Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

4,354 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $132.52/cwt -9.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,084/hd at 818 lb · 247 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.68/cwt -8.41 vs last sale · ≈ $858/hd at 521 lb · 112 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.76/cwt -1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 516 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,354	5,347	4,970
Feeder cattle	3,595	4,555	4,129
Slaughter cattle	559	607	661
Replacement cattle	200	185	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves weak to 10.00 lower and a light test of yearlings traded with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows mostly steady, spots 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341–345	342	16	196.00–200.00	$198.50	$679	-8.71
363–392	382	22	171.00–188.50	$183.66	$702	-9.49
394 unweaned	394	14	174.50	$174.50	$688	—
410	410	4	160.00	$160.00	$656	-26.88
408–440	420	69	166.00–179.00	$173.98	$731	-12.90
424 unweaned	424	8	158.00	$158.00	$670	—
460 unweaned	460	4	160.00	$160.00	$736	-12.00
452–492	475	102	165.00–181.50	$174.34	$828	-8.31
491	491	3	158.00	$158.00	$776	-24.65
510–542	519	65	159.50–180.00	$174.05	$903	+10.39
501–539 unweaned	524	47	148.50–157.00	$151.71	$795	—
550–592	563	45	149.75–168.50	$160.58	$904	+3.43
564 unweaned	564	12	140.00	$140.00	$790	—
565–588	574	15	146.00–158.00	$152.71	$877	-13.17
600–639	622	74	144.50–160.00	$154.26	$959	-5.56
677	677	5	136.00	$136.00	$921	-21.36
655–688	678	72	138.00–161.50	$149.22	$1,012	-8.14
700–709	704	11	144.50–148.75	$146.45	$1,031	+4.45
714	714	7	137.25	$137.25	$980	-4.75
772–785	784	78	129.00–134.00	$133.68	$1,048	-4.55
805–832	818	247	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$1,084	-9.29
890–891	890	72	126.00–129.25	$126.54	$1,126	-7.06
1035	1035	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,138	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	188.00	$188.00	$551	—
316–345	328	27	179.00–197.50	$190.95	$626	+0.46
362–395	382	22	168.00–179.00	$174.00	$665	—
418	418	4	155.00	$155.00	$648	-24.63
400–445	428	30	160.00–169.50	$167.04	$715	-12.59
457–499	473	41	156.00–175.50	$168.66	$798	-6.47
466–493	473	16	158.50–159.00	$158.63	$750	-16.50
495 thin fleshed	495	4	180.00	$180.00	$891	—
503–511	509	13	152.50–157.00	$155.63	$792	-12.38
547	547	2	146.50	$146.50	$801	-21.51
560–599	577	67	136.00–162.50	$154.27	$890	-7.70
594	594	6	145.00	$145.00	$861	-16.97
605–635	614	26	136.00–158.25	$149.79	$920	-9.00
652–696	675	44	132.00–140.50	$135.75	$916	-7.72
715–731	724	9	130.00–134.00	$132.00	$956	-11.17
748	748	3	127.50	$127.50	$954	-15.67
750–795	783	91	126.00–134.00	$129.87	$1,017	-6.63
802–835	819	12	125.00–126.00	$125.58	$1,029	-6.56
865–890	880	5	115.00–118.00	$116.18	$1,022	-10.54

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	5	170.00	$170.00	$620	—
419	419	19	177.50	$177.50	$744	+0.50
510–515	513	6	143.00–147.00	$145.68	$747	-1.32
538	538	3	152.00	$152.00	$818	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	4	153.00	$153.00	$756	+1.00
517	517	5	138.00	$138.00	$713	—
552	552	2	142.00	$142.00	$784	—
615	615	2	134.50	$134.50	$827	—
804	804	4	121.50	$121.50	$977	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	8	147.00	$147.00	$772	—
650	650	7	135.00	$135.00	$878	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	7	140.00	$140.00	$664	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602–613	609	6	129.00–131.50	$129.82	$791	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	5	158.00	$158.00	$463	—
345	345	3	174.00	$174.00	$600	+2.65
351–396	380	70	156.50–177.00	$168.64	$641	+4.71
401–439	421	38	145.00–166.00	$157.95	$665	-2.74
414–426 unweaned	421	13	143.50–147.00	$144.82	$610	-3.08
451–483	472	28	137.00–149.00	$145.10	$685	-11.97
450–496	473	78	140.00–167.00	$156.71	$741	-0.36
505–530	515	91	140.00–156.75	$149.22	$768	-0.29
521–527	523	18	131.00–136.00	$134.32	$702	-15.19
552–599	584	77	130.00–152.75	$143.88	$840	+3.38
603–642	633	49	130.00–145.00	$143.02	$905	-0.74
650–696	658	45	123.00–145.25	$142.42	$937	-2.58
693	693	4	125.00	$125.00	$866	-5.75
701–723	712	27	123.00–144.25	$133.60	$951	-5.06
756–798	785	13	118.00–128.00	$124.36	$976	-15.64
791	791	3	119.00	$119.00	$941	-21.00
803–830	820	8	118.00–126.00	$123.06	$1,009	-7.69
893	893	15	126.00	$126.00	$1,125	-4.00
951	951	20	126.00	$126.00	$1,198	+18.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
300	300	4	170.00	$170.00	$510	—
320 thin fleshed	320	15	165.00	$165.00	$528	—
358–398	377	39	149.50–165.00	$160.40	$605	+5.88
374–388 thin fleshed	381	8	173.00–174.00	$173.49	$661	+9.25
405–446	434	46	135.50–168.00	$149.63	$649	-6.14
450–498	474	45	136.50–161.00	$154.10	$730	+3.99
510–548	529	51	134.50–150.00	$141.34	$748	-4.25
535	535	3	133.50	$133.50	$714	-12.09
553–595	568	35	124.00–144.75	$136.82	$777	-3.02
601–645	624	39	123.00–136.00	$131.35	$820	-8.75
632	632	4	125.00	$125.00	$790	-15.10
650–695	659	78	120.00–138.00	$137.37	$905	-1.14
704	704	4	127.00	$127.00	$894	-9.08
722	722	75	133.50	$133.50	$964	-2.58
763	763	4	121.00	$121.00	$923	-6.00
815–824	822	8	112.00–119.50	$117.64	$967	-5.86
950	950	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,092	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	16	159.75	$159.75	$561	—
461	461	5	149.00	$149.00	$687	+9.00
725	725	2	119.50	$119.50	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	4	128.50	$128.50	$702	—
618–620	619	8	125.50–126.50	$126.00	$780	-13.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	6	116.00	$116.00	$618	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	6	173.00–195.00	$183.32	$596	—
367–386	378	9	158.00–160.00	$158.86	$600	-37.14
411 unweaned	411	3	144.00	$144.00	$592	—
400–445	426	8	152.00–163.00	$159.60	$680	-7.89
465–495	479	18	139.00–155.00	$148.80	$713	-17.97
488–490 unweaned	488	11	137.00–142.50	$141.50	$691	-12.50
500–535	517	15	143.00–146.50	$145.30	$751	-9.11
557–595	582	7	130.00–143.00	$137.29	$799	-13.97
605–646	627	14	125.00–135.00	$132.82	$833	-5.61
658–695	675	12	120.00–125.00	$124.06	$837	-12.75
728	728	4	119.00	$119.00	$866	-10.93
756–771	763	11	124.00–125.75	$124.95	$953	—
835–838	837	12	109.00–119.50	$116.88	$978	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–379	371	7	179.00–190.00	$185.42	$688	-4.98
471	471	5	158.00	$158.00	$744	-6.95
602 unweaned	602	8	130.00	$130.00	$783	—
609	609	4	135.50	$135.50	$825	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	7	125.00	$125.00	$705	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1485	1106	80-85%	9	47.00–60.50	$56.26	$622	-7.89
890–1695	1148	80-85%	103	58.00–71.50	$65.83	$756	-5.84
885–1530	1212	80-85%	30	67.50–78.00	$72.15	$874	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1430	1321	75-80%	4	57.00–63.00	$59.88	$791	—
1075–1670	1357	75-80%	47	58.00–71.50	$66.67	$905	-1.21
1050–1775	1432	75-80%	29	67.00–78.50	$71.59	$1,025	-2.38

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1010	852	85-90%	14	35.00–52.00	$45.00	$383	+15.00
940–1070	993	85-90%	6	60.00–65.00	$62.18	$617	+6.82
850–1210	1003	85-90%	39	50.00–63.50	$56.94	$571	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1640	1533	65-75%	4	77.50–79.50	$78.37	$1,201	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–2245	1673	9	72.00–86.00	$81.14	$1,357	—
1345–2085	1676	18	85.50–97.00	$91.88	$1,540	—
1580–2110	1905	9	94.00–103.00	$100.18	$1,908	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1160	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	66.50–100.00	$83.49	$817
865–1390	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	60.00–96.00	$84.71	$907

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1345	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,135.89
1125–1470	1272	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	885.00–1,135.00	$1,015.16

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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.