Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 185 priced lines covering 5,878 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,127 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 823 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,106 head. Counted as USDA files them — 358 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,127Last week 12,891Year ago 9,294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 823Last week 1,197Year ago 804

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,106Last week 414Year ago 1,232

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, heifers under 600 lbs steady to frim, heavier weights steady. Slaughter cows steady, spots 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, with the decline late week.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,315	550.00–800.00	677.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,226	42.50–58.00	52.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	—	1,252	600.00–925.00	756.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	977	700.00–800.00	763.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	60.00	60.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,284	45.00–55.00	52.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	133	—	1,175	825.00–1,150.00	1,004.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	—	1,268	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,290.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,320	900.00–975.00	940.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,098	47.00–48.00	47.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,147	600.00–850.00	761.60
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	35.00	35.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	998	500.00–650.00	574.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	999	585.00–925.00	751.57
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	955	41.00–57.00	48.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	880	400.00–650.00	532.81
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,426	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,283.06
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,394	53.00–55.00	53.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,415	49.00–56.00	53.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,511	750.00–950.00	908.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,376	875.00–1,100.00	1,009.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,420	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,045	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,028	750.00–900.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	911	860.00–950.00	907.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	988	850.00–950.00	915.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	765	375.00	375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,100	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,154	925.00–1,250.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,320	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,280	1,150.00–1,350.00	1,258.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,310	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,355	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,233	875.00–1,150.00	1,005.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,228	700.00–850.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,170	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,080	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,218	650.00–700.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	675	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	102	—	1,295	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,916.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,195	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,285	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,360	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	937	760.00–825.00	791.06
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	738	435.00	435.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	970	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	783	600.00–950.00	808.46
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,174	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,333.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,375	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,449.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,650	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	39	—	975	60.00–87.50	71.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,172	48.00–63.00	53.91
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	70.00–88.50	78.98
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	767	80.00–105.00	83.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	995	51.00–75.00	65.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	826	70.00–91.00	80.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	133.00–138.00	135.50
3	—	1,156	81.00	81.00
7	—	766	118.00	118.00
11	—	711	110.00–116.00	112.76
14	—	564	127.00–134.00	130.92
18	—	432	150.00–166.50	160.48
5	—	480	155.00	155.00
12	—	639	127.00–131.00	127.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	485	127.00–140.00	135.90
3	—	737	109.00	109.00
5	—	780	100.00–108.00	104.06
16	—	584	122.00–133.00	127.67
8	—	307	170.00–182.00	177.41
25	—	529	128.00–133.00	129.70
15	—	432	142.50–165.00	152.92
44	—	382	150.00–172.00	158.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	349	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	105.00	105.00
7	—	847	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	638	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	557	120.00–127.00	125.19
52	—	531	121.00–133.00	128.01
6	—	642	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	140.00–145.00	142.95
95	—	426	133.00–147.00	142.28
47	—	721	118.00–130.00	123.97
38	—	686	118.00–127.00	123.60
68	—	533	130.00–141.50	134.19
97	—	759	110.00–134.00	132.10
35	—	390	140.00–149.50	144.63
92	—	628	118.00–134.00	127.17
13	—	285	151.00–160.00	158.59
160	—	587	123.00–139.00	131.10
16	—	985	118.00	118.00
30	—	827	108.50–127.00	120.76
105	—	470	127.00–146.00	138.92
4	—	246	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	112.00	112.00
6	—	555	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	110.00–115.00	112.54
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	442	97.50	97.50
9	—	693	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,061	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	72.50	72.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	429	120.00–139.00	128.14
22	—	320	132.00–153.00	142.03
8	—	284	147.00–148.00	147.61
111	—	471	121.00–138.00	130.88
5	—	838	114.00	114.00
74	—	573	115.00–132.00	122.47
56	—	616	120.00–126.00	122.26
13	—	742	108.00–113.00	110.07
4	—	793	121.00	121.00
57	—	370	130.00–144.00	133.25
124	—	529	120.00–130.00	124.47
47	—	674	113.50–123.00	119.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	137.00	137.00
14	—	621	116.00–120.00	119.16
32	—	563	118.00–129.00	126.90
36	—	510	120.00–123.00	121.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	145.00	145.00
12	—	380	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	831	131.50–137.00	135.20
158	—	581	139.00–158.00	152.40
132	—	876	133.50–134.50	133.81
36	—	377	175.00–185.00	179.73
65	—	717	128.00–142.00	138.25
132	—	524	150.00–172.00	159.79
178	—	628	142.00–159.00	148.91
7	—	289	180.00–200.00	191.77
171	—	777	128.00–142.00	137.45
99	—	481	153.00–183.00	169.58
19	—	937	130.00–133.00	131.40
98	—	430	160.00–185.00	177.20
157	—	673	132.00–151.00	141.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	698	125.00	125.00
6	—	592	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	591	132.00–146.00	139.92
32	—	521	140.00–167.50	153.18
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	568	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	715	137.00	137.00
11	—	616	127.00	127.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,170	106.00	106.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,023	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	519	140.00–156.00	148.35
7	—	636	125.00	125.00
58	—	593	136.00–137.50	136.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	768	122.00–131.00	127.83
24	—	972	129.00	129.00
5	—	407	153.00–160.00	157.21
46	—	617	135.00–148.00	140.98
64	—	572	125.00–155.00	142.95
134	—	665	124.00–144.00	138.27
8	—	332	155.00–180.00	166.99
58	—	473	143.00–162.00	153.96
37	—	709	124.00–138.00	132.44
86	—	525	137.00–162.00	152.05
20	—	381	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	778	124.00	124.00
3	—	873	110.00	110.00
10	—	472	140.00	140.00
8	—	418	150.00	150.00
4	—	666	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	218	82.00	82.00
3	—	438	80.00	80.00
50	—	1,052	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,714	70.00–85.00	79.24
14	—	1,897	72.00–96.00	85.19
17	—	1,384	58.50–74.50	67.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,391	45.00–55.00	49.45
16	—	1,609	59.00–68.00	64.01
96	—	1,432	50.50–61.50	56.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,005	37.00–47.00	41.62
32	—	982	28.00–38.00	31.38
42	—	1,130	44.50–52.00	48.72
17	—	867	10.00–27.50	20.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,160	38.00–47.00	42.69
49	—	1,278	53.00–60.00	56.21
160	—	1,260	45.00–55.00	50.23

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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