Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

8,625 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.40/cwt +7.26 vs last sale · ≈ $817/hd at 627 lb · 353 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.27/cwt +1.28 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 524 lb · 340 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.16/cwt -0.70 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 527 lb · 310 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,625	5,040	5,986
Feeder cattle	7,267	3,760	4,492
Slaughter cattle	892	956	667
Replacement cattle	466	324	827

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders 5.00 to 10.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher, late week feeders steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–345	328	21	175.00–193.00	$181.73	$596	+8.52
358–395	372	50	162.00–188.00	$177.13	$659	+12.39
408–443	427	115	160.00–178.00	$170.62	$729	+7.16
421–442 unweaned	430	9	158.00–160.00	$159.09	$684	+5.09
452–498	475	117	156.00–172.00	$162.06	$770	+3.32
456–496 unweaned	478	33	148.00–155.00	$152.99	$731	-2.43
502–548	527	251	149.00–166.00	$156.56	$825	+0.70
504–549 unweaned	527	59	142.50–159.00	$149.22	$786	—
555–599	573	183	142.50–160.00	$150.03	$860	+2.40
555–598 unweaned	582	74	137.50–144.00	$141.16	$822	—
600–649	623	216	138.00–156.00	$148.36	$924	+7.95
600–644 unweaned	630	38	132.00–138.00	$135.12	$851	—
658–682 unweaned	670	31	129.00–136.00	$133.28	$893	+7.28
651–697	673	163	137.00–154.00	$143.20	$964	+12.92
705–746	722	128	135.00–145.00	$140.43	$1,014	+6.97
752–797	772	101	130.00–145.00	$139.52	$1,077	+2.48
803–848	834	108	130.00–145.00	$143.40	$1,196	+16.81
854–862	860	23	129.00–130.00	$129.70	$1,115	-0.04
921–931	927	11	131.00–133.00	$131.72	$1,221	+10.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–322	318	6	150.00–165.00	$157.61	$501	+6.65
367–369	368	11	164.00–167.50	$165.28	$608	+22.05
401 thin fleshed	401	4	164.00	$164.00	$658	—
429–448	438	25	153.00–160.00	$156.31	$685	+11.73
455–498	474	95	137.00–159.00	$149.59	$709	+15.37
502 thin fleshed	502	7	152.00	$152.00	$763	—
501–522 unweaned	508	8	146.00–150.00	$148.97	$757	-3.03
500–548	526	100	132.50–155.00	$142.26	$748	+6.52
558–570 unweaned	561	4	132.50–135.00	$133.14	$747	+4.15
550–596	574	104	128.00–145.50	$137.59	$790	+12.59
618–628 unweaned	623	4	125.00–127.50	$126.24	$786	-1.39
600–644	624	75	129.00–142.00	$135.59	$846	+1.05
653 unweaned	653	7	132.50	$132.50	$865	—
650–697	672	180	122.00–142.50	$138.65	$932	+23.65
724–748	725	72	125.00–139.25	$138.01	$1,001	+2.53
750–791	785	96	119.00–139.25	$135.94	$1,067	+12.95
803–839	822	251	140.35–143.50	$142.05	$1,168	+9.05
921	921	5	112.00	$112.00	$1,032	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–480	479	9	145.00–158.00	$152.21	$729	+22.21
537–543	539	11	139.00–156.00	$151.33	$816	—
552–581	562	33	154.00–155.00	$154.34	$867	—
632–649	638	32	132.00–146.50	$144.25	$920	—
651–699	662	37	131.00–139.00	$135.32	$896	+21.32
716–742	722	13	139.00–140.00	$139.24	$1,005	—
774	774	10	136.00	$136.00	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–396	388	19	129.00–152.00	$144.89	$562	+4.89
415–449	425	19	128.00–150.00	$139.86	$594	+3.86
470–495	483	11	130.00–135.00	$132.75	$641	—
500–508 unweaned	505	3	140.00	$140.00	$707	—
520	520	3	148.00	$148.00	$770	+30.00
570–595	584	10	123.00–133.00	$127.37	$744	-0.19
678–683	680	9	125.00–132.50	$129.99	$884	—
766	766	5	130.00	$130.00	$996	+3.55

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–482	476	9	140.00–154.00	$149.27	$711	—
550–551	550	15	135.00–140.00	$138.66	$763	—
674–698	688	21	126.00–134.00	$128.77	$886	—
912	912	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,131	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–490	473	21	132.50–142.00	$140.12	$663	—
630–633	632	11	133.00–135.00	$134.09	$847	—
676	676	8	128.00	$128.00	$865	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–544	533	13	132.50–157.50	$144.44	$770	—
616–624	621	11	133.00–139.00	$136.84	$850	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	5	145.00	$145.00	$425	—
739	739	18	128.00	$128.00	$946	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–345	325	29	140.00–163.00	$150.49	$489	+3.38
359–399	382	81	135.00–156.00	$144.79	$553	+1.98
401–448	424	81	136.00–147.00	$140.31	$595	+3.79
450–496	477	171	128.00–139.00	$132.71	$633	-1.11
475–486 unweaned	481	8	126.00–127.00	$126.51	$609	-1.52
501–546 unweaned	522	60	125.00–133.50	$129.38	$675	+3.14
500–549	524	280	127.00–139.00	$131.68	$690	+1.42
550–598	571	223	128.00–138.00	$132.76	$758	+4.79
560–595 unweaned	588	31	122.00–131.00	$125.10	$736	—
615–649 unweaned	623	23	115.00–124.00	$121.48	$757	+5.21
602–637	627	330	125.00–133.10	$131.02	$821	+7.00
650–698	687	212	124.00–136.00	$131.82	$906	+7.07
711–749	727	42	125.00–132.00	$129.41	$941	+1.48
763–798	790	21	120.00–128.50	$126.54	$1,000	+9.77
805	805	28	129.00	$129.00	$1,038	+16.44
908	908	11	121.00	$121.00	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–296	288	8	135.00	$135.00	$389	+7.65
310–342	332	5	132.50–137.50	$135.77	$451	+12.14
355–398	382	49	130.00–138.00	$134.05	$512	+0.78
422 thin fleshed	422	15	144.00	$144.00	$608	+6.00
412–440	429	34	125.00–135.00	$129.72	$556	+3.86
450–499	480	53	111.00–133.00	$124.08	$596	+1.07
504–548	530	50	115.00–133.00	$125.18	$663	-0.50
525–540 unweaned	531	5	125.00–130.00	$127.98	$680	+2.59
552–595 unweaned	565	35	115.00–125.00	$121.45	$686	+4.42
550–598	578	70	114.00–130.50	$124.96	$722	+6.33
605 unweaned	605	3	122.00	$122.00	$738	—
600–646	618	59	114.00–128.00	$122.79	$759	+8.55
652–688	666	50	110.00–125.00	$116.23	$774	-2.18
655–691 unweaned	681	7	110.00–112.50	$111.81	$761	—
702–748	714	35	107.00–125.00	$118.05	$843	-0.88
810	810	8	115.00	$115.00	$932	—
864–882	871	8	112.00–116.00	$114.48	$997	+7.48
978	978	8	104.00	$104.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–345	320	15	100.00–127.50	$107.90	$345	—
371 thin fleshed	371	4	127.50	$127.50	$473	—
444	444	5	110.00	$110.00	$488	-10.00
497–498	498	10	105.00–115.00	$109.99	$548	-8.80
513 unweaned	513	3	122.50	$122.50	$628	+7.82
505–540	521	14	100.00–120.00	$107.88	$562	—
557	557	6	110.00	$110.00	$613	—
602	602	15	123.00	$123.00	$740	—
709–726	718	14	100.00–105.00	$101.43	$728	-14.57

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491–495	493	13	120.00–138.00	$126.96	$626	—
524–536	528	15	127.00–131.00	$129.65	$685	—
550–596	578	25	131.00–133.00	$132.24	$764	—
680	680	11	129.00	$129.00	$877	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	14	128.00	$128.00	$508	—
518–532	525	6	117.00–125.00	$120.95	$635	—
570–596	582	9	114.00–118.00	$116.18	$676	—
648	648	5	118.00	$118.00	$765	—
669–685	675	8	110.00–113.00	$111.86	$755	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–433	429	11	130.00–135.00	$131.33	$563	—
482	482	8	131.00	$131.00	$631	—
569	569	5	134.00	$134.00	$762	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	3	90.00	$90.00	$500	-27.50
656	656	20	120.00	$120.00	$787	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	127.50	$127.50	$428	—
453	453	7	110.00	$110.00	$498	-4.00
638–645	643	9	115.00–118.00	$117.01	$752	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	143.00	$143.00	$616	+4.21
460	460	7	155.00	$155.00	$713	+22.38
540	540	5	120.00	$120.00	$648	-15.22
551	551	4	119.00	$119.00	$656	-5.46
568–595	587	7	115.00–123.00	$117.93	$692	-6.53
628–630	629	12	107.50–120.00	$114.80	$722	-0.20
630 unweaned	630	3	125.00	$125.00	$788	—
663–686	677	17	107.00–118.00	$114.64	$776	+7.43
710–749	733	13	104.00–116.00	$110.35	$809	+5.35
751–754	753	8	95.00–116.00	$105.48	$794	—
800	800	6	101.00	$101.00	$808	—
886	886	5	95.00	$95.00	$842	-6.00
904	904	5	94.00	$94.00	$850	—
982	982	5	90.00	$90.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	318	7	161.00–173.00	$167.74	$533	+27.74
370–372	371	4	162.00–166.00	$164.01	$608	+17.86
468–497	483	6	135.00–137.00	$135.97	$657	-5.91
515–542	530	15	130.00–138.00	$134.29	$712	-6.79
552–598	571	24	124.00–133.00	$128.90	$736	-10.06
619–624	622	12	125.00	$125.00	$778	-1.51
654	654	5	121.00	$121.00	$791	+0.50
717	717	7	121.00	$121.00	$868	+8.00
724 unweaned	724	6	121.00	$121.00	$876	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	3	85.00	$85.00	$418	—
618	618	4	85.00	$85.00	$525	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618 unweaned	618	3	110.00	$110.00	$680	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–990	798	85-90%	13	10.00–30.00	$20.78	$166	—
620–1180	956	85-90%	67	25.00–38.00	$34.29	$328	-3.22
645–1305	1041	85-90%	201	35.00–48.00	$42.84	$446	—
880–1445	1114	85-90%	58	47.00–54.00	$49.82	$555	+5.19

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1355	1125	80-85%	26	40.00–49.00	$45.49	$512	-16.19
985–1440	1162	80-85%	140	45.00–55.00	$50.80	$590	+2.58
1080–1455	1242	80-85%	38	52.00–62.00	$56.73	$705	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1745	1411	75-80%	52	40.00–53.00	$49.06	$692	-7.40
1185–1780	1424	75-80%	80	47.50–58.00	$54.04	$770	-2.42
1195–1900	1448	75-80%	51	58.00–73.00	$62.42	$904	+5.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1870	1440	19	54.00–75.00	$68.23	$983	—
1225–2010	1664	43	72.50–85.00	$80.67	$1,342	—
1390–2145	1889	21	84.00–96.00	$89.86	$1,697	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–950	809	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	103.00–117.00	$111.73	$904
760–1575	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	70.00–86.00	$75.03	$845

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–1180	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	43.00–66.00	$54.70	$515

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–960	893	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	72.50–96.00	$91.88	$820
815–1115	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	65.00–84.00	$68.17	$631

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1330	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	45.00–66.00	$58.55	$649

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1160	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	850.00–1,000.00	$934.73
1050–1312	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	600.00–850.00	$778.78
1070–1685	1267	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	875.00–1,200.00	$1,011.09

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1175	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	400.00–725.00	$591.44
920–1010	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	400.00–550.00	$479.90
860–1105	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	450.00–775.00	$618.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1435	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	700.00–800.00	$769.56
1110–1570	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	575.00–875.00	$817.04

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1095	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$866.77
890–1295	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	800.00–1,025.00	$896.33

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570–975	783	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	150.00–400.00	$322.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1200	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	48.00–53.00	$51.00	$588

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1347	1347	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
732–1205	871	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,050.00	$896.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–685	671	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	600.00–700.00	$645.27

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1108–1325	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,100.00	—
1285	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1275	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,035.00–1,050.00	$1,042.50	—
1293	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-275.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735–955	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–975.00	$725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	9	65.00	$65.00	$352	—

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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.