Missouri Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 173 priced lines covering 6,132 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,663 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 789 head. replacement cattle receipts at 718 head. Counted as USDA files them — 82 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,663Last week 25,008Year ago 36,894

Slaughter CattleReceipts 789Last week 3,070Year ago 3,146

Replacement CattleReceipts 718Last week 427Year ago 1,719

Compared to last week, a very light test of feeders sold with firm to higher undertones. Auction activity was very limited this week with most auctions being cancelled due to extreme cold and winter weather. The supply light and demand was light to moderate. Buyers would light to get back to buying cattle and filling orders but in many cases transporting cattle this week was impossible even if they could find them to buy. There has been some auctions that have seen near a month now without any market due to holidays and winter weather. Record setting cold make things just downright miserable for most of the week. Weeks like this make the hay piles smaller in a hurry as famers have to provide not only full diets but also provide a place for cattle to lay down and try to retain some body heat. Late in the week there was a few sales that took place and price were quite good reflecting buyers desire to fill orders. Callaway Livestock Center held a special yearling sale on Friday with many load lots of yearlings. A load of 733 lb, steers sold at 247.50 and two loads of 918 lb. steers sold for 223.00. Eastern Missouri Commission Company sold a part load of 811 lb. fancy heifers that were bought as replacements for 232.50. The monthly Cattle on Feed Report was released on Friday and came and went without any fanfare as all numbers feel with in expectations. The livestock sector will now wait till the end of the month for the semi-annual inventory report to see just how much the herd has decreased in the last year. Boxed beef cutouts posted significant gains again this week. On Friday choice closed at 295.50, up 5.91 and select closed at 283.05, up 11.48 compared to last week. Negotiated feedlot sales as of the Friday afternoon was dismal with only 12K head reported for the week. Missouri Stocker formula consists of 1042 head with a weighted average weight of 570.83 lbs. and a price value of 266.69, 6.81 higher than a week ago. The steer/heifer spread is 35.83.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	466	264.00–312.00	279.51
18	—	384	270.00–285.00	279.37
53	—	832	192.00–220.50	206.65
51	—	769	196.00–217.00	212.17
63	—	531	242.00–270.00	260.57
54	—	679	210.00–237.50	227.53
149	—	631	228.00–265.00	242.33
39	—	577	225.00–264.00	245.81
4	—	328	293.00	293.00
78	—	731	197.00–236.00	219.16
33	—	431	252.00–295.50	280.02
11	—	879	181.00–201.50	191.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	915	188.00	188.00
10	—	640	217.50–224.50	221.69
10	—	428	238.00–265.00	250.15
5	—	576	231.00	231.00
7	—	509	190.00–247.00	230.85
13	—	396	254.00–260.00	257.25
3	—	705	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	813	217.00–234.00	227.50
3	—	285	300.00	300.00
257	—	634	240.00–269.00	255.69
130	—	524	260.00–309.00	292.24
15	—	325	295.00–328.00	300.46
199	—	581	250.00–292.00	276.19
3	—	855	204.50	204.50
331	—	670	231.00–257.00	246.73
338	—	725	210.00–247.50	237.77
206	—	919	198.50–223.00	218.05
16	—	421	257.00–315.00	293.69
74	—	477	270.00–331.00	308.80
84	—	970	191.00–209.00	205.15
233	—	763	224.00–237.00	231.27
18	—	386	278.00–305.00	291.01
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	707	208.50–210.00	209.40
21	—	1,052	193.25	193.25
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	249.00	249.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	211.00	211.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	166.00	166.00
2	—	1,015	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	595	259.00	259.00
8	—	666	229.00	229.00
6	—	545	250.00	250.00
3	—	478	267.00	267.00
2	—	385	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	764	232.00	232.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	824	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	949	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	672	180.00–225.00	208.58
52	—	474	205.00–250.00	225.79
41	—	579	185.00–224.00	215.03
43	—	760	173.00–211.25	207.00
58	—	531	193.00–230.00	212.26
38	—	437	228.00–255.00	238.91
16	—	388	220.00–251.00	246.95
29	—	730	180.00–210.00	201.65
2	—	333	230.00–235.00	232.44
4	—	885	170.00	170.00
78	—	629	185.00–230.00	215.71
21	—	826	170.00–199.50	190.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	210.00	210.00
14	—	524	183.00–200.00	194.05
13	—	383	205.00–212.50	206.12
12	—	691	172.00–192.00	181.92
9	—	433	207.50–220.00	215.74
24	—	482	201.00–230.00	213.10
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	499	175.00	175.00
3	—	375	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	611	185.00	185.00
11	—	462	220.00–223.00	221.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	770	175.00–213.75	210.64
164	—	577	212.00–245.00	231.50
267	—	684	186.00–231.00	223.37
142	—	725	200.00–225.75	220.14
98	—	524	230.00–262.00	249.62
4	—	343	250.00–260.00	252.45
3	—	287	240.00	240.00
72	—	473	232.00–270.00	259.73
9	—	383	276.00–282.00	279.31
264	—	618	209.00–244.25	230.38
31	—	435	247.00–278.00	264.30
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	372	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	569	200.00	200.00
16	—	659	198.50–200.00	199.62
5	—	738	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	588	206.00–210.00	208.90
4	—	385	230.00	230.00
18	—	532	224.00–227.50	225.12
5	—	676	181.00	181.00
4	—	467	231.00	231.00
5	—	631	204.50	204.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	190.00	190.00
6	—	724	196.00	196.00
4	—	759	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	811	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	690	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	280.00	280.00
9	—	537	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	349	250.00	250.00
4	—	396	261.00–265.00	262.99
24	—	683	173.00–221.00	212.93
12	—	525	235.00–259.00	243.66
9	—	573	186.00–240.00	204.15
11	—	442	252.00–258.00	254.75
2	—	835	169.00–174.00	171.51
5	—	486	258.00	258.00
6	—	639	224.00–235.00	230.68
10	—	782	180.00–188.00	184.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	184.00	184.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,918	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,613	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,597	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,592.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,446	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,621	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,436.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,215	2,350.00	2,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,344	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,605	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,328	2,125.00–2,250.00	2,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,533	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,302	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,985.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,050	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,288	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,179	105.00–115.00	109.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	123	—	1,172	1,375.00–1,925.00	1,640.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,328	1,375.00–1,700.00	1,563.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,201	1,360.00–1,450.00	1,411.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	982	975.00–1,375.00	1,278.80
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,056	1,350.00–1,800.00	1,576.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,505	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,693.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,268	1,975.00–2,200.00	2,087.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,307	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,194	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	789	1,235.00	1,235.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	914	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,204.61
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	817	950.00–1,300.00	1,134.64
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	997	1,450.00–1,675.00	1,608.20
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,011	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	209	—	1,052	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,334.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,190	2,150.00–2,750.00	2,406.43
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	951	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,841.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	989	1,350.00–2,100.00	1,567.22
Bred Heifers — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	914	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,380.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,700	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,415	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,073	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,647.44
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	867	116.00	116.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,196	98.00–153.00	125.72
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,032	135.00–142.00	138.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,878	126.50–149.00	133.83
18	—	1,672	90.00–125.00	118.29
3	—	1,322	100.00–107.50	105.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,055	60.00–103.00	91.33
40	—	1,045	80.00–113.50	103.68
13	—	936	50.00–85.50	72.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,232	89.00–129.00	109.42
95	—	1,208	79.00–109.00	102.26
12	—	1,247	80.00–96.50	87.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,795	102.00–110.00	105.75
2	—	1,695	112.00–119.50	115.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,479	90.00–130.00	111.80
71	—	1,520	86.00–115.00	106.40
7	—	1,493	94.00–98.00	95.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,225	175.00–179.50	177.72
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,347	180.50–181.50	180.84
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	168.00	168.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,376	175.00–179.50	177.08
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	181.00	181.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	165.00	165.00

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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