Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 122 priced lines covering 3,124 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,380 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 613 head. replacement cattle receipts at 182 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,380Last week 3,835Year ago 3,298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 613Last week 966Year ago 478

Replacement CattleReceipts 182Last week 1,559Year ago 305

Compared to last week, feeders early week unevenly steady and late week5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	436	279.00–312.00	296.77
89	—	525	255.00–279.00	270.87
2	—	915	187.00	187.00
28	—	777	206.00–222.00	213.10
38	—	478	270.00–284.00	275.14
257	—	622	223.00–250.00	239.07
64	—	578	245.00–261.00	252.53
49	—	663	225.00–240.00	228.21
49	—	721	207.50–227.00	217.37
11	—	815	200.00–218.00	205.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	511	226.00–250.00	241.62
41	—	679	211.00–220.00	216.33
5	—	845	198.00–200.00	199.00
6	—	897	190.00	190.00
25	—	762	190.00–212.00	201.92
29	—	473	248.00–269.00	255.47
85	—	579	225.00–250.00	234.45
58	—	424	252.00–275.00	263.64
59	—	721	195.00–215.00	203.09
45	—	623	205.00–230.00	219.37
12	—	332	265.00–300.00	281.15
24	—	385	260.00–280.00	271.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	712	180.00	180.00
10	—	610	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	215.00	215.00
11	—	519	237.50–242.00	241.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	429	235.00–240.00	238.28
19	—	527	200.00–238.00	219.87
29	—	482	225.00–238.00	231.39
25	—	376	242.00–258.00	246.13
6	—	787	170.00–185.00	177.49
5	—	818	181.00–183.50	183.00
4	—	721	180.00–185.00	181.29
18	—	641	192.00–207.00	205.04
33	—	570	197.00–220.00	209.73
6	—	682	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	185.00	185.00
3	—	403	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	523	225.00–235.00	229.43
9	—	494	234.00	234.00
9	—	684	200.00	200.00
22	—	582	220.00–224.00	221.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	795	170.00	170.00
3	—	615	175.00	175.00
11	—	380	185.00–210.00	199.05
13	—	728	165.00–174.00	170.66
16	—	433	192.50	192.50
10	—	872	140.00–145.00	144.50
25	—	557	170.00–187.50	179.60
27	—	527	170.00–180.00	175.56
35	—	464	180.00–209.00	197.28
20	—	672	163.00–176.00	172.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	177.50	177.50
7	—	655	170.00	170.00
6	—	457	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	172.50–175.00	173.56
7	—	461	163.00–170.00	165.97
5	—	648	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	422	210.00–230.00	217.40
46	—	666	184.00–195.00	188.76
139	—	527	187.50–218.00	202.46
168	—	570	182.50–218.00	203.92
3	—	908	144.00	144.00
10	—	858	185.00	185.00
12	—	739	181.00–194.00	190.86
6	—	769	184.00–185.00	184.33
52	—	380	225.00–245.00	234.00
67	—	466	210.00–228.00	219.19
107	—	630	175.00–206.00	193.93
12	—	330	230.00–242.50	234.18
3	—	820	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	657	207.00–211.00	209.82
33	—	627	199.50–219.50	216.34
76	—	520	219.00–247.00	231.75
27	—	564	218.00–227.00	221.98
23	—	417	237.00–265.00	252.64
6	—	761	190.00	190.00
27	—	463	227.50–257.00	240.47
3	—	748	190.00	190.00
3	—	392	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	175.00	175.00
4	—	752	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	676	160.00–188.00	183.93
17	—	474	217.50–236.00	225.27
16	—	533	190.00–207.50	200.73
46	—	630	185.00–201.00	197.41
7	—	703	160.00–165.00	162.86
40	—	573	190.00–214.00	205.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	185.00	185.00
10	—	550	179.00	179.00
10	—	664	140.00–189.00	169.44
17	—	475	185.00–210.00	202.60
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	140.00	140.00
4	—	571	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	201.00–220.00	210.45
2	—	410	257.50	257.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,071	72.00–85.00	79.31
38	—	981	57.00–73.00	67.88
16	—	1,051	85.00–93.00	88.59
14	—	885	38.00–62.50	53.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,218	70.00–82.50	76.44
75	—	1,203	81.00–93.00	87.18
28	—	1,191	91.50–108.00	96.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,239	74.00–80.00	77.32
27	—	1,431	91.00–100.00	96.00
89	—	1,421	82.50–95.00	88.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,864	110.00–127.00	119.14
37	—	1,664	100.00–114.00	106.98
7	—	1,370	84.00–100.00	94.64

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	827	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,198.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,021	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,225	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,397.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,272	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,534.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,048	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	995	900.00–1,300.00	1,101.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	968	135.00–175.00	151.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,015	100.00–112.50	106.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,178	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,666.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,064	1,250.00–1,575.00	1,457.14

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 (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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