Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

2,793 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $161.69/cwt +0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,163/hd at 719 lb · 316 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.85/cwt +4.65 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 626 lb · 202 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.50/cwt -3.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,089/hd at 674 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,793	2,521	3,591
Feeder cattle	2,547	2,284	3,251
Slaughter cattle	201	197	290
Replacement cattle	45	40	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393–396	395	15	177.50–215.00	$192.43	$760	-9.80
404–435	420	8	207.00–209.00	$208.04	$874	+16.28
455–498	488	44	178.00–197.50	$190.34	$929	+18.77
500–542	512	53	180.00–192.00	$187.63	$961	+1.85
554–597	571	88	165.00–183.00	$173.82	$993	-1.51
600–649	623	46	165.00–175.50	$171.25	$1,067	-1.48
636	636	17	162.75	$162.75	$1,035	+2.75
660–670 unweaned	664	16	150.25–156.00	$152.79	$1,015	—
655–694	675	175	155.00–168.00	$162.30	$1,096	-2.26
700 unweaned	700	11	143.50	$143.50	$1,004	—
711–745	717	23	149.50–152.25	$151.75	$1,088	-8.98
700–749	720	282	154.50–168.25	$163.21	$1,175	+2.48
750–769	760	21	155.00–164.00	$158.68	$1,206	+4.55
802–810	806	17	149.50–149.75	$149.63	$1,206	-10.62
832	832	6	142.75	$142.75	$1,188	-17.50
882	882	35	148.75	$148.75	$1,312	+7.59
987	987	21	141.25	$141.25	$1,394	-0.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–378	372	10	179.00–200.00	$186.10	$692	+12.10
410–448	434	32	175.00–190.50	$182.94	$794	+3.66
471–495	482	9	172.00–184.00	$178.57	$861	+8.06
501–549	520	31	161.50–169.50	$166.71	$867	-5.70
558–596	573	39	152.00–174.00	$161.31	$924	-3.02
628	628	18	152.50	$152.50	$958	-6.51
651–694	672	69	141.50–162.50	$153.02	$1,028	-4.85
715–748	730	28	137.50–154.50	$144.33	$1,054	-9.88
760	760	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,117	—
858	858	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,218	-4.50
918	918	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,248	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	4	194.50	$194.50	$858	—
551	551	5	154.00	$154.00	$849	-27.00
636	636	28	160.50	$160.50	$1,021	-6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	8	150.00–170.00	$157.45	$690	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
711	711	4	135.00	$135.00	$960	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390	378	6	171.00–172.00	$171.31	$648	+0.96
405–448	430	33	165.00–178.50	$171.59	$738	-0.67
456–499	485	52	156.50–169.00	$164.17	$796	-2.71
505–548	539	63	152.00–174.50	$159.50	$860	-2.76
554–595	577	54	149.50–171.50	$159.65	$921	+3.85
602–644	626	199	146.75–164.00	$158.08	$990	+4.88
642	642	3	142.50	$142.50	$915	-10.70
652–699	675	89	144.50–159.50	$153.48	$1,036	+0.05
703–748	720	12	138.50–149.00	$144.00	$1,037	-5.00
756	756	8	131.25	$131.25	$992	—
778–782	780	15	142.00–142.50	$142.30	$1,110	—
810	810	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	8	182.00	$182.00	$571	+21.64
354–365	358	8	160.00–175.00	$169.27	$606	+19.27
408–448	437	10	159.00–179.00	$166.04	$726	+12.32
460–495	476	43	154.00–167.00	$163.87	$780	+12.40
502–543	512	31	151.00–162.00	$158.44	$811	+5.04
565	565	3	133.50	$133.50	$754	-5.50
560–587	577	52	137.50–160.00	$151.91	$877	-2.04
571–586 thin fleshed	581	11	165.00–168.00	$166.93	$970	—
620–638	630	24	137.00–156.00	$143.92	$907	-4.70
651–698	676	72	137.00–153.50	$145.38	$983	-3.94
695	695	4	134.50	$134.50	$935	-1.07
703–706	705	14	147.00–150.50	$148.50	$1,047	—
797	797	3	130.50	$130.50	$1,040	-7.19
828	828	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,118	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	145.00	$145.00	$670	—
557	557	11	135.00	$135.00	$752	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	147.00	$147.00	$654	—
578	578	4	129.50	$129.50	$749	—
678	678	4	129.00	$129.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	3	140.00	$140.00	$703	—
558	558	7	131.00	$131.00	$731	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	7	137.75	$137.75	$882	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	6	143.00	$143.00	$925	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	4	174.00	$174.00	$710	+2.00
455	455	6	159.50–173.00	$164.00	$746	-3.16
475 thin fleshed	475	3	168.00	$168.00	$798	—
545–546	546	6	153.00–161.00	$155.66	$850	—
570 thin fleshed	570	7	157.00	$157.00	$895	—
581	581	8	150.00	$150.00	$872	+5.00
601	601	7	141.00	$141.00	$847	-10.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1265	1126	80-85%	7	61.50–64.00	$63.08	$710	—
940–1375	1199	80-85%	35	64.50–73.50	$69.53	$834	-1.26
1080–1365	1223	80-85%	15	73.00–77.00	$74.92	$916	-0.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1675	1416	75-80%	25	67.00–77.00	$73.11	$1,035	—
1210–1825	1543	75-80%	15	75.50–83.00	$79.45	$1,226	—
1375–1765	1570	75-80%	2	65.50–68.00	$66.91	$1,050	-12.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1065	934	85-90%	4	39.00–53.00	$47.54	$444	—
870–1225	1036	85-90%	19	58.00–66.50	$62.41	$647	—
1080	1080	85-90%	1	69.00	$69.00	$745	+5.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1790	1790	65-75%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,522	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1320	1260	4	70.00–89.00	$81.08	$1,022	-3.72
1325–2015	1636	15	90.50–100.00	$95.56	$1,563	—
1160–2250	1773	4	102.00–109.50	$105.97	$1,879	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035–1070	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	73.00–75.00	$74.02	$779
1095–1180	1138	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	89.00–90.00	$89.52	$1,019

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1450	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,150.00	$1,015.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105–1485	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	70.00–80.00	$75.43	$975

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1350	1325	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,387.50	—

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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.