Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

7,681 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.87/cwt +1.60 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 527 lb · 286 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $141.74/cwt -4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 624 lb · 239 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.13/cwt -0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 570 lb · 230 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,681	8,625	8,031
Feeder cattle	6,336	7,267	6,380
Slaughter cattle	702	892	904
Replacement cattle	643	466	747

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 5.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–345	327	10	177.00–180.00	$178.04	$582	-3.69
355–385 thin fleshed	375	3	176.00–180.00	$177.26	$665	—
350–399	377	56	170.00–185.00	$175.32	$661	-1.81
401–448	427	84	157.50–172.00	$166.23	$710	-4.39
452–498	482	205	155.00–172.00	$162.34	$782	+0.28
501–548	522	210	146.00–163.00	$157.16	$820	+0.60
522–530 unweaned	527	5	145.00–150.00	$146.98	$775	-2.24
552–597	570	224	138.00–159.00	$147.43	$840	-2.60
574 unweaned	574	6	136.00	$136.00	$781	-5.16
600–642 unweaned	621	34	132.00–135.00	$134.20	$833	-0.92
600–649	624	205	136.00–150.00	$142.99	$892	-5.37
650–698	666	200	134.00–147.00	$138.68	$924	-4.52
668–684 unweaned	680	29	120.00–134.00	$130.75	$889	-2.53
700–745	716	63	130.00–137.00	$134.81	$965	-5.62
719	719	12	130.00	$130.00	$935	-10.43
755–798	772	82	126.00–138.00	$134.83	$1,041	-4.69
800–846	827	210	124.00–136.50	$134.36	$1,111	-9.04
857–858	857	32	124.00–135.00	$133.28	$1,142	+3.58
931	931	8	122.50	$122.50	$1,140	-9.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	379	43	159.00–168.00	$163.43	$619	-1.85
405–448	430	69	147.50–160.00	$156.31	$672	±0.00
472 thin fleshed	472	10	158.00	$158.00	$746	—
450–496	480	95	138.00–158.00	$147.80	$709	-1.79
512–530 unweaned	521	8	140.00–145.00	$141.86	$739	-7.11
500–547	525	90	131.00–152.00	$141.38	$742	-0.88
557–580 unweaned	569	9	132.00–140.00	$135.36	$770	+2.22
550–595	573	128	130.00–145.00	$140.45	$805	+2.86
617–630 unweaned	624	11	128.00–134.00	$131.43	$820	+5.19
600–649	631	129	123.00–139.50	$133.43	$842	-2.16
654–698	679	101	123.00–135.00	$130.36	$885	-8.29
705–740	723	85	126.50–133.00	$130.12	$941	-7.89
750–782	768	23	120.00–128.00	$124.13	$953	-11.81
802–847	810	16	125.00–128.00	$125.59	$1,017	-16.46
897	897	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–386	382	17	140.00–155.00	$147.63	$564	+2.74
428–445	432	13	134.00–145.00	$136.62	$590	-3.24
506–538	521	11	125.00–128.00	$126.59	$660	-21.41
573–590	585	10	123.00–127.00	$125.82	$736	-1.55
615–648	639	19	115.00–125.00	$117.82	$753	—
713–744	729	25	116.00–119.00	$117.41	$856	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	7	154.00	$154.00	$747	+4.73
513–523	516	15	140.00–141.00	$140.34	$724	—
550–580	563	9	133.00–140.00	$135.41	$762	-3.25
655–695	677	13	127.00–131.00	$129.55	$877	+0.78
703	703	6	122.00	$122.00	$858	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582–595	586	11	140.00–150.00	$142.77	$837	-11.57
602–632	610	23	136.00–141.00	$139.87	$853	-4.38
674	674	5	137.00	$137.00	$923	+1.68

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	8	157.00	$157.00	$685	—
452–492	474	11	141.00–149.00	$145.53	$690	+5.41
532	532	10	143.00	$143.00	$761	—
620–647	634	6	120.00–134.00	$127.15	$806	-6.94

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	24	151.00	$151.00	$876	—
672	672	8	132.00	$132.00	$887	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 thin fleshed	335	8	70.00	$70.00	$234	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–495	478	3	132.50–134.00	$133.16	$637	—
513	513	3	137.50	$137.50	$705	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–399	384	44	140.00–151.00	$143.85	$552	-0.94
400–448	421	156	132.50–152.00	$141.21	$594	+0.90
451–498	480	190	127.00–140.00	$134.87	$647	+2.16
502–545 unweaned	514	13	120.00–129.00	$126.35	$649	-3.03
500–548	528	273	126.00–139.00	$133.18	$703	+1.50
552–598	577	142	125.00–143.00	$130.91	$755	-1.85
552–597 unweaned	579	35	118.00–125.00	$121.07	$701	-4.03
602–640	624	132	122.50–131.00	$128.53	$802	-2.49
650–659	654	34	124.00–129.00	$127.97	$837	-3.85
664	664	7	125.00	$125.00	$830	-6.82
707–747	723	76	120.00–132.00	$127.71	$923	-1.70
749	749	6	123.00	$123.00	$921	-6.41
764–777	773	74	120.00–129.00	$128.09	$990	+1.55
814–847	823	41	125.00–128.00	$127.17	$1,047	-1.83
875	875	6	115.00	$115.00	$1,006	—
901	901	4	113.00	$113.00	$1,018	-8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	331	22	137.00–144.00	$138.43	$458	+2.66
350–390	380	34	130.00–138.00	$134.18	$510	+0.13
385–392 thin fleshed	390	3	137.50	$137.50	$536	—
400–449	434	87	120.00–137.50	$131.04	$569	+1.32
450–497	473	88	116.00–134.00	$124.62	$589	+0.54
473–491 thin fleshed	483	7	127.50–133.00	$129.81	$627	—
510–548 unweaned	525	9	120.00–128.00	$124.23	$652	-3.75
502–549	526	88	115.00–128.00	$122.57	$645	-2.61
550–590	567	77	115.00–129.00	$121.59	$689	-3.37
550–590 unweaned	569	12	115.00–124.00	$119.05	$677	-2.40
602–645	622	72	115.00–124.00	$120.03	$747	-2.76
635 unweaned	635	4	117.50	$117.50	$746	-4.50
651–697	677	107	114.00–126.00	$121.67	$824	+5.44
700–745	714	43	113.00–118.00	$115.30	$823	-2.75
781	781	5	117.00	$117.00	$914	—
828–842	838	14	115.00–117.50	$116.79	$979	+1.79

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–545	518	6	117.00–126.00	$122.84	$636	+1.89
586–599	593	16	118.00–125.00	$122.77	$728	+6.59
600–608	602	21	110.00–121.00	$118.75	$715	—
663	663	5	116.00	$116.00	$769	+4.14
754–784	767	12	107.00–108.00	$107.43	$824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–408	407	3	120.00	$120.00	$488	—
500–545	524	15	111.00–124.00	$115.75	$607	+7.87
571–593	580	7	109.00–110.00	$109.56	$635	-0.44
617–635	626	6	100.00	$100.00	$626	-23.00
707	707	5	90.00	$90.00	$636	-11.43
786	786	5	108.00	$108.00	$849	—
805–806	806	7	104.00–105.00	$104.43	$842	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–393	381	7	138.00–139.00	$138.74	$529	—
418–442	435	10	134.00–141.00	$136.02	$592	+4.69
512	512	5	133.00	$133.00	$681	—
551–575	564	13	128.00–131.00	$129.65	$731	-4.35
608	608	12	130.00	$130.00	$790	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	5	130.00	$130.00	$517	—
415–422	419	12	125.00–132.00	$128.47	$538	—
525–548	538	7	114.00–117.50	$116.04	$624	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	412	3	120.00	$120.00	$494	—
522	522	4	107.50	$107.50	$561	—
553 thin fleshed	553	6	120.00	$120.00	$664	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	9	138.00	$138.00	$691	+8.35

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
702	702	4	89.00	$89.00	$625	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	90.00	$90.00	$423	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	370	5	157.50–161.00	$158.98	$588	—
400–440	426	7	140.00–154.00	$146.82	$625	+3.82
455–490	475	14	120.00–143.00	$134.08	$637	-20.92
504–548	534	19	125.00–138.00	$131.03	$700	+11.03
550–595	575	14	110.00–130.00	$120.57	$693	+2.64
611–640	621	13	110.00–125.00	$118.26	$734	+3.46
662–695	680	16	110.00–125.00	$117.64	$800	+3.00
720–738	731	5	117.00–120.00	$118.82	$869	+8.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	369	4	165.00–180.00	$169.36	$625	+5.35
472–490	482	11	136.00–148.00	$142.09	$685	+6.12
503–525	508	17	128.00–138.00	$133.67	$679	-0.62
558–591	575	17	129.00–135.00	$131.20	$754	+2.30
604–642	611	18	127.00–137.00	$131.95	$806	+6.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	9	115.00	$115.00	$774	—
710	710	3	107.50	$107.50	$763	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1150	1130	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,450.88	—
1325–1542	1470	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,969.95	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1315	912	85-90%	22	10.00–28.00	$20.79	$190	—
845–1290	1017	85-90%	33	42.50–53.00	$47.55	$484	+4.71
625–1430	1020	85-90%	71	20.00–38.00	$32.40	$330	-10.44
765–1525	1123	85-90%	134	32.50–46.00	$39.99	$449	-9.83

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1335	1175	80-85%	26	38.00–45.00	$43.63	$513	-7.17
975–1475	1218	80-85%	126	40.00–54.00	$47.89	$583	-8.84
1070–1340	1286	80-85%	21	55.00–62.00	$57.13	$735	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1605	1332	75-80%	55	40.00–50.00	$46.45	$619	—
1125–1860	1412	75-80%	103	44.00–57.00	$51.35	$725	+2.29
1515–1725	1539	75-80%	13	57.00–65.00	$58.29	$897	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1565	1424	19	61.00–75.00	$68.26	$972	+0.03
1280–2165	1707	35	72.00–83.00	$79.26	$1,353	—
1625–2215	1832	18	83.00–95.00	$88.14	$1,615	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1130	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	41.00–63.00	$56.11	$540

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105–1475	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	45.00–59.00	$51.42	$660

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–935	896	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	85.00–92.00	$85.74	$768
845–1040	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	75.00–95.00	$90.23	$920

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1190	916	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	65.00–87.00	$71.04	$651

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
971–1655	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	800.00–1,175.00	$998.01
1360–1500	1378	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	875.00–930.00	$922.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1122	1101	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$633.96
1035–1190	1105	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	600.00–700.00	$646.20
1025–1280	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–625.00	$563.27
1010–1275	1176	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	400.00–775.00	$757.16
1120–1420	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	625.00–950.00	$820.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
792–1200	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	500.00–775.00	$646.96
645–1235	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	400.00–800.00	$665.29
865–1120	1049	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	325.00–575.00	$526.84

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1054–1085	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	875.00–900.00	$893.88
925–1265	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	825.00–975.00	$894.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1285	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	46.00–52.50	$48.69	$566

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–1035	844	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	275.00–450.00	$358.68

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1370–1390	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.36

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1215	1008	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	750.00–1,000.00	$915.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	650.00	$650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–900	892	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–950.00	$825.00	—
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1425	1301	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,075.00–1,450.00	$1,332.14	—

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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.