Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 25, 2024

2,653 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $267.25/cwt +23.05 vs last sale · ≈ $2,047/hd at 766 lb · 147 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.97/cwt +16.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,489/hd at 532 lb · 124 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.12/cwt +0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,574/hd at 617 lb · 103 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,653	4,066	9,408
Feeder cattle	1,897	3,240	8,444
Slaughter cattle	339	488	717
Replacement cattle	417	338	247

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, except 300 lbs 20.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, spots 12.00 higher. Yearling steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Yearling heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows and 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
306–308	306	17	415.00–425.00	$423.82	$1,297	+76.28
350–388	361	14	355.00–385.00	$368.48	$1,330	+12.50
403–426	416	25	332.50–347.50	$341.60	$1,421	+1.81
454–490	477	78	315.00–335.00	$324.25	$1,547	-16.56
500–549	529	51	309.00–318.00	$314.06	$1,661	-11.53
558–597	588	35	287.00–305.00	$291.65	$1,715	-9.52
600–631	614	77	270.00–298.00	$279.57	$1,717	-6.02
634 unweaned	634	25	264.00	$264.00	$1,674	+1.63
674	674	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,786	-6.12
711–728	717	12	252.50–257.50	$254.19	$1,823	-7.22
766	766	147	267.25	$267.25	$2,047	+23.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	328	5	325.00–352.50	$335.13	$1,099	+21.70
370–390	385	8	335.00–345.00	$337.40	$1,299	+25.02
437–445	442	7	300.00–320.00	$308.48	$1,363	+6.66
517–545	528	22	271.00–295.00	$290.17	$1,532	-1.77
557–591	582	61	267.50–286.00	$279.25	$1,625	+11.37
629–641	635	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,588	-10.51
655–696	680	29	235.00–266.00	$247.48	$1,683	+2.57
681	681	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,566	-14.91
721–749	739	12	225.00–247.50	$233.16	$1,723	-8.45
762–792	786	90	220.00–249.50	$245.46	$1,929	+9.54
907	907	29	233.00	$233.00	$2,113	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,417	—
584	584	5	257.50	$257.50	$1,504	-0.50
614–635	622	14	242.50–260.00	$253.61	$1,577	—
709–745	714	34	235.00–239.00	$237.83	$1,698	-2.17
795	795	5	227.00	$227.00	$1,805	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	5	312.50	$312.50	$994	—
558–599	581	9	260.00–262.50	$261.43	$1,519	+15.51
628	628	6	227.50	$227.50	$1,429	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,510	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,492	-25.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,072	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–322	314	5	325.00–345.00	$337.31	$1,059	+10.11
364–397	389	23	312.50–337.50	$321.17	$1,249	-6.30
458–466	460	36	284.00–300.00	$291.06	$1,339	+8.53
503–546	532	124	267.50–286.00	$279.97	$1,489	+11.83
555–599	588	39	255.00–272.00	$258.62	$1,521	-5.32
609–629	617	103	252.50–262.50	$255.12	$1,574	+0.28
654–668	667	82	242.50–263.00	$262.02	$1,748	+18.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–397	373	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,044	+5.89
447	447	5	287.50	$287.50	$1,285	+11.94
452–496	477	50	265.00–282.50	$273.94	$1,307	+10.67
517–531	526	9	250.00–262.50	$258.41	$1,359	+10.01
553–578	569	8	235.00–242.50	$237.74	$1,353	-9.64
607–649	628	20	230.00–242.50	$235.37	$1,478	-1.77
656–676	663	11	217.50–228.00	$221.39	$1,468	-5.15
751–794	778	19	214.00–220.00	$217.42	$1,692	—
847	847	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,821	—
894	894	16	215.00	$215.00	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–417	410	6	260.00–265.00	$262.45	$1,076	+12.39
720–747	732	7	189.00–192.50	$190.97	$1,398	—
845	845	11	152.50	$152.50	$1,289	—
951	951	38	145.00	$145.00	$1,379	-2.88

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,172	—
563–572	570	19	247.50–260.00	$250.11	$1,426	—
656	656	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,591	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,520	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–632	619	8	242.50–245.00	$243.78	$1,509	+12.02
829	829	7	207.50	$207.50	$1,720	—
902–925	916	5	180.00–195.00	$185.91	$1,703	—
998	998	5	172.50	$172.50	$1,722	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489–497	492	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,501	—
508	508	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,397	+2.05
650	650	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,641	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1258	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00	+295.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155–1210	1183	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,100.00–2,150.00	$2,124.42	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–950	817	85-90%	10	60.00–75.00	$66.59	$544	—
825–1210	1022	85-90%	60	79.00–93.00	$86.70	$886	—
865–1305	1058	85-90%	66	95.00–106.00	$100.33	$1,061	—
950–1225	1073	85-90%	12	106.00–117.00	$110.76	$1,188	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1300	1158	80-85%	14	93.00–107.00	$101.59	$1,176	—
1075–1310	1189	80-85%	7	121.00–125.00	$122.73	$1,459	—
1055–1300	1248	80-85%	62	107.00–117.00	$114.61	$1,430	-7.05

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1695	1410	75-80%	19	120.00–129.00	$122.78	$1,731	—
1400–1665	1511	75-80%	6	101.00–107.00	$104.52	$1,579	-9.50
1290–1635	1523	75-80%	49	109.00–120.00	$114.59	$1,745	+0.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1690	1441	8	122.00–136.00	$131.18	$1,890	—
1295–2005	1641	9	158.00–175.00	$164.08	$2,693	—
1305–1980	1655	17	137.00–155.00	$145.95	$2,415	-1.86

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1085	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	103.00–177.50	$144.59	$1,424
795–1040	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	185.00–216.00	$211.95	$2,126

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–990	936	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	187.50–213.00	$202.65	$1,897
905–1285	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	107.00–165.00	$129.84	$1,496

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1490	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	1,800.00–2,550.00	$2,213.93
1320	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1085	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	48	1,000.00–1,700.00	$1,363.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1320	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	29	1,025.00–1,800.00	$1,562.08

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–925	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	400.00–1,200.00	$787.13

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1070	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,750.00–2,225.00	$2,001.88

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–875	800	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–980	946	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,450.00–1,750.00	$1,677.54

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	2,000.00	$2,000.00	+83.33
1100–1160	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,300.00–2,350.00	$2,328.57	+411.90

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1075	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,600.00–3,050.00	$2,845.83	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–1050	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,050.00–2,100.00	$2,087.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325–1520	1423	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00–2,550.00	$2,500.00	—

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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.