Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

2,599 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.87/cwt -2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 522 lb · 74 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.18/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $530/hd at 414 lb · 73 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.97/cwt +1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 628 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,599	4,550	4,603
Feeder cattle	1,606	2,929	3,730
Slaughter cattle	573	897	467
Replacement cattle	420	724	406

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, light weight steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heavier weights steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, except 600 lbs 2.00 higher. 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	Δ last sale
282–290	288	8	175.00–177.50	$175.61	$506	—
303–340	321	29	165.00–185.00	$174.73	$561	+9.80
362–393	379	10	162.50–178.00	$165.82	$628	+10.09
406–440	411	41	155.00–162.50	$160.17	$658	+2.63
422–425 unweaned	423	5	152.00–153.00	$152.40	$645	+6.60
455–489	473	22	137.00–152.50	$141.65	$670	-10.50
505–528 unweaned	520	17	130.00–141.00	$135.60	$705	-1.27
510–531	522	57	136.00–148.00	$143.74	$750	-5.26
555 fancy	555	16	156.00	$156.00	$866	—
562–582 unweaned	571	7	122.50–132.00	$127.85	$730	-0.15
558–577	572	21	136.00–142.50	$141.17	$807	+1.87
600–630	611	34	132.50–136.00	$133.70	$817	+0.07
663–665 unweaned	664	6	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$793	—
658–683	674	42	129.00–133.00	$130.64	$881	-1.29
712–726	721	11	131.50–135.00	$133.74	$964	+8.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	9	147.50–162.50	$152.31	$506	+1.05
350–397	384	13	138.00–147.50	$144.31	$554	+0.59
422–445	431	11	128.00–145.00	$141.79	$611	+0.21
459–485	469	9	127.50–151.00	$138.58	$650	+1.55
502 unweaned	502	5	120.00	$120.00	$602	—
500–545	526	35	122.50–135.00	$133.08	$700	-2.74
552–595	574	25	120.00–138.00	$131.96	$757	-0.51
603–647	628	58	115.00–136.00	$126.97	$797	-1.29
655–691	664	32	115.00–133.00	$120.52	$800	-3.88
705–745	722	16	114.00–117.50	$115.09	$831	-6.47
755–787	776	18	118.50–125.00	$120.32	$934	-0.53
875–891	886	7	110.00–113.50	$112.51	$997	—
936	936	5	112.00	$112.00	$1,048	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–416	413	5	130.00–145.00	$142.09	$587	—
545	545	5	120.00	$120.00	$654	—
614–633	626	14	110.00–128.00	$117.75	$737	—
661–689	675	8	110.00–120.00	$114.90	$776	—
741	741	5	110.00	$110.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–449	442	6	116.00–120.00	$116.61	$515	-8.72
510 unweaned	510	4	125.00	$125.00	$638	—
586	586	6	114.00	$114.00	$668	-13.00
732	732	6	110.00	$110.00	$805	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	17	46.00	$46.00	$312	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	10	152.50	$152.50	$595	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	6	120.00	$120.00	$764	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	5	134.00	$134.00	$683	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–372	363	16	130.00–136.00	$132.56	$481	-0.68
402–434	413	66	125.00–132.50	$128.22	$530	-4.55
407–435 unweaned	421	7	127.50–128.00	$127.85	$538	+2.14
455–491 unweaned	481	14	115.00–117.50	$116.27	$559	-4.93
465–482	481	33	120.00–125.00	$123.70	$595	-2.86
508–536	516	34	120.00–127.00	$124.86	$644	-1.83
515–545 unweaned	532	17	106.00–115.00	$110.35	$587	-3.54
567–595	572	13	118.00–121.00	$120.22	$688	-5.26
578 unweaned	578	4	114.00	$114.00	$659	-0.53
608–642	630	29	119.00–122.50	$120.05	$756	-0.95
635 unweaned	635	7	108.00	$108.00	$686	—
692	692	2	118.00	$118.00	$817	-6.81
700	700	9	116.00	$116.00	$812	-7.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–296	289	13	127.50–136.00	$132.57	$383	—
315–345	326	8	120.00–137.00	$131.19	$428	+1.19
357–386	374	17	122.50–125.00	$124.28	$465	-2.12
400–443	426	42	109.00–127.50	$120.16	$512	+0.23
462–470 unweaned	465	3	118.00–120.00	$118.67	$552	+0.19
450–492	474	27	109.00–118.00	$114.37	$542	-4.41
509–543	520	26	110.00–115.00	$110.32	$574	-6.61
530–540 unweaned	535	4	114.00–117.50	$115.77	$619	+5.78
568 unweaned	568	2	114.00	$114.00	$648	+4.42
552–592	576	23	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$648	-2.27
615–646	634	12	105.00–115.00	$108.94	$691	-0.10
651–698	681	19	107.00–113.00	$110.31	$751	+0.94
702–727	714	19	100.00–116.00	$106.41	$760	-2.59
790	790	5	112.00	$112.00	$885	+12.25
800–840	820	6	100.00–111.00	$105.63	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–426	421	7	100.00	$100.00	$421	-10.00
513–525	518	5	95.00–100.00	$97.03	$503	-8.21
553–595	579	16	100.00–105.00	$103.07	$597	+2.26
661	661	4	106.00	$106.00	$701	-7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	15	114.00	$114.00	$653	—
600–642	617	5	100.00–114.00	$105.83	$653	+5.83
899	899	7	103.00	$103.00	$926	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	5	127.00	$127.00	$603	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–575	565	5	100.00–107.00	$105.57	$596	-6.43

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–382	373	5	152.50–156.00	$154.57	$577	+14.57
468–477	474	9	117.50–124.00	$119.64	$567	-6.49
532	532	6	112.50	$112.50	$598	-3.32
570–588	574	13	110.00–113.00	$112.29	$645	+4.30
608–647	626	22	90.00–112.00	$101.70	$637	+7.66
658	658	5	113.00	$113.00	$744	+23.00
742–747	745	6	85.00–106.00	$95.54	$712	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–535	528	5	125.00–130.00	$127.00	$671	+3.92
615	615	11	122.00	$122.00	$750	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–1185	856	85-90%	20	14.00–31.00	$23.66	$203	-2.85
770–1355	941	85-90%	50	32.50–43.00	$39.53	$372	+2.22
770–1535	1057	85-90%	88	40.00–50.00	$46.03	$487	-4.69
910–1390	1127	85-90%	56	50.00–55.00	$52.10	$587	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1610	1185	80-85%	112	51.50–58.00	$54.52	$646	+4.96
975–1380	1211	80-85%	45	44.00–52.50	$49.81	$603	-3.73
1000–1400	1239	80-85%	21	57.50–66.00	$60.52	$750	+6.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1690	1408	75-80%	22	45.00–54.00	$51.08	$719	-4.71
1205–1675	1429	75-80%	66	54.00–62.00	$57.43	$821	+1.64
1290–1735	1557	75-80%	23	62.00–67.00	$64.87	$1,010	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1765	1473	21	60.00–75.00	$69.78	$1,028	—
1385–2300	1782	27	76.00–85.00	$81.07	$1,445	—
1510–2295	1857	12	86.00–96.00	$90.28	$1,676	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
702–946	883	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	92.50–103.00	$100.97	$892
845–1420	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	65.00–93.00	$81.34	$899

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1070	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	50.00–67.50	$58.97	$563

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1450	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	53.00–67.00	$61.35	$698

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–1050	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	65.00–95.00	$75.50	$660

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185–1273	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	875.00–950.00	$920.29
1050–1625	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	950.00–1,200.00	$1,044.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1225	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–775.00	$742.50
1110–1200	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	650.00–750.00	$713.47
958–1405	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	600.00–925.00	$815.14

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1035	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	500.00–750.00	$603.69
825–1215	979	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	425.00–800.00	$666.60
955–1110	1054	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–775.00	$632.76

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
848–1290	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	775.00–1,050.00	$873.93
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–792	729	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	275.00–525.00	$385.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125–1380	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	52.00–68.00	$57.03	$714

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1025	896	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	44.00–54.00	$48.35	$433

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–892	752	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	525.00–725.00	$647.51

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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
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1100–1310	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.00	—
1285–1325	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,183.33	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780–1035	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,050.00	$900.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1112	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,175.00	—

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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.