Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 2, 2024

5,263 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $328.44/cwt +7.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,879/hd at 572 lb · 412 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $291.45/cwt +5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,976/hd at 678 lb · 306 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $346.87/cwt +4.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,836/hd at 529 lb · 230 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,263	6,557	3,329
Feeder cattle	4,548	6,284	2,942
Slaughter cattle	291	273	387
Replacement cattle	424	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 10.00 higher, spots up to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	13	397.50–407.00	$404.08	$1,410	—
379–389	387	25	377.50–420.00	$413.54	$1,600	+33.54
403–443	425	35	357.50–419.00	$382.16	$1,624	+16.97
436 fancy	436	5	415.00	$415.00	$1,809	—
452–493	470	106	355.00–405.00	$389.75	$1,832	+18.65
480 fancy	480	6	401.00	$401.00	$1,925	—
512–517 fancy	515	19	382.00–385.00	$384.06	$1,978	—
502–545	528	176	328.00–365.00	$346.32	$1,829	+14.12
527–548	544	30	328.00–329.50	$329.21	$1,791	-2.99
547 unweaned	547	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,811	—
550–596	572	412	316.00–349.00	$328.44	$1,879	+8.23
605–632	618	173	290.00–320.00	$310.21	$1,917	+11.14
661–693	678	306	274.00–302.00	$291.45	$1,976	+3.82
710 fancy	710	76	291.50	$291.50	$2,070	—
707–721	711	109	268.00–282.00	$272.26	$1,936	+2.01
735	735	14	255.00	$255.00	$1,874	-15.25
760	760	23	279.00	$279.00	$2,120	+13.31
831	831	13	248.25	$248.25	$2,063	-20.76
849	849	11	263.50	$263.50	$2,237	-5.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	420	15	346.00–381.00	$358.63	$1,506	+24.59
454–498	479	32	330.00–410.00	$381.06	$1,825	+53.57
483 thin fleshed	483	6	371.00	$371.00	$1,792	+13.00
500–506	503	27	311.00–328.50	$324.68	$1,633	+21.45
550 unweaned	550	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,568	—
564–597	586	29	290.00–307.50	$302.91	$1,775	+27.91
602–649	622	83	265.50–293.50	$281.53	$1,751	-0.33
651–675	659	10	249.00–256.00	$252.78	$1,666	-10.12
669 unweaned	669	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,599	—
653–698	680	80	257.00–278.00	$270.21	$1,837	+7.31
706–710	708	8	256.50–257.50	$256.88	$1,819	+12.43
756–784	778	46	240.00–256.00	$251.65	$1,958	-4.14
800	800	3	229.50	$229.50	$1,836	-24.33
802–837	820	6	246.50	$246.50	$2,021	-7.33

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	5	265.50	$265.50	$1,715	—
678	678	3	249.50	$249.50	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,610	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–439	428	76	321.00–340.00	$332.56	$1,423	-2.26
455–493	480	132	305.50–349.50	$320.85	$1,540	+3.66
500 thin fleshed	500	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,575	+5.00
500–549	528	209	283.00–324.00	$305.44	$1,613	+5.67
550–596	568	223	267.00–309.00	$289.66	$1,645	-3.06
601–635	609	88	260.25–282.00	$272.46	$1,659	+4.20
618–643 fancy	621	61	289.00–290.00	$289.86	$1,800	—
650	650	34	273.00	$273.00	$1,774	+9.43
651–697	679	88	265.50–278.00	$270.85	$1,839	+7.28
725	725	4	270.50	$270.50	$1,961	+8.94
750–761	758	89	234.25–255.85	$253.49	$1,921	+1.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	327.00	$327.00	$1,301	+9.96
443	443	4	296.00	$296.00	$1,311	-7.65
450–499	485	20	283.00–305.00	$291.54	$1,414	-9.70
492 thin fleshed	492	10	308.50	$308.50	$1,518	—
502–545	523	57	265.00–293.00	$282.69	$1,478	+19.59
550–592	568	65	245.00–283.50	$265.01	$1,505	-3.96
617–646	628	39	243.50–255.00	$249.09	$1,564	-0.42
670–683	679	19	235.00–253.00	$247.39	$1,680	+15.49
760	760	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,771	-7.58
881	881	7	224.00	$224.00	$1,973	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	8	240.25	$240.25	$1,540	—
666–685	679	15	212.50–237.50	$220.68	$1,498	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	261.50	$261.50	$1,433	—
589	589	5	260.50	$260.50	$1,534	—
610	610	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,556	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1320	1243	80-85%	3	125.00–130.00	$127.26	$1,582	—
1125–1505	1290	80-85%	18	101.00–115.00	$107.45	$1,386	+1.86
1135–1555	1305	80-85%	43	114.00–123.00	$118.25	$1,543	-3.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1480	1433	75-80%	2	112.00–114.00	$112.97	$1,619	—
1300–1985	1561	75-80%	11	127.00–135.00	$130.80	$2,042	—
1220–1790	1567	75-80%	42	116.00–127.00	$122.32	$1,917	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	85-90%	1	88.00	$88.00	$924	—
965–1270	1080	85-90%	28	101.00–114.00	$109.97	$1,188	—
1070–1133	1101	85-90%	3	103.00–110.00	$107.02	$1,178	+4.82

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	65-75%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,092	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1730	1591	4	138.00–145.00	$141.85	$2,257	+5.46
1560–1920	1805	4	162.00–168.00	$165.38	$2,985	—
1700–2100	1887	5	153.00–169.00	$161.42	$3,046	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1200	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,475.00–2,500.00	$2,495.53
1350–1580	1396	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	3,000.00–3,500.00	$3,385.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1265	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	3,700.00–3,900.00	$3,806.85
1180–1565	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,084.85

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1600	1600	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	3,300.00	$3,300.00
1640–1700	1660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	3,700.00–3,900.00	$3,768.27

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1650 fancy	1650	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1185	1150	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	100	3,600.00–4,100.00	$3,923.82
1165–1200	1186	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	4,050.00	$4,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1125	1115	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	3,400.00–3,700.00	$3,453.80

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—

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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.