Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 27, 2023

11,761 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $218.65/cwt -10.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,719/hd at 786 lb · 431 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $208.11/cwt -12.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,921/hd at 923 lb · 316 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.67/cwt -4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,261/hd at 569 lb · 314 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,761	12,000	20,051
Feeder cattle	10,130	10,843	18,195
Slaughter cattle	1,412	972	1,623
Replacement cattle	219	185	233

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders early week 8.00 to 17.00 lower, late week unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	336	6	270.00–285.00	$272.53	$916	-14.15
369–383	374	11	270.00–287.00	$279.60	$1,046	-2.84
401–443	422	89	257.00–280.00	$265.50	$1,120	-4.23
436 unweaned	436	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,090	-25.00
457–495	480	64	249.50–271.00	$259.56	$1,246	-8.26
480–493 unweaned	485	26	250.00–267.00	$261.01	$1,266	—
500–548	527	221	222.00–250.00	$239.07	$1,260	-7.52
539 unweaned	539	13	230.00	$230.00	$1,240	±0.00
564–585 unweaned	575	49	230.00–239.00	$233.70	$1,344	+4.70
551–598	579	235	218.00–245.00	$234.69	$1,359	-3.41
601–649	623	195	211.00–233.50	$220.90	$1,376	-9.32
633 unweaned	633	16	212.00	$212.00	$1,342	—
650–698	670	286	209.00–225.50	$220.90	$1,480	-11.15
708–743	722	93	205.00–224.00	$218.47	$1,577	-12.19
753–799	786	431	200.00–221.50	$218.65	$1,719	-10.21
806–819	815	22	200.00–212.00	$208.22	$1,697	-18.77
870–887	880	114	205.00–211.00	$207.63	$1,827	-16.79
901–935	904	179	175.00–205.00	$203.27	$1,838	-10.49
950–972	957	255	189.00–196.50	$194.42	$1,861	-16.58
1030–1043	1037	87	189.00–192.00	$190.76	$1,978	—
1224	1224	26	171.00	$171.00	$2,093	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–331	322	20	293.00–322.00	$304.63	$981	-14.02
365–396	389	23	297.50–317.50	$309.52	$1,204	-9.40
408–448	426	106	275.00–315.00	$292.81	$1,247	+0.26
434 fancy	434	16	313.00	$313.00	$1,358	—
452–488	466	61	272.00–307.50	$285.23	$1,329	-9.78
503–504 thin fleshed	503	17	287.00	$287.00	$1,444	—
516 unweaned	516	15	260.00	$260.00	$1,342	—
500–547	517	147	250.00–282.00	$262.15	$1,355	-9.92
556–594	581	184	240.50–275.00	$258.25	$1,500	-5.42
602–641	616	150	225.00–250.00	$235.44	$1,450	-13.19
651–697	676	227	224.00–238.00	$230.37	$1,557	-18.84
703–733	721	270	217.00–234.00	$228.93	$1,651	-18.33
776–791	788	168	219.50–234.50	$231.97	$1,828	-11.06
800–848	817	269	215.00–230.00	$223.22	$1,824	-15.00
854–874	864	198	210.50–220.00	$213.46	$1,844	-23.56
912–930	923	316	203.00–214.00	$208.11	$1,921	-12.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	333	18	250.00–275.00	$260.88	$869	—
355–388	369	13	265.00–280.00	$270.92	$1,000	-1.52
407–443	419	53	230.00–253.00	$245.13	$1,027	+4.73
450–498	481	105	225.00–250.00	$239.54	$1,152	-3.87
500–547	528	31	205.00–220.00	$213.98	$1,130	+1.50
553–598	572	64	195.00–222.00	$215.23	$1,231	-1.64
606–623	613	32	175.00–210.00	$200.34	$1,228	-2.83
674–685	678	21	200.00–210.00	$206.63	$1,401	+16.63
702–737	725	21	195.00–210.00	$200.49	$1,454	+0.49
791	791	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,582	-13.52
1001	1001	54	171.00	$171.00	$1,712	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	12	245.00	$245.00	$799	—
371–377	376	24	220.00–240.00	$235.89	$887	-14.11
443	443	5	220.00	$220.00	$975	+10.90
459	459	27	220.00	$220.00	$1,010	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	5	206.00	$206.00	$952	—
643	643	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,337	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	9	171.00	$171.00	$1,023	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551	551	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,295	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–348	345	43	224.00–255.00	$249.34	$860	—
363–398	386	52	225.00–250.00	$238.68	$921	-7.50
401–448	419	96	217.00–240.00	$229.08	$960	+0.51
426 unweaned	426	5	228.00	$228.00	$971	—
450–499	482	226	210.00–234.00	$222.55	$1,073	-9.71
479–498 unweaned	489	12	220.00–226.00	$223.06	$1,091	-2.94
520 unweaned	520	14	196.00	$196.00	$1,019	—
500–548	533	249	195.00–216.00	$208.08	$1,109	-3.51
552–598	568	220	197.00–213.00	$206.23	$1,171	-6.02
562–594 unweaned	584	23	187.00–191.00	$188.17	$1,099	—
605–648	629	149	182.00–212.00	$200.88	$1,264	-2.91
655–697	679	192	180.00–213.50	$200.63	$1,362	-5.31
702–748	710	178	175.00–202.50	$198.45	$1,409	-8.13
764–799	790	136	177.00–198.75	$194.87	$1,539	-11.92
855–883	879	141	184.00–191.00	$188.87	$1,660	-9.15
916	916	27	179.00	$179.00	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–323	317	23	260.00–282.00	$278.37	$882	+1.90
362–378	365	31	248.00–267.00	$261.75	$955	-6.36
407–445	421	151	235.00–252.00	$243.76	$1,026	-7.91
453–492	464	63	235.00–253.00	$241.29	$1,120	-15.89
500–542	518	240	213.00–238.00	$218.12	$1,130	-7.21
550–589	569	314	212.00–230.00	$221.67	$1,261	-4.29
600–641	625	122	205.00–226.00	$214.95	$1,343	-20.61
660–699	674	98	196.00–222.00	$213.07	$1,436	-21.44
712–743	720	165	205.00–211.50	$209.97	$1,512	-17.33
770	770	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,617	-10.91
823–830	830	72	194.00–197.50	$197.31	$1,638	-15.54
914	914	39	185.00	$185.00	$1,691	-10.00
1139	1139	10	158.00	$158.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	336	13	200.00–220.00	$215.68	$725	—
353–393	378	45	200.00–235.00	$221.96	$839	-5.22
420–443	429	31	205.00–213.00	$208.93	$896	—
452–498	479	55	197.00–215.00	$205.63	$985	-6.59
498 unweaned	498	25	215.00	$215.00	$1,071	—
501–538	517	20	175.00–197.00	$188.41	$974	—
558–595	578	29	170.00–192.00	$184.84	$1,068	-5.47
610–647	625	27	175.00–187.00	$178.21	$1,114	-2.21
665–691	682	14	180.00	$180.00	$1,228	±0.00
713–715	714	5	170.00–175.00	$171.40	$1,224	—
820–845	833	2	140.00–150.00	$144.92	$1,207	—
928	928	18	152.00	$152.00	$1,411	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–382	367	20	200.00–210.00	$205.37	$754	-4.63
438	438	2	160.00	$160.00	$701	-22.00
456	456	10	181.00	$181.00	$825	—
510	510	3	150.00	$150.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	7	145.00	$145.00	$1,061	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	6	207.00	$207.00	$822	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,118	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–305	303	9	265.00–287.50	$274.93	$833	+4.93
390	390	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,170	—
410–438	427	15	253.00–274.00	$265.08	$1,132	+13.08
510–535	524	13	200.00–250.00	$214.68	$1,125	-9.15
551–585	568	37	202.00–223.00	$208.74	$1,186	+1.48
610–648	633	16	200.00–210.00	$207.11	$1,311	+7.68
655–699	681	21	200.00–211.00	$206.73	$1,408	+16.73
705–735	728	13	186.00–204.00	$199.84	$1,455	+3.00
750–765	760	3	170.00–180.00	$176.71	$1,343	—
800–815	811	4	162.00–180.00	$173.73	$1,409	-5.27
888	888	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,465	—
900	900	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,530	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,088	+15.00
475–495	491	5	220.00–229.50	$227.66	$1,118	+14.67
502–521	508	9	170.00–192.00	$177.52	$902	-43.48
575–593	583	11	171.00–184.00	$177.01	$1,032	-14.31
600	600	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,146	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	11	187.00	$187.00	$916	+5.00
567–596	583	13	160.00–165.00	$162.75	$949	—
704	704	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	11	330.00	$330.00	$1,046	—
415	415	4	287.50	$287.50	$1,193	—
553	553	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,327	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	7	176.00	$176.00	$943	—
705	705	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,227	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
926	926	6	156.00	$156.00	$1,445	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	5	170.00	$170.00	$869	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1410	1225	80-85%	334	81.00–100.00	$91.79	$1,124	+2.53
1015–1410	1244	80-85%	64	95.00–107.00	$100.51	$1,250	—
1130–1393	1275	80-85%	14	85.00–91.50	$88.47	$1,128	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1278–1780	1431	75-80%	186	84.00–102.00	$93.93	$1,344	+2.89
1325–1705	1447	75-80%	24	82.00–91.00	$87.78	$1,270	—
1325–2055	1518	75-80%	125	96.00–113.00	$101.90	$1,547	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
753–1025	861	85-90%	22	37.50–65.00	$56.13	$483	—
745–1260	998	85-90%	49	59.00–83.00	$70.87	$707	-18.89
740–1245	1043	85-90%	55	86.00–99.00	$90.86	$948	—
835–1325	1067	85-90%	152	75.00–92.00	$84.35	$900	+3.22

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–2140	1497	12	93.00–105.00	$100.09	$1,498	—
1265–2260	1686	51	105.00–119.00	$112.37	$1,895	—
1415–2075	1803	23	117.00–132.00	$122.03	$2,200	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
789–1025	869	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	134.00–171.00	$153.59	$1,335
895–1095	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	96.00–105.50	$102.67	$1,012
758–1341	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	105.00–132.00	$122.86	$1,378

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
876	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	118.00	$118.00	$1,034

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1322	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,252.92
940–1290	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	1,200.00–1,675.00	$1,415.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
793–930	839	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–950.00	$913.04
875–1075	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	850.00–1,350.00	$1,175.49

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
813–973	924	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	675.00–875.00	$811.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1198	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,605.20
1410	1410	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1050	985	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,283.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–1065	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,300.00	—
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1695	1695	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.