Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 204 priced lines covering 10,403 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,174 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,296 head. replacement cattle receipts at 874 head. Counted as USDA files them — 105 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,174Last week 15,587Year ago 8,794

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,296Last week 1,135Year ago 1,322

Replacement CattleReceipts 874Last week 146Year ago 2,206

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls uneven from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,377	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,497	2,600.00–2,975.00	2,721.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,436	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,838	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,453	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,663	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,845.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,360	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,368	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,707.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	2,035	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,471	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,600	1,600.00–2,550.00	2,283.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,253	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,140.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,013	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,120.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,315	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,881	3,050.00–3,100.00	3,075.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,190	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,855.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,645	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,118	1,800.00–2,600.00	2,211.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,208	1,550.00–2,650.00	2,029.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,945	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,240	2,750.00	2,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	963	100.00–145.00	124.68
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,067	131.00–152.00	145.21
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,028	104.00	104.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	948	1,050.00–1,825.00	1,550.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,023	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	1,126	1,110.00–1,925.00	1,640.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	795	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	834	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,319.46
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,007	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,149	2,050.00–2,675.00	2,508.30
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,346	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,583.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,364	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,576.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,334	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,682.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	74	—	1,220	1,675.00–2,050.00	1,964.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,178	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,116.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,054	760.00–1,050.00	988.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,070	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,043	1,010.00–1,125.00	1,077.01
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	768	400.00–660.00	479.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	855	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	—	1,218	1,125.00–1,600.00	1,374.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,136	1,175.00–1,450.00	1,349.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,207	1,175.00–1,185.00	1,179.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	133	—	1,195	1,100.00–1,850.00	1,584.20
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,030	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,159.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,008	710.00–1,150.00	943.20
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,274	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,843.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,262	850.00–1,300.00	1,186.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,569	81.00–101.50	95.04
47	—	1,704	101.00–116.50	109.67
20	—	1,880	116.00–134.00	122.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,506	95.00–112.50	97.39
203	—	1,453	83.00–95.50	92.04
20	—	1,493	85.00–87.00	85.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	941	59.00–76.00	68.74
28	—	1,049	85.00–94.00	88.72
186	—	1,051	75.00–89.00	81.79
21	—	845	37.50–69.00	54.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,222	84.00–95.00	89.43
28	—	1,234	76.00–88.00	84.07
69	—	1,253	94.00–103.00	95.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	329	270.00–280.00	273.69
102	—	527	226.00–261.00	250.79
64	—	914	196.00–199.00	196.43
86	—	628	200.00–225.00	218.83
39	—	416	240.00–260.00	254.92
408	—	828	180.00–210.50	206.10
268	—	680	190.00–224.00	216.54
119	—	721	190.00–215.00	208.07
86	—	468	240.00–275.00	261.63
282	—	878	184.00–210.00	206.46
76	—	973	164.00–198.00	189.93
257	—	573	215.00–257.00	245.19
380	—	782	180.00–212.00	204.27
7	—	376	250.00–277.00	265.44
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	548	191.00	191.00
3	—	595	184.00	184.00
4	—	375	210.00	210.00
6	—	667	140.00–170.00	155.26
25	—	486	200.00–220.00	213.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
364	—	781	213.00–221.50	217.74
31	—	1,054	184.00	184.00
172	—	520	254.00–290.00	269.39
46	—	435	264.00–312.50	300.43
33	—	963	198.00	198.00
425	—	825	211.75–219.00	214.11
110	—	470	290.00–312.00	303.81
126	—	728	210.00–223.00	215.83
36	—	294	320.00	320.00
90	—	663	219.00–232.00	227.37
321	—	613	225.00–254.00	242.76
74	—	580	235.00–271.00	253.21
181	—	869	209.00–213.00	210.66
385	—	911	199.00–208.00	205.93
17	—	336	280.00–330.00	315.49
51	—	371	302.00–310.00	307.69
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	439	325.00	325.00
56	—	527	291.00–295.00	292.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	438	265.00	265.00
10	—	508	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	584	210.00–218.00	211.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	822	203.75	203.75
14	—	679	222.00	222.00
50	—	733	213.00–214.00	213.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	720	216.00	216.00
24	—	539	270.00	270.00
15	—	603	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	427	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	637	164.00–200.00	193.43
6	—	783	175.00–181.00	178.50
14	—	379	232.00–255.00	249.47
28	—	683	190.00–205.00	201.32
60	—	586	195.00–230.00	218.34
20	—	714	160.00–192.00	187.29
10	—	430	217.00–232.00	227.12
43	—	476	220.00–245.00	230.33
50	—	539	220.00–231.00	228.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	697	206.00	206.00
12	—	598	223.00	223.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	180.00–191.00	189.15
37	—	515	190.00–200.00	196.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	519	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	567	203.00	203.00
11	—	661	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	621	163.00	163.00
4	—	868	110.00	110.00
4	—	663	141.00	141.00
4	—	426	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	589	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	661	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	431	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	231.00	231.00
3	—	433	210.00–218.00	212.68
12	—	667	185.00	185.00
9	—	643	160.00–188.00	174.85
53	—	885	162.00	162.00
11	—	525	185.00–201.00	193.73
10	—	574	180.00–190.00	184.37
25	—	320	225.00–232.00	229.47
41	—	487	200.00–214.00	207.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	919	159.00–181.00	176.38
220	—	619	180.00–210.00	200.48
118	—	672	174.00–205.00	194.20
74	—	730	179.00–192.50	185.89
14	—	879	168.00–186.00	183.42
78	—	767	170.00–193.50	189.87
38	—	833	180.00–185.00	181.47
213	—	530	190.00–226.00	205.84
153	—	579	190.00–210.00	198.99
220	—	480	212.00–240.00	222.34
33	—	372	232.00–250.00	238.95
56	—	425	216.00–245.00	224.00
38	—	336	225.00–246.00	237.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	656	215.00–220.00	217.64
92	—	808	190.00–191.00	190.45
28	—	383	250.00–270.00	261.61
139	—	574	214.00–229.00	218.40
17	—	331	253.00–272.00	268.39
355	—	521	210.00–250.00	224.49
251	—	630	207.50–216.75	213.60
124	—	480	232.00–249.00	238.43
32	—	432	235.00–257.00	243.42
163	—	763	195.00–202.00	200.62
42	—	850	194.50	194.50
68	—	736	197.00–213.00	200.96
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	269.00	269.00
8	—	408	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	639	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	523	243.00–250.00	246.51
5	—	417	281.00	281.00
3	—	383	285.00	285.00
14	—	480	247.50–258.00	250.51
6	—	719	200.00–201.00	200.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	185.00–204.00	196.29
33	—	527	215.00–240.00	223.83
7	—	417	239.00–264.00	250.70
20	—	636	190.00–208.00	204.01
5	—	777	160.00–175.00	166.90
20	—	482	230.00–251.00	236.78
2	—	928	146.00	146.00
2	—	818	155.00–157.00	156.00
16	—	574	206.00–230.00	215.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	569	182.00	182.00
3	—	445	180.00	180.00
23	—	484	220.00–228.00	226.25
4	—	515	180.00–200.00	193.54
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	977	145.00	145.00
31	—	531	151.00–159.00	156.17
15	—	699	154.00	154.00
19	—	475	158.00–160.00	159.35
57	—	921	135.00–140.00	139.56
3	—	422	157.00	157.00
2	—	715	135.00	135.00
26	—	578	154.00–156.00	154.84
42	—	824	126.00–145.50	141.64
9	—	612	155.00–158.00	156.98
33	—	889	136.00–145.00	141.75
69	—	755	145.00–166.00	164.78

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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