Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

14,108 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $164.97/cwt +1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,386/hd at 840 lb · 1,256 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.59/cwt -1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 678 lb · 611 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.03/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 575 lb · 521 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,108	17,760	14,502
Feeder cattle	12,592	16,408	12,891
Slaughter cattle	1,190	1,129	1,197
Replacement cattle	326	223	414

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher on a light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	333	18	200.00–220.00	$208.48	$694	+10.04
356–397	380	66	199.00–217.50	$207.38	$788	-1.97
400 thin fleshed	400	8	219.00	$219.00	$876	+1.00
400–449	425	156	181.00–212.00	$197.17	$838	+0.90
454 fancy	454	7	211.00	$211.00	$958	+11.00
455 thin fleshed	455	21	206.00	$206.00	$937	—
450–499	470	310	177.00–202.00	$191.02	$898	+10.42
503 thin fleshed	503	7	190.00	$190.00	$956	+9.30
501–546	521	285	164.00–186.00	$175.33	$913	+5.34
521 fancy	521	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,016	—
521–536 unweaned	527	20	167.00–168.00	$167.59	$883	—
550–598	574	361	160.00–183.00	$172.40	$990	+6.45
601–645	621	461	155.00–169.00	$161.88	$1,005	+1.10
637 unweaned	637	9	155.00	$155.00	$987	+8.29
673 value added	673	22	158.50	$158.50	$1,067	-7.30
650–699	678	589	153.00–171.00	$161.71	$1,096	+0.25
701 unweaned	701	13	142.50	$142.50	$999	—
728	728	4	136.00	$136.00	$990	-23.91
700–748	731	377	150.00–168.00	$160.76	$1,175	+0.85
751–777	767	280	153.50–164.50	$160.68	$1,232	-1.00
800–845	831	615	149.00–161.10	$159.73	$1,327	-4.16
849 fancy	849	641	170.00	$170.00	$1,443	—
851–898	868	514	137.00–160.10	$157.76	$1,369	-1.56
906–913	909	22	157.00–160.00	$158.91	$1,444	+1.50
954–961	954	72	148.00–149.00	$148.96	$1,421	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–395	366	52	165.00–190.00	$181.86	$666	+1.00
402–443	416	43	165.00–180.00	$177.47	$738	+3.08
457 unweaned	457	7	154.50	$154.50	$706	—
463–499	485	222	160.00–184.00	$176.06	$854	+8.25
500–546	525	197	147.00–167.00	$160.74	$844	+4.50
550–599	575	521	145.00–166.00	$161.03	$926	+10.06
603–648	623	157	137.00–157.00	$151.09	$941	+0.91
651–693	666	106	144.50–157.00	$152.42	$1,015	+2.83
700–742	720	94	135.00–157.50	$150.78	$1,086	+0.34
752–776	767	58	138.50–156.00	$147.42	$1,131	+4.46
820–846	827	35	144.00–149.00	$147.77	$1,222	-8.31
982	982	67	143.00	$143.00	$1,404	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	4	149.00–157.00	$152.97	$517	+4.59
352–395	372	12	135.00–147.00	$144.02	$536	-27.98
400–440	427	18	137.00–155.00	$148.09	$632	-4.25
457–498	482	38	150.00–162.50	$158.28	$763	+2.91
506–543	523	32	135.00–147.50	$142.25	$744	-1.96
565–595	571	9	125.00–131.50	$129.04	$737	-10.64
646	646	6	142.00	$142.00	$917	+1.49
650–695	672	25	125.00–143.00	$136.88	$920	-4.31
712–745	722	13	137.50–145.00	$140.49	$1,014	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	8	163.00	$163.00	$717	—
643	643	8	140.00	$140.00	$900	-7.50
843	843	7	128.00	$128.00	$1,079	—
962	962	14	133.50	$133.50	$1,284	—
1000–1025	1010	5	132.00–134.00	$133.01	$1,343	—
1352	1352	20	100.00	$100.00	$1,352	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	4	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
725–733	728	5	99.00–100.00	$99.60	$725	—
960–997	991	6	115.00	$115.00	$1,140	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	12	142.50	$142.50	$687	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	6	121.00	$121.00	$647	—
654	654	6	120.00	$120.00	$785	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	328	32	151.00–172.00	$162.74	$534	-8.26
350–398	380	130	152.00–171.00	$164.41	$625	-3.07
401–448	421	209	154.00–173.00	$163.50	$688	+3.12
451–491	470	186	150.50–164.00	$158.01	$743	+9.73
476 thin fleshed	476	8	162.00	$162.00	$771	—
500–548	522	441	145.00–161.00	$151.57	$791	-1.04
544 unweaned	544	12	140.00	$140.00	$762	—
550–599	576	407	144.00–159.00	$150.58	$867	-0.08
605–627 thin fleshed	615	24	156.50–157.50	$156.97	$965	—
619 unweaned	619	15	134.00	$134.00	$829	—
622 value added	622	21	154.00	$154.00	$958	-7.10
601–649	624	378	144.00–155.50	$151.48	$945	-0.89
653–689	671	158	133.00–158.00	$148.06	$993	-3.16
710–746	729	108	144.00–156.00	$149.41	$1,089	+0.25
753–799	770	118	135.50–158.00	$153.45	$1,182	+2.14
809–848	827	50	137.00–151.00	$145.88	$1,206	-0.12
856–863	858	20	137.00–147.50	$144.33	$1,238	+1.76
989	989	19	139.50	$139.50	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–349	342	50	140.00–157.50	$149.39	$511	-0.15
370–393	386	40	142.00–157.50	$151.34	$584	+11.32
401–447	424	131	137.00–155.00	$147.28	$624	+7.45
450–498	478	351	130.00–156.00	$147.01	$703	+7.79
500–548	529	179	129.00–148.00	$139.28	$737	+4.46
550–596	572	255	128.00–144.00	$138.31	$791	+0.92
600–647	616	103	123.00–146.00	$139.87	$862	+3.34
655–685	665	27	120.00–145.00	$135.47	$901	-0.15
700–742	722	46	112.00–143.00	$136.57	$986	+10.14
756–765	761	19	135.00–143.00	$138.04	$1,050	+15.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	333	12	140.00–145.00	$141.15	$470	+22.79
351–395	375	25	120.00–142.50	$134.85	$506	+14.23
415–441	436	8	110.00–130.00	$119.96	$523	+3.09
473–485	478	7	105.00–125.00	$116.31	$556	-4.15
510–530	523	5	120.00–125.00	$121.99	$638	-1.91
579–593	583	13	120.00–125.00	$121.47	$708	-0.48
605–630	625	16	122.50–130.00	$123.86	$774	-8.14
676	676	8	131.00	$131.00	$886	—
730–731	730	16	127.00–130.00	$129.44	$945	+21.44
813	813	6	113.00	$113.00	$919	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	120.00	$120.00	$442	—
600–625	613	6	80.00–100.00	$89.80	$550	—
755–773	766	5	80.00–102.50	$88.87	$681	—
822–845	831	10	91.00–114.00	$104.65	$870	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	10	145.00	$145.00	$809	—
635	635	6	133.00	$133.00	$845	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	125.00	$125.00	$491	—
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	—
530–545	538	2	105.00–131.00	$118.18	$636	—
560	560	4	125.00	$125.00	$700	—
645	645	1	126.00	$126.00	$813	—
838	838	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,073	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	33	170.00	$170.00	$588	—
407–425	410	40	165.00–169.00	$165.47	$678	+6.62
450–467	462	18	155.00–171.00	$167.65	$775	+9.24
503–541	528	37	140.00–158.00	$151.74	$801	+5.59
555–595	579	48	132.00–149.00	$140.05	$811	-1.74
605–645	633	16	125.00–143.00	$134.95	$854	-2.84
655–698	677	35	120.00–140.00	$130.19	$881	-2.16
755–780	775	5	114.00–125.00	$121.65	$943	—
865–875	869	5	116.00–120.00	$117.61	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–398	393	9	130.00–155.00	$147.25	$579	+1.27
474–487	476	47	145.00–152.50	$145.98	$695	+2.24
520–540	527	6	122.00–135.00	$126.44	$666	+1.44
553–599	562	41	112.00–141.00	$129.86	$730	—
602–637	620	21	120.00–135.00	$130.99	$812	+17.03
695–696	696	13	109.00–130.00	$121.93	$849	-6.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	422	5	173.00–183.00	$178.99	$755	-6.51
450–462	460	6	172.00–176.00	$172.65	$794	—
503–524	511	19	157.50–164.00	$161.03	$823	+0.25
580	580	5	157.50	$157.50	$914	—
607–608	607	30	145.00–148.00	$145.80	$885	—
673	673	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,023	+10.07

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	13	117.00	$117.00	$834	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1455	1217	80-85%	70	64.50–78.00	$67.03	$816	+4.51
960–1465	1230	80-85%	230	53.00–66.00	$59.66	$734	-2.86
1205–1410	1316	80-85%	14	40.00–53.50	$46.82	$616	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1270	905	85-90%	44	20.00–34.00	$27.56	$249	—
810–1227	1009	85-90%	72	33.50–43.50	$39.46	$398	—
730–1380	1087	85-90%	135	43.00–56.00	$49.00	$533	+1.42
850–1220	1100	85-90%	58	56.00–62.50	$59.32	$653	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1231–1550	1403	75-80%	17	49.00–56.00	$53.57	$752	—
1215–1795	1462	75-80%	143	56.00–67.50	$61.76	$903	+9.71
1335–1905	1502	75-80%	63	66.50–74.50	$69.74	$1,047	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2230	1594	15	64.00–80.00	$74.60	$1,189	—
1315–2120	1679	40	78.50–93.00	$84.40	$1,417	—
1230–2200	1805	21	87.50–99.00	$90.78	$1,639	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
842 fancy	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	116.00	$116.00	$977
865 fancy	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	113.00	$113.00	$977
826–1165	959	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	80.00–85.00	$83.47	$800
730–1540	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	63.00–99.50	$83.00	$886

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	82.50	$82.50	$660

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1260	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–900.00	$763.88
970–1330	1123	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–710.00	$661.33
1100–1385	1214	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	600.00–850.00	$742.12
910–1690	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	79	700.00–1,150.00	$937.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225–1340	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,175.00–1,225.00	$1,181.74

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1560–1630	1595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00–950.00	$913.32

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
838–860	844	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–585.00	$521.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,060.00	$1,060.00
655–1200	947	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	550.00–1,100.00	$917.70
853–1180	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–925.00	$855.41

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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
965–1310	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	750.00–1,000.00	$929.38	—
970–1705	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,195.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	10	102.00	$102.00	$403	—
459–462	461	11	70.00–103.00	$88.05	$406	—
522–548	539	9	101.00–105.00	$103.71	$559	—
577–594	588	8	97.50–100.50	$98.60	$580	—
622	622	5	85.00	$85.00	$529	—
673–689	681	10	94.50–95.00	$94.75	$645	—
732	732	6	80.00	$80.00	$586	—
815	815	5	101.00	$101.00	$823	—
888	888	59	108.85	$108.85	$967	—

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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.