Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

10,537 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $140.59/cwt +1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 722 lb · 547 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.38/cwt -1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 682 lb · 535 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.51/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 622 lb · 459 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,537	34,481	29,822
Feeder cattle	9,691	30,228	24,225
Slaughter cattle	663	2,332	2,503
Replacement cattle	183	1,921	3,094

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven with most of the mid-weight cattle selling within 2.00 on either side of even. Markets were highly affected by weather this week with many barns all out cancelling and those that had sales had very light offerings. The coldest weather of the year so far quickly froze up mud and about everything else. Snow, wind and record setting temperatures over the weekend made caring for livestock a difficult job. According to weather service this is the longest continuous cold streak of weather since 1983 and on track to flirt with the record set in 1936. Many sales have already cancelled into this week as well, due to poor travel conditions and dangerous wind chills. Boxed beef cutouts were mixed for the week, choice closed at 232.37, down 2.21 and select 220.93, up 0.14 from the previous week. Feedlots sales as of the last report on Friday afternoon showed negotiated volume right at 73K head and its possible some took place after hours as well. Live sales were reported mostly 113.00-115.00 and dressed sales mostly at 180.00 although some higher late sales will likely pull the average just over 180.00. The Missouri Stocker Formula consists of 2015 head, again highly affected by weather, with a weighted average weight of 551.93 and a price value of 155.81, down 1.35 from the previous week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–345	332	12	167.00–192.50	$178.54	$593	-7.87
360–395	376	54	169.00–190.00	$185.02	$696	+4.46
386–393	391	16	159.00–169.00	$163.87	$641	-16.69
402–449	427	92	161.00–189.00	$175.92	$751	-3.83
453–498	473	100	160.00–177.50	$173.17	$819	+0.08
505–548	514	254	155.00–180.50	$169.10	$869	+0.31
550–594	573	402	150.00–165.85	$158.10	$906	+0.39
600–648	622	459	140.00–158.00	$148.51	$924	-1.09
650–699	683	334	136.00–149.50	$141.58	$967	-2.82
717	717	17	135.00	$135.00	$968	-4.29
700–747	722	530	120.00–149.00	$140.77	$1,016	+1.48
750–793	772	336	124.00–143.00	$135.46	$1,046	+0.37
801–843	831	266	120.50–134.00	$131.31	$1,091	+0.39
852–898	866	83	120.00–131.00	$129.17	$1,119	+1.07
869–875	872	31	117.00–124.75	$120.26	$1,049	-7.84
905	905	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,077	-9.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–294	293	12	175.00–189.00	$182.02	$533	+17.04
318–341	331	16	172.50–182.50	$179.01	$593	+8.40
364–398	382	45	174.00–180.00	$176.82	$675	+7.89
421	421	8	155.00	$155.00	$653	-11.19
407–443	422	76	155.00–181.75	$170.90	$721	+4.71
459–497	477	165	150.00–175.00	$162.43	$775	+0.21
481	481	4	154.00	$154.00	$741	-8.22
502 unweaned	502	12	149.25	$149.25	$749	—
510–548	525	81	125.00–160.00	$146.19	$767	-8.93
568 unweaned	568	12	142.75	$142.75	$811	-5.25
553–599	581	259	128.00–162.00	$147.84	$859	-0.96
600–648	628	91	127.00–147.00	$137.36	$863	-4.98
651–696	679	215	120.00–141.00	$133.76	$908	-1.20
701 unweaned	701	9	130.00	$130.00	$911	—
700–746	719	115	125.00–139.00	$129.34	$930	+5.41
752–797	783	134	120.00–131.35	$128.04	$1,003	-1.18
800–831	816	43	121.00–126.50	$124.10	$1,013	-5.75
861–877	872	40	118.00–128.75	$125.13	$1,091	+4.92
946	946	4	112.50	$112.50	$1,064	-2.48
964–983	977	45	110.00–117.00	$113.43	$1,108	-0.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–347	338	11	150.00–170.00	$155.08	$524	-5.81
355–392	378	23	152.00–170.00	$161.06	$609	+9.53
493	493	3	140.00	$140.00	$690	-5.18
510–538	530	14	132.50–138.00	$134.01	$710	-0.37
568–595	580	24	125.00–138.00	$132.67	$769	-3.16
608–642	627	7	121.00–124.00	$122.25	$767	-4.19
650–692	675	12	118.00–122.50	$119.81	$809	-0.75
711–724	714	19	120.00–121.50	$121.18	$865	-2.42
750–798	776	12	115.00–118.00	$116.79	$906	-4.87
820	820	3	111.00	$111.00	$910	+1.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	3	132.50	$132.50	$722	-22.97
710–743	736	46	126.00–136.00	$133.34	$981	+2.16
770–791	774	38	122.50–126.50	$125.75	$973	-4.75
950	950	8	120.25	$120.25	$1,142	-6.75

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	9	130.00	$130.00	$792	-5.00
756	756	8	120.00	$120.00	$907	-12.09
950	950	8	118.50	$118.50	$1,126	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	140.00	$140.00	$539	—
446	446	4	147.50	$147.50	$658	—
566–589	583	12	135.00–136.00	$135.76	$791	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1203–1370	1288	10	104.50–110.50	$107.90	$1,390	—
1311–1380	1323	7	113.00–115.50	$114.84	$1,519	+7.40

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474–486	479	11	153.00–162.00	$157.85	$756	+2.85

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	8	115.50	$115.50	$700	+1.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	321	57	135.00–165.00	$152.56	$490	+4.09
350–395	384	17	125.00–155.00	$147.63	$567	-4.35
408 fancy	408	16	170.00	$170.00	$694	—
400–446	424	117	125.00–159.00	$149.68	$635	-0.52
440 thin fleshed	440	4	162.00	$162.00	$713	—
450 thin fleshed	450	7	159.00	$159.00	$716	+2.00
450–495	478	120	125.00–155.50	$147.08	$703	+1.39
500–547	528	407	125.00–157.10	$142.06	$750	-0.43
539 unweaned	539	5	135.00	$135.00	$728	—
550–598	578	382	121.00–139.50	$133.15	$770	-3.26
592	592	3	130.00	$130.00	$770	+4.20
599 fancy	599	37	149.00	$149.00	$893	—
610 fancy	610	11	143.00	$143.00	$872	—
602–648	621	295	118.00–146.75	$137.83	$856	+5.19
638	638	11	127.25	$127.25	$812	-5.39
652–678	669	37	137.00–140.00	$138.03	$923	+5.98
650–698	683	488	115.00–139.00	$131.02	$895	+12.09
695	695	10	124.50	$124.50	$865	-18.50
723	723	16	140.50	$140.50	$1,016	+11.74
702–747	724	210	124.50–133.00	$127.60	$924	-1.16
752–776	764	38	143.00–146.50	$144.72	$1,106	+19.68
767–795	778	66	105.00–130.50	$125.99	$980	+0.95
805	805	23	146.00	$146.00	$1,175	+23.48
814–820	818	68	123.50–123.85	$123.75	$1,012	+1.23
858	858	3	100.00	$100.00	$858	-15.50
937	937	39	122.50	$122.50	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	339	14	126.00–142.50	$138.54	$470	-8.23
352–390	361	21	140.00–150.00	$142.54	$515	-0.02
400 unweaned	400	4	129.00	$129.00	$516	—
403–447	429	33	124.00–144.00	$138.97	$596	-0.51
464 unweaned	464	11	133.50	$133.50	$619	—
450–499	480	154	120.00–147.50	$138.01	$662	+0.07
500–546	529	63	115.00–139.50	$129.75	$686	-3.61
532 unweaned	532	6	126.50	$126.50	$673	—
559 unweaned	559	5	121.00	$121.00	$676	-5.33
551–597	578	147	117.00–135.25	$130.52	$754	-1.00
600–648	618	168	110.00–132.50	$122.65	$758	-4.82
624 unweaned	624	14	120.00	$120.00	$749	—
650–698	672	103	109.00–130.00	$121.95	$820	+6.66
701–743	717	91	107.00–120.00	$117.12	$840	+7.12
753–795	777	65	115.00–123.50	$118.52	$921	-2.04
810–845	829	38	108.00–127.50	$117.38	$973	+4.63
957	957	10	116.00	$116.00	$1,110	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	6	138.00	$138.00	$418	—
370–371	370	21	132.00–136.00	$132.95	$492	+1.57
402–438	418	15	130.00–136.00	$133.86	$560	+5.74
452–475	467	32	132.00–135.00	$134.24	$627	+11.16
522–540	532	22	108.00–125.00	$113.34	$603	-5.47
586	586	3	115.00	$115.00	$674	+0.45
605–622	611	26	110.00–120.00	$115.03	$703	+3.10
667–696	680	36	108.00–119.50	$113.23	$770	+0.16
858	858	4	92.50	$92.50	$794	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	7	124.00	$124.00	$712	—
803	803	10	110.00–115.00	$113.50	$911	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	2	101.00	$101.00	$1,222	-5.52
1173–1282	1235	7	113.00–115.00	$114.19	$1,410	+22.40

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	8	154.00	$154.00	$641	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	6	152.00–158.00	$154.98	$640	+0.56
453–498	473	21	145.00–150.00	$145.85	$690	-6.63
510–540	524	25	120.00–148.00	$141.89	$744	-6.51
560–590	577	22	125.00–140.00	$138.63	$800	-1.04
605–643	616	47	126.00–139.50	$134.00	$825	+2.33
695	695	9	124.00	$124.00	$862	-0.84
845	845	3	109.00	$109.00	$921	—
903	903	3	86.00	$86.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–498	485	18	130.00–150.00	$140.00	$679	-3.75
498 unweaned	498	5	125.00	$125.00	$622	—
522	522	3	136.00	$136.00	$710	-0.47
553–592	580	11	117.00–129.00	$124.49	$722	-4.41
605 unweaned	605	5	115.00	$115.00	$696	—
602–612	607	15	108.00–127.00	$119.38	$725	-7.39
673	673	5	125.00	$125.00	$841	+1.69
688 unweaned	688	6	115.00	$115.00	$791	—
709–728	716	17	115.00–120.00	$116.93	$837	+2.54
760–788	777	10	115.00–117.50	$116.52	$905	+4.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	5	121.00	$121.00	$582	-4.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1725	1725	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
833–1795	1140	80-85%	22	39.00–61.00	$53.82	$614	—
800–1690	1167	80-85%	107	50.00–70.00	$60.42	$705	+10.21
915–1550	1234	80-85%	87	58.00–78.00	$68.28	$843	+11.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1835	1390	75-80%	15	54.00–62.50	$56.73	$789	—
1065–1965	1443	75-80%	49	56.00–69.00	$63.06	$910	+3.95
1250–1850	1536	75-80%	72	62.50–77.50	$70.69	$1,086	+16.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568–1245	848	85-90%	15	10.00–31.00	$20.85	$177	—
550–1265	895	85-90%	22	30.00–44.00	$38.43	$344	—
745–1460	993	85-90%	47	42.50–60.00	$51.34	$510	—
810–1410	1040	85-90%	38	55.00–72.00	$60.76	$632	+21.93

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1725	1380	10	65.00–82.00	$75.93	$1,048	—
1000–2050	1598	22	65.00–94.00	$86.29	$1,379	—
1470–2015	1718	23	88.00–102.00	$95.20	$1,636	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750	1750	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,978	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1005	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	73.00–85.00	$78.46	$724
959–1050	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	67.00–77.50	$73.08	$740
930–1280	1091	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–83.00	$72.36	$789

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	600.00	$600.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–765	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–68.00	$66.51	$505
772	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	82.50	$82.50	$637

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1150	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	47.50–64.00	$54.72	$467

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120–1160	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	53.00–64.00	$57.36	$656

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1335	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	658.00–875.00	$789.80
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00
1000–1423	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	900.00–1,175.00	$1,030.89

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
790–980	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	400.00–600.00	$530.61
840–1065	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	475.00–750.00	$603.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1170	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–800.00	$782.62
1243	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1305–1350	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	785.00–800.00	$792.37
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1015	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	625.00–685.00	$654.85

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1465	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,203.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1350	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	69.00–72.00	$70.03	$879

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–835	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	300.00–450.00	$377.23

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–680	679	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	450.00–500.00	$487.57

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–945	888	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	650.00–850.00	$791.84

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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
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00	$725.00	—
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	660.00	$660.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	-450.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–1,000.00	$762.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00	$775.00	—
1065–1290	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–985.00	$980.00	—

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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.