Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

14,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.65/cwt +7.49 vs last sale · ≈ $963/hd at 666 lb · 782 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.20/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $838/hd at 577 lb · 616 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $139.30/cwt -3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 629 lb · 503 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,074	8,583	13,159
Feeder cattle	11,547	6,971	10,538
Slaughter cattle	1,449	1,157	1,294
Replacement cattle	1,078	455	1,327

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, calves over 500 lbs and yearlings steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls firm to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308 thin fleshed	308	54	208.00	$208.00	$641	+18.00
382 thin fleshed	382	107	200.00	$200.00	$764	—
374–398	386	33	164.00–182.00	$172.27	$665	-1.04
400–448	417	107	160.00–185.00	$173.84	$725	+5.06
463 thin fleshed	463	81	180.00	$180.00	$833	—
451–497	473	163	151.00–167.50	$158.82	$751	-4.85
470–496 unweaned	493	27	150.00–158.00	$153.30	$756	—
503–548	526	192	145.00–165.00	$155.50	$818	+3.00
509–539 unweaned	529	66	146.00–159.50	$148.25	$784	+0.02
550 thin fleshed	550	11	157.00	$157.00	$864	—
553–597 unweaned	569	116	132.00–144.00	$139.88	$796	+0.93
551–599	580	489	136.50–154.00	$146.20	$848	+1.19
609–645 unweaned	626	133	129.00–138.00	$135.95	$851	+0.16
600–648	630	370	134.50–147.00	$140.51	$885	-2.53
651–693	665	733	130.00–155.10	$145.57	$968	+10.57
651–688 unweaned	680	49	126.50–135.00	$130.88	$890	-1.66
700–742	717	410	130.00–150.00	$142.30	$1,020	+3.65
703–747 unweaned	738	34	115.00–130.00	$125.50	$926	—
750–789	771	387	133.00–140.50	$138.43	$1,067	-3.31
806–843	824	92	134.75–141.75	$137.51	$1,133	-4.66
855–897	882	200	127.00–139.10	$134.15	$1,183	-4.09
941	941	10	131.00	$131.00	$1,233	-11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	6	190.00	$190.00	$560	—
358–388	364	15	150.00–160.00	$151.99	$553	-3.36
410–446	429	71	149.00–165.00	$156.76	$673	+6.82
466–489	484	62	130.00–155.00	$143.78	$696	-3.21
500–547	524	74	137.50–150.00	$145.48	$762	-0.76
508–543 unweaned	524	18	130.00–144.00	$136.11	$713	+0.49
562–565 unweaned	563	26	125.00–134.00	$128.63	$724	-2.23
554–593	572	241	130.00–143.00	$138.51	$792	+3.06
605–638	624	82	130.00–140.00	$136.56	$852	+1.44
614–632 unweaned	625	20	126.00–130.00	$127.53	$797	-1.00
659	659	5	125.00	$125.00	$824	-10.09
651–698	665	384	127.00–144.00	$141.22	$939	+6.13
706 unweaned	706	5	125.00	$125.00	$882	±0.00
700–748	728	140	120.00–136.50	$132.43	$964	-1.40
750–799	762	500	120.00–140.25	$138.97	$1,059	+6.95
803–838	810	236	125.00–138.50	$135.38	$1,097	+1.45
818 unweaned	818	17	125.00	$125.00	$1,022	—
850–894	873	162	123.00–135.00	$133.02	$1,161	-1.90
907–942	915	19	122.00–134.50	$129.32	$1,183	—
951–966	961	23	120.00–121.00	$120.30	$1,156	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	424	13	137.50–147.50	$141.91	$602	—
515–528	526	28	129.00–137.00	$134.66	$708	+3.23
556	556	15	127.00	$127.00	$706	—
633	633	10	135.00	$135.00	$855	—
657–680	666	8	107.50–120.00	$112.29	$748	—
715–716	716	6	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$913	—
752–796	769	51	122.00–128.00	$126.22	$971	—
863	863	20	126.00	$126.00	$1,087	—
931–943	941	17	114.00–118.00	$114.70	$1,079	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–397	380	12	130.00	$130.00	$494	±0.00
621	621	8	103.50	$103.50	$643	-2.32
741	741	8	114.00	$114.00	$845	+10.52
886	886	7	110.00	$110.00	$975	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	6	98.00	$98.00	$668	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	4	130.00	$130.00	$642	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299 thin fleshed	299	45	167.00	$167.00	$499	—
315–341	333	23	140.00–146.00	$143.85	$479	+4.66
362–398	373	55	140.00–150.00	$146.35	$546	+4.77
373 thin fleshed	373	118	168.00	$168.00	$627	—
405–449	432	108	135.00–146.50	$141.37	$611	+0.68
404–447 thin fleshed	445	81	153.00–154.00	$153.96	$685	—
450–495	469	257	125.00–145.00	$139.58	$655	+2.54
501–548	524	143	125.00–143.00	$134.59	$705	+0.16
510–548 unweaned	533	69	124.50–135.00	$130.83	$697	+2.31
555–593	572	165	122.50–145.50	$134.33	$768	+11.03
555–599 unweaned	575	72	120.00–128.50	$125.73	$723	-1.49
605–645 unweaned	626	28	121.00–130.50	$124.38	$779	+0.79
608–648	631	264	125.00–137.75	$132.64	$837	+2.60
650–698	669	175	120.00–135.50	$131.53	$880	-0.98
662–690 unweaned	677	17	117.00–118.00	$117.46	$795	-7.54
715–742	733	437	122.50–133.50	$130.56	$957	+1.81
756–788	773	125	123.50–131.50	$128.48	$993	+1.98
808–831	826	22	117.00–122.50	$121.42	$1,003	-2.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–296	292	12	142.00–145.00	$143.01	$418	+6.64
312–345	335	16	126.00–150.00	$132.99	$446	+6.26
360–395	374	16	133.00–140.00	$136.12	$509	+6.88
389 thin fleshed	389	6	140.00	$140.00	$545	-4.00
403–448	426	64	126.00–137.00	$131.56	$560	+1.62
455–498	478	34	120.00–135.00	$129.14	$617	+4.42
495 unweaned	495	16	120.00	$120.00	$594	—
522	522	3	110.00	$110.00	$574	-16.92
503–546 unweaned	525	29	115.00–127.00	$120.93	$635	-2.08
500–548	526	48	120.00–130.00	$126.19	$664	-0.73
552–580 unweaned	564	74	115.00–127.00	$123.33	$696	+7.50
552–598	575	253	119.00–134.50	$125.86	$724	+0.01
600–645	618	165	115.00–130.50	$125.16	$773	+4.46
605–636 unweaned	626	35	116.00–121.00	$117.80	$737	—
655–698	673	22	115.00–128.00	$122.50	$824	-1.77
653–695 unweaned	681	9	112.00	$112.00	$763	+2.00
700–738	722	59	113.50–128.00	$123.93	$895	+12.47
755–798	775	35	105.00–121.00	$114.91	$891	-4.32
864	864	5	95.50	$95.50	$825	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392–396	393	13	122.50–125.00	$123.27	$484	—
581	581	5	115.00	$115.00	$668	+14.00
641	641	11	117.50	$117.50	$753	—
653–663	659	12	100.00–110.00	$105.41	$695	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	108.00	$108.00	$481	—
453	453	6	104.00	$104.00	$471	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501 unweaned	501	6	117.50	$117.50	$589	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	5	123.00	$123.00	$715	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	4	130.00	$130.00	$524	+21.98

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–397	386	8	160.50–165.50	$163.57	$631	—
457–487	471	15	141.00–151.50	$146.11	$688	+7.11
505–547	517	36	133.00–145.50	$139.46	$721	+1.46
550–595	579	10	128.00–136.00	$130.58	$756	—
603–605	604	10	128.00–130.00	$129.20	$780	+1.35
603–642 unweaned	613	26	120.00–132.00	$127.29	$780	+1.29
655–658	656	18	124.00–128.00	$126.22	$828	—
703–747	729	5	105.00–115.00	$108.86	$794	—
880	880	4	94.00	$94.00	$827	—
933	933	4	94.00	$94.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	5	165.00	$165.00	$455	—
437–448	440	23	138.00–147.00	$145.11	$638	+0.92
471–488	486	25	139.00–140.00	$139.12	$676	+8.12
515–545	523	21	127.00–140.00	$134.50	$703	+6.20
568–588	576	14	123.00–128.00	$124.93	$720	-2.12
612 unweaned	612	12	116.00	$116.00	$710	-0.62
617	617	9	124.00	$124.00	$765	+4.30
729 unweaned	729	7	102.00	$102.00	$744	—
790	790	6	102.00	$102.00	$806	—
834	834	9	89.00	$89.00	$742	-10.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	17	160.00	$160.00	$451	—
349	349	12	150.00	$150.00	$524	—
561	561	14	110.00	$110.00	$617	-9.20
718	718	4	109.00	$109.00	$783	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1500	1153	(<2 yrs)	N/A	14	835.00–2,600.00	$1,913.64	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1475–2050	1592	(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	2,000.00–3,200.00	$2,767.54	—
2100	2100	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	4	130.00	$130.00	$710	—
595	595	4	119.00	$119.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1545	1386	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,400.00–2,350.00	$1,925.02	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	4	118.00	$118.00	$688	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
783	783	3	92.50	$92.50	$724	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1895	1150	80-85%	77	40.00–45.00	$43.05	$495	—
760–1495	1212	80-85%	328	41.00–53.00	$48.79	$591	—
825–1540	1230	80-85%	101	51.00–60.00	$54.58	$671	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1315	987	85-90%	88	25.00–40.00	$31.76	$313	—
775–1395	1008	85-90%	20	17.50–26.00	$22.28	$225	-9.50
810–1320	1073	85-90%	104	42.00–50.00	$45.56	$489	+5.65
815–1590	1073	85-90%	125	35.00–46.00	$40.76	$437	+0.85

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1775	1444	75-80%	80	50.50–62.50	$56.30	$813	+0.34
1340–1845	1445	75-80%	77	43.00–55.00	$50.30	$727	-5.66
1266–1850	1467	75-80%	39	57.00–69.00	$61.77	$906	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1865	1370	22	60.00–74.00	$66.35	$909	—
885–2175	1563	34	68.50–81.00	$76.67	$1,198	—
975–2385	1780	53	80.00–100.00	$89.15	$1,587	+12.41

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–825	774	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	85.00–100.00	$88.97	$689
765–920	804	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	75.00–85.00	$82.14	$660
685–1060	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	42	65.00–113.00	$97.60	$803

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
751–1080	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	25	70.00–113.00	$100.64	$840
965–975	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	75.00–77.00	$75.67	$732
860–1125	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	58.00–95.00	$76.72	$763

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055–1235	1151	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	70.00–95.00	$80.87	$931

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1000	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	600.00–1,175.00	$893.33
1025–1295	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	600.00–900.00	$802.42
1100–1200	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	550.00–825.00	$693.48
915–1395	1169	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	87	550.00–900.00	$737.21
1015–1375	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	204	650.00–1,500.00	$1,036.36

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–800	776	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	675.00–1,000.00	$911.10
750–900	826	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	525.00–600.00	$568.77
850–925	888	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	625.00–835.00	$735.63
800–1300	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	500.00–975.00	$756.07

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395	1395	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
1400–1475	1424	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	70	650.00–1,375.00	$1,222.93
1400–1475	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	650.00–1,250.00	$967.03

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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
1000–1200	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	800.00–1,600.00	$1,225.13	+75.13
1100–1200	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	775.00–1,000.00	$912.78	-237.22
1000–1250	1182	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,454.55	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–900	865	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	750.00–1,000.00	$800.00	-83.33
750–985	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	700.00–1,350.00	$1,081.25	+197.92
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+250.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1450	1376	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	925.00–1,500.00	$1,071.18	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
803	803	6	76.00	$76.00	$610	—

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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.