Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

20,972 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $141.30/cwt -2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 675 lb · 1,123 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $140.12/cwt -1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 719 lb · 1,076 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.46/cwt +6.80 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 578 lb · 1,064 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	20,972	13,307	17,113
Feeder cattle	19,201	10,922	15,696
Slaughter cattle	1,282	871	920
Replacement cattle	489	1,514	497

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–344	331	22	174.00–200.00	$184.73	$611	—
365–390	378	26	172.00–190.00	$184.50	$697	+14.50
391 thin fleshed	391	8	180.00	$180.00	$704	—
400–449	433	270	166.00–184.00	$173.94	$753	-1.02
450–461 unweaned	455	9	156.00–160.00	$158.20	$720	—
451–498	475	376	157.00–175.00	$167.91	$798	+1.02
500 thin fleshed	500	16	175.50	$175.50	$878	—
510–548 unweaned	525	78	145.00–161.00	$153.45	$806	—
500–549	529	466	151.00–170.00	$160.48	$849	+6.67
550–598	578	965	143.00–163.00	$152.15	$879	+6.05
557–590 unweaned	580	99	136.00–153.00	$144.76	$840	+4.89
601–649 unweaned	615	75	130.00–143.00	$137.71	$847	+3.31
624	624	6	130.00	$130.00	$811	-13.55
600–649	625	706	136.50–153.00	$144.70	$904	+1.15
655–697 unweaned	671	81	124.50–135.00	$130.17	$873	—
650–698	675	1,042	132.00–155.25	$142.16	$960	-1.26
700–728 unweaned	712	9	125.00	$125.00	$890	—
700–749	719	1,061	131.00–151.75	$140.28	$1,009	-0.86
747	747	6	134.00	$134.00	$1,001	-7.14
750–799	781	636	130.00–144.00	$136.49	$1,066	-6.53
802–820	809	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,052	-10.95
801–846	815	807	132.00–146.00	$140.96	$1,149	+0.01
856–891	880	253	129.00–140.00	$135.48	$1,192	-4.54
911–948	929	34	131.00–136.00	$133.21	$1,238	-2.91
960	960	10	129.00	$129.00	$1,238	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–322	313	11	154.00–170.00	$162.52	$509	—
320–328 thin fleshed	322	24	180.00–185.00	$181.48	$584	—
350–396	372	81	154.00–185.00	$170.93	$636	+20.93
368–389 thin fleshed	387	26	186.00–187.50	$186.16	$720	+8.33
401–445	426	141	150.00–175.00	$166.48	$709	+12.21
452 thin fleshed	452	19	170.00	$170.00	$768	—
454 unweaned	454	4	150.00	$150.00	$681	—
450–498	480	176	140.00–169.00	$156.38	$751	+5.56
501–515 thin fleshed	510	57	164.00–170.00	$166.28	$848	+22.28
508–535 unweaned	524	20	130.00–142.00	$138.02	$723	+1.74
500–549	528	514	140.00–165.50	$153.07	$808	+10.94
550–597	579	442	130.00–158.00	$145.46	$842	+5.38
577–595 unweaned	582	22	130.00–139.00	$134.58	$783	+3.17
600–649	627	368	130.00–145.00	$138.14	$866	+2.00
662	662	6	125.00	$125.00	$828	-10.15
653–697	671	255	125.00–140.00	$135.54	$909	+0.39
701–746	717	414	130.00–141.00	$135.57	$972	-0.76
752–798	773	81	126.00–135.50	$131.76	$1,019	-5.64
802–845	821	27	125.00–135.75	$132.09	$1,084	-3.42
865–891	870	20	126.00–132.00	$130.48	$1,135	-3.33
914–947	918	141	129.00–130.25	$130.09	$1,194	-3.99
975–983	980	88	122.00–125.00	$123.91	$1,214	-1.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	8	137.00	$137.00	$600	-23.00
456–471	462	24	133.00–146.00	$140.85	$651	—
521–539 thin fleshed	523	68	147.00–149.00	$148.79	$778	—
502–549	532	29	135.00–144.00	$142.00	$755	+12.04
583–590	588	16	129.50–131.00	$129.96	$764	—
613 thin fleshed	613	79	139.00	$139.00	$852	—
661	661	5	125.00	$125.00	$826	—
707–748	720	26	124.00–128.00	$126.72	$912	-3.91
729 thin fleshed	729	36	133.50	$133.50	$973	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273 thin fleshed	273	6	142.50	$142.50	$389	—
503	503	5	124.00	$124.00	$624	—
633 thin fleshed	633	45	122.50	$122.50	$775	—
836	836	14	97.00	$97.00	$811	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517–545	538	21	135.00–145.00	$137.29	$739	—
554–581	561	24	110.00–143.00	$134.01	$752	—
662	662	7	127.00	$127.00	$841	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625 unweaned	625	8	135.00	$135.00	$844	—
802	802	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,067	—
898	898	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,167	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	7	131.00	$131.00	$745	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	7	107.00	$107.00	$830	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 thin fleshed	280	8	160.00	$160.00	$448	—
291	291	4	151.00	$151.00	$439	—
320–336	327	11	149.00–153.00	$150.50	$492	+5.50
351–395	376	78	139.00–150.00	$146.89	$552	-3.62
403–445 unweaned	413	22	133.00–145.00	$139.27	$575	—
400–448	430	224	136.00–150.00	$143.89	$619	-1.55
456 thin fleshed	456	9	147.00	$147.00	$670	—
450–496 unweaned	470	36	122.50–144.00	$136.79	$643	—
450–497	475	494	130.00–150.00	$141.07	$670	-0.69
500–549 unweaned	524	85	120.00–134.00	$127.01	$666	+2.09
500–549	527	466	120.50–142.00	$135.03	$712	+1.51
553–599 unweaned	568	131	118.00–129.00	$124.41	$707	+0.19
550–599	576	850	120.00–136.50	$130.99	$755	-4.84
601–645 unweaned	617	46	115.00–121.50	$119.49	$737	-1.68
601–648	625	600	120.00–134.00	$130.63	$816	-1.78
667 unweaned	667	5	115.00	$115.00	$767	—
652–699	671	287	115.00–133.50	$129.03	$866	-2.23
700–748	718	272	117.00–134.50	$131.17	$942	+1.46
752–796	776	467	117.00–133.00	$130.54	$1,013	+1.59
820	820	6	123.00	$123.00	$1,009	-4.78
927	927	6	114.00	$114.00	$1,057	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251 thin fleshed	251	4	148.00	$148.00	$371	—
288	288	8	135.00	$135.00	$389	—
325–343 thin fleshed	336	15	151.00–156.00	$152.94	$514	+14.94
330–345	337	23	138.00–143.00	$140.51	$474	—
350–392	369	77	132.00–152.00	$140.70	$519	+9.70
352–390 thin fleshed	380	17	139.00–152.00	$148.47	$564	+5.47
400–448	423	183	125.00–148.00	$138.97	$588	+8.78
434 thin fleshed	434	11	144.00	$144.00	$625	—
455–475 unweaned	467	8	120.00–121.00	$120.12	$561	—
464–468 thin fleshed	467	15	139.00–148.00	$141.98	$663	—
451–497	474	247	120.00–144.00	$132.21	$627	+2.43
505–548 unweaned	519	35	110.00–125.00	$120.31	$624	-4.14
500–548	522	336	115.00–138.00	$130.71	$682	+3.62
513–536 thin fleshed	527	8	138.00	$138.00	$727	—
565–586 unweaned	576	29	115.00–120.00	$118.62	$683	-2.23
550–598	577	340	116.50–135.00	$126.88	$732	-1.62
600–649	626	255	115.00–131.50	$125.11	$783	-7.02
616–641 unweaned	633	27	110.00–118.00	$114.97	$728	-6.76
650–699	672	174	115.00–131.50	$124.81	$839	-1.64
702–749	723	110	110.00–131.75	$127.87	$925	+1.73
783	783	9	111.00	$111.00	$869	-10.75
864	864	15	125.50	$125.50	$1,084	+4.96
955	955	12	116.25	$116.25	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	8	125.00	$125.00	$448	—
403–449	434	29	120.00–126.00	$124.56	$541	—
458–499	481	35	115.00–131.00	$122.12	$587	-1.74
510–536	520	36	115.00–128.00	$123.65	$643	—
554–585	571	9	113.00–117.00	$114.72	$655	—
600–610	608	9	115.00–118.00	$116.33	$707	—
691	691	10	129.50	$129.50	$895	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	5	140.00	$140.00	$508	—
435	435	5	120.00	$120.00	$522	—
582	582	8	119.00	$119.00	$693	+1.00
601	601	5	110.00	$110.00	$661	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	22	122.50	$122.50	$835	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277 thin fleshed	277	7	120.00	$120.00	$332	—
360	360	6	128.00	$128.00	$461	—
472	472	5	118.00	$118.00	$557	+8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–435	425	21	145.50–171.00	$163.09	$693	—
455–495	479	23	140.00–164.00	$155.24	$744	—
501–538	518	35	135.50–155.00	$143.88	$745	+3.88
562–588	582	12	130.50–141.00	$133.04	$774	—
618–624	623	43	133.00–135.00	$134.54	$838	—
663	663	5	134.50	$134.50	$892	—
674 unweaned	674	4	117.00	$117.00	$789	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
395 thin fleshed	395	5	153.00	$153.00	$604	—
458 thin fleshed	458	3	140.00	$140.00	$641	—
465–497	483	19	130.00–143.00	$139.57	$674	+10.36
500–520	508	12	130.00–145.00	$138.61	$704	+15.47
517 thin fleshed	517	5	141.00	$141.00	$729	—
563–565	564	5	129.00–130.00	$129.60	$731	+7.53
635–648 unweaned	638	18	113.00–125.00	$118.98	$759	+0.41
638–642	641	17	120.00–122.00	$120.70	$774	—
688	688	7	124.00	$124.00	$853	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	9	150.00	$150.00	$530	+8.00
482	482	5	130.00	$130.00	$627	—
580	580	12	113.00	$113.00	$655	—
635 unweaned	635	6	110.00	$110.00	$698	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	5	128.00	$128.00	$517	—
581–591	586	6	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1695	1218	80-85%	119	38.00–47.00	$42.95	$523	-5.25
925–1520	1220	80-85%	184	44.50–54.00	$49.40	$603	+1.20
1015–1465	1269	80-85%	68	50.00–60.00	$55.63	$706	+0.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1175	922	85-90%	24	14.00–27.50	$20.55	$189	—
730–1515	1069	85-90%	49	26.00–38.00	$31.90	$341	-8.49
800–1495	1079	85-90%	164	37.00–47.00	$41.89	$452	+1.50
860–1400	1153	85-90%	67	43.00–54.00	$49.22	$568	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1910	1432	75-80%	98	45.00–56.00	$49.30	$706	-6.26
1165–1870	1498	75-80%	124	50.00–62.00	$56.82	$851	—
1440–1800	1596	75-80%	36	57.00–67.00	$62.63	$1,000	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1950	1547	23	57.00–76.00	$69.13	$1,069	—
1245–2190	1649	43	69.50–89.00	$80.22	$1,323	—
1345–2225	1836	34	79.00–103.00	$93.09	$1,709	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1775–2195	1945	4	104.00–108.00	$106.59	$2,073	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1035	977	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	75.00–102.00	$93.83	$917
885–1260	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	52	62.50–95.00	$77.58	$790

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–895	849	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	85.00–110.00	$103.07	$875
748–972	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	65.00–97.00	$83.70	$731
885–1030	942	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	50.00–67.50	$57.95	$546

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110–1138	1131	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	84.00–88.00	$87.02	$984

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–985	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	55.00–56.00	$55.55	$493

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1365	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	800.00–1,150.00	$927.95
1005–1388	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	700.00–935.00	$785.09
1077–1333	1206	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	600.00–810.00	$732.74
1180–1320	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	550.00–875.00	$615.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1050	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	575.00–800.00	$729.29
940–1020	977	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	510.00–600.00	$554.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1345	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	600.00–775.00	$666.36

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1405–1540	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	775.00–885.00	$809.13
1413–1765	1504	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	850.00–1,075.00	$936.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–1285	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	50.00–58.00	$54.93	$662
1171–1273	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	50.00–55.00	$53.03	$650
1240–1305	1273	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	48.00–57.00	$52.61	$670

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1438–1465	1444	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	48.00–56.00	$50.14	$724

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	225.00	$225.00
685–1040	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	275.00–500.00	$395.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1400	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,135.00–1,285.00	$1,196.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–825	713	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	500.00–710.00	$596.32

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–915	908	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	525.00–660.00	$592.50	-377.50
990–1030	1022	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	935.00	$935.00	+203.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1285	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,433.33	+412.95
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00	+4.50
1300–1360	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,050.00	$975.00	-400.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00	$550.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.