Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

1,345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.04/cwt ≈ $601/hd at 469 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.84/cwt ≈ $660/hd at 472 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.18/cwt ≈ $665/hd at 568 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,345	1,779	1,766
Feeder cattle	1,094	—	1,546
Slaughter cattle	206	—	197
Replacement cattle	45	—	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
265	265	3	171.00	$171.00	$453
330	330	3	163.00	$163.00	$538
400–440	419	34	140.00–155.00	$144.14	$604
454–498	472	44	135.50–145.00	$139.84	$660
500–547	528	18	135.00–140.00	$138.78	$733
550–594	576	15	135.00–145.00	$138.37	$797
617 unweaned	617	5	125.00	$125.00	$771
610–646	633	10	134.00–139.50	$137.26	$869
660–685	671	7	130.00–131.00	$130.44	$875
687 unweaned	687	13	121.00	$121.00	$831
705–715	709	5	131.00–131.50	$131.20	$930
771–795	779	15	122.00–127.50	$123.45	$962

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
377–390	384	16	149.00–157.00	$155.04	$595
420–438	431	14	148.00–184.00	$169.40	$730
495–497	496	7	156.00–163.00	$161.01	$799
530–542	539	26	140.00–146.00	$144.90	$781
555–588	572	41	137.50–147.50	$143.67	$822
605–645	622	26	134.00–144.00	$138.07	$859
705	705	4	128.00	$128.00	$902
755–770	763	8	124.00–133.00	$128.46	$980

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
619	619	5	120.00	$120.00	$743
700–725	713	4	117.00–125.00	$120.93	$862

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
347	347	3	146.00	$146.00	$507
708	708	3	129.00	$129.00	$913

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
452	452	3	120.00	$120.00	$542

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
229	229	5	157.00	$157.00	$360
288	288	5	151.00	$151.00	$435
365–385	375	12	135.00–139.00	$137.63	$516
417–420	419	6	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$534
450–495	469	50	120.00–136.00	$128.04	$601
500–538	517	20	120.00–128.50	$125.73	$650
531	531	9	120.00	$120.00	$637
560	560	4	112.00	$112.00	$627
565	565	4	112.00–119.00	$115.50	$653
550–590	569	33	115.50–122.50	$118.01	$671
605	605	5	120.00	$120.00	$726
605–640	621	27	115.00–124.50	$121.75	$756
671	671	7	127.00	$127.00	$852
672–688	684	25	121.75–123.00	$122.09	$835
835	835	3	104.00	$104.00	$868

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
405–428	420	18	139.00–145.00	$143.30	$602
450–495	468	27	140.00–148.50	$144.11	$674
478	478	4	125.00	$125.00	$598
520	520	3	120.00	$120.00	$624
537–545	539	7	127.00–130.00	$127.87	$689
585–590	586	7	121.00–124.00	$122.14	$716
619 unweaned	619	10	116.50	$116.50	$721
607–638	622	17	122.00–128.25	$125.44	$780
625	625	4	118.00	$118.00	$738
665	665	2	117.00	$117.00	$778
660–690	678	14	123.00–126.50	$124.74	$846
727	727	9	125.50	$125.50	$912
827	827	15	125.50	$125.50	$1,038

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
379	379	12	125.00	$125.00	$474
420	420	3	102.00	$102.00	$428
528	528	5	119.00	$119.00	$628
663	663	3	101.00	$101.00	$670

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420–430	423	6	130.00–135.00	$133.31	$564
455–495	479	14	115.00–133.00	$121.90	$584
515–533	525	13	120.00–126.00	$121.74	$639
565–598	581	12	102.00–128.00	$114.41	$665
607–645	621	23	104.00–120.00	$108.93	$676
655–698	668	11	110.00–117.00	$113.54	$758
725–748	737	4	98.00–106.00	$102.06	$752
753	753	8	100.00	$100.00	$753

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
580	580	3	82.00	$82.00	$476

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1250	1217	80-85%	3	45.00–46.00	$45.32	$552
1020–1520	1231	80-85%	35	50.00–55.50	$52.46	$646
1225–1410	1307	80-85%	3	54.50–57.00	$55.56	$726

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1025	945	85-90%	5	22.00–23.00	$22.22	$210
850–1205	999	85-90%	10	30.00–40.50	$35.94	$359
895–1302	1085	85-90%	20	41.00–50.00	$44.98	$488

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1345–1530	1407	75-80%	3	54.00–54.50	$54.32	$764
1215–1830	1471	75-80%	9	48.00–55.50	$52.93	$779

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245–1880	1482	6	61.00–77.00	$70.66	$1,047
1400–2245	1774	16	76.00–86.00	$80.62	$1,430

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
2195	2195	1	74.50	$74.50	$1,635

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975–1020	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	73.00–80.50	$78.02	$776

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1310	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,050.00	$950.27
1130–1340	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	640.00–970.00	$832.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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.