Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 20, 2023

3,540 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $266.64/cwt +22.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,413/hd at 530 lb · 125 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $221.99/cwt ≈ $2,073/hd at 934 lb · 115 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $229.96/cwt +2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,779/hd at 774 lb · 103 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,540	3,189	3,069
Feeder cattle	2,120	1,692	1,352
Slaughter cattle	390	969	268
Replacement cattle	1,030	528	1,449

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers steady to firm undertone, heifers under 500 lbs firm to higher undertone, 500-600 lbs mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs firm to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, high dressing breaker cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,118	—
405–407	406	9	288.00–295.00	$291.45	$1,183	—
467	467	9	278.00	$278.00	$1,298	+12.04
468–476 value added	472	9	273.00–275.00	$273.88	$1,293	—
519	519	10	249.00	$249.00	$1,292	-19.00
505–547	531	99	255.75–289.00	$267.39	$1,420	-0.61
531 value added	531	16	273.00	$273.00	$1,450	—
553 value added	553	5	267.50	$267.50	$1,479	—
550–595	577	38	249.75–270.00	$255.40	$1,474	+3.21
607–618	612	31	244.50–259.00	$254.94	$1,560	+23.94
609–638	618	26	239.00–240.50	$240.02	$1,483	+9.02
634 value added	634	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,572	—
659–691	674	36	242.25–250.00	$245.12	$1,652	—
693 value added	693	9	242.00	$242.00	$1,677	—
703–714	711	92	245.00–248.00	$247.23	$1,758	+15.23
750–784	771	88	226.50–233.50	$230.79	$1,779	+3.04
772–798 value added	789	15	223.00–229.50	$225.12	$1,776	—
833–844	837	102	230.00–233.35	$232.03	$1,942	-0.47
933–936	934	115	221.25–222.75	$221.99	$2,073	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,027	-10.00
350–378	370	11	295.00–300.00	$298.61	$1,105	+24.62
400–435	421	16	285.00–286.00	$285.64	$1,203	+11.64
425–447 unweaned	431	11	250.00–275.00	$257.07	$1,108	+4.21
483	483	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,256	+17.33
508–535	525	40	258.50–268.00	$262.44	$1,378	+16.82
565–582 unweaned	571	12	230.00–237.00	$234.29	$1,338	+16.62
573–595	585	9	248.00–252.00	$249.69	$1,461	+5.17
605–626	615	16	234.00–250.00	$242.16	$1,489	+11.09
683	683	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,619	+9.74
714	714	9	222.25	$222.25	$1,587	-1.75
723 unweaned	723	21	190.00	$190.00	$1,374	—
851	851	5	183.00	$183.00	$1,557	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	9	270.00	$270.00	$1,037	—
403	403	3	242.00	$242.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,069	+36.00
466	466	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,109	—
615	615	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
844	844	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,781	—
858	858	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,870	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1296	1296	4	177.50	$177.50	$2,300	+18.92

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–446	428	42	252.00–270.00	$265.41	$1,136	—
450–496	473	42	253.00–274.00	$261.38	$1,236	—
510 unweaned	510	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,209	—
508–540 value added	516	12	244.00–255.50	$252.49	$1,303	—
514–530	523	34	241.50–255.00	$248.91	$1,302	+20.85
553–593	578	11	237.50–240.00	$239.32	$1,383	—
600	600	33	240.00	$240.00	$1,440	+4.25
622	622	14	232.00	$232.00	$1,443	-3.75
650	650	6	215.50	$215.50	$1,401	—
686–691	687	75	235.10–236.00	$235.32	$1,617	—
709–721	718	94	229.75–230.50	$230.30	$1,654	+0.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–338	330	18	241.00–242.00	$241.26	$796	—
351–388	372	14	242.00–257.50	$247.43	$920	+8.07
438	438	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,060	+2.09
493–498	494	13	239.00–254.00	$244.37	$1,207	-4.11
507–539	528	16	234.00–240.00	$236.94	$1,251	+9.53
560–577	569	19	220.00–244.50	$235.15	$1,338	+13.39
583–593	588	11	217.00–220.50	$218.61	$1,285	-3.15
635	635	2	215.50	$215.50	$1,368	-6.53
673 unweaned	673	11	169.75	$169.75	$1,142	—
691	691	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,451	+7.84
697	697	15	229.50	$229.50	$1,600	+27.34
700–721	719	82	203.50–229.25	$225.87	$1,624	+24.20
783	783	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,613	—
810	810	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,620	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	228.00	$228.00	$746	—
584 unweaned	584	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,080	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	4	228.00	$228.00	$876	—
563	563	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,036	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	278.00	$278.00	$1,212	+12.00
457 unweaned	457	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,115	-8.91
704	704	9	170.00	$170.00	$1,197	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1260	1222	80-85%	3	75.00–77.00	$76.18	$931	-9.93
1130–1515	1233	80-85%	27	68.00–87.00	$80.88	$997	-5.23
1040–1460	1235	80-85%	51	77.00–96.00	$87.12	$1,076	-14.14
1160–1345	1265	80-85%	18	86.00–105.00	$100.09	$1,266	+9.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1650	1433	75-80%	38	79.00–102.00	$90.33	$1,294	—
1360–1493	1433	75-80%	8	71.50–92.00	$82.30	$1,179	—
1395–1685	1490	75-80%	20	85.00–116.00	$101.97	$1,519	+8.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1135	993	85-90%	14	52.00–73.50	$66.51	$660	—
985–1090	1042	85-90%	5	82.50–94.50	$88.61	$923	+2.13
960–1170	1068	85-90%	18	75.00–89.50	$84.93	$907	-5.51
925–1150	1073	85-90%	21	66.00–83.00	$78.08	$838	-12.36

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585–1650	1628	65-75%	3	114.00–117.00	$114.97	$1,872	-6.35
1490–2030	1737	65-75%	8	88.00–105.00	$92.08	$1,599	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–2195	1693	21	88.50–115.00	$108.51	$1,837	+0.48
1730	1730	1	128.00	$128.00	$2,214	—
1740–2330	1968	8	114.00–126.00	$119.70	$2,356	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1211–1245	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,100.00–2,150.00	$2,135.79
1171–1475	1301	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	2,300.00–2,775.00	$2,544.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1273	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1475	1475	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1430–1600	1483	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,953.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
964–1212	1113	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	2,225.00–2,575.00	$2,442.12
1006–1295	1190	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	219	2,400.00–3,350.00	$2,733.10
1140–1345	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	2,500.00–2,810.00	$2,678.98
1230–1262 fancy	1244	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	3,450.00–3,700.00	$3,538.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
969–1048	1012	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,725.00–2,100.00	$1,990.84
947–1338	1126	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	65	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,344.29

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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
1250–1350	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	18	2,150.00–2,450.00	$2,225.00	—
1300–1400	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	2,975.00–3,350.00	$3,111.54	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1450	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,408.33	-451.96
1250–1400	1293	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,814.29	-1,046.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1300	1181	(<2 yrs)	Open	26	3,050.00–3,200.00	$3,099.04	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.