Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

7,696 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $144.60/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,257/hd at 869 lb · 740 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.61/cwt +8.28 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 569 lb · 388 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $152.81/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $954/hd at 624 lb · 374 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,696	4,418	7,810
Feeder cattle	7,321	3,435	6,770
Slaughter cattle	324	483	186
Replacement cattle	51	500	854

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. 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
332	332	9	197.00	$197.00	$654	—
354–393	382	24	182.00–199.00	$192.17	$734	+6.42
401–440	425	111	177.00–189.00	$183.54	$780	+2.48
471 unweaned	471	7	157.00	$157.00	$739	—
450–497	473	157	169.00–187.00	$179.39	$849	-0.31
493	493	12	170.50	$170.50	$841	-9.20
503–545	519	199	163.00–178.00	$172.33	$894	+6.01
550–591	567	355	156.50–166.50	$163.60	$928	+6.83
588–593 unweaned	590	33	151.00–153.50	$151.99	$897	+11.99
616–646 unweaned	621	65	145.00–149.50	$148.70	$923	—
600–645	625	309	145.75–161.50	$153.67	$960	+4.05
664–667 unweaned	665	25	139.50–140.50	$139.98	$931	+1.01
656–684	669	98	143.50–156.50	$149.88	$1,003	+8.70
704–706	705	17	142.75–144.50	$143.27	$1,010	-5.13
701–738	709	199	146.75–155.00	$151.36	$1,073	+2.96
785	785	70	146.25	$146.25	$1,148	+3.54
798	798	6	144.50	$144.50	$1,153	+1.79
800–849	830	281	143.75–149.25	$145.63	$1,209	+3.24
853–894	869	720	137.00–146.75	$145.24	$1,262	+3.99
885	885	20	121.50	$121.50	$1,075	-19.75
906–934	922	179	135.50–144.00	$139.95	$1,290	+5.20
948	948	16	135.00	$135.00	$1,280	+0.25
995	995	21	139.10	$139.10	$1,384	+10.60
1005–1031	1012	76	133.85–136.50	$135.75	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	4	178.00	$178.00	$710	—
431–438	436	12	170.00–176.00	$171.98	$750	+3.98
452–488	467	21	173.00–178.00	$173.73	$811	+9.26
483	483	3	161.00	$161.00	$778	-3.47
523–539	531	29	163.25–169.00	$165.76	$880	+8.34
553–599	576	249	142.00–161.00	$156.41	$901	+1.81
575–592	584	10	146.25–147.75	$147.01	$859	-7.59
593–596 unweaned	595	26	142.00–149.50	$147.49	$878	+14.49
630	630	5	141.00	$141.00	$888	-5.09
615–646	639	144	145.00–152.85	$150.67	$963	+4.58
670–676 unweaned	675	23	140.00–140.75	$140.59	$949	-2.41
680–681	681	9	132.00–134.50	$133.11	$906	-11.84
654–696	684	187	137.10–147.75	$142.45	$974	+15.20
703–742	722	115	140.00–149.00	$144.59	$1,044	+5.12
723	723	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,005	-0.47
733 unweaned	733	5	133.50	$133.50	$979	—
750–796	772	173	131.00–148.25	$143.07	$1,105	—
790 unweaned	790	6	127.50	$127.50	$1,007	—
800–848	831	38	132.50–140.25	$137.40	$1,142	+4.40
880	880	8	140.25	$140.25	$1,234	+7.00
905	905	21	135.25	$135.25	$1,224	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	6	134.50	$134.50	$1,141	—
872–881	880	36	129.50–140.25	$138.47	$1,219	+18.47

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	11	140.50	$140.50	$792	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	174.00	$174.00	$579	+18.50
358–363	360	7	165.00–166.00	$165.43	$596	+2.08
403–449	436	137	151.00–164.00	$159.01	$693	+3.89
477 unweaned	477	9	143.00	$143.00	$682	±0.00
454–496	482	50	140.00–158.00	$147.64	$712	+7.64
498	498	14	144.50	$144.50	$720	+4.50
508–546	520	102	135.00–151.50	$141.82	$737	-4.00
537–543 unweaned	542	22	133.25–136.50	$133.98	$726	-2.52
546	546	27	136.50	$136.50	$745	+2.50
559–565 unweaned	564	62	132.75–137.00	$133.63	$754	+4.05
553–598	569	189	145.50–153.00	$147.51	$839	+1.82
588	588	20	132.50	$132.50	$779	-13.19
601	601	7	132.50	$132.50	$796	+8.96
602–635	609	40	139.00–145.00	$142.83	$870	+19.29
642	642	9	154.50	$154.50	$992	+11.85
651–692	666	110	140.75–147.00	$142.20	$947	+3.98
712 unweaned	712	4	121.00	$121.00	$862	—
700–729	722	73	132.35–141.00	$134.48	$971	-5.19
778	778	66	134.10	$134.10	$1,043	+10.10
864–887	873	18	123.50–128.75	$126.68	$1,106	-2.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–441	426	12	150.00–151.00	$150.34	$640	+5.82
455–499	484	106	139.00–155.50	$146.94	$711	+2.77
508	508	6	135.00	$135.00	$686	-2.78
502–543	522	92	134.00–140.25	$137.63	$718	-0.15
523–540 unweaned	535	18	129.75–140.50	$132.67	$710	+8.08
553–592	573	91	130.75–136.50	$133.17	$763	-4.85
578–580	580	37	128.75–133.50	$130.64	$758	-7.38
584–595 unweaned	591	21	130.50–132.50	$131.16	$775	—
617–646	631	43	126.00–142.00	$133.40	$842	+5.81
632	632	3	124.00	$124.00	$784	-3.59
633 unweaned	633	21	121.75	$121.75	$771	—
651–662 unweaned	659	30	115.50–127.00	$124.92	$823	-0.08
651–692	667	155	131.50–144.50	$140.29	$936	+9.89
651–688	668	21	119.00–125.00	$123.11	$822	-7.29
700–748	717	33	124.50–130.00	$128.35	$920	—
728	728	3	114.00	$114.00	$830	—
751–796	771	24	119.00–128.00	$125.24	$966	-2.76
821–829	822	80	127.25–130.35	$130.08	$1,069	—
877	877	17	121.50	$121.50	$1,066	—
879–897	892	27	122.25–125.50	$123.08	$1,098	—
910	910	20	120.00	$120.00	$1,092	—
938	938	9	113.50	$113.50	$1,065	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601–614	604	23	124.00–130.50	$129.06	$780	—
691	691	5	125.00	$125.00	$864	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	7	133.75	$133.75	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	11	162.00	$162.00	$697	-18.00
532	532	13	146.00	$146.00	$777	-9.56
676	676	8	125.75	$125.75	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	3	110.00	$110.00	$737	—
780	780	4	98.00	$98.00	$764	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1555	1441	75-80%	9	44.00–50.50	$47.79	$689	-7.22
1235–1915	1487	75-80%	50	51.00–58.00	$55.02	$818	—
1495–1615	1560	75-80%	6	61.00–65.00	$63.29	$987	-1.32

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1390	1239	80-85%	41	50.00–57.00	$53.67	$665	—
1100–1420	1268	80-85%	19	43.50–50.00	$46.57	$591	-1.72
1320	1320	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$766	+4.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1185	1061	85-90%	6	10.50–34.00	$25.77	$273	-21.65
875–1255	1064	85-90%	23	33.50–44.50	$40.55	$431	-6.87
940–1230	1085	85-90%	22	43.00–52.00	$46.96	$510	+4.21

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590	1590	65-75%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,081	-2.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1645–2305	1940	13	70.00–81.50	$76.68	$1,488	—
1610–2745	2065	4	61.50–70.00	$66.39	$1,371	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
852–985	897	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	835.00–935.00	$896.82

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
708–945	762	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	600.00–750.00	$671.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1390	1390	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 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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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.