Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 208 priced lines covering 14,239 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,466 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 775 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,207 head. Counted as USDA files them — 202 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,466Last week 17,456Year ago 10,586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 775Last week 1,062Year ago 808

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,207Last week 200Year ago 1,058

Compared to last week, feeders sold uneven from 6.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows mixed from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,013	131.00	131.00
3	—	503	150.00	150.00
2	—	908	178.00	178.00
3	—	580	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
609	—	824	228.00–241.50	236.54
177	—	469	295.00–350.00	325.23
359	—	573	285.00–325.00	301.97
52	—	1,155	210.00	210.00
500	—	674	252.50–279.00	264.02
747	—	725	240.00–261.00	253.33
251	—	863	223.00–238.00	231.27
23	—	389	360.00–370.00	367.05
16	—	1,124	204.00	204.00
32	—	421	335.00–370.00	354.71
577	—	623	268.00–304.00	281.10
100	—	963	218.00–222.00	219.18
358	—	519	290.00–327.50	307.19
836	—	772	225.00–256.50	244.75
246	—	921	221.00–225.25	224.52
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	270.00	270.00
6	—	588	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	520	332.00–337.50	334.91
27	—	611	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	686	240.00–257.50	252.21
3	—	942	194.00	194.00
141	—	886	208.00–226.00	224.40
5	—	994	195.00	195.00
220	—	481	290.00–320.00	305.97
130	—	785	228.75–236.75	234.61
302	—	574	256.00–285.00	277.65
132	—	631	245.00–268.00	259.90
116	—	429	300.00–335.00	316.75
33	—	373	335.00–350.00	346.59
7	—	1,050	207.00	207.00
105	—	816	202.00–228.75	226.00
188	—	524	270.00–290.00	281.97
177	—	738	227.00–241.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	531	287.00	287.00
5	—	579	281.00	281.00
6	—	438	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	591	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	637	283.00	283.00
13	—	520	315.00	315.00
13	—	570	310.00	310.00
29	—	682	264.00–276.00	270.66
10	—	805	236.00	236.00
49	—	867	234.50–237.00	236.07
12	—	737	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	421	275.00–280.00	275.82
86	—	482	265.00–295.00	283.54
10	—	586	237.00–253.00	249.03
15	—	657	214.00–227.00	221.73
2	—	525	200.00–231.00	215.20
52	—	375	282.50–325.00	315.98
30	—	327	280.00–320.00	310.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	691	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	391	260.00–290.00	270.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	782	224.00	224.00
12	—	453	300.00	300.00
6	—	523	282.00	282.00
24	—	628	240.00–243.00	241.34
20	—	850	217.00	217.00
8	—	594	272.50	272.50
6	—	658	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	243.00	243.00
5	—	462	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	541	230.00	230.00
2	—	618	220.00	220.00
12	—	488	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	755	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	495	211.00	211.00
9	—	747	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	230.00–240.00	234.97
14	—	336	250.00	250.00
13	—	387	260.00	260.00
3	—	623	190.00–213.00	201.18
22	—	473	235.00–242.00	237.82
11	—	593	200.00–222.00	218.09
21	—	687	201.00–203.00	202.91
10	—	522	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	430	245.00–285.00	270.90
96	—	622	220.00–240.00	231.34
19	—	996	170.00	170.00
47	—	371	260.00–287.00	275.75
170	—	732	200.00–226.00	223.74
19	—	1,042	175.00	175.00
171	—	478	240.00–265.00	256.52
239	—	577	222.50–250.00	238.30
205	—	526	225.00–257.50	247.59
48	—	832	190.00–216.00	207.14
21	—	328	262.50–284.00	271.35
18	—	787	199.00–220.00	214.70
2	—	853	197.00	197.00
209	—	691	208.00–240.00	226.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	377	290.00–325.00	304.34
172	—	426	270.00–307.00	288.13
736	—	620	235.00–270.00	252.09
486	—	529	250.00–291.00	273.09
6	—	940	202.00	202.00
422	—	667	229.00–260.00	243.06
331	—	580	250.00–285.00	264.61
189	—	818	216.00–230.00	221.13
31	—	319	298.00–322.50	312.55
80	—	726	226.00–240.00	229.38
253	—	474	267.50–306.00	283.31
294	—	769	215.00–234.00	228.51
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,048	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	533	215.00	215.00
3	—	417	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	644	217.00	217.00
5	—	466	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	422	315.00	315.00
124	—	518	300.00–305.00	303.41
112	—	715	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	200.00	200.00
16	—	581	240.00–247.00	244.36
5	—	441	223.00	223.00
7	—	363	300.00	300.00
6	—	628	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	441	295.00–307.00	300.97
23	—	574	263.00–295.00	281.93
3	—	727	232.00	232.00
6	—	785	216.00	216.00
25	—	519	270.00–297.50	284.90
69	—	623	239.00–262.00	244.75
33	—	669	237.50–254.00	243.56
21	—	454	300.00–305.00	303.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	671	227.50–249.00	229.78
8	—	574	261.00–276.00	266.90
10	—	791	202.00–215.00	213.71
7	—	495	283.00	283.00
24	—	530	262.00–281.00	269.93
7	—	701	223.00	223.00
15	—	647	253.50	253.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	262.50	262.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	922	165.00–186.50	179.44
10	—	666	160.00–170.00	166.75
30	—	488	170.00–208.00	201.10
7	—	780	183.00–184.50	183.43
5	—	349	219.00	219.00
8	—	556	179.00–196.00	192.27
4	—	1,056	158.00–165.00	163.24
42	—	876	169.00–181.00	177.94
22	—	718	170.00–188.00	178.90
9	—	633	175.00–185.00	177.16
32	—	814	161.00–179.00	175.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	963	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	997	1,600.00–2,250.00	2,097.27
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	970	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	953	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,578.61
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	934	1,500.00–2,150.00	1,901.80
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	85	—	1,058	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,498.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,118	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,139	2,375.00–2,600.00	2,477.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	810	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	912	177.50	177.50
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	820	119.00	119.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,131	104.00–154.50	139.15
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	724	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,665.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,105	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,023	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,438.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,429	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,898.49
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,474	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,479.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,385	1,775.00–1,800.00	1,796.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,310	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,849.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	114	—	1,292	1,775.00–2,700.00	2,385.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,261	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,687.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	215	—	1,180	1,300.00–2,200.00	1,807.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	44	—	1,156	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,576.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,190	1,450.00–1,850.00	1,661.73
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	920	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,211	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,362.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,507	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,391	2,250.00–2,700.00	2,543.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,223	1,775.00–2,400.00	2,237.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,374	2,550.00–2,700.00	2,572.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,252	2,200.00–2,275.00	2,209.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,322	1,950.00–2,100.00	1,995.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,398	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	32	—	1,498	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,293.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,399	3,200.00–3,375.00	3,305.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,475	2,775.00–3,050.00	2,901.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,270	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,678.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,375	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,603.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,197	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,381	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,462.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,130	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,129	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,600	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,593	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,951.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,799	117.00–139.00	129.78
9	—	1,716	105.00–121.00	114.51
18	—	1,913	134.00–150.00	140.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,243	108.00–116.50	112.23
10	—	1,221	90.00–101.00	96.85
120	—	1,238	97.50–111.50	105.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	802	52.50–72.00	66.51
102	—	1,045	87.00–101.50	95.14
31	—	1,057	100.00–107.50	104.20
65	—	955	70.00–89.00	81.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,404	91.00–102.50	99.55
112	—	1,461	100.00–111.50	106.82
35	—	1,506	111.00–124.00	115.20

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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