Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

3,374 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $145.35/cwt -0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 723 lb · 176 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.27/cwt +1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 570 lb · 160 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $167.79/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 523 lb · 144 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,374	4,787	6,788
Feeder cattle	2,964	3,897	6,087
Slaughter cattle	345	756	597
Replacement cattle	65	134	104

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 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
345–347	346	5	175.00–189.00	$183.42	$635	-4.58
356–395	374	42	172.00–192.50	$180.81	$676	-8.94
403–449	428	83	169.50–189.75	$177.90	$761	+12.90
453–496	489	73	172.00–180.00	$175.53	$858	+6.44
498 unweaned	498	5	157.00	$157.00	$782	-4.00
501–546	519	105	165.00–178.75	$169.36	$879	-0.91
532–535 unweaned	534	39	160.00–164.50	$163.58	$874	+11.34
560 unweaned	560	3	146.00	$146.00	$818	-3.34
550–594	578	132	154.00–171.25	$163.41	$945	+4.33
607–638	616	17	137.50–146.50	$142.47	$878	-9.23
608–631	616	59	153.50–166.50	$160.53	$989	+8.83
640 unweaned	640	29	140.10	$140.10	$897	-2.36
650–682	662	77	142.00–151.00	$146.58	$970	+2.17
667 unweaned	667	4	140.50	$140.50	$937	+6.00
694	694	8	142.50	$142.50	$989	+8.75
705–738	721	162	138.00–149.00	$146.02	$1,053	-0.48
741–743	742	14	137.00–138.00	$137.57	$1,021	-8.93
765–772	767	20	136.50–138.50	$138.00	$1,058	-1.64
882	882	7	130.25	$130.25	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	181.50	$181.50	$619	—
383–393	387	5	160.00–174.00	$165.69	$641	-6.57
400–444	433	25	168.00–178.50	$173.63	$752	+10.33
452–499	473	32	160.50–166.50	$163.39	$773	-1.13
489 unweaned	489	5	151.00	$151.00	$738	—
508–535	525	43	154.50–166.00	$160.12	$841	-4.19
551 unweaned	551	5	141.00	$141.00	$777	+0.29
551–595	575	62	150.00–159.00	$155.23	$893	+3.45
591	591	9	143.50	$143.50	$848	-8.28
602–647	618	81	139.00–154.50	$149.23	$922	+3.44
602–635 unweaned	622	5	136.00–141.50	$138.13	$859	+2.82
651–695	665	34	134.00–148.50	$141.13	$939	+2.58
693 thin fleshed	693	56	153.00	$153.00	$1,060	—
713–722	717	7	135.00–138.00	$136.71	$980	+1.21
722 unweaned	722	3	126.00	$126.00	$910	+2.00
759–794	775	31	128.00–141.50	$132.52	$1,027	+10.52
812–819	815	17	128.00–130.00	$128.50	$1,047	—
830	830	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,013	—
872	872	12	122.00	$122.00	$1,064	-10.75
961	961	9	110.00	$110.00	$1,057	—
988	988	6	118.50	$118.50	$1,171	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	7	155.00	$155.00	$792	—
593	593	9	144.50	$144.50	$857	—
631–648	640	8	127.50–140.00	$133.67	$855	—
780	780	8	133.50	$133.50	$1,041	—
865	865	6	115.00	$115.00	$995	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	5	120.00	$120.00	$612	—
630	630	5	117.50	$117.50	$740	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	6	144.50	$144.50	$789	+0.44
578	578	4	135.00	$135.00	$780	-4.86

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	4	162.50	$162.50	$843	—
586 unweaned	586	5	147.00	$147.00	$861	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	5	164.25	$164.25	$897	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	5	151.00	$151.00	$455	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	5	182.00	$182.00	$506	—
350–376	366	14	147.50–170.25	$160.52	$588	+2.84
415–448	432	47	148.50–161.00	$154.34	$667	-2.33
449	449	7	139.00	$139.00	$624	-17.67
462–494	486	86	147.50–157.25	$150.91	$733	+3.05
498	498	5	141.00	$141.00	$702	-6.86
505–529	513	62	138.00–150.00	$145.42	$746	+2.12
550–597	569	144	137.00–147.50	$142.53	$811	+2.61
571–572 unweaned	572	10	128.50–129.00	$128.75	$736	—
588	588	6	132.00	$132.00	$776	+0.71
602–624	612	18	143.00–151.00	$147.37	$902	+8.65
606–630	619	45	136.50–140.75	$138.44	$857	-0.28
619	619	17	134.00	$134.00	$829	-4.72
652–671	661	17	135.00–136.00	$135.52	$896	-3.27
654–684	664	37	132.00–139.00	$136.91	$909	-1.88
682 unweaned	682	12	127.00	$127.00	$866	—
704–720	719	80	133.00–134.50	$133.15	$957	+7.40
798	798	5	118.75	$118.75	$948	-6.85
975	975	6	102.00	$102.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	7	142.50	$142.50	$519	-6.11
360–395	383	9	144.00–155.00	$147.44	$565	-1.17
417–438	432	7	141.00–147.50	$142.79	$617	+7.79
453–494	478	60	144.00–149.50	$146.93	$702	+4.32
500–535	511	32	135.00–147.00	$138.54	$708	-2.04
550–590	573	37	128.00–142.75	$138.61	$794	+5.02
568–586	579	14	125.00–128.00	$126.12	$730	-7.47
602–646	637	25	124.25–134.75	$130.24	$830	-1.94
662–684	674	36	125.00–137.00	$132.22	$891	+6.23
730–741	740	16	121.00–131.75	$130.42	$965	-0.79
778–793	784	5	120.00	$120.00	$941	+2.05
824	824	10	119.75	$119.75	$987	+3.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	130.00	$130.00	$569	—
476	476	5	128.00	$128.00	$609	—
568	568	2	125.00	$125.00	$710	—
620	620	2	125.00	$125.00	$775	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	6	130.00	$130.00	$712	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	4	130.00	$130.00	$537	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	4	155.00	$155.00	$569	-7.00
441	441	7	159.50	$159.50	$703	-4.59
512	512	2	140.00	$140.00	$717	-10.90
566 thin fleshed	566	6	149.50	$149.50	$846	—
616–648	636	11	128.00–134.00	$131.14	$834	+4.84
665	665	4	121.50	$121.50	$808	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	148.50	$148.50	$772	—
582 unweaned	582	12	133.75	$133.75	$778	—
583	583	4	141.00	$141.00	$822	—
775	775	2	115.50	$115.50	$895	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	6	120.00	$120.00	$624	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1450	1183	80-85%	101	58.00–69.00	$64.30	$761	+2.67
1000–1735	1206	80-85%	20	51.00–61.00	$56.92	$686	-10.47
1010–1550	1284	80-85%	20	66.00–77.00	$71.12	$913	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1385	1221	75-80%	4	57.00–59.50	$58.04	$709	—
1120–1675	1379	75-80%	41	62.50–69.00	$66.30	$914	+1.48
1245–1895	1488	75-80%	16	67.00–75.50	$70.33	$1,047	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1270	972	85-90%	9	35.00–49.00	$43.55	$423	—
975–1180	1045	85-90%	5	50.00–64.00	$58.53	$612	+11.38
750–1575	1059	85-90%	45	49.00–60.50	$55.43	$587	-7.68

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625	1625	65-75%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,235	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2070	1561	10	74.00–85.50	$81.21	$1,268	—
1415–2270	1795	23	87.00–98.50	$92.81	$1,666	—
1705–2215	1878	5	98.50–108.00	$103.17	$1,938	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1760	1760	1	114.00	$114.00	$2,006	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1330	1018	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	75.00–100.50	$85.97	$875
885–1230	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	56.00–78.00	$67.52	$717

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235–1245	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,100.00	$1,033.27

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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
900–1350	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$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.