Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

6,388 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.91/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 625 lb · 348 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $155.51/cwt +5.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 675 lb · 221 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.79/cwt +0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $946/hd at 682 lb · 207 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,388	5,037	5,706
Feeder cattle	5,795	4,545	5,194
Slaughter cattle	478	387	479
Replacement cattle	115	105	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher on grass cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–341	337	9	190.00–197.00	$191.49	$645	+13.02
380–386	383	7	194.00–204.50	$200.04	$766	+14.18
407–449	433	42	181.00–200.00	$187.37	$811	-0.45
460–498	484	65	175.00–189.50	$180.90	$876	-0.59
512 unweaned	512	10	165.50	$165.50	$847	—
505–541	526	7	157.00–167.00	$161.12	$847	-17.09
500–548	528	132	166.00–182.00	$176.50	$932	-1.71
566	566	5	154.00	$154.00	$872	-13.83
550–593	579	113	160.00–178.50	$169.70	$983	+1.87
583–597 unweaned	587	16	150.00–154.00	$151.44	$889	—
601–647	625	348	153.00–170.00	$163.91	$1,024	+2.03
653–696	675	213	147.50–161.00	$156.15	$1,054	+8.63
683	683	5	135.00	$135.00	$922	-12.52
683 unweaned	683	3	144.50	$144.50	$987	—
700–740	718	165	138.50–153.50	$150.46	$1,080	+4.68
700–740	719	30	140.00–142.00	$140.42	$1,010	-5.36
754–797	770	172	134.00–148.00	$141.23	$1,087	-1.72
789	789	7	129.50	$129.50	$1,022	-0.75
811–849	822	192	131.50–141.50	$139.12	$1,144	+9.59
855–894	883	85	126.00–132.50	$130.81	$1,155	+5.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	6	184.00	$184.00	$624	+2.72
389 thin fleshed	389	5	190.00	$190.00	$739	—
386–397	391	7	180.00–183.00	$181.69	$710	+8.61
411 thin fleshed	411	5	197.00	$197.00	$810	—
409–440	423	15	167.00–178.00	$172.93	$731	+1.85
455–495	462	84	159.00–174.75	$172.26	$796	+7.00
500–547	526	68	165.00–177.00	$170.02	$894	-1.92
535	535	3	160.00	$160.00	$856	-11.94
563 thin fleshed	563	4	172.00	$172.00	$968	—
552–599	583	83	158.00–171.00	$162.08	$945	+1.23
600–645	623	47	147.00–162.00	$156.35	$974	+8.68
653–698	672	110	135.00–152.50	$144.98	$974	+1.49
710 thin fleshed	710	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,086	—
701–749	720	59	131.75–146.25	$139.96	$1,008	+2.97
738	738	4	130.00	$130.00	$959	-6.99
760–790	777	33	133.00–140.00	$138.58	$1,077	+7.41
793	793	3	122.00	$122.00	$967	-9.17
828–839	836	7	126.00–131.50	$129.94	$1,086	+2.44
873–892	888	27	124.00–130.25	$128.41	$1,140	+5.84
902	902	26	130.85	$130.85	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	160.00	$160.00	$790	—
540	540	6	152.50	$152.50	$824	+3.06
623	623	4	132.00	$132.00	$822	—
827	827	3	117.00	$117.00	$968	—
882–894	889	12	104.00–115.00	$110.45	$982	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	3	149.00	$149.00	$846	-1.00
603	603	3	143.00	$143.00	$862	—
782	782	3	127.00	$127.00	$993	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–349	341	8	159.00–180.00	$169.76	$579	—
350–395	368	23	153.00–178.00	$166.30	$612	+5.46
408 thin fleshed	408	6	175.50	$175.50	$716	—
400–448	423	56	151.00–170.00	$164.03	$694	+9.42
452–497	473	83	146.00–162.50	$156.75	$741	+4.73
480	480	2	147.00	$147.00	$706	-5.02
485 unweaned	485	9	143.00	$143.00	$694	—
471–493 thin fleshed	490	27	165.00–170.00	$169.29	$830	—
517–520 thin fleshed	519	40	160.75–164.75	$163.06	$846	—
501–544	522	98	144.00–156.00	$151.14	$789	+0.84
523–549	542	22	134.00–143.00	$138.86	$753	+0.72
550 unweaned	550	6	133.50	$133.50	$734	—
561–598	583	159	137.00–156.25	$147.98	$863	+1.32
604–642	625	186	139.50–151.00	$145.96	$912	-1.48
619–645	640	19	136.75–137.00	$136.80	$876	-10.64
661–669	663	20	132.00–132.75	$132.60	$879	-6.23
650–698	684	187	136.25–146.00	$139.45	$954	+1.20
702–740	717	118	124.50–140.00	$135.66	$973	+6.10
747	747	13	140.00	$140.00	$1,046	+10.44
760–796	787	23	120.50–126.00	$122.30	$963	-11.70
800–806	802	81	124.85–125.10	$124.92	$1,002	-8.08
850–880	858	12	115.00–119.75	$118.53	$1,017	+13.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–349	338	19	149.00–168.00	$160.67	$543	—
368 thin fleshed	368	7	185.00	$185.00	$681	—
368–393	380	20	148.50–156.00	$154.25	$586	+0.16
417–428 thin fleshed	426	81	160.00–169.50	$161.71	$689	—
401–449	431	18	146.00–160.50	$156.98	$677	+8.25
475 thin fleshed	475	20	161.50	$161.50	$767	—
474–497	489	25	141.00–158.00	$154.31	$755	+9.78
516–528 thin fleshed	521	8	145.00–149.00	$146.52	$763	-4.48
508–548	535	119	130.00–155.25	$144.34	$772	+3.06
550–599	580	81	128.00–145.50	$133.25	$773	-7.35
604–644	626	67	132.00–141.50	$138.39	$866	+4.10
635	635	9	130.25	$130.25	$827	-4.04
663–690	685	94	130.00–139.50	$133.56	$915	+1.42
701–743	707	142	124.00–137.50	$132.35	$936	+4.19
730–740	734	8	122.00–125.50	$123.32	$905	-4.84
755–790	761	80	118.00–130.00	$126.94	$966	+4.44
801–838	807	71	116.00–124.85	$124.25	$1,003	+9.50
874–879	878	16	116.25–117.75	$116.62	$1,024	+1.62

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595–597	596	7	116.00–125.50	$121.42	$724	—
653–696	674	10	118.00–125.00	$120.03	$809	+2.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	5	122.00	$122.00	$617	—
623–647	634	11	125.00–130.00	$127.68	$809	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	5	153.50	$153.50	$591	—
510–516	514	10	135.00–145.00	$138.97	$714	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
315 thin fleshed	315	3	199.00	$199.00	$627	—
373	373	3	159.00	$159.00	$593	-10.00
409–442 thin fleshed	427	9	180.00–182.00	$181.15	$774	—
433–442	438	4	161.00–169.00	$165.04	$723	-12.96
484	484	6	163.00	$163.00	$789	+10.72
503–546	524	22	152.00–164.00	$160.03	$839	+9.42
610 thin fleshed	610	5	148.50	$148.50	$906	—
630	630	5	138.00	$138.00	$869	+0.50
689	689	6	126.50	$126.50	$872	-6.34
703	703	2	128.00	$128.00	$900	+5.79
833	833	3	108.50	$108.50	$904	—
908	908	3	100.00	$100.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	6	180.00	$180.00	$639	+1.00
425–432	430	17	167.00–177.00	$173.78	$747	-14.22
486	486	10	165.50	$165.50	$804	-6.50
555–580	559	7	152.00–157.00	$156.26	$873	+9.26
616	616	5	149.00	$149.00	$918	—
667–688	683	8	135.00–144.00	$137.20	$937	+6.70
811	811	6	128.50	$128.50	$1,042	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	8	152.00	$152.00	$752	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1425	1173	80-85%	54	58.00–70.00	$65.03	$763	+12.12
950–1390	1183	80-85%	36	67.00–75.00	$69.35	$820	+16.44
1090–1445	1225	80-85%	8	53.00–59.00	$56.31	$690	-12.42

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1055	893	85-90%	29	34.50–48.50	$41.63	$372	—
815–980	921	85-90%	6	59.50–64.50	$61.61	$567	+22.67
850–1095	959	85-90%	14	47.50–59.50	$52.56	$504	-7.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1685	1387	75-80%	20	63.00–70.50	$67.22	$932	+1.96
1195–1730	1509	75-80%	11	70.50–74.50	$73.29	$1,106	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–2045	1661	25	82.00–97.00	$88.70	$1,473	—
1650–1815	1733	2	75.50–79.00	$77.33	$1,340	—
1465–1995	1784	14	90.00–103.50	$96.58	$1,723	-1.01

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1170	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–87.00	$71.24	$702
760–1185	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	78.00–106.00	$88.20	$904
1151	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	74.00	$74.00	$852

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1135	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,288.64
905–1400	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	925.00–1,125.00	$1,031.89

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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
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	86.00	$86.00	$387	—
539	539	6	81.00	$81.00	$437	—
749	749	6	65.00	$65.00	$487	—

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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.