Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

5,954 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.49/cwt -0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,090/hd at 729 lb · 436 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.66/cwt +5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 666 lb · 376 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.44/cwt +1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,113/hd at 681 lb · 315 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,954	3,425	5,514
Feeder cattle	5,506	2,924	5,066
Slaughter cattle	318	426	268
Replacement cattle	130	75	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven mostly 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
313–349	328	10	184.00–206.00	$198.08	$650	-1.92
360–395	386	31	182.00–208.00	$203.91	$787	+3.32
411–445	422	30	192.50–201.00	$198.20	$836	+4.67
469–494	480	128	175.00–199.00	$192.61	$925	+2.65
505–540	521	52	168.00–192.00	$184.57	$962	-5.17
555–599	581	182	169.50–186.50	$176.64	$1,026	-3.72
600–649	619	238	162.50–181.00	$173.27	$1,073	+1.77
680	680	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,020	-12.73
652–699	681	312	146.00–169.50	$163.57	$1,114	+0.84
700–744	729	175	148.00–160.00	$155.52	$1,134	-2.82
751–788	772	221	146.00–160.10	$152.56	$1,178	—
803–846	840	78	140.50–152.00	$147.24	$1,237	-4.29
867–871	869	122	147.10–151.00	$148.96	$1,294	+6.96
901	901	8	136.25	$136.25	$1,228	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	194.00	$194.00	$772	-3.00
410 thin fleshed	410	5	190.00	$190.00	$779	—
400–440	420	27	172.00–195.50	$184.10	$773	-1.29
462–496	476	28	168.00–185.50	$175.53	$836	+3.39
501–538	518	85	162.00–188.00	$178.12	$923	+8.40
550–587	565	111	153.00–176.00	$166.00	$938	-4.64
603–649	626	49	145.00–168.00	$160.18	$1,003	+0.52
659–682	664	41	146.00–161.00	$158.72	$1,054	+2.12
703–727	723	64	140.00–156.00	$154.52	$1,117	—
797	797	5	134.50	$134.50	$1,072	-6.39
831–848	833	20	145.75–150.50	$146.23	$1,218	+6.79
865–873	866	18	140.00–144.00	$140.45	$1,216	—
931–940	935	7	129.00–136.00	$132.02	$1,234	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	7	174.00	$174.00	$867	—
548	548	2	170.00	$170.00	$932	—
599	599	24	171.50	$171.50	$1,027	+22.50
603	603	68	173.00	$173.00	$1,043	+4.71
652	652	80	169.75	$169.75	$1,107	+4.75
713–740	729	10	154.00–159.00	$155.96	$1,137	+10.96
753	753	11	153.25	$153.25	$1,154	+9.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	3	175.00	$175.00	$495	—
468	468	3	159.00	$159.00	$744	—
522	522	3	155.00	$155.00	$809	—
609–614	612	9	139.50–148.00	$144.24	$883	-11.76

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	4	141.50	$141.50	$744	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,016	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	154.00	$154.00	$511	—
381–386	384	11	169.00–176.00	$173.48	$666	—
409–448	434	59	157.50–167.50	$163.83	$711	-3.13
450–495	469	91	143.00–175.50	$165.53	$776	-2.08
503–548	527	148	144.00–166.00	$158.32	$834	-3.58
548	548	4	145.00	$145.00	$795	-16.90
555	555	4	138.00	$138.00	$766	-17.33
551–596	574	126	147.00–160.75	$155.34	$892	+0.01
618	618	5	143.50	$143.50	$887	-5.08
600–649	635	115	136.00–154.50	$150.83	$958	+2.25
653–691	666	368	136.00–160.50	$153.90	$1,025	+4.94
686	686	8	142.50	$142.50	$978	+2.50
702–732	729	436	137.00–150.35	$149.49	$1,090	-0.21
754–785	763	94	132.00–147.85	$144.24	$1,101	—
815	815	12	138.00	$138.00	$1,125	+6.25
870	870	3	133.50	$133.50	$1,161	—
962–987	981	22	112.00–122.25	$120.12	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	161.00	$161.00	$544	—
350–395	382	24	154.00–159.50	$158.60	$606	+10.50
420–446	434	19	152.00–167.00	$157.59	$684	+1.12
434 thin fleshed	434	7	166.50	$166.50	$723	—
455–493	473	80	145.50–161.00	$155.24	$734	+0.55
513–546	533	47	141.00–156.50	$148.69	$793	-3.76
555–599	580	81	136.00–154.00	$147.56	$856	-1.83
598	598	3	134.50	$134.50	$804	-14.89
605–649	629	64	133.50–153.00	$147.35	$927	+8.76
666	666	8	132.00	$132.00	$879	-3.42
656–677	669	25	136.00–148.00	$145.67	$975	+10.25
707–736	718	18	142.00–148.75	$146.06	$1,049	+15.42
799	799	9	144.75	$144.75	$1,157	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619–639	637	90	152.85–154.50	$152.97	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	153.00	$153.00	$659	+15.00
457–498	473	12	139.00–142.50	$140.63	$665	—
523–548	537	9	129.00–140.00	$136.43	$733	-1.57

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	6	148.00	$148.00	$792	—
723	723	4	135.00	$135.00	$976	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	5	138.00	$138.00	$738	—
573	573	3	134.00	$134.00	$768	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	4	143.00	$143.00	$420	—
353	353	4	134.00	$134.00	$473	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–445	430	9	165.00–180.00	$174.64	$751	+15.64
459–490	472	18	143.00–162.50	$156.70	$740	-0.04
500–545	520	13	139.00–158.00	$150.17	$781	-7.83
555 thin fleshed	555	3	156.00	$156.00	$866	—
560–578	572	6	133.50–142.00	$137.66	$787	-6.26
628–640	635	7	139.00–144.00	$141.28	$897	+10.04
705–745	737	12	120.00–133.50	$130.00	$958	—
923	923	4	115.50	$115.50	$1,066	+22.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	6	126.00	$126.00	$948	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	6	166.00	$166.00	$870	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1500	1097	80-85%	11	56.00–65.50	$62.25	$683	—
620–1445	1143	80-85%	79	64.00–74.50	$68.51	$783	-1.08
935–1605	1233	80-85%	39	72.00–81.50	$74.90	$924	+10.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–667	611	85-90%	3	27.00	$27.00	$165	—
840–900	870	85-90%	2	65.00–69.50	$67.33	$586	—
635–1300	989	85-90%	18	42.00–54.50	$48.52	$480	+4.96
765–1250	1000	85-90%	34	54.00–65.50	$59.09	$591	-2.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1630	1373	75-80%	24	66.50–79.50	$72.93	$1,001	+0.27
1175–1795	1448	75-80%	28	72.50–82.00	$77.47	$1,122	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–2235	1355	12	58.00–84.50	$80.41	$1,090	—
1185–2030	1603	21	88.00–105.50	$96.17	$1,542	—
1635–2075	1813	6	100.00–106.50	$104.29	$1,891	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1145	956	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	65.00–106.00	$80.42	$769
740–1285	1057	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	75.00–95.00	$83.89	$887

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1390	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	900.00–1,100.00	$1,007.70
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–675.00	$658.33

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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
825–1150	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,100.00–1,285.00	$1,234.64	—
900–1125	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,335.00–1,525.00	$1,485.33	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
500–600	570	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	350.00–475.00	$435.00	—

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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.