Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

1,859 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.55/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 666 lb · 69 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.52/cwt -2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 573 lb · 62 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.66/cwt -0.57 vs last sale · ≈ $748/hd at 614 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,859	4,537	920
Feeder cattle	1,464	4,221	617
Slaughter cattle	245	286	155
Replacement cattle	150	30	148

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	3	198.00	$198.00	$638	+3.65
365	365	3	178.00	$178.00	$650	-3.46
522–546	537	14	149.00–157.00	$153.25	$823	-1.49
552 unweaned	552	10	136.00	$136.00	$751	-6.00
555–596	577	52	143.00–152.50	$148.54	$857	-2.68
618	618	3	144.00	$144.00	$890	-3.16
658–680	666	69	133.50–144.00	$140.55	$936	-3.64
703–717	712	20	132.00–136.00	$133.89	$953	-12.83
747	747	3	124.00	$124.00	$926	-22.72
755–793	774	50	125.00–131.25	$129.42	$1,002	-4.05
805–835	815	18	125.00–128.10	$127.07	$1,036	-4.48
834 unweaned	834	4	120.50	$120.50	$1,005	-4.00
972	972	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,069	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–338	328	7	162.00–177.00	$168.63	$553	-13.60
370–390	382	10	160.00–170.00	$163.97	$626	-10.16
410–448	434	13	150.00–168.00	$157.19	$682	-4.25
462–485	475	38	145.00–155.00	$148.97	$708	-7.42
500–540	523	25	136.00–153.00	$143.00	$748	-6.99
575–598	585	27	137.00–149.00	$145.77	$853	+3.43
610	610	6	135.50–137.00	$136.00	$830	-2.20
660–698	686	12	130.00–138.50	$132.10	$906	-8.20
710–725 unweaned	716	7	121.00–122.00	$121.57	$870	-3.43

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	3	125.00	$125.00	$700	+1.51
670 unweaned	670	11	125.00	$125.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	4	131.00	$131.00	$773	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	135.00	$135.00	$625	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	140.00	$140.00	$473	-4.25
350–385	365	14	135.00–156.00	$143.58	$524	-0.48
405–435	426	20	132.00–140.00	$137.97	$588	-6.07
450 thin fleshed	450	9	146.00	$146.00	$657	—
450–494	474	46	130.00–142.50	$133.04	$631	+2.59
502–545	520	36	122.00–133.00	$126.15	$656	-3.45
540	540	3	124.00	$124.00	$670	+4.00
560–580	575	15	120.00–121.00	$120.13	$691	-9.09
596	596	9	115.00	$115.00	$685	-14.22
610	610	6	120.00	$120.00	$732	±0.00
602–635	615	51	115.00–124.00	$121.85	$749	-2.74
679–688	681	24	119.00–120.75	$120.38	$820	-1.43
700–725	709	18	110.00–120.00	$111.92	$794	-1.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	9	159.00	$159.00	$577	-1.14
415	415	5	151.50	$151.50	$629	-0.99
451–483	463	16	134.00–145.00	$140.35	$650	-5.50
502	502	5	117.50	$117.50	$590	-27.03
505–530	518	16	128.50–135.00	$133.29	$690	-11.24
557–592	571	5	120.00–123.50	$122.05	$697	-17.86
555–592	573	24	125.00–130.00	$127.25	$729	-12.66
602–645	611	39	121.50–129.50	$127.57	$779	+5.07
620	620	3	120.00	$120.00	$744	-2.50
645 unweaned	645	7	112.50	$112.50	$726	-7.05
660	660	4	122.00	$122.00	$805	-10.59
700–740	723	22	118.00–121.50	$119.93	$867	-14.03
773 unweaned	773	3	100.00	$100.00	$773	—
751–784	776	39	120.00–120.75	$120.58	$936	+6.31
805–810	806	15	110.00–111.00	$110.87	$894	—
984	984	4	104.00	$104.00	$1,023	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–522	519	14	110.00–122.50	$119.88	$622	-2.76
612	612	3	111.00	$111.00	$679	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–489	483	6	115.00–128.00	$119.23	$576	—
548	548	5	115.00	$115.00	$630	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	4	130.00	$130.00	$560	-4.00
504	504	5	115.00	$115.00	$580	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	10	165.00	$165.00	$660	—
405	405	4	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
470–480	479	17	134.50–146.50	$144.23	$691	+5.38
500–545	519	22	123.50–141.50	$132.39	$687	-0.51
565–585	578	27	116.50–134.50	$128.59	$743	+2.57
620–645	634	9	123.50–128.00	$126.43	$802	+1.45
650–685	674	10	112.00–119.00	$117.45	$792	+1.55
715–748	732	4	109.50–114.00	$111.80	$818	-5.70

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	3	94.00	$94.00	$663	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$548	—
1050–1550	1310	80-85%	7	40.00–45.00	$42.81	$561	-4.22
1070–1635	1316	80-85%	41	45.00–51.50	$48.27	$635	+1.24

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1000	943	85-90%	4	10.00–17.00	$15.42	$145	—
910–1395	1111	85-90%	10	30.00–36.00	$33.68	$374	+1.42
935–1385	1145	85-90%	30	37.00–45.00	$41.31	$473	+9.05
1165–1215	1182	85-90%	3	46.50	$46.50	$550	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	45.00	$45.00	$592	—
1275–1660	1457	75-80%	30	42.00–55.00	$50.76	$740	-0.35
1617	1617	75-80%	3	62.00	$62.00	$1,003	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1970	1725	6	52.00–68.00	$61.01	$1,052	—
1130–2215	1745	18	69.00–80.00	$73.69	$1,286	—
1815–2110	1963	2	85.50–90.50	$88.19	$1,731	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
963	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	82.00	$82.00	$790

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1570	1246	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	610.00–1,275.00	$992.43
1155–1485	1292	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	650.00–825.00	$744.55
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1210	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,566.88
1346	1346	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.