Name: Central Missouri Sales Company livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 800 lbs and heifers under 700 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, spots 10.00 lower. Several attractive strings of yearlings, not enough comparisons last week for a market trend. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.25/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$137.25

397 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$227

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$18.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.02

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	154.61	819	34
Medium and Large 1	772	135.63	1,047	363

One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about −$227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale397 hd

137.25

—

MO average18 barns · 15,819 hd

156.28

−19.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,505	82.83	1,247	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,415	59.91	848	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	56.07	687	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,064	39.89	424	14

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Central Missouri Sale Company - Sedalia, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	52.24/cwt	49.00–55.00	520	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	42.41/cwt	39.00–44.00	464	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	24.58/cwt	20.00–29.00	277	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	26.97/cwt	22.00–32.00	291	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	65.59/cwt	63.00–68.00	911	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	58.06/cwt	55.00–60.00	819	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	49.42/cwt	48.00–51.00	736	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	55.72/cwt	50.00–59.00	678	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	60.76/cwt	59.50–62.00	750	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	47.12/cwt	46.00–48.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.65/cwt	158.00–162.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	130.59/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,020	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	139.09/cwt	135.00–142.00	943	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	146.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	893	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	135.35/cwt	130.00–137.00	995	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	131.68/cwt	128.50–134.00	1,088	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	173.58/cwt	170.00–175.00	894	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	158.03/cwt	129.00–170.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	158.48/cwt	155.00–164.00	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	141.37/cwt	132.00–150.00	830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	494	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	850	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	435	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	281	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	9,345	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	633.31/cwt	525.00–700.00	6,827	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	665.61/cwt	630.00–700.00	6,676	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	880.37/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	10,274	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	886	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	890	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.26/cwt	140.00–159.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	150.93/cwt	145.00–155.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	149.77/cwt	145.00–151.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	116.83/cwt	116.00–120.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	127.09/cwt	126.00–134.00	737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,052	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	121.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	145.31/cwt	136.00–149.50	705	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.20/cwt	139.50–144.00	732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	123.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	761	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	116.37/cwt	115.00–116.60	923	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	130.40/cwt	130.40–130.40	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	143.72/cwt	140.00–149.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	129.37/cwt	122.00–138.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	115.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	784	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	140.32/cwt	130.00–144.50	609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	614	132.00/cwt	129.00–135.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	172.05/cwt	170.00–174.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,083	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	82.83/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,247	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Central Missouri Sale Company - Sedalia, MO

Mon Feb 24, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 689Last week 502Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 5Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	49.00–55.00	52.24
4	—	1,094	39.00–44.00	42.41
3	—	1,127	20.00–29.00	24.58
2	—	1,078	22.00–32.00	26.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,389	63.00–68.00	65.59
4	—	1,411	55.00–60.00	58.06
2	—	1,490	48.00–51.00	49.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,217	50.00–59.00	55.72
5	—	1,235	59.50–62.00	60.76
2	—	1,273	46.00–48.00	47.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	81.00–84.00	82.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	397	161.00	161.00
3	—	523	158.00–162.00	159.65
4	—	593	146.00	146.00
7	—	781	126.00–132.00	130.59
12	—	678	135.00–142.00	139.09
29	—	610	140.00–150.00	146.33
30	—	735	130.00–137.00	135.35
254	—	826	128.50–134.00	131.68
2	—	435	170.00–174.00	172.05
2	—	873	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	161.50	161.50
11	—	515	170.00–175.00	173.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	698	132.00	132.00
3	—	720	133.50	133.50
4	—	381	194.00	194.00
5	—	414	129.00–170.00	158.03
5	—	464	155.00–164.00	158.48
10	—	587	132.00–150.00	141.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	129.00–135.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	64.50	64.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	886	100.50	100.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	140.00–159.00	150.26
5	—	476	145.00–155.00	150.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	829	114.00	114.00
5	—	424	145.00–151.00	149.77
5	—	715	116.00–120.00	116.83
7	—	580	126.00–134.00	127.09
7	—	939	112.00	112.00
11	—	664	120.00–125.00	121.72
12	—	485	136.00–149.50	145.31
12	—	515	139.50–144.00	142.20
13	—	615	120.00–130.00	123.74
68	—	793	115.00–116.60	116.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	127.00	127.00
3	—	320	142.00	142.00
3	—	505	130.40	130.40
5	—	385	140.00–149.00	143.72
5	—	469	122.00–138.00	129.37
11	—	678	115.00–120.00	115.70
12	—	434	130.00–144.50	140.32

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	890.00	890.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,078	525.00–700.00	633.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	630.00–700.00	665.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,167	700.00–1,025.00	880.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	825.00	825.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Central Missouri Sale Company - Sedalia, MO

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle