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Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

6,700 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $156.41/cwt +1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 577 lb · 352 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $147.16/cwt +7.64 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 672 lb · 305 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.14/cwt +4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $784/hd at 572 lb · 243 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 6,700 9,529 3,618
Feeder cattle 5,866 8,874 3,255
Slaughter cattle 729 565 303
Replacement cattle 105 90 60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, yearlings steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
325–340 334 11 172.00–197.00 $183.89 $614 +3.89
370–395 381 28 173.00–197.00 $187.89 $716 +1.43
400–439 422 40 165.00–180.50 $175.21 $739 -0.90
468 468 3 163.00 $163.00 $763 -9.30
450–496 478 111 158.00–182.00 $173.20 $828 +0.90
500–549 516 193 146.00–176.00 $167.41 $864 +0.75
520–542 531 4 149.50–153.00 $151.21 $803 -2.22
524–544 532 13 150.00–159.00 $155.21 $826 +1.78
568 568 4 145.00 $145.00 $824 -2.06
552–598 577 345 146.00–163.00 $156.64 $904 +0.74
595 595 3 145.00 $145.00 $863 -10.90
614 fancy 614 19 157.50 $157.50 $967 —
600–626 615 7 138.00–144.50 $140.72 $865 -0.68
603–648 623 193 145.00–154.00 $149.50 $931 +1.00
631–637 unweaned 633 20 138.75–143.00 $140.03 $886 +1.65
650–698 672 297 139.00–150.50 $147.34 $990 +4.22
679 unweaned 679 4 142.00 $142.00 $964 +8.75
683 683 4 139.00 $139.00 $949 +3.15
703–720 713 14 131.00–138.50 $133.45 $951 -8.53
700–737 719 223 132.00–148.25 $145.69 $1,048 +3.71
756–764 758 18 126.25–128.50 $126.75 $961 -5.36
750–789 771 72 128.00–140.00 $135.54 $1,045 ±0.00
813–832 825 17 133.00–142.00 $138.87 $1,146 -3.67
829 829 8 123.75 $123.75 $1,026 -18.79
862 862 13 129.50 $129.50 $1,116 -7.40
856–882 875 83 128.75–138.50 $136.20 $1,192 -0.70
903 903 5 121.00 $121.00 $1,093 -16.70
991 991 24 123.35 $123.35 $1,222 +3.60
1053 1053 3 127.50 $127.50 $1,343 —
1140 1140 6 104.50 $104.50 $1,191 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
352–380 366 4 169.50–170.00 $169.76 $621 -1.03
402–433 418 28 165.00–170.00 $167.97 $702 +0.08
451–495 479 43 145.00–173.00 $160.87 $771 -1.07
505–540 530 86 145.00–164.00 $158.00 $837 +5.13
543 unweaned 543 4 146.00 $146.00 $793 +5.25
555–597 579 76 130.00–150.00 $144.02 $834 -0.43
592 592 4 137.00 $137.00 $811 -7.45
605–648 627 78 136.00–150.00 $142.55 $894 +0.86
650–699 665 110 131.50–145.50 $139.41 $927 +3.01
680–699 691 29 122.50–131.00 $127.20 $879 -9.20
705–738 721 29 127.00–140.00 $132.66 $956 -1.37
765–791 779 10 125.75–135.50 $129.07 $1,005 -0.39
815–822 819 8 125.50–132.00 $129.58 $1,061 -3.62
847 847 6 117.50 $117.50 $995 -7.50
903 903 3 120.00 $120.00 $1,084 —
983 983 3 109.50 $109.50 $1,076 -6.68
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
470 470 4 165.00 $165.00 $776 —
542 542 5 148.00 $148.00 $802 —
646 646 15 149.00 $149.00 $963 +8.50
655 655 7 134.00 $134.00 $878 -3.31
721 721 11 140.00 $140.00 $1,009 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
488–494 492 12 139.50–150.00 $143.84 $708 —
542 542 7 148.00 $148.00 $802 —
572–596 586 7 136.00–139.50 $137.46 $806 —
670–689 678 9 129.00–130.00 $129.55 $878 —
772–774 773 7 118.50–130.00 $123.42 $954 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
522–540 532 7 148.00–154.00 $150.52 $801 —
604–618 611 15 125.00–135.50 $129.96 $794 +2.96
699 699 4 125.00 $125.00 $874 —
798 798 6 122.50 $122.50 $978 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
577 577 3 136.50 $136.50 $788 -2.58
758 758 4 120.00 $120.00 $910 —
888 888 6 119.00 $119.00 $1,057 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
354 354 7 160.00 $160.00 $566 —
469 469 5 145.00 $145.00 $680 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–395 372 21 147.00–167.00 $156.32 $582 -4.00
363–385 thin fleshed 372 7 161.00 $161.00 $599 —
400–445 424 93 144.00–163.00 $154.17 $654 -5.98
450–497 476 150 141.00–156.00 $149.18 $710 +0.41
481 481 8 141.00 $141.00 $678 -7.77
500–548 519 179 128.00–151.00 $141.50 $734 +9.77
550–592 572 230 130.00–141.50 $137.67 $787 +2.75
561–593 572 13 126.50–129.00 $127.80 $731 -7.12
602–649 627 90 129.25–141.00 $135.77 $851 +2.74
648 648 8 125.75 $125.75 $815 -7.28
655–672 660 157 124.25–141.75 $137.16 $905 +3.22
655–672 665 32 119.50–125.75 $123.27 $820 -10.67
708–725 713 13 123.50–133.00 $130.03 $927 -5.73
700–743 725 101 122.00–139.25 $137.51 $997 +1.75
755 755 6 123.00 $123.00 $929 +1.37
751–762 757 109 126.00–135.00 $130.88 $991 +9.25
800–849 846 30 125.85–128.00 $125.99 $1,066 +7.99
856–873 871 71 117.25–122.60 $122.01 $1,063 —
884 884 5 111.50 $111.50 $986 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
331 331 4 155.00 $155.00 $513 -1.00
372–393 380 13 142.00–150.00 $145.69 $554 -7.50
409–449 435 36 135.00–153.00 $143.92 $626 -2.57
458–498 482 94 126.00–146.50 $138.99 $670 -2.08
500–546 523 70 122.00–142.00 $133.36 $697 +2.49
523 thin fleshed 523 17 147.00 $147.00 $769 —
530 unweaned 530 3 122.00 $122.00 $647 —
556 unweaned 556 4 121.00 $121.00 $673 +1.00
553–597 571 71 118.00–138.50 $129.59 $740 +0.98
605–645 629 53 112.00–133.75 $126.70 $797 -2.27
630 unweaned 630 4 114.00 $114.00 $718 -6.25
668 668 4 123.00 $123.00 $822 -3.92
655–690 670 46 116.00–132.50 $124.90 $837 -2.02
700 700 3 115.00 $115.00 $805 -9.95
711–735 723 25 120.50–128.00 $125.49 $907 +0.54
750–774 763 27 117.00–123.50 $120.64 $920 +6.64
819 819 12 120.00 $120.00 $983 +0.25
815–846 823 32 117.50–126.50 $124.23 $1,022 +4.48
907 907 3 100.00 $100.00 $907 —
1025 1025 8 104.00 $104.00 $1,066 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
524 524 5 119.00 $119.00 $624 -5.00
581 581 7 115.00 $115.00 $668 —
635 635 3 120.00 $120.00 $762 -2.00
718 718 6 118.00 $118.00 $847 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
339 339 4 148.00 $148.00 $502 —
664 thin fleshed 664 6 130.00 $130.00 $863 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
481 unweaned 481 6 129.50 $129.50 $623 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
582 582 5 124.00 $124.00 $722 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
640 640 4 111.50 $111.50 $714 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
323 unweaned 323 3 150.00 $150.00 $484 —
390 390 3 171.00 $171.00 $667 —
480–496 492 10 136.00–154.00 $144.67 $712 -7.44
512–545 521 17 132.00–146.50 $143.66 $748 -5.67
576–585 581 10 123.50–135.00 $127.72 $742 -8.72
603–640 616 24 117.00–134.00 $126.47 $779 +1.54
654–694 670 29 114.50–127.00 $119.97 $804 +2.79
670 670 3 115.00 $115.00 $770 -2.18
707–720 715 5 104.50–120.00 $110.63 $791 -7.61
765–770 767 6 105.50–117.50 $113.34 $869 +4.34
805 805 4 109.00 $109.00 $877 +2.43
864–898 881 21 91.00–100.00 $96.92 $854 +2.42
945 945 2 95.50 $95.50 $902 —
958 958 6 96.50 $96.50 $924 +4.82
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
473–481 478 8 157.00–162.00 $160.14 $765 +0.45
616–635 626 21 136.50–142.50 $139.77 $875 +5.77
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
626 626 4 123.50 $123.50 $773 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
870–1655 1209 80-85% 109 46.00–57.00 $51.13 $618 +0.30
1010–1575 1224 80-85% 20 40.50–49.00 $44.80 $548 -6.03
1015–1740 1295 80-85% 33 51.50–61.00 $57.03 $739 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1242–1875 1404 75-80% 13 45.00–51.50 $49.72 $698 —
1065–1955 1436 75-80% 73 50.00–60.50 $54.77 $786 -0.22
1415–1940 1569 75-80% 45 58.00–66.00 $61.87 $971 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
900–1030 967 85-90% 3 22.00–27.00 $24.89 $241 —
825–1250 1043 85-90% 10 30.00–43.00 $38.18 $398 -6.65
865–1610 1063 85-90% 40 40.50–50.00 $45.53 $484 -7.74
998–1275 1090 85-90% 3 51.00–55.00 $53.44 $582 +0.17
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1675 1675 65-75% 1 68.00 $68.00 $1,139 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
980–1835 1435 15 51.00–73.00 $68.01 $976 —
1250–2230 1695 25 74.00–85.50 $79.04 $1,340 —
1700–2190 1912 9 83.00–90.00 $86.99 $1,663 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
875–1290 1001 (<2 yrs)Open 21 61.50–104.00 $86.15 $862
850–1315 1058 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 24 50.00–88.00 $65.49 $693

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1085–1385 1265 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 14 835.00–1,025.00 $945.55

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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.