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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

4,468 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.24/cwt +3.56 vs last sale · ≈ $879/hd at 523 lb · 123 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $147.32/cwt -6.94 vs last sale · ≈ $922/hd at 626 lb · 116 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.92/cwt +5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 569 lb · 115 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,468 4,354 6,327
Feeder cattle 3,601 3,595 5,184
Slaughter cattle 567 559 699
Replacement cattle 300 200 444

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows 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 $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
285 285 3 187.50 $187.50 $534 —
315–330 323 4 195.00–197.00 $196.02 $633 -2.48
360–388 372 31 182.00–191.00 $185.76 $691 +2.10
413–436 unweaned 425 13 165.00–166.00 $165.45 $703 +7.45
408–449 436 56 175.00–183.00 $179.90 $784 +5.92
450–491 465 102 165.00–183.00 $176.11 $819 +1.77
485 485 5 167.50 $167.50 $812 +9.50
509 thin fleshed 509 6 179.00 $179.00 $911 —
510–527 unweaned 518 29 155.50–162.75 $160.60 $832 +8.89
500–542 525 88 160.50–179.00 $170.02 $893 -4.03
551–598 569 115 151.00–169.00 $160.92 $916 +8.21
600–643 623 82 145.50–155.00 $149.48 $931 -4.78
628–634 unweaned 633 30 135.00–143.00 $139.73 $884 —
636 thin fleshed 636 4 160.00 $160.00 $1,018 —
651–679 662 45 145.00–149.50 $148.34 $982 +12.34
668 unweaned 668 14 137.00 $137.00 $915 —
689–698 695 16 130.00–136.00 $131.86 $916 -17.36
707–741 719 106 135.00–145.25 $142.22 $1,023 +4.97
764–798 769 13 134.00–137.00 $136.52 $1,050 +2.84
795 795 6 123.00 $123.00 $978 -10.68
834–842 835 49 131.10–131.60 $131.17 $1,095 -1.35
859–876 860 64 127.00–130.00 $129.81 $1,116 +3.27
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
332–340 335 10 168.00–186.00 $179.32 $601 -11.63
351–393 376 36 164.00–176.00 $170.88 $643 -3.12
407–440 425 21 156.00–170.00 $162.08 $689 -4.96
450–497 477 64 160.00–177.00 $167.83 $801 -0.83
480 480 5 147.00 $147.00 $706 -21.66
490 490 6 155.00 $155.00 $760 -13.66
502–547 519 63 155.00–169.00 $161.47 $838 +5.84
563–566 thin fleshed 565 23 164.00–168.00 $166.96 $943 —
555–594 584 50 147.00–158.00 $151.75 $886 -2.52
605–640 632 42 142.00–155.00 $149.13 $943 -0.66
658–674 665 33 130.25–145.00 $138.91 $924 +3.16
775 775 4 123.75 $123.75 $959 -6.12
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
388 388 4 156.00 $156.00 $605 -14.00
410 unweaned 410 4 140.00 $140.00 $574 —
418 418 3 152.50 $152.50 $637 -25.00
473 unweaned 473 7 141.00 $141.00 $667 —
479–480 480 12 150.50–152.00 $151.25 $726 —
505 505 7 140.50 $140.50 $710 -5.18
609 609 7 127.00 $127.00 $773 —
829 829 7 110.00 $110.00 $912 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416 416 8 150.00 $150.00 $624 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420 420 7 166.00 $166.00 $697 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
466 466 4 157.00 $157.00 $732 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
660 660 4 118.00 $118.00 $779 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
303–348 336 19 151.00–166.00 $161.06 $541 -12.94
350–395 368 29 150.00–163.00 $157.12 $578 -11.52
401–449 425 57 147.00–158.00 $152.00 $646 -5.95
426–434 unweaned 430 15 143.00–146.00 $144.61 $622 -0.21
450–498 476 79 141.00–153.00 $146.80 $699 -9.91
480–490 unweaned 482 19 130.00–139.25 $136.93 $660 —
502 502 5 134.00 $134.00 $673 -15.22
506–516 unweaned 509 26 136.00–142.00 $138.80 $706 —
506–517 509 36 136.00–153.50 $146.47 $746 -2.75
550–586 570 62 132.00–144.25 $140.04 $798 -3.84
570–577 574 11 128.00–130.00 $128.55 $738 -15.33
613–632 unweaned 621 23 126.00–130.25 $127.45 $791 —
601–633 628 64 129.50–142.50 $140.81 $884 -2.21
660–661 660 12 126.00–135.00 $129.75 $856 -12.67
658–678 unweaned 672 10 125.00–126.00 $125.71 $845 —
713–727 723 37 129.25–133.50 $130.05 $940 -3.55
750 750 13 129.25 $129.25 $969 +4.89
826 826 26 135.00 $135.00 $1,115 +11.94
845 845 9 114.00 $114.00 $963 -9.06
948 948 2 96.50 $96.50 $915 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
287 287 2 150.00 $150.00 $430 -20.00
323–345 339 18 145.00–157.00 $153.51 $520 —
353–395 366 48 140.00–162.00 $151.63 $555 -8.77
386 unweaned 386 7 139.50 $139.50 $538 —
401–448 413 61 136.00–154.00 $148.65 $614 -0.98
418 thin fleshed 418 3 156.00 $156.00 $652 —
452–498 469 95 136.00–150.00 $144.61 $678 -9.49
487 unweaned 487 3 128.00 $128.00 $623 —
511 thin fleshed 511 8 148.00 $148.00 $756 —
500–547 519 74 130.00–147.00 $139.25 $723 -2.09
522–547 526 14 123.50–129.00 $125.28 $659 -16.06
558–593 571 71 125.00–142.50 $137.18 $783 +0.36
608 608 3 126.00 $126.00 $766 -5.35
600–649 631 69 122.00–140.00 $135.15 $853 +10.15
633 unweaned 633 3 119.00 $119.00 $753 —
663–683 667 10 128.00–130.75 $130.19 $868 -7.18
716–728 720 22 120.00–128.75 $125.86 $906 -7.64
823 823 8 116.25 $116.25 $957 -1.39
872 872 10 110.00 $110.00 $959 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
807 807 20 1,100.00 $1,100.00 —
885 885 22 1,175.00 $1,175.00 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
467 467 5 134.50 $134.50 $628 -14.50
500–541 530 15 129.00–132.00 $131.25 $696 —
763 763 6 113.00 $113.00 $862 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
465–485 471 10 134.00–136.00 $135.25 $637 —
525 525 5 132.00 $132.00 $693 +3.50
580 580 6 122.50 $122.50 $710 —
644 644 4 118.00 $118.00 $760 -8.00
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
488 488 3 125.00 $125.00 $610 —
543 543 3 121.50 $121.50 $660 —
569 569 4 131.00 $131.00 $745 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
371 371 7 156.00 $156.00 $579 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
665 665 6 118.00 $118.00 $785 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
422–445 429 12 155.00–159.00 $157.56 $676 -2.04
463–495 479 4 144.50–145.00 $144.74 $693 -4.06
508–547 522 21 140.00–150.50 $144.81 $756 -0.49
585 585 8 129.50–137.00 $132.31 $774 -4.98
602–603 thin fleshed 602 10 140.50–142.50 $141.30 $851 —
705–710 707 5 124.00–135.00 $130.58 $923 +11.58
765–780 775 11 110.00–111.50 $110.96 $860 -13.99
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305 305 4 194.00 $194.00 $592 —
376 376 3 180.00 $180.00 $677 -5.42

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
890–1480 1167 80-85% 102 59.00–69.50 $64.16 $749 —
970–1475 1215 80-85% 15 55.00–61.50 $58.08 $706 -14.07
1005–1465 1235 80-85% 23 67.50–77.50 $71.81 $887 -0.34
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1275–1445 1377 75-80% 3 59.50–62.50 $61.22 $843 -5.45
1135–1650 1390 75-80% 53 60.00–71.50 $65.97 $917 -0.70
1275–1825 1563 75-80% 20 67.00–74.50 $70.16 $1,097 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
850–930 908 85-90% 4 42.50–46.50 $44.39 $403 —
930–970 950 85-90% 2 32.00–36.50 $34.20 $325 —
795–1250 1026 85-90% 29 48.00–59.00 $54.74 $562 -2.20
920–1165 1058 85-90% 4 59.00–63.50 $61.06 $646 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1165–1660 1421 5 69.50–82.00 $77.38 $1,100 —
1320–1830 1607 15 85.00–96.00 $91.53 $1,471 —
1535–2375 1934 14 98.50–108.50 $103.38 $1,999 +3.20

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
650–1285 1014 (<2 yrs)Open 13 79.00–108.00 $94.38 $957
905–1345 1086 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 22 64.00–84.00 $71.70 $779

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1003 1003 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 1,325.00 $1,325.00
1049–1355 1128 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 16 1,025.00–1,285.00 $1,170.33
1203–1277 1227 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 13 875.00–925.00 $900.70
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1153 1153 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 7 700.00 $700.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1228–1295 1255 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 1,475.00–1,500.00 $1,485.32

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
950–1050 985 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 42 2,050.00–2,500.00 $2,392.86 —
1200–1400 1280 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 10 1,700.00–2,000.00 $1,880.00 —
1285 1285 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 5 1,575.00 $1,575.00 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1125–1390 1213 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 6 1,525.00–1,550.00 $1,533.33 —
1100–1300 1225 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 8 1,075.00–1,275.00 $1,200.00 —

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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.