Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 4, 2024

2,202 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $244.72/cwt -15.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,688/hd at 690 lb · 77 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $240.36/cwt -5.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,644/hd at 684 lb · 75 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $249.00/cwt -3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,977/hd at 794 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,202	5,144	5,452
Feeder cattle	1,617	4,174	4,379
Slaughter cattle	382	554	731
Replacement cattle	203	416	342

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week feeders 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Late week feeders mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher on the more attractive, weaned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	6	318.00	$318.00	$913	—
307–343	328	19	297.50–310.00	$304.82	$1,000	—
368–382	374	6	294.00–310.00	$298.72	$1,117	-0.69
404–442	419	18	280.00–313.00	$298.76	$1,252	+4.86
463–481	474	8	267.50–303.00	$280.50	$1,330	-5.72
504–545	523	28	260.00–281.00	$264.82	$1,385	+2.77
550–585	573	22	250.00–262.50	$256.86	$1,472	+3.46
601–622	614	19	239.00–259.00	$248.25	$1,524	+4.25
652–698	684	75	225.00–250.00	$240.36	$1,644	-5.31
700–738	722	38	225.00–240.00	$237.45	$1,714	-2.52
770	770	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,810	-1.75
805–812	811	47	225.00–235.00	$234.24	$1,900	+0.38
862–885	874	32	225.50–230.00	$229.57	$2,006	—
955	955	25	200.00–218.00	$207.92	$1,986	+18.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–310	309	3	335.00–340.00	$338.33	$1,045	+4.18
350–388	370	12	310.00–330.00	$318.51	$1,178	-5.57
422 unweaned	422	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,224	—
405–448	431	18	300.00–336.00	$319.42	$1,377	-0.30
502–543	513	29	277.50–306.00	$290.35	$1,489	+0.79
540 unweaned	540	6	271.00	$271.00	$1,463	—
550–590	574	31	282.50–296.50	$288.53	$1,656	+13.79
605–642	624	28	257.50–268.50	$262.48	$1,638	-3.96
680–691	685	36	250.00–256.50	$252.38	$1,729	-9.88
692–698 unweaned	694	41	238.00	$238.00	$1,652	-7.00
700–735	713	9	240.00–252.50	$247.72	$1,766	+2.47
794	794	63	249.00	$249.00	$1,977	-3.76
805	805	15	244.00	$244.00	$1,964	+2.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	422	6	271.00–275.00	$273.88	$1,156	+13.88
478	478	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,195	-3.78
510–523	520	11	237.50–250.00	$242.25	$1,260	+3.25
568–597	585	5	240.00–250.00	$246.12	$1,440	+6.99
609–618	612	8	210.00–224.00	$218.70	$1,338	—
675	675	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,552	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	22	150.00	$150.00	$648	—
486	486	14	195.00	$195.00	$948	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,043	—
625	625	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,156	—
695	695	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,216	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
692	692	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,661	—
865–885	880	4	213.00–218.00	$216.77	$1,908	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	4	275.00	$275.00	$891	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,148	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	293.00	$293.00	$1,102	+23.04
415–445	438	17	284.00–292.00	$285.78	$1,252	+14.60
454–488	478	30	257.50–280.00	$268.26	$1,282	+9.91
505–545	527	50	247.50–275.00	$257.18	$1,355	+1.87
562–598	574	21	240.00–246.00	$243.92	$1,400	-5.85
603–614	611	18	239.00–240.00	$239.27	$1,462	-7.20
663	663	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,585	-6.00
689 unweaned	689	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,550	-0.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	240.00	$240.00	$787	—
361–395	378	32	227.50–240.00	$232.87	$880	-2.13
400–434	428	6	220.00–232.50	$230.55	$987	+6.86
480–490	485	16	220.00–227.50	$223.92	$1,086	+4.05
508–513	511	9	211.00–224.00	$219.15	$1,120	—
582–595	584	6	210.00–220.00	$218.30	$1,275	+4.88
728–748	737	23	165.00–180.00	$173.38	$1,278	-26.62
945	945	30	145.00	$145.00	$1,370	—
994	994	15	150.00	$150.00	$1,491	—
1035	1035	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,459	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–316	313	9	270.00–287.50	$281.77	$882	—
375–391	387	15	242.50–267.50	$260.91	$1,010	-4.45
400–445	420	16	232.50–254.00	$245.30	$1,030	-8.17
468–496	488	20	232.50–255.00	$246.56	$1,203	+3.70
505–548	525	21	230.00–240.00	$233.79	$1,227	+0.40
555–598	575	19	220.00–243.00	$229.98	$1,322	-5.21
600 unweaned	600	5	217.50	$217.50	$1,305	—
620–622	621	6	222.50–231.00	$226.74	$1,408	-3.57
716	716	5	228.00	$228.00	$1,632	+9.55
753–768	761	6	212.50–215.00	$213.74	$1,627	+3.95
858	858	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,776	—
915–937	933	11	187.00–216.00	$192.17	$1,793	—
1036	1036	5	168.00	$168.00	$1,740	-22.24

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	380	10	250.00	$250.00	$950	—
403	403	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,028	+30.00
496	496	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,190	-7.35

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	7	230.00	$230.00	$874	—
440	440	4	187.50	$187.50	$825	—
551	551	6	207.50	$207.50	$1,143	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	8	150.00	$150.00	$888	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–448	418	14	262.50–282.50	$268.23	$1,121	+13.20
455–498	466	25	247.50–262.50	$252.45	$1,176	+1.16
511	511	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,150	-17.45
610–648	619	24	202.50–231.50	$224.74	$1,391	+12.32
652	652	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,539	+10.95
1008	1008	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,663	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–498	483	7	200.00–225.00	$214.74	$1,037	-52.26
615	615	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,205	—
725–742	734	6	150.00–165.00	$157.41	$1,155	—
769	769	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,423	-11.00
914	914	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,490	—
1065	1065	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,651	—
1183	1183	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,774	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–459	458	14	292.50–296.00	$293.24	$1,343	—
563–580	571	6	247.50–258.00	$252.28	$1,441	+7.28

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–784	778	5	150.00–160.00	$158.06	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295–1655	1433	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,250.00–2,800.00	$2,524.48	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1145	880	85-90%	23	65.00–81.00	$74.24	$653	—
805–1320	1044	85-90%	56	102.00–117.50	$108.30	$1,131	-14.14
925–1160	1047	85-90%	7	117.00–126.00	$120.18	$1,258	-2.26
835–1465	1069	85-90%	41	85.00–101.00	$93.92	$1,004	-15.97

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1305	1196	80-85%	31	97.00–112.00	$105.67	$1,264	—
1010–1385	1205	80-85%	65	106.00–123.00	$117.23	$1,413	+0.95
1020–1375	1236	80-85%	15	119.50–132.00	$125.99	$1,557	+0.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1790	1458	75-80%	47	109.00–124.00	$117.56	$1,714	+7.94
1320–1710	1467	75-80%	23	100.00–114.00	$108.72	$1,595	-0.90
1295–1825	1476	75-80%	20	120.00–135.00	$125.16	$1,847	+15.54

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–2190	1602	14	116.50–142.00	$134.54	$2,155	—
1300–2590	1693	21	140.00–161.00	$148.87	$2,520	—
1575–2225	1840	5	166.00–174.00	$169.66	$3,122	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
902–1065	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	175.00–205.00	$190.61	$1,845
880–1295	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	111.00–167.50	$134.12	$1,495

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–965	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	165.00–167.50	$165.83	$1,426
700–1080	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	110.00–157.50	$138.21	$1,270

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1085	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	34	1,050.00–1,700.00	$1,397.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1145	1145	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1110–1590	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	1,800.00–2,350.00	$2,011.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1475	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,150.00–1,750.00	$1,576.31

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1065	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,750.00–2,250.00	$2,100.33
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–825	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	450.00–800.00	$612.64

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1025	992	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,700.00–1,725.00	$1,708.61

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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
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1100–1217	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,262.50	-87.50

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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.