Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 18, 2023

1,719 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $202.92/cwt -1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,163/hd at 573 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.31/cwt -5.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 484 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $192.14/cwt +6.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,268/hd at 660 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,719	4,175	2,463
Feeder cattle	1,152	3,380	1,621
Slaughter cattle	370	613	466
Replacement cattle	197	182	376

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, too few receipts across all weight ranges for an adequate comparison, however undertones were higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter 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
304	304	5	317.50	$317.50	$965	—
350–395	363	12	297.50–307.50	$304.01	$1,104	—
405–432	422	8	295.00–310.00	$304.60	$1,285	+7.83
452–482	472	13	280.00–286.00	$282.31	$1,333	+7.17
506	506	5	267.50	$267.50	$1,354	-3.37
552–585	566	15	244.00–265.00	$254.77	$1,442	+2.24
608–631	623	25	229.00–237.00	$234.19	$1,459	-4.88
654–655	654	13	227.00–229.00	$228.08	$1,492	-0.13
702 unweaned	702	18	213.50	$213.50	$1,499	—
752–787	766	15	205.00–214.00	$209.18	$1,602	-3.92
855	855	18	205.00	$205.00	$1,753	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–390	379	5	270.00–282.50	$274.78	$1,041	+2.84
450–486	474	9	257.50–276.00	$263.35	$1,248	+7.88
508–545	537	26	235.00–250.00	$242.63	$1,303	+1.01
555–598	570	30	224.00–235.00	$232.44	$1,325	-2.01
618–630	625	13	217.50–230.00	$224.13	$1,401	+4.76
650–699	676	33	204.00–224.00	$214.06	$1,447	-2.27
798	798	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,596	—
805–810	809	7	197.00–203.00	$198.71	$1,608	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,130	—
605	605	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,270	—
674	674	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,157	+6.13
627	627	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,285	-0.04

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	7	211.00	$211.00	$1,152	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–393	379	17	232.50–242.50	$238.25	$903	+4.25
400–448	416	10	220.00–235.00	$226.27	$941	+8.87
465–497	484	44	200.00–220.00	$212.31	$1,028	-6.88
506–527	515	28	200.00–218.00	$205.82	$1,060	+3.36
552–599	573	45	195.00–210.00	$202.92	$1,163	-1.00
650–692	660	34	189.00–200.00	$192.14	$1,268	+17.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–331	329	15	265.00–292.50	$270.06	$888	—
350–360	354	6	247.50–267.50	$251.64	$891	—
435–440	438	5	240.00–242.50	$241.51	$1,058	-11.13
455–470	459	9	235.00–241.00	$238.96	$1,097	-1.51
532	532	16	224.00	$224.00	$1,192	-7.75
627–644	640	31	211.00–212.00	$211.78	$1,355	-4.56
650–692	676	26	206.50–214.00	$211.23	$1,428	+1.41
720	720	8	192.00	$192.00	$1,382	+2.00
850	850	21	187.50	$187.50	$1,594	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–473	472	11	177.50–180.00	$179.32	$846	-17.96
573–589	576	24	170.00–177.50	$172.11	$991	-7.49
617–640	629	6	155.00–175.00	$165.18	$1,039	-9.82
660–682	676	18	157.50–160.00	$159.32	$1,077	-13.21
859–880	872	23	130.00–138.00	$134.92	$1,177	-9.58

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–391	387	10	200.00–223.00	$211.38	$818	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	5	175.00	$175.00	$870	—
516	516	5	150.00	$150.00	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	5	235.00	$235.00	$975	—
504–520	508	11	200.00–220.00	$214.42	$1,089	+13.69
561–575	567	9	205.00–208.00	$206.35	$1,170	+0.55
635–642	639	8	190.00–210.00	$202.55	$1,294	+5.14
684–688	685	11	175.00–184.00	$181.54	$1,244	-2.39
977	977	5	132.50	$132.50	$1,295	—
1013	1013	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,317	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–480	461	6	242.50–250.00	$247.40	$1,141	—
528	528	5	235.00–238.00	$236.20	$1,247	—
561	561	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,290	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	5	175.00	$175.00	$906	-10.00
569	569	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,024	+1.00
805	805	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	5	100.00	$100.00	$618	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375–1390	1383	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,198.92	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1100	835	85-90%	11	41.00–51.00	$48.95	$409	—
725–1225	927	85-90%	40	60.00–73.00	$66.72	$618	—
835–1160	994	85-90%	16	85.00–95.00	$88.64	$881	+20.76
855–1275	1031	85-90%	74	73.00–85.00	$78.78	$812	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1540	1151	80-85%	67	82.50–93.00	$87.88	$1,011	—
1030–1310	1201	80-85%	19	93.00–100.00	$95.19	$1,143	+8.01
1110–1280	1202	80-85%	12	77.50–83.00	$80.65	$969	-6.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1740	1465	75-80%	19	95.00–105.00	$98.28	$1,440	—
1340–1610	1490	75-80%	4	78.00–82.50	$80.75	$1,203	—
1295–1860	1721	75-80%	60	85.00–94.00	$89.97	$1,548	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–2095	1463	11	81.00–100.00	$92.75	$1,357	—
1300–2165	1640	18	102.00–114.00	$108.08	$1,773	—
1640–1820	1732	5	114.00–130.00	$119.42	$2,068	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
977–1100	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	140.00–157.50	$149.73	$1,520
1005–1315	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	100.00–137.50	$116.18	$1,334

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1025	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	80.00–96.00	$87.86	$765

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–900	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	102.00–135.00	$114.09	$947

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1130	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,200.00–1,750.00	$1,354.83
985–1057	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,332.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1165	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,475.00	$1,344.87
1105–1375	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,200.00–1,775.00	$1,460.46

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1030	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	800.00–1,100.00	$940.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1150	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,135.44

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–790	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	525.00–675.00	$597.30

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1035	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,090.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1320	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,600.00	—

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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.