Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 224 priced lines covering 11,943 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,622 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,667 head. replacement cattle receipts at 510 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,622Last week 22,562Year ago 22,204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,667Last week 2,345Year ago 2,194

Replacement CattleReceipts 510Last week 853Year ago 647

Not enough feeders offered this week for a good price comparisons, although undertones were mostly steady to firm. The supply was limited by extreme heat making transportation quite stressful. Several barns had too few cattle to publish a report. Feedlot sales for the week as of Friday afternoon totaled about 70K head. Live sales were reported mostly 120.00-124.00 and dressed sales at mostly 196.00. Boxed beef cutouts were higher for the week. Choice closed on Friday at 278.46, up 11.83 and select at 259.19 up 9.25 compared to last week. The Missouri Stocker Formula consist of 2526 head with a weighted average weight of 557.65 and a price value of 168.61, down 2.01 from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	840	102.00	102.00
34	—	426	130.00–142.50	136.29
64	—	473	125.00–151.00	134.75
44	—	522	120.00–135.00	127.21
7	—	679	120.00–129.00	123.94
39	—	570	120.00–135.00	129.25
11	—	715	120.00–126.25	122.31
26	—	374	135.00–141.00	138.29
22	—	619	127.00–133.25	130.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	366	132.50–165.00	146.96
25	—	817	110.00–131.75	126.41
2	—	988	104.00	104.00
108	—	764	122.00–147.25	141.45
16	—	337	140.00–156.00	146.24
335	—	676	121.00–150.50	141.97
26	—	273	152.00	152.00
88	—	428	135.00–181.00	152.12
200	—	476	130.00–164.00	146.29
168	—	522	128.00–159.75	143.91
190	—	619	120.00–154.50	139.54
10	—	890	106.00–120.00	116.23
198	—	571	130.00–157.00	142.92
67	—	721	115.00–144.00	134.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	618	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	605	160.00	160.00
24	—	528	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	446	149.00	149.00
6	—	538	138.50–142.00	140.24
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	663	141.10	141.10
12	—	764	140.25	140.25
7	—	722	143.00	143.00
6	—	589	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	145.00–148.00	147.01
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	344	136.00	136.00
3	—	592	125.00	125.00
4	—	656	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	130.00	130.00
12	—	952	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	146.00	146.00
4	—	560	142.00	142.00
6	—	674	127.00	127.00
4	—	455	142.00	142.00
4	—	604	139.00	139.00
19	—	518	134.00–140.00	136.26
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	785	136.00	136.00
2	—	703	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	962	128.60	128.60
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	416	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	407	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	431	147.50–172.00	158.66
400	—	574	135.00–160.00	151.29
228	—	476	140.00–170.00	157.52
32	—	326	155.00–172.50	162.89
200	—	671	128.00–156.00	146.34
275	—	722	125.00–153.00	143.86
389	—	528	139.00–164.50	155.31
49	—	811	122.00–134.00	131.80
114	—	762	126.00–150.00	144.85
13	—	925	116.00–120.00	119.07
31	—	370	145.00–176.00	164.25
649	—	625	130.00–158.00	150.11
3	—	850	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	532	145.00–154.50	150.79
19	—	681	140.00–149.00	144.53
66	—	572	140.00–157.00	148.63
10	—	901	115.00	115.00
14	—	723	129.00–138.00	132.84
94	—	473	140.00–166.00	156.87
9	—	1,127	100.00	100.00
20	—	764	121.00–130.00	122.22
16	—	615	130.00–136.00	133.74
12	—	359	170.00	170.00
37	—	427	150.00–179.00	160.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	337	160.00–170.00	168.37
119	—	767	125.00–152.00	147.38
69	—	726	135.00–157.50	147.98
219	—	677	130.00–161.50	156.10
259	—	622	136.00–167.00	155.14
57	—	374	155.00–196.00	181.22
5	—	936	130.00	130.00
210	—	474	137.50–188.00	171.51
226	—	524	137.00–179.00	163.50
90	—	431	157.00–193.00	172.17
8	—	271	185.00	185.00
363	—	578	138.00–170.00	160.81
34	—	876	131.25–145.00	135.87
33	—	814	132.00–144.00	137.45
10	—	972	126.00–136.50	131.22
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	719	149.00–156.00	152.54
11	—	588	174.00	174.00
4	—	668	150.00	150.00
6	—	998	120.00	120.00
14	—	797	145.10	145.10
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	157.00	157.00
25	—	681	150.00–158.50	156.08
4	—	813	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	523	128.00–136.50	130.61
4	—	285	149.50	149.50
6	—	587	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	165.00	165.00
3	—	490	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,053	130.00	130.00
33	—	332	185.00–203.50	193.38
26	—	870	144.25–149.00	147.05
81	—	472	160.00–202.00	181.61
131	—	1,025	140.00	140.00
3	—	273	180.00–187.50	185.08
53	—	372	172.50–212.00	195.73
485	—	723	135.00–164.00	158.20
307	—	667	145.00–173.00	163.50
253	—	528	150.00–195.00	178.69
15	—	924	132.00	132.00
444	—	623	147.50–181.00	167.27
475	—	578	147.00–187.00	174.98
223	—	769	134.00–160.00	155.38
326	—	845	134.00–152.75	149.99
74	—	431	166.00–206.00	185.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	180.00	180.00
2	—	655	163.00	163.00
5	—	457	187.00–188.00	187.80
1	—	260	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	210.00	210.00
6	—	469	197.00	197.00
11	—	515	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	614	155.75–158.00	156.13
5	—	465	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	151.00	151.00
22	—	569	145.00–150.00	147.46
7	—	505	147.00	147.00
32	—	272	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	383	137.00–174.00	155.85
16	—	860	111.00–113.00	112.26
54	—	623	128.00–150.50	140.71
21	—	430	140.00–168.00	155.88
6	—	957	105.00	105.00
55	—	576	127.50–153.50	145.11
24	—	674	124.00–135.50	130.69
2	—	800	124.00	124.00
29	—	523	129.00–159.50	146.10
10	—	344	151.00–177.00	162.12
2	—	483	157.00	157.00
17	—	715	119.00–140.00	131.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	326	175.00–215.00	206.73
2	—	650	141.00	141.00
12	—	530	145.00–165.00	152.25
2	—	288	180.00	180.00
22	—	480	148.00–165.00	155.96
8	—	709	143.00–145.00	144.75
2	—	820	116.00–120.00	118.01
11	—	574	137.00–154.00	148.08
24	—	377	160.00–213.00	175.60
2	—	608	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	415	130.00	130.00
15	—	678	120.00	120.00
10	—	475	130.00	130.00
10	—	583	115.00	115.00
29	—	362	160.00–165.00	161.08
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	622	98.00	98.00
22	—	878	97.50	97.50
9	—	811	93.50–94.50	94.16
7	—	953	87.50	87.50
16	—	723	90.00–99.00	91.73
6	—	431	95.00	95.00
16	—	798	88.00	88.00
5	—	699	100.50	100.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	508	113.00	113.00
5	—	420	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	74.00	74.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	54	—	1,220	825.00–1,425.00	1,085.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,366	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,346.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,139	900.00–1,175.00	1,014.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,254	875.00–1,125.00	985.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,343	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,112.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,134	900.00–1,100.00	929.34
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	810	600.00–900.00	721.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,007	725.00–1,025.00	969.67
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	—	971	525.00–850.00	757.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	—	1,124	550.00–925.00	805.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,226	860.00–975.00	914.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,292	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,109	1,300.00–1,385.00	1,331.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,285.75
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	838	400.00–500.00	464.77
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	930	85.00–98.00	92.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,030	72.00–73.00	72.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,066	73.00–97.50	80.81
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	772	72.50–84.00	78.72
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	920	57.00–72.50	64.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	847	60.00–70.00	65.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	2,375.00	2,375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,221	1,425.00–1,750.00	1,627.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	785	550.00–700.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,143	1,010.00–1,235.00	1,100.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,460.00	1,460.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,165	1,100.00–1,385.00	1,230.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,130	1,575.00–1,610.00	1,589.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	800	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	743	900.00–1,000.00	914.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	1,193	62.00–78.00	69.09
31	—	1,177	55.00–66.00	61.46
152	—	1,222	71.00–84.00	76.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,078	64.00–78.50	69.92
16	—	910	30.00–42.50	36.36
52	—	900	42.00–56.00	50.22
169	—	1,036	50.00–70.00	59.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,453	71.00–86.00	79.47
18	—	1,430	57.00–66.50	62.79
86	—	1,416	62.50–76.00	71.78
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,701	79.50–86.00	82.95
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,070	110.00–118.00	114.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	123.50	123.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	120.50	120.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,306	122.00–124.50	123.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	113.50–116.00	115.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,670	84.00–104.00	96.08
50	—	1,397	65.50–92.00	83.32
56	—	1,845	96.00–115.00	105.70

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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