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Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 6, 2023

6,294 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.83/cwt ≈ $1,632/hd at 683 lb · 212 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $267.75/cwt -7.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,527/hd at 570 lb · 204 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $253.76/cwt +17.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,717/hd at 677 lb · 196 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 6,294 5,155 4,278
Feeder cattle 5,513 2,977 3,209
Slaughter cattle 781 721 1,069
Replacement cattle — 1,457 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers early week steady to 5.00 lower except spots 5.00 to 8.00 lower on heifers. Late week feeders mostly 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter cows: breaking cows mostly 6.00 to 12.00 lower, boning and lean cows steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 value added 345 2 285.00 $285.00 $983 —
373–387 380 6 295.00–299.00 $296.96 $1,128 -19.94
400–446 429 35 285.00–300.00 $291.93 $1,252 +5.95
459–483 value added 468 23 267.00–283.00 $276.30 $1,293 -20.69
454–496 474 48 271.00–294.00 $279.30 $1,324 -9.63
476–486 unweaned 482 12 251.00–275.00 $265.12 $1,278 —
501–546 517 147 257.00–299.75 $283.96 $1,468 -5.00
536–546 value added 541 34 268.00–289.00 $273.79 $1,481 -7.10
554–584 568 155 250.00–288.50 $271.32 $1,541 -5.37
568–573 unweaned 571 22 241.00–256.00 $249.21 $1,423 —
568–598 value added 582 27 252.50–273.50 $262.40 $1,527 +2.90
607–620 615 17 230.00–243.00 $234.87 $1,444 -27.36
605–640 621 114 246.00–266.00 $262.38 $1,629 +0.15
620–632 value added 624 34 248.50–254.50 $250.56 $1,563 -13.74
661–686 676 152 229.00–264.00 $256.49 $1,734 +21.99
676 676 5 235.00 $235.00 $1,589 +0.50
680 value added 680 39 245.50 $245.50 $1,669 —
700–734 716 20 219.50–237.00 $225.58 $1,615 —
701–747 721 30 228.00–241.00 $234.61 $1,692 —
707–742 value added 727 43 234.50–237.00 $235.39 $1,711 —
750–797 764 59 227.00–244.25 $237.52 $1,815 -14.23
800–826 817 97 229.50–243.75 $233.78 $1,910 —
822 value added 822 17 223.50 $223.50 $1,837 —
858–877 868 121 229.00–243.00 $236.13 $2,050 -6.05
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
324–330 326 14 291.00–302.50 $295.62 $964 —
388–393 390 8 270.00 $270.00 $1,053 —
413–433 420 30 268.00–283.00 $275.43 $1,157 +4.43
479 479 13 257.00 $257.00 $1,231 -8.82
460–498 481 61 258.00–279.00 $270.40 $1,301 +4.58
505 505 4 254.00 $254.00 $1,283 +7.50
505–546 526 98 245.00–272.00 $258.82 $1,361 -1.38
539 unweaned 539 9 252.00 $252.00 $1,358 +15.00
550–598 579 150 232.00–264.00 $252.23 $1,460 +9.39
605–648 630 102 227.00–255.00 $235.84 $1,486 -12.93
651–689 665 65 227.50–248.50 $239.77 $1,594 -8.24
690 690 13 223.50 $223.50 $1,542 -24.51
735–740 739 33 219.50–232.75 $230.75 $1,705 -20.75
754 754 6 234.50 $234.50 $1,768 —
821 821 11 238.00 $238.00 $1,954 —
822 822 5 218.00 $218.00 $1,792 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
442 442 6 243.00 $243.00 $1,074 —
462–498 485 11 239.00–248.00 $241.72 $1,172 +11.72
528–537 532 13 226.00–248.00 $234.56 $1,248 -7.97
584 584 6 237.00 $237.00 $1,384 +12.50
637 637 3 220.00 $220.00 $1,401 —
677 unweaned 677 6 219.00 $219.00 $1,483 —
796 796 10 210.50 $210.50 $1,676 —
817 817 3 206.50 $206.50 $1,687 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1215–1445 1293 6 159.50–165.00 $160.89 $2,080 -14.56
1375–1535 1417 8 171.00–177.50 $175.57 $2,488 -4.65
1260–1533 1450 18 177.00–182.75 $179.88 $2,608 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
646 646 4 245.00 $245.00 $1,583 —
679 679 9 227.50 $227.50 $1,545 —
971 971 12 222.00 $222.00 $2,156 —
1010 1010 5 210.50 $210.50 $2,126 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
575 575 7 221.00 $221.00 $1,271 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
263 263 2 295.00 $295.00 $776 —
289 unweaned 289 4 295.00 $295.00 $853 —
352–376 371 23 262.50–287.00 $279.91 $1,038 —
365–394 value added 386 7 250.00–261.00 $252.97 $976 —
420 value added 420 4 271.00 $271.00 $1,138 +15.50
426 unweaned 426 9 260.00 $260.00 $1,108 +7.00
403–443 430 43 265.00–269.00 $266.36 $1,145 -3.81
461–470 value added 463 16 250.00–261.00 $253.59 $1,174 -15.38
463 unweaned 463 2 231.00 $231.00 $1,070 -18.00
467 thin fleshed 467 31 276.50 $276.50 $1,291 —
450–494 473 73 245.00–271.00 $257.71 $1,219 +2.61
504–541 516 103 243.00–263.50 $252.59 $1,303 +0.54
514–519 value added 516 13 248.00–259.00 $253.90 $1,310 —
508–531 unweaned 526 25 222.00–240.00 $236.74 $1,245 +6.74
556–569 value added 561 24 245.00–249.00 $246.84 $1,385 +1.33
553–593 575 109 225.50–259.50 $251.17 $1,444 +2.79
579 579 10 238.00 $238.00 $1,378 -10.38
585 unweaned 585 5 247.00 $247.00 $1,445 —
605–648 623 65 247.00–255.50 $251.49 $1,567 +28.49
653 value added 653 8 234.00 $234.00 $1,528 —
671–685 681 34 210.00–228.00 $220.36 $1,501 —
654–691 685 170 224.00–250.25 $242.75 $1,663 —
728–747 738 109 207.50–243.50 $228.65 $1,687 —
867 867 60 205.75 $205.75 $1,784 —
939 939 45 203.25 $203.25 $1,909 —
997 997 13 200.75 $200.75 $2,001 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
266 266 4 289.00 $289.00 $769 -8.50
315–338 327 6 255.00–256.00 $255.48 $835 -21.35
350–379 369 17 243.00–250.00 $248.07 $915 -21.12
360–388 unweaned 381 25 225.00–274.00 $248.75 $948 —
410–433 unweaned 416 12 211.00–227.00 $220.45 $917 -14.19
411–446 429 38 229.00–255.00 $244.47 $1,049 -12.60
455–470 unweaned 461 13 213.00–240.50 $227.34 $1,048 +1.15
478 478 5 239.00 $239.00 $1,142 -6.22
465–497 482 40 240.00–256.00 $247.86 $1,195 +2.64
500–545 523 111 220.00–247.00 $237.19 $1,241 -3.81
511–547 unweaned 529 12 209.50–219.50 $214.18 $1,133 -3.61
560–595 573 49 215.50–250.00 $229.07 $1,313 -5.95
577–592 586 7 205.00–214.50 $209.01 $1,225 -26.01
606–633 unweaned 618 7 186.00–233.00 $212.35 $1,312 —
617–639 623 15 210.00–218.50 $215.71 $1,344 -13.62
626–642 635 9 219.50–246.00 $231.11 $1,468 -3.28
654 654 9 233.50 $233.50 $1,527 -3.00
650–698 670 43 208.00–232.00 $218.82 $1,466 -8.68
700–715 704 11 203.00–207.50 $206.07 $1,451 -32.30
714 714 24 229.50 $229.50 $1,639 -8.87
786–794 789 14 203.00–239.00 $218.52 $1,724 +1.52
811–822 817 12 205.00–211.00 $208.02 $1,700 —
830 830 15 216.50 $216.50 $1,797 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 3 236.00 $236.00 $873 —
412–421 418 11 220.00–235.00 $227.68 $952 -1.32
453–463 458 6 221.00–227.00 $224.03 $1,026 +5.98
508 508 3 215.00 $215.00 $1,092 +3.00
516 unweaned 516 4 200.00 $200.00 $1,032 —
636 636 5 230.00 $230.00 $1,463 —
753–773 766 12 200.00–204.50 $203.03 $1,555 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
465–498 477 13 236.00–246.00 $239.21 $1,141 —
552–553 552 13 232.00–235.00 $233.16 $1,287 —
625 625 3 204.00 $204.00 $1,275 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1095–1294 1273 14 182.00–184.00 $183.30 $2,333 —
1307 1307 7 160.50 $160.50 $2,098 —
1285–1485 1352 3 176.00–177.00 $176.37 $2,385 +0.55

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
314–343 unweaned 330 13 267.00–280.00 $272.72 $900 —
367 367 3 275.00 $275.00 $1,009 —
353–393 unweaned 372 11 249.00–261.00 $254.97 $948 —
423–434 430 8 268.00–272.00 $270.52 $1,163 +10.52
451–493 unweaned 479 19 213.00–241.00 $229.05 $1,097 —
481 481 4 261.00 $261.00 $1,255 -1.00
532 unweaned 532 5 230.00 $230.00 $1,224 +6.80
546 546 7 209.00 $209.00 $1,141 -21.00
563–576 569 14 208.00–240.00 $232.11 $1,321 +12.11
572 unweaned 572 6 196.00 $196.00 $1,121 -15.31
656 unweaned 656 4 211.00 $211.00 $1,384 +36.00
663 663 5 214.00 $214.00 $1,419 —
720 unweaned 720 3 181.00 $181.00 $1,303 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
436 unweaned 436 14 270.00 $270.00 $1,177 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416 unweaned 416 4 234.00 $234.00 $973 —
532 unweaned 532 5 200.00 $200.00 $1,064 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1135 1135 80-85% 1 75.00 $75.00 $851 —
1080–1385 1250 80-85% 82 90.00–100.00 $95.29 $1,191 -3.10
1130–1375 1257 80-85% 51 81.00–93.50 $87.83 $1,104 -10.56
1145–1395 1280 80-85% 10 100.50–109.00 $103.67 $1,327 +22.47
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
800–1095 958 85-90% 5 56.00–70.00 $64.87 $621 —
705–1150 1013 85-90% 29 76.50–88.00 $84.05 $851 —
860–1175 1038 85-90% 67 83.00–95.00 $89.87 $933 —
990–1150 1040 85-90% 5 93.00–96.00 $94.64 $984 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1300–1625 1455 75-80% 41 85.00–99.50 $92.83 $1,351 -4.16
1380–1545 1463 75-80% 2 79.00–82.00 $80.42 $1,177 -16.57
1225–1705 1471 75-80% 46 94.00–108.50 $102.14 $1,502 +5.15
1375–1845 1544 75-80% 12 110.00–120.00 $113.82 $1,757 +6.41
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1715–1830 1777 65-75% 3 116.00–121.00 $118.64 $2,108 +4.26
1705–1890 1792 65-75% 5 100.00–110.00 $104.97 $1,881 -9.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1330–2080 1639 18 87.00–113.00 $105.39 $1,727 —
1465–2350 1895 32 114.00–138.00 $122.81 $2,327 -2.83
2325 2325 1 144.50 $144.50 $3,360 —

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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.