Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 104 priced lines covering 1,411 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,598 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 199 head. replacement cattle receipts at 210 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,598Last week 1,461Year ago 2,141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 151Year ago 168

Replacement CattleReceipts 210Last week 65Year ago 60

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	415.00–420.00	417.56
16	350–400	374	379.00–422.50	403.20
16	400–450	418	360.00–412.00	393.06
16	450–500	469	368.00–400.00	381.34
2	500–550	542	356.00	356.00
39	550–600	582	312.00–353.50	330.52
27	650–700	675	285.00–319.50	303.15
5	700–750	731	275.00–280.00	276.97
4	800–850	810	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	469	360.00–375.00	369.70
6	550–600	595	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	266	475.00–510.00	482.00
13	300–350	325	450.00–477.50	459.56
10	350–400	363	405.00–450.00	432.52
12	400–450	432	410.00–438.00	418.50
24	450–500	468	385.00–426.00	404.88
56	500–550	518	361.00–390.50	378.78
43	550–600	571	347.00–373.50	353.40
55	600–650	606	327.00–358.50	352.90
70	650–700	675	306.00–327.25	318.61
47	700–750	724	290.00–301.00	295.22
4	800–850	835	276.50	276.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	360.00–372.00	366.29
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	582	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	325.00–336.00	330.53
12	600–650	607	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	460	405.25	405.25
16	550–600	560	378.75	378.75
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	399.00	399.00
9	400–450	422	379.00	379.00
29	500–550	511	335.50–340.50	338.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	320.00	320.00
11	650–700	662	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	258	385.00	385.00
3	300–350	311	386.00	386.00
19	350–400	359	350.00–384.00	372.79
14	400–450	430	325.00–361.00	341.98
25	450–500	472	315.00–339.00	330.97
25	500–550	535	289.00–325.00	305.60
18	550–600	568	285.00–307.00	298.25
3	600–650	605	283.00	283.00
10	650–700	676	268.00–278.00	272.35
5	850–900	890	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	467	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	259	445.00	445.00
17	300–350	326	375.00–440.00	401.54
10	350–400	386	380.00–395.00	384.58
22	400–450	418	347.00–377.50	366.92
39	450–500	484	322.50–357.00	346.54
64	500–550	509	311.00–337.00	331.80
29	550–600	580	315.50–324.00	317.21
19	600–650	605	285.00–291.00	287.51
19	650–700	661	280.00–289.00	288.04
6	750–800	761	269.00	269.00
5	900–950	936	214.50–220.00	216.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	518	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	230.00–232.50	231.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
9	450–500	461	322.00–340.00	332.61
5	650–700	681	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
8	400–450	421	345.00–395.00	376.84
19	450–500	476	352.50–445.00	382.64
8	500–550	527	300.00–340.00	321.43
10	550–600	563	308.00–325.00	319.73
5	600–650	642	286.00–293.00	288.81
7	700–750	725	237.00–260.00	248.35
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	286.00	286.00
5	550–600	591	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	448.00	448.00
5	400–450	429	384.00	384.00
8	450–500	483	377.00	377.00
9	550–600	595	316.50	316.50
5	700–750	702	274.00	274.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,095	86.00–114.50	103.36
3	—	888	50.00–80.00	69.14
25	—	1,112	116.00–133.50	124.94
2	—	1,090	137.00–138.00	137.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,291	130.00–143.00	136.40
5	—	1,292	119.00–128.00	122.94
3	—	1,435	145.00–151.50	148.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	147.00	147.00
17	—	1,518	129.00–145.00	139.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,724	143.00–157.50	150.17
2	—	1,820	175.00–183.00	178.79
11	—	1,744	155.00–171.50	165.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,246	2,085.00–2,450.00	2,171.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,020	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,896.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	—	1,170	1,850.00–2,600.00	2,278.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,255	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,288	2,850.00–3,025.00	2,925.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,294	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	960	3,800.00	3,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	925	2,900.00–3,350.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,240	2,800.00–2,925.00	2,839.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,075	3,300.00–3,375.00	3,337.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	788	1,900.00	1,900.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Missouri barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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