Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

7,126 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.80/cwt +4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,041/hd at 724 lb · 167 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $153.70/cwt +1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,194/hd at 777 lb · 166 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.94/cwt -3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $933/hd at 622 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,126	7,516	8,020
Feeder cattle	4,477	6,039	6,516
Slaughter cattle	1,440	1,257	1,051
Replacement cattle	1,209	220	453

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, except steers over 600 lbs late week steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 lower with most of the decline 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
407–440	427	14	169.00–182.50	$177.09	$756	+2.20
465 thin fleshed	465	3	179.00	$179.00	$832	—
450–490	471	6	159.00–166.00	$162.17	$764	-6.23
512 unweaned	512	7	162.50	$162.50	$832	+17.50
511–530	518	16	149.00–165.00	$155.66	$806	-0.03
550–592	567	8	147.00–157.00	$155.17	$880	+3.26
622	622	16	170.00	$170.00	$1,057	+14.02
608–647	631	60	140.00–168.00	$156.45	$987	+0.47
659	659	5	132.50	$132.50	$873	-31.22
655–690	666	21	140.00–159.00	$150.86	$1,005	-12.86
700–745	716	79	143.00–157.00	$153.36	$1,098	-0.85
751–795	777	166	139.00–158.00	$153.70	$1,194	+1.96
809–846	823	79	130.00–155.00	$148.04	$1,218	-4.05
867–885	868	63	129.00–147.25	$146.66	$1,273	-3.34
900–940	918	10	125.50–140.00	$134.25	$1,232	-12.28
974–997	979	27	128.50–140.00	$137.40	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	157.00	$157.00	$534	-31.44
355–399	382	23	182.50–191.00	$187.07	$715	+6.79
401–446	421	27	150.00–171.00	$165.63	$697	-2.35
464–498	480	16	138.00–170.00	$153.31	$736	-13.89
501–545	511	76	130.00–160.00	$153.96	$787	-7.68
557–559 unweaned	558	21	110.00–151.00	$139.26	$777	—
553–599	586	54	136.00–161.00	$156.40	$917	-6.02
601–645	622	106	135.00–157.50	$149.94	$933	-3.78
650–696	672	93	130.00–156.00	$149.27	$1,003	-3.84
708–747	732	65	124.00–148.00	$142.85	$1,046	+3.71
757–791	779	25	115.00–146.00	$138.80	$1,081	-6.76
801–840	817	16	111.00–144.00	$130.58	$1,067	-10.81
875	875	7	136.00	$136.00	$1,190	-7.31
907–928	920	5	126.00–136.00	$132.05	$1,215	—
965	965	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,322	—
1012	1012	13	128.50	$128.50	$1,300	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	330	9	110.00–180.00	$156.56	$517	-20.65
360–393	379	60	126.00–180.00	$173.90	$659	+4.15
405–445	425	12	121.00–160.00	$149.87	$637	-10.15
450–497	480	53	110.00–162.50	$157.99	$758	+1.92
500–540	524	53	123.00–150.00	$143.08	$750	-6.11
553–597	573	59	140.00–151.00	$144.02	$825	-8.30
603–647	620	26	118.00–143.00	$135.85	$842	-7.70
669–687	672	32	136.00–144.00	$139.87	$940	-3.53
809–848	821	11	125.00–133.00	$127.71	$1,048	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	372	7	160.00–165.00	$161.52	$601	-2.07
405–440	425	34	145.00–150.00	$148.93	$633	-1.81
450–487	474	36	144.00–152.50	$148.08	$702	-2.04
500–540	522	16	132.00–135.00	$132.98	$694	-8.71
555–570	562	13	135.00–136.00	$135.08	$759	-5.99

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	14	151.00	$151.00	$956	—
915	915	8	143.00	$143.00	$1,308	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438–445	442	13	135.00–140.00	$138.10	$610	-3.10
540	540	5	125.00	$125.00	$675	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	134.00–135.00	$134.51	$430	—
370	370	3	126.00	$126.00	$466	—
460	460	4	100.00	$100.00	$460	—
547	547	3	120.00	$120.00	$656	—
648	648	2	112.00	$112.00	$726	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	139.00	$139.00	$595	—
883–890	885	4	110.00–117.00	$111.76	$989	—
1040	1040	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,206	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	336	13	146.00–152.50	$150.76	$507	—
354–387	358	32	150.00–159.00	$156.12	$559	+2.42
400–447	416	74	140.00–152.00	$146.52	$610	-3.27
444 unweaned	444	4	130.00	$130.00	$577	—
450–485	462	55	134.00–148.00	$145.66	$673	-0.50
525–549	544	60	140.00–147.50	$146.25	$796	+1.14
552–578	567	103	133.50–153.00	$148.94	$844	+5.14
612	612	5	125.00	$125.00	$765	-17.77
610–648	625	74	132.00–152.00	$140.81	$880	-1.96
653–685	670	41	131.50–143.00	$141.73	$950	-3.10
702–743	724	167	134.00–146.50	$143.80	$1,041	+4.44
760–790	785	6	127.00–132.50	$131.61	$1,033	-8.99
806–821	808	87	127.00–135.00	$132.16	$1,068	-5.21
915	915	65	122.00	$122.00	$1,116	—
950	950	7	118.00	$118.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	328	34	135.00–147.50	$141.58	$464	-6.19
355–396	376	13	134.00–147.50	$140.44	$528	-10.47
413–446	433	63	130.00–141.00	$135.67	$587	-4.55
452–498	478	86	123.00–140.00	$133.59	$639	-6.67
500–545	529	80	125.00–138.00	$132.38	$700	-6.35
550–597	572	103	125.00–139.00	$133.12	$761	-4.71
605–640	617	39	121.00–140.00	$130.54	$805	-6.87
650–687	670	36	120.00–141.00	$134.02	$898	-4.15
700–746	731	34	115.00–134.00	$130.54	$954	-2.47
756–799	785	30	110.00–133.00	$126.27	$991	-6.46
809–816	811	16	115.00–118.00	$117.25	$951	-1.42
880–890	885	2	114.00–119.00	$116.49	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	5	130.00	$130.00	$382	-15.00
307–345	320	20	120.00–135.00	$130.50	$418	-11.77
352–390	365	29	110.00–137.00	$132.44	$483	-7.74
400–445	431	36	110.00–130.00	$125.23	$540	-10.46
450–497	477	39	90.00–130.00	$126.28	$602	-6.62
500–527	504	23	122.00–127.00	$122.86	$619	-6.93
550–585	567	20	120.00–128.00	$122.95	$697	-6.43
606–641	626	69	110.00–131.00	$124.95	$782	-3.13
658–695	682	12	120.00–131.00	$125.49	$856	-1.66
741	741	6	122.00	$122.00	$904	-2.20
763–770	765	3	90.00–108.00	$101.96	$780	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–395	374	11	125.00	$125.00	$468	—
553–595	563	15	115.00–118.00	$115.73	$652	-5.07
620	620	5	117.00	$117.00	$725	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	7	120.00	$120.00	$470	—
1068	1068	11	110.50	$110.50	$1,180	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–525	520	3	75.00–95.00	$88.46	$460	—
609	609	4	90.00	$90.00	$548	—
653	653	4	80.00	$80.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	6	162.50	$162.50	$552	—
350 unweaned	350	8	155.00	$155.00	$542	—
433 unweaned	433	10	142.00	$142.00	$615	—
478–498	484	20	141.00–142.50	$141.92	$687	-10.08
509	509	5	131.00	$131.00	$667	-7.90
519 unweaned	519	7	126.00	$126.00	$654	—
567 unweaned	567	12	123.00	$123.00	$697	—
566–573	568	23	123.00–130.00	$128.64	$731	-8.38
630–648	639	27	117.00–128.00	$122.43	$782	-4.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	135.00	$135.00	$414	+5.00
405–440	431	5	120.00–128.00	$124.54	$537	—
452	452	9	162.00	$162.00	$732	+37.00
505–545	519	9	100.00–141.00	$124.87	$648	-14.56
550–580	568	9	100.00–137.00	$121.83	$692	+0.92
591 unweaned	591	5	130.00	$130.00	$768	—
610–641	629	16	100.00–128.00	$121.27	$763	-12.61
650–667	660	14	90.00–131.00	$124.50	$822	-15.50
701–718	708	12	121.00	$121.00	$857	—
833–838	835	5	80.00–100.00	$91.97	$768	—
898	898	2	104.00	$104.00	$934	—
950	950	3	85.00	$85.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	318	3	140.00–148.00	$142.81	$454	—
360	360	2	140.00–146.00	$143.00	$515	-6.14
419–425	420	7	142.00–161.00	$144.75	$608	—
450–490	477	3	130.00–144.00	$135.48	$646	+1.70
503–515	509	9	122.00–137.00	$129.97	$662	+2.75
555–595	570	13	124.00–136.00	$128.42	$732	+0.89
605–635	621	6	120.00–130.00	$124.80	$775	-1.43
680–698	689	8	116.00–128.00	$122.54	$844	+2.54
725–740	730	10	115.00–128.00	$120.84	$882	-3.16
830	830	3	112.00	$112.00	$930	-5.69
900	900	2	110.00	$110.00	$990	+10.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	5	150.00	$150.00	$512	—
422–437	430	27	128.00–136.00	$132.51	$570	-1.35
631	631	6	115.00	$115.00	$726	-7.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–439	435	8	170.00–182.00	$179.79	$782	+19.70
450–485	476	5	147.00–163.00	$152.53	$726	-2.47
500–530	519	4	138.00–143.00	$139.95	$726	—
690	690	2	130.00	$130.00	$897	—
705–735	719	5	128.00–132.00	$129.77	$933	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840–1400	1075	(<2 yrs)	N/A	21	925.00–2,100.00	$1,407.29	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
763–1455	912	85-90%	121	22.50–37.50	$31.36	$286	—
795–1555	1040	85-90%	161	38.00–48.00	$43.43	$452	—
770–1488	1147	85-90%	199	45.00–57.50	$52.09	$597	-1.33
975–1350	1216	85-90%	16	55.50–66.00	$58.50	$711	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1775	1222	80-85%	169	48.00–57.00	$53.37	$652	-2.72
1000–1780	1281	80-85%	124	55.50–67.50	$60.53	$775	-1.29
1085–1542	1371	80-85%	8	67.50–75.00	$70.62	$968	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222–1620	1391	75-80%	55	50.00–61.00	$55.85	$777	-4.73
1275–1735	1491	75-80%	58	60.00–69.50	$65.36	$975	—
1430–1865	1622	75-80%	25	70.00–75.00	$72.11	$1,170	-2.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–2050	1413	32	62.50–86.00	$76.45	$1,080	—
1076–2235	1487	7	95.00–102.50	$98.04	$1,458	+20.71
945–2570	1685	64	80.00–97.00	$89.24	$1,504	+0.80

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1065	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	75.00–115.00	$92.43	$766
836–1150	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	72.50–95.00	$83.41	$773

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1248	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	49	685.00–1,000.00	$851.65
900–1615	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	447	700.00–1,600.00	$1,075.02
975–1370	1197	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	700.00–1,050.00	$880.71
1210–1340 fancy	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,670.25
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–790	768	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	675.00–835.00	$754.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355–1505	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,152.62

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–966	875	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	750.00–1,000.00	$872.83
800–1010	894	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	725.00–1,550.00	$1,011.14

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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
910 fancy	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
900–1625	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,171.88	—
900–1485	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	1,150.00–1,650.00	$1,353.16	+366.49
900–1523	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	70	1,050.00–1,550.00	$1,385.36	+398.69
910–1555	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,274.52	+287.85
1100–1120 fancy	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,700.00–1,800.00	$1,766.67	—
1090–1445	1221	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	850.00–1,150.00	$1,054.70	-80.30
1563	1563	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–790	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,162.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	94.00	$94.00	$330	—
430	430	2	92.00	$92.00	$396	—
578	578	2	85.00	$85.00	$491	—

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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.