Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

4,550 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $144.36/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 521 lb · 136 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $112.64/cwt -6.65 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 574 lb · 92 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.61/cwt -5.63 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 466 lb · 91 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,550	5,111	5,538
Feeder cattle	2,929	3,943	4,135
Slaughter cattle	897	697	874
Replacement cattle	724	471	529

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 8.00lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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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	333	19	155.00–170.00	$164.93	$549	—
350–385	372	14	150.00–167.50	$155.73	$579	-12.58
401–443	415	50	149.00–164.00	$157.54	$654	-1.79
400–440 unweaned	424	28	140.00–150.00	$145.80	$618	—
458–470 unweaned	462	7	140.00–147.50	$143.26	$662	+2.26
455–481	467	35	146.00–159.00	$152.15	$711	-1.13
500–531	513	84	143.00–159.00	$149.00	$764	-1.75
516–548 unweaned	533	52	132.50–141.00	$136.87	$730	-3.60
552–582	566	49	134.00–149.00	$139.30	$788	-6.17
598 unweaned	598	7	128.00	$128.00	$765	-10.27
600–636	609	57	130.00–137.00	$133.63	$814	-7.90
608–618 unweaned	617	16	125.00–130.00	$125.62	$775	-1.88
658	658	7	125.00	$125.00	$822	-12.45
670–681	678	31	130.00–134.00	$131.93	$894	-5.52
700 unweaned	700	5	118.00	$118.00	$826	-6.00
723	723	6	125.00	$125.00	$904	-15.88
841	841	39	128.50	$128.50	$1,081	-7.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–348	345	6	150.00–152.50	$151.26	$522	—
375–398	392	23	140.00–152.50	$143.72	$563	-16.89
410–432 unweaned	421	4	135.00–140.00	$137.43	$579	-7.04
408–440	422	9	137.50–148.00	$141.58	$597	-7.17
461–490 unweaned	475	19	129.00–138.00	$131.17	$623	-6.16
450–498	479	42	130.00–141.00	$137.03	$656	-10.24
510–549	531	59	127.50–143.00	$135.82	$721	-3.83
555–595	575	48	127.50–135.00	$132.47	$762	-1.15
605–645	620	39	125.00–132.50	$128.26	$795	-3.58
608–636 unweaned	620	10	110.00–118.00	$114.42	$709	-11.58
664–667 unweaned	665	7	110.00	$110.00	$732	-15.00
657–694	666	23	120.00–129.00	$124.40	$829	-5.80
701–740	721	49	117.00–127.50	$121.56	$876	-6.94
757–772 unweaned	759	15	109.00–115.00	$114.19	$867	—
755–765	762	13	118.00–124.00	$120.85	$921	—
822–833	830	11	119.00–123.00	$120.64	$1,001	-7.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–342	337	7	127.50–145.00	$137.65	$464	—
425–445	432	6	125.00–126.00	$125.33	$541	-17.17
449 thin fleshed	449	4	133.00	$133.00	$597	—
462 unweaned	462	5	125.00	$125.00	$578	—
474–484	478	9	127.50–132.50	$129.75	$620	-0.25
545	545	5	113.00	$113.00	$616	-1.36
557	557	3	127.00	$127.00	$707	+4.23
605 unweaned	605	5	100.00	$100.00	$605	—
647	647	5	102.00	$102.00	$660	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	5	114.00	$114.00	$799	—
870	870	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,009	—
950	950	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,092	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526–536	532	9	125.00–130.00	$127.80	$680	—
645 unweaned	645	5	115.00	$115.00	$742	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–520	513	7	140.00	$140.00	$718	—
575	575	6	137.50	$137.50	$791	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	20	130.00–135.00	$131.59	$441	-15.99
350–395	371	16	130.00–135.00	$133.24	$494	-5.38
400–443 unweaned	411	19	125.00–127.50	$125.71	$517	—
405–438	415	71	125.00–139.00	$132.77	$551	-2.84
450–490	466	41	124.00–129.00	$126.56	$590	-5.84
453–493 unweaned	466	50	115.00–125.00	$121.20	$565	-1.34
512–538	519	50	124.00–128.50	$126.69	$658	-7.88
510–549 unweaned	534	13	113.00–115.00	$113.89	$608	-7.15
551–587 unweaned	558	40	112.50–117.50	$114.53	$639	-8.15
559–599	574	22	123.00–127.00	$125.48	$720	-7.90
631–639	636	21	121.00	$121.00	$770	-9.38
651 unweaned	651	5	114.00	$114.00	$742	±0.00
662–677	667	43	121.00–126.50	$124.81	$832	-3.74
720–727	723	29	122.00–124.00	$123.17	$891	-5.04
759	759	8	122.00	$122.00	$926	—
759	759	7	111.00	$111.00	$842	—
895	895	4	108.00	$108.00	$967	—
902–920	907	20	111.00–113.00	$111.51	$1,011	—
962	962	9	103.00	$103.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–322	314	5	130.00	$130.00	$408	-1.76
350–398	378	28	120.00–132.50	$126.40	$478	-4.58
405–443 unweaned	432	11	120.00–127.50	$122.66	$530	-0.90
429–448	438	19	115.00–123.00	$119.93	$525	-7.38
455–496	476	52	114.00–122.00	$118.78	$565	-4.18
450–498 unweaned	477	20	114.00–122.50	$118.48	$565	-2.82
505–539	524	46	114.50–121.00	$116.93	$613	-4.11
505–543 unweaned	524	38	103.00–116.00	$109.99	$576	-8.92
550–595 unweaned	572	38	105.00–114.00	$109.58	$627	-6.98
552–598	575	54	110.00–120.00	$114.79	$660	-5.19
605–611	610	22	108.00–115.00	$109.04	$665	-11.64
601–648 unweaned	618	44	100.00–109.00	$102.38	$633	-11.62
650–674 unweaned	670	6	100.00–102.00	$101.68	$681	—
667–698	677	11	104.00–115.00	$109.37	$740	-9.73
714–735 unweaned	724	27	99.00–100.00	$99.74	$722	—
745	745	5	109.00	$109.00	$812	-7.30
761–774	767	16	99.00–100.00	$99.75	$765	-16.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–395	375	13	105.00–112.50	$109.48	$411	-12.12
410–430	420	6	110.00	$110.00	$462	—
462–499	483	41	80.00–113.00	$107.06	$517	+2.61
500–545	522	18	100.00–114.00	$105.24	$549	-6.22
585–587	586	5	90.00–108.00	$100.81	$591	-9.48
605–645	630	14	95.00–110.00	$102.47	$646	-3.09
667	667	7	113.00	$113.00	$754	+1.06
705–726	722	5	85.00–95.00	$93.05	$672	-8.68
773	773	5	90.00	$90.00	$696	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	5	122.00	$122.00	$664	—
605–631	621	8	100.00	$100.00	$621	—
706	706	5	105.00	$105.00	$741	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–517	509	6	108.00–113.00	$110.54	$563	—
567	567	7	112.00	$112.00	$635	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549 unweaned	549	7	112.50	$112.50	$618	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	155.00	$155.00	$480	+10.10
355–385	372	5	140.00	$140.00	$521	—
422	422	3	124.00	$124.00	$523	-19.00
439 thin fleshed	439	5	125.00	$125.00	$549	—
450–470	463	7	125.00–127.00	$126.13	$584	+8.10
505–542	519	22	112.50–120.00	$115.82	$601	+0.43
519 thin fleshed	519	4	127.00	$127.00	$659	—
550–595	565	33	100.00–115.00	$107.99	$610	-6.73
605–640 unweaned	629	12	105.00–110.00	$107.72	$678	—
615–648	631	21	80.00–106.00	$94.04	$593	-22.04
683–692	685	12	90.00	$90.00	$616	-18.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–532	520	5	122.50–124.00	$123.08	$640	—
573	573	3	127.50	$127.50	$731	-2.50
666 unweaned	666	9	120.00	$120.00	$799	+9.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–492	472	4	114.00–115.00	$114.48	$540	—
564	564	4	115.00	$115.00	$649	—
691	691	7	106.00	$106.00	$732	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	4	110.00	$110.00	$645	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1040	864	85-90%	15	20.00–30.00	$26.51	$229	-0.32
730–1230	923	85-90%	55	30.00–41.00	$37.31	$344	—
710–1395	1053	85-90%	205	40.00–50.50	$45.33	$477	+0.69
835–1355	1060	85-90%	73	48.00–56.00	$50.72	$538	+6.08

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1290	1166	80-85%	22	54.00–67.00	$59.96	$699	+12.79
990–1395	1189	80-85%	71	40.00–52.00	$49.56	$589	-9.24
960–1490	1221	80-85%	136	48.00–57.50	$53.54	$654	+0.91

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1845	1383	75-80%	77	46.00–54.00	$51.47	$712	+3.35
1020–1855	1441	75-80%	94	49.00–61.00	$55.79	$804	+0.83
1305–1820	1520	75-80%	21	61.00–67.00	$63.60	$967	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1520	1311	17	60.00–75.00	$71.76	$941	—
1025–2125	1518	59	74.00–86.00	$79.68	$1,210	+11.84
1220–2120	1687	26	85.00–98.00	$89.95	$1,517	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1825	1825	1	67.50	$67.50	$1,232	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
894	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	60.00	$60.00	$536
840–1090	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	48.00–65.00	$57.37	$556

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–1095	852	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	80.00–111.00	$97.35	$829
555–1363	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	66.00–92.50	$79.92	$845

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1330	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	47.50–68.00	$56.48	$632

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–1045	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	66.00–82.50	$72.68	$635

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1135	1073	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	575.00–650.00	$614.06
1098–1245	1146	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	600.00–800.00	$640.63
1040–1430	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	900.00–1,050.00	$979.57
1000–1615	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	84	925.00–1,200.00	$1,044.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1170	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	700.00–900.00	$866.00
1088–1129	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	710.00–750.00	$736.99
990–1425	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	66	600.00–975.00	$842.57
1140–1410	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	650.00–875.00	$785.36

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–980	897	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	500.00–675.00	$643.17
755–1175	949	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	400.00–750.00	$593.17
850–1335	1023	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	400.00–700.00	$572.09

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1300	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	800.00–1,025.00	$891.55
1030–1275	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–950.00	$850.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125–1295	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	52.00–58.00	$54.22	$682

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1229	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1050	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	54.00–56.00	$54.20	$520

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–874	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	300.00–425.00	$357.82

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1315	1315	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–875	819	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	750.00–800.00	$769.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	500.00–650.00	$575.00

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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
1000–1475	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,370.00	+191.43
1150–1300	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,195.00	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1425	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,520.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090–1395	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	950.00–1,100.00	$1,016.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–1050	916	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	750.00–1,075.00	$860.00	-115.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–950	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	450.00–600.00	$518.75	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	7	75.00	$75.00	$333	—

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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.