Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 180 priced lines covering 7,245 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,651 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 752 head. replacement cattle receipts at 638 head. Counted as USDA files them — 79 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,651Last week 5,711Year ago 3,067

Slaughter CattleReceipts 752Last week 587Year ago 473

Replacement CattleReceipts 638Last week 361Year ago 330

Compared to last week, early week calves unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher and yearlings 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Late week steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, high dressing breaking and boning cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	772	102.00–104.00	102.90
3	—	672	110.00	110.00
36	—	579	110.00–120.00	114.60
10	—	898	100.00	100.00
8	—	370	130.00–145.00	138.99
7	—	646	108.00	108.00
15	—	465	118.00–122.50	120.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	853	118.00	118.00
22	—	807	102.50–116.00	111.21
117	—	430	130.00–149.00	138.83
158	—	518	120.00–137.00	129.16
48	—	324	140.00–152.50	146.20
96	—	674	113.00–125.00	118.83
58	—	374	139.00–153.00	145.34
135	—	577	116.00–135.00	127.49
51	—	718	113.00–121.00	116.68
68	—	762	107.00–122.00	117.37
199	—	482	125.00–138.00	133.99
105	—	622	115.00–125.50	121.39
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	455	140.00–146.00	143.82
10	—	590	128.00	128.00
10	—	539	133.00–145.00	136.58
12	—	440	147.50	147.50
7	—	624	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	143.00	143.00
30	—	530	120.00–133.00	126.55
9	—	357	145.00–153.00	148.53
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	382	129.00–132.50	130.46
3	—	555	105.00	105.00
7	—	325	127.50–130.00	128.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	288	167.00	167.00
110	—	712	123.50–130.00	128.44
20	—	330	147.50–171.00	158.46
30	—	850	126.00	126.00
90	—	378	144.00–165.00	157.85
138	—	525	131.00–146.00	141.25
244	—	627	125.00–134.00	129.47
140	—	425	145.00–159.00	152.92
110	—	474	140.00–154.00	144.56
170	—	571	131.00–145.00	135.98
87	—	676	121.00–129.00	125.72
5	—	848	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	649	126.50	126.50
5	—	357	157.00	157.00
5	—	742	123.00	123.00
7	—	435	145.00–150.00	147.09
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	782	120.00	120.00
23	—	476	118.00–129.00	122.54
21	—	539	120.00–121.00	120.76
7	—	617	119.00–120.00	119.58
16	—	574	124.00–126.00	125.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	560	128.00–143.00	133.60
36	—	432	145.00–157.00	152.58
44	—	478	138.00–155.00	149.05
5	—	695	125.00	125.00
7	—	784	104.00	104.00
9	—	330	165.00	165.00
10	—	630	125.00–138.00	134.27
32	—	528	138.00–147.00	142.33
6	—	397	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	580	139.00–156.00	149.92
140	—	523	148.00–166.00	158.74
17	—	775	124.00–130.00	127.44
21	—	332	170.00–185.00	180.51
55	—	813	120.00–125.00	121.23
5	—	964	115.00	115.00
302	—	628	139.00–151.50	145.91
50	—	864	115.00–123.50	121.10
61	—	380	165.00–185.00	179.03
112	—	471	158.00–173.00	166.05
9	—	726	123.00–132.00	127.93
211	—	675	133.00–141.00	137.14
63	—	428	165.00–178.00	171.46
16	—	911	110.00–121.00	115.51
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	703	145.00	145.00
7	—	379	177.50	177.50
6	—	514	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	406	159.00–173.00	162.47
15	—	483	157.00	157.00
20	—	518	155.00	155.00
21	—	577	140.00–150.00	146.66
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	549	128.00	128.00
11	—	470	135.00–157.00	150.81
10	—	591	125.00–135.00	129.93
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	150.00	150.00
31	—	635	131.00–142.00	136.45
20	—	660	133.00–134.00	133.84
7	—	529	154.00	154.00
26	—	586	143.00–145.00	144.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	309	191.00–197.00	194.67
207	—	574	153.00–171.00	161.55
21	—	910	121.00–123.00	121.95
278	—	526	156.00–185.00	171.71
85	—	476	171.00–187.00	180.46
54	—	371	181.00–192.50	188.57
181	—	675	142.50–150.00	146.83
72	—	426	175.00–195.00	186.25
7	—	294	182.50	182.50
24	—	861	127.00–128.00	127.38
118	—	622	145.00–160.00	153.47
17	—	833	125.00	125.00
314	—	761	129.00–146.00	135.19
140	—	718	130.00–147.50	140.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	512	177.00–191.00	180.93
75	—	613	159.75	159.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	516	179.00	179.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	565	168.00	168.00
28	—	758	127.50–133.00	130.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	123.50–127.00	125.23
4	—	669	120.00–122.00	121.02
6	—	468	131.00–144.00	136.16
2	—	358	150.00	150.00
12	—	412	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	524	122.00–139.00	132.57
10	—	776	111.00	111.00
4	—	814	96.00	96.00
8	—	679	116.00–118.00	116.74
17	—	575	115.00–133.00	127.83
6	—	858	105.00	105.00
2	—	432	155.00	155.00
32	—	482	130.00–155.00	143.57
3	—	313	169.00	169.00
2	—	908	94.00	94.00
9	—	612	120.00	120.00
4	—	378	162.00–165.00	163.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	188.00	188.00
15	—	479	160.00–164.00	161.09
24	—	560	140.00–146.00	142.73
10	—	325	185.00–192.00	188.99
8	—	605	133.00	133.00
27	—	432	152.50–175.00	165.90
21	—	523	142.50–155.00	146.60
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	71.00	71.00
3	—	408	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,335	875.00–950.00	908.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	—	1,294	925.00–1,175.00	1,044.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,060	900.00–925.00	909.83
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,001	850.00–1,075.00	969.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	882	925.00–975.00	965.41
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,003	400.00–775.00	545.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	956	675.00–825.00	756.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	—	921	400.00–900.00	679.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,038	500.00–775.00	680.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,141	600.00–925.00	834.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,179	400.00–850.00	718.94
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	—	729	200.00–475.00	343.78
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	—	829	725.00–875.00	785.62
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,100	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,356.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,157	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,219.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,423	1,225.00–1,800.00	1,480.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	814	80.00–104.00	92.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	944	68.00–90.00	81.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,062	48.00–66.00	56.79
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	866	62.00–88.00	74.34
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	915	50.00–60.00	54.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,213	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	998	800.00–900.00	866.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,005	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	979	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,021	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	900	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,146	800.00–1,100.00	1,054.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	1,070.00	1,070.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,284	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,370.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,228	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	925	1,175.00–1,900.00	1,610.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,432	60.00–77.00	71.08
31	—	1,759	78.00–88.00	83.56
8	—	1,750	89.00–99.00	91.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,168	58.00–63.00	60.27
131	—	1,176	49.00–59.00	54.79
39	—	1,185	44.00–52.00	50.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,394	55.00–62.00	58.02
13	—	1,459	62.00–65.00	62.80
42	—	1,386	44.00–55.00	51.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,069	47.00–59.00	53.39
60	—	939	30.00–40.00	34.24
21	—	795	12.00–28.00	18.92
174	—	1,074	40.00–55.00	45.66

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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