Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 20, 2023

12,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $237.02/cwt +7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,074/hd at 875 lb · 855 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $224.42/cwt +6.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,966/hd at 876 lb · 743 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $220.27/cwt +5.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,026/hd at 920 lb · 634 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,000	13,311	14,003
Feeder cattle	10,843	9,457	12,428
Slaughter cattle	972	1,817	1,408
Replacement cattle	185	2,037	167

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, yearlings 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, yearlings 10.00 to 18.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–344	330	26	310.00–335.00	$318.65	$1,052	+3.09
363–391	378	49	305.00–340.00	$318.92	$1,206	+10.58
405–447	429	73	283.00–305.00	$292.55	$1,255	-7.08
451–492	479	84	282.00–312.00	$295.01	$1,413	+3.19
516–541	535	171	269.00–285.00	$272.07	$1,456	+1.80
561–596	586	124	259.00–270.00	$263.67	$1,545	+8.02
598 value added	598	14	263.00	$263.00	$1,573	—
603–646	619	281	236.00–264.00	$248.63	$1,539	+6.02
646 value added	646	12	244.00	$244.00	$1,576	—
656–699	683	192	236.00–259.00	$249.21	$1,702	+10.76
688–689 value added	688	61	241.00–245.00	$243.69	$1,677	—
707 value added	707	36	251.50	$251.50	$1,778	—
700–740	722	176	236.00–254.00	$247.26	$1,785	+7.77
766–797	778	279	239.00–250.50	$243.03	$1,891	+4.99
803–844	814	292	230.00–240.00	$238.22	$1,939	+13.34
853–895	875	855	229.75–246.00	$237.02	$2,074	+7.52
900–946	920	634	215.00–227.00	$220.27	$2,026	+5.12
954–997	990	131	218.75–223.00	$219.18	$2,170	—
1040	1040	13	203.00	$203.00	$2,111	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–341	325	14	270.00–300.00	$286.68	$932	-0.03
354–375	356	18	261.00–285.00	$282.44	$1,005	-1.70
403–445	429	19	267.00–272.00	$269.73	$1,157	-1.70
429 value added	429	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,180	—
430 unweaned	430	18	275.00	$275.00	$1,182	—
454–495	476	96	260.00–277.00	$267.82	$1,275	+1.36
508–548	531	57	235.00–260.00	$246.59	$1,309	+2.44
541 unweaned	541	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,244	—
550–592	571	173	223.00–258.00	$238.10	$1,360	+0.55
597 unweaned	597	6	229.00	$229.00	$1,367	-15.80
605–648	624	180	220.00–235.00	$230.22	$1,437	+4.01
652–693	661	244	220.00–239.00	$232.05	$1,534	+9.03
703–745	732	305	220.00–234.00	$230.66	$1,688	+2.42
765–782 value added	773	33	229.00–232.00	$230.47	$1,782	—
753–793	778	323	227.50–233.50	$228.86	$1,781	-0.70
802–848	827	449	217.00–228.25	$226.99	$1,877	+9.94
851–899	876	743	215.00–232.00	$224.42	$1,966	+6.10
900–937	928	98	213.00–214.00	$213.76	$1,984	+15.76
968	968	60	211.00	$211.00	$2,042	+5.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–393	384	6	270.00–275.00	$272.44	$1,046	+10.79
433–447	441	41	240.00–241.00	$240.40	$1,060	-8.20
451–488	467	42	242.00–245.00	$243.41	$1,137	+0.80
515–535	529	12	210.00–220.00	$212.48	$1,124	-11.25
595–598	597	7	210.00–222.00	$216.87	$1,295	-3.01
620–635	625	3	183.00–215.00	$203.17	$1,270	+3.81
657	657	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,248	+0.88
749	749	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,498	—
765–788	774	10	212.50–215.00	$213.52	$1,653	+33.52

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	23	228.00	$228.00	$2,086	—
1015	1015	7	210.50	$210.50	$2,137	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	8	250.00	$250.00	$945	—
424–441	432	9	190.00–225.00	$209.10	$903	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,180	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–346	328	54	256.00–290.00	$276.47	$907	—
351–382	373	19	265.00–270.00	$268.11	$1,000	-1.38
400–445	423	63	247.00–257.00	$251.67	$1,065	+0.75
450–499	457	54	240.00–268.00	$257.18	$1,175	+7.70
505–544	525	104	217.00–246.00	$225.33	$1,183	-6.59
552–599	571	109	219.00–236.00	$225.96	$1,290	+6.83
600–639	617	207	216.00–250.00	$235.56	$1,453	+31.06
622–642 value added	627	52	231.00–248.00	$242.03	$1,518	+23.03
652–692	683	155	221.00–246.00	$234.51	$1,602	+19.64
683 value added	683	19	246.00	$246.00	$1,680	—
708–745	719	465	216.00–240.00	$227.30	$1,634	+19.31
755–797	768	257	215.00–237.50	$220.91	$1,697	—
804–839	821	149	207.00–219.00	$212.85	$1,747	+3.21
850–851	851	38	207.00–211.00	$209.84	$1,786	—
942	942	12	195.00	$195.00	$1,837	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–311	308	15	240.00–250.00	$245.38	$756	+4.73
351–398	388	62	240.00–260.00	$246.18	$955	+4.44
401–441	425	81	220.00–246.00	$228.57	$971	-3.46
459–484 unweaned	473	63	221.00–230.00	$226.00	$1,069	—
450–498	479	101	221.00–240.00	$232.26	$1,113	+8.07
500–548	533	135	200.00–237.00	$211.59	$1,128	-1.31
550–591	572	132	200.00–228.00	$212.25	$1,214	+4.55
610 unweaned	610	24	208.50	$208.50	$1,272	—
601–649	625	96	193.00–213.00	$203.79	$1,274	+1.06
653–671	665	44	199.00–210.00	$205.94	$1,370	+15.94
711 value added	711	8	208.00	$208.00	$1,479	—
703–747	728	100	184.50–215.00	$206.58	$1,504	+1.81
751–797	773	213	201.00–214.00	$206.79	$1,598	+2.61
811–841	831	66	183.00–203.00	$196.36	$1,632	+4.93
852–884	875	108	195.50–203.00	$198.02	$1,733	+16.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	375	47	217.00–235.00	$227.18	$852	+2.07
451–499	477	68	200.00–215.00	$212.22	$1,012	+4.51
550–598	564	54	183.00–201.00	$190.31	$1,073	-0.04
610–626	620	14	179.00–190.00	$180.42	$1,119	-7.15
692	692	9	180.00	$180.00	$1,246	-10.58
955	955	11	173.00	$173.00	$1,652	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	7	210.00	$210.00	$821	—
418	418	12	182.00	$182.00	$761	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
796	796	6	212.00	$212.00	$1,688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	270.00	$270.00	$850	-5.00
412	412	12	252.00	$252.00	$1,038	-20.00
470–485	479	10	246.00–259.00	$251.57	$1,205	+4.87
500–545	531	22	217.50–245.00	$223.83	$1,189	-6.63
550–593	578	36	200.00–243.00	$207.26	$1,198	-17.25
604–645	627	34	185.00–236.00	$199.43	$1,250	-11.08
650	650	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	-16.93
700–726	719	7	191.00–212.00	$196.84	$1,415	—
825	825	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	7	240.00	$240.00	$727	—
351	351	12	265.00	$265.00	$930	—
428	428	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,006	—
473–483	477	15	201.00–235.00	$212.99	$1,016	-6.55
507	507	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,120	+16.88
552–598	580	33	184.00–200.00	$191.32	$1,110	-15.60

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	6	209.00	$209.00	$928	+2.00
494	494	19	182.00	$182.00	$899	+32.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–534	532	6	250.00–263.00	$252.12	$1,341	+12.83
618	618	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,502	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1340	1159	80-85%	20	72.50–86.00	$82.83	$960	-14.94
1015–1420	1194	80-85%	44	94.00–103.00	$97.16	$1,160	-0.61
1020–1440	1203	80-85%	233	80.00–96.00	$89.26	$1,074	+4.89

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1170	900	85-90%	20	45.00–60.00	$52.80	$475	—
712–1250	923	85-90%	45	57.50–75.00	$66.98	$618	—
725–1200	996	85-90%	31	85.00–97.50	$89.76	$894	+32.53
805–1280	1053	85-90%	110	75.00–88.00	$81.13	$854	-1.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1312–1463	1405	75-80%	12	82.00–86.00	$83.25	$1,170	-1.63
1271–1805	1406	75-80%	144	86.00–96.00	$91.04	$1,280	+6.16
1322–1805	1573	75-80%	33	96.00–104.00	$98.94	$1,556	-3.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–2445	1745	30	104.00–116.50	$108.83	$1,899	—
1425–2325	1856	4	93.50–104.00	$96.06	$1,783	—
1560–2265	1929	18	115.00–125.00	$119.88	$2,312	+1.59

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1140	1017	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	139.00–175.00	$151.51	$1,541
840–1555	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	95.50–151.00	$133.41	$1,460

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
767	767	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,304
934–1076	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	136.00–170.00	$153.11	$1,531

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1033	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–102.00	$93.82	$877

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1430	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,160.00–1,625.00	$1,445.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1114–1370	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,625.00–2,050.00	$1,790.80

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1060	973	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,350.00	$1,160.44

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
785–910	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$787.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
970–1125	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,417.12

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00	-139.47
1160–1190	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,000.00	-92.16
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,850.00	$1,850.00	-242.16
1295–1340	1331	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,725.00–2,450.00	$2,305.00	+396.67
1590	1590	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1216	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	3	150.00	$150.00	$840	—

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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.