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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

4,302 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.37/cwt -5.87 vs last sale · ≈ $855/hd at 527 lb · 206 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $128.75/cwt -1.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,141/hd at 886 lb · 137 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.50/cwt -0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 477 lb · 132 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,302 4,468 5,139
Feeder cattle 3,381 3,601 4,277
Slaughter cattle 743 567 647
Replacement cattle 178 300 215

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to mostly 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–395 372 24 175.00–190.50 $183.39 $682 -2.37
399 unweaned 399 7 169.00 $169.00 $674 —
407–420 416 6 160.00–165.00 $161.63 $672 -18.27
413–447 430 64 166.00–183.00 $176.47 $759 -3.43
470 470 3 158.00 $158.00 $743 -18.11
451–497 476 94 162.00–178.00 $168.49 $802 +0.99
501–545 unweaned 512 16 156.00–156.50 $156.40 $801 -4.20
502–548 528 190 152.00–169.50 $162.87 $860 -7.15
550–598 570 74 140.00–160.00 $154.09 $878 -6.83
593 593 8 144.50 $144.50 $857 -16.42
599 unweaned 599 9 147.00 $147.00 $881 —
612 unweaned 612 3 142.00 $142.00 $869 +2.27
602–648 615 101 136.00–155.00 $146.27 $900 -3.21
613–619 617 15 138.50–140.50 $139.70 $862 -9.78
652–695 666 38 132.00–145.00 $140.04 $933 -8.30
685 685 3 132.50 $132.50 $908 +0.64
702 702 6 129.50 $129.50 $909 -12.72
705–745 714 18 124.00–136.25 $134.02 $957 -8.20
752 unweaned 752 2 117.50 $117.50 $884 —
757 757 8 130.00 $130.00 $984 -6.52
759–792 772 18 126.50–140.75 $134.10 $1,035 -2.42
802 802 2 127.00 $127.00 $1,019 -4.17
874–896 886 137 125.00–129.00 $128.75 $1,141 -1.06
912 912 120 127.00 $127.00 $1,158 —
994 994 7 119.00 $119.00 $1,183 —
1049 1049 4 115.00 $115.00 $1,206 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
318–345 329 15 165.00–178.00 $171.97 $566 -7.35
363–387 371 7 160.00–172.50 $167.79 $623 -3.09
372 thin fleshed 372 3 195.50 $195.50 $727 —
403–445 423 29 149.00–171.00 $165.16 $699 +3.08
442 442 2 150.00 $150.00 $663 -12.08
455–495 482 16 150.00–171.00 $154.36 $744 +7.36
487–488 thin fleshed 487 8 169.00 $169.00 $823 —
534–546 539 19 151.50–164.50 $159.03 $857 -2.44
543 unweaned 543 16 145.00 $145.00 $787 —
553–598 578 19 134.00–158.00 $152.88 $884 +1.13
594 594 5 143.50 $143.50 $852 -8.25
605–643 625 32 124.00–145.00 $139.47 $872 -9.66
653–682 672 20 134.00–142.50 $138.66 $932 -0.25
703–748 735 16 125.00–141.00 $131.01 $963 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
460 460 3 164.00 $164.00 $754 —
612 612 9 150.00 $150.00 $918 —
670 unweaned 670 5 126.00 $126.00 $844 —
731 731 6 132.25 $132.25 $967 —
784 784 27 128.25 $128.25 $1,005 —
899 899 5 116.00 $116.00 $1,043 —
937 937 50 126.00 $126.00 $1,181 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
565 565 5 143.00 $143.00 $808 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
750 750 4 106.50 $106.50 $799 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380 380 4 157.00 $157.00 $597 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
413 413 2 150.00 $150.00 $620 -2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
317–338 332 11 164.50–166.75 $166.16 $552 +5.10
353–399 381 28 145.50–169.50 $161.49 $615 +4.37
400–444 422 44 138.00–159.50 $150.76 $636 -1.24
451–494 474 106 137.25–153.50 $147.14 $697 +0.34
460–499 unweaned 488 11 130.00–134.50 $133.34 $651 -3.59
473–496 489 15 134.00 $134.00 $655 -12.80
503–549 526 126 135.00–147.00 $140.09 $737 -6.38
559–594 575 91 122.25–144.00 $134.93 $776 +6.38
570–581 577 12 123.00–124.50 $124.01 $716 -4.54
604–629 613 31 125.00–127.50 $125.98 $772 -14.83
614–630 619 30 123.00–139.50 $132.71 $821 -8.10
658–683 672 35 119.00–135.25 $129.71 $872 -0.04
677 unweaned 677 3 115.50 $115.50 $782 -10.21
688 688 2 123.00 $123.00 $846 -6.75
718 718 3 115.25 $115.25 $827 -14.80
768 768 19 115.85 $115.85 $890 -13.40
753–791 774 11 113.25–120.50 $116.00 $898 -13.25
818 818 3 111.00 $111.00 $908 -24.00
830 830 12 118.00 $118.00 $979 -17.00
860 860 5 120.00 $120.00 $1,032 —
880–898 891 18 107.50–113.25 $111.04 $989 —
910 910 3 109.00 $109.00 $992 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
297 297 7 182.00 $182.00 $541 +32.00
315 315 3 159.50 $159.50 $502 +5.99
383–393 387 23 146.00–160.25 $153.51 $594 +1.88
400–449 428 57 121.00–156.75 $148.67 $636 +0.02
452–493 470 40 130.50–154.50 $141.15 $663 -3.46
500–548 520 64 120.00–144.50 $132.89 $691 -6.36
553–597 572 50 119.20–141.50 $133.06 $761 -4.12
605–648 620 35 119.00–136.00 $128.26 $795 -6.89
651–689 672 15 126.00–128.50 $126.66 $851 -3.53
703–740 722 19 119.50–122.00 $120.06 $867 -5.80
728 728 3 112.50 $112.50 $819 -13.36
785 785 5 112.00 $112.00 $879 —
890 890 4 115.00 $115.00 $1,024 +5.00
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
736 736 32 130.00 $130.00 $957 —
790 790 6 115.50 $115.50 $912 —
896 896 19 116.25 $116.25 $1,042 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
478–495 484 9 131.00–132.00 $131.66 $637 -3.59
683 683 5 110.50 $110.50 $755 —
767 767 3 110.00 $110.00 $844 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
824 824 4 116.00 $116.00 $956 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
363–387 372 7 155.00–181.00 $173.16 $644 —
398 unweaned 398 3 145.00 $145.00 $577 —
411–447 431 21 145.00–158.50 $155.04 $668 -2.52
455–496 470 32 134.50–161.50 $150.36 $707 +5.62
515–532 524 6 136.00–140.50 $138.92 $728 -5.89
557–590 578 23 128.50–136.50 $133.78 $773 +1.47
605–636 622 16 118.00–132.00 $124.36 $774 —
650–696 670 11 114.50–129.00 $121.23 $812 —
705 705 2 111.25 $111.25 $784 -19.33
799 799 4 114.50 $114.50 $915 +3.54
838 838 3 108.00 $108.00 $905 —
863 863 10 104.50 $104.50 $902 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
477 477 2 154.00 $154.00 $735 —
553 unweaned 553 4 125.50 $125.50 $694 —
655 655 6 133.50 $133.50 $874 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
515 515 5 134.50 $134.50 $693 —
630 630 3 114.00 $114.00 $718 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1000–1375 1138 80-85% 45 50.00–59.00 $56.31 $641 —
915–1480 1153 80-85% 177 57.50–69.00 $63.24 $729 -0.92
1030–1485 1234 80-85% 66 64.50–74.50 $69.48 $857 -2.33
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1285 1285 75-80% 1 59.00 $59.00 $758 —
1095–1820 1391 75-80% 64 60.00–69.50 $65.18 $907 -0.79
1285–1765 1469 75-80% 28 66.00–73.00 $69.32 $1,018 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
775–1280 960 85-90% 17 40.50–51.50 $46.17 $443 +11.97
850–1305 1013 85-90% 58 50.50–60.50 $56.46 $572 +1.72
880–1255 1079 85-90% 14 61.50–69.00 $64.58 $697 +3.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1200–1580 1418 4 71.00–80.00 $77.75 $1,102 +0.37
1055–2080 1620 21 87.00–97.00 $91.72 $1,486 +0.19
1615–2120 1854 14 95.00–105.00 $100.45 $1,862 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
676–1125 847 (<2 yrs)Open 20 74.00–104.50 $89.31 $756
730–1215 932 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 29 60.00–81.00 $67.46 $629
950–1190 1054 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 9 62.00–78.00 $67.39 $710

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
935–1560 1216 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 10 800.00–1,060.00 $950.72
1165–1410 1348 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 9 860.00–1,085.00 $965.30
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
837–1285 1024 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 19 700.00–885.00 $829.96
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1505 1505 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 1,175.00 $1,175.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1100–1278 1201 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 6 920.00–1,150.00 $1,025.00 -508.33
1400–1450 1411 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 7 1,160.00–1,500.00 $1,331.43 —

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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.