Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 16, 2024

4,451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $310.41/cwt +7.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,916/hd at 617 lb · 194 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $262.87/cwt -3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,050/hd at 780 lb · 194 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $281.02/cwt +4.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,019/hd at 719 lb · 190 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,451	7,192	2,185
Feeder cattle	3,600	6,480	1,779
Slaughter cattle	701	712	406
Replacement cattle	150	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steeer calves weighing 400-700 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher, with over 700 lbs trading with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold steady to firm, and over 700 lbs traded with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283–290	287	8	430.00–435.00	$433.15	$1,243	—
313–335	326	15	387.50–407.50	$402.12	$1,311	-13.29
360–396	387	30	377.50–417.50	$389.02	$1,506	-14.45
410–445	429	11	373.00–440.00	$401.82	$1,724	+9.52
453 value added	453	4	376.00	$376.00	$1,703	+21.52
459–497	489	112	345.00–387.50	$369.10	$1,805	+10.21
516 unweaned	516	11	312.00	$312.00	$1,610	-1.00
530 value added	530	12	343.00	$343.00	$1,818	+24.15
507–549	536	130	320.00–355.00	$338.49	$1,814	-1.08
550–598	573	88	302.00–338.00	$321.98	$1,845	+1.85
576 value added	576	10	305.00	$305.00	$1,757	-4.00
605–625 value added	610	21	290.00–301.00	$297.52	$1,815	+12.52
602–648	618	173	283.00–322.00	$311.97	$1,928	+7.91
654	654	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,772	-18.40
653–696	683	87	274.00–300.00	$284.02	$1,940	-5.38
701–719	708	10	260.00–269.00	$263.65	$1,867	+4.55
708–714 value added	710	16	269.50–274.00	$271.20	$1,926	—
705–742	720	164	262.00–286.00	$283.04	$2,038	+10.18
764–795	779	181	255.00–265.75	$263.83	$2,055	+1.89
794	794	13	249.50	$249.50	$1,981	-3.50
811–848	824	183	260.00–266.50	$263.57	$2,172	+3.80
855–886	880	16	239.50–241.00	$239.77	$2,110	-21.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,305	-7.50
373	373	3	367.50	$367.50	$1,371	—
410–445	425	21	337.50–370.00	$352.31	$1,497	+23.64
460–491	479	20	311.00–341.00	$328.94	$1,576	-0.73
500–545	522	16	297.00–315.00	$306.34	$1,599	+6.33
562–576	574	33	271.00–307.00	$298.68	$1,714	+31.68
595 unweaned	595	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,684	—
605	605	3	256.00	$256.00	$1,549	-22.44
602–644	615	47	262.50–292.00	$278.79	$1,715	+0.35
658–692	673	45	258.00–275.00	$264.64	$1,781	-3.16
700–748	730	39	253.00–270.00	$259.88	$1,897	+4.98
753–785	771	13	246.00–259.00	$251.51	$1,939	-0.92
808–815	812	9	234.50–239.00	$236.49	$1,920	-6.51
803–829	818	7	247.00–248.00	$247.58	$2,025	+4.58
859	859	8	243.50	$243.50	$2,092	+1.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1174–1260	1202	12	180.00–184.50	$180.92	$2,175	—
1331	1331	4	187.50	$187.50	$2,496	—
1220–1605	1351	20	179.00–185.00	$183.62	$2,481	—
1252–1670	1432	70	188.00–192.00	$189.71	$2,717	+11.71

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	4	292.50	$292.50	$1,401	-11.50
588–590	589	7	260.00–262.50	$261.07	$1,538	—
659	659	11	262.00	$262.00	$1,727	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	6	337.50	$337.50	$1,006	—
360	360	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,134	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,366	-47.50
608	608	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,508	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	293.50	$293.50	$1,834	+26.00
650	650	3	272.00	$272.00	$1,768	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,736	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559	559	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,241	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–346	334	18	375.00–400.00	$386.08	$1,290	—
350 unweaned	350	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,041	—
384–388	386	15	312.50–370.00	$349.61	$1,349	-2.15
409–417 thin fleshed	411	10	355.00–358.00	$357.09	$1,468	—
414–441	427	38	315.00–347.00	$330.48	$1,411	+5.07
439 value added	439	10	325.00	$325.00	$1,427	+12.00
456–485	470	58	307.00–325.00	$317.89	$1,494	+5.59
492 value added	492	20	312.00	$312.00	$1,535	—
503 fancy	503	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,620	—
500–534	520	78	281.00–314.00	$298.25	$1,551	-0.10
555–569 value added	562	17	282.50–297.50	$289.47	$1,627	—
565	565	3	259.00	$259.00	$1,463	-27.72
553–595	571	128	278.00–305.50	$290.80	$1,660	+4.08
602 value added	602	8	268.00	$268.00	$1,613	—
600–635	614	170	264.00–292.00	$280.83	$1,724	+5.55
657	657	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,623	-11.60
725	725	64	256.50	$256.50	$1,860	-1.58
969	969	17	231.25	$231.25	$2,241	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	322.50	$322.50	$958	-16.41
331–349	339	11	330.00–355.00	$341.37	$1,157	+14.22
362–391	373	35	307.00–323.00	$317.24	$1,183	-5.68
409–447	429	31	289.00–312.00	$298.92	$1,282	+1.13
478–481 unweaned	480	7	258.00–270.00	$264.88	$1,271	—
473–498	490	34	284.00–301.00	$294.74	$1,444	+2.84
510–530 unweaned	515	15	267.00–269.00	$268.45	$1,383	—
512–546	534	54	252.00–287.50	$278.87	$1,489	+3.18
553–586	573	26	252.50–281.00	$273.40	$1,567	+5.75
612–645	627	40	240.50–272.00	$260.69	$1,635	+12.12
618–635	627	6	236.50–258.00	$247.10	$1,549	-1.47
628 unweaned	628	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,444	+9.00
660	660	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,617	-8.91
650–687	666	29	252.00–262.00	$258.02	$1,718	+4.11
727–748	732	18	233.00–243.50	$239.79	$1,755	-3.46
755–783	756	76	240.00–243.50	$243.36	$1,840	+1.21

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1159	1159	5	180.50	$180.50	$2,092	—
1167–1260	1201	11	184.00–186.00	$184.76	$2,219	—
1211–1420	1263	4	184.00–186.00	$185.44	$2,342	-3.79
1142–1470	1283	46	188.00–193.50	$190.57	$2,445	+1.34
1353	1353	3	195.00	$195.00	$2,638	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–393	384	9	295.00–297.50	$295.85	$1,136	—
453 unweaned	453	7	262.00	$262.00	$1,187	—
492	492	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,230	-18.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	262.50	$262.50	$1,465	+12.50
637	637	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,688	—
1019	1019	8	205.50	$205.50	$2,094	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	6	337.50	$337.50	$921	—
550	550	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,430	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,359	—
538	538	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,388	+17.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–395	386	6	302.50–375.00	$325.50	$1,256	—
431	431	4	332.50	$332.50	$1,433	—
512 unweaned	512	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,382	—
525	525	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,454	-6.51
551–597	576	23	272.00–280.00	$276.72	$1,594	—
648 unweaned	648	3	234.00	$234.00	$1,516	-10.00
665–672	669	6	223.00–242.00	$232.55	$1,556	—
705	705	3	229.50	$229.50	$1,618	-1.00
839	839	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,795	-11.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–395	384	11	340.00–385.00	$362.50	$1,392	-7.50
412–415	413	5	378.00–382.50	$380.69	$1,572	—
459–480	467	16	313.00–333.00	$324.35	$1,515	-2.88
630	630	4	273.00	$273.00	$1,720	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1350	1238	80-85%	25	102.00–116.00	$110.65	$1,370	+0.89
1080–1420	1249	80-85%	43	112.00–123.00	$118.20	$1,476	+1.96
1130–1365	1274	80-85%	27	120.00–129.00	$125.60	$1,600	+3.83
1390–1430	1410	80-85%	2	100.00–101.00	$100.49	$1,417	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1585	1456	75-80%	9	108.00–117.00	$113.47	$1,652	+2.26
1320–1680	1457	75-80%	36	114.00–125.00	$120.74	$1,759	+9.53
1350–1840	1493	75-80%	51	124.00–137.00	$128.69	$1,921	+9.98

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1140	986	85-90%	12	75.00–92.00	$84.41	$832	—
980–1045	1010	85-90%	4	118.00–120.00	$119.25	$1,204	+34.79
950–1275	1078	85-90%	21	100.00–115.00	$108.76	$1,172	+13.76
950–1200	1106	85-90%	20	91.00–105.00	$99.51	$1,101	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615–1755	1677	65-75%	14	119.00–127.00	$124.21	$2,083	—
1605–1850	1730	65-75%	6	129.00–131.00	$130.08	$2,250	+6.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1735	1549	7	135.00–144.00	$140.34	$2,174	—
1315–2110	1782	17	147.00–159.00	$153.19	$2,730	—
1705–2365	1973	8	163.00–174.00	$165.37	$3,263	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1310–1600	1401	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	2,575.00–2,925.00	$2,836.46
1255–1500	1415	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,168.75

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1118–1185	1155	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	3,200.00–3,300.00	$3,265.85
1234	1234	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968–1102	1055	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,800.00–2,975.00	$2,919.09
1083	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
946	946	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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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
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	2,475.00	$2,475.00	—
1325	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1350–1400	1375	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,875.00–3,050.00	$2,962.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

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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.