Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

5,409 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.15/cwt +11.79 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 531 lb · 190 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $149.38/cwt +10.08 vs last sale · ≈ $777/hd at 520 lb · 166 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.52/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 636 lb · 144 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,409	4,705	9,898
Feeder cattle	3,817	3,430	8,438
Slaughter cattle	1,069	835	983
Replacement cattle	523	440	477

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower with the greatest decline on cows and bulls late week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	5	175.00	$175.00	$460	—
362–392	374	9	167.50–172.50	$170.26	$637	—
415–445	436	8	148.00–162.50	$154.37	$673	+16.37
460–473 unweaned	470	5	141.00–142.00	$141.20	$664	—
458–497	474	35	147.00–156.00	$152.71	$724	+4.83
501–548	520	148	142.50–162.50	$149.80	$779	+9.30
505–536 unweaned	524	18	145.00–146.00	$145.89	$764	+10.83
550–595 unweaned	558	46	130.00–144.00	$137.13	$765	+13.78
558–598	578	66	134.50–150.00	$142.62	$824	+8.38
613–645 unweaned	624	8	130.00–133.00	$131.11	$818	+8.11
616–649	637	136	130.00–148.00	$137.90	$878	+2.86
653–697	673	52	131.50–145.00	$139.85	$941	+7.01
662–680 unweaned	673	27	125.00–132.00	$126.52	$851	+8.52
716 unweaned	716	6	120.00	$120.00	$859	—
705–748	723	104	128.50–148.50	$140.49	$1,016	+7.05
711–745	726	7	120.00–128.00	$124.48	$904	-8.96
752–777	759	20	135.00–139.00	$136.05	$1,033	+5.97
812–813	812	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,056	-1.67
807–849	829	104	127.00–137.00	$134.76	$1,117	+3.09
857–861	859	114	138.75	$138.75	$1,192	+9.30
870	870	7	129.00	$129.00	$1,122	-0.45
913–945	923	14	121.00–134.00	$128.64	$1,187	+1.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297 thin fleshed	297	6	185.00	$185.00	$549	+34.00
368	368	3	151.00	$151.00	$556	+2.55
411–427	419	16	139.00–155.00	$148.87	$624	+8.28
429 thin fleshed	429	9	157.50	$157.50	$676	—
453–496	479	33	140.00–153.00	$147.55	$707	+11.84
505–532	520	32	137.50–151.00	$144.50	$751	+8.43
563–595 unweaned	571	12	127.00–135.00	$132.92	$759	+14.47
561–595	584	26	133.00–137.00	$135.32	$790	+8.41
607–641	627	38	125.00–135.00	$132.20	$829	+4.47
652–660 unweaned	655	11	120.00–125.00	$123.17	$807	+4.17
650–697	674	10	120.00–136.00	$129.92	$876	+1.55
701	701	4	115.00	$115.00	$806	-12.82
716–735	731	65	120.00–135.00	$132.82	$971	+5.00
753–793	763	18	125.00–132.00	$127.09	$970	+0.08
788	788	5	120.00	$120.00	$946	-7.01
800–845	805	129	124.00–134.00	$131.69	$1,060	+4.69
850–895	877	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,114	+6.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261–296	281	7	147.50–151.00	$148.89	$418	—
365–390 thin fleshed	374	8	132.50–142.00	$136.21	$509	—
413	413	4	146.00	$146.00	$603	—
450–473	467	11	132.50–134.00	$133.61	$624	—
513–548	522	12	120.00–130.00	$124.59	$650	—
917	917	68	119.75	$119.75	$1,098	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	4	118.00	$118.00	$736	—
969–998	986	10	113.00–115.00	$113.79	$1,122	—
1110–1135	1127	12	100.00–101.00	$100.67	$1,135	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	11	87.00	$87.00	$805	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	5	142.50	$142.50	$395	—
672	672	5	95.00	$95.00	$638	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	5	139.50	$139.50	$573	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	6	141.00	$141.00	$471	—
351–396	370	30	132.50–136.00	$134.94	$499	—
400–448	431	52	129.00–145.00	$137.74	$594	+13.37
463–499	487	84	130.00–144.00	$136.13	$663	+10.79
492 thin fleshed	492	4	138.00	$138.00	$679	—
500–540 unweaned	517	43	120.00–134.00	$129.20	$668	+12.20
505–548	534	137	128.50–139.00	$133.89	$715	+11.05
543 thin fleshed	543	10	140.00	$140.00	$760	—
558	558	3	126.00	$126.00	$703	—
560–597	580	67	124.50–140.00	$131.43	$762	—
565–598 unweaned	584	42	118.00–127.00	$121.90	$712	+8.40
603–645	625	82	122.50–134.50	$129.61	$810	+7.54
616–645 unweaned	634	13	116.00–121.00	$117.87	$747	+7.87
658 unweaned	658	5	115.00	$115.00	$757	+10.00
655–685	667	51	121.50–137.50	$131.45	$877	+13.47
709–745	718	28	122.00–129.00	$126.21	$906	+6.21
784–790	786	10	121.00–130.00	$124.62	$980	+2.42
805–839	816	24	105.00–127.00	$121.35	$990	+6.35
836	836	26	132.00	$132.00	$1,104	+17.00
855	855	11	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256–271	262	7	135.00	$135.00	$354	+11.36
325	325	3	130.00	$130.00	$422	+0.33
340 thin fleshed	340	7	140.00	$140.00	$476	±0.00
354–398	371	30	120.00–133.00	$129.45	$480	+7.07
395 thin fleshed	395	10	133.50	$133.50	$527	+3.50
401 thin fleshed	401	10	137.00	$137.00	$549	—
410–442	430	42	120.00–136.00	$129.25	$556	+9.64
452–479	462	33	127.00–137.00	$133.08	$615	+15.80
470 thin fleshed	470	4	134.50	$134.50	$632	—
506–540 unweaned	519	8	115.00–123.00	$119.88	$622	+10.09
506–548	531	26	115.00–131.00	$123.25	$654	+6.37
560–573	567	20	115.00–125.00	$121.43	$689	+5.66
568 unweaned	568	10	125.00	$125.00	$710	+23.20
628 unweaned	628	12	114.00	$114.00	$716	+3.00
605–648	634	43	114.00–126.00	$121.32	$769	+10.30
659–678	671	19	110.00–120.00	$117.48	$788	+3.93
707–737	733	71	118.00–128.00	$126.87	$930	+19.49
777–780	778	7	95.00–115.00	$103.59	$806	-3.75
876	876	31	110.00	$110.00	$964	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–346	337	6	120.00–122.50	$121.28	$409	—
357 thin fleshed	357	6	129.00	$129.00	$461	—
415	415	7	122.50	$122.50	$508	+28.50
431 unweaned	431	5	119.00	$119.00	$513	—
513	513	5	114.00	$114.00	$585	+17.28

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	7	117.50	$117.50	$388	—
520	520	4	105.00	$105.00	$546	—
562	562	3	100.00	$100.00	$562	+15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	4	160.00	$160.00	$445	+14.00
382	382	4	162.50	$162.50	$621	+18.11
400–440	421	22	128.00–152.50	$142.04	$598	+14.54
450–475	470	12	128.00–135.00	$131.61	$619	+7.80
513–540	523	20	123.00–132.00	$128.74	$673	+11.81
556–593	570	31	118.00–130.00	$124.49	$710	+12.20
655–660 unweaned	658	11	107.00–107.50	$107.27	$706	—
880	880	6	86.00	$86.00	$757	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	5	160.00	$160.00	$461	—
366	366	3	180.00	$180.00	$659	—
404–420	409	10	140.00–165.00	$157.29	$643	+17.08
478–486	482	14	139.50–147.50	$142.53	$687	—
521–549	541	11	131.00–137.00	$132.57	$717	+12.57
559–586	571	12	127.00–131.00	$129.30	$738	—
601–618 unweaned	610	8	122.00–124.00	$122.99	$750	+22.99
628–648	639	11	117.00–125.00	$120.57	$770	—
650–651	651	6	117.00	$117.00	$762	—
671 unweaned	671	6	105.00	$105.00	$705	—
702 unweaned	702	6	117.00	$117.00	$821	—
716–735	729	9	107.50–115.00	$109.96	$802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	5	140.00	$140.00	$375	—
478	478	5	123.00	$123.00	$588	—
508 thin fleshed	508	3	128.00	$128.00	$650	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	8	135.00	$135.00	$494	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678 unweaned	678	7	100.00	$100.00	$678	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1600	1167	80-85%	168	41.00–48.00	$44.50	$519	-0.55
980–1755	1231	80-85%	203	46.50–55.00	$50.17	$618	-2.02
1065–1720	1334	80-85%	42	52.50–61.50	$56.76	$757	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1075	806	85-90%	21	14.00–26.00	$19.17	$155	—
751–1480	1000	85-90%	81	26.00–40.00	$31.81	$318	-2.44
725–1397	1104	85-90%	101	34.00–45.50	$39.83	$440	—
880–1430	1124	85-90%	76	42.00–52.00	$46.84	$526	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1680	1342	75-80%	97	43.50–55.00	$49.80	$668	—
1150–1840	1449	75-80%	99	51.00–63.00	$57.61	$835	—
1167–1740	1496	75-80%	38	60.00–68.50	$65.39	$978	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1860	1601	13	60.00–76.00	$68.39	$1,095	—
1165–2235	1681	16	73.00–86.00	$80.81	$1,358	—
1555–2240	1861	18	86.00–97.00	$91.63	$1,705	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1990–2115	2053	2	102.00–105.00	$103.45	$2,124	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–882	781	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	85.00–102.00	$91.71	$716
635–985	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	62.50–90.00	$75.69	$628
675–900 thin fleshed	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–77.50	$77.17	$666
775–1029	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	42.50–69.00	$60.37	$589
1036	1036	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	44.00	$44.00	$456

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1047	988	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	65.00–99.50	$87.80	$867
915–1265	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	56.00–75.00	$67.56	$708

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1113	1113	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	77.50	$77.50	$863
1170–1350	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	65.00–80.00	$72.73	$900

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1350	1176	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	600.00–825.00	$739.47
1120–1350	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	700.00–910.00	$832.90
900–1380	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	825.00–1,125.00	$922.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105–1260	1151	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	40.00–49.00	$46.32	$533
950–1335	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	53.00–77.00	$64.65	$756
1062–1365	1211	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	47.00–57.00	$52.30	$633
1243	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	56.00	$56.00	$696
1252–1375	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	57.00–63.00	$58.29	$744

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1000	939	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	450.00–685.00	$638.67
820–1075	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	550.00–825.00	$691.89
905–1030	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	510.00–760.00	$607.78

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1035	977	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	37.50–42.00	$40.27	$393
1020–1045	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	47.00–51.00	$49.69	$515

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1435–1755	1532	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	58.00–63.00	$60.10	$921
1414–1735	1589	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	54.00–66.00	$59.82	$951

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	400.00	$400.00
715–885	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	325.00–500.00	$443.65

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1625	1472	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	800.00–1,000.00	$936.71
1375–1820	1518	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	785.00–925.00	$839.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1360	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	685.00–825.00	$763.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275–1360	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,260.00	$1,239.13
1345–1353	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00–885.00	$878.32

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–855	760	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–875.00	$693.87

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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
1146–1310	1221	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	975.00–1,100.00	$1,086.11	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00	$900.00	-90.00
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1250–1360	1323	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	925.00–1,100.00	$983.33	-16.67
1365	1365	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	810.00	$810.00	—
800–900	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–900.00	$850.00	—
895–1000	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–750.00	$737.50	—
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00	$725.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.