Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 20, 2021

5,900 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $167.51/cwt +1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,049/hd at 626 lb · 287 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.44/cwt +5.44 vs last sale · ≈ $959/hd at 617 lb · 230 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.51/cwt +12.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,241/hd at 814 lb · 212 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,900	16,965	9,654
Feeder cattle	5,480	12,646	7,612
Slaughter cattle	302	1,572	708
Replacement cattle	118	2,747	1,334

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder sold mostly steady and a light test of slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–333	322	22	200.00–212.50	$205.08	$660	-3.57
358–396	374	25	184.00–209.00	$205.18	$767	-2.59
428–447	433	21	192.00–195.00	$192.76	$835	-5.73
447 fancy	447	20	207.00	$207.00	$925	—
450–471	460	63	181.00–202.50	$191.51	$881	+1.96
510 fancy	510	10	196.00	$196.00	$1,000	+5.00
502–549	527	191	172.00–190.00	$179.05	$944	+3.04
570–574 value added	573	60	170.00–174.00	$172.81	$990	-10.19
550–599	576	115	167.00–177.50	$171.65	$989	-1.09
600–647	625	242	162.50–171.00	$166.93	$1,043	+1.29
600–649 value added	633	45	169.00–176.00	$170.65	$1,080	+5.41
650–683	666	47	163.00–170.00	$166.42	$1,108	+4.67
709 value added	709	20	165.00	$165.00	$1,170	—
701–735	724	69	159.00–163.00	$160.70	$1,163	-2.31
750–775	772	203	158.50–164.00	$160.13	$1,236	-1.49
812–814	814	159	154.50–159.25	$155.42	$1,265	-2.63
871–876	872	204	156.60–158.00	$156.81	$1,367	-2.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	319	11	160.00–190.00	$180.79	$577	-6.59
351–395	366	31	165.00–192.50	$185.29	$678	-3.16
400–440	419	45	154.00–185.00	$175.73	$736	-2.84
463 value added	463	11	182.50	$182.50	$845	—
455–497	477	90	158.00–180.00	$172.89	$825	-2.90
507–525	515	42	153.00–165.00	$160.06	$824	-1.84
567 value added	567	11	165.00	$165.00	$936	+10.00
555–592	571	86	152.00–168.00	$163.68	$935	+3.77
608–646	624	82	150.00–161.00	$157.10	$980	+3.86
641 value added	641	5	151.00	$151.00	$968	—
653–696	680	130	145.00–161.00	$157.02	$1,068	+4.00
709–735	716	61	148.00–155.00	$151.97	$1,088	-1.81
756–796	771	77	151.00–156.75	$154.59	$1,192	+3.31
802–845	814	212	131.50–155.50	$152.51	$1,241	+12.27
852–895	864	138	150.00–155.00	$153.61	$1,327	+4.19
1109–1148	1124	16	127.00–132.00	$128.92	$1,449	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	6	170.00	$170.00	$536	+17.24
360–368	366	5	125.00–139.00	$135.85	$497	-38.49
400–423	415	8	144.00–165.00	$156.17	$648	+1.17
462 unweaned	462	3	115.00	$115.00	$531	—
487–493	489	10	155.00–160.00	$156.51	$765	-7.49
639–647	643	15	138.00–142.00	$141.20	$908	+5.48
660–691	674	13	134.00–142.50	$139.16	$938	-2.84
718–722	722	64	137.00–144.00	$137.33	$992	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	5	147.00	$147.00	$886	-8.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	74.00–80.00	$77.09	$258	—
350–395	373	2	94.00	$94.00	$351	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–327	319	20	160.00–165.00	$161.69	$516	+1.34
376–380	378	15	160.00–167.00	$163.32	$617	-3.18
400–436	414	35	157.00–167.00	$164.53	$681	+4.71
468–486	477	96	155.00–162.00	$158.27	$755	-1.94
505–543	525	127	145.00–157.00	$151.87	$797	-1.51
547 value added	547	8	156.00	$156.00	$853	+3.00
553 value added	553	23	155.00	$155.00	$857	—
550–598	575	144	145.00–157.00	$150.00	$862	-0.10
603–643	617	230	147.00–161.75	$155.44	$959	+5.54
672 value added	672	7	147.00	$147.00	$988	-4.14
694	694	74	157.10	$157.10	$1,090	+6.01
715–742	739	44	136.50–149.00	$145.79	$1,077	-2.72
755–775	756	74	146.00–149.00	$148.83	$1,125	+2.48
810–835	820	48	139.00–147.00	$142.39	$1,168	+0.60
890	890	43	145.00	$145.00	$1,290	+0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	38	146.00–157.00	$153.83	$498	+0.69
350–398	381	48	138.00–157.00	$150.26	$572	-0.23
402–446	424	64	142.00–156.00	$151.76	$643	+3.66
452–497	473	124	128.00–156.00	$149.22	$706	+2.30
500–548	531	40	130.00–148.00	$138.39	$735	-1.04
565–598	581	45	126.00–144.00	$138.62	$805	-1.09
600–648	626	104	128.00–146.00	$139.82	$875	-1.18
659–693	661	200	126.00–145.00	$143.69	$950	+3.01
713–717	714	27	140.00–142.00	$141.48	$1,010	+3.71
773–798	783	106	137.00–144.50	$143.52	$1,124	+8.39
835–837	836	19	117.50–135.00	$130.40	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	381	7	96.00–142.00	$130.36	$497	-7.02
415–422	420	4	112.00–125.00	$121.79	$512	-10.25
471–497	488	16	130.00–139.00	$135.66	$662	+3.68
502–525	510	10	110.00–122.50	$117.65	$600	-8.61
663–699	677	21	90.00–131.00	$123.64	$837	-2.52
736–749	745	11	126.00–132.50	$127.75	$952	+3.41
767–790	777	7	122.00–131.00	$125.92	$978	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419–446	435	29	177.00–195.00	$187.29	$815	+17.29
544	544	19	166.00	$166.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–530	522	3	157.00–164.00	$159.26	$831	+8.19
550–590	572	6	131.00–162.00	$151.00	$864	+6.66
620	620	3	146.00	$146.00	$905	+7.93
735	735	3	125.00	$125.00	$919	-7.29
869	869	9	145.00	$145.00	$1,260	—
998	998	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	4	128.00	$128.00	$589	-14.92
678	678	8	130.50	$130.50	$885	-1.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713–1130	941	85-90%	23	35.00–45.00	$38.43	$362	—
901–1275	941	85-90%	16	20.00–33.50	$30.28	$285	—
925–1060	996	85-90%	4	60.00–63.00	$61.40	$612	+32.56
825–1250	1057	85-90%	41	45.00–59.00	$54.81	$579	+4.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1061–1395	1179	80-85%	5	48.00–55.00	$51.69	$609	—
1020–1495	1207	80-85%	50	57.00–69.00	$62.16	$750	+4.03
1180–1512	1395	80-85%	8	68.00–72.00	$70.39	$982	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1495	1472	75-80%	3	56.00–59.00	$58.00	$854	-2.34
1415–1720	1501	75-80%	4	68.00–69.50	$68.95	$1,035	—
1350–1775	1502	75-80%	23	59.00–66.50	$63.16	$949	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1670	1415	3	70.00–80.00	$74.26	$1,051	—
1505–1780	1678	3	97.50–104.00	$100.99	$1,695	+16.71
1500–2025	1759	18	81.50–95.50	$89.08	$1,567	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1160	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	72.00–75.00	$73.62	$694
753–1485	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	71.00–99.00	$83.05	$862

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1073–1490	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	775.00–1,200.00	$1,012.78
1070–1290	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	810.00–900.00	$852.82
1170–1365	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–1,075.00	$806.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1500–1590	1533	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,360.87

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
943	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	475.00	$475.00

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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
1385–1635	1550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1050	1027	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–735.00	$645.00	—

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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.