Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 18, 2024

3,361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $287.24/cwt +16.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,766/hd at 615 lb · 152 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $253.05/cwt -5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 688 lb · 126 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $319.29/cwt +7.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,671/hd at 523 lb · 126 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,361	3,718	3,540
Feeder cattle	2,559	2,981	2,120
Slaughter cattle	577	717	390
Replacement cattle	225	20	1,030

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower on a much lighter offering, with 500-700 lbs trading firm to 7.00 higher and yearlings over 700 lbs selling with a higher undertone on a light test. Feeder heifers weighing under 600 lbs sold steady to firm, with over 600 lbs selling with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–348	334	6	390.00–400.00	$394.00	$1,316	-8.82
357–380	361	16	365.00–385.00	$372.26	$1,344	+21.03
400–441	419	40	330.00–371.00	$348.72	$1,461	+3.20
455–498	483	74	320.00–339.00	$326.02	$1,575	+33.02
503 thin fleshed	503	4	336.00	$336.00	$1,690	—
500–546	524	122	301.00–328.00	$318.74	$1,670	+1.55
550–598	568	104	290.75–316.00	$303.89	$1,726	+6.49
603 thin fleshed	603	22	302.00	$302.00	$1,821	—
601–643	617	130	270.00–299.00	$284.74	$1,757	+12.65
674–696	691	55	260.00–280.00	$274.04	$1,894	+16.71
725–732	731	48	254.00–275.50	$272.71	$1,994	+12.10
769	769	12	253.25	$253.25	$1,947	+6.00
783	783	8	237.00	$237.00	$1,856	-10.25
803	803	6	250.25	$250.25	$2,010	—
874	874	120	264.00	$264.00	$2,307	+20.00
905	905	60	255.25	$255.25	$2,310	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,212	—
425–435 unweaned	431	12	318.00–320.00	$318.82	$1,374	—
428–447	435	12	308.00–317.50	$314.16	$1,367	-2.90
456–494	477	30	308.00–320.00	$314.60	$1,501	+6.78
574–595	581	15	275.00–286.00	$281.90	$1,638	+3.35
609–648 unweaned	622	15	242.00–261.00	$254.40	$1,582	—
623	623	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,626	-3.00
658–660	659	6	255.00–261.00	$258.00	$1,700	+10.79
780	780	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,934	+18.50
867	867	28	246.25	$246.25	$2,135	+21.25
925	925	3	221.00	$221.00	$2,044	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1178–1650	1374	9	176.00–179.00	$178.48	$2,452	—
1285–1522	1428	22	178.00–186.00	$182.81	$2,611	-1.19
1585	1585	3	170.00	$170.00	$2,694	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	9	270.00	$270.00	$1,612	—
607	607	13	273.00	$273.00	$1,657	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–349	315	5	370.00–382.00	$379.34	$1,195	+30.01
373–378	375	9	340.00–360.00	$353.27	$1,325	+9.22
403–447	422	41	290.00–312.50	$302.49	$1,277	+4.37
460–498	477	107	281.00–306.00	$293.03	$1,398	-3.49
505–538	521	52	276.00–293.00	$284.13	$1,480	+1.09
551–586	572	68	259.00–268.00	$264.20	$1,511	-0.10
607–625	614	82	255.00–274.00	$267.07	$1,640	+6.76
660–689	688	126	240.00–263.75	$253.05	$1,741	-5.95
702–737	723	52	230.00–255.00	$247.35	$1,788	+7.10
783–793	790	11	233.75	$233.75	$1,847	-10.74
815–816	816	8	226.00–228.50	$227.25	$1,854	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–323	314	8	315.00–318.00	$316.55	$994	-3.98
331 unweaned	331	4	292.00	$292.00	$967	—
355–388	368	19	294.00–314.00	$304.64	$1,121	—
363–394 unweaned	389	22	290.00–300.00	$292.84	$1,139	—
448	448	8	282.00	$282.00	$1,263	+1.09
450–494	474	25	271.00–286.00	$277.10	$1,313	+7.26
490 unweaned	490	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,225	—
505–547	532	38	260.25–279.00	$266.96	$1,420	+12.27
532–546 unweaned	541	8	249.00–258.00	$254.68	$1,378	-1.31
558–597	575	38	250.00–259.00	$252.29	$1,451	+0.22
584	584	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,445	-4.57
612 unweaned	612	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,414	+6.00
615–640	625	11	240.00–249.00	$242.46	$1,515	+2.12
657–676	667	17	222.00–237.00	$228.31	$1,523	-8.37
745	745	6	233.50	$233.50	$1,740	+17.80
773	773	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,662	-12.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1083	1083	101	213.35	$213.35	$2,311	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1212	1212	5	180.00	$180.00	$2,182	—
1136–1545	1297	31	178.00–185.50	$182.34	$2,365	+6.52

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1071	1071	14	196.50	$196.50	$2,105	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	8	285.00	$285.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	4	277.00	$277.00	$1,014	—
520	520	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,248	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442 unweaned	442	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,242	—
518–544	535	9	253.00–258.00	$254.61	$1,362	-20.67
564	564	4	267.00	$267.00	$1,506	—
607 unweaned	607	5	224.00	$224.00	$1,360	—
694–697	695	7	218.00–220.00	$218.86	$1,521	-6.30
703–728	719	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,690	+11.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,420	—
466	466	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,491	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1350	1247	80-85%	34	98.00–115.00	$109.53	$1,366	—
1105–1385	1258	80-85%	55	112.50–127.00	$120.51	$1,516	+11.28
1270	1270	80-85%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,206	-36.25
1165–1400	1277	80-85%	16	120.50–133.00	$128.11	$1,636	-3.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1550	1450	75-80%	16	105.00–117.00	$113.19	$1,641	-17.37
1360–1730	1484	75-80%	43	113.00–127.50	$122.27	$1,814	+0.13
1380–1740	1494	75-80%	29	122.50–135.50	$129.21	$1,930	+7.07

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1240	1036	85-90%	11	61.00–92.00	$82.38	$853	-38.53
930–1195	1070	85-90%	27	99.00–118.00	$109.62	$1,173	+28.57
945–1200	1083	85-90%	31	83.00–105.00	$98.61	$1,068	+0.75
1050–1165	1101	85-90%	5	110.00–123.00	$115.15	$1,268	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540–2075	1744	65-75%	9	124.00–130.00	$127.85	$2,230	—
1650–1935	1751	65-75%	10	131.00–139.50	$134.00	$2,346	—
1865–1880	1873	65-75%	2	118.00–122.00	$120.01	$2,248	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–2090	1690	6	134.00–145.00	$141.77	$2,396	—
1425–2155	1818	11	145.00–157.00	$153.95	$2,799	—
1895–2155	2025	2	174.00–177.00	$175.40	$3,552	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
971–993	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	188.50–195.50	$192.17	$1,885
1116	1116	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,607

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1127	1127	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1058–1221	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	2,100.00–2,850.00	$2,575.91
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1292–1367	1341	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,750.00–2,200.00	$1,986.33
1347–1400	1374	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,975.00–2,000.00	$1,987.74
1455–1500	1474	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,650.00–2,700.00	$2,678.20

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
967–1020	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,525.00–1,775.00	$1,664.58

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
956	956	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1022–1191	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,875.00–2,000.00	$1,954.51

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
823	823	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1250	1041	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	3,200.00–3,500.00	$3,387.50	—
1100–1300	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,492.31	—
1200–1350	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,440.00	—
1100–1450	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,250.00–2,700.00	$2,485.00	—

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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.