Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 27, 2023

9,408 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $214.37/cwt ≈ $1,919/hd at 895 lb · 378 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $259.17/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,501/hd at 579 lb · 331 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $236.01/cwt ≈ $1,600/hd at 678 lb · 330 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,408	1,510	10,630
Feeder cattle	8,444	1,011	9,444
Slaughter cattle	717	392	753
Replacement cattle	247	107	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders uneven from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, late week special 2.00 to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–340	318	21	295.00–317.50	$308.95	$982	—
350–395	387	51	285.00–319.50	$306.09	$1,185	+6.12
402–444	432	78	267.50–314.00	$288.37	$1,246	+6.37
452–498	475	85	257.50–282.50	$275.93	$1,311	—
501–547	520	246	252.00–288.00	$267.81	$1,393	+7.81
520–547 unweaned	538	9	248.00–257.00	$250.90	$1,350	—
555–597	579	331	250.00–271.00	$259.17	$1,501	+3.17
600–643	619	209	225.00–259.00	$240.38	$1,488	+0.02
621–638 unweaned	630	15	228.00–234.00	$231.24	$1,457	—
654–695	678	330	195.00–251.00	$236.01	$1,600	—
709–745	724	150	229.00–244.00	$233.56	$1,691	+17.06
753–786	767	210	223.00–237.50	$232.83	$1,786	—
803–838	806	42	218.00–220.00	$218.20	$1,759	—
856–899	895	378	208.00–225.25	$214.37	$1,919	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–398	386	38	260.00–283.00	$275.86	$1,065	—
400–449	427	64	230.00–275.00	$253.86	$1,084	-18.27
452–497	477	113	237.50–275.00	$255.95	$1,221	-7.18
500–548	527	214	225.00–252.50	$240.90	$1,270	-7.74
530–543 unweaned	539	17	210.00–248.00	$235.57	$1,270	—
550–599	573	161	220.00–250.00	$234.96	$1,346	-10.23
600–647	626	218	217.50–240.00	$231.66	$1,450	+1.88
635 unweaned	635	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,397	—
649 value added	649	16	229.00	$229.00	$1,486	—
653–698 unweaned	670	28	187.50–192.50	$189.71	$1,271	—
651–699	674	159	207.50–228.00	$220.92	$1,489	+7.00
703–740	720	218	198.00–224.00	$216.72	$1,560	+0.92
731 value added	731	19	219.00	$219.00	$1,601	—
754–798	785	161	202.00–222.50	$213.53	$1,676	—
802–822	812	32	190.00–218.00	$194.02	$1,575	—
855–882	860	47	199.00–217.00	$210.59	$1,811	—
913–943	933	88	190.00–200.00	$193.11	$1,802	-14.89
992	992	35	170.00	$170.00	$1,686	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	260.00	$260.00	$879	+15.00
350–357	354	6	247.00–265.00	$256.09	$907	—
415–431	424	23	235.00–250.00	$241.81	$1,025	+21.81
450–493	476	35	225.00–240.00	$230.02	$1,095	-1.39
504–539	526	44	207.00–235.00	$216.79	$1,140	-8.21
555 unweaned	555	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,221	—
570–592	578	34	185.00–222.50	$205.34	$1,187	—
606 unweaned	606	11	207.50	$207.50	$1,257	—
600–639	627	26	200.00–218.00	$215.90	$1,354	—
651–685	667	13	191.00–217.50	$207.67	$1,385	—
709	709	25	200.00	$200.00	$1,418	—
758	758	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,440	—
882	882	18	180.00	$180.00	$1,588	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	13	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	+7.50
501–536	516	16	233.00–240.00	$236.82	$1,222	+10.82
584–594	590	25	224.00–232.00	$227.49	$1,342	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–535	511	19	170.00–185.00	$180.86	$924	—
550–589	575	17	190.00–195.00	$192.01	$1,104	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	18	266.00	$266.00	$1,530	—
668–674	672	11	200.00–237.50	$223.94	$1,505	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–629	624	11	225.00–226.00	$225.46	$1,407	—
909	909	8	206.00	$206.00	$1,873	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	12	185.00	$185.00	$1,040	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329 unweaned	329	5	235.00	$235.00	$773	—
315–347	337	14	222.50–248.00	$241.43	$814	+7.93
358–391	368	51	220.00–240.00	$230.08	$847	-9.92
413–449	436	120	210.00–239.00	$223.97	$977	-16.03
452–499	482	207	200.00–235.00	$216.33	$1,043	-10.02
500–549	525	269	195.00–221.00	$209.68	$1,101	+0.42
561 value added	561	6	212.50	$212.50	$1,192	—
552–594	570	262	195.00–218.00	$211.86	$1,208	+8.28
571–584 unweaned	576	35	180.00–195.00	$186.15	$1,072	—
605–641	622	167	185.00–207.50	$198.44	$1,234	-2.41
663 value added	663	29	200.00	$200.00	$1,326	—
650–694	680	142	175.00–208.00	$200.19	$1,361	—
702–731	713	57	185.00–200.00	$193.91	$1,383	+11.41
760	760	33	194.00	$194.00	$1,474	—
800–826	816	22	173.00–192.50	$186.92	$1,525	—
856	856	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,455	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–340	323	8	255.00–259.00	$256.58	$829	—
361–398	368	30	247.50–271.00	$262.80	$967	—
405–440 unweaned	411	31	242.50–250.00	$246.22	$1,012	—
405–443	434	115	232.00–276.00	$245.72	$1,066	-0.26
451–498	470	116	222.50–277.00	$240.40	$1,130	+0.75
480 unweaned	480	8	243.00	$243.00	$1,166	—
500–549	528	201	215.00–239.00	$227.29	$1,200	+7.29
551–599	563	218	215.00–234.00	$220.90	$1,244	—
600–640	614	174	195.00–218.00	$213.02	$1,308	—
629 unweaned	629	45	207.00	$207.00	$1,302	—
653–698	665	176	195.00–217.50	$209.16	$1,391	—
667 value added	667	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,434	—
701–747	728	176	201.50–212.50	$203.54	$1,482	—
771	771	33	208.50	$208.50	$1,608	—
820	820	9	180.00–187.00	$185.44	$1,521	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–322	320	8	205.00–210.00	$207.48	$664	-7.52
350–370	360	12	200.00–215.00	$208.00	$749	+15.00
401–440	419	30	180.00–210.00	$200.02	$838	—
451–491	477	55	182.50–212.50	$200.83	$958	—
505–548	519	28	180.00–190.00	$182.71	$948	-3.10
550–585	571	18	180.00–195.50	$185.70	$1,060	+6.97
584 unweaned	584	13	187.50	$187.50	$1,095	—
600–648	620	45	160.00–187.50	$176.43	$1,094	—
655	655	7	177.50	$177.50	$1,163	—
701–734	720	19	167.50–168.00	$167.80	$1,208	—
785	785	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,178	—
872–875	873	11	140.00–157.50	$144.78	$1,264	—
962–987	980	7	135.00–137.00	$136.44	$1,337	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–478	461	14	234.00–242.50	$239.35	$1,103	—
522	522	18	225.00	$225.00	$1,174	—
597	597	13	235.00	$235.00	$1,403	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	237.50	$237.50	$750	—
446	446	19	232.00	$232.00	$1,035	—
481–495	489	18	205.00–222.50	$214.85	$1,051	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	8	185.00	$185.00	$696	—
438	438	3	175.00	$175.00	$766	—
453	453	5	185.00	$185.00	$838	—
518–520	519	7	165.00–167.00	$165.86	$861	—
567–578	573	6	154.00–165.00	$159.55	$914	—
605	605	5	165.00	$165.00	$998	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–492	487	13	160.00	$160.00	$779	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561 value added	561	6	212.50	$212.50	$1,192	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	8	200.00	$200.00	$702	—
510–531	525	21	180.00–215.00	$198.60	$1,043	—
568	568	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,136	—
626	626	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,221	-20.00
672	672	6	185.00–199.00	$192.00	$1,290	—
741	741	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,260	—
1076	1076	8	120.00	$120.00	$1,291	-5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–418	413	8	247.50–260.00	$252.10	$1,041	—
543	543	5	222.50	$222.50	$1,208	—
552–579	568	18	212.50–230.00	$218.74	$1,242	—
627–638	635	11	208.00–220.00	$216.77	$1,376	—
681	681	5	208.00	$208.00	$1,416	-11.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	226.00	$226.00	$843	—
494	494	8	185.00	$185.00	$914	—
598	598	3	160.00	$160.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	4	225.00	$225.00	$954	—
470–478	475	7	220.00–231.00	$226.33	$1,075	—
503	503	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,031	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	5	151.00	$151.00	$710	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1890–2110	2000	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1280–1410	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,714.50	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1145	881	85-90%	26	40.00–64.00	$52.74	$465	—
745–1320	997	85-90%	65	65.00–77.00	$71.62	$714	—
805–1340	1006	85-90%	133	78.00–89.00	$83.55	$841	—
990–1160	1099	85-90%	15	88.00–94.00	$90.01	$989	+16.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1795	1415	75-80%	139	87.50–97.00	$91.64	$1,297	+2.20
1295–1675	1445	75-80%	5	100.00–103.00	$100.93	$1,458	+11.49
1270–1745	1454	75-80%	55	72.00–88.00	$84.36	$1,227	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1280	1171	80-85%	11	97.00–110.00	$101.56	$1,189	+25.56
1000–1385	1198	80-85%	56	71.00–87.50	$81.47	$976	-4.41
1000–1335	1224	80-85%	119	85.00–96.00	$90.45	$1,107	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1910	1498	16	80.00–102.50	$96.12	$1,440	—
1200–2130	1688	36	104.00–117.50	$110.15	$1,859	—
1230–2405	1936	12	118.00–128.00	$122.58	$2,373	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1000	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–165.00	$156.87	$1,357
700–1010	939	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	100.00–133.00	$118.80	$1,116

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1155	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–120.00	$107.55	$1,125

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–915	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–90.00	$86.31	$721

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1080	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,310.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1275	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,328.30

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–950	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$756.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	375.00–600.00	$487.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1050	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,700.00–2,200.00	$1,765.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1222	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

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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.