Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

3,114 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $178.47/cwt +3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 571 lb · 270 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $167.61/cwt +1.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,042/hd at 621 lb · 213 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.19/cwt +2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $892/hd at 568 lb · 193 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,114	3,312	3,575
Feeder cattle	2,917	3,054	3,388
Slaughter cattle	157	243	152
Replacement cattle	40	15	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 8.00 higher, with the advance mostly under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	339	9	210.00–217.00	$215.78	$731	+8.27
350–395	371	18	199.00–213.00	$205.55	$763	+5.54
420 value added	420	6	209.00	$209.00	$878	+14.50
408–445	427	40	200.00–215.00	$207.33	$885	+12.70
470–480 value added	475	38	202.50–206.50	$204.47	$971	+5.47
458–499	482	106	184.00–209.00	$198.64	$957	+26.64
520–546	536	118	177.00–196.00	$185.31	$993	-10.27
550–598	567	213	170.00–186.00	$179.21	$1,016	+4.12
552–595 value added	587	57	174.00–185.00	$175.72	$1,031	-6.02
600–642	620	162	160.00–174.50	$167.15	$1,036	+1.20
615–638 value added	626	51	164.00–173.00	$169.07	$1,058	+1.73
650–660 unweaned	658	8	149.50–159.00	$156.65	$1,031	—
650–695	671	185	155.00–168.50	$165.28	$1,109	+13.28
700–749	721	108	150.00–165.00	$160.47	$1,157	-0.13
740 value added	740	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,169	-2.51
750–795	759	25	148.00–157.00	$155.71	$1,182	-0.60
800–805	805	45	147.50–153.75	$151.76	$1,222	+0.26
853	853	6	141.50	$141.50	$1,207	-9.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–295	293	5	200.00–205.00	$203.99	$598	—
320–330	325	4	190.00–201.00	$195.58	$636	-6.42
407–445	430	18	175.00–193.00	$185.86	$799	+1.49
460–488	478	16	180.00–189.00	$184.78	$883	+4.93
508–538	520	14	170.00–191.00	$176.83	$920	+1.81
550–580	569	20	162.00–174.00	$168.52	$959	+2.94
600–638	610	17	154.00–162.00	$155.17	$947	+5.17
658–693	679	29	153.50–158.50	$155.66	$1,057	-1.84
725–744	736	7	145.00–148.00	$146.27	$1,077	-5.14
760	760	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	21	198.75	$198.75	$894	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	6	155.00	$155.00	$984	—
705	705	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,029	—
705 value added	705	8	146.00	$146.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	159.00	$159.00	$708	—
665	665	7	146.00	$146.00	$971	+6.00
714	714	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,000	—
765	765	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,071	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	179.50	$179.50	$601	+2.50
365 value added	365	6	178.00	$178.00	$650	-5.00
355–395	378	25	170.00–180.00	$176.93	$669	+5.37
402–440	418	35	172.00–181.00	$176.45	$738	+6.84
470 value added	470	4	175.00	$175.00	$822	+10.85
457–495	476	86	158.50–177.00	$168.10	$800	+4.81
500–525	512	89	155.00–176.00	$164.14	$840	+5.32
525	525	13	154.00	$154.00	$808	-4.82
515–548 value added	529	27	156.00–161.50	$160.07	$847	-0.69
555	555	7	144.00	$144.00	$799	-10.93
554–592	567	178	149.00–163.00	$157.60	$894	+2.67
594–597 value added	595	8	159.00–160.00	$159.62	$950	+5.73
600–645	613	108	145.00–156.00	$152.63	$936	+2.02
622–642	632	4	142.00–145.00	$143.52	$907	+2.52
650–695	680	55	143.00–153.00	$147.28	$1,002	-1.10
700–745	721	48	141.00–146.00	$144.14	$1,039	-1.90
725	725	3	131.50	$131.50	$953	-14.54
730 unweaned	730	3	128.00	$128.00	$934	—
805–845	825	12	132.75–143.00	$138.56	$1,143	—
955	955	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,242	+17.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	4	164.00	$164.00	$436	—
305–345	325	4	162.50–165.00	$163.67	$532	—
350–398	375	20	156.00–170.00	$162.23	$608	+5.80
435–447	439	21	155.00–163.00	$158.28	$695	+1.30
455 value added	455	3	168.00	$168.00	$764	+14.45
452–485	467	9	156.50–163.00	$159.46	$745	+3.29
500–531	519	21	140.00–162.00	$149.95	$778	-2.87
550	550	3	137.00	$137.00	$754	-11.08
575 value added	575	4	151.00	$151.00	$868	+6.00
555–590	577	41	142.50–152.00	$148.32	$856	+0.24
608–645	629	13	141.50–149.00	$146.85	$924	+3.35
650–685	661	24	137.00–141.50	$138.87	$918	+0.27
918	918	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,166	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	5	144.00	$144.00	$824	—
670 value added	670	12	139.50	$139.50	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	133.00	$133.00	$625	-2.00
520	520	5	144.00	$144.00	$749	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	5	120.00	$120.00	$786	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	7	186.00	$186.00	$614	-21.50
425	425	4	166.00	$166.00	$706	-20.94
450–473	466	8	178.00–183.00	$179.90	$838	+13.90
500–542	520	30	151.00–182.50	$168.13	$874	+10.81
570–595	583	8	135.00–153.00	$139.77	$815	—
655–665	660	4	136.00–136.50	$136.25	$899	+12.25
700–730	718	5	125.00–126.00	$125.61	$902	+7.61

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1080	944	85-90%	9	28.00–32.50	$30.29	$286	—
900–1165	1059	85-90%	16	38.50–47.00	$42.64	$452	—
1060–1310	1173	85-90%	19	47.50–55.00	$51.01	$598	+1.55

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1455	1251	80-85%	21	54.50–60.00	$57.33	$717	+5.33
1310	1310	80-85%	1	63.50	$63.50	$832	+8.44
1260–1400	1333	80-85%	4	51.50–53.50	$52.74	$703	-8.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1750	1547	75-80%	6	58.00–65.50	$61.45	$951	+4.10
1495–1660	1585	75-80%	9	65.50–71.50	$67.75	$1,074	+5.07

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–2015	1745	6	82.00–94.50	$85.89	$1,499	—
1975	1975	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,797	—
2010	2010	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,608	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1315	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	700.00–1,070.00	$866.14
1042–1375	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	735.00–1,060.00	$898.22

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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.