Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

3,575 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $133.91/cwt -4.79 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 674 lb · 289 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.21/cwt -7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $841/hd at 579 lb · 220 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.25/cwt -4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 570 lb · 176 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,575	2,685	707
Feeder cattle	3,388	2,450	587
Slaughter cattle	152	170	84
Replacement cattle	35	65	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, over 550 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	4	192.00	$192.00	$614	—
350–375	369	18	171.00–182.00	$176.51	$651	-4.82
400–440	422	29	165.00–185.00	$176.09	$743	+0.76
450–495	468	46	161.00–170.00	$166.94	$781	-6.20
500–540	524	135	150.00–173.50	$164.75	$863	-0.62
550–599	579	220	140.00–169.00	$145.21	$841	-8.15
605	605	3	129.50	$129.50	$783	-17.17
600–645	619	145	135.00–145.00	$141.35	$875	-5.32
622 unweaned	622	8	131.00	$131.00	$815	—
650–699	674	284	125.00–139.50	$134.09	$904	-4.99
685–698 unweaned	693	5	122.50–125.00	$123.49	$856	-7.51
700–736	723	97	122.00–137.50	$134.66	$974	-1.83
750–787	775	75	122.00–126.00	$124.06	$961	+1.06
810–825	815	36	117.00–125.00	$121.27	$988	-3.35
850	850	12	122.25	$122.25	$1,039	-7.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	312	5	173.00–175.00	$174.18	$543	—
380–393	389	8	160.00–173.00	$169.82	$661	—
403–445	424	31	156.00–173.00	$164.50	$697	-0.66
450–495	474	78	145.00–170.00	$153.99	$730	-3.61
502–549	529	34	140.00–152.00	$145.10	$768	-6.35
558–585	571	59	135.00–144.50	$142.81	$815	+1.43
605–646	620	74	132.25–138.00	$135.67	$841	-3.30
670–690	681	15	125.00–130.00	$127.73	$870	-7.25
705–742	724	32	122.50–125.00	$123.20	$892	-5.66
750–769	766	34	121.50–125.00	$124.17	$951	-4.58

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528–538	531	7	130.00–145.00	$140.66	$747	—
579	579	5	137.00	$137.00	$793	—
674	674	10	126.00	$126.00	$849	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	4	122.50	$122.50	$730	—
665	665	4	117.00	$117.00	$778	-3.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	466	7	146.00–151.00	$149.48	$697	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	10	158.00	$158.00	$545	—
350–392	380	22	151.00–160.00	$155.35	$590	-0.77
405–435	431	36	141.00–154.00	$150.83	$650	+0.97
470–490	482	83	134.00–142.50	$139.95	$675	-5.16
500–547	523	125	129.00–140.00	$135.43	$708	-0.89
550–599	570	176	125.50–132.50	$128.25	$731	-4.02
601–640	620	111	121.00–127.00	$124.97	$775	-2.84
644	644	10	128.50	$128.50	$828	+6.51
655–662	658	14	127.00	$127.00	$836	+3.43
650–690	661	98	118.00–126.50	$122.44	$809	-1.13
700–734	721	50	117.75–121.00	$119.67	$863	-1.13
755–790	775	27	108.00–122.00	$113.50	$880	-2.99
833	833	5	112.50	$112.50	$937	-9.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	377	18	135.00–149.00	$142.16	$536	-9.46
400–436	421	16	131.00–142.00	$136.60	$575	-8.60
458–485	473	31	125.00–135.00	$131.87	$624	-4.45
502–540	520	104	124.00–133.25	$128.87	$670	-2.03
550–591	575	47	120.00–126.00	$122.52	$704	-4.18
600–645	619	49	116.00–126.00	$122.22	$757	-1.40
665–685	673	9	114.00–115.00	$114.55	$771	-7.45
718	718	10	118.00	$118.00	$847	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	4	129.00	$129.00	$452	—
435	435	3	125.00	$125.00	$544	—
480	480	4	108.00	$108.00	$518	-7.50
522–540	535	8	108.00–120.00	$113.96	$610	+9.96
655	655	3	109.00	$109.00	$714	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	8	131.50	$131.50	$715	—
565	565	4	116.00	$116.00	$655	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	3	122.50	$122.50	$616	—
570	570	3	121.00	$121.00	$690	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
410	410	3	137.00	$137.00	$562	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	4	103.00	$103.00	$455	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	158.00	$158.00	$687	+0.46
450–480	471	8	140.00–150.00	$145.32	$684	-0.94
500–545	522	8	125.50–138.00	$132.79	$693	—
554–588	570	15	111.00–128.00	$122.35	$697	—
645–648	647	4	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$728	-2.87
650–698	674	4	102.00–110.00	$105.86	$713	—
700	700	4	107.00	$107.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	3	110.00	$110.00	$575	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1180	1065	85-90%	4	20.00–28.00	$25.54	$272	—
1060–1185	1119	85-90%	7	32.00–37.50	$34.58	$387	+0.98
1055–1255	1176	85-90%	20	38.00–45.50	$41.92	$493	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1735	1476	75-80%	18	50.00–53.00	$51.12	$755	—
1790	1790	75-80%	1	53.00	$53.00	$949	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1325	1303	80-85%	2	52.00–54.00	$52.98	$690	+0.86
1130–1565	1351	80-85%	14	48.00–52.00	$50.20	$678	—
1310–1600	1455	80-85%	2	45.00	$45.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750	1750	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,242	—
1805	1805	1	85.50	$85.50	$1,543	—
1645–2235	1848	6	68.00–77.50	$73.62	$1,360	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1470	1247	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	700.00–920.00	$790.95
1270–1420	1316	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	700.00–950.00	$784.83

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.