Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

2,989 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $164.10/cwt +4.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,175/hd at 716 lb · 155 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.86/cwt +8.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,056/hd at 665 lb · 123 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.62/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,104/hd at 625 lb · 122 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,989	2,635	3,182
Feeder cattle	2,584	2,275	2,840
Slaughter cattle	320	274	254
Replacement cattle	85	86	88

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows uneven 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
428–443	435	17	181.00–198.50	$192.25	$836	-1.29
445 unweaned	445	4	181.00	$181.00	$805	—
450–499	476	53	184.00–197.00	$194.55	$926	+12.10
501–543	522	58	169.50–199.00	$189.02	$987	-0.11
552–599	574	80	181.75–189.50	$186.47	$1,070	+11.99
595 unweaned	595	11	152.50	$152.50	$907	—
601–648	625	122	167.50–180.50	$176.62	$1,104	+6.95
650–695	678	56	158.50–172.00	$164.88	$1,118	-3.96
702–729	716	155	158.50–168.25	$164.10	$1,175	+4.10
758–797	775	97	151.00–166.35	$161.98	$1,255	+10.98
800–840	837	98	154.00–156.00	$155.33	$1,300	+10.83
912	912	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,368	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	187.00	$187.00	$696	-10.62
388 thin fleshed	388	5	200.00	$200.00	$776	—
423	423	2	180.00	$180.00	$761	-10.00
453–497	477	30	170.00–179.00	$173.93	$830	—
490 unweaned	490	4	171.00	$171.00	$838	—
508–544	528	35	169.00–182.00	$173.23	$915	+0.35
535 thin fleshed	535	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,016	—
552–588	575	20	167.00–170.00	$168.42	$968	-2.20
601–638	623	20	150.50–170.00	$161.64	$1,007	+1.88
650–697	671	43	149.50–163.50	$155.33	$1,042	+10.83
710–730	720	19	147.00–154.00	$151.83	$1,093	-10.67
758–792	779	16	151.50–154.50	$152.58	$1,189	+11.12
815	815	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,190	-2.30
841	841	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,161	-10.30
892	892	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,249	—
950	950	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,282	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	3	157.00	$157.00	$837	+12.00
591	591	4	153.00	$153.00	$904	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
611	611	6	157.00	$157.00	$959	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 unweaned	355	3	170.00	$170.00	$604	—
405–445	424	29	170.00–180.00	$177.26	$752	+2.17
421–426 unweaned	424	19	161.00–165.00	$162.25	$688	—
480–497 unweaned	489	9	144.00–150.00	$146.62	$717	—
466–498	490	47	173.00–180.00	$178.20	$873	+12.19
501–547	519	96	152.00–180.00	$167.17	$868	+4.50
520	520	4	154.00	$154.00	$801	-8.67
547 unweaned	547	4	149.00	$149.00	$815	+0.76
563 unweaned	563	4	135.00	$135.00	$760	—
551–599	579	94	150.00–168.50	$158.68	$919	+1.27
608–645	630	88	146.00–165.50	$161.39	$1,017	+5.60
656–686	665	123	150.00–162.00	$158.86	$1,056	+8.84
718–721	720	7	148.00–151.00	$149.28	$1,075	-6.65
770–782	780	26	139.75–147.00	$145.90	$1,138	+9.56
800–833	826	30	139.75–140.75	$139.94	$1,156	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256	256	3	170.00	$170.00	$435	—
315	315	10	176.00	$176.00	$554	+16.51
366–397	385	8	156.00–167.00	$163.08	$628	+8.08
410–440	427	10	159.00–174.00	$165.10	$705	+6.38
452–496	465	30	145.00–169.00	$154.50	$718	-4.30
513–548 unweaned	520	21	140.00–144.00	$142.97	$743	—
503–548	533	44	139.50–163.00	$149.93	$799	-3.76
550–585	579	36	147.25–156.00	$148.45	$860	-2.36
584 thin fleshed	584	8	167.50	$167.50	$978	—
607–641	624	28	145.50–158.00	$153.29	$957	+9.70
636	636	4	138.50	$138.50	$881	-5.09
653–697	676	62	135.00–148.50	$147.43	$997	+16.43
703–743	725	11	138.00–149.00	$143.01	$1,037	+7.51
750–777	768	13	133.50–144.25	$139.43	$1,071	+2.18
834–843	837	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,046	—
982	982	7	111.50	$111.50	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	6	145.50	$145.50	$693	—
501	501	4	143.00	$143.00	$716	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	3	127.00	$127.00	$800	—
680	680	3	118.00	$118.00	$802	-19.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
917	917	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,165	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	8	200.00	$200.00	$726	—
423–439	432	27	177.00–189.00	$182.37	$788	-16.59
465–481	472	9	175.00–179.00	$176.70	$834	—
635–646 unweaned	641	9	137.00–138.00	$137.44	$881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	6	201.00	$201.00	$599	—
403–435	420	9	164.00–173.00	$167.99	$706	-9.82
503 thin fleshed	503	3	175.00	$175.00	$880	—
523–543	537	7	158.00–160.00	$158.56	$851	+5.26
553	553	3	143.00	$143.00	$791	—
586 thin fleshed	586	10	161.50	$161.50	$946	—
739	739	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,020	—
775	775	2	128.00	$128.00	$992	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1315	1077	80-85%	15	56.00–64.00	$61.45	$662	+1.29
875–1780	1188	80-85%	60	63.00–71.00	$66.88	$795	+0.67
1015–1605	1234	80-85%	28	69.50–81.00	$73.99	$913	-1.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1350	1253	75-80%	3	62.00–64.00	$63.17	$792	—
1150–1715	1343	75-80%	44	67.50–78.00	$73.54	$988	—
1260–1820	1506	75-80%	25	75.50–84.50	$79.47	$1,197	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–975	868	85-90%	6	40.00–53.00	$46.62	$405	—
730–1480	1024	85-90%	35	54.00–65.00	$58.97	$604	—
1085–1295	1190	85-90%	2	67.00–67.50	$67.27	$801	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–2070	1540	13	76.50–88.50	$83.59	$1,287	—
1230–1975	1581	25	88.00–101.50	$94.54	$1,495	—
1720–2145	1925	4	100.00–107.00	$104.21	$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
745–1075	934	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	85.00–109.00	$96.53	$902
785–1255	1037	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	70.00–86.00	$79.45	$824

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933–1050	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	985.00–1,200.00	$1,147.64
1183	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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
900–1075	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,185.00–1,225.00	$1,195.00	—

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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.