Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

6,452 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.98/cwt +2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 576 lb · 278 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.71/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 575 lb · 247 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.63/cwt -1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $950/hd at 722 lb · 194 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,452	3,374	5,387
Feeder cattle	5,480	2,964	4,916
Slaughter cattle	808	345	361
Replacement cattle	164	65	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 7.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher on those under 450 lbs. Slaughter cows sold firm to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–347	336	5	199.00–200.00	$199.38	$670	+15.96
354–368	359	11	181.00–192.00	$185.99	$668	+5.18
425 thin fleshed	425	3	180.00	$180.00	$765	—
402–448	427	72	165.00–188.50	$181.61	$775	+3.71
468 fancy	468	12	189.75	$189.75	$888	—
450–499	483	131	163.00–185.00	$178.45	$862	+2.92
485 unweaned	485	3	158.00	$158.00	$766	+1.00
502–514 unweaned	510	12	156.00–158.00	$157.34	$802	-6.24
500–549	530	124	152.00–176.50	$168.63	$894	-0.73
560 fancy	560	31	174.00	$174.00	$974	—
572	572	9	155.00	$155.00	$887	-8.41
575 unweaned	575	3	154.00	$154.00	$886	+8.00
551–595	577	204	156.50–171.00	$163.89	$946	+0.48
600 thin fleshed	600	2	165.00	$165.00	$990	—
608	608	3	144.00	$144.00	$876	+1.53
600–632	613	84	144.50–166.00	$157.99	$968	+15.52
612–638 unweaned	623	42	140.00–149.00	$144.23	$899	+4.13
668–672	669	13	138.00–144.00	$142.61	$954	-3.97
658–698 unweaned	679	25	135.00–144.00	$139.26	$946	-1.24
650–697	683	87	132.25–156.50	$150.92	$1,031	+8.42
700–733	707	15	135.00–142.00	$140.22	$991	-5.80
708 unweaned	708	10	137.00	$137.00	$970	—
706–737	714	114	132.00–151.00	$148.10	$1,057	+2.08
750–796	774	56	125.00–149.25	$140.30	$1,086	+2.30
825–847	833	193	134.85–137.10	$136.15	$1,134	—
850–858	854	176	130.00–135.35	$133.57	$1,141	+3.32
911–920	913	79	126.00–128.10	$127.65	$1,165	—
971–998	992	73	123.85	$123.85	$1,229	—
1009–1025	1016	165	120.85–122.50	$121.70	$1,236	—
1078	1078	8	114.00	$114.00	$1,229	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	4	188.00	$188.00	$540	—
362–382	364	25	181.50–185.00	$184.56	$672	+18.87
402–438	426	25	160.00–172.50	$167.31	$713	-6.32
458–468 thin fleshed	463	26	184.00–186.50	$185.33	$858	—
450–499	481	74	157.00–174.00	$163.89	$788	+0.50
505–538	527	51	153.00–169.00	$159.83	$842	-0.29
532	532	5	154.00	$154.00	$819	-6.12
563 thin fleshed	563	23	174.00	$174.00	$980	—
563 unweaned	563	12	151.75	$151.75	$854	+10.75
552–593	567	71	140.00–167.50	$156.89	$890	+1.66
607–643	628	41	135.50–152.00	$146.76	$922	-2.47
635 thin fleshed	635	12	159.00	$159.00	$1,010	—
650–693	658	14	131.50–145.00	$139.06	$915	-2.07
667 unweaned	667	3	132.00	$132.00	$880	—
703–736	720	23	142.00–150.00	$146.18	$1,052	+9.47
728 unweaned	728	6	135.00	$135.00	$983	+9.00
817–835	827	16	126.75–130.60	$128.36	$1,062	+6.36
858–897	892	75	120.00–126.00	$125.34	$1,118	+3.34
900	900	63	125.35	$125.35	$1,128	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	5	190.00	$190.00	$707	—
439	439	7	174.50	$174.50	$766	—
509–535	526	44	152.50–177.00	$171.61	$903	+9.11
563–598	577	22	153.00–164.00	$158.43	$914	—
603–647	621	25	133.00–157.50	$152.51	$947	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	3	144.00	$144.00	$847	+9.00
615	615	4	132.00	$132.00	$812	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	4	164.00	$164.00	$582	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–333	330	13	166.50–171.00	$169.03	$558	—
367–395	383	23	153.50–180.00	$165.32	$633	+4.80
383 unweaned	383	3	140.00	$140.00	$536	—
403–449	429	109	140.00–169.00	$156.83	$673	+2.49
451–498	479	142	137.00–160.00	$150.25	$720	-0.66
493 unweaned	493	6	143.50	$143.50	$707	—
500–546	526	149	133.00–156.25	$148.24	$780	+2.82
533 unweaned	533	4	134.50	$134.50	$717	—
550–599	574	203	131.25–151.50	$144.49	$829	+1.96
575 fancy	575	6	159.00	$159.00	$914	—
580	580	5	132.50	$132.50	$768	+0.50
552–595 unweaned	581	31	129.50–138.00	$135.27	$786	+6.52
587	587	33	148.00	$148.00	$869	+16.00
604–645	624	115	133.50–151.00	$141.43	$883	+2.99
632 unweaned	632	9	137.75	$137.75	$871	—
671	671	6	128.00	$128.00	$859	-8.91
651–699	678	74	127.50–142.25	$135.03	$916	-1.88
707–739	722	194	122.00–138.50	$131.63	$950	-1.52
756–775	764	38	118.00–133.75	$127.02	$970	+8.27
821–845	828	59	115.00–134.00	$121.02	$1,002	—
853–887	858	22	119.10–126.50	$120.14	$1,031	—
920	920	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–337	327	38	150.50–170.00	$165.23	$540	—
372	372	9	164.00	$164.00	$610	+21.50
405 unweaned	405	2	140.00	$140.00	$567	—
419 thin fleshed	419	4	161.00	$161.00	$675	—
405–449	425	56	132.00–167.00	$153.42	$652	+10.63
458–492	475	72	132.00–157.00	$146.98	$698	+0.05
512 unweaned	512	8	136.50	$136.50	$699	—
503–548	524	99	120.00–151.25	$142.72	$748	+4.18
559 thin fleshed	559	16	150.50	$150.50	$841	—
568 unweaned	568	4	120.00	$120.00	$682	—
550–595	575	46	122.00–142.00	$133.80	$769	-4.81
596	596	4	129.50	$129.50	$772	+3.38
617	617	8	122.50–140.00	$135.63	$837	+5.39
650–681	666	38	128.50–137.50	$132.05	$879	-0.17
686 unweaned	686	13	118.00–123.25	$120.83	$829	—
760–764	763	16	117.25–130.00	$125.23	$956	+5.23
807	807	3	128.50	$128.50	$1,037	+8.75
928	928	2	114.50	$114.50	$1,063	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–457	456	3	132.00–135.50	$133.16	$607	—
559–575	562	17	144.00–147.25	$146.66	$824	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–430	419	11	147.00–151.00	$148.84	$624	—
507	507	5	146.50	$146.50	$743	—
585	585	3	120.00	$120.00	$702	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	147.00	$147.00	$453	—
369	369	15	148.00	$148.00	$546	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	6	160.00	$160.00	$499	—
390	390	6	135.00	$135.00	$526	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	5	103.00	$103.00	$505	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	4	124.00	$124.00	$749	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	10	184.00	$184.00	$644	+29.00
408–447	422	22	163.00–172.50	$166.77	$704	+7.27
450–495	473	16	147.00–164.00	$154.62	$731	—
500–545	519	27	135.00–159.50	$150.45	$781	+10.45
563–598	585	17	134.00–140.00	$136.41	$798	—
643 unweaned	643	5	126.50	$126.50	$813	—
660–687	670	9	121.00–134.00	$126.16	$845	+4.66
668–675 unweaned	673	9	118.00–120.00	$119.34	$803	—
710	710	2	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
835	835	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,002	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–341	336	10	176.00–185.00	$179.52	$603	—
395	395	3	185.00	$185.00	$731	—
407–445	421	18	171.00–183.00	$177.61	$748	—
453	453	5	173.00	$173.00	$784	—
608	608	5	140.00	$140.00	$851	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1360	1176	80-85%	18	54.00–64.00	$60.42	$711	-3.88
810–1740	1185	80-85%	148	60.00–72.00	$66.49	$788	+2.19
953–1580	1213	80-85%	72	68.50–78.00	$72.98	$885	+16.06

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–980	810	85-90%	4	24.00–40.00	$33.01	$267	—
725–1220	857	85-90%	27	37.00–53.00	$43.65	$374	—
705–1335	1017	85-90%	75	48.00–62.00	$57.00	$580	-1.53
850–1305	1058	85-90%	33	59.00–67.00	$63.67	$674	+8.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–2125	1354	75-80%	54	65.00–72.00	$68.54	$928	+2.24
1375	1375	75-80%	1	63.50	$63.50	$873	-2.80
1150–1905	1507	75-80%	39	70.50–80.00	$74.24	$1,119	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–2095	1595	11	74.50–88.50	$84.22	$1,343	+3.01
1215–2305	1739	29	88.00–100.50	$95.40	$1,659	—
1695–2155	1961	10	100.00–110.50	$105.58	$2,070	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1195	991	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	80.00–99.00	$87.65	$869
755–1285	1012	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	55.00–82.50	$69.56	$704

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1138	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	910.00–1,000.00	$972.34
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
930–1430	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	950.00–1,125.00	$1,047.52
1190–1300	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,260.00	$1,036.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1249	1249	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	69.00	$69.00	$862

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
932	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1100	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,435.00	—
1000–1250	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	950.00–1,060.00	$1,007.73	-192.27
900–1250	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,211.25	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1455	1343	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,475.00–1,560.00	$1,535.83	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1450	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.