Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

5,658 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.77/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 473 lb · 151 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.92/cwt +2.80 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 520 lb · 148 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $169.57/cwt +3.06 vs last sale · ≈ $799/hd at 471 lb · 143 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,658	9,740	2,983
Feeder cattle	4,271	8,455	2,216
Slaughter cattle	680	742	395
Replacement cattle	707	543	372

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher, except some yearling early week traded with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady to 4.00 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	329	21	177.00–190.00	$183.41	$603	-0.67
351–397	374	29	166.00–188.00	$175.52	$656	-0.48
407–445	426	99	162.00–180.00	$174.38	$743	+2.09
450–499	471	143	161.00–175.00	$169.57	$799	+0.23
500–548	522	137	154.00–174.00	$163.07	$851	+1.16
517–535 unweaned	524	5	152.50–157.50	$155.46	$815	+2.77
554 unweaned	554	5	146.00	$146.00	$809	+5.48
550–595	571	111	146.00–165.00	$153.70	$878	+1.23
600–648	630	90	136.00–149.00	$144.55	$911	-0.21
653–690	675	56	135.00–144.00	$138.40	$934	-2.61
703–748	719	66	128.00–135.50	$132.34	$952	-4.71
750–777	762	23	128.00–132.00	$130.17	$992	-5.84
813	813	26	130.00	$130.00	$1,057	-7.23
894	894	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,216	+1.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–321	321	12	170.00–175.00	$171.25	$550	-1.02
355–390	367	30	157.50–168.00	$163.55	$600	+1.74
405–446	430	44	153.00–169.00	$162.21	$698	+4.00
450–498	470	99	145.00–164.00	$155.93	$733	+2.26
501–546	520	83	138.00–159.00	$148.72	$773	+1.20
555–593	574	64	128.00–155.00	$142.21	$816	+3.86
602–644	628	90	127.00–143.00	$133.11	$836	-2.20
650–692	671	42	127.50–136.00	$131.13	$880	+0.56
712–747	731	60	115.00–128.00	$125.57	$918	-2.50
760–785	776	37	123.00–128.00	$125.74	$976	-1.88
817	817	17	126.00	$126.00	$1,029	-1.81
861–879	865	26	114.00–124.00	$121.66	$1,052	-3.86
1067	1067	8	106.00	$106.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	13	129.00–145.00	$141.31	$579	-3.18
452–490	477	22	131.00–145.00	$137.69	$657	+8.51
519	519	5	133.00	$133.00	$690	+5.62
592–596	593	11	118.00–120.00	$118.73	$704	-4.04
650–682	672	17	110.00–130.00	$117.94	$793	+4.75
772	772	3	115.00	$115.00	$888	—
854	854	8	103.00	$103.00	$880	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	157.00	$157.00	$615	—
429–444	440	19	154.00–155.00	$154.26	$679	+17.26
515–524	520	14	128.00–135.00	$132.48	$689	-1.84
552–567	560	11	130.00–139.00	$134.03	$751	—
653–655	654	10	115.00–127.00	$121.01	$791	-7.99
726–727	726	9	117.50–125.00	$120.00	$871	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	12	167.00	$167.00	$735	—
508–533	514	27	153.00–158.00	$154.25	$793	-3.24
607–608	607	19	140.00	$140.00	$850	—
712	712	5	133.00	$133.00	$947	-1.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	8	170.00	$170.00	$677	—
479	479	5	163.00	$163.00	$781	+8.00
524	524	7	154.00	$154.00	$807	+2.00
817	817	43	132.00	$132.00	$1,078	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	156.00	$156.00	$694	+13.32
458–497	475	10	135.00–147.00	$140.06	$665	-0.21
524	524	5	138.00	$138.00	$723	±0.00
563	563	3	125.00	$125.00	$704	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	3	90.00	$90.00	$483	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–308	306	16	149.00–152.50	$150.74	$461	+0.75
361–398	377	35	142.50–151.00	$145.37	$548	+0.19
405–447	427	114	134.00–151.00	$144.18	$616	+2.79
453 thin fleshed	453	15	149.00	$149.00	$675	—
450–499	475	136	136.00–148.00	$139.86	$664	-0.04
500–508 unweaned	507	15	134.00–136.00	$135.13	$685	+7.90
506–542	521	133	132.00–143.00	$137.12	$714	+2.07
562–565 unweaned	563	6	122.50	$122.50	$690	+0.73
558–598	574	111	123.00–139.00	$130.24	$748	-1.90
608–624	614	26	126.00–129.00	$127.97	$786	-2.72
614 unweaned	614	4	122.00	$122.00	$749	—
652–685	670	34	120.00–133.00	$126.70	$849	-1.02
773–790	785	23	122.00–123.00	$122.30	$960	-6.38
853	853	36	122.00	$122.00	$1,041	-4.00
920	920	17	118.50	$118.50	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–387	369	31	130.00–140.00	$135.38	$500	+1.23
406–448	428	31	123.00–143.00	$132.01	$565	+1.53
452–498	480	58	126.00–138.00	$130.56	$627	+1.74
515 unweaned	515	3	127.00	$127.00	$654	+2.91
519–548	539	54	115.00–131.50	$124.55	$671	+2.38
550–598	568	58	121.00–127.00	$123.91	$704	+1.75
573–582 unweaned	577	5	120.00–123.00	$121.79	$703	+4.44
601–649	623	94	110.00–125.00	$121.35	$756	+1.42
650–699	671	76	110.00–123.00	$116.60	$782	-2.99
702–715	705	44	110.00–123.00	$115.39	$813	-3.77
752–756	755	10	113.00–115.00	$114.40	$864	+4.79
807–822	811	32	108.00–120.50	$116.48	$945	+2.76
851	851	5	105.00	$105.00	$894	-14.00
922–948	931	22	113.00–113.50	$113.31	$1,055	-0.16
1157	1157	5	89.00	$89.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–398	393	8	120.00–125.00	$123.16	$484	—
410–445	432	8	100.00–115.00	$105.34	$455	-8.20
470–495	484	11	126.00–128.00	$127.27	$616	+17.17
542	542	3	122.00	$122.00	$661	+10.94
555–598	575	21	100.00–110.00	$107.06	$616	+6.16
616–647	628	27	100.00–110.00	$104.20	$654	+3.54
654–681	666	9	90.00–100.00	$94.54	$630	-9.65
762–791	781	9	100.00	$100.00	$781	±0.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466–478	474	16	125.00–127.00	$126.01	$597	+6.01
529	529	5	125.00	$125.00	$661	+11.00
607–632	621	9	100.00–112.00	$104.87	$651	-12.35
689	689	12	113.00	$113.00	$779	-10.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	5	118.00	$118.00	$478	-8.80
502–548	521	17	112.00–120.00	$116.52	$607	-1.15
623–632	628	6	113.00–121.00	$117.03	$735	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	5	145.00	$145.00	$435	—
507–537	522	6	132.50–144.00	$138.08	$721	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	7	103.00	$103.00	$373	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	5	143.00	$143.00	$699	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–390	369	11	159.00–174.00	$167.16	$617	-0.70
438–440	439	8	139.00–163.00	$147.97	$650	-8.64
455–482	467	30	133.00–160.00	$146.33	$683	+3.55
519–548	530	10	132.00–150.00	$139.67	$740	+2.31
564–577	571	15	131.00–143.00	$134.96	$771	+3.64
620	620	13	133.00	$133.00	$825	—
685–695 unweaned	688	3	116.00	$116.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–485	475	8	130.00–145.00	$135.42	$643	-9.96
588–598	595	13	110.00–126.00	$118.64	$706	+0.17
620–648	639	9	110.00–121.00	$117.44	$750	+2.77
655–699	680	19	110.00–123.00	$117.38	$798	+12.38
724–736	728	12	103.00–111.00	$107.44	$782	-11.56
752–790	769	9	105.00–107.00	$105.99	$815	+8.76
802–832	813	8	85.00–90.00	$86.92	$707	—
860	860	6	95.00	$95.00	$817	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	65.00	$65.00	$252	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	3	117.00	$117.00	$612	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1290	908	85-90%	21	10.00–25.00	$21.43	$195	—
670–1362	997	85-90%	102	25.00–39.00	$32.93	$328	—
720–1630	1102	85-90%	147	35.00–49.50	$42.10	$464	+0.42
915–1395	1129	85-90%	46	46.00–53.00	$49.32	$557	-0.30

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1280	1204	80-85%	8	54.00–62.00	$55.97	$674	+6.44
975–1675	1233	80-85%	88	45.00–55.00	$49.33	$608	-6.02
1015–1455	1263	80-85%	16	40.00–46.00	$43.09	$544	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1935	1437	75-80%	41	41.00–48.00	$45.76	$658	-1.28
1205–1815	1456	75-80%	66	48.00–56.00	$51.84	$755	—
1325–1780	1565	75-80%	5	58.00–66.00	$63.22	$989	+3.87

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2195	1499	36	57.00–75.00	$66.61	$998	—
1185–2300	1675	49	72.50–80.50	$76.41	$1,280	—
1250–2255	1817	20	80.00–89.00	$83.74	$1,522	-7.65

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–1000	869	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	87.50–117.50	$93.08	$809
685–1400	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	65.00–85.00	$75.66	$821

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1295	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	45.00–67.50	$55.77	$591

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–1265	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	41.00–64.00	$51.44	$480

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
802–1065	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	70.00–77.50	$74.14	$693

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1201	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	975.00–1,150.00	$1,061.04
1027–1250	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	850.00–1,000.00	$914.07
1049–1131	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,211.23
1055–1560	1291	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	875.00–1,150.00	$986.11
1170–1640	1298	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	825.00–950.00	$887.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1555	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	46	600.00–900.00	$781.47
1025–1250	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–800.00	$632.22
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00	$850.00
1102–1288	1195	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–750.00	$726.95
1055–1540	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	500.00–850.00	$704.91

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–1275	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	450.00–800.00	$657.74
915–1055	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	500.00–750.00	$691.46
820–1425	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	400.00–750.00	$599.61

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–891	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	925.00–1,100.00	$1,050.85
913–942	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	875.00–900.00	$889.81
895–1379	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	850.00–975.00	$909.65

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–985	802	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	200.00–400.00	$329.49

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–875	770	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	500.00–800.00	$654.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
948–962	958	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	900.00–950.00	$913.49

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1022	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	760.00	$760.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,287.50	—
1225	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1150	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	950.00–1,025.00	$1,010.00	—
1186	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00	$950.00	-87.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625–912	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	350.00–525.00	$400.00	—

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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.