Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 206 priced lines covering 7,159 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,296 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 796 head. replacement cattle receipts at 427 head. Counted as USDA files them — 72 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,296Last week 7,473Year ago 8,312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 796Last week 690Year ago 991

Replacement CattleReceipts 427Last week 396Year ago 263

Compared to last week, steers steady to 6.00 higher, heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 8.00 higher, with the greatest advance on high dressing bulls late week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	293	106.00	106.00
5	—	369	105.00	105.00
11	—	476	103.00	103.00
2	—	823	75.00	75.00
5	—	613	100.00	100.00
2	—	598	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	135.00–145.00	142.16
6	—	687	126.50	126.50
4	—	390	150.00–152.00	151.01
6	—	431	130.00–140.00	134.94
5	—	847	103.00	103.00
2	—	610	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	157.50	157.50
3	—	538	143.00	143.00
4	—	584	139.00	139.00
4	—	600	125.00	125.00
3	—	745	107.00	107.00
27	—	475	147.50–157.00	153.05
3	—	393	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,050	114.00	114.00
39	—	869	121.00–128.75	127.43
30	—	691	135.00–144.50	140.18
16	—	779	128.00–130.00	129.49
12	—	728	130.00–131.00	130.25
4	—	831	123.00	123.00
16	—	618	135.50–136.00	135.91
24	—	336	180.00–190.00	188.15
2	—	1,042	113.00	113.00
74	—	424	161.00–177.50	170.27
38	—	528	150.00–162.50	157.27
3	—	287	181.00	181.00
140	—	374	170.00–190.00	183.32
9	—	1,157	90.00	90.00
86	—	586	140.00–163.00	155.85
121	—	474	158.00–175.00	168.76
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	184.00	184.00
12	—	604	158.00	158.00
4	—	671	144.00	144.00
5	—	1,080	120.00	120.00
4	—	838	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	467	191.00–193.00	191.71
4	—	612	168.00	168.00
30	—	514	187.00–192.00	189.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	474	172.00–192.00	183.70
23	—	323	192.00–207.50	198.17
229	—	781	130.00–144.00	139.27
41	—	366	191.00–203.00	195.27
227	—	626	142.00–166.00	156.72
397	—	575	160.00–181.00	168.23
74	—	886	128.00–137.25	135.31
165	—	672	141.00–160.00	151.05
48	—	902	126.00–131.25	130.66
124	—	827	130.00–140.00	137.32
31	—	290	210.00–216.00	213.10
219	—	529	160.00–186.00	175.01
81	—	721	135.00–148.00	144.49
42	—	1,027	123.00–124.00	123.84
152	—	424	173.00–200.00	187.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	526	181.00	181.00
30	—	869	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	632	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	480	125.00–135.00	131.15
11	—	441	125.00–135.00	128.29
12	—	724	112.50–115.00	113.32
15	—	366	130.00–135.50	134.62
4	—	334	136.00	136.00
6	—	676	115.00	115.00
9	—	784	100.00–115.00	108.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	142.00	142.00
2	—	768	119.00	119.00
54	—	957	116.50	116.50
14	—	726	121.00–123.00	121.56
12	—	630	120.00–138.00	133.42
73	—	371	140.00–149.00	146.60
63	—	570	125.00–134.00	132.50
30	—	865	115.00–118.50	117.48
5	—	298	147.50	147.50
19	—	686	121.00–135.00	129.80
33	—	531	130.00–135.00	131.48
258	—	472	130.00–149.00	142.50
126	—	431	130.00–148.00	141.74
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	627	133.00	133.00
8	—	455	146.00–150.00	148.52
19	—	846	116.00	116.00
2	—	655	125.00	125.00
8	—	539	141.00	141.00
2	—	423	143.00	143.00
16	—	794	128.50	128.50
11	—	568	130.00–143.00	139.33
Heifers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	683	107.00	107.00
2	—	435	120.00	120.00
4	—	383	130.00	130.00
2	—	478	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	877	112.00–117.00	113.22
26	—	287	162.50–180.00	171.85
191	—	476	146.50–161.00	153.78
70	—	784	120.00–132.50	130.25
94	—	320	151.00–170.00	159.27
184	—	671	125.00–141.00	134.72
223	—	523	130.00–155.00	145.10
231	—	730	121.50–135.00	129.72
206	—	381	153.00–161.00	157.57
112	—	628	125.00–143.00	135.48
43	—	822	121.00–130.00	124.98
124	—	423	146.00–159.00	154.87
199	—	575	130.00–154.00	142.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	413	169.00	169.00
4	—	545	155.00	155.00
39	—	637	142.50–146.00	143.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	663	143.00–146.25	145.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	160.00	160.00
8	—	771	112.00–115.00	113.47
2	—	475	149.00	149.00
3	—	670	110.00	110.00
4	—	577	137.00	137.00
3	—	898	108.00	108.00
3	—	400	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	506	155.00	155.00
10	—	338	170.00–182.50	174.34
3	—	643	125.00	125.00
3	—	831	115.00	115.00
6	—	873	121.00	121.00
8	—	428	150.00–158.00	153.85
41	—	372	166.00–175.00	171.09
3	—	968	105.00	105.00
11	—	563	136.00–137.00	136.46
49	—	476	150.00–166.00	156.18
15	—	665	130.00–133.00	131.59
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	522	110.00–120.00	115.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	172.50	172.50
30	—	570	154.00–162.00	158.36
8	—	283	210.00	210.00
17	—	529	145.00–154.00	151.31
4	—	673	140.50	140.50
6	—	327	185.00	185.00
5	—	609	144.00–146.00	145.20
7	—	365	180.00	180.00
49	—	432	169.00–177.00	172.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	735	65.00	65.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	819	700.00–850.00	775.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	768	600.00–775.00	696.91
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	983	700.00–800.00	733.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	942	600.00–985.00	834.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	963	61.00–76.00	70.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	935	64.00–69.00	66.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	933	650.00–860.00	763.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,121	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,171	60.00–69.00	62.54
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	935	56.00–58.00	56.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	1,206	825.00–1,175.00	997.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,181	800.00–1,050.00	946.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,191	68.00–75.00	70.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,195	625.00–885.00	779.54
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,428	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,445	70.00–72.00	70.99
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,558	74.00	74.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,585	1,110.00–1,450.00	1,265.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,080	725.00–885.00	782.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,091	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,279	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,296.73
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	733	460.00–575.00	516.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,190	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,018	62.00–90.00	72.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	72.50–75.00	73.74
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,052	99.00–110.00	102.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	108.00	108.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	865	67.00–99.00	79.15
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	740	85.00–107.00	94.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	902	57.50–79.00	65.91
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,180	69.50–87.50	76.34
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	724	112.00–114.00	113.31
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	805	110.00–122.50	117.28
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	535	45.00	45.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	976	74.00	74.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,073	975.00–1,150.00	1,062.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,120	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,208.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,108	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,212.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,183	1,060.00–1,250.00	1,123.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,278	1,335.00–1,475.00	1,405.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,155	910.00–960.00	935.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	968	825.00–910.00	878.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,405	1,025.00	1,025.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	645	775.00	775.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	79.00–81.00	80.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,119	59.00–68.00	63.62
100	—	1,210	65.00–76.50	71.32
23	—	1,112	50.00–59.00	54.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	823	15.00–35.00	26.19
87	—	1,134	55.00–69.00	61.38
76	—	1,053	46.00–57.50	51.80
23	—	910	35.00–45.00	40.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,454	67.50–77.50	71.98
70	—	1,374	63.50–70.00	67.36
24	—	1,384	58.00–64.00	61.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	114.00	114.00
25	—	1,846	92.00–111.00	103.11
15	—	1,514	72.50–85.00	79.52
48	—	1,688	82.00–97.00	89.23

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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