Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

2,583 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.33/cwt -0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 669 lb · 159 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $215.46/cwt +11.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 530 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $193.71/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,205/hd at 622 lb · 124 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,583	3,852	1,664
Feeder cattle	2,360	3,543	1,571
Slaughter cattle	173	284	81
Replacement cattle	50	25	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers steady with several under 550 lbs 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 lower 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
410–445	427	35	216.00–235.00	$224.98	$961	+6.15
470	470	3	198.50	$198.50	$933	-21.92
450–495	473	41	212.00–224.00	$216.66	$1,025	-3.76
505–545	530	134	203.00–223.00	$215.46	$1,142	+9.16
550–598	572	119	186.00–215.00	$203.40	$1,163	+6.73
620	620	7	188.00	$188.00	$1,166	-3.66
605–640	622	117	185.00–199.25	$194.05	$1,207	+2.39
650–695	668	151	172.00–182.00	$178.43	$1,192	-2.04
679	679	8	176.50	$176.50	$1,198	-3.97
725–735	732	10	170.00–170.50	$170.35	$1,247	-7.63
719–745	735	18	167.00–170.00	$168.86	$1,241	-9.12
757–770	758	73	168.75–175.25	$174.76	$1,325	+10.76
803–833	823	88	168.50–171.00	$170.72	$1,405	-4.55
855–860	856	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,370	—
922	922	6	160.50	$160.50	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	267	5	220.00–235.00	$228.93	$611	—
315–340	329	5	210.00–219.00	$213.85	$704	+3.46
355–392	371	23	210.00–229.00	$220.17	$817	+9.03
400–435	425	15	200.00–221.00	$212.90	$905	+2.17
455–498	471	21	190.00–207.50	$194.32	$915	-9.22
505–540	518	34	181.00–213.00	$198.15	$1,026	+9.62
550–598	573	20	183.00–192.00	$186.83	$1,071	+1.47
625	625	24	176.00–186.00	$181.69	$1,136	+3.53
650–655	654	14	174.00–175.00	$174.86	$1,144	—
725–740	734	17	165.50–166.00	$165.78	$1,217	-3.00
765–775	770	4	164.00–168.00	$165.99	$1,278	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–515	513	6	181.00–185.00	$183.33	$940	—
573	573	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	180.00–185.00	$183.00	$824	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	383	6	190.00	$190.00	$728	-11.42
414–447	434	45	181.00–190.00	$182.09	$790	-14.43
460 unweaned	460	5	172.00	$172.00	$791	+0.70
450–498	475	57	176.00–189.00	$183.54	$872	-13.56
486	486	4	170.00	$170.00	$826	-27.10
500–540	528	85	171.00–187.00	$179.41	$947	-7.29
550–588	574	77	169.00–186.00	$176.66	$1,014	-2.54
588 unweaned	588	6	155.00	$155.00	$911	—
622 unweaned	622	4	161.00	$161.00	$1,001	+4.50
602–630	625	80	169.00–173.00	$170.97	$1,069	+0.20
620–631	629	20	167.00–169.00	$168.70	$1,061	-2.07
650–699	673	97	160.50–166.75	$163.67	$1,101	-1.99
710–745	728	50	157.00–165.50	$161.89	$1,179	-4.11
730	730	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,073	-19.00
760–785	779	9	149.50–157.00	$151.13	$1,177	-12.68
847	847	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,203	—
865	865	5	141.00–146.50	$144.30	$1,248	—
920	920	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,329	+3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	190.00	$190.00	$456	—
270	270	2	172.00	$172.00	$464	-10.00
300–330	315	8	165.00–183.00	$174.32	$549	-5.01
350–380	365	16	175.00–181.00	$177.73	$649	-0.83
370	370	3	175.00	$175.00	$648	-3.56
405–438	431	45	166.00–179.00	$175.05	$754	-7.41
451	451	4	165.00	$165.00	$744	-12.97
455–485	467	23	165.00–176.50	$173.29	$809	-4.68
510 unweaned	510	6	152.00	$152.00	$775	—
520–545	533	8	157.00–166.00	$161.39	$860	-10.60
565 unweaned	565	3	155.00	$155.00	$876	—
550–598	574	34	160.00–170.75	$166.42	$955	+4.69
579	579	5	151.00	$151.00	$874	-10.73
615	615	7	152.00	$152.00	$935	-7.35
676	676	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,014	-3.82

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–398	372	6	155.00–170.00	$164.43	$612	—
415	415	2	168.00	$168.00	$697	—
450–495	477	5	160.00	$160.00	$763	—
500–510	505	4	160.00–164.00	$161.98	$818	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–498	477	8	145.00–150.00	$147.39	$703	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	5	152.00	$152.00	$903	—
655	655	3	137.00	$137.00	$897	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	5	130.00	$130.00	$488	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–326	326	9	215.00–218.00	$216.00	$704	—
406–445	421	30	187.00–227.50	$212.07	$893	—
450–485	471	24	177.00–194.50	$190.39	$897	+7.67
502–530	511	16	175.00–194.50	$183.55	$938	—
552–595	577	23	152.00–169.00	$159.43	$920	+0.93
615–645	630	8	150.00–162.00	$155.33	$979	+1.80
662–685	671	5	154.00–158.00	$156.37	$1,049	+5.51
750–790	770	4	134.00–149.00	$141.31	$1,088	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1245	972	85-90%	6	35.00–41.00	$37.32	$363	-16.61
860–1165	1024	85-90%	19	42.00–63.00	$57.11	$585	—
1060–1065	1063	85-90%	2	70.00–70.50	$70.25	$747	+3.00
900–1210	1068	85-90%	36	60.00–72.50	$64.91	$693	-2.34

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1385	1263	80-85%	32	71.00–81.00	$74.35	$939	-0.23
1225–1385	1294	80-85%	10	65.00–72.50	$68.74	$889	-10.88
1380–1485	1433	80-85%	2	81.00–84.50	$82.69	$1,185	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1640	1453	75-80%	9	75.00–81.50	$78.07	$1,134	+1.16
1495–1650	1552	75-80%	3	79.50–85.00	$82.91	$1,287	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1800	1543	5	77.00–90.00	$81.47	$1,257	—
1535–2090	1788	6	93.00–103.00	$98.26	$1,757	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1225	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	975.00–1,250.00	$1,121.55
1025–1232	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	900.00–1,250.00	$1,036.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1320	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,185.00–1,350.00	$1,246.43	-62.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—

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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.