Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

3,887 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $147.45/cwt ≈ $1,140/hd at 773 lb · 381 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $154.13/cwt ≈ $1,054/hd at 684 lb · 265 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $143.86/cwt ≈ $1,047/hd at 728 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,887	3,939	4,701
Feeder cattle	3,479	—	4,154
Slaughter cattle	318	—	491
Replacement cattle	90	—	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
413–446	435	10	169.00–175.00	$170.81	$743
470 unweaned	470	3	160.00	$160.00	$752
451–495	474	41	163.00–173.00	$167.94	$796
500–543	522	51	155.00–174.00	$164.98	$861
564 unweaned	564	7	144.50	$144.50	$815
573	573	4	140.00	$140.00	$802
550–599	583	105	145.00–160.50	$154.19	$899
607–643 unweaned	619	50	135.50–141.00	$139.50	$864
604–646	633	54	142.00–155.00	$146.47	$927
664–689	680	19	137.00–138.75	$138.12	$939
673–693	684	242	144.00–161.25	$155.69	$1,065
696	696	4	136.00	$136.00	$947
710–718	713	12	138.50–141.00	$139.34	$993
701–732	729	121	144.00–147.00	$144.31	$1,052
751 thin fleshed	751	72	156.00	$156.00	$1,172
761–794	778	285	137.85–152.00	$146.44	$1,139
778–799	785	24	126.00–137.00	$133.84	$1,051
817–838	821	11	132.00–134.50	$134.04	$1,100
873–886	883	54	126.00–137.25	$133.07	$1,175
913–946	930	27	121.75–130.00	$125.14	$1,164
951	951	7	131.50	$131.50	$1,251

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
406 thin fleshed	406	4	170.00	$170.00	$690
456–471	463	9	156.00–158.00	$156.90	$726
518 unweaned	518	8	145.00	$145.00	$751
501–548	525	38	135.00–150.50	$144.95	$761
553–592	564	85	140.00–152.50	$146.85	$828
619	619	4	135.00	$135.00	$836
600–649	622	66	135.00–149.00	$143.79	$894
650	650	10	134.50	$134.50	$874
656–658	657	48	137.00–143.10	$141.35	$929
718–742	735	45	131.00–142.00	$138.05	$1,015
751–791	771	51	131.75–136.00	$134.45	$1,037
800–842	818	14	125.00–135.50	$131.61	$1,077
883	883	15	136.00	$136.00	$1,201
940	940	3	133.50	$133.50	$1,255

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
416 unweaned	416	5	147.00	$147.00	$612
523–548 unweaned	538	20	141.00–142.00	$141.61	$762
632	632	3	143.00	$143.00	$904
653	653	8	134.00	$134.00	$875
723 unweaned	723	16	133.00	$133.00	$962
729	729	6	141.50	$141.50	$1,032

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
447 unweaned	447	7	156.00	$156.00	$697
572 unweaned	572	14	139.00	$139.00	$795

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
469 thin fleshed	469	5	159.50	$159.50	$748
790	790	7	121.00	$121.00	$956

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
631 unweaned	631	3	125.50	$125.50	$792
882–887	885	8	120.00–122.00	$120.75	$1,069

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
319 unweaned	319	7	147.00	$147.00	$469
396 unweaned	396	6	143.00	$143.00	$566
430	430	3	135.00	$135.00	$580
405–449	437	31	144.00–163.00	$151.82	$663
455–497	473	38	140.00–149.00	$145.70	$689
485 unweaned	485	8	130.00	$130.00	$630
502–534	518	17	140.00–153.50	$148.11	$767
518–540	534	7	132.00–134.00	$133.45	$713
518–548 unweaned	539	10	124.00–135.00	$127.17	$685
551–590	566	57	130.00–138.00	$134.76	$763
558–576	566	21	129.00–131.25	$129.94	$735
610 unweaned	610	10	131.50	$131.50	$802
600–638	625	78	132.00–145.00	$140.25	$877
655	655	3	125.00	$125.00	$819
654–684	669	28	130.50–136.75	$133.83	$895
700–743	719	123	127.75–142.50	$134.45	$967
751	751	55	148.50	$148.50	$1,115
805–845	830	29	120.00–125.00	$122.34	$1,015
967	967	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,064

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
329	329	5	135.00	$135.00	$444
351	351	6	140.50	$140.50	$493
411–425 unweaned	418	6	133.00–135.00	$133.98	$560
411–440	425	27	142.00–155.00	$150.26	$639
463–478 unweaned	475	19	130.00–135.00	$133.16	$633
454–498	483	20	139.00–143.50	$141.11	$682
500–545	537	28	127.00–135.00	$133.27	$716
570–593	578	53	127.50–138.00	$133.64	$772
601 unweaned	601	4	124.00	$124.00	$745
602–648	627	15	129.50–140.00	$135.29	$848
665 unweaned	665	3	125.00	$125.00	$831
661–695	677	16	124.00–131.50	$127.58	$864
709–738	719	43	127.00–131.25	$129.53	$931
760	760	3	126.00	$126.00	$958
843	843	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,020
915	915	4	112.00	$112.00	$1,025

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
410 unweaned	410	4	116.00	$116.00	$476
460	460	3	138.00	$138.00	$635
508	508	4	125.00	$125.00	$635
682	682	3	115.00	$115.00	$784

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
559–590	575	10	126.50–137.00	$131.61	$757

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595	595	8	114.75	$114.75	$683

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610	610	4	128.00	$128.00	$781

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
626	626	4	118.50	$118.50	$742

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
281	281	5	184.00	$184.00	$517
429–443	437	10	159.00–164.00	$160.97	$703
549	549	4	144.00	$144.00	$791
660–678	667	9	108.00–118.00	$112.32	$749
718–747	733	14	102.50–125.00	$110.43	$809
790	790	4	95.00	$95.00	$750
901	901	13	90.00	$90.00	$811

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400–434	426	9	161.00–168.00	$163.14	$695
451	451	3	171.00	$171.00	$771
508	508	3	141.50	$141.50	$719
528	528	5	145.00	$145.00	$766
634	634	5	128.50	$128.50	$815

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
638 unweaned	638	10	113.50	$113.50	$724

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1305	1142	80-85%	10	43.50–52.50	$48.52	$554
810–1575	1168	80-85%	70	48.00–60.00	$54.34	$635
1130–1450	1256	80-85%	20	58.00–67.00	$62.30	$782

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175–1705	1360	75-80%	41	54.00–62.50	$57.30	$779
1215–1570	1384	75-80%	5	47.50–54.00	$51.65	$715
1290–1775	1562	75-80%	25	60.00–67.50	$64.03	$1,000

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–1240	1002	85-90%	19	34.00–49.00	$41.46	$415
975–1205	1068	85-90%	6	54.00–57.50	$55.69	$595
880–1380	1082	85-90%	35	44.00–55.00	$49.19	$532

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
2030	2030	65-75%	1	70.50	$70.50	$1,431

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1295–2370	1633	25	78.50–88.00	$83.08	$1,357
1090–1965	1673	7	67.00–79.00	$73.97	$1,238
1695	1695	1	90.50	$90.50	$1,534

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1190	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	79.00–107.00	$88.87	$902
805–1470	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	58.50–80.00	$66.44	$731
1213–1251	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	60.50–61.50	$61.08	$754

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1410	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,134.72

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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.