Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 2, 2021

4,481 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.41/cwt +5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 572 lb · 277 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.83/cwt +10.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,083/hd at 623 lb · 191 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.29/cwt +1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 627 lb · 183 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,481	989	4,193
Feeder cattle	3,895	873	3,523
Slaughter cattle	410	76	559
Replacement cattle	176	40	111

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mixed from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368 unweaned	368	3	183.00	$183.00	$673	—
370–387	380	17	190.50–207.00	$197.81	$752	—
400–437	419	20	189.00–198.50	$193.31	$810	—
450–497	480	89	176.50–196.50	$187.28	$899	+7.23
527 unweaned	527	3	171.00	$171.00	$901	—
501–549	530	90	175.00–195.00	$187.53	$994	+12.53
551–599	573	167	175.00–188.00	$181.17	$1,038	-0.68
604–647	623	187	164.00–184.00	$174.33	$1,086	+4.63
625 unweaned	625	4	150.50	$150.50	$941	-5.25
667 fancy	667	27	175.00	$175.00	$1,167	—
651–686	670	62	160.00–173.00	$166.35	$1,115	+1.39
703–745	721	179	154.50–165.00	$163.31	$1,177	+3.75
750–780	766	57	146.00–160.35	$153.22	$1,174	—
809–849	828	15	144.00–153.25	$149.17	$1,235	—
856	856	62	154.60	$154.60	$1,323	+6.85
1000–1025	1018	10	118.00–132.50	$122.28	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–393	385	14	177.00–195.00	$183.53	$707	—
442	442	2	172.00	$172.00	$760	+1.95
465–498	488	20	169.00–181.00	$175.66	$857	+7.67
513–533	522	29	163.00–177.50	$170.36	$889	+2.92
538	538	3	159.00	$159.00	$855	-8.44
558–596	578	84	153.00–178.00	$166.72	$964	+5.99
603–639	624	74	145.00–171.50	$162.44	$1,014	+13.19
666 unweaned	666	5	137.00	$137.00	$912	—
659–697	682	46	144.50–161.00	$151.13	$1,031	-1.87
708	708	3	135.00	$135.00	$956	—
703–741	728	71	139.00–156.00	$152.51	$1,110	—
755	755	5	144.25	$144.25	$1,089	—
818	818	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,137	—
850–885	862	6	135.00–139.00	$136.37	$1,176	-1.13
924	924	8	138.25	$138.25	$1,277	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	7	161.00	$161.00	$842	+8.22
648	648	5	142.00	$142.00	$920	—
658	658	3	142.50	$142.50	$938	—
716	716	4	130.00	$130.00	$931	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	12	146.50	$146.50	$1,099	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	165.00	$165.00	$647	—
567	567	3	158.50	$158.50	$899	—
662	662	3	149.00	$149.00	$986	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–340	339	5	164.00–169.00	$166.99	$566	—
348 thin fleshed	348	6	189.00	$189.00	$658	—
382–389 thin fleshed	384	27	186.00–190.50	$187.35	$719	—
370–393	385	24	160.00–180.00	$165.81	$638	—
403–447	428	32	158.00–170.00	$164.62	$705	—
455–499	485	74	156.00–169.00	$162.52	$788	-3.46
517 unweaned	517	8	145.50	$145.50	$752	—
504–548	520	138	150.00–164.50	$159.78	$831	+2.21
553 unweaned	553	8	151.50	$151.50	$838	—
550–598	573	269	149.50–167.25	$160.68	$921	+5.55
603–647	627	180	147.00–162.00	$156.57	$982	+1.65
633	633	3	139.50	$139.50	$883	-15.42
651–693	665	157	145.00–164.50	$155.92	$1,037	+0.32
669 unweaned	669	7	140.00	$140.00	$937	—
705–725	710	48	144.50–155.10	$152.60	$1,083	—
756–762	757	38	142.85–145.00	$143.19	$1,084	-5.06
840	840	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,008	—
856	856	4	124.50	$124.50	$1,066	—
940	940	4	125.25	$125.25	$1,177	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–368	365	14	150.00–160.00	$155.02	$566	—
415–446	437	27	155.00–165.00	$160.83	$703	-10.92
455–495	473	35	148.00–164.50	$153.28	$725	-5.89
500–547	520	50	144.00–163.50	$155.41	$808	-1.44
550–597	573	94	140.00–156.00	$151.75	$870	-4.18
593 unweaned	593	5	136.00	$136.00	$806	—
600–647	613	62	141.00–151.50	$144.61	$886	-6.43
652–678	659	18	146.00–156.50	$151.91	$1,001	+1.94
675 thin fleshed	675	3	151.50	$151.50	$1,023	—
708–748	736	100	141.25–148.75	$145.64	$1,072	—
790	790	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,043	—
889	889	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	5	129.50	$129.50	$729	—
610	610	3	127.00	$127.00	$775	—
655–693	677	7	128.00–131.50	$130.05	$880	—
846	846	4	115.50	$115.50	$977	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	6	156.50	$156.50	$801	—
676	676	12	155.75	$155.75	$1,053	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591–599	596	10	127.50–135.00	$130.48	$778	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	5	130.00	$130.00	$610	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	13	167.50	$167.50	$595	-6.50
430	430	3	175.00	$175.00	$752	—
475–487	478	11	158.00–170.00	$166.67	$797	—
509	509	5	157.00	$157.00	$799	-2.50
609	609	5	147.00	$147.00	$895	-1.86
675	675	4	146.00	$146.00	$986	+11.24
742	742	2	127.50	$127.50	$946	-6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531	531	3	144.00	$144.00	$765	—
671	671	3	126.00	$126.00	$845	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1350	1189	80-85%	12	61.00–67.50	$65.15	$775	—
940–1625	1193	80-85%	103	64.50–78.00	$70.64	$843	—
955–1475	1201	80-85%	53	73.00–83.00	$78.35	$941	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222–1715	1384	75-80%	37	70.00–79.00	$75.99	$1,052	—
1178–1775	1444	75-80%	22	76.50–84.00	$80.56	$1,163	—
1560–1870	1770	75-80%	4	68.50–69.00	$68.74	$1,217	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1205	990	85-90%	7	48.00–58.50	$54.11	$536	—
865–1125	1007	85-90%	5	68.00–75.00	$71.84	$723	—
820–1265	1046	85-90%	34	56.00–68.50	$62.34	$652	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1600	1327	9	86.00–91.50	$89.26	$1,184	—
1095–2070	1589	32	91.50–106.00	$99.47	$1,581	+14.78
1590–1885	1738	2	111.00–112.50	$111.81	$1,943	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
782–1145	966	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	92.00–109.00	$98.75	$954
895–1065	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	68.50–84.00	$77.78	$755
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	73.00	$73.00	$745

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630	630	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	98.00	$98.00	$617

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1051–1655	1156	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,500.00–1,775.00	$1,669.53
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1234–1334	1284	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,525.00–1,650.00	$1,585.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1210	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,100.00	$1,026.06
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
858	858	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1185	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,650.00	$2,462.50	—
1175–1250	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,366.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1200	1136	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,550.00–2,100.00	$1,814.29	—
1075–1200	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,698.08	—
1150–1225	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.