Missouri (West Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Missouri reported 129 priced lines covering 7,987 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,567 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 329 head. replacement cattle receipts at 22 head.

Mon Feb 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,567Last week 8,333Year ago 6,289

Slaughter CattleReceipts 329Last week 555Year ago 366

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 120Year ago 86

Compared to last week, feeders sold steady to 10.00 higher, Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
588	—	632	264.00–300.50	283.04
60	—	1,000	215.75	215.75
149	—	479	297.00–365.00	335.39
47	—	980	214.00–216.10	214.93
433	—	670	255.00–283.00	275.77
310	—	523	285.00–350.00	320.57
324	—	568	281.00–333.00	306.31
67	—	930	228.00	228.00
437	—	824	209.00–250.00	242.90
3	—	332	362.00	362.00
85	—	873	233.50–238.50	235.05
179	—	732	242.00–272.25	255.98
74	—	423	295.00–385.50	352.32
433	—	763	226.00–260.00	251.22
30	—	389	337.00–371.00	350.37
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	779	196.00–213.00	206.79
89	—	678	220.00–268.00	250.72
58	—	634	239.00–275.00	250.51
25	—	717	236.00–253.00	247.62
6	—	1,010	191.00	191.00
3	—	862	205.00–211.00	207.37
9	—	590	250.00–259.00	256.06
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	803	190.00	190.00
3	—	1,018	182.00	182.00
12	—	744	197.00–214.00	208.29
5	—	526	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	793	255.00	255.00
68	—	683	266.75	266.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	855	214.00	214.00
3	—	340	285.00	285.00
14	—	826	205.00–207.00	205.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	619	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	584	244.00–288.50	272.40
109	—	631	230.00–275.50	261.69
70	—	884	229.00	229.00
42	—	792	220.00–242.00	238.52
7	—	730	205.00	205.00
16	—	329	305.00–327.50	317.47
349	—	684	238.00–270.00	259.13
3	—	252	300.00	300.00
20	—	383	295.00–328.00	310.01
32	—	466	260.00–305.00	278.14
30	—	420	290.00–304.00	295.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	431	374.00	374.00
28	—	353	369.50–372.00	369.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	678	220.00	220.00
9	—	590	247.00	247.00
4	—	466	235.00	235.00
30	—	524	224.00–234.00	229.16
12	—	438	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	213.00	213.00
7	—	713	190.00	190.00
5	—	517	222.50	222.50
3	—	578	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	403	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	673	214.00	214.00
11	—	585	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	613	220.00–234.00	230.85
1	—	485	255.00	255.00
35	—	683	201.00–234.00	219.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	811	195.00–216.50	212.44
5	—	391	260.00–270.00	268.01
56	—	477	235.00–275.00	257.30
157	—	580	229.00–262.00	245.59
286	—	631	220.00–242.50	232.45
6	—	1,017	188.50	188.50
7	—	791	209.00–212.00	209.41
157	—	529	221.00–270.00	247.64
122	—	665	220.00–240.00	229.37
33	—	434	225.00–262.50	246.95
32	—	710	210.00–228.00	227.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	781	185.00–200.00	194.68
5	—	808	196.00	196.00
29	—	682	216.00–240.50	229.77
13	—	525	237.00–254.50	250.65
3	—	441	250.00	250.00
3	—	850	193.00	193.00
13	—	558	238.00–270.00	249.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	740	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	523	247.00–300.00	276.10
4	—	324	340.00	340.00
70	—	376	285.00–340.00	316.49
345	—	624	241.00–270.00	257.43
56	—	429	260.00–315.00	304.14
78	—	792	218.00–227.00	219.92
79	—	813	220.00–224.00	220.94
221	—	481	263.00–317.00	288.87
285	—	576	248.00–290.00	267.79
300	—	687	236.75–254.25	242.95
212	—	733	218.00–250.00	238.76
Heifers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	789	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	560	293.50	293.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	184.00	184.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	307	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	297.00–298.00	297.24
2	—	360	300.00–301.00	300.51
17	—	582	235.00–286.00	246.67
4	—	791	195.00	195.00
12	—	680	205.00–233.00	219.11
28	—	730	212.50–226.50	220.58
8	—	537	230.00–280.00	256.35
31	—	619	218.00–266.50	255.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	474	297.00–319.00	308.07
20	—	517	284.00–320.00	302.97
6	—	427	310.00–339.00	326.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	215.00	215.00
3	—	573	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,451	110.00–126.00	117.04
14	—	1,505	105.00–115.00	109.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,256	105.00–122.00	112.59
1	—	1,375	75.00	75.00
58	—	1,247	81.50–110.00	101.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,019	76.00–108.00	91.74
16	—	924	52.00–80.00	65.01
11	—	1,048	102.50–113.00	109.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,831	133.00–144.00	136.68
23	—	1,580	109.00–131.00	122.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,198	120.00	120.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,017	113.00–167.50	143.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,500.00–1,925.00	1,734.87

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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