Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 103 priced lines covering 3,048 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,259 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 227 head. replacement cattle receipts at 862 head. Counted as USDA files them — 108 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,259Last week 1,099Year ago 2,432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 227Last week 56Year ago 330

Replacement CattleReceipts 862Last week 1,065Year ago 37

Compared to two weeks ago, feeders sold steady to 7.00 higher, Slaughter cows sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	763	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	417.00	417.00
4	350–400	368	400.00	400.00
28	400–450	433	390.00–430.00	417.48
52	450–500	478	359.00–390.00	375.00
74	500–550	533	336.00–366.00	345.43
109	550–600	573	319.00–336.00	330.07
160	600–650	624	294.50–326.50	309.57
209	650–700	679	286.00–304.00	292.62
182	700–750	721	274.75–290.00	285.31
91	750–800	764	265.00–275.25	273.54
6	800–850	841	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	297	356.00	356.00
2	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
10	350–400	377	339.00–367.50	357.20
8	400–450	443	332.50–350.00	343.41
6	450–500	459	322.50–325.00	323.77
15	500–550	531	289.00–317.50	303.98
42	550–600	582	279.00–322.00	295.23
34	600–650	638	280.00–290.00	284.56
48	650–700	678	256.00–274.00	268.15
7	700–750	736	256.00–258.50	257.05
8	750–800	766	250.50	250.50
3	800–850	813	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	488	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	650–700	659	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	659	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	581	304.00	304.00
4	600–650	624	292.00	292.00
5	650–700	658	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	274.00	274.00
3	650–700	650	273.00	273.00
7	700–750	744	261.50	261.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	292.50	292.50
13	450–500	475	300.00–303.00	301.10
23	500–550	534	276.00–286.00	281.10
25	550–600	584	270.00–282.50	272.92
4	600–650	645	257.00	257.00
24	650–700	670	248.50–258.00	255.21
5	700–750	706	255.00	255.00
7	750–800	789	232.50–236.50	234.77
4	800–850	840	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	369	355.00–375.00	360.42
10	400–450	439	321.00–323.00	321.57
56	450–500	470	313.00–324.00	319.29
171	500–550	529	298.00–317.00	305.12
39	550–600	581	279.00–304.50	291.91
48	600–650	615	261.00–276.50	269.98
215	650–700	680	259.50–277.00	273.19
387	700–750	723	258.00–266.75	264.86
81	750–800	760	240.00–260.75	259.44
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	623	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	248.00	248.00
3	600–650	618	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	281.00	281.00
8	450–500	471	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	272.00	272.00
4	550–600	561	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	687	240.00	240.00
6	700–750	717	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,500	125.00–133.00	128.61
42	—	1,470	108.00–128.00	118.43
4	—	1,480	103.00–112.00	108.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,229	125.00–130.00	127.41
37	—	1,255	106.00–124.00	115.68
10	—	1,271	92.00–114.00	104.14
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	124.00	124.00
3	—	1,757	130.00–135.00	132.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	88.00	88.00
6	—	1,102	97.00–105.00	102.59
19	—	1,142	104.00–115.00	108.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,875	149.00–155.00	151.18
1	—	1,885	167.50	167.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	3,550.00	3,550.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,226	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,106	3,900.00	3,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	3,075.00	3,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,350	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,228	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,608.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,381	2,800.00–2,925.00	2,846.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,267	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	850	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,293	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,677.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,285	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,406	2,450.00–2,975.00	2,729.02
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,404	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,759.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,238	2,475.00–2,900.00	2,800.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,256	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,329	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,101.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,212	2,850.00–3,200.00	3,088.22
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,545	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,367	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,718.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,061	3,000.00	3,000.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	1,073	2,900.00–3,275.00	3,151.86
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,180	3,075.00–3,500.00	3,303.59
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,129	3,000.00	3,000.00

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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Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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