Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 20, 2021

2,329 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $176.94/cwt -0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,025/hd at 579 lb · 118 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.78/cwt -0.97 vs last sale · ≈ $838/hd at 528 lb · 85 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $169.44/cwt +12.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,250/hd at 738 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,329	9,171	894
Feeder cattle	1,939	7,766	608
Slaughter cattle	320	1,305	230
Replacement cattle	70	100	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady, slaughter cows sold 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
315	315	2	206.00	$206.00	$649	—
354–395	375	10	191.00–211.00	$199.99	$750	-27.01
404–432	425	18	186.00–199.00	$189.86	$807	-19.93
453–499	479	40	187.00–210.00	$199.13	$954	-1.84
481 value added	481	8	179.50	$179.50	$863	-13.50
520	520	4	193.00	$193.00	$1,004	+3.13
572 unweaned	572	7	161.00	$161.00	$921	-3.50
550–595	575	86	172.00–187.75	$178.73	$1,028	+1.90
596 value added	596	25	175.25	$175.25	$1,044	-7.37
603–644	632	56	162.00–173.50	$168.86	$1,067	-3.89
666 value added	666	7	177.25	$177.25	$1,180	+14.25
656–687	677	47	158.00–170.00	$165.35	$1,119	+10.48
702–741	738	85	162.50–170.25	$169.44	$1,250	+14.60
757	757	25	164.00	$164.00	$1,241	+10.50
869	869	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,251	-17.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	5	195.00	$195.00	$630	+10.00
378	378	8	191.00	$191.00	$722	+1.59
435	435	10	176.00	$176.00	$766	+1.62
460–497	485	9	177.50–180.00	$178.29	$865	+5.23
508–548	535	28	165.50–178.00	$173.52	$928	+2.77
550–595	560	30	164.00–183.00	$173.98	$974	+10.05
612–628	622	13	155.00–166.50	$161.49	$1,004	+3.38
693	693	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,074	-1.74
734	734	4	160.50	$160.50	$1,178	+5.86
763–782	776	10	153.00–155.75	$154.94	$1,202	+2.15
926	926	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,296	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	139.00	$139.00	$563	-26.07
550	550	4	151.00	$151.00	$830	—
603	603	3	147.00	$147.00	$886	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	7	159.00	$159.00	$979	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	4	184.00	$184.00	$839	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	4	156.00	$156.00	$646	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419 unweaned	419	12	158.00	$158.00	$662	+1.00
403–446	435	33	155.00–169.00	$164.27	$715	-6.54
479 value added	479	13	167.00	$167.00	$800	+0.17
456–499	480	47	157.00–172.00	$162.31	$779	+3.31
501–549	528	82	152.00–165.00	$159.21	$841	-0.92
528	528	3	147.00	$147.00	$776	-13.13
556 value added	556	19	163.00	$163.00	$906	—
555–588	574	48	154.00–163.00	$160.01	$918	+0.64
603–645	621	31	149.00–159.50	$154.69	$961	-2.25
651–695	667	26	143.50–155.00	$149.01	$994	-12.09
668 unweaned	668	3	137.50	$137.50	$918	—
671 value added	671	10	158.00	$158.00	$1,060	—
727	727	5	146.00	$146.00	$1,061	-11.37
784	784	10	151.00	$151.00	$1,184	-1.25
920	920	12	130.00	$130.00	$1,196	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	5	160.00	$160.00	$443	—
318	318	3	162.00	$162.00	$515	+6.22
358–396	377	13	154.50–159.00	$156.01	$588	-4.01
406–445	426	24	145.00–170.00	$153.31	$653	-7.66
457–474	468	26	153.50–159.00	$156.21	$731	-0.34
483–495 unweaned	488	9	139.00–143.00	$140.66	$686	—
503–542 unweaned	514	14	133.00–138.00	$136.31	$701	+0.31
505–532	520	18	138.00–150.00	$143.75	$748	-7.64
523 thin fleshed	523	19	161.25	$161.25	$843	—
530 value added	530	5	143.50	$143.50	$761	-7.11
577–592	588	15	139.00–157.50	$151.95	$893	+20.95
605	605	7	147.00	$147.00	$889	-0.07
731	731	4	132.00	$132.00	$965	-11.74
765–775	769	11	134.00–140.00	$136.20	$1,047	+0.70
800	800	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	8	166.00	$166.00	$531	—
378	378	5	144.00	$144.00	$544	-13.00
452	452	6	139.00	$139.00	$628	-4.87
534	534	5	133.00	$133.00	$710	-2.07
654	654	5	135.50	$135.50	$886	-4.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 unweaned	415	3	130.00	$130.00	$540	—
457 unweaned	457	3	135.00	$135.00	$617	—
666	666	4	134.00	$134.00	$892	-2.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683 unweaned	683	6	134.50	$134.50	$919	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	158.00	$158.00	$540	-11.00
415–440	420	17	156.00–165.00	$162.46	$682	-5.60
465–480	473	6	163.00	$163.00	$771	-12.54
518–549	532	38	145.00–159.00	$149.23	$794	-10.18
568	568	3	139.00	$139.00	$790	+2.76
608–631	623	53	142.00–152.00	$149.46	$931	+8.93
680–693	687	9	143.00–144.50	$143.83	$988	+3.83
718–734	726	8	134.00–146.50	$140.32	$1,019	+0.48
798	798	4	124.50	$124.50	$994	—
836	836	12	134.50	$134.50	$1,124	+7.42
888	888	3	116.50	$116.50	$1,035	-2.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	6	180.00–181.00	$180.67	$659	—
432–439	437	13	160.00–185.00	$165.70	$724	+5.70
463–489	477	11	162.00–165.00	$163.24	$779	-26.76
560–576	568	10	151.00–159.00	$154.94	$880	+0.94

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1470	1153	80-85%	18	47.50–54.50	$52.26	$603	—
880–1430	1185	80-85%	51	54.00–63.50	$59.28	$702	—
1120–1380	1216	80-85%	10	64.00–68.00	$65.98	$802	+5.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	85-90%	1	58.50	$58.50	$570	+18.50
823–1191	1029	85-90%	27	40.00–46.50	$43.88	$452	-7.45
950–1530	1115	85-90%	25	46.00–55.00	$49.69	$554	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1680	1388	75-80%	6	50.00–55.00	$53.26	$739	—
1230–1690	1431	75-80%	24	56.50–66.00	$61.26	$877	-1.71
1245–1745	1452	75-80%	12	64.50–68.50	$66.93	$972	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1545	1318	10	68.00–77.00	$72.40	$954	—
1300–2135	1639	19	81.50–90.00	$85.45	$1,401	—
1535–2165	1768	6	92.00–98.00	$96.02	$1,698	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1205	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	64.00–85.00	$71.85	$703
1170–1195	1176	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	81.00–105.00	$87.10	$1,024

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1058	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,210.00	$1,210.00

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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.