Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

3,488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $147.86/cwt +21.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,137/hd at 769 lb · 202 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.57/cwt +6.71 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 630 lb · 114 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $148.61/cwt +4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,057/hd at 712 lb · 101 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,488	3,381	4,022
Feeder cattle	2,807	2,855	3,502
Slaughter cattle	681	526	520

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, spots 12.00 to 15.00 higher on 500 lb steers, yearlings over 750 lbs traded with a firm undertone. 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
300–341	334	6	180.00–191.00	$182.16	$608	-2.84
365–380	375	3	181.00–187.00	$185.05	$694	—
400–445	436	16	170.00–181.00	$176.52	$770	+4.12
461–496	471	27	164.00–173.00	$167.48	$789	+2.85
520	520	3	154.00	$154.00	$801	+1.13
500–546	532	63	156.00–167.00	$161.56	$859	+8.69
557 fancy	557	3	169.50	$169.50	$944	—
555–583	570	52	152.00–163.00	$157.53	$898	+22.74
568–572 unweaned	571	15	142.00–145.00	$143.00	$817	—
603–635	613	81	142.00–150.50	$147.86	$906	+6.43
656–678	667	43	149.75–154.50	$152.14	$1,015	+8.32
702–736	708	82	142.50–152.75	$151.07	$1,070	+6.76
727	727	19	138.00	$138.00	$1,003	+0.25
763–773	769	202	144.75–149.75	$147.86	$1,137	+16.36
825	825	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,155	+10.91
858–873	862	85	136.75–145.25	$143.02	$1,233	+22.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
352–375	362	9	175.00–177.00	$176.32	$638	—
418–446	437	9	157.00–164.00	$159.23	$696	+2.31
482	482	6	157.00–165.50	$161.25	$777	+8.69
500–548	519	27	142.00–155.00	$151.09	$784	+6.29
547	547	3	140.50	$140.50	$769	-4.30
550–598	566	49	139.50–152.00	$146.55	$829	+7.48
607–615 unweaned	610	5	131.00–134.00	$132.21	$806	—
600–630	619	37	135.00–148.00	$144.65	$895	+7.73
615–629	623	13	133.00–135.50	$134.14	$836	+5.89
640 thin fleshed	640	59	144.00	$144.00	$922	—
650–698	677	20	122.00–139.00	$131.69	$892	+4.57
655–695	682	71	130.00–152.00	$143.60	$979	+16.48
700–738	715	56	132.00–142.50	$138.58	$991	+6.54
758–778	767	7	130.50–137.50	$134.46	$1,031	+4.43
816	816	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,044	—
838	838	5	133.50	$133.50	$1,119	—
850–853	851	67	129.00–136.50	$132.33	$1,126	—
900	900	6	133.00	$133.00	$1,197	+14.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088–1380	1209	15	98.00–101.50	$100.01	$1,209	—
1110–1280	1220	3	97.00–101.00	$98.70	$1,204	—
1028–1395	1225	12	92.50–96.50	$95.09	$1,165	—
1148–1475	1284	52	101.50–109.00	$103.11	$1,324	—
1130–1400	1315	9	98.00–101.50	$99.86	$1,313	+1.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	142.00	$142.00	$689	-6.00
803–813	808	8	115.00–119.25	$117.11	$946	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	160.00	$160.00	$773	—
503–520	512	6	135.00–153.00	$143.85	$737	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–392	390	7	148.00–152.00	$149.72	$584	+3.27
422–444	436	30	134.00–150.00	$143.27	$625	+2.33
460–499	487	19	130.00–139.50	$135.55	$660	-0.02
503 unweaned	503	3	133.00	$133.00	$669	—
504–545	518	56	127.00–145.00	$137.61	$713	+5.13
533	533	4	131.00	$131.00	$698	-1.48
550–590	563	31	125.50–135.00	$132.01	$743	+5.38
600–643	622	62	125.00–137.00	$129.90	$808	+1.67
636 unweaned	636	6	125.00	$125.00	$795	—
645	645	2	122.00	$122.00	$787	+2.93
650–672	658	34	124.50–136.50	$132.12	$869	+7.61
708	708	6	126.00	$126.00	$892	+1.42
756–770	758	44	115.00–132.50	$130.14	$986	+14.14
834–842	840	17	121.00–123.50	$122.92	$1,033	+7.92
871	871	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–388	383	12	153.00–159.00	$156.62	$600	—
410–448	438	22	148.00–162.00	$155.85	$683	+4.31
487 unweaned	487	13	140.00	$140.00	$682	—
484–491	488	17	143.50–156.00	$150.74	$736	+2.44
503–538	524	63	141.00–149.00	$143.78	$753	+5.86
551 unweaned	551	9	131.00	$131.00	$722	—
559–590	570	20	136.00–140.00	$137.64	$785	+3.29
597	597	10	129.00	$129.00	$770	-5.35
613–648	626	56	135.00–143.00	$139.27	$872	+2.98
642 thin fleshed	642	3	147.00	$147.00	$944	—
650–673	671	20	138.25–142.00	$138.61	$930	+6.23
716–721	718	11	126.00–142.00	$133.30	$957	+8.30
1003	1003	23	110.75	$110.75	$1,111	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1255	1164	5	94.00–96.50	$95.47	$1,111	-6.57
1115–1370	1250	47	101.00–104.00	$103.31	$1,291	+8.06
1390–1525	1484	4	92.00–99.50	$96.28	$1,429	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	138.00	$138.00	$428	—
443	443	4	134.00	$134.00	$594	+10.00
462–471	468	9	120.00–125.00	$121.65	$569	-3.35
548	548	3	123.00	$123.00	$674	—
550–570	563	17	114.50–122.00	$117.82	$663	+1.38
650–682	669	5	117.50–119.50	$118.72	$794	-3.28

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	150.50	$150.50	$650	—
460	460	2	136.00	$136.00	$626	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464–477	468	10	143.00–153.00	$146.06	$684	+0.06
560–567	564	6	135.00–141.00	$138.02	$778	+12.86
610	610	4	127.50	$127.50	$778	—
677	677	3	118.00	$118.00	$799	+2.73
758	758	3	100.50	$100.50	$762	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–428	420	7	171.00–175.00	$173.19	$727	—
478	478	3	159.00	$159.00	$760	+2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$513	—
1155–1545	1272	80-85%	33	43.50–54.00	$50.16	$638	-7.13
1120–1440	1278	80-85%	61	53.00–61.00	$56.70	$725	-0.59
1235–1380	1325	80-85%	8	60.50–65.00	$62.97	$834	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1775	1479	75-80%	17	45.00–55.50	$50.66	$749	-7.96
1320–1825	1508	75-80%	34	54.00–63.00	$58.04	$875	+4.74
1365–2135	1614	75-80%	32	61.00–71.00	$65.31	$1,054	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1045	1020	85-90%	2	60.00–62.50	$61.22	$624	—
975–1060	1021	85-90%	4	26.50–34.00	$31.08	$317	—
750–1220	1058	85-90%	29	40.50–49.00	$45.83	$485	-7.40
970–1230	1102	85-90%	33	48.25–58.50	$53.33	$588	+8.21

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1885	1678	65-75%	5	68.00–75.00	$71.93	$1,207	—
1660–2140	1945	65-75%	4	60.00–64.00	$61.71	$1,200	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1890	1532	6	48.00–75.00	$69.25	$1,061	—
1350–2345	1736	28	72.00–89.00	$82.27	$1,428	-0.74
1565–2235	1883	4	91.50–96.50	$93.67	$1,764	—

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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.