Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 169 priced lines covering 5,744 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,585 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 430 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,081 head. Counted as USDA files them — 188 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,585Last week 4,815Year ago 4,169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 430Last week 357Year ago 421

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,081Last week 283Year ago 279

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 20.00 higher with the most advance on the lighter weights. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	311	425.00–435.00	431.52
56	350–400	370	395.00–440.00	418.28
51	400–450	427	370.00–435.00	404.54
55	450–500	483	360.00–410.00	390.81
37	500–550	528	330.00–375.00	357.46
65	550–600	575	317.50–352.50	336.67
37	600–650	631	305.00–325.00	315.82
16	650–700	682	305.00–324.00	318.63
12	700–750	729	310.00–315.00	312.92
13	750–800	786	310.00–315.00	311.29
9	800–850	806	295.00–304.00	303.00
5	850–900	853	298.00–302.50	298.90
13	900–950	943	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	339	450.00–475.00	470.34
50	350–400	366	435.00–460.00	450.25
84	400–450	423	410.00–485.00	461.50
162	450–500	471	401.00–460.00	426.37
115	500–550	516	380.00–420.00	405.47
106	550–600	572	335.00–380.00	359.43
182	600–650	615	330.00–355.00	346.69
108	650–700	676	323.00–350.00	333.22
13	700–750	723	320.00–325.00	322.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	589	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,059	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	370.00	370.00
5	350–400	355	375.00	375.00
10	400–450	430	325.00–380.00	365.34
25	450–500	470	330.00–370.00	343.16
32	500–550	525	310.00–335.00	325.03
18	550–600	578	300.00–315.00	308.92
9	600–650	608	285.00	285.00
5	650–700	699	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	380.00–390.00	387.16
6	450–500	492	365.00–400.00	376.38
9	500–550	549	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	375.00	375.00
6	600–650	638	327.50	327.50
6	650–700	653	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	505.00	505.00
10	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	465.00–480.00	473.53
23	300–350	326	445.00–490.00	465.20
14	350–400	373	435.00–495.00	480.56
25	400–450	422	410.00–485.00	451.91
76	450–500	483	407.50–460.00	444.58
81	500–550	524	395.00–435.00	416.74
70	550–600	579	370.00–405.00	386.36
96	600–650	633	332.50–375.00	361.12
58	650–700	671	312.50–362.50	347.28
81	700–750	731	320.00–344.00	331.47
45	750–800	790	322.50–332.00	331.29
15	800–850	821	307.50–319.00	313.99
11	900–950	942	270.00–280.00	273.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	551	404.00	404.00
7	650–700	654	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	360	445.00–455.00	451.04
15	400–450	422	415.00–445.00	430.08
21	500–550	534	365.00–390.00	376.23
11	550–600	568	320.00–360.00	343.93
5	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
15	800–850	845	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	590	385.00	385.00
5	600–650	616	360.00	360.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	580	425.00	425.00
16	600–650	611	385.00–395.00	389.23
5	700–750	708	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	766	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	445.00	445.00
5	500–550	517	350.00	350.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	592	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	332	510.00–560.00	531.59
44	350–400	376	515.00–560.00	522.79
63	400–450	428	475.00–552.50	524.62
152	450–500	475	442.50–520.00	483.78
131	500–550	526	420.00–480.00	451.96
277	550–600	582	405.00–442.50	416.19
159	600–650	623	382.50–412.00	397.33
140	650–700	676	362.50–387.00	375.23
62	700–750	713	347.50–374.00	354.34
82	750–800	788	332.00–339.00	337.63
134	800–850	825	322.50–342.00	337.28
118	900–950	913	305.50–325.50	315.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	420	565.00	565.00
14	450–500	453	535.00	535.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	382.50	382.50
18	450–500	471	375.00–405.00	387.55
18	500–550	524	352.50–390.00	371.06
8	550–600	582	320.00–330.00	322.57
10	600–650	616	351.00	351.00
3	700–750	723	308.00	308.00
5	750–800	756	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	457.50	457.50
5	450–500	453	425.00	425.00
12	500–550	522	390.00–430.00	406.87
9	550–600	564	370.00–407.50	398.66
2	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
5	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	748	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,215	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,341.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	233	—	1,252	1,975.00–3,425.00	2,933.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,272	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	30	—	1,228	1,400.00–2,200.00	1,867.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	—	1,254	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,089.41
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	—	799	800.00–1,350.00	1,095.44
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	70	—	1,041	1,100.00–1,900.00	1,555.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	845	1,825.00	1,825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,475.00	2,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	149	—	1,074	1,200.00–2,400.00	2,080.02
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	61	—	1,083	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,534.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	123	—	1,104	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,943.12
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,076	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,020	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,667	3,400.00–4,400.00	3,991.80
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,658	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,928.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,530	2,925.00	2,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	—	1,231	3,025.00–4,100.00	3,607.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,459	3,450.00	3,450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,160	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,223.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	11	—	1,407	3,100.00–3,900.00	3,519.66
Bulls — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,290	4,500.00	4,500.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,080	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,375	5,000.00	5,000.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,640	5,300.00	5,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,200	165.00–225.00	181.13
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,254	126.00–157.50	150.44
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	932	235.00–285.00	261.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	980	2,650.00–2,850.00	2,777.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,009	162.50–202.50	175.62
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	980	127.50–164.00	153.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	975	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,016	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,730.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	970	3,725.00–4,100.00	3,930.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,018	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,352.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,013	3,500.00–4,200.00	3,956.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,140	4,400.00–5,200.00	5,069.35
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,219	3,150.00–3,600.00	3,491.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,219	2,725.00–4,100.00	3,687.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,189	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,199	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,370	5,500.00	5,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,262	3,775.00–4,800.00	4,714.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,285	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,363	3,300.00–4,900.00	4,566.67
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,050	3,900.00–4,300.00	4,054.15
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	313	—	1,026	3,500.00–4,150.00	3,705.30
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,015	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	61	—	936	1,900.00–2,900.00	2,408.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	—	978	2,350.00–3,000.00	2,575.75
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,169	3,700.00	3,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	784	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,829.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,525	171.00–188.00	180.60
5	—	1,503	150.00–169.00	161.90
18	—	1,839	187.00–210.00	195.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,232	157.50–178.00	164.04
60	—	1,174	141.00–160.00	152.52
19	—	1,204	121.00–145.00	136.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,160	120.00–143.00	129.71
14	—	1,008	138.00–160.00	148.64
64	—	1,040	104.00–121.00	115.26
17	—	942	86.00–102.50	97.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,397	135.00–149.00	142.15
18	—	1,439	161.00–171.50	164.57
61	—	1,467	146.00–160.00	154.43

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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