Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 13, 2023

4,233 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $209.32/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,120/hd at 535 lb · 148 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.90/cwt +11.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,065/hd at 430 lb · 118 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $217.74/cwt -3.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,254/hd at 576 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,233	5,452	6,209
Feeder cattle	3,237	4,379	5,250
Slaughter cattle	607	731	480
Replacement cattle	389	342	479

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week 2.00 to 8.00 lower, late week mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher, spots 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	345	54	300.00–329.00	$312.31	$1,077	-6.30
358	358	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,065	-22.68
392 unweaned	392	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,117	—
400–448	435	89	282.50–298.00	$292.12	$1,271	-0.72
456–475 unweaned	462	9	266.00–270.00	$267.37	$1,235	—
450–486	467	38	279.00–307.00	$288.76	$1,349	+3.59
508–526	519	71	259.50–280.00	$269.50	$1,399	+0.37
553–595	566	74	247.00–277.00	$266.36	$1,508	-8.34
595 unweaned	595	16	249.50	$249.50	$1,485	-9.41
612–636	628	65	243.00–250.00	$247.42	$1,554	-2.48
655–695	668	66	230.00–255.00	$241.62	$1,614	-4.33
701–734	714	48	225.00–236.00	$227.76	$1,626	-13.13
802–843	817	34	216.00–220.75	$218.94	$1,789	+2.94
860	860	11	215.00	$215.00	$1,849	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	334	11	287.50–290.00	$288.89	$965	+1.39
360–385	377	12	265.00–287.50	$275.96	$1,040	-6.17
405–425	419	40	260.00–280.00	$273.08	$1,144	+3.56
450–492	481	31	247.50–276.00	$254.69	$1,225	-5.59
504–512 unweaned	509	22	240.00	$240.00	$1,222	+3.00
500–548	529	57	227.50–267.00	$249.87	$1,322	-2.47
555–596	578	78	222.00–245.00	$239.70	$1,385	+2.09
601–646	618	59	219.00–239.00	$229.45	$1,418	-6.74
662–695	680	21	210.00–236.00	$223.03	$1,517	-1.38
709–741	732	35	200.00–223.50	$216.29	$1,583	-9.02
755–793	780	13	200.00–219.00	$208.30	$1,625	-4.10
817–825	820	11	198.00–220.00	$215.27	$1,765	+0.21
880	880	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–435	427	15	235.00–252.50	$247.66	$1,058	+9.32
451–494	476	24	220.00–242.50	$232.17	$1,105	-11.65
512–540	526	14	200.00–230.00	$210.77	$1,109	-11.59
550–582	567	10	207.00–225.00	$214.14	$1,214	+2.55
610–642	635	10	170.00–200.00	$191.06	$1,213	-10.97
684	684	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,389	-3.63
734	734	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,395	-15.26

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	9	242.00	$242.00	$1,467	—
659	659	11	220.00	$220.00	$1,450	+23.55
928	928	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,708	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	7	258.00	$258.00	$1,022	—
645	645	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,561	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	187.50	$187.50	$684	—
400–435	426	4	165.00–185.00	$180.31	$768	—
495	495	3	187.50	$187.50	$928	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–333	328	14	246.00–257.00	$251.82	$826	+4.44
365	365	36	260.00	$260.00	$949	-3.76
403–422 unweaned	409	21	238.00–240.00	$238.58	$976	—
401–448	434	97	245.00–258.00	$249.92	$1,085	+13.04
452–483	457	41	240.00–253.50	$248.43	$1,135	+7.17
496 unweaned	496	22	231.00	$231.00	$1,146	-3.59
500–530	507	67	225.00–244.00	$231.67	$1,175	-0.99
553–585 unweaned	558	18	219.00–220.00	$219.17	$1,223	-1.83
552–595	580	77	212.00–230.00	$217.41	$1,261	—
616 unweaned	616	16	217.50	$217.50	$1,340	-2.32
616–639	635	22	207.25–208.50	$207.47	$1,317	-2.45
664–673	672	24	202.50–209.50	$208.35	$1,400	+15.40
694 unweaned	694	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,475	—
740	740	30	198.00	$198.00	$1,465	-24.69
779	779	7	192.50	$192.50	$1,500	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–321	315	14	229.00–250.00	$233.68	$736	—
351–399	378	32	220.00–247.50	$230.58	$872	-8.93
405–449	434	41	217.00–240.00	$227.84	$989	-6.58
468–498	481	30	210.00–241.00	$224.55	$1,080	+0.74
510–540 unweaned	529	36	200.00–202.50	$201.04	$1,064	—
503–547	537	112	205.00–222.50	$211.98	$1,138	+1.08
550–599	582	70	185.00–210.00	$201.31	$1,172	-6.56
612–649	635	40	185.00–205.00	$197.38	$1,253	-6.09
650–679	669	24	187.50–200.00	$195.80	$1,310	-10.04
701–732	711	16	185.00–206.00	$199.03	$1,415	+15.41
765–769	767	18	170.00–190.00	$180.56	$1,385	-19.44
853–884	871	7	164.00–188.50	$174.29	$1,518	+13.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	200.00	$200.00	$784	-5.81
405–448	432	16	180.00–210.00	$185.15	$800	-21.03
459–498	474	23	198.00–217.50	$206.54	$979	+10.68
500–541	525	31	177.00–210.00	$193.01	$1,013	-3.95
550–598	577	27	175.00–200.00	$186.40	$1,076	+9.60
635–640	638	10	175.00–178.00	$175.60	$1,120	—
991	991	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,387	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	7	225.00	$225.00	$947	—
458	458	6	202.50	$202.50	$927	-27.50
583	583	34	205.00	$205.00	$1,195	+16.46

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–455	452	6	157.00–175.00	$163.04	$737	—
562	562	5	175.00	$175.00	$984	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	6	226.00	$226.00	$899	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–395	382	12	250.00–270.00	$257.34	$983	—
417–439	432	22	227.50–239.00	$236.48	$1,022	+4.33
452–495	474	31	212.50–238.00	$226.10	$1,072	-8.90
510–542	522	10	200.00–215.00	$211.89	$1,106	+7.08
555–585	571	14	185.00–220.00	$199.77	$1,141	-13.51
604–649	622	38	185.00–220.00	$206.14	$1,282	+3.28
662–673	669	9	195.00–207.00	$203.04	$1,358	+8.24
710–745	732	7	160.00–182.00	$168.38	$1,233	-2.81
1055	1055	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,403	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,021	-3.00
476–498	487	17	229.00–240.00	$237.47	$1,156	-32.53
585	585	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,351	+4.30
613	613	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,410	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	380	2	207.50–232.50	$219.51	$834	—
528–548	541	9	186.00–194.00	$189.05	$1,023	+4.05
552–555	553	6	160.00–185.00	$171.65	$949	-17.91
602	602	2	140.00	$140.00	$843	—
702	702	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,053	—
772	772	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1415–1695	1555	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,685.00–1,966.00	$1,838.15	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1050	788	85-90%	24	40.00–60.00	$48.96	$386	—
720–1505	886	85-90%	133	70.00–88.00	$77.76	$689	—
840–1120	938	85-90%	67	60.00–72.50	$65.39	$613	—
895–1155	1017	85-90%	11	89.00–100.00	$92.92	$945	+2.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1625	1396	75-80%	27	72.50–87.00	$83.18	$1,161	-8.16
1300–2015	1464	75-80%	94	85.00–97.00	$92.37	$1,352	-8.81
1330–1795	1556	75-80%	25	95.00–106.00	$101.12	$1,573	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1340	1182	80-85%	29	72.00–85.00	$80.98	$957	—
1010–1390	1192	80-85%	98	80.00–95.00	$88.50	$1,055	—
1080–1325	1218	80-85%	12	95.00–108.00	$99.25	$1,209	-0.30

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1815	1448	19	85.00–103.00	$94.73	$1,372	+0.60
1255–2085	1692	32	105.00–120.00	$111.91	$1,894	—
1645–2225	1858	10	120.00–131.00	$124.36	$2,311	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1145	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–141.00	$115.67	$1,063
852–1195	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	150.00–175.00	$160.01	$1,650
870–1375	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	100.00–130.00	$115.42	$1,275

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–991	887	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	137.50–171.00	$157.40	$1,396
710–1035	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	100.00–132.50	$115.55	$1,039

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
788–1065	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	92.50–97.00	$94.31	$830

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Bred Cows

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	660.00	$660.00
700–990	724	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	41	385.00–750.00	$625.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1875	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,287.81

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1071	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	600.00–1,125.00	$956.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–915	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	680.00–850.00	$768.63
740–1110	893	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	750.00–1,000.00	$844.82
1060–1185	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,053.36

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1055	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,165.34
855–1080	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,475.00	$1,293.16

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	435.00–875.00	$669.29	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1300	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00–1,800.00	$1,780.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1500	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,556.25	—

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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.