Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 18, 2024

13,626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $264.62/cwt -2.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,932/hd at 730 lb · 793 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $255.15/cwt +3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $2,085/hd at 817 lb · 776 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $261.88/cwt +7.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,668/hd at 637 lb · 566 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,626	10,322	12,000
Feeder cattle	12,298	8,518	10,843
Slaughter cattle	1,102	1,060	972
Replacement cattle	226	744	185

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, early week steers 5.00 lower to 7.00 higher and heifers steady to 7.00 lower. Late week feeders steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven from 4.00 lower 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
300–338	312	16	340.00–400.00	$364.76	$1,138	+12.26
355–396	382	56	330.00–385.00	$357.65	$1,366	-2.22
401–448	426	90	320.00–365.00	$340.36	$1,450	-1.44
461 unweaned	461	4	312.00	$312.00	$1,438	-4.00
450–496	475	134	308.00–355.00	$331.70	$1,576	+5.98
506 fancy	506	7	329.00	$329.00	$1,665	—
518–526 unweaned	522	27	303.00–305.00	$304.00	$1,587	—
500–548	528	466	280.00–325.00	$301.72	$1,593	-0.34
532 value added	532	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,649	—
552–564 unweaned	556	21	280.00–286.00	$282.03	$1,568	—
550–596	572	250	270.00–307.50	$287.99	$1,647	+1.31
604–646	623	405	258.00–283.00	$269.23	$1,677	-7.99
650–697	664	361	260.00–290.00	$278.67	$1,850	+6.99
691 value added	691	16	270.00	$270.00	$1,866	—
705–747	730	793	255.00–274.75	$264.62	$1,932	-2.83
750–782	765	526	254.00–274.00	$264.62	$2,024	+2.90
801–841	817	776	247.00–268.50	$255.15	$2,085	+3.30
852–867	860	201	243.00–249.75	$244.83	$2,106	-4.39
955–984	970	134	229.00–231.00	$229.74	$2,228	+1.65
1010	1010	5	224.00	$224.00	$2,262	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–340	316	15	310.00–350.00	$338.79	$1,071	+17.29
366–392	377	31	322.50–340.00	$331.85	$1,251	-5.20
415–448	432	58	290.00–325.00	$311.05	$1,344	+6.44
457–498	481	123	285.00–310.00	$297.95	$1,433	-0.77
489 unweaned	489	15	293.00	$293.00	$1,433	+11.00
500–549	533	121	245.00–300.00	$270.46	$1,442	-0.32
550–598	579	255	245.00–284.00	$269.06	$1,558	+1.40
573–593 unweaned	584	9	255.00–260.00	$257.82	$1,506	-17.08
600–649	637	555	233.00–276.00	$262.03	$1,669	+7.12
636–643 unweaned	637	11	251.00–255.00	$254.27	$1,620	+4.10
661 unweaned	661	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,626	+8.00
650–698	675	177	243.00–266.00	$254.98	$1,721	+10.38
676 value added	676	20	259.00	$259.00	$1,751	—
700–748	719	195	235.00–254.00	$247.51	$1,780	-1.25
762 value added	762	17	249.00	$249.00	$1,897	—
775 unweaned	775	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,821	—
750–798	780	169	234.00–256.00	$251.22	$1,960	+5.25
804–849	838	311	225.00–246.00	$240.56	$2,016	-1.59
853–899	880	213	230.00–240.00	$238.79	$2,101	+2.32
970	970	2	226.00	$226.00	$2,192	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–398	390	21	290.00–315.00	$309.82	$1,208	+21.56
440	440	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,276	+31.25
456–489	477	33	271.00–292.50	$278.72	$1,329	+17.25
503–546	521	27	240.00–271.00	$258.20	$1,345	—
555–591	581	11	248.00–259.00	$251.55	$1,462	+8.45
600–635	626	23	225.00–242.00	$227.41	$1,424	—
650–694	675	22	230.00–241.00	$234.64	$1,584	—
782–795	790	9	220.00–227.50	$223.59	$1,766	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
741	741	11	250.00	$250.00	$1,852	—
1035	1035	15	213.50	$213.50	$2,210	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,067	—
421	421	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,052	—
495	495	9	270.00	$270.00	$1,336	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	10	196.00	$196.00	$1,100	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,235	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	324	38	305.00–335.00	$324.19	$1,050	+30.22
361–385	374	54	302.00–315.00	$307.18	$1,149	-5.97
400–443	424	83	270.00–313.00	$297.35	$1,261	+3.15
451–499	477	197	270.00–312.00	$287.44	$1,371	-0.09
486 unweaned	486	9	273.00	$273.00	$1,327	+10.00
510 fancy	510	17	295.00	$295.00	$1,504	—
502–549	522	256	252.00–279.00	$262.03	$1,368	-6.08
555–562 value added	558	19	248.00–261.00	$253.51	$1,415	—
550–599	578	330	246.00–277.50	$256.18	$1,481	-1.09
564–593 unweaned	582	11	251.00–254.00	$252.06	$1,467	+6.06
600–648	628	257	244.00–264.00	$251.29	$1,578	-6.66
630 value added	630	11	254.00	$254.00	$1,600	—
652–698	671	270	238.00–251.00	$244.31	$1,639	+0.45
673 value added	673	24	240.00	$240.00	$1,615	—
706–749	731	228	232.00–243.00	$238.27	$1,742	-0.23
751–789	763	383	228.00–240.25	$234.46	$1,789	+3.46
805–841	832	66	222.50–227.50	$225.96	$1,880	-0.15
850–893	863	17	219.00–226.00	$223.87	$1,932	+1.95
931	931	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,955	-4.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	3	290.00–295.00	$293.33	$983	+9.34
352–387	371	33	282.50–297.50	$288.81	$1,071	+3.83
402–445	423	121	245.00–292.50	$266.78	$1,128	+1.25
450–499	476	235	245.00–275.00	$261.36	$1,244	+4.88
483–498 unweaned	490	42	245.00–267.50	$258.84	$1,268	-8.48
502–541	521	251	230.00–264.00	$245.30	$1,278	+1.57
550–585 unweaned	566	16	234.00–245.00	$239.26	$1,354	-0.74
550–597	569	289	225.00–261.00	$240.71	$1,370	+0.54
600–647	630	150	222.00–243.00	$232.47	$1,465	+0.51
651–690	671	173	221.00–240.00	$233.35	$1,566	+0.81
701–736	729	146	213.00–230.00	$225.92	$1,647	-3.54
735 unweaned	735	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,551	—
750–790	774	72	213.00–227.50	$220.99	$1,710	-3.17
805–843	826	39	210.00–220.00	$218.80	$1,807	—
904–913	907	17	189.00–191.00	$190.41	$1,727	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	8	270.00	$270.00	$907	—
375–393	383	14	250.00–265.00	$258.70	$991	—
421	421	16	250.00	$250.00	$1,052	+10.00
455–497	477	58	220.00–250.00	$233.40	$1,113	-2.87
526–545	533	10	215.00–236.00	$223.29	$1,190	+4.85
584–595	589	16	222.00–238.00	$230.43	$1,357	+10.43
663–685	680	12	212.00–215.00	$212.73	$1,447	+17.73
725	725	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,494	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	13	234.00	$234.00	$1,587	—
1008	1008	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,865	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,409	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,235	—
554	554	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,391	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	5	254.00	$254.00	$991	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,382	+4.42
501–545	512	10	244.00–265.00	$251.09	$1,286	-2.65
565–567	566	26	239.00–250.00	$244.09	$1,382	-24.78
608–645	620	25	225.00–265.00	$243.05	$1,507	+0.50
662–692	684	11	228.00–245.00	$232.49	$1,590	+1.47
701	701	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,507	-14.06
788	788	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,418	-32.82
825	825	7	197.50	$197.50	$1,629	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,341	+10.00
521–530	524	28	265.00–295.00	$275.83	$1,445	—
550	550	6	272.00	$272.00	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–548	537	23	220.00–232.00	$226.93	$1,219	—
583	583	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,370	+2.74

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	11	265.00	$265.00	$967	—
455	455	6	205.00	$205.00	$933	—
596	596	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,192	—
695	695	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,314	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	3	137.50	$137.50	$722	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1295	1285	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,800.78	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1165	900	85-90%	65	55.00–80.00	$69.54	$626	—
717–1230	989	85-90%	135	78.00–100.00	$90.02	$890	+18.79
790–1210	1016	85-90%	20	114.00–122.00	$117.40	$1,193	—
815–1267	1115	85-90%	120	100.00–116.00	$107.56	$1,199	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1315	1217	80-85%	23	121.00–130.00	$126.08	$1,534	+9.82
1005–1435	1239	80-85%	212	109.00–126.50	$114.29	$1,416	-1.97
1065–1345	1242	80-85%	36	92.50–108.00	$104.87	$1,302	-11.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–2035	1479	75-80%	43	90.00–109.00	$105.31	$1,558	-11.81
1265–1985	1486	75-80%	148	108.00–124.00	$114.30	$1,698	-2.82
1435–1800	1607	75-80%	34	121.00–131.00	$124.45	$2,000	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	65-75%	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,021	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–2185	1545	18	130.00–145.00	$136.82	$2,114	—
1275–2210	1702	33	140.00–166.50	$153.98	$2,621	+2.10
1595–2350	1911	11	162.00–174.00	$167.23	$3,196	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1026	1026	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	195.00	$195.00	$2,001
896–1371	1076	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	165.00–197.50	$184.10	$1,981

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1120	993	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	172.50–185.00	$181.45	$1,802
735–1351	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	126.00–168.00	$144.46	$1,611

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
708	708	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,239
862	862	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,336

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1106	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	120.00–138.00	$125.87	$1,377

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1180	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,546.53
1005–1505	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,585.00–2,075.00	$1,808.18
1090–1580	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,632.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1180–1505	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	2,020.00–2,400.00	$2,184.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1135	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,150.00–1,575.00	$1,480.60

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
900–1320	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,729.73

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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
1090–1210	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,925.00–2,500.00	$2,380.56	—
1578	1578	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00	-433.33

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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.