Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 2, 2024

4,279 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $287.21/cwt +13.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,646/hd at 573 lb · 202 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $302.44/cwt +12.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,862/hd at 616 lb · 155 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $338.96/cwt +17.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,773/hd at 523 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,279	4,473	8,063
Feeder cattle	2,536	3,180	5,846
Slaughter cattle	455	277	845
Replacement cattle	1,288	1,016	1,372

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 400-600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, 700-800 lbs 3.00-10.00 higher. Heifers 400-600 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 3.00-10.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady. 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
305–330	320	14	405.00–435.00	$419.66	$1,343	+14.84
358–370	363	13	385.00–405.00	$395.73	$1,436	+7.98
405–436	423	22	358.00–390.00	$366.81	$1,552	+14.56
450–498	478	73	334.00–370.50	$357.68	$1,710	+21.13
501–545	523	106	319.00–355.00	$338.96	$1,773	+15.26
550–594	572	82	297.00–324.50	$316.37	$1,810	+1.95
600–643	614	148	293.00–313.00	$304.49	$1,870	+12.16
648 unweaned	648	7	259.00	$259.00	$1,678	—
657 thin fleshed	657	13	302.00	$302.00	$1,984	—
652–677	666	44	274.50–285.50	$281.41	$1,874	+22.48
666 unweaned	666	9	252.50	$252.50	$1,682	—
671	671	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,745	+1.07
708–742	716	97	255.00–287.25	$276.92	$1,983	+16.92
728	728	5	259.75	$259.75	$1,891	-15.69
757 thin fleshed	757	13	279.00	$279.00	$2,112	—
764–770	768	71	259.50–266.50	$264.74	$2,033	+10.87
828	828	23	250.00	$250.00	$2,070	-5.55
900–942	925	43	230.50–244.00	$240.73	$2,227	-9.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	3	417.00	$417.00	$1,218	—
323	323	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,244	—
412–445	429	15	317.00–356.00	$335.66	$1,440	—
455–470	463	6	305.00–317.00	$310.90	$1,439	—
511–513 thin fleshed	512	11	317.50–331.00	$321.19	$1,644	—
509–538	520	26	285.00–313.00	$300.36	$1,562	+19.36
570–583	578	14	272.00–296.00	$287.57	$1,662	+7.93
629–647	638	38	262.00–287.00	$278.21	$1,775	+23.21
663–692	671	15	248.00–263.00	$257.24	$1,726	-1.50
688–695	690	9	242.50–245.00	$244.16	$1,685	-14.58
705–738	723	18	245.00–256.00	$248.04	$1,793	-4.19
750–798	770	18	240.00–252.50	$246.23	$1,896	—
810–838	820	16	235.50–247.50	$241.55	$1,981	-2.08

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1258–1402	1316	13	184.00–185.50	$185.05	$2,435	+0.29
1240–1544	1454	28	182.50–191.50	$188.33	$2,738	—
1370–1600	1508	7	180.50–182.00	$181.67	$2,740	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	3	274.00	$274.00	$1,460	—
610–632	623	7	260.00–261.00	$260.58	$1,623	+12.83
652	652	6	251.50	$251.50	$1,640	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	9	262.50	$262.50	$1,541	—
653	653	4	248.50	$248.50	$1,623	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–530	518	6	276.00–282.00	$278.93	$1,445	-7.07

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	250.00	$250.00	$965	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 fancy	300	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,215	—
327	327	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,177	+45.00
372–398	378	14	356.00–362.50	$361.03	$1,365	-2.47
418–440 thin fleshed	425	9	357.50	$357.50	$1,519	—
420–449	444	30	310.00–340.00	$334.64	$1,486	+12.41
469 fancy	469	7	342.50	$342.50	$1,606	—
451–496	482	96	302.50–330.00	$313.16	$1,509	+15.63
500–549	527	93	291.00–309.00	$298.23	$1,572	+15.51
551–594	573	202	276.00–298.00	$287.21	$1,646	+13.12
600–645	622	56	274.00–280.75	$277.33	$1,725	+9.67
650–680	659	52	255.00–269.75	$266.37	$1,755	+10.94
710–730	721	71	247.00–256.75	$253.13	$1,825	-3.41
753	753	6	238.50	$238.50	$1,796	-7.50
802	802	4	227.00	$227.00	$1,821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–317	309	6	312.00–325.00	$318.32	$984	—
355–380	368	11	320.00–337.50	$331.64	$1,220	—
428	428	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,203	+10.00
470–485	474	37	273.00–296.00	$285.95	$1,355	—
521 unweaned	521	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,188	—
500–543	522	38	262.00–284.00	$273.13	$1,426	+9.37
558–584 unweaned	566	13	227.00–251.00	$243.38	$1,378	—
568–598	578	20	252.00–261.00	$257.11	$1,486	-1.17
606 thin fleshed	606	10	275.00	$275.00	$1,666	—
627 unweaned	627	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,505	+14.00
609–649	631	34	242.50–260.00	$250.72	$1,582	+8.04
647	647	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,533	-5.68
653–683	668	13	239.50–255.00	$246.34	$1,646	+14.92
668–672	670	11	227.00–231.00	$229.46	$1,537	-1.96
705–717	713	8	232.00–248.00	$237.94	$1,697	-10.06
737	737	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,651	-24.00
793	793	3	217.50	$217.50	$1,725	-15.49
802–807	805	6	224.00–225.50	$224.75	$1,809	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	5	182.50	$182.50	$2,099	—
1125–1315	1200	14	183.50–190.50	$187.58	$2,251	—
1055–1265	1227	6	179.00–181.00	$180.31	$2,212	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–592	582	18	242.50–258.00	$253.01	$1,473	—
684	684	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,594	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,255	—
607–622	613	8	241.00–243.00	$242.24	$1,485	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,381	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486–498	490	10	280.00–289.00	$282.75	$1,385	—
529	529	10	291.00	$291.00	$1,539	—
573–592	587	12	245.00–259.00	$255.58	$1,500	+0.58
623–637	630	12	232.00–251.00	$244.94	$1,543	+16.94
650–652	651	8	228.50–236.00	$231.31	$1,506	—
809	809	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,537	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	348.00	$348.00	$1,368	—
460–478	470	7	315.00–331.00	$321.71	$1,512	—
482 unweaned	482	3	301.00	$301.00	$1,451	—
503–542	520	9	300.00–301.00	$300.54	$1,563	+10.54

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1590	1414	75-80%	24	118.00–124.00	$121.58	$1,719	—
1355–1560	1434	75-80%	20	109.00–117.00	$113.42	$1,626	—
1375–1650	1501	75-80%	29	126.00–137.00	$130.16	$1,954	+3.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1115	1042	85-90%	12	84.00–92.00	$87.99	$917	-21.89
850–1145	1046	85-90%	21	95.00–105.00	$100.17	$1,048	-9.71
1030–1070	1050	85-90%	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$1,255	+20.59
995–1150	1059	85-90%	22	108.00–117.50	$112.57	$1,192	+13.65

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1275	1214	80-85%	23	117.00–124.00	$120.18	$1,459	+23.18
1145–1320	1244	80-85%	24	105.00–116.00	$111.22	$1,384	-5.36
1320–1600	1371	80-85%	7	125.00–131.00	$128.06	$1,756	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650–1760	1698	65-75%	3	125.00–128.50	$126.81	$2,153	—
1550–1835	1732	65-75%	6	131.50–137.00	$133.85	$2,318	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1995	1673	13	147.00–159.00	$151.84	$2,540	—
1475–1945	1735	3	141.00–142.00	$141.34	$2,452	—
1960–2555	2206	5	160.00–176.00	$169.04	$3,729	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097–1183	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,925.00–2,025.00	$1,971.31
1098–1420	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	2,450.00–2,700.00	$2,660.09
1153–1235	1194	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,651.72
1153–1375	1221	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,950.00–2,300.00	$2,132.76
1103–1525	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	2,450.00–3,025.00	$2,705.12
1368	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1359–1450	1384	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,025.00–2,250.00	$2,165.88

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1248–1453	1367	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	2,750.00–2,875.00	$2,809.79

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
913–1274	1077	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	3,000.00–3,225.00	$3,116.04
1020–1345	1172	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	2,750.00–3,100.00	$2,895.98
1334	1334	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,200.00	$3,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
928	928	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,875.00	$2,875.00
943–1190	1059	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	2,750.00–2,950.00	$2,875.08
1056–1273	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,697.57

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1162–1264	1220	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	3,075.00	$3,075.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
824–897	868	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,100.00–2,250.00	$2,193.03

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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
1050–1350	1148	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,674.24	—
1050–1350	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	58	2,900.00–3,300.00	$3,121.12	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1450	1343	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	3,400.00–4,000.00	$3,616.67	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1050	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	2,750.00–2,875.00	$2,808.33	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1250	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	54	3,600.00–3,900.00	$3,790.74	—
1050–1300	1186	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	66	3,600.00–4,000.00	$3,847.73	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1050–1150	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,650.00–2,950.00	$2,830.00	—

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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.