Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 15, 2021

5,663 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.02/cwt -1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,102/hd at 720 lb · 271 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $170.83/cwt +2.87 vs last sale · ≈ $985/hd at 577 lb · 241 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.53/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 523 lb · 218 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,663	5,882	7,178
Feeder cattle	4,708	5,003	6,298
Slaughter cattle	850	754	740
Replacement cattle	105	125	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to 5.00 higher and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	9	211.00	$211.00	$675	—
365–370	368	5	184.00–200.00	$190.35	$700	-6.60
408–443	430	91	184.00–210.00	$199.28	$857	+8.16
451–497	475	58	183.00–200.00	$190.98	$907	+5.29
500–545	521	188	165.00–191.50	$179.92	$937	+0.93
512–547 unweaned	533	30	160.00–170.00	$162.55	$866	+0.86
562–590 unweaned	568	9	150.00–155.50	$154.23	$876	—
550–599	577	232	161.00–181.00	$171.47	$989	+2.92
602 fancy	602	5	178.00	$178.00	$1,072	—
603–641	621	96	159.00–173.00	$165.91	$1,030	+2.40
625–646 unweaned	641	18	147.00–152.00	$150.92	$967	-2.08
651 unweaned	651	3	142.00	$142.00	$924	—
656–679	669	28	144.00–149.75	$148.31	$992	+0.95
650–690	671	133	156.25–169.25	$162.41	$1,090	+15.05
704–730	711	120	162.00–170.50	$168.21	$1,196	+21.21
757–798	769	51	151.50–165.00	$157.03	$1,208	+11.78
813 thin fleshed	813	5	166.50	$166.50	$1,354	—
816–832	828	93	148.75–165.00	$161.95	$1,341	+6.63
862–894	892	40	140.00–146.60	$146.28	$1,305	-13.03
1015	1015	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	180.00	$180.00	$590	+7.67
386–388	387	11	176.00–180.00	$178.90	$692	+3.47
415–447	426	12	170.00–190.00	$183.75	$783	+14.09
443 unweaned	443	4	165.00	$165.00	$731	—
443 thin fleshed	443	6	183.00	$183.00	$811	—
460–492	479	38	163.00–179.00	$170.16	$815	+2.84
500–545	522	31	156.00–167.00	$162.97	$851	+1.42
534 thin fleshed	534	7	179.00	$179.00	$956	—
555–579	562	31	156.00–169.00	$158.91	$893	+2.00
569–580 thin fleshed	572	10	175.00–179.00	$176.22	$1,008	—
619 unweaned	619	7	147.50	$147.50	$913	—
600–647	626	52	139.50–162.00	$150.79	$944	+5.66
673	673	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,016	+2.84
673–694 unweaned	690	16	130.00–139.00	$137.35	$948	-3.65
717	717	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,004	-12.61
725–747	738	24	140.00–155.00	$146.22	$1,079	-6.39
815	815	14	149.75	$149.75	$1,220	—
911–919	916	8	133.50–136.00	$134.43	$1,231	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–495	491	16	181.00–188.50	$185.26	$910	—
540	540	8	157.00	$157.00	$848	-8.00
561	561	12	157.00	$157.00	$881	—
623	623	9	153.50	$153.50	$956	-1.00
689–699	697	29	145.00–148.50	$147.90	$1,031	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	5	164.00	$164.00	$799	—
909	909	40	158.00	$158.00	$1,436	—
991	991	9	137.00	$137.00	$1,358	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508 thin fleshed	508	4	157.00	$157.00	$798	—
637	637	6	134.00	$134.00	$854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	3	138.00	$138.00	$694	—
723	723	3	129.50	$129.50	$936	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	6	118.00	$118.00	$822	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–342	327	8	154.00–170.00	$158.68	$519	—
366–392	381	11	159.00–170.00	$161.03	$614	-7.77
389–397 unweaned	394	20	144.00–164.50	$153.56	$605	-2.94
404–448	428	97	156.00–169.00	$161.57	$692	±0.00
452–483 unweaned	470	12	148.00–150.00	$149.14	$701	-0.86
450–498	481	111	143.50–164.00	$154.71	$744	+13.26
486–488	487	9	144.00–150.00	$146.66	$714	+5.21
500–548	524	110	142.00–165.00	$154.64	$810	+0.77
505–548	531	9	132.00–140.00	$136.02	$722	-17.85
541–548 unweaned	544	17	135.00–138.00	$136.70	$744	—
551–596	572	163	143.00–163.00	$152.84	$874	+0.84
590 thin fleshed	590	23	165.00	$165.00	$974	—
593–595	594	12	140.00–141.00	$140.33	$834	+3.15
602–618 unweaned	611	7	140.00	$140.00	$855	+4.13
604–633	615	11	149.50–156.00	$152.35	$937	-6.79
625–638	630	32	125.50–135.00	$130.90	$825	-1.60
650–697	673	82	140.00–160.00	$154.73	$1,041	+14.77
673 thin fleshed	673	12	165.00	$165.00	$1,110	—
687	687	7	129.00	$129.00	$886	-10.96
711–748	720	271	145.85–159.00	$153.02	$1,102	-4.70
760–797	791	44	140.00–142.00	$141.66	$1,121	-23.34
859	859	9	135.50	$135.50	$1,164	—
908–932	923	19	120.00–128.00	$122.07	$1,127	-0.43
955–956	956	10	124.00–138.00	$132.40	$1,266	—
1008–1020	1014	4	117.50–124.00	$120.77	$1,225	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	2	159.00	$159.00	$472	—
332–348	342	10	148.00–161.00	$153.59	$525	+2.32
356–398	381	36	144.00–160.00	$152.82	$582	-2.84
403–444	428	27	143.00–160.00	$154.08	$659	-2.77
450–485 thin fleshed	471	10	161.00–163.00	$162.24	$764	+6.74
450–490	473	31	139.00–153.00	$145.85	$690	-1.30
515 unweaned	515	15	135.50	$135.50	$698	—
507–542	521	35	134.50–150.00	$141.73	$738	-0.29
553 unweaned	553	8	134.50	$134.50	$744	-0.82
551–588	564	48	133.00–154.50	$148.36	$837	+8.41
614–647	632	46	131.00–142.00	$138.49	$875	-0.26
653–689	673	46	120.00–159.50	$141.39	$952	+0.51
683	683	3	127.50	$127.50	$871	-13.38
702 unweaned	702	5	133.50	$133.50	$937	—
729	729	18	139.75–149.00	$143.35	$1,045	+1.45
785–790	786	21	130.00–149.00	$142.89	$1,123	+6.44
812–834	823	16	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$1,066	—
907	907	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,007	—
1023	1023	4	105.00	$105.00	$1,074	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	7	155.00	$155.00	$604	—
463–468	467	13	143.00–151.00	$149.17	$697	-6.83
572	572	3	138.00	$138.00	$789	—
578 unweaned	578	23	135.25	$135.25	$782	—
612–614	613	10	136.50–157.00	$146.77	$900	—
665	665	16	136.75	$136.75	$909	—
675	675	5	127.50	$127.50	$861	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	135.00	$135.00	$508	-11.00
423–448	432	8	124.00–130.00	$127.67	$552	-15.33
515–544	533	13	111.00–133.00	$125.08	$667	—
591	591	4	123.00	$123.00	$727	—
617–622	620	6	124.00–135.00	$129.52	$803	-0.48
644	644	5	115.00	$115.00	$741	-15.00
868	868	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,042	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	9	107.00	$107.00	$365	—
383	383	4	108.00	$108.00	$414	—
436	436	4	109.00	$109.00	$475	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	3	125.00	$125.00	$912	+3.00
758	758	8	120.00	$120.00	$910	+7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	3	139.50	$139.50	$702	—
863	863	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,053	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	134.00	$134.00	$623	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	163.00	$163.00	$517	-31.75
363–379	374	9	155.00–185.00	$164.71	$616	-14.55
415–422	419	6	183.00–187.50	$185.23	$776	+18.87
468	468	8	153.00	$153.00	$716	+0.22
510–527	516	10	148.50–155.00	$151.21	$780	+9.03
562–587	577	8	138.00–145.00	$142.46	$822	+1.30
623	623	5	144.00	$144.00	$897	+9.69
651–678	666	13	127.50–138.00	$131.94	$879	—
707	707	12	129.50	$129.50	$916	-1.76
762–792	783	12	110.00–125.00	$114.55	$897	-5.45

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	432	11	179.00–196.00	$183.90	$794	+12.36
457–462	459	5	174.00–176.00	$175.19	$804	+9.19
520	520	7	157.50	$157.50	$819	+0.22
561	561	5	152.00	$152.00	$853	+3.00
603	603	8	145.00	$145.00	$874	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	6	131.00	$131.00	$703	—
616	616	5	117.50	$117.50	$724	-4.34
676	676	3	120.00	$120.00	$811	-6.50
790	790	3	109.00	$109.00	$861	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928–1415	1166	80-85%	15	35.00–47.00	$42.98	$501	—
945–1480	1195	80-85%	88	46.00–56.00	$51.85	$620	—
1250–1450	1331	80-85%	11	55.50–63.50	$58.25	$775	-1.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1455	1327	75-80%	7	46.00–53.50	$49.60	$658	—
1190–1675	1435	75-80%	47	52.50–65.00	$57.71	$828	-1.54
1385–1730	1575	75-80%	19	63.50–74.00	$67.74	$1,067	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1250	1032	85-90%	24	20.00–40.00	$35.58	$367	-4.30
870–1355	1095	85-90%	26	39.50–50.50	$45.40	$497	-2.71
1150	1150	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$610	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1705	1357	13	53.00–77.50	$68.44	$929	—
1430–2315	1744	23	78.00–89.50	$84.10	$1,467	—
1609–2415	1756	9	91.00–96.50	$92.18	$1,619	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1250	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	80.00–104.00	$91.70	$897
790–1280	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	53.00–90.00	$66.64	$734

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103–1603	1286	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	835.00–1,100.00	$970.07
1280–1395	1338	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	960.00–1,010.00	$986.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1223–1365	1294	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	63.00–64.00	$63.47	$821

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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
975–1100	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,210.00	$1,203.33	—
1300–1325	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	900.00–1,050.00	$1,020.00	—

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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.