Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

2,968 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.09/cwt +6.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,109/hd at 786 lb · 163 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.07/cwt +0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 581 lb · 137 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.22/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 580 lb · 103 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,968	7,681	2,556
Feeder cattle	2,245	6,336	1,959
Slaughter cattle	394	702	326
Replacement cattle	329	643	271

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady, with some 700 lbs steers 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to weak and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	5	180.00	$180.00	$527	—
360–378	366	10	167.50–178.00	$172.82	$633	-2.50
408–448	422	28	161.00–167.00	$164.00	$692	-2.23
452–497	481	80	156.00–165.00	$160.26	$771	-2.08
512–547	533	76	151.00–160.00	$155.67	$830	-1.49
558–598	577	91	146.00–164.00	$152.23	$878	+4.80
599 unweaned	599	12	135.00	$135.00	$809	-1.00
600–643	625	56	135.00–147.00	$139.34	$871	-3.65
652–695	674	35	134.00–142.00	$136.31	$919	-2.37
660–690 unweaned	676	48	131.00–131.50	$131.23	$887	+0.48
707–714	708	58	133.00–135.75	$135.51	$959	+0.70
754–791	786	163	135.25–142.00	$141.09	$1,109	+6.26
809–825	814	20	131.00–134.00	$131.91	$1,074	-2.45
880	880	26	133.00	$133.00	$1,170	-0.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–443	429	17	153.00–158.00	$155.74	$668	-0.57
456–498	478	11	140.00–153.00	$147.07	$703	-0.73
509–510	510	14	128.00–140.00	$134.21	$684	-7.17
552–597	579	51	128.00–142.00	$135.90	$787	-4.55
615–647	624	11	130.00	$130.00	$811	-3.43
651–692	674	32	121.00–130.00	$127.79	$861	-2.57
722–746	734	32	120.00–132.00	$128.14	$941	-1.98
752–790	780	24	125.00–130.00	$128.95	$1,006	+4.82
802–843	814	19	123.00–131.00	$128.34	$1,045	+2.75
869–898	878	14	121.00–123.00	$122.56	$1,076	-0.44

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	5	140.00	$140.00	$687	-14.00
550–596	588	20	129.00–135.00	$132.33	$778	-3.08
645–646	645	22	123.50–125.00	$124.18	$801	—
658–662	660	8	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$851	-0.55
709–738	722	21	122.50–128.50	$125.60	$907	+3.60

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	5	142.00	$142.00	$649	-3.53
521–536	530	12	142.00–150.00	$146.72	$778	+3.72
553–572	566	9	128.00–132.50	$131.03	$742	—
641	641	7	132.50	$132.50	$849	+5.35
655–698	669	9	128.00–130.00	$128.70	$861	—
781	781	11	125.00	$125.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	5	139.00	$139.00	$605	+2.38
484	484	5	135.00	$135.00	$653	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–338	331	7	145.00–147.50	$146.41	$485	—
362–394	389	19	142.50–151.00	$149.75	$583	+5.90
400–446	428	42	137.50–145.00	$142.47	$610	+1.26
456–497	478	68	130.00–141.00	$135.73	$649	+0.86
502–549	523	48	128.00–138.00	$131.14	$686	-2.04
569–589 unweaned	573	21	125.00	$125.00	$716	+3.93
556–597	583	116	127.00–134.00	$129.81	$757	-1.10
613–644	631	25	127.00–129.00	$128.30	$810	-0.23
658–686	665	31	125.00–128.50	$126.56	$842	+1.56
726	726	32	126.75	$126.75	$920	-0.96
799	799	9	124.00	$124.00	$991	-4.09
816	816	20	129.50	$129.50	$1,057	+2.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	7	132.00	$132.00	$424	-6.43
371–391	378	17	132.50–135.00	$133.23	$504	-0.95
425–438	432	19	130.00–138.00	$133.78	$578	+2.74
450–492	480	12	120.00–130.00	$126.95	$609	+2.33
507–547	528	40	115.00–128.00	$121.79	$643	-0.78
592–594	593	14	115.00–124.00	$121.65	$721	+0.06
600–645	612	11	111.00–120.00	$117.41	$719	-2.62
651–687	677	33	110.00–135.00	$122.20	$827	+0.53
712–725	719	6	118.00–121.00	$119.51	$859	+4.21
772–789	780	11	117.00–118.00	$117.46	$916	+0.46

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583–599	595	33	115.00–124.00	$116.34	$692	-6.43
684–697	691	18	110.00–120.00	$116.37	$804	+0.37
762	762	5	115.00	$115.00	$876	+7.57

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	120.00	$120.00	$394	—
433	433	5	115.00	$115.00	$498	-13.47
620–624	623	10	115.00–122.00	$117.09	$729	—
701	701	6	106.00	$106.00	$743	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	5	110.00	$110.00	$484	-10.00
518–544	534	8	110.00–113.00	$111.09	$593	-4.66

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	6	121.00	$121.00	$659	-10.03
556	556	5	120.00	$120.00	$667	-0.57
645	645	6	119.00	$119.00	$768	+0.74
658–680	666	12	106.00–119.00	$112.85	$752	-4.79
734	734	7	106.00	$106.00	$778	-12.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	9	145.00	$145.00	$613	—
510–536	531	17	138.00–139.00	$138.83	$737	+5.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1815	1815	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1385	907	85-90%	16	11.00–27.00	$20.24	$184	-0.55
790–1215	979	85-90%	53	27.00–37.00	$32.84	$322	—
770–1410	1087	85-90%	67	36.00–46.00	$41.71	$453	—
700–1410	1119	85-90%	26	46.00–53.00	$48.93	$548	+8.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1660	1371	75-80%	26	42.00–50.00	$46.52	$638	—
1055–1950	1419	75-80%	68	50.00–58.00	$52.65	$747	+1.30
1405–1894	1667	75-80%	16	58.00–66.00	$62.30	$1,039	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$756	—
1105–1275	1174	80-85%	5	40.00–45.00	$42.46	$498	-1.17
1045–1505	1197	80-85%	45	45.00–52.00	$48.97	$586	+5.34
1080–1495	1197	80-85%	13	52.00–57.00	$54.18	$649	+10.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1780	1544	14	51.00–70.00	$65.80	$1,016	—
1305–2175	1684	34	72.50–84.00	$77.50	$1,305	—
1510–2100	1819	10	84.00–90.00	$87.67	$1,595	-0.47

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1145	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	35.00–63.00	$50.07	$469

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1335	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	47.00–65.00	$53.54	$610

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–950	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	85.00–113.00	$103.24	$883
900–1305	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	63.00–97.50	$83.05	$917

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–1105	954	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	65.00–85.00	$72.40	$691

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
756–1140	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	450.00–700.00	$594.45
725–1145	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	425.00–800.00	$661.05
840–1205	1072	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	425.00–575.00	$518.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1240	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
1113–1285	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	550.00–850.00	$721.70
725–1440	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	500.00–900.00	$804.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1330	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	900.00–1,225.00	$1,135.15

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1184	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	800.00–1,000.00	$921.02
1175–1705	1352	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	775.00–875.00	$817.05

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520–990	761	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	275.00–400.00	$337.19

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–870	741	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	600.00–650.00	$637.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1000	985	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	750.00–950.00	$832.83

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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
1050–1175	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,396.88	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1285	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,100.00	$987.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675–850	792	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–950.00	$916.67	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.