Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 119 priced lines covering 2,529 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,433 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 594 head. replacement cattle receipts at 274 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,433Last week 2,968Year ago 3,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 594Last week 565Year ago 629

Replacement CattleReceipts 274Last week 243Year ago 399

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 6.00 to 10.00 lower, spots 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	953	165.00	165.00
12	—	536	232.50–239.00	235.68
6	—	461	252.50–255.00	253.72
9	—	440	230.00–240.00	237.80
4	—	642	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	732	190.00	190.00
6	—	644	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	606	220.00	220.00
5	—	431	253.00	253.00
16	—	535	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	523	240.00–265.00	255.32
5	—	318	277.50–300.00	282.17
9	—	422	260.00–265.00	261.97
30	—	723	209.00–220.00	213.26
33	—	473	250.00–280.00	264.75
56	—	577	227.50–260.50	244.83
3	—	375	292.00	292.00
32	—	677	210.00–240.00	230.37
10	—	769	226.00–228.00	226.79
41	—	622	230.00–249.00	236.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	832	195.00	195.00
11	—	319	310.00–334.00	325.41
11	—	785	231.00	231.00
7	—	365	290.00–304.00	295.88
70	—	589	252.00–274.00	264.60
52	—	656	244.00–259.50	248.36
43	—	616	240.00–269.50	259.64
21	—	476	283.00–295.00	292.66
62	—	519	271.00–290.00	285.79
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	220.00	220.00
11	—	379	175.00–225.00	193.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	235.00	235.00
10	—	434	230.00–243.00	239.09
6	—	587	210.00–217.50	212.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	449	275.00	275.00
16	—	562	240.00–245.00	243.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	200.00–205.00	202.85
11	—	584	182.50–189.00	187.75
25	—	539	190.00–200.00	198.02
7	—	691	175.00–185.00	180.67
7	—	608	182.50–187.50	186.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	577	215.00–217.00	216.10
8	—	535	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	606	221.00–224.00	223.67
40	—	427	243.00–255.00	248.08
16	—	721	217.00–218.00	217.55
51	—	486	229.00–247.50	236.55
33	—	518	224.50–247.00	231.14
23	—	375	252.50–277.50	270.49
25	—	551	230.00	230.00
3	—	310	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	888	176.00–181.00	178.29
52	—	436	220.00–236.00	226.78
144	—	581	195.00–219.00	208.49
10	—	385	225.00–247.50	235.60
53	—	526	199.00–221.00	212.72
7	—	276	235.00	235.00
15	—	324	228.00–233.00	229.42
14	—	680	201.00–213.00	207.37
5	—	795	208.00	208.00
27	—	713	190.00–207.00	197.09
60	—	615	192.50–215.00	202.78
71	—	480	210.00–227.50	217.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	556	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	160.00–165.00	160.82
14	—	473	190.00–210.00	200.63
3	—	575	190.00	190.00
6	—	634	180.00–185.00	182.53
16	—	427	177.50–210.00	193.01
6	—	326	200.00	200.00
10	—	378	211.00–222.50	212.14
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	466	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	275.00	275.00
3	—	652	197.00	197.00
5	—	464	195.00–215.00	208.05
21	—	621	180.00–214.00	197.42
27	—	566	215.00–227.00	220.13
46	—	521	200.00–244.00	218.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	392	260.00–270.00	261.54
18	—	429	250.00–274.00	258.50
16	—	474	226.00–250.00	237.47
7	—	591	222.00–225.00	222.83
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	200.00	200.00
4	—	410	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	493	228.00–231.00	229.81
3	—	538	200.00	200.00
3	—	557	210.00	210.00
7	—	441	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,235	95.00–115.00	102.43
74	—	1,255	85.00–100.00	93.76
29	—	1,233	75.00–87.00	82.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,105	70.00–91.00	82.56
108	—	1,019	60.00–77.50	73.44
15	—	1,061	87.50–100.00	91.95
22	—	901	40.00–66.00	52.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,396	76.00–88.00	83.74
12	—	1,542	100.00–105.00	102.92
73	—	1,442	87.50–100.00	94.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,752	113.00–125.00	120.67
20	—	1,611	88.00–110.00	101.90
21	—	1,854	115.00–141.00	127.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	908	120.00–135.00	129.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	978	105.00–135.00	121.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,167	83.00–89.00	86.98
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	959	65.00–94.00	81.16
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,071	101.00–140.00	117.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	989	130.00–182.50	165.91
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	980	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,220	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,309.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,231	1,250.00–1,850.00	1,428.25
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	677	300.00–425.00	383.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	1,193	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,162.26
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	—	954	750.00–1,200.00	999.61
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	1,003	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,385.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,230	1,800.00–2,225.00	1,996.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	988	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,666.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,500	2,500.00	2,500.00

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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