Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

2,929 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $137.42/cwt ≈ $1,244/hd at 905 lb · 238 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.36/cwt -10.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,036/hd at 733 lb · 141 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.41/cwt -1.66 vs last sale · ≈ $996/hd at 671 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,929	1,311	531
Feeder cattle	2,044	1,246	0
Slaughter cattle	570	65	150
Replacement cattle	315	—	381

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–438	425	12	174.00–178.50	$176.18	$749	-6.53
487	487	5	173.50	$173.50	$845	-9.12
500–530	520	49	158.50–166.00	$161.37	$839	-6.59
523	523	4	158.00	$158.00	$826	-9.96
536 unweaned	536	6	149.50	$149.50	$801	—
551–582	570	29	153.25–161.00	$156.09	$890	-0.92
563–575	570	36	150.25–150.50	$150.35	$857	-6.66
570 unweaned	570	4	150.50	$150.50	$858	—
604–613 unweaned	606	32	140.00–144.50	$143.36	$869	—
609–644	625	37	146.00–156.50	$152.91	$956	-0.93
615–649	644	31	136.00–140.50	$139.56	$899	-14.28
660 unweaned	660	17	141.50	$141.50	$934	—
651–681	673	103	147.50–150.25	$149.55	$1,006	-0.52
714 unweaned	714	8	128.50	$128.50	$917	—
728–739	734	133	140.00–143.75	$142.13	$1,043	-10.19
760	760	9	130.50	$130.50	$992	-15.25
776	776	15	137.50	$137.50	$1,067	-8.25
902–910	905	238	136.85–138.00	$137.42	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–316	312	9	176.00–185.00	$179.94	$561	—
437–448	443	6	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$757	—
458–478	468	18	158.00–172.00	$163.59	$766	—
493 unweaned	493	5	146.00	$146.00	$720	—
506 thin fleshed	506	4	168.00	$168.00	$850	—
512–519	516	18	155.50–162.50	$158.59	$818	-0.40
568–591	579	15	138.50–145.00	$142.66	$826	-3.73
575–596	593	32	142.00–151.50	$144.27	$856	-2.12
602–608 unweaned	605	9	135.00–143.50	$138.80	$840	—
617–627	622	52	136.00–147.25	$143.68	$894	+1.58
662	662	9	138.75	$138.75	$919	-2.75
686	686	14	131.50	$131.50	$902	—
706–728	710	104	127.00–138.25	$137.19	$974	-5.15
776–778	777	7	131.50–132.50	$132.07	$1,026	-0.43
811–825	815	11	127.00–135.00	$131.02	$1,068	-5.98
919	919	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,057	-11.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	12	146.75	$146.75	$823	—
570 unweaned	570	4	130.50	$130.50	$744	—
620	620	10	141.75	$141.75	$879	—
705–729	722	11	130.00–134.50	$131.20	$947	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	157.00	$157.00	$586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–488	477	21	146.50–155.00	$150.35	$717	-6.21
478 unweaned	478	16	141.75	$141.75	$678	—
515 unweaned	515	6	135.50	$135.50	$698	-7.25
516–546	536	19	134.50–153.00	$139.99	$750	-5.31
556–590 unweaned	571	27	130.00–133.50	$131.89	$753	—
580	580	7	132.00	$132.00	$766	-12.33
585	585	11	144.50	$144.50	$845	+0.17
600–607	604	14	124.00–128.00	$125.70	$759	-21.18
618 unweaned	618	28	127.25	$127.25	$786	—
601–641	634	32	132.00–136.00	$133.69	$848	-13.19
650	650	81	142.75	$142.75	$928	+0.93
711	711	11	127.50	$127.50	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	4	151.00	$151.00	$480	—
408 thin fleshed	408	3	154.00	$154.00	$628	-6.00
416	416	7	151.00	$151.00	$628	+1.50
456–486	470	18	137.00–141.00	$138.61	$651	—
510 unweaned	510	3	133.00	$133.00	$678	—
530	530	10	135.00	$135.00	$716	-9.00
513–540	531	52	129.00–140.50	$133.07	$707	-10.93
550	550	7	127.00	$127.00	$698	-8.50
555–590	577	18	126.00–140.50	$130.37	$752	+2.37
591 unweaned	591	3	127.00	$127.00	$751	—
617 unweaned	617	3	117.50	$117.50	$725	—
603–643	623	9	125.50–135.00	$130.07	$810	-12.43
651–688	663	20	125.50–132.25	$129.45	$858	—
722	722	3	125.00	$125.00	$902	-4.07
963	963	12	105.00	$105.00	$1,011	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	3	143.00	$143.00	$779	—
633	633	7	129.00	$129.00	$817	—
723	723	3	103.00	$103.00	$745	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	6	150.00	$150.00	$687	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	6	110.00	$110.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	5	127.50	$127.50	$579	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
918	918	3	112.00	$112.00	$1,028	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	151.00	$151.00	$563	—
718	718	3	115.00	$115.00	$826	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1420	1234	80-85%	23	43.00–54.00	$50.01	$617	-8.56
1060–1440	1242	80-85%	99	51.00–62.00	$57.21	$711	-1.36
1005–1425	1313	80-85%	8	62.00–65.50	$63.75	$837	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	75-80%	1	47.00	$47.00	$639	—
1095–1740	1414	75-80%	54	52.00–63.50	$57.63	$815	+4.63
1335–1815	1540	75-80%	31	62.00–70.25	$65.69	$1,012	+6.51

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	85-90%	1	33.00	$33.00	$231	—
790–1275	1051	85-90%	30	40.00–49.00	$44.51	$468	-0.49
860–1345	1118	85-90%	53	45.00–58.50	$51.59	$577	-0.76

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2015	2015	65-75%	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,521	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1985	1666	5	67.00–74.50	$69.91	$1,165	—
1425–2845	1898	24	72.50–82.50	$77.34	$1,468	-2.64

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
983–1150	1099	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,066.10
1050–1292	1187	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	750.00–875.00	$817.52

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
901	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
1165	1165	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1265	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1478	1478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	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
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1250–1550	1323	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,228.57	—
1350–1500	1406	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,425.00–1,575.00	$1,518.75	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1250	1117	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	1,900.00–2,050.00	$2,008.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1050	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,733.33	—

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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.