Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 91 priced lines covering 1,308 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,152 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 370 head. replacement cattle receipts at 197 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,152Last week 3,380Year ago 1,621

Slaughter CattleReceipts 370Last week 613Year ago 466

Replacement CattleReceipts 197Last week 182Year ago 376

Compared to last week, too few receipts across all weight ranges for an adequate comparison, however undertones were higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	155.00–175.00	165.18
18	—	676	157.50–160.00	159.32
11	—	472	177.50–180.00	179.32
24	—	576	170.00–177.50	172.11
23	—	872	130.00–138.00	134.92
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	387	200.00–223.00	211.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	459	235.00–241.00	238.96
8	—	720	192.00	192.00
6	—	354	247.50–267.50	251.64
5	—	438	240.00–242.50	241.51
21	—	850	187.50	187.50
16	—	532	224.00	224.00
15	—	329	265.00–292.50	270.06
31	—	640	211.00–212.00	211.78
26	—	676	206.50–214.00	211.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	660	189.00–200.00	192.14
10	—	416	220.00–235.00	226.27
28	—	515	200.00–218.00	205.82
45	—	573	195.00–210.00	202.92
44	—	484	200.00–220.00	212.31
17	—	379	232.50–242.50	238.25
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	497	175.00	175.00
5	—	516	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	702	213.50	213.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	766	205.00–214.00	209.18
15	—	566	244.00–265.00	254.77
25	—	623	229.00–237.00	234.19
18	—	855	205.00	205.00
13	—	654	227.00–229.00	228.08
13	—	472	280.00–286.00	282.31
8	—	422	295.00–310.00	304.60
5	—	506	267.50	267.50
5	—	304	317.50	317.50
12	—	363	297.50–307.50	304.01
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	218.00	218.00
7	—	509	222.00	222.00
9	—	605	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	627	205.00	205.00
7	—	512	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	270.00–282.50	274.78
33	—	676	204.00–224.00	214.06
8	—	798	200.00	200.00
7	—	809	197.00–203.00	198.71
26	—	537	235.00–250.00	242.63
30	—	570	224.00–235.00	232.44
13	—	625	217.50–230.00	224.13
9	—	474	257.50–276.00	263.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	977	132.50	132.50
5	—	415	235.00	235.00
11	—	685	175.00–184.00	181.54
8	—	639	190.00–210.00	202.55
11	—	508	200.00–220.00	214.42
10	—	1,013	130.00	130.00
9	—	567	205.00–208.00	206.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	175.00	175.00
6	—	569	180.00	180.00
5	—	805	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	242.50–250.00	247.40
5	—	561	230.00	230.00
5	—	528	235.00–238.00	236.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,201	93.00–100.00	95.19
67	—	1,151	82.50–93.00	87.88
12	—	1,202	77.50–83.00	80.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	994	85.00–95.00	88.64
11	—	835	41.00–51.00	48.95
40	—	927	60.00–73.00	66.72
74	—	1,031	73.00–85.00	78.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,490	78.00–82.50	80.75
19	—	1,465	95.00–105.00	98.28
60	—	1,721	85.00–94.00	89.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,463	81.00–100.00	92.75
5	—	1,732	114.00–130.00	119.42
18	—	1,640	102.00–114.00	108.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,097	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,135.44
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,039	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,332.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,003	1,200.00–1,750.00	1,354.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,112	1,275.00–1,475.00	1,344.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,240	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,460.46
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	—	913	800.00–1,100.00	940.57
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	740	525.00–675.00	597.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,015	140.00–157.50	149.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,148	100.00–137.50	116.18
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	830	102.00–135.00	114.09
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	871	80.00–96.00	87.86
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	785	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	975	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,263	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	917	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,090.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,383	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,198.92

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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