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Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 22, 2021

14,658 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $160.49/cwt +2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,314/hd at 819 lb · 1,544 head
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $161.87/cwt +3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,164/hd at 719 lb · 1,013 head
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $160.28/cwt +2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,247/hd at 778 lb · 920 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 14,658 11,906 13,307
Feeder cattle 13,213 9,162 10,922
Slaughter cattle 1,251 1,338 871
Replacement cattle 194 1,406 1,514

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher, heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
284 284 7 230.00 $230.00 $653 —
339 339 16 195.00 $195.00 $661 -10.30
360–393 374 25 173.00–211.00 $197.79 $740 -1.94
405–445 421 30 171.00–191.00 $184.02 $775 -2.01
452–496 475 125 178.00–189.00 $182.45 $867 +0.75
502–539 524 79 160.00–181.00 $172.32 $903 +6.37
552–599 577 191 159.00–174.00 $166.63 $961 +3.22
601–647 619 369 151.00–173.00 $163.93 $1,015 +6.21
651–698 673 613 155.00–170.00 $162.83 $1,096 +6.04
703–746 719 947 156.00–167.50 $161.37 $1,160 +3.13
723 fancy 723 66 169.00 $169.00 $1,222 —
750–798 778 920 156.00–171.00 $160.28 $1,247 +2.45
804 thin fleshed 804 41 172.00 $172.00 $1,383 —
802–849 819 1,503 155.00–169.00 $160.18 $1,312 +2.15
851–894 868 820 155.75–166.00 $159.18 $1,382 +2.75
902–947 917 347 152.00–162.00 $155.97 $1,430 -0.12
956 fancy 956 120 161.25 $161.25 $1,542 —
968 968 6 151.00 $151.00 $1,462 —
1007 1007 38 143.00 $143.00 $1,440 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
362–395 374 33 164.00–186.00 $179.47 $671 +1.91
405–447 427 96 152.00–175.00 $169.81 $725 +2.74
459–496 474 49 145.00–175.00 $169.88 $805 +5.30
502–548 512 84 137.00–165.00 $157.79 $808 +6.22
550–595 574 190 130.00–160.00 $154.90 $889 +2.19
603–635 624 69 143.00–155.00 $150.76 $941 +4.52
655–695 678 48 130.00–154.00 $150.60 $1,021 +5.10
702–748 722 64 147.00–154.00 $151.27 $1,092 -0.81
752–798 777 472 149.00–156.50 $154.96 $1,204 +3.50
800–840 818 195 152.00–156.00 $153.80 $1,258 +1.38
860–895 874 188 125.00–158.00 $149.64 $1,308 -2.86
901–945 925 9 135.00–143.00 $138.46 $1,281 -5.54
983 983 3 138.00 $138.00 $1,357 -3.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335–345 337 5 140.00 $140.00 $472 -27.00
370–398 388 11 110.00–172.50 $150.69 $585 —
418 418 3 119.00 $119.00 $497 -36.81
475–495 486 21 108.00–154.00 $144.67 $703 -10.08
513–535 523 4 108.00–120.00 $114.11 $597 -26.70
555–598 582 25 90.00–146.00 $137.55 $801 -3.25
622–634 629 27 136.00–137.00 $136.40 $858 +14.61
721 721 6 145.00 $145.00 $1,045 +2.96
774–790 779 13 143.00–144.00 $143.69 $1,119 +1.80
823 823 3 105.00 $105.00 $864 -39.44
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
898 898 19 155.00 $155.00 $1,392 —
951 951 45 153.00 $153.00 $1,455 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
403–438 430 21 132.50–142.50 $140.27 $603 +0.27

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
306–346 322 32 160.00–172.00 $162.10 $522 +0.38
350–391 372 22 157.00–165.00 $160.37 $597 +2.59
400 thin fleshed 400 44 165.00 $165.00 $660 —
400–449 430 130 143.00–162.00 $152.95 $658 +2.29
454–497 474 201 141.00–161.00 $152.56 $723 +5.54
500–545 524 131 138.00–156.00 $150.01 $786 +5.72
550–598 573 288 135.00–156.00 $149.94 $859 +3.78
600–649 621 385 136.00–155.00 $151.12 $938 +7.12
650–699 680 393 144.00–155.00 $151.61 $1,031 +3.34
700–749 723 701 144.00–157.75 $154.38 $1,116 +5.99
750–798 780 739 144.50–154.50 $149.93 $1,169 +2.05
800–841 819 207 138.00–155.00 $148.73 $1,218 +7.18
863–884 873 76 136.00–149.00 $142.76 $1,246 —
901 901 125 145.00 $145.00 $1,306 —
1005 1005 12 134.00 $134.00 $1,347 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–345 334 22 139.00–157.00 $149.22 $498 -3.48
368–397 380 26 150.00–155.00 $152.12 $578 +2.20
415–443 426 59 132.00–144.00 $141.18 $601 +2.55
458–495 489 62 130.00–141.00 $139.05 $680 +4.38
505–547 538 22 130.00–141.00 $134.86 $726 -0.47
550–591 568 92 120.00–140.00 $133.47 $758 -2.57
600–633 621 67 120.00–143.00 $136.27 $846 -0.29
655–696 677 38 134.00–143.00 $139.22 $943 +1.37
720–746 734 57 132.00–146.00 $138.45 $1,016 +3.09
755–770 758 11 125.00–142.00 $137.59 $1,043 +6.88
816–831 824 6 136.00 $136.00 $1,121 +8.38
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330–338 336 9 108.00–147.00 $134.56 $452 -7.09
352–392 366 59 140.00–147.50 $145.17 $531 +10.30
449 449 15 128.00 $128.00 $575 +16.54
460–495 480 3 90.00–109.00 $100.52 $482 -5.26
500–535 514 4 90.00–110.00 $100.83 $518 -22.48
550–593 582 21 88.00–122.00 $114.66 $667 -11.39
645 645 3 104.00 $104.00 $671 -21.73
668–678 674 5 93.50–102.50 $98.93 $667 -25.45
700–735 709 11 110.00–128.00 $119.30 $846 -0.51
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
807 807 17 152.00 $152.00 $1,227 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
364 364 5 134.00 $134.00 $488 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
709 709 4 90.00 $90.00 $638 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 7 178.00 $178.00 $605 —
351 351 20 170.00 $170.00 $597 +25.00
410–445 424 5 140.00–152.00 $146.96 $623 +1.34
451–483 471 16 156.00–160.00 $158.66 $747 +17.26
515–545 530 24 135.00–154.00 $150.86 $800 +4.71
568–599 589 53 138.00–149.00 $143.93 $848 +3.85
603–649 630 21 130.00–145.00 $137.80 $868 +3.96
665–695 676 8 130.00–143.00 $139.90 $946 +7.70
770–775 773 4 117.00–120.00 $118.50 $916 -9.04
800–810 803 3 109.00–114.00 $110.68 $889 -9.12
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 3 178.00 $178.00 $587 —
430–438 431 37 175.00 $175.00 $754 +7.39
476 476 4 166.50 $166.50 $793 —
516–525 521 33 159.00–161.00 $160.22 $835 —
553–597 581 11 152.00–161.00 $155.12 $901 +9.62
603–648 621 5 147.00–166.00 $154.93 $962 +12.93
653–668 662 23 145.00–147.00 $145.77 $965 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
469–489 474 51 146.00–151.00 $147.41 $699 -0.73
558–583 568 15 127.00–138.00 $133.48 $758 +3.15
635 635 17 131.00 $131.00 $832 +14.23
713 713 5 121.00 $121.00 $863 -5.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1290–1455 1378 Young (2-4 yrs)N/A 3 1,125.00–1,450.00 $1,264.57 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
744–1190 953 85-90% 88 20.00–34.00 $28.92 $276 -0.10
815–1165 1013 85-90% 42 51.00–58.00 $54.72 $554 +14.80
765–1315 1065 85-90% 61 30.00–43.00 $37.45 $399 -10.39
850–1380 1093 85-90% 174 40.00–51.00 $46.30 $506 -9.00
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
960–1340 1200 80-85% 28 59.00–67.00 $61.33 $736 +6.07
1005–1480 1226 80-85% 209 46.50–61.00 $52.57 $645 -2.69
1005–1585 1286 80-85% 77 40.00–49.50 $45.43 $584 -1.03
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1290–1765 1423 75-80% 51 46.00–54.00 $50.97 $725 —
1270–1745 1456 75-80% 85 51.50–63.50 $57.76 $841 +4.16
1405–1765 1644 75-80% 19 63.50–69.00 $66.38 $1,091 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1225–1845 1451 28 62.00–79.00 $72.77 $1,056 —
1230–2190 1592 45 77.00–90.00 $81.19 $1,293 —
1505–2120 1808 16 86.00–95.50 $88.76 $1,605 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
740–1200 945 (<2 yrs)Open 17 75.00–95.00 $82.73 $782
735–1335 1005 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 23 63.00–96.00 $72.36 $727

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1000–1673 1220 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 32 700.00–985.00 $806.06
1055–1460 1282 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 26 700.00–1,100.00 $937.85
Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
880–955 931 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 7 435.00–585.00 $527.07
905–1015 954 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 7 450.00–750.00 $668.13
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
715 715 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 450.00 $450.00
696–865 734 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 8 350.00–450.00 $390.09

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
790–905 843 (<2 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 600.00–875.00 $756.13
905–920 910 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 660.00–875.00 $756.55

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
323–345 338 6 91.00–100.00 $93.87 $317 —

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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.