Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 11, 2024

5,050 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $266.57/cwt +4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,662/hd at 623 lb · 188 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $295.29/cwt +6.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,668/hd at 565 lb · 166 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.73/cwt +11.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,454/hd at 569 lb · 147 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,050	2,202	4,233
Feeder cattle	4,137	1,617	3,237
Slaughter cattle	605	382	607
Replacement cattle	308	203	389

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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
325–343	334	9	332.50–357.50	$347.04	$1,159	+8.71
355–396	381	28	320.00–352.50	$337.35	$1,285	+18.84
400–442	419	29	322.50–350.00	$337.45	$1,414	+18.03
457 thin fleshed	457	6	347.50	$347.50	$1,588	—
450–498	474	122	312.50–340.50	$328.06	$1,555	—
500–548	521	114	299.00–335.00	$320.85	$1,672	+30.50
512–540 unweaned	534	18	287.50–302.50	$297.95	$1,591	+26.95
551–582 unweaned	561	71	270.00–290.00	$282.45	$1,585	—
551–586	568	95	284.00–322.00	$304.89	$1,732	+16.36
602–645	623	175	254.00–283.00	$268.36	$1,672	+5.88
618–642 unweaned	629	13	242.00–243.00	$242.53	$1,526	—
650–683	667	92	255.00–277.00	$264.62	$1,765	+12.24
655–697 unweaned	678	13	238.00–250.00	$242.46	$1,644	+4.46
702–730	721	32	236.50–256.00	$251.64	$1,814	+3.92
754–799	779	115	238.00–252.00	$246.20	$1,918	-2.80
882	882	21	247.50	$247.50	$2,183	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–347	328	20	285.00–312.50	$300.97	$987	-3.85
372–399	388	15	297.50–312.50	$308.18	$1,196	+9.46
405–448	432	41	287.00–310.00	$296.41	$1,280	-2.35
450–496	480	43	267.50–322.00	$284.40	$1,365	+3.90
504–547	526	69	258.00–282.00	$267.41	$1,407	+2.59
570–584 unweaned	580	11	245.00–250.00	$249.11	$1,445	—
550–598	582	64	255.00–279.00	$267.30	$1,556	+10.44
602–645	624	86	230.00–250.00	$242.02	$1,510	-6.23
655–697	681	79	235.00–247.00	$241.06	$1,642	+0.70
710–744	735	46	230.00–249.00	$239.34	$1,759	+1.89
750–778	767	77	225.00–245.00	$234.44	$1,798	-0.56
804	804	13	230.00	$230.00	$1,849	-4.24
862–897	885	29	205.00–234.00	$225.30	$1,994	-4.27
931	931	9	224.00	$224.00	$2,085	—
1055	1055	12	209.00	$209.00	$2,205	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–445	430	21	275.00–297.50	$282.56	$1,215	—
510–541 unweaned	529	20	242.50–257.50	$252.77	$1,337	—
641 unweaned	641	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,474	—
658–667	662	19	230.00–232.50	$231.44	$1,532	-8.56
705	705	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,734	—
854	854	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,930	+9.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,042	—
408	408	5	277.50	$277.50	$1,132	+3.62
466–469	467	14	267.00–268.00	$267.71	$1,250	+17.71
504–532	516	13	240.00–257.50	$246.91	$1,274	+4.66
555–595	578	10	229.00–245.00	$236.59	$1,367	-9.53
705–722	709	25	220.00–223.00	$222.39	$1,577	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	14	264.00	$264.00	$1,600	—
668	668	9	267.00	$267.00	$1,784	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617	617	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–332	313	5	302.50–307.50	$304.62	$953	—
368–399	385	13	288.00–313.00	$301.96	$1,163	+8.96
402–440	423	66	277.00–297.00	$289.54	$1,225	+3.76
425–440 unweaned	428	12	272.50–277.50	$276.64	$1,184	—
454–498	471	54	272.50–287.50	$278.68	$1,313	+10.42
494 unweaned	494	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,284	—
500–543	525	129	250.00–277.50	$264.86	$1,391	+7.68
530–537 unweaned	535	11	242.50–247.50	$243.85	$1,305	—
552–595	568	138	244.00–270.00	$256.76	$1,458	+12.84
575–580 unweaned	578	9	238.00–242.50	$239.99	$1,387	—
610–629	620	111	242.00–257.50	$251.24	$1,558	+11.97
622–641 unweaned	636	23	224.00–233.00	$226.30	$1,439	—
653–681	670	43	240.00–251.00	$242.70	$1,626	+3.70
689	689	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,536	-16.00
705–738	725	103	225.00–241.50	$235.24	$1,705	—
758–782	761	26	221.00–230.00	$228.93	$1,742	—
828	828	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,722	—
898	898	13	211.50	$211.50	$1,899	—
971–995	984	9	191.50–194.00	$192.90	$1,898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–342	336	33	270.00–290.00	$275.20	$925	-6.57
352–397	370	14	270.00–285.00	$275.33	$1,019	+14.42
400–449	426	71	232.00–280.00	$264.01	$1,125	+18.71
450–498	474	42	240.00–270.00	$258.93	$1,227	+12.37
488–492 unweaned	490	14	230.00	$230.00	$1,127	—
505–547	526	73	232.50–242.50	$239.59	$1,260	+5.80
552–595	573	72	222.00–250.00	$237.34	$1,360	+7.36
600–648	626	90	217.50–237.50	$230.56	$1,443	+3.82
656–691	678	45	215.00–236.00	$225.17	$1,527	—
718–742	733	16	207.50–225.00	$218.80	$1,604	-9.20
755	755	9	228.00	$228.00	$1,721	+14.26
848	848	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,569	—
943	943	11	179.00	$179.00	$1,688	-13.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	11	230.00	$230.00	$736	-10.00
372–385	381	10	250.00–262.50	$254.95	$971	+22.08
422–441	435	18	210.00–242.00	$223.96	$974	-6.59
453–461	457	11	230.00–236.00	$232.75	$1,064	+8.83
572–598	583	17	200.00–215.00	$211.86	$1,235	-6.44
645–647	646	8	210.00–215.00	$211.87	$1,369	—
652–692	662	15	190.00–210.00	$201.24	$1,332	—
928	928	12	147.00	$147.00	$1,364	+2.00
974	974	29	145.00	$145.00	$1,412	-5.00
1003–1012	1008	6	140.00–150.00	$144.98	$1,461	+3.98

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–443	429	9	250.00–265.00	$260.32	$1,117	+5.32
588	588	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,382	—
632	632	6	233.00	$233.00	$1,473	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	10	249.00	$249.00	$1,414	—
664	664	6	237.00	$237.00	$1,574	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	310.00	$310.00	$992	—
397	397	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,191	—
428	428	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,211	+14.77
450–498	474	27	230.00–293.00	$253.21	$1,200	+0.76
565–583	580	16	220.00–238.00	$229.22	$1,329	—
605–645	623	17	231.00–246.00	$237.10	$1,477	+12.36
673	673	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,494	-14.00
704–745	727	9	185.00–192.50	$188.23	$1,368	—
778–790	785	6	195.00–222.50	$205.22	$1,611	—
954	954	14	167.00	$167.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,116	—
435–449	447	6	315.00–317.50	$317.09	$1,417	—
460–495	483	18	265.00–293.00	$271.13	$1,310	-22.11
500–545	518	18	250.00–291.00	$267.71	$1,387	—
557–588	564	9	252.50–258.00	$256.73	$1,448	+4.45

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	19	243.00	$243.00	$1,086	—
572	572	18	225.00	$225.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,152	+35.26
565–592	582	13	221.00–232.00	$227.18	$1,322	—
664–680	668	8	200.00–215.00	$203.82	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1445	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,950.00–2,300.00	$2,148.72	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1155	890	85-90%	26	50.00–78.50	$64.25	$572	-9.99
710–1235	957	85-90%	83	75.00–97.00	$85.80	$821	—
910–1160	1089	85-90%	20	115.00–119.00	$117.37	$1,278	+23.45
815–1310	1191	85-90%	102	99.00–113.00	$105.29	$1,254	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1375	1169	80-85%	96	105.00–119.00	$113.17	$1,323	+7.50
1010–1275	1193	80-85%	26	93.00–107.00	$102.75	$1,226	-2.92
1135–1370	1246	80-85%	31	117.00–127.00	$121.37	$1,512	-4.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1860	1355	75-80%	26	91.00–108.00	$104.02	$1,409	—
1260–1835	1412	75-80%	73	109.00–120.00	$115.62	$1,633	—
1320–1655	1460	75-80%	32	117.50–134.00	$123.73	$1,806	+6.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1220	1086	5	134.00–160.00	$141.70	$1,539	—
1195–1640	1406	14	111.00–137.50	$128.37	$1,805	—
1270–1930	1598	29	137.00–155.00	$145.70	$2,328	—
1515–2400	1874	17	152.50–185.00	$166.68	$3,124	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–895	816	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	185.00–215.00	$197.65	$1,613
700–1110	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	117.50–170.00	$144.82	$1,277

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1160	1014	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	165.00–185.00	$172.25	$1,747
1090–1445	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	121.00–155.00	$138.29	$1,636

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1099–1490	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	1,800.00–2,375.00	$2,077.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1350	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	1,250.00–1,775.00	$1,587.27

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1060	959	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,402.59
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1077	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,862.59
1057	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–900	787	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,050.00	$992.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1100	1000	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,675.00–2,100.00	$1,818.38

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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
1125–1330	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,337.50	+75.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1025	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,950.00	$1,550.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1380	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00–2,225.00	$1,968.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–975	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.