Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

4,437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.09/cwt -5.45 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 585 lb · 233 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.34/cwt -0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 528 lb · 214 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $135.60/cwt -1.17 vs last sale · ≈ $983/hd at 725 lb · 202 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,437	3,659	4,704
Feeder cattle	4,088	3,312	4,519
Slaughter cattle	311	293	175
Replacement cattle	38	54	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower, except several heifers 500-550 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 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
310–336	327	6	192.00–194.00	$193.37	$632	+9.67
350–372	364	24	171.00–180.00	$173.98	$633	-2.18
421–440	428	38	163.00–173.00	$168.43	$721	-1.78
450–495	478	74	149.50–171.00	$163.09	$780	-5.11
502–540	524	74	144.00–163.50	$156.96	$822	-5.40
555	555	3	135.00	$135.00	$749	-20.02
563–599	584	204	144.00–159.00	$151.54	$885	-3.48
591–595 unweaned	594	26	134.00–143.25	$140.42	$834	—
604–640 unweaned	618	21	132.00–138.00	$135.91	$840	-2.09
600–646	621	137	140.00–151.80	$147.40	$915	+0.68
650–690	672	135	132.00–148.50	$138.09	$928	-0.49
655–690	681	19	128.00–131.00	$129.31	$881	-9.27
682–695 unweaned	691	29	123.00–135.00	$132.00	$912	—
700–745	725	202	130.00–145.00	$135.60	$983	-1.17
764–790	783	66	126.00–133.50	$129.79	$1,016	-5.74
825	825	5	121.00	$121.00	$998	—
815–848	840	131	125.00–133.20	$132.61	$1,114	—
855	855	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,103	-0.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–332	323	6	154.00–177.50	$169.44	$547	+0.44
350–395	376	17	153.00–169.00	$159.30	$599	-3.40
405–446	421	64	145.00–172.00	$162.10	$682	+4.60
450–495	485	96	140.00–166.00	$159.92	$776	+3.54
503–547	531	68	135.00–152.00	$143.14	$760	-1.32
550–595	570	76	128.00–147.50	$139.50	$795	-4.48
590	590	3	130.00	$130.00	$767	-13.98
595 unweaned	595	3	125.00	$125.00	$744	—
600–620	607	21	130.00–142.00	$138.00	$838	+3.98
654–698	675	24	125.50–133.00	$130.48	$881	-4.43
702–745	725	87	125.00–139.75	$137.32	$996	+1.97
777–781	780	8	126.00–128.50	$127.57	$995	-4.82
820–830	825	8	120.00–125.50	$123.94	$1,023	-4.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	4	161.00	$161.00	$481	—
444	444	7	140.00	$140.00	$622	—
480	480	3	131.00	$131.00	$629	-7.50
671	671	4	125.50	$125.50	$842	+5.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	4	148.50	$148.50	$839	—
680	680	6	128.00	$128.00	$870	-5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	4	131.00	$131.00	$786	—
681	681	4	131.00	$131.00	$892	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	145.00	$145.00	$500	—
350	350	7	149.00	$149.00	$522	—
405–429	417	13	143.00–150.00	$146.14	$609	-0.23
451–499	474	74	135.00–148.00	$141.06	$669	-3.91
500–545	528	214	126.00–153.00	$141.34	$746	-0.84
550–595	568	171	125.00–147.00	$135.42	$769	-3.64
595	595	7	128.00	$128.00	$762	-11.06
604–640	618	112	127.00–135.25	$130.89	$809	-2.52
628 unweaned	628	10	125.50	$125.50	$788	—
665 unweaned	665	2	123.00	$123.00	$818	—
652–685	669	46	122.00–130.00	$127.64	$854	-3.25
717 unweaned	717	3	122.50	$122.50	$878	—
700–745	727	65	125.00–130.50	$129.01	$938	+1.74
729	729	4	110.50	$110.50	$806	-16.77
760–775	766	7	120.50–123.25	$122.06	$935	+5.56
833	833	6	113.50	$113.50	$945	-9.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248 thin fleshed	248	6	165.00	$165.00	$409	—
350–385	369	24	140.00–145.00	$141.39	$522	-0.20
400–448	429	66	123.50–144.50	$134.75	$578	-1.76
450–498	477	97	121.50–144.50	$131.58	$628	+0.58
500–548	528	100	123.00–138.00	$129.33	$683	-1.65
550–593	575	31	124.00–130.00	$127.47	$733	-2.66
605–617 unweaned	609	10	122.00–124.00	$122.61	$747	—
602–632	617	39	120.00–130.00	$126.14	$778	-1.81
625	625	4	120.00	$120.00	$750	-7.95
655–695	664	15	113.50–122.50	$116.99	$777	-10.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495–498	497	6	115.00	$115.00	$572	-11.39
636	636	6	122.00	$122.00	$776	+4.16

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	8	126.00	$126.00	$756	+6.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	5	116.00	$116.00	$703	—
715	715	3	104.00	$104.00	$744	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	4	133.00	$133.00	$415	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	521	11	124.00–136.00	$128.97	$672	+0.86
550–598	578	14	112.00–124.00	$120.04	$694	-4.75
651–676	667	12	115.50–120.00	$118.54	$791	-6.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603	603	6	115.00	$115.00	$693	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1335	1034	85-90%	26	30.00–40.50	$34.11	$353	—
955–1290	1117	85-90%	19	38.00–45.00	$42.53	$475	—
1135	1135	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$284	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1230	1153	80-85%	4	42.00–43.00	$42.23	$487	-13.78
1080–1695	1305	80-85%	39	43.50–51.50	$47.74	$623	—
1340–1470	1405	80-85%	2	52.50–53.50	$52.98	$744	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1387–1605	1442	75-80%	4	45.00	$45.00	$649	—
1295–1745	1518	75-80%	27	46.00–52.50	$49.77	$756	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–2025	1596	4	60.00–70.00	$63.17	$1,008	—
1610–2080	1833	3	65.00–77.50	$70.80	$1,298	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2130	2130	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,491	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	73.00	$73.00	$471

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1425	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	800.00–990.00	$902.43
1020–1630	1334	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–985.00	$881.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048–1071	1061	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	580.00–890.00	$711.21

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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.