Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 1, 2021

10,151 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $160.57/cwt +1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,232/hd at 767 lb · 334 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.78/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 581 lb · 279 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.39/cwt -0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,134/hd at 764 lb · 274 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,151	6,446	5,409
Feeder cattle	7,891	5,304	3,817
Slaughter cattle	1,288	940	1,069
Replacement cattle	972	202	523

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	386	60	155.00–190.00	$185.17	$715	—
400–441	430	52	150.00–175.00	$169.84	$730	+3.00
453–496	483	113	145.00–175.00	$168.29	$813	+2.43
501–548	526	198	137.00–162.50	$154.85	$815	+3.64
550–599	581	279	137.00–162.00	$153.78	$893	+4.55
600–647	625	205	139.00–161.00	$153.03	$956	+2.03
650–698	674	227	135.00–161.00	$152.23	$1,026	-4.82
700–746	717	82	135.00–155.00	$152.20	$1,091	+5.15
750–792	783	220	130.00–155.00	$150.36	$1,177	-0.64
821–845	838	105	147.00–153.00	$149.93	$1,256	—
864–895	873	17	148.00–152.00	$149.92	$1,309	—
903–945	941	32	141.00–142.50	$142.37	$1,340	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	5	210.00	$210.00	$615	—
355–395	367	18	176.00–197.50	$193.97	$712	-1.05
373 thin fleshed	373	6	210.00	$210.00	$783	—
409 fancy	409	11	200.00	$200.00	$818	+4.73
404–445	422	94	171.00–195.00	$182.70	$771	-0.93
470 unweaned	470	12	177.00	$177.00	$832	—
451–498	474	66	159.00–190.00	$174.08	$825	-6.54
500–548	523	104	154.00–179.00	$165.99	$868	-6.79
529 fancy	529	23	180.00	$180.00	$952	—
557–598	576	66	156.50–166.00	$161.24	$929	-3.41
621–648	633	36	150.50–166.00	$157.46	$997	-4.97
661–687	671	36	148.00–164.00	$157.19	$1,055	-6.65
709	709	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,000	-16.86
700–748	715	166	146.00–163.00	$156.77	$1,121	-1.09
750–789	767	334	145.50–163.85	$160.57	$1,232	+1.91
802–835	805	256	138.00–160.00	$155.44	$1,251	-6.35
852–861	857	140	155.75–159.00	$157.25	$1,348	+0.89
908	908	152	156.50	$156.50	$1,421	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	138.00	$138.00	$469	—
420–425	421	9	130.00–150.00	$146.03	$615	—
451–498	482	78	120.00–161.00	$151.14	$728	-0.86
502–545	514	37	120.00–145.00	$138.33	$711	-0.15
552–598	576	49	128.00–145.00	$140.86	$811	+7.30
602–647	618	82	135.00–146.00	$138.75	$857	-3.25
660–696	676	47	137.50–146.00	$141.13	$954	-0.28
701–720	713	11	140.00–143.00	$142.18	$1,014	+1.88
756–786	771	21	134.00–145.00	$140.67	$1,085	+0.67
801–803	802	9	140.00–142.00	$140.67	$1,128	—
857	857	13	137.00	$137.00	$1,174	+10.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	7	165.00	$165.00	$566	+3.00
420	420	5	110.00	$110.00	$462	-30.86
460–496	469	19	106.00–148.00	$137.28	$644	+1.14
561–596	580	28	100.00–132.00	$126.84	$736	-0.96
625	625	6	135.00	$135.00	$844	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
959	959	7	125.50	$125.50	$1,204	-9.00
1150–1183	1172	3	103.00–110.00	$105.29	$1,234	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–341	322	31	155.00–166.00	$161.45	$520	+1.43
363–387	370	48	155.00–165.00	$160.16	$593	+14.16
400–445	424	131	142.00–158.00	$149.35	$633	+2.86
446 fancy	446	7	160.00	$160.00	$714	—
450–498	479	184	139.00–156.00	$145.54	$697	-2.14
503–513 fancy	508	94	157.00–163.50	$160.43	$815	—
500–549	520	147	137.00–152.00	$144.39	$751	-2.47
556–598	570	54	137.00–149.00	$143.96	$821	-2.16
573 fancy	573	50	157.75	$157.75	$904	—
604–636	623	144	135.00–153.00	$148.53	$925	+0.90
651–690	667	116	137.00–156.00	$150.21	$1,002	-1.87
701–745	736	130	136.00–150.00	$147.80	$1,088	-0.33
753–797	764	274	127.50–151.50	$148.39	$1,134	-0.11
818–819	818	21	140.00–143.00	$142.14	$1,163	-6.36
926–935	929	16	126.00–133.00	$130.36	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	14	142.00	$142.00	$386	—
330–349	347	26	144.00–147.00	$144.33	$501	+0.86
358–399	378	31	130.00–148.00	$145.77	$551	+1.83
405–449	437	100	130.00–142.00	$136.30	$596	-0.94
450–499	476	181	125.00–141.00	$136.12	$648	-0.42
500–549	527	200	125.00–142.00	$135.54	$714	+1.04
550–597	572	166	120.00–142.50	$135.24	$774	-1.31
601–635	615	86	119.00–143.00	$135.56	$834	+3.23
650–689	668	93	116.00–144.00	$137.03	$915	+0.72
700–735	719	20	120.00–143.00	$133.03	$956	+4.03
756–785	761	23	120.00–143.00	$134.96	$1,027	—
812	812	19	124.00	$124.00	$1,007	-0.52
875–891	888	20	127.50–134.50	$133.12	$1,182	—
903–931	919	9	116.00–123.00	$119.94	$1,102	—
961	961	15	122.00	$122.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–389	380	15	136.00–140.00	$138.73	$527	+4.88
400–438	426	14	110.00–125.00	$122.24	$521	+0.70
463–498	485	18	120.00–127.00	$123.29	$598	+1.29
505–545	521	28	116.00–127.00	$123.35	$643	-2.53
550–598	569	31	122.00–129.00	$127.39	$725	+1.58
605–643	629	52	105.00–131.00	$124.32	$782	-0.42
651	651	6	130.00	$130.00	$846	+5.00
701–738	713	13	120.00–126.00	$122.46	$873	—
755–793	784	19	110.00–130.00	$124.60	$977	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	5	119.00	$119.00	$559	—
555–588	575	5	105.00–110.00	$106.93	$615	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	9	122.00	$122.00	$455	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	5	135.00	$135.00	$734	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	6	169.00	$169.00	$673	—
415–425	420	4	163.00–164.00	$163.49	$687	+12.87
458–497	478	24	140.00–160.00	$149.42	$714	+2.20
503–545	511	16	130.00–153.00	$144.72	$740	+4.98
552–599	570	40	132.00–146.00	$140.25	$799	+3.61
605–635	613	12	134.00–141.00	$137.32	$842	+0.19
660–679	671	5	129.00–130.00	$129.61	$870	+1.15
700–720	705	8	117.00–131.50	$129.64	$914	—
750–793	774	6	116.00–120.00	$116.65	$903	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–447	425	19	136.00–150.00	$144.70	$615	+16.70
495	495	13	137.50	$137.50	$681	-3.25
550–570	563	23	130.00–132.00	$131.30	$739	—
600–641	620	47	110.00–136.00	$127.84	$793	-6.16
682	682	3	116.00	$116.00	$791	—
707	707	9	123.00	$123.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	11	180.00	$180.00	$625	—
360–385	378	5	183.00–190.00	$188.26	$712	—
412	412	21	179.00	$179.00	$737	+14.00
469–481	474	12	165.00–170.00	$167.89	$796	+0.07
626	626	10	150.50	$150.50	$942	—
719–730	722	8	135.00–137.00	$135.51	$978	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–527	523	15	120.00–125.00	$121.64	$636	—
565–595	573	15	125.00–130.00	$128.62	$737	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1590	1438	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–3,025.00	$2,344.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1225	1208	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,950.00–2,350.00	$2,214.83	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1030	943	85-90%	19	32.50–36.00	$34.12	$322	—
845–1235	990	85-90%	87	35.00–46.50	$41.68	$413	—
840–1490	1074	85-90%	17	55.50–66.00	$60.20	$647	+8.22
824–1625	1087	85-90%	188	46.00–56.50	$51.53	$560	-0.45

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1330	1209	80-85%	9	66.00–71.00	$67.87	$821	-0.91
1010–1345	1223	80-85%	69	47.00–56.50	$53.06	$649	-15.72
1011–1668	1247	80-85%	216	53.50–66.00	$60.41	$753	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1710	1429	75-80%	64	48.00–62.00	$55.98	$800	-8.01
1225–1880	1431	75-80%	172	58.00–71.00	$63.16	$904	-0.83
1340–1835	1593	75-80%	34	69.00–81.00	$73.81	$1,176	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2190	1534	20	71.00–81.00	$76.26	$1,170	-0.08
1295–2240	1744	35	80.00–99.50	$87.09	$1,519	-0.90
1490–2420	1833	23	89.00–100.00	$93.13	$1,707	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
781–1022	893	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	82.50–98.00	$90.46	$808
870–940 fancy	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	120.00–122.50	$121.30	$1,098
820–1220	1029	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	69.50–90.00	$83.50	$859

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1280	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	54	600.00–1,200.00	$1,011.42
1075–1275	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,450.00–1,575.00	$1,496.53
875–1550	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	234	800.00–1,350.00	$999.99
1045–1435	1224	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	62	700.00–960.00	$815.40
1285 fancy	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1425–1510	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,250.00	$1,003.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
998–1090	1044	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–625.00	$565.25
1020–1073	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	650.00–850.00	$714.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1094–1435	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,110.00–1,300.00	$1,151.08

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1105	944	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00–875.00	$802.12
840–1140	969	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	800.00–1,250.00	$1,008.94
910–1020 fancy	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	84	1,325.00–1,385.00	$1,358.67
945–1250	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–825.00	$779.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
862	862	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00

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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
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1000–1380	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,330.68	—
1150 fancy	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1020–1448	1184	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,173.15	—
1100–1515	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	1,000.00–1,650.00	$1,434.48	—
1460–1577	1519	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,287.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1200	1114	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	900.00–1,150.00	$1,017.19	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–1235	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	585.00–900.00	$767.50	—
935–1170	1101	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	650.00–800.00	$685.00	—

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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.