Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 114 priced lines covering 3,363 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,550 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 807 head. replacement cattle receipts at 225 head. Counted as USDA files them — 78 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,550Last week 1,957Year ago 2,636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 807Last week 100Year ago 521

Replacement CattleReceipts 225Last week 0Year ago 205

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	780	193.00	193.00
8	—	819	181.00	181.00
26	—	578	256.00	256.00
15	—	486	265.50–267.00	266.42
17	—	391	256.00–278.00	269.27
22	—	523	243.00–250.00	247.12
13	—	722	215.00	215.00
3	—	407	279.00	279.00
6	—	695	202.00	202.00
17	—	639	238.50–239.00	238.74
2	—	325	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	324	285.00–297.50	290.29
249	—	876	206.00–209.50	207.39
62	—	421	260.00–288.00	281.24
28	—	802	216.00	216.00
200	—	525	258.00–285.00	273.44
73	—	626	223.00–256.50	247.28
222	—	573	254.50–282.50	273.14
201	—	478	270.00–295.50	280.64
66	—	688	232.00–249.00	234.50
15	—	392	275.00–286.00	283.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	585	245.00–247.50	247.08
18	—	622	240.00	240.00
24	—	701	198.00	198.00
12	—	525	250.00	250.00
16	—	686	215.00–219.00	216.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	667	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	623	265.00	265.00
84	—	702	235.85	235.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	387	260.00	260.00
6	—	447	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	382	261.00–272.00	267.10
10	—	417	253.00–275.00	259.89
3	—	333	283.00	283.00
16	—	482	257.50–258.00	257.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	252.00	252.00
8	—	411	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	230.00	230.00
8	—	533	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	473	245.25–269.50	257.74
47	—	512	209.50–250.00	238.77
93	—	558	208.00–239.50	236.67
17	—	381	270.00–280.00	278.00
34	—	629	203.00–228.00	217.18
11	—	339	230.00–280.00	262.92
108	—	434	211.00–274.00	263.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	435	243.50	243.50
7	—	480	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	824	177.75	177.75
6	—	786	173.50	173.50
38	—	376	224.00–248.00	243.07
22	—	442	202.50–239.00	225.70
9	—	616	211.00–228.00	220.27
26	—	722	190.50–202.25	196.79
42	—	695	203.75	203.75
3	—	310	222.00	222.00
23	—	466	202.50–257.50	234.28
43	—	579	196.50–236.00	222.30
60	—	528	197.50–249.00	235.82
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	433	247.50–250.00	248.88
21	—	374	251.00–254.00	253.03
3	—	495	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	299	242.00	242.00
5	—	476	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	369	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	701	185.00	185.00
6	—	584	186.00	186.00
9	—	641	191.50	191.50
4	—	661	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	583	221.50–225.50	222.54
9	—	483	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	880	162.50	162.50
2	—	615	190.00	190.00
4	—	415	249.00	249.00
5	—	483	212.50–215.00	214.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	185.00	185.00
2	—	395	220.00	220.00
1	—	780	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,061	67.50–90.00	81.01
7	—	898	60.00–72.00	67.45
18	—	976	60.50–81.00	72.13
27	—	1,048	90.50–100.50	94.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,522	101.00–112.00	104.76
76	—	1,399	88.00–101.00	95.20
7	—	1,490	85.00–92.50	89.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	97.00	97.00
3	—	1,712	105.00–109.00	106.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,186	83.00–99.50	92.23
34	—	1,197	97.50–109.00	100.92
43	—	1,236	81.50–91.50	85.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	109.00–109.50	109.23
1	—	2,255	133.00	133.00
37	—	1,764	103.00–129.50	117.64

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 (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,421	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,308.92
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,132	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,310	1,350.00–1,625.00	1,479.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,437	1,550.00–1,760.00	1,619.04
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,219	1,310.00–1,325.00	1,319.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,000.00–1,070.00	1,033.93
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	985	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	870	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,264	2,510.00–2,575.00	2,545.60
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,275	2,775.00	2,775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,004	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,095.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,145	1,550.00–1,900.00	1,737.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,862.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,058	2,425.00–2,650.00	2,556.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,254	1,975.00–2,250.00	2,110.42

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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