Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 190 priced lines covering 7,170 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,756 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,004 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,255 head. Counted as USDA files them — 428 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,756Last week 6,100Year ago 8,484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,004Last week 1,190Year ago 763

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,255Last week 430Year ago 1,295

Compared to last week, steers and heifers early week steady to 2.00 higher, late week steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher early week, steady to 2.00 lower late week. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	365	156.00–160.00	158.26
69	—	428	148.50–153.00	149.58
322	—	720	125.00–134.00	130.39
28	—	323	155.00–156.00	155.75
167	—	523	134.00–145.00	139.25
40	—	776	124.00–130.25	126.75
54	—	624	130.00–137.00	133.65
119	—	569	132.50–143.00	136.69
22	—	830	119.00–123.00	120.23
55	—	668	130.00–134.00	131.85
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	120.00–125.00	120.96
11	—	489	119.00–120.00	119.35
22	—	383	120.00–133.00	129.78
5	—	569	117.00	117.00
13	—	416	124.00–125.00	124.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	918	100.00–115.00	107.77
120	—	522	124.00–134.00	131.22
3	—	325	139.00–145.00	141.34
63	—	619	120.00–129.00	124.78
50	—	386	140.00–152.00	148.24
23	—	876	111.00–115.00	113.15
17	—	823	108.50–118.00	116.82
79	—	427	133.50–146.00	142.42
191	—	464	135.00–146.00	140.64
34	—	680	117.00–129.00	125.30
90	—	569	124.00–134.00	129.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	810	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	295	140.00	140.00
22	—	777	100.00–115.00	109.87
35	—	713	104.00–115.00	111.18
12	—	527	122.00–129.00	127.12
9	—	822	106.00–113.00	109.21
19	—	629	112.00–129.00	121.88
62	—	386	130.00–144.00	139.37
31	—	329	135.00–143.00	138.25
16	—	676	115.00–122.00	119.13
147	—	477	125.00–137.00	131.36
69	—	569	120.00–127.00	123.89
90	—	428	124.00–139.00	132.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	357	185.00–192.00	191.36
87	—	474	157.00–182.00	174.62
48	—	716	142.00–144.00	142.57
11	—	869	123.00	123.00
38	—	905	122.00–125.00	124.57
119	—	564	155.00–170.00	165.61
13	—	319	190.00–192.00	191.41
116	—	807	119.00–134.00	131.17
27	—	415	175.00–182.00	178.59
116	—	519	155.00–173.00	165.28
103	—	627	151.00–160.00	154.93
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	618	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	101.50	101.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	481	135.00–147.00	144.67
7	—	354	155.00	155.00
13	—	615	117.00	117.00
17	—	431	131.00–145.00	141.70
9	—	670	117.00–125.00	119.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	658	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	526	144.00–163.00	153.43
9	—	856	122.00–125.00	124.00
6	—	1,045	113.00	113.00
158	—	672	134.00–147.00	140.92
149	—	627	134.00–148.00	141.34
320	—	782	126.50–138.00	131.69
78	—	371	172.00–184.00	179.55
163	—	571	144.50–163.00	155.12
44	—	711	131.00–138.00	134.35
74	—	837	127.00–128.00	127.96
119	—	478	147.00–174.00	166.97
10	—	331	170.00–180.00	176.60
56	—	423	156.00–172.00	163.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	789	117.00–130.50	127.67
111	—	429	150.00–160.00	156.27
53	—	682	123.00–133.00	129.73
77	—	476	147.50–160.00	154.47
29	—	631	123.00–132.00	127.70
82	—	827	121.00–124.00	121.11
26	—	725	118.00–129.00	125.42
20	—	384	165.00–172.00	167.93
16	—	526	135.00–152.00	144.78
32	—	577	135.00–145.00	138.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	530	139.00	139.00
4	—	743	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	122.00–135.00	127.72
5	—	580	126.00–127.00	126.41
30	—	489	139.00–145.00	140.59
14	—	375	157.00–162.00	159.96
11	—	340	142.00	142.00
11	—	423	130.00–142.00	136.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	126.00	126.00
15	—	409	160.00–162.00	161.47
7	—	662	130.00	130.00
28	—	628	124.00–130.50	129.41
11	—	512	145.00–152.00	148.27
9	—	563	134.00–151.00	145.70
5	—	460	160.00–165.00	162.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	779	110.00–112.00	111.01
30	—	580	132.00–141.00	133.50
5	—	635	118.00–122.00	120.41
18	—	475	144.00–155.00	148.17
15	—	420	145.00–155.00	152.28
10	—	682	123.00	123.00
23	—	525	128.00–140.00	136.70
11	—	377	155.00–172.00	160.68
3	—	732	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	1,423	950.00–1,100.00	1,018.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,387	66.50	66.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,426	900.00–1,050.00	936.27
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	944	700.00–900.00	741.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,020	650.00–900.00	828.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,025	59.00	59.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,018	600.00–725.00	658.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	947	55.00–58.00	56.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,182	58.00–64.00	61.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,061	800.00–900.00	867.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,275	62.00–64.00	63.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	171	—	1,204	875.00–1,175.00	1,015.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,185	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	71	—	1,228	700.00–950.00	816.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,213	900.00–960.00	923.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,201	64.00–69.00	65.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	585.00	585.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,106	650.00–850.00	780.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,312	900.00–1,050.00	990.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,227	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,258.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,184	60.00–69.00	61.78
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,019	52.00–55.00	53.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,033	585.00	585.00
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,268	89.00–94.00	92.54
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	95	—	858	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,111.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	712	107.50	107.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	727	107.00–122.00	114.47
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	803	68.00–82.50	74.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	909	59.00–73.00	64.59
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	788	80.00–91.00	85.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,048	65.00–72.00	67.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,029	69.50–95.50	79.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	904	82.50–100.00	93.82
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	960.00	960.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	883	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,860	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,041	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,493.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,466	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,744.13
(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,283	1,500.00–2,050.00	1,646.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,525	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,503.28
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,363	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,694.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,380	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	76	—	1,126	1,125.00–1,700.00	1,499.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,100	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,187	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,220.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,180	900.00–1,200.00	1,064.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,137	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,206.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,190	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,082	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,514.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,120	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,186	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,593.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,000	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,025	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	988	1,000.00–1,135.00	1,051.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,019	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	984	600.00–1,050.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,010	1,675.00	1,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,190	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	74	—	1,157	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,533.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,500	1,750.00	1,750.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	858	900.00–1,150.00	1,025.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	975	1,400.00	1,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,065	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	900	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	929	750.00–1,050.00	990.71
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	829	675.00–1,025.00	911.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,493	68.00–73.50	70.79
69	—	1,417	64.00–69.00	66.79
80	—	1,345	57.00–64.00	60.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,188	67.00–75.50	70.92
217	—	1,192	50.00–62.50	56.89
143	—	1,221	61.00–68.00	64.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,057	47.00–57.00	51.67
39	—	903	35.00–46.00	40.18
21	—	725	16.00–32.00	24.58
57	—	1,107	56.00–66.00	59.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,909	95.00–107.00	98.84
21	—	1,435	70.00–84.00	79.67
42	—	1,732	85.00–94.00	89.86

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 (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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