Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

6,954 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.90/cwt -0.24 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 525 lb · 235 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.16/cwt +3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 521 lb · 232 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.18/cwt -0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $814/hd at 635 lb · 222 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,954	2,968	7,504
Feeder cattle	5,782	2,245	6,271
Slaughter cattle	687	394	728
Replacement cattle	485	329	505

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–347	329	31	180.00–190.00	$186.13	$612	—
360–382	372	10	174.00–178.00	$176.24	$656	+3.42
353–394 thin fleshed	379	19	176.00–185.00	$181.81	$689	—
400–445	421	123	161.00–174.00	$168.08	$708	+4.08
450–495	466	112	157.00–173.00	$163.00	$760	+2.74
500–548	521	232	147.00–169.00	$159.16	$829	+3.49
550–591	574	171	138.00–160.00	$149.41	$858	-2.82
605–648	619	182	137.00–156.00	$144.18	$892	+4.84
610–642 unweaned	627	26	130.00–138.00	$135.69	$851	—
650–691	669	167	133.00–145.00	$138.42	$926	+2.11
701–744	729	118	132.00–138.00	$135.25	$986	-0.26
758–798	781	143	129.00–140.00	$137.47	$1,074	-3.62
808–836	823	31	131.50–135.00	$134.06	$1,103	+2.15
855–870	859	16	128.00	$128.00	$1,100	-5.00
909	909	35	128.00	$128.00	$1,164	—
1085	1085	26	120.00	$120.00	$1,302	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–348	326	10	165.00–167.50	$165.80	$541	—
350–392	378	30	158.00–167.00	$164.73	$623	—
415–445	426	30	146.00–155.00	$150.68	$642	-5.06
451–498	479	72	140.00–158.00	$150.84	$723	+3.77
501–548	524	91	139.00–153.00	$146.08	$765	+11.87
553–598	581	122	131.00–145.00	$138.06	$802	+2.16
606–642	626	90	125.00–136.00	$132.17	$827	+2.17
636	636	10	121.00	$121.00	$770	-9.00
653–698	679	77	120.00–133.50	$129.87	$882	+2.08
701–749	726	113	120.00–131.00	$127.50	$926	-0.64
791–795	792	14	120.00–129.00	$123.22	$976	-5.73
826–843	833	15	124.00–128.50	$126.49	$1,054	-1.85
950	950	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,102	—
1021	1021	5	112.00	$112.00	$1,144	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	10	156.00	$156.00	$652	—
452–495	477	33	130.00–148.00	$136.62	$652	-3.38
520–545	530	23	135.00–152.00	$145.31	$770	—
571–590	582	24	125.00–141.00	$135.87	$791	+3.54
623–648	636	62	121.00–136.50	$132.84	$845	+8.66
662	662	6	128.00	$128.00	$847	-1.00
708–723	717	19	115.00–131.00	$122.17	$876	-3.43
782	782	8	125.00	$125.00	$978	—
996	996	5	100.00	$100.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	12	140.00–146.00	$143.50	$469	—
407–440	423	25	131.00–145.00	$139.70	$591	+0.70
478–492	484	15	125.00–138.00	$132.13	$640	-2.87
506–526	516	17	120.00–135.00	$128.29	$662	—
562–591	578	9	125.00–127.50	$126.08	$729	—
717–733	729	11	115.00–116.00	$115.73	$844	—
884	884	5	111.00	$111.00	$981	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–490	471	35	132.50–146.00	$139.58	$657	-2.42
509	509	5	135.00	$135.00	$687	-11.72
592	592	5	137.00	$137.00	$811	+5.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572–589	584	7	122.00–145.00	$138.57	$809	—
622	622	3	128.00	$128.00	$796	—
686–688	687	11	134.00–136.50	$135.13	$928	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319 thin fleshed	319	4	163.00	$163.00	$520	—
340	340	19	154.00	$154.00	$524	+7.59
360–393	381	105	141.00–157.00	$148.69	$567	-1.06
405–449	432	159	132.50–152.50	$141.69	$612	-0.78
453 thin fleshed	453	5	149.50	$149.50	$677	—
451–499	472	138	132.00–144.00	$137.04	$647	+1.31
500–548	525	226	125.00–136.00	$130.38	$684	-0.76
534 fancy	534	9	144.00	$144.00	$769	—
550–595	574	173	124.00–132.50	$129.16	$741	-0.65
602–646	635	222	121.00–130.00	$128.18	$814	-0.12
659–698	670	49	120.00–126.50	$124.45	$834	-2.11
703–736	721	141	123.00–130.00	$126.60	$913	-0.15
773	773	13	123.00	$123.00	$951	-1.00
820	820	8	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	-5.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	330	22	130.00–145.00	$138.33	$456	+6.33
361–395	383	36	127.50–142.50	$133.56	$512	+0.33
412–440	424	22	120.00–136.00	$127.52	$541	-6.26
450–498	478	75	120.00–132.50	$126.91	$607	-0.04
505–549	536	57	119.00–126.00	$123.21	$660	+1.42
552–599	577	119	115.00–126.00	$120.57	$696	-1.08
605–648	621	100	114.00–132.50	$120.83	$750	+3.42
652–692	669	43	110.00–123.00	$118.25	$791	-3.95
712–749	730	35	114.00–123.00	$118.91	$868	-0.60
757–795	774	31	113.00–120.00	$117.37	$908	-0.09
880–888	885	30	116.00	$116.00	$1,027	—
1056	1056	11	95.00	$95.00	$1,003	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	9	132.50	$132.50	$547	—
468–485	472	17	115.00–128.00	$118.14	$558	—
510–548	529	46	111.00–126.00	$123.97	$656	—
591–596	592	35	111.00–125.00	$122.10	$723	+5.76
607–632	620	6	118.00–119.00	$118.51	$735	—
625	625	6	105.00	$105.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–344	334	17	111.00–128.00	$117.21	$391	—
427–445	436	13	105.00–115.00	$109.62	$478	-0.38
482–488	485	6	105.00–115.00	$110.03	$534	—
500–547	539	18	100.00–110.00	$108.45	$585	-2.64
579	579	14	110.00	$110.00	$637	—
608–638	624	17	90.00–110.00	$103.93	$649	—
651–673	662	14	100.00	$100.00	$662	—
711–716	714	8	90.00–99.00	$94.48	$675	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	10	147.00	$147.00	$556	—
465–488	481	17	137.00–138.00	$137.72	$662	—
622	622	10	123.00	$123.00	$765	—
667–690	684	19	107.50–123.50	$119.39	$817	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	431	10	125.00–128.00	$127.14	$548	+12.14
470	470	5	128.00	$128.00	$602	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–468	464	9	130.00–137.00	$133.86	$621	—
500	500	5	131.00	$131.00	$655	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	133.00	$133.00	$596	—
451	451	4	125.00	$125.00	$564	—
551–598	569	47	115.00–133.00	$124.63	$709	+4.63
608–638	624	54	115.00–127.50	$121.28	$757	+2.28
652–698	666	34	110.00–126.00	$116.18	$774	+3.33
715–745	728	26	103.00–114.00	$109.29	$796	+3.29
795	795	5	103.00	$103.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	150.00	$150.00	$668	+5.00
529	529	5	145.00	$145.00	$767	+6.17
552–596	570	19	127.00–137.00	$133.57	$761	—
607	607	5	130.00	$130.00	$789	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	5	129.00	$129.00	$695	—
573	573	9	126.00	$126.00	$722	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1250	1114	(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	900.00–1,100.00	$981.40	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–925	826	85-90%	11	10.00–27.00	$17.90	$148	—
675–1675	988	85-90%	52	25.00–36.00	$32.84	$324	±0.00
655–1645	1095	85-90%	153	33.00–46.00	$41.58	$455	-0.13
920–1305	1135	85-90%	28	44.00–53.00	$48.78	$554	-0.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1690	1387	75-80%	69	40.00–48.00	$46.49	$645	-0.03
1205–1830	1451	75-80%	75	45.00–56.00	$51.63	$749	—
1140–1820	1478	75-80%	10	56.00–62.00	$57.17	$845	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1400	1137	80-85%	25	49.00–60.00	$53.86	$612	—
950–1620	1233	80-85%	102	42.40–54.00	$47.80	$589	—
905–1565	1293	80-85%	21	36.00–46.00	$41.09	$531	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–2060	1419	35	60.00–74.00	$66.98	$950	—
1150–1985	1605	36	70.00–86.00	$78.97	$1,267	—
1560–2140	1831	17	85.00–95.00	$88.35	$1,618	+0.68

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2070	2070	1	108.00	$108.00	$2,236	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1240	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	42.00–64.00	$52.20	$501
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	53.00	$53.00	$549

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1530	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	50.00–68.00	$57.44	$678

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–1030	874	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	90.00–112.50	$96.24	$841
765–1420	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	65.00–85.00	$76.03	$758

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
555–1105	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	60.00–85.00	$71.93	$596

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1395	1232	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$896.68
1030–1720	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	925.00–1,225.00	$1,062.64
1565	1565	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1270	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	725.00–925.00	$787.92
1075–1470	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	500.00–700.00	$662.35
980–1560	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	600.00–925.00	$832.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
575–1270	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	400.00–850.00	$657.33
950–1195	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	375.00–725.00	$562.82
1035–1115	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–725.00	$708.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1148–1405	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,570.12

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933–1245	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	525.00–1,250.00	$982.66

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
450–955	741	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	250.00–450.00	$333.84

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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
1100–1500	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	975.00–1,500.00	$1,259.21	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
988–1100	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,130.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1120	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–925.00	$875.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	8	80.00	$80.00	$287	—

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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.