Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

9,740 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.80/cwt +1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 573 lb · 457 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.20/cwt +0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 624 lb · 354 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $161.28/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 524 lb · 304 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,740	6,954	10,723
Feeder cattle	8,455	5,782	9,087
Slaughter cattle	742	687	949
Replacement cattle	543	485	687

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders traded uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher, as much as 8.00 higher early week on lightweight steers. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228 thin fleshed	228	3	196.00	$196.00	$447	—
310–335	322	8	177.00–192.50	$184.08	$593	-2.05
350–395	374	67	170.00–186.00	$176.00	$658	-0.24
400–448	425	71	162.00–183.00	$172.29	$732	+4.21
451–497	478	173	158.00–182.00	$169.34	$809	+6.34
455–495 unweaned	481	66	152.50–163.00	$159.09	$765	—
500–546	521	251	153.00–177.00	$161.91	$844	+2.75
525 fancy	525	14	174.00	$174.00	$914	—
505–549 unweaned	542	39	142.50–155.00	$152.69	$828	—
550–599	572	393	146.00–162.00	$152.47	$872	+3.06
550–595 unweaned	581	64	135.00–145.00	$140.52	$816	—
602–645	622	300	137.00–156.00	$144.76	$900	+0.58
610–649 unweaned	633	54	127.50–136.00	$134.51	$851	-1.18
650–698 unweaned	674	38	120.00–135.00	$131.54	$887	—
659–697	680	246	132.50–150.00	$141.01	$959	+2.59
701–748	716	240	133.00–146.00	$137.05	$981	+1.80
760–786	780	82	133.00–138.00	$136.01	$1,061	-1.46
808–845	821	235	130.00–143.00	$137.23	$1,127	+3.17
862–890	882	43	125.50–142.00	$134.22	$1,184	+6.22
919–944	937	57	128.00–138.00	$135.59	$1,270	+7.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	330	5	167.50–180.00	$172.27	$568	+6.47
354–399	382	33	155.00–170.00	$161.81	$618	-2.92
405–449	431	64	147.50–164.00	$158.21	$682	+7.53
451–499	475	85	147.50–160.00	$153.67	$730	+2.83
501 thin fleshed	501	29	161.50	$161.50	$809	—
500–520 unweaned	516	6	136.00–145.00	$139.47	$720	—
505–545	531	120	135.00–156.00	$147.52	$783	+1.44
553–598	577	132	127.50–146.00	$138.35	$798	+0.29
600–649	627	199	125.00–140.00	$135.31	$848	+3.14
652–699	674	136	122.00–137.00	$130.57	$880	+0.70
701–749	727	155	120.00–133.50	$128.07	$931	+0.57
752–796	777	60	120.00–130.00	$127.62	$992	+4.40
800–839	823	43	118.00–132.00	$127.81	$1,052	+1.32
862–888	875	20	119.00–129.00	$125.52	$1,098	—
926	926	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	7	132.50	$132.50	$435	-11.00
363–392	386	16	150.00–156.00	$154.69	$597	—
415–432	421	7	138.00–149.00	$144.49	$608	+4.79
450–499	477	22	119.00–135.00	$129.18	$616	-2.95
525–542	532	21	120.00–132.50	$127.38	$678	-0.91
568–580 unweaned	575	7	120.00–122.50	$121.44	$698	—
574–595	582	8	122.00–124.00	$122.77	$715	-3.31
610 thin fleshed	610	5	135.00	$135.00	$824	—
608–648	621	9	120.00	$120.00	$745	—
667–681	676	15	112.00–116.00	$113.19	$765	—
687 thin fleshed	687	3	127.50	$127.50	$876	—
708	708	7	105.00	$105.00	$743	-10.73

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521–539	532	13	155.00–159.00	$157.49	$838	—
582–599	586	14	153.00–159.00	$157.68	$924	+19.11
716	716	5	134.00	$134.00	$959	—
761–764	763	37	134.00–140.00	$136.26	$1,040	—
868	868	31	133.00	$133.00	$1,154	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	5	155.00	$155.00	$705	—
516	516	5	152.00	$152.00	$784	—
732	732	82	139.50	$139.50	$1,021	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	6	137.00	$137.00	$597	-19.00
474–478	476	7	134.00–146.00	$139.17	$662	+2.55
502–545	534	14	124.00–138.00	$134.32	$717	-10.99
619–632	626	11	122.00–134.00	$128.49	$804	-4.35
656–695	685	33	124.00–133.00	$129.00	$884	+1.00
800–805	801	11	115.00–122.00	$116.92	$937	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–381	374	13	155.00–160.00	$156.96	$587	—
412–448	423	15	138.00–145.00	$142.68	$604	—
464–495	476	28	134.00–145.00	$140.27	$668	+0.69
528	528	5	138.00	$138.00	$729	+3.00
628	628	8	128.00	$128.00	$804	—
655	655	5	125.00	$125.00	$819	—
703	703	5	130.00	$130.00	$914	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–375	366	3	145.00	$145.00	$531	—
484	484	5	132.00	$132.00	$639	—
540	540	5	115.00	$115.00	$621	—
567	567	5	119.00	$119.00	$675	—
604–646	622	28	110.00	$110.00	$684	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	8	143.00	$143.00	$476	—
383	383	3	132.50	$132.50	$507	—
462	462	3	130.00	$130.00	$601	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	6	110.00	$110.00	$358	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–346	328	17	145.00–160.00	$149.99	$492	-4.01
350–399	381	85	138.00–150.00	$145.18	$553	-3.51
400–448	430	110	134.00–148.00	$141.39	$608	-0.30
450–495	470	267	131.00–149.00	$139.90	$658	+2.86
490–495 unweaned	493	10	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$638	—
502–528 unweaned	519	24	121.00–134.00	$127.23	$660	—
500–548	526	178	122.50–145.00	$135.05	$710	+4.67
552–570 unweaned	561	13	120.00–124.00	$121.77	$683	—
551–596	573	277	120.00–145.00	$132.14	$757	+2.98
601–648	623	73	117.50–138.00	$130.69	$814	+2.51
656–699	675	157	120.00–130.00	$127.72	$862	+3.27
707–732	717	36	121.00–127.00	$124.36	$892	-2.24
763–791	773	28	126.00–129.00	$128.68	$995	+5.68
806–839	812	24	115.00–125.00	$123.28	$1,001	-0.72
860	860	10	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290 thin fleshed	283	7	147.00–155.00	$150.47	$426	—
280–290	283	3	143.00–146.00	$144.98	$410	—
310–348	329	31	137.50–146.00	$139.66	$459	+1.33
352–399	375	22	122.00–142.50	$134.15	$503	+0.59
378 thin fleshed	378	3	145.00	$145.00	$548	—
404–449	431	80	120.00–141.00	$130.48	$562	+2.96
450–495	473	116	120.00–137.00	$128.82	$609	+1.91
500–530 unweaned	509	14	118.00–128.00	$124.09	$632	—
505–549	530	102	114.00–131.50	$122.17	$648	-1.04
550–580 unweaned	567	11	115.00–120.00	$117.35	$665	—
550–595	578	201	110.00–129.00	$122.16	$706	+1.59
605–647	622	167	106.00–126.00	$119.93	$746	-0.90
655 unweaned	655	4	110.00	$110.00	$720	—
652–698	677	148	113.00–126.00	$119.59	$810	+1.34
709–746	726	81	100.00–124.00	$119.16	$865	+0.25
751–785	764	8	109.00–110.00	$109.61	$837	-7.76
803–839	822	49	99.00–118.00	$113.72	$935	—
858	858	6	119.00	$119.00	$1,021	+3.00
910–945	928	6	112.00–115.00	$113.47	$1,053	—
1038	1038	6	90.00	$90.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	130.00	$130.00	$430	+12.79
420–428	424	12	100.00–129.00	$113.54	$481	+3.92
465–499	488	25	100.00–125.00	$110.10	$537	+0.07
508–548	519	13	110.00–112.00	$111.06	$576	+2.61
554–594	581	29	90.00–110.00	$100.90	$586	-9.10
626–632	628	8	95.00–110.00	$100.66	$632	-3.27
655–689	670	14	102.00–108.00	$104.19	$698	+4.19
705–742	722	12	100.00–108.00	$104.70	$756	+10.22
774	774	10	100.00	$100.00	$774	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	5	122.00	$122.00	$527	-10.50
452	452	5	120.00	$120.00	$542	+1.86
548	548	5	114.00	$114.00	$625	-9.97
558–575	566	10	110.00–117.00	$112.79	$638	-9.31
637–648	645	12	115.00–124.00	$117.22	$756	+12.22
675	675	29	123.00	$123.00	$830	—
707–719	713	12	110.00–120.00	$115.04	$820	—
851–876	857	35	105.00–119.00	$116.93	$1,002	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	127.00	$127.00	$569	—
543	543	5	128.00	$128.00	$695	—
650–653	652	36	125.00–128.00	$127.34	$830	—
739–740	740	26	124.00–127.00	$125.04	$925	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	143.00	$143.00	$548	-4.00
420	420	3	139.00	$139.00	$584	—
463–484	476	11	133.00–145.00	$136.73	$651	-0.99
564	564	5	133.00	$133.00	$750	—
628	628	9	125.00	$125.00	$785	+2.00
814	814	39	125.00	$125.00	$1,018	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–436	416	21	100.00–115.00	$103.44	$430	—
491–495	493	10	122.00–123.00	$122.50	$604	—
570–582	581	17	112.50–120.00	$117.50	$683	—
663–676	671	8	104.00–112.50	$107.15	$719	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	127.50	$127.50	$497	—
408–441	428	10	120.00–131.00	$126.80	$543	-0.34
499	499	8	120.00	$120.00	$599	-8.00
500–524	517	18	117.00–121.00	$117.67	$608	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–498	475	11	135.00–155.00	$145.38	$691	+20.38
500–542	518	38	115.00–137.00	$128.42	$665	—
552–598	577	34	109.00–127.00	$118.47	$684	-6.16
608–625 unweaned	616	17	114.00–119.00	$115.80	$713	—
609–645	622	43	108.00–124.00	$114.67	$713	-6.61
680	680	6	105.00	$105.00	$714	-11.18
707	707	9	119.00	$119.00	$841	+9.71
755–780	762	12	92.00–101.00	$97.23	$741	-5.77
893	893	3	85.00	$85.00	$759	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–392	380	5	165.00–172.50	$167.86	$638	—
406–442	423	13	155.00–160.00	$156.61	$662	+6.61
465–495	483	14	137.00–150.00	$142.78	$690	—
510–545	535	34	128.00–145.00	$137.36	$735	-7.64
550–595	576	32	124.00–144.00	$131.32	$756	-2.25
616 unweaned	616	4	128.00	$128.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–444	436	5	136.00–138.00	$136.37	$595	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	4	110.00	$110.00	$406	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1070	890	85-90%	37	10.00–35.00	$23.06	$205	—
715–1255	1018	85-90%	57	26.00–36.00	$32.72	$333	—
730–1635	1101	85-90%	164	35.00–48.00	$41.68	$459	-7.10
910–1610	1138	85-90%	42	44.00–54.00	$49.62	$565	+0.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1775	1397	75-80%	105	47.50–56.00	$52.34	$731	+5.85
1140–1745	1411	75-80%	26	38.00–50.00	$47.04	$664	—
1310–2065	1554	75-80%	25	57.00–67.00	$59.35	$922	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1495	1192	80-85%	9	41.00–46.00	$43.52	$519	—
985–1500	1208	80-85%	104	42.50–54.00	$49.53	$598	+1.73
1030–1535	1235	80-85%	19	52.50–58.00	$55.35	$684	+7.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2180	1521	19	60.00–76.00	$68.12	$1,036	—
1165–2125	1625	69	71.00–86.00	$79.52	$1,292	+0.55
1345–2165	1834	16	87.00–101.00	$91.39	$1,676	+3.04

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1350	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	47.00–66.00	$57.12	$639

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1225	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	45.00–58.00	$50.36	$467

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–960	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	87.50–110.00	$98.69	$829
910–1395	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	67.00–92.00	$73.71	$827

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–1280	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	58.00–82.50	$69.93	$692

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1100	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,075.34
1142–1195	1160	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–750.00	$741.41
1135–1405	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	825.00–950.00	$917.39
985–1610	1281	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	925.00–1,200.00	$1,032.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1400	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	525.00–925.00	$778.20
875–1445	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	650.00–850.00	$750.56
1055–1425	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	575.00–800.00	$720.07

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
772–1095	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	600.00–775.00	$656.67
800–1035	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	450.00–750.00	$571.70
815–1220	1022	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	400.00–800.00	$605.03

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1095	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$829.52
970–1415	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	825.00–1,150.00	$954.53

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–995	862	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	200.00–450.00	$351.64

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1410–1428	1417	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	825.00–975.00	$885.46

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
788–980	861	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	800.00–1,025.00	$898.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–830	791	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	650.00–800.00	$757.50

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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
1120–1150	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,631.82	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00	$800.00	—
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	950.00	$950.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–725	710	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	310.00–575.00	$522.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1133–1230	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,037.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	7	60.00	$60.00	$260	—

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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.