Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 124 priced lines covering 6,005 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,383 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,481 head. replacement cattle receipts at 173 head. Counted as USDA files them — 24 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,383Last week 7,768Year ago 5,855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,481Last week 1,005Year ago 1,067

Replacement CattleReceipts 173Last week 945Year ago 463

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots up to 7.00 higher late week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	556	193.50	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	571	165.00–174.00	170.76
14	—	518	170.00–172.00	171.14
9	—	826	132.00	132.00
8	—	489	170.00	170.00
4	—	760	147.00	147.00
7	—	711	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	987	135.00	135.00
3	—	743	151.00	151.00
8	—	288	220.00	220.00
37	—	623	150.00–167.50	161.61
149	—	885	146.50–150.50	149.47
18	—	379	190.00–220.00	205.07
95	—	835	140.00–150.00	149.67
150	—	532	165.00–187.50	181.77
48	—	660	141.00–174.00	165.74
39	—	437	180.00–200.00	191.62
3	—	323	200.00–208.50	202.72
5	—	1,010	128.00	128.00
121	—	475	170.00–201.00	190.02
83	—	574	155.00–183.00	174.25
161	—	768	151.00–156.50	154.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	865	146.85–153.50	150.85
19	—	966	143.50	143.50
72	—	474	190.00–212.00	201.87
149	—	625	164.00–184.00	176.35
62	—	779	150.00–160.50	157.29
179	—	524	180.00–201.00	191.36
145	—	574	169.00–200.00	186.66
82	—	825	150.00–153.50	152.99
39	—	373	216.00–227.00	222.00
38	—	709	159.00–167.00	163.36
31	—	325	215.00–225.00	220.18
130	—	435	202.00–224.00	212.30
44	—	670	161.00–183.50	170.49
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	960	135.00–138.00	137.57
8	—	516	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	479	113.00–123.00	116.20
5	—	779	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	232.00	232.00
6	—	708	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	536	159.00–173.00	164.94
170	—	468	163.00–172.00	167.08
108	—	564	155.50–170.00	161.47
31	—	332	173.00–187.00	182.64
74	—	373	173.00–191.00	180.61
154	—	422	165.00–181.00	174.67
241	—	640	152.00–163.00	157.34
78	—	769	136.50–145.50	143.24
108	—	812	137.50–144.50	143.32
35	—	705	148.00–155.00	152.85
51	—	671	153.00–158.00	156.61
15	—	1,033	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	383	150.00–175.00	171.89
71	—	568	141.00–157.00	150.85
108	—	478	150.00–164.00	158.31
135	—	831	132.00–140.50	139.66
124	—	672	140.00–152.00	148.64
28	—	702	142.50–143.50	143.35
86	—	432	150.00–167.50	160.44
105	—	525	145.00–157.50	153.28
51	—	625	144.00–155.00	150.22
5	—	904	128.00	128.00
2	—	783	134.00	134.00
4	—	320	159.00–172.00	162.59
32	—	876	136.00–139.00	136.36
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	903	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	654	131.00	131.00
5	—	561	136.00–145.00	137.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	436	147.50–148.00	147.83
5	—	349	153.00	153.00
3	—	560	130.00	130.00
15	—	672	120.00–132.00	129.63
8	—	892	127.00	127.00
5	—	623	127.50	127.50
3	—	762	100.00–124.00	114.58
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	145.50	145.50
3	—	1,175	104.00–110.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	132.50–140.00	135.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	825	129.00	129.00
7	—	936	116.50	116.50
4	—	965	100.00	100.00
3	—	870	110.00–121.00	114.61
19	—	579	158.00–169.00	164.75
6	—	729	135.00–149.00	144.14
12	—	665	145.00–156.00	151.01
24	—	520	163.00–173.00	170.04
9	—	426	170.00–194.00	185.98
11	—	769	121.00–141.00	128.11
9	—	616	140.00–159.00	150.03
14	—	477	172.00–184.00	177.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	159.00–167.00	164.39
6	—	451	186.00	186.00
35	—	571	171.00–183.00	176.66
4	—	711	153.00	153.00
11	—	421	201.00–220.00	217.53
15	—	676	158.00–168.50	162.83
6	—	326	220.00–225.00	221.37
9	—	518	172.00–181.00	176.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	132.00	132.00
3	—	438	149.00–164.00	158.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	864	32.50–52.00	43.98
288	—	1,074	64.00–79.00	72.79
128	—	985	52.50–66.00	61.22
87	—	1,129	78.50–87.00	82.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,196	74.00–88.50	80.92
20	—	1,246	63.00–79.50	73.26
114	—	1,186	82.00–94.50	85.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,414	65.00–79.50	74.75
43	—	1,478	86.00–92.00	87.60
175	—	1,432	77.00–88.00	82.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,864	111.00–122.50	115.65
17	—	1,555	87.00–96.00	92.56
59	—	1,725	98.00–111.00	105.92

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,120	1,400.00–1,535.00	1,490.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	932	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,204.76
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,000	80.00–115.00	97.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	921	101.00–129.50	122.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	720	585.00	585.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,070	750.00–1,285.00	1,023.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	957	650.00–700.00	683.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	923	525.00–750.00	656.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	—	1,152	850.00–1,100.00	985.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,192	925.00–1,450.00	1,252.04

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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