Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 110 priced lines covering 3,936 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,862 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 448 head. replacement cattle receipts at 894 head. Counted as USDA files them — 185 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,862Last week 1,984Year ago 2,070

Slaughter CattleReceipts 448Last week 175Year ago 573

Replacement CattleReceipts 894Last week 564Year ago 1,388

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	484	137.75–144.00	140.17
137	—	526	129.00–148.50	140.31
142	—	561	136.50–142.50	140.61
264	—	625	129.00–138.25	136.32
38	—	434	146.50–148.00	147.52
33	—	377	148.50–164.00	154.97
15	—	321	163.00–174.00	171.79
179	—	672	122.00–132.25	127.71
71	—	721	122.85	122.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	120.00	120.00
3	—	573	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	384	141.00–149.50	146.84
29	—	761	104.00–120.00	111.16
39	—	667	122.50–127.00	124.35
56	—	479	135.60–145.00	137.58
70	—	434	139.50–149.50	142.76
94	—	585	124.50–140.00	134.62
114	—	634	120.00–133.00	126.87
91	—	527	133.50–141.00	135.22
24	—	718	114.00–118.00	115.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	100.00	100.00
5	—	800	105.00	105.00
3	—	760	100.50	100.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	103.50	103.50
7	—	418	129.00	129.00
8	—	568	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	352	173.50	173.50
6	—	493	154.00	154.00
12	—	676	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	582	147.50–159.00	153.97
103	—	676	133.25–143.25	137.14
96	—	525	155.50–168.50	162.96
49	—	482	163.00–174.00	167.72
45	—	627	144.50–147.00	146.14
37	—	730	126.00–137.50	128.86
26	—	382	167.00–178.00	171.84
23	—	442	158.50–178.50	169.56
15	—	774	120.50–131.50	126.96
50	—	948	106.25	106.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	829	117.10–128.50	123.13
86	—	758	125.50–136.00	129.17
76	—	703	143.75	143.75
144	—	620	145.75–153.00	150.76
123	—	521	165.50–177.00	172.26
95	—	483	175.00–181.50	178.66
57	—	575	154.75–163.50	160.29
40	—	424	174.50–190.50	181.58
42	—	658	144.25–153.00	150.69
241	—	922	115.25–118.85	116.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	531	161.00–164.00	162.24
8	—	654	142.75	142.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	680	133.00–138.25	137.60
20	—	700	135.50	135.50
9	—	901	104.00	104.00
4	—	570	146.00	146.00
6	—	530	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	138.50	138.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	543	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	146.00	146.00
4	—	593	144.50	144.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	119.00	119.00
3	—	585	140.00	140.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,155	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,295.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,175	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,378	1,425.00–1,800.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,316	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,723.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,186	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,982.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,225	1,385.00–1,650.00	1,516.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,025	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	994	1,000.00–1,085.00	1,051.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,070	1,335.00–1,350.00	1,344.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,410	1,875.00–1,975.00	1,935.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,321	1,750.00–1,875.00	1,833.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	885.00	885.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,046	1,725.00–1,975.00	1,913.73
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	2,275.00	2,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,200	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,272	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,209.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,225	930.00–1,000.00	959.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,264	850.00–950.00	901.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,258	950.00–1,500.00	1,300.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	950	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,137	850.00–925.00	870.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,137	710.00–750.00	725.97
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,226	700.00–775.00	729.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,175	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	926	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,273	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,475	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,325	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,160	585.00–640.00	605.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,214	670.00–750.00	712.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,086	535.00–610.00	567.27
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	850	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	49.00–51.00	49.94
52	—	1,363	50.00–65.00	56.73
9	—	1,446	62.00–67.00	64.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,071	58.50–62.00	59.78
82	—	1,067	42.00–60.50	51.30
20	—	1,002	37.00–45.00	42.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,770	68.00–72.00	69.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,213	49.00–65.00	56.87
13	—	1,233	63.00–70.50	65.39
11	—	1,183	47.50–53.00	50.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,859	75.00–99.00	88.82
2	—	1,420	74.00–79.00	76.36
2	—	1,690	94.00–96.50	95.04

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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Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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