Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

9,171 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.43/cwt +1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,020/hd at 575 lb · 427 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.65/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 673 lb · 307 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.75/cwt -0.81 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 530 lb · 277 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,171	9,362	6,700
Feeder cattle	7,766	8,059	5,866
Slaughter cattle	1,305	1,213	729
Replacement cattle	100	90	105

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	190.00	$190.00	$557	—
394	394	8	227.00	$227.00	$894	—
400–440	424	67	199.00–225.00	$209.79	$890	+2.42
433–448 unweaned	443	15	184.00–195.00	$191.13	$847	—
448	448	3	186.00	$186.00	$833	-21.37
454–455 fancy	455	15	214.00–218.00	$215.86	$982	+5.36
451–499	477	239	185.00–211.00	$200.97	$959	+4.22
497 value added	497	10	193.00	$193.00	$959	-6.53
510–511 fancy	511	14	199.00–203.00	$200.43	$1,024	-2.57
512–540 unweaned	524	9	177.00–180.00	$178.63	$936	+2.63
501–545	525	200	177.50–200.50	$189.87	$997	+3.84
520–534 value added	528	12	182.00–194.00	$187.49	$990	-5.51
533–539	536	12	162.00–174.50	$168.22	$902	-17.81
554 fancy	554	9	190.50	$190.50	$1,055	-1.50
553–577 value added	562	49	176.75–186.50	$182.62	$1,026	+3.51
563	563	8	167.00	$167.00	$940	-9.65
550–599	577	355	166.00–190.00	$176.83	$1,020	+0.18
590 unweaned	590	6	164.50	$164.50	$971	+0.40
608–612 value added	610	15	178.50–183.50	$180.51	$1,101	+10.55
603–643	617	201	167.00–178.00	$172.75	$1,066	+3.59
652 unweaned	652	21	158.00	$158.00	$1,030	+5.16
658 value added	658	10	163.00	$163.00	$1,073	-3.05
650–694	675	268	158.75–172.25	$164.38	$1,110	-1.83
654–698	676	8	151.00–158.50	$154.87	$1,047	-11.34
702–723	710	55	157.00–164.00	$158.83	$1,128	+6.78
714–749	739	56	153.00–155.00	$154.84	$1,144	-9.40
750 value added	750	11	156.75	$156.75	$1,176	-7.25
764	764	8	153.50	$153.50	$1,173	+5.99
750–792	768	233	156.00–172.50	$166.30	$1,277	+18.79
813–820	814	53	155.50–165.00	$163.55	$1,331	+1.53
842	842	18	148.25	$148.25	$1,248	-13.77
864–889	876	122	161.00–161.50	$161.25	$1,413	+6.00
909–943	912	54	146.25–151.85	$151.42	$1,381	+6.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	309	15	185.00	$185.00	$572	-16.53
358–399	376	22	171.00–200.00	$189.41	$712	+2.32
402–447	438	35	167.00–190.00	$174.38	$764	-3.95
455–494	479	65	162.00–184.00	$173.06	$829	-9.46
484 thin fleshed	484	8	192.00	$192.00	$929	—
489 value added	489	11	172.50	$172.50	$844	—
500–547	525	59	160.00–177.00	$170.75	$896	-0.42
550–595	576	115	155.00–175.00	$163.93	$944	-2.90
595 unweaned	595	7	152.50	$152.50	$907	—
605–648	628	49	150.00–161.00	$158.11	$993	+0.49
630 value added	630	27	157.75	$157.75	$994	-11.25
664–695	682	46	145.00–159.50	$156.74	$1,069	+1.32
705–749	734	40	145.00–160.00	$154.64	$1,135	+11.64
763–773	767	22	150.00–154.50	$152.79	$1,172	+0.38
832–847	845	23	149.00–149.50	$149.06	$1,260	-6.51
954	954	7	132.50	$132.50	$1,264	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	6	185.00	$185.00	$749	—
483	483	4	177.00	$177.00	$855	—
554–597	563	20	166.00–172.50	$171.12	$963	+1.97
606–634	620	22	164.00–172.00	$167.91	$1,041	—
661	661	13	164.00	$164.00	$1,084	+4.42

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	169.00	$169.00	$659	—
400–416	409	12	161.00–171.00	$165.07	$675	—
455	455	5	151.00	$151.00	$687	—
515–541	534	11	157.00–162.00	$160.68	$858	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675 unweaned	675	5	139.00	$139.00	$938	—
662–696	681	7	145.00–147.00	$146.17	$995	-5.11

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482 value added	482	7	160.00	$160.00	$771	—
591 value added	591	4	154.00	$154.00	$910	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	6	159.00	$159.00	$816	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343 unweaned	343	3	140.00	$140.00	$480	—
342–347	344	12	154.00–174.00	$162.78	$560	-25.22
350–398	385	35	156.00–179.00	$167.54	$645	-7.88
400–416 fancy	405	22	189.00–191.00	$190.36	$771	+1.86
403–428 unweaned	423	16	157.00	$157.00	$664	+4.08
405–448	433	132	157.00–182.50	$170.81	$740	+2.05
465 fancy	465	4	180.00	$180.00	$837	+0.50
467–491 unweaned	474	35	148.00–158.50	$157.33	$746	+7.32
450–497	475	212	163.00–178.50	$169.99	$807	+3.00
483	483	4	159.00	$159.00	$768	-7.99
492–497 value added	496	18	166.00–169.00	$166.83	$827	-1.71
520 unweaned	520	4	152.00	$152.00	$790	±0.00
500–549	530	249	152.00–167.50	$160.13	$849	+17.13
527–545	532	7	145.00–151.00	$146.76	$781	+3.76
524–547 value added	533	17	157.00–164.50	$161.33	$860	+7.33
550–596	571	229	144.50–165.50	$159.37	$910	+1.28
578–588	582	11	144.00–144.50	$144.18	$839	+2.18
586 unweaned	586	6	144.00	$144.00	$844	-3.85
615 unweaned	615	5	145.00	$145.00	$892	+1.14
616	616	5	141.50	$141.50	$872	-16.83
601–640	619	124	145.50–163.00	$156.94	$971	-1.39
660–671	667	110	155.00–163.75	$161.10	$1,075	+0.33
655–691	680	15	140.50–148.00	$143.23	$974	-17.54
701–740	725	252	150.00–159.85	$157.37	$1,141	+1.26
746 unweaned	746	13	140.00	$140.00	$1,044	—
753–791	774	38	150.00–154.00	$152.25	$1,178	+7.25
842	842	72	145.35	$145.35	$1,224	—
873	873	15	136.75	$136.75	$1,194	—
882	882	3	134.50	$134.50	$1,186	—
916	916	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,237	—
1043	1043	3	116.50	$116.50	$1,215	-8.88
1057	1057	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283 unweaned	283	6	149.00	$149.00	$422	+4.00
323–337	330	19	153.00–159.00	$155.78	$514	-4.22
351–383	367	26	148.00–169.00	$160.02	$587	+0.96
375–385 unweaned	380	13	140.00–152.00	$147.35	$560	—
413 thin fleshed	413	7	167.00	$167.00	$690	-7.00
403–449	428	73	145.00–172.00	$160.97	$689	+3.13
451–493	474	70	148.00–165.50	$156.55	$742	+0.24
500–547	524	127	138.50–157.25	$151.39	$793	-2.12
531–536 value added	533	33	144.75–158.50	$150.61	$803	+5.82
549 unweaned	549	5	136.00	$136.00	$747	—
555–598	575	112	142.50–155.00	$149.92	$862	+5.01
597	597	5	131.00	$131.00	$782	-13.91
612–627 unweaned	618	15	125.50–140.00	$136.33	$843	—
619 thin fleshed	619	6	160.00	$160.00	$990	—
609–645	633	77	140.50–155.50	$147.07	$931	+2.83
635–644 value added	639	14	139.50–153.00	$145.33	$929	-9.67
650–692	668	61	136.00–155.00	$147.66	$986	-5.73
700–747	731	37	136.50–148.50	$143.74	$1,051	+6.52
780	780	5	135.50	$135.50	$1,057	-3.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	157.00	$157.00	$581	—
416	416	5	150.00	$150.00	$624	+13.00
460–479	464	18	130.00–148.00	$143.87	$668	—
513 value added	513	3	138.00	$138.00	$708	—
523–547	533	15	128.00–140.00	$135.07	$720	-2.93
668	668	7	139.50	$139.50	$932	—
761	761	18	128.50	$128.50	$978	—
913	913	5	110.00	$110.00	$1,004	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–283	281	17	150.00–151.00	$150.71	$423	—
443	443	5	146.00	$146.00	$647	—
588	588	3	141.00	$141.00	$829	—
618	618	3	128.00	$128.00	$791	+1.00
652	652	5	136.50	$136.50	$890	—
777	777	5	128.50	$128.50	$998	—
821	821	5	105.00	$105.00	$862	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495 unweaned	495	9	130.00	$130.00	$644	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	8	110.00	$110.00	$377	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
692	692	5	126.50	$126.50	$875	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	9	169.00	$169.00	$524	—
365–390	371	24	150.00–180.00	$169.85	$630	-11.15
416–449	434	29	160.00–175.00	$168.06	$729	-0.57
480	480	26	151.00–180.00	$175.54	$843	—
500–533	523	12	156.00–164.00	$159.41	$834	+6.44
563–572	567	9	134.00–139.00	$136.24	$772	-9.76
610–638	621	25	134.00–150.50	$140.53	$873	-5.18
662	662	6	140.00	$140.00	$927	-2.51
705–734	722	21	135.00–143.50	$139.84	$1,010	+10.23
757	757	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,079	+7.38
802–837	808	13	121.00–134.00	$127.08	$1,027	—
899	899	5	119.00	$119.00	$1,070	—
959–999	972	16	109.50–111.50	$110.86	$1,078	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	12	194.00	$194.00	$516	-25.00
448	448	8	160.00	$160.00	$717	—
457	457	2	190.00	$190.00	$868	+24.33
505	505	4	171.00	$171.00	$864	+17.03
588	588	15	154.00	$154.00	$906	+5.07
604	604	12	152.50	$152.50	$921	—
675–688	683	10	144.00–147.00	$145.81	$996	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731	731	9	138.50	$138.50	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	134.00	$134.00	$464	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1315	1133	80-85%	7	50.00–54.50	$53.05	$601	—
1050–1540	1224	80-85%	89	53.00–64.50	$60.22	$737	-4.43
1100–1420	1296	80-85%	7	63.00–66.00	$64.33	$834	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1745	1429	75-80%	47	57.00–66.50	$62.97	$900	+2.10
1305–1705	1491	75-80%	11	63.50–72.00	$66.50	$992	+11.21
1525	1525	75-80%	1	49.00	$49.00	$747	-20.31

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$380	—
915–1155	1034	85-90%	22	46.00–55.00	$51.33	$531	-8.17
1150–1225	1188	85-90%	2	58.00–62.50	$60.32	$717	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1755	1564	5	70.00–80.00	$76.14	$1,191	—
1225–1860	1595	12	82.50–94.00	$86.96	$1,387	—
1891	1891	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,872	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	94.00	$94.00	$794
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	64.50	$64.50	$668

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1023	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1125–1401	1249	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	900.00–1,125.00	$1,009.63
1179–1422	1301	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	760.00–900.00	$836.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1225–1405	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	60.00–68.00	$67.40	$868

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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
1279	1279	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.