145.00	$145.00	$429	—
311–346	336	41	110.00–145.00	$142.27	$478	+5.49
352–398	377	28	120.00–147.00	$140.18	$528	+2.64
403–447	434	44	131.00–138.00	$135.69	$589	+1.77
459–498	483	161	100.00–138.00	$132.90	$642	-1.92
500–548	523	76	122.00–133.00	$129.79	$679	+1.35
550–597	563	76	125.00–133.00	$129.38	$728	-0.55
600–645	626	71	105.50–131.00	$128.08	$802	+1.05
651–696	679	21	125.00–128.00	$127.15	$863	-4.99
702–717	712	10	121.00–126.00	$124.20	$884	-1.84
815	815	10	118.00	$118.00	$962	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	7	130.00	$130.00	$745	—
716–733	731	39	137.00–144.00	$143.30	$1,048	—
783	783	33	144.00	$144.00	$1,128	—
960	960	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,286	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–330	328	9	135.00–137.00	$136.55	$448	—
415–435	434	17	127.00–128.00	$127.94	$555	—
450–497	469	5	122.50–125.00	$123.56	$579	-2.80
593–597	595	5	120.00–122.00	$120.80	$719	—
768	768	8	107.50	$107.50	$826	—
851	851	17	100.00	$100.00	$851	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	130.00	$130.00	$620	—
660	660	3	120.00	$120.00	$792	—
717	717	5	126.50	$126.50	$907	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393–395	394	11	125.00	$125.00	$492	+2.64

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
530	530	2	111.00	$111.00	$588	-4.00
638	638	2	119.00	$119.00	$759	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–390	357	30	140.00–150.00	$141.46	$505	—
425–436	428	25	131.00–135.00	$133.86	$573	-4.40
484	484	30	140.00	$140.00	$678	—
538–549	547	16	131.00–137.00	$132.11	$723	—
565–582	570	30	122.00–130.00	$127.96	$729	-0.67
616	616	8	122.00	$122.00	$752	—
942	942	15	80.00	$80.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–392	378	11	144.00–159.00	$149.14	$564	+1.25
465–485	475	4	130.00–135.00	$133.78	$635	-10.44
520–547	528	11	125.00–130.00	$127.22	$672	-14.23
554–590	567	18	125.00–134.00	$127.53	$723	-5.55
610–647	630	24	120.00–131.00	$126.23	$795	-0.19
668	668	3	120.00	$120.00	$802	-10.98
703	703	2	124.00	$124.00	$872	-1.00
750–790	763	9	115.00–126.00	$119.14	$909	-5.39
800–825	817	3	115.00–119.00	$117.69	$962	+1.12
923	923	2	100.00	$100.00	$923	-12.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	5	130.00	$130.00	$428	—
357–390	374	10	125.00–180.00	$156.47	$585	—
463	463	3	125.00	$125.00	$579	-31.43
500–527	513	19	120.00–150.00	$139.43	$715	—
550–565	558	14	105.00–149.00	$120.91	$675	—
600–626	609	11	132.00–135.00	$133.88	$815	-5.90
665	665	11	140.00	$140.00	$931	—
925–930	928	2	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$849	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	9	157.00–157.50	$157.33	$618	+7.33
468	468	4	152.00	$152.00	$711	+1.72
508–538	518	21	132.00–142.00	$138.90	$720	-1.73
568–587	578	9	135.00–140.00	$137.02	$792	-3.15
624	624	5	127.00	$127.00	$792	-6.74
663–670	667	8	122.00–125.00	$123.12	$821	+0.12
702–718	706	17	115.00–117.50	$115.92	$818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414–445	420	5	153.00–162.00	$160.09	$672	+2.09
463	463	5	155.00	$155.00	$718	-2.50
623	623	3	134.00	$134.00	$835	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603–1270	878	85-90%	211	24.00–42.50	$36.17	$318	-1.11
822–1235	976	85-90%	15	56.00–65.00	$60.05	$586	—
720–1610	1058	85-90%	117	35.00–51.00	$47.21	$499	—
765–1465	1143	85-90%	192	46.00–59.00	$53.42	$611	-8.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1583	1247	80-85%	117	52.00–60.00	$56.09	$699	-1.99
1000–1423	1255	80-85%	15	68.00–75.00	$70.64	$887	+6.31
1050–1690	1269	80-85%	106	56.50–67.00	$61.82	$784	-2.51

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1550	1391	75-80%	45	57.00–63.00	$60.58	$843	-0.67
1325–1805	1450	75-80%	78	62.00–72.00	$66.56	$965	—
1340–1920	1643	75-80%	20	72.00–79.00	$74.93	$1,231	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1860	1462	22	69.00–84.00	$77.33	$1,131	—
1325–2250	1683	68	82.00–96.50	$88.44	$1,488	—
1630–2185	1892	17	95.00–109.00	$100.39	$1,899	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–970	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	75.00–87.00	$82.80	$766
700–1100	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	71.00–111.00	$89.01	$827

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
903–1370	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	750.00–1,000.00	$881.96
900–1740	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	800.00–1,225.00	$954.49
1080–1495	1289	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	750.00–1,135.00	$877.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1015	1008	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	660.00–675.00	$667.44
935–1145	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	625.00–775.00	$726.57

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
602–738	656	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	250.00–325.00	$291.27
715	715	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	285.00	$285.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1451–1470	1456	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00–975.00	$900.24

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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
990–1200	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	880.00–1,200.00	$986.67	-93.33
980–1200	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,050.00–1,260.00	$1,155.79	—
1171–1360	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	975.00–1,175.00	$1,135.00	—

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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.