Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

5,111 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.43/cwt ≈ $760/hd at 574 lb · 152 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.49/cwt ≈ $635/hd at 527 lb · 142 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.66/cwt ≈ $883/hd at 619 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,111	5,460	6,603
Feeder cattle	3,943	—	5,410
Slaughter cattle	697	—	642
Replacement cattle	471	—	551

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves 3.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer calves uneven from 7.00 lower to 2.00 higher, yearlings steady to weak on few comparisons. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
362 thin fleshed	362	3	176.00	$176.00	$637
351–385	363	17	160.00–172.50	$168.31	$611
408–448	428	25	152.50–164.00	$159.33	$682
478 unweaned	478	6	141.00	$141.00	$674
450–498	479	53	150.00–162.50	$153.28	$734
512–542	526	42	147.00–162.00	$150.75	$793
510–545 unweaned	527	26	134.50–150.00	$140.47	$740
558–592	571	94	139.00–155.50	$145.47	$831
566–581 unweaned	574	26	130.00–142.00	$138.27	$794
599	599	7	136.00	$136.00	$815
603 fancy	603	14	156.00	$156.00	$941
611 unweaned	611	4	127.50	$127.50	$779
602–640	621	112	135.00–149.50	$141.53	$879
652–694	674	87	135.00–144.00	$137.45	$926
700–726	714	57	137.00–144.50	$140.88	$1,006
714 unweaned	714	4	124.00	$124.00	$885
756–779	773	41	135.00–136.00	$135.56	$1,048
819–845	835	127	130.00–138.00	$135.53	$1,132
890	890	10	132.50	$132.50	$1,179
904	904	10	133.00	$133.00	$1,202

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
373–398	386	19	158.00–162.00	$160.61	$620
392 thin fleshed	392	6	156.00	$156.00	$612
402–448	424	21	145.00–153.00	$148.75	$631
435–442 unweaned	438	10	142.50–149.00	$144.47	$633
450–498	476	63	135.00–155.50	$147.27	$701
482–490 unweaned	485	3	137.00–137.50	$137.33	$666
506–548 unweaned	517	19	127.50–138.00	$131.86	$682
500–545	520	70	130.00–147.50	$139.65	$726
551–597	572	123	127.00–142.50	$133.62	$764
553–598 unweaned	582	29	125.00–132.50	$127.40	$741
600–641	622	91	123.00–137.00	$131.84	$820
632 unweaned	632	5	126.00	$126.00	$796
674 unweaned	674	4	125.00	$125.00	$842
654–699	677	104	123.00–135.00	$130.20	$881
700–739	728	29	123.00–132.50	$128.50	$935
801–842	818	19	127.00–129.00	$128.25	$1,049
915–936	933	27	118.00–126.00	$125.02	$1,166
1098	1098	14	100.00	$100.00	$1,098

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
455	455	5	152.50	$152.50	$694
526	526	15	145.00	$145.00	$763
558–596	582	16	141.00–143.50	$142.60	$830
600	600	17	145.00	$145.00	$870

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
402–410	404	4	142.50	$142.50	$576
482–498	492	10	130.00	$130.00	$640
520–539	532	13	105.00–120.00	$114.36	$608
552–589	575	12	119.00–126.00	$122.77	$706
685	685	11	120.00	$120.00	$822

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
552–583	568	6	127.50–128.00	$127.74	$726
615	615	5	121.00	$121.00	$744
748	748	6	129.00	$129.00	$965
827	827	11	128.00	$128.00	$1,059

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
471	471	6	135.00	$135.00	$636
680	680	9	121.00	$121.00	$823
805	805	6	119.00	$119.00	$958

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
498 unweaned	498	3	120.00	$120.00	$598

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
325–335	330	4	131.00–132.50	$131.76	$435
351–399	376	54	125.00–137.50	$130.98	$492
405–437	421	27	124.00–129.00	$127.31	$536
405–438 unweaned	427	17	120.00–125.00	$123.56	$528
439 thin fleshed	439	5	132.50	$132.50	$582
458 thin fleshed	458	3	127.50	$127.50	$584
450–495 unweaned	465	23	120.00–125.00	$121.30	$564
450–492	467	57	115.00–128.00	$122.96	$574
500–545 unweaned	518	37	114.00–123.00	$118.91	$616
500–549	530	105	113.00–127.50	$121.04	$642
550–584 unweaned	571	24	113.00–120.00	$116.56	$666
552–598	575	94	115.00–127.00	$119.98	$690
600–647	626	57	111.00–127.00	$120.68	$755
628 unweaned	628	3	114.00	$114.00	$716
650–694	673	38	116.00–122.50	$119.10	$802
710–747	731	33	100.00–120.00	$116.30	$850
792	792	4	116.00	$116.00	$919
800–834	827	18	106.00–117.00	$109.06	$902
850–896	878	41	108.00–122.00	$112.80	$990

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
316–335	318	10	144.00–148.00	$147.58	$469
378–395	382	10	138.00–141.00	$138.62	$530
402–438	420	40	132.50–139.00	$135.61	$570
469–498 unweaned	486	24	120.00–126.00	$122.54	$596
450–499	489	51	127.50–138.00	$132.40	$647
502–541	529	96	128.00–141.00	$134.57	$712
500–544 unweaned	532	24	120.00–125.00	$121.04	$644
552–595 unweaned	559	10	120.00–123.00	$122.68	$686
552–596	575	59	125.00–136.00	$133.38	$767
600–637	618	106	117.50–138.00	$130.38	$806
651–697	678	25	120.00–138.00	$128.55	$872
683 unweaned	683	5	114.00	$114.00	$779
708–731	721	24	126.00–131.50	$128.21	$924

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
355–376	368	8	120.00–122.50	$121.60	$447
456–488	470	7	100.00–110.00	$104.45	$491
510–540	519	30	100.00–115.00	$111.46	$578
555–578	569	7	110.00–111.00	$110.29	$628
607–641	629	14	100.00–112.00	$105.56	$664
652–675	661	8	107.50–115.00	$111.94	$740
708–720	715	7	100.00–103.00	$101.73	$727
840	840	11	100.00	$100.00	$840

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
366	366	5	130.00	$130.00	$476
467–495	485	17	110.00–118.00	$115.13	$558

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
601	601	19	128.00	$128.00	$769

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
467	467	5	120.00	$120.00	$560
699	699	13	125.00	$125.00	$874

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
445	445	9	129.00	$129.00	$574

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
505	505	4	112.00	$112.00	$566

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
327–349	341	8	135.00–162.50	$144.90	$494
437 unweaned	437	3	155.00	$155.00	$677
444	444	6	143.00	$143.00	$635
493–499	497	11	110.00–121.00	$118.03	$587
516 unweaned	516	5	134.00	$134.00	$691
505–532	521	18	110.00–125.00	$115.39	$601
553–599	577	65	101.00–131.00	$114.72	$662
607–643	618	23	108.00–121.00	$116.08	$717
652–657	655	13	106.00–115.00	$108.99	$714
681 unweaned	681	4	104.00	$104.00	$708
708–744	720	13	106.00–115.00	$108.73	$783
867–875	871	6	85.00–90.00	$87.49	$762

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
296	296	4	169.00	$169.00	$500
338	338	3	158.00	$158.00	$534
353–395	369	8	142.50–145.00	$144.00	$531
477–498	488	11	130.00–144.00	$138.31	$675
588	588	6	130.00	$130.00	$764
612–645 unweaned	628	8	110.00–116.00	$112.37	$706
665–672 unweaned	670	3	110.00–112.50	$110.83	$743

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–1065	878	85-90%	19	12.00–31.00	$26.83	$236
770–1335	1025	85-90%	54	30.00–41.50	$36.97	$379
745–1600	1066	85-90%	159	40.00–50.00	$44.64	$476
860–1385	1108	85-90%	44	50.00–57.00	$51.93	$575

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1315	1168	80-85%	38	44.00–49.00	$47.17	$551
1005–1310	1185	80-85%	32	53.00–67.00	$58.80	$697
925–1525	1205	80-85%	114	47.00–56.00	$52.63	$634

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1585	1375	75-80%	31	45.00–52.00	$48.12	$662
1100–2000	1414	75-80%	73	50.00–59.00	$54.96	$777
1230–1705	1452	75-80%	21	59.00–66.00	$61.28	$890

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–2130	1510	22	55.00–76.00	$67.84	$1,024
1200–2115	1644	40	75.00–86.50	$80.24	$1,319
1365–2285	1718	13	86.00–96.00	$89.26	$1,533

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–1530	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	46.00–65.00	$55.36	$501

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1295	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	42.00–70.00	$59.04	$612

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1135	896	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	90.00–112.00	$101.97	$914
865–1180	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	55.00–100.00	$75.56	$771

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–1025	869	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	70.00–86.00	$74.86	$651

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
977–1208	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	900.00–1,000.00	$966.27
1065–1235	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	925.00–1,100.00	$1,029.10
1128–1232	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,082.18
952–1533	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	950.00–1,250.00	$1,097.21

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1145	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–950.00	$810.36
1010–1193	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–850.00	$757.18
1022–1340	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	575.00–875.00	$801.80
1010–1635	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	675.00–950.00	$832.80

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
842	842	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
765–980	872	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–625.00	$594.18
765–1165	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	500.00–800.00	$673.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–950	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00–925.00	$908.70
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00
945–1250	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	875.00–1,150.00	$1,079.26

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–825	709	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	100.00–375.00	$226.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1010	999	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,116.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–985	817	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	700.00–825.00	$730.14

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1115	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,000.00	$975.00
880–1038	964	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	750.00–1,050.00	$994.44

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
839–975	866	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,125.00–1,400.00	$1,345.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1312	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,178.57

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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.