Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

3,370 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $136.30/cwt -5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,180/hd at 866 lb · 123 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.42/cwt +3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 625 lb · 122 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.70/cwt -1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 621 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,370	4,934	3,160
Feeder cattle	2,755	4,348	2,715
Slaughter cattle	615	586	445

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, except some 600-650 lb steers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	184.50	$184.50	$662	+1.41
415 unweaned	415	9	175.50	$175.50	$728	—
485	485	3	168.00	$168.00	$815	+8.00
508–533	516	45	161.00–170.00	$165.25	$853	+4.61
546	546	8	152.50	$152.50	$833	-8.14
556 thin fleshed	556	4	165.00	$165.00	$917	—
566–594	581	29	149.50–156.25	$152.70	$887	-2.97
591	591	6	146.00	$146.00	$863	-9.67
600–644	621	92	135.50–150.00	$146.70	$911	-0.79
656–680	666	67	136.50–152.00	$147.60	$983	+11.16
706–725	713	26	135.00–144.00	$138.17	$985	-6.09
751	751	15	132.25	$132.25	$993	-11.75
779	779	66	145.00	$145.00	$1,130	+1.00
800	800	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,120	+3.62
805	805	58	136.50	$136.50	$1,099	+0.12
861–871	866	123	135.10–137.50	$136.30	$1,180	-6.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–342	319	13	178.00–188.50	$181.79	$580	—
365–388	377	15	171.00–177.00	$174.45	$658	-6.14
400–449	432	37	156.00–174.00	$166.44	$719	-0.84
451–488	470	43	155.00–165.00	$161.29	$758	+1.19
507–531 unweaned	522	13	140.00–147.00	$144.62	$755	—
502–546	528	25	141.00–158.00	$151.33	$799	+1.85
560–595	576	60	135.50–147.00	$142.99	$824	-3.09
606–616	610	14	135.00–139.50	$136.50	$833	+4.86
600–649	622	34	120.00–137.75	$134.10	$834	+2.46
658–683	663	33	134.00–145.00	$141.75	$940	+6.25
694	694	4	128.50	$128.50	$892	-9.60
696 unweaned	696	9	120.00	$120.00	$835	—
720–726	723	31	130.00–130.25	$130.12	$941	-5.31
749	749	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,049	+4.57
772	772	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,042	-0.40
846	846	6	105.00	$105.00	$888	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1243	1155	7	98.50–103.25	$101.98	$1,178	+8.96
1200–1395	1320	30	79.00–100.00	$93.43	$1,233	—
1275–1393	1351	8	104.25–105.50	$104.58	$1,413	-1.80
1230–1510	1382	10	100.00–104.00	$101.50	$1,403	-4.88

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538 unweaned	538	16	130.00	$130.00	$699	—
634	634	4	127.00	$127.00	$805	—
668–689	675	12	125.00–130.00	$128.30	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	5	144.00	$144.00	$778	—
620	620	3	119.00	$119.00	$738	—
674	674	4	134.00	$134.00	$903	—
745	745	5	130.00	$130.00	$968	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	4	132.00	$132.00	$836	—
826	826	6	123.75	$123.75	$1,022	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	3	100.00	$100.00	$618	-30.50
738	738	7	123.50	$123.50	$911	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	316	8	162.50–163.00	$162.70	$514	+2.70
407 unweaned	407	5	153.00	$153.00	$623	—
404–442	420	16	150.00–154.00	$151.20	$635	-1.75
467 unweaned	467	6	135.00	$135.00	$630	+4.00
463–495	485	43	144.50–153.00	$145.88	$708	-2.46
512 unweaned	512	9	135.00	$135.00	$691	—
500–542	525	20	139.00–146.00	$143.05	$751	+1.19
533–541 fancy	539	17	152.00–153.50	$153.06	$825	—
557–587	571	33	133.00–141.00	$137.48	$785	-1.98
572 thin fleshed	572	9	148.00	$148.00	$847	—
573	573	26	125.50	$125.50	$719	-13.96
610	610	9	132.00	$132.00	$805	-11.91
613–636	626	113	134.50–145.50	$142.17	$890	-1.74
676–688	681	16	125.50–135.00	$131.40	$895	-10.85
710	710	16	127.00	$127.00	$902	-5.64
721	721	70	142.75	$142.75	$1,029	+10.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	156.00	$156.00	$526	—
367–395	385	18	150.00–159.00	$152.96	$589	+3.21
402–444	423	36	142.00–150.00	$145.71	$616	+1.53
473–490 unweaned	482	6	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$615	—
475–493	487	11	142.50–146.00	$143.43	$699	+3.68
503–529 unweaned	512	22	124.50–129.00	$127.45	$653	—
501–541	519	39	132.00–140.00	$136.20	$707	+0.37
560–568	563	7	123.00–129.00	$126.41	$712	-7.14
550–595	570	48	125.50–136.50	$130.80	$746	-2.75
555–593 unweaned	576	16	110.00–120.50	$118.16	$681	—
608–643	622	27	123.75–129.50	$126.03	$784	+0.03
608–647	626	19	123.00–138.00	$132.68	$831	+6.68
663–676 unweaned	668	19	110.00–117.50	$112.59	$752	—
672	672	10	122.50	$122.50	$823	-2.76
720	720	10	131.00	$131.00	$943	-2.82
761 unweaned	761	8	107.25	$107.25	$816	—
796	796	8	120.50	$120.50	$959	-1.69
840	840	5	118.50	$118.50	$995	—
929	929	9	111.50	$111.50	$1,036	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1186	1121	12	90.00–93.50	$91.78	$1,029	—
1055–1207	1155	17	98.50–104.00	$100.84	$1,165	—
1208–1335	1260	8	103.50–106.75	$105.56	$1,330	-0.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	126.00	$126.00	$447	-8.00
403–448	429	13	115.50–132.50	$125.29	$537	—
478	478	3	129.00	$129.00	$617	+9.00
550 unweaned	550	3	100.00	$100.00	$550	—
665	665	3	119.50	$119.50	$795	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	3	117.50	$117.50	$828	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–338	323	6	168.00–171.00	$169.43	$547	—
352–394	376	7	165.00–167.00	$166.20	$625	—
428–435	430	9	155.00–167.00	$159.32	$685	+17.32
456–498	474	16	141.50–150.00	$146.23	$693	—
502	502	3	148.00	$148.00	$743	+4.73
518 unweaned	518	5	130.50	$130.50	$676	—
556–560	558	7	133.00–136.50	$134.51	$751	-8.49
550–578 unweaned	561	10	124.50–125.50	$125.09	$702	—
642	642	8	122.50	$122.50	$786	-8.93
646 unweaned	646	7	115.00	$115.00	$743	—
749	749	4	105.00	$105.00	$786	-9.00
750	750	3	105.50	$105.50	$791	+2.50
814	814	5	109.50	$109.50	$891	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1400	1283	80-85%	9	58.00–62.00	$59.97	$769	+4.27
1110–1380	1294	80-85%	36	43.50–51.50	$48.26	$624	-7.44
1130–1415	1295	80-85%	55	51.00–58.50	$54.47	$705	-1.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1180	1014	85-90%	9	30.00–37.00	$33.80	$343	-1.07
900–1300	1066	85-90%	36	38.00–48.50	$43.23	$461	-13.52
1075	1075	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$645	+16.24
945–1230	1111	85-90%	37	47.00–55.00	$49.95	$555	-1.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1710	1495	75-80%	24	43.50–52.50	$47.89	$716	—
1375–1865	1539	75-80%	43	51.00–59.00	$54.90	$845	-3.04
1430–1895	1629	75-80%	13	60.00–67.00	$64.06	$1,044	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1805	1558	9	64.00–75.00	$69.83	$1,088	—
1275–2155	1761	19	76.00–84.00	$79.90	$1,407	—
1270–2105	1762	3	91.00–95.00	$93.36	$1,645	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1204–1348	1323	23	85.00–87.00	$85.32	$1,129	—

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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.