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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

4,637 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.36/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 627 lb · 185 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.91/cwt +2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,084/hd at 678 lb · 163 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.04/cwt +0.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 683 lb · 163 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,637 5,831 5,037
Feeder cattle 4,078 5,245 4,545
Slaughter cattle 510 376 387
Replacement cattle 49 210 105

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
363 363 6 214.50 $214.50 $779 +5.29
372 unweaned 372 5 202.00 $202.00 $751 +2.00
403–445 423 41 199.00–217.50 $206.85 $875 -6.67
457 unweaned 457 6 188.00 $188.00 $859 +15.19
452–497 471 68 200.00–215.00 $207.13 $976 +2.15
490 490 7 191.00 $191.00 $936 +3.00
513–530 522 6 180.00–184.00 $181.97 $950 -19.14
508–540 unweaned 524 18 173.50–193.00 $185.63 $973 -0.37
500–540 528 78 185.00–210.00 $199.83 $1,055 -1.28
563 unweaned 563 12 165.50 $165.50 $932 —
556–592 571 67 183.00–191.00 $187.47 $1,070 +17.62
604–644 622 72 174.00–188.00 $181.76 $1,131 +12.61
623 unweaned 623 3 171.00 $171.00 $1,065 —
653–699 683 159 159.00–180.00 $173.62 $1,186 +0.96
698 unweaned 698 4 150.00 $150.00 $1,047 —
714–727 725 40 164.75–175.00 $167.27 $1,213 -0.43
752–788 755 147 149.50–166.50 $155.61 $1,175 +5.29
791 791 4 153.50 $153.50 $1,214 +3.18
807–846 817 134 145.00–159.10 $156.96 $1,282 +7.32
865–881 872 29 144.25–145.75 $144.97 $1,264 -8.91
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
396 396 4 185.00 $185.00 $733 +7.00
409–418 415 15 181.00–205.00 $196.94 $817 -11.18
424 unweaned 424 7 180.00 $180.00 $763 —
452–490 472 49 169.00–205.00 $189.20 $893 -3.22
503–531 512 42 178.00–196.50 $184.47 $944 -8.77
534 unweaned 534 8 173.00 $173.00 $924 +3.00
551–597 578 90 168.00–186.00 $176.27 $1,019 -4.73
612–635 626 65 168.50–185.00 $174.61 $1,093 -3.44
679–698 692 50 153.85–163.50 $159.66 $1,105 -6.41
708 unweaned 708 3 147.00 $147.00 $1,041 —
713–748 724 33 154.50–165.50 $161.96 $1,173 +9.01
766–783 772 25 144.00–148.00 $145.71 $1,125 -10.30
812–845 836 11 140.00–146.25 $144.59 $1,209 -0.41
861–895 883 26 140.50–143.25 $142.32 $1,257 —
936 936 65 141.60 $141.60 $1,325 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
474–491 483 11 177.00–195.00 $185.02 $894 —
579 579 7 156.50 $156.50 $906 —
600 600 11 165.50 $165.50 $993 —
670 670 7 164.25 $164.25 $1,100 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
708 708 20 157.00 $157.00 $1,112 —
808 808 13 154.50 $154.50 $1,248 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
539 539 4 161.00 $161.00 $868 —
643 643 7 147.00 $147.00 $945 —
653 653 7 160.00 $160.00 $1,045 +17.33
Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
534 534 17 140.00 $140.00 $748 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
488 488 6 170.00 $170.00 $830 +14.00
507 507 6 168.00 $168.00 $852 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
312–345 329 12 175.00–184.00 $179.73 $591 +10.73
343 unweaned 343 3 166.00 $166.00 $569 —
374–399 389 35 178.00–195.00 $186.09 $724 -1.89
403 unweaned 403 8 169.00 $169.00 $681 +17.36
403–448 430 13 167.00–175.00 $173.27 $745 -1.22
455–499 unweaned 472 18 161.50–169.50 $166.21 $785 —
453–493 479 84 160.50–175.00 $167.63 $803 -0.69
504–539 528 30 157.00–164.00 $161.40 $852 -3.50
559–572 unweaned 562 12 144.50–150.00 $145.90 $820 —
550–579 568 66 151.50–169.00 $160.54 $912 -4.03
576 576 5 148.50 $148.50 $855 -16.07
600–649 627 185 149.75–176.00 $163.36 $1,024 -2.39
675–695 678 163 155.25–165.25 $159.91 $1,084 +2.37
704–747 726 88 146.00–155.50 $151.73 $1,102 +10.52
780 780 13 139.00 $139.00 $1,084 -10.76
804–817 811 27 135.00–137.75 $136.44 $1,107 -3.56
956 956 7 120.00 $120.00 $1,147 —
1046 1046 9 123.25 $123.25 $1,289 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
336 336 17 175.00–177.00 $176.29 $592 —
353–388 372 44 165.00–183.00 $170.74 $635 +23.24
382–387 unweaned 384 23 156.00–160.00 $157.40 $604 +13.40
405–448 424 108 157.00–174.50 $166.55 $706 +3.68
430 unweaned 430 3 150.00 $150.00 $645 —
452–497 471 52 147.50–174.00 $161.58 $761 -2.12
488 unweaned 488 4 151.00 $151.00 $737 +9.22
513–517 thin fleshed 515 15 171.50–172.00 $171.80 $885 +5.79
504–546 525 61 153.00–165.00 $157.87 $829 +2.14
532 unweaned 532 11 150.25 $150.25 $799 —
558–570 thin fleshed 562 14 162.00–169.00 $164.53 $925 —
553–597 573 71 149.50–163.00 $154.15 $883 +2.57
608–646 626 62 143.00–148.25 $146.73 $919 -2.00
651–697 674 37 136.50–156.50 $143.79 $969 +2.29
702–724 711 26 136.50–149.25 $141.45 $1,006 +1.49
892 892 11 128.00 $128.00 $1,142 —
904 904 7 130.00 $130.00 $1,175 +2.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
366 366 5 151.00 $151.00 $553 +9.00
484–492 487 9 152.00–153.50 $152.99 $745 +15.67
504 504 5 145.00 $145.00 $731 +4.00
588 588 8 134.75 $134.75 $792 —
659–675 665 10 132.00–139.50 $135.04 $898 +3.04
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
604 unweaned 604 4 127.00 $127.00 $767 —
618 618 11 144.50 $144.50 $893 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
342 342 7 164.00 $164.00 $561 —
637 637 4 149.00 $149.00 $949 -4.25
806 806 3 126.00 $126.00 $1,016 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
428 428 9 146.00 $146.00 $625 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
311 311 4 151.00 $151.00 $470 +10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
417–435 428 19 179.00–190.50 $182.52 $781 +16.52
468 468 6 170.00 $170.00 $796 —
500–521 511 16 167.00–181.00 $176.59 $902 +9.53
573 573 4 155.00 $155.00 $888 +1.23
659 659 5 145.00 $145.00 $956 —
745 745 3 133.00 $133.00 $991 —
848 848 3 128.00 $128.00 $1,085 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
346 unweaned 346 11 187.00 $187.00 $647 —
369 369 4 209.00 $209.00 $771 +13.00
424 424 5 200.00 $200.00 $848 +16.37
462 462 3 183.00 $183.00 $845 -2.49
514 514 10 189.00 $189.00 $971 +14.00
596 596 8 147.00 $147.00 $876 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
560 560 5 148.00 $148.00 $829 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1023–1350 1164 80-85% 15 69.50–78.00 $75.03 $873 +3.38
920–1575 1225 80-85% 66 77.50–92.00 $85.43 $1,047 -5.69
990–1505 1262 80-85% 22 87.00–99.00 $94.63 $1,194 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
765–1110 968 85-90% 10 55.00–73.00 $61.01 $591 —
1000–1020 1010 85-90% 3 78.50–80.50 $79.83 $806 +21.10
830–1240 1064 85-90% 21 65.00–77.50 $72.68 $773 +2.88
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1235–1615 1425 75-80% 2 75.00–77.00 $75.87 $1,081 -8.22
1230–1900 1440 75-80% 15 86.00–94.50 $91.01 $1,311 +6.92
1285–1905 1571 75-80% 10 92.00–98.50 $95.48 $1,500 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1200–1860 1472 17 80.50–96.50 $90.51 $1,332 —
1315–2345 1750 27 97.50–115.50 $106.27 $1,860 —
1610–2450 1967 17 113.50–125.50 $118.81 $2,337 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
870–1445 1070 (<2 yrs)Open 12 78.00–115.50 $99.95 $1,069
940–1315 1116 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 9 86.50–97.00 $91.69 $1,023

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1010–1109 1067 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 7 1,060.00–1,150.00 $1,096.53
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1275 1275 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 1,325.00 $1,325.00

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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.