Missouri (East Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 5, 2024

3,629 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $271.51/cwt +1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,709/hd at 630 lb · 240 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $252.87/cwt +3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,853/hd at 733 lb · 170 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.82/cwt -8.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,439/hd at 581 lb · 166 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,629	4,610	3,190
Feeder cattle	3,293	4,338	2,905
Slaughter cattle	311	207	255
Replacement cattle	25	65	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339 unweaned	339	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,102	—
349 thin fleshed	349	9	360.00	$360.00	$1,256	—
351–397	378	18	340.00–347.50	$345.02	$1,304	+6.29
379–385 unweaned	381	8	300.00–327.50	$320.54	$1,221	—
400–440	411	23	320.00–345.00	$337.35	$1,387	+7.30
428–442 unweaned	437	6	287.50–312.50	$300.00	$1,311	—
460–480 thin fleshed	467	22	340.00–343.00	$341.88	$1,597	—
455–492	479	77	310.00–340.00	$323.71	$1,551	-0.52
475–490 unweaned	482	8	287.50–310.00	$298.91	$1,441	+21.91
508–510 thin fleshed	509	45	329.00–332.00	$331.20	$1,686	—
508–543	528	78	300.00–326.00	$313.77	$1,657	+1.20
555	555	14	279.00	$279.00	$1,548	+27.00
572 value added	572	5	314.50	$314.50	$1,799	—
557–596	574	115	266.00–311.50	$292.55	$1,679	+40.55
600–649	626	179	255.00–289.00	$272.84	$1,708	+4.87
631	631	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,641	-7.97
635 unweaned	635	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,588	—
633–645 value added	641	54	268.50–269.50	$269.17	$1,725	-15.83
650–694	666	90	246.00–264.00	$254.20	$1,693	-1.86
699 value added	699	39	260.00	$260.00	$1,817	+11.17
699	699	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,720	-10.06
707–742	732	162	245.00–257.50	$252.85	$1,851	+4.02
747 value added	747	8	253.25	$253.25	$1,892	—
764 value added	764	27	253.50	$253.50	$1,937	+17.46
760–777	770	20	226.00–240.00	$235.61	$1,814	+1.91
775	775	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,752	-7.70
810–845	816	42	222.00–237.00	$227.48	$1,856	+1.24
834	834	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,876	-1.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,082	—
400–446	423	30	307.50–334.00	$318.04	$1,345	+16.38
458–498	480	56	290.00–322.00	$309.76	$1,487	+4.13
501–532 value added	514	22	302.00–315.00	$309.49	$1,591	—
500–547	522	51	281.00–305.00	$291.67	$1,523	+3.13
529 unweaned	529	4	277.00	$277.00	$1,465	—
552 thin fleshed	552	6	293.00	$293.00	$1,617	—
565–586	581	23	268.00–280.00	$275.73	$1,602	+3.30
608–645	614	49	235.00–267.00	$253.77	$1,558	+2.21
613–648 value added	633	33	254.00–260.00	$257.54	$1,630	—
652–688	675	47	231.00–253.00	$242.34	$1,636	+1.30
700–733	723	17	232.50–244.00	$235.02	$1,699	+5.16
777–780	779	4	220.50–230.50	$225.49	$1,757	-2.04

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,280	—
595	595	18	264.50	$264.50	$1,574	—
650	650	4	244.00	$244.00	$1,586	—
728	728	17	241.00	$241.00	$1,754	+5.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–541	518	14	248.00–260.00	$251.79	$1,304	—
598	598	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,471	—
643	643	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,415	—
662	662	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,384	—
783	783	3	221.50	$221.50	$1,734	+20.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,098	—
568	568	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,505	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,233	—

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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	308.00	$308.00	$1,063	—
350 unweaned	350	3	272.50	$272.50	$954	—
358–390	372	17	297.50–312.00	$306.99	$1,142	+3.81
406–443	426	20	283.00–300.00	$295.61	$1,259	+4.13
415–445 unweaned	434	9	265.00–270.00	$268.30	$1,164	-4.70
452–470 unweaned	460	18	240.00–275.00	$262.08	$1,206	+0.61
457–493 thin fleshed	475	68	304.00–315.00	$306.56	$1,456	—
462–496	480	29	267.50–293.00	$287.42	$1,380	+0.45
511 thin fleshed	511	10	308.00	$308.00	$1,574	+12.46
505–527	514	45	255.00–286.00	$267.75	$1,376	-4.81
500–541 unweaned	526	11	240.00–259.00	$251.03	$1,320	—
529 value added	529	5	284.00	$284.00	$1,502	-1.00
542	542	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,274	-37.56
559–591 value added	577	23	247.25–266.00	$255.15	$1,472	-11.40
551–597	581	137	238.00–257.00	$247.92	$1,440	-8.25
578–591 unweaned	587	6	215.00–222.50	$217.46	$1,276	-15.21
602–643	622	118	226.50–248.00	$239.26	$1,488	+4.89
643 unweaned	643	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,408	—
655 value added	655	8	228.50	$228.50	$1,497	+0.17
653–676	667	61	224.75–237.00	$228.58	$1,525	±0.00
672	672	7	218.50	$218.50	$1,468	-10.08
715–742	725	28	218.75–228.00	$224.96	$1,631	+7.46
753–785	757	45	200.00–226.75	$216.13	$1,636	+13.37
870	870	16	194.00	$194.00	$1,688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353 unweaned	353	3	240.00	$240.00	$847	—
400–445	434	35	264.00–300.00	$286.66	$1,244	+14.52
465–491	482	13	263.00–280.00	$272.76	$1,315	+9.96
500–545	518	47	240.00–272.00	$254.01	$1,316	-1.83
550	550	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,334	+2.10
551–592	576	33	231.00–246.00	$241.10	$1,389	+0.70
602–640	618	40	222.00–239.00	$229.90	$1,421	+5.34
658–697	678	26	209.00–228.00	$218.32	$1,480	+3.83
704–745	724	17	200.00–224.00	$210.18	$1,522	+9.62

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	249.00	$249.00	$1,083	—
515	515	34	265.00	$265.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–548	528	12	227.50–241.00	$233.30	$1,232	—
605–610	607	10	215.00–220.00	$217.70	$1,321	+18.68
669	669	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,388	+6.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431–448	438	10	235.00–252.00	$243.09	$1,065	—
551	551	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,212	—
672	672	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,344	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	7	243.00	$243.00	$1,166	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,303	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–442	414	10	282.50–332.00	$307.51	$1,273	-1.24
450–495	471	17	260.00–315.00	$283.48	$1,335	+10.28
505–548	521	30	250.00–292.50	$269.11	$1,402	+10.46
550–590	575	54	239.00–270.00	$244.83	$1,408	-6.00
605–638	627	19	225.00–248.00	$235.25	$1,475	+5.90
680–695	693	11	210.00–222.00	$218.84	$1,517	+8.34
708–732	727	10	190.00–206.00	$202.88	$1,475	+10.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
754	754	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,410	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1095	983	85-90%	5	62.00–70.00	$66.79	$657	—
930–1050	990	85-90%	2	104.00–114.00	$109.30	$1,082	—
860–1200	1056	85-90%	29	77.00–94.00	$85.65	$904	-10.42
960–1274	1128	85-90%	45	89.00–102.50	$96.73	$1,091	+30.73

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1370	1246	80-85%	5	115.00–122.00	$117.46	$1,464	—
1070–1440	1273	80-85%	42	101.50–114.00	$104.81	$1,334	-1.83
1242–1440	1297	80-85%	5	96.00–102.50	$99.29	$1,288	-7.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1440	1420	75-80%	2	99.50–103.50	$101.47	$1,441	—
1300–1860	1580	75-80%	12	103.50–111.50	$106.37	$1,681	—
1625	1625	75-80%	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,909	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1810	1668	2	92.00	$92.00	$1,535	—
1335–2200	1871	6	125.50–155.00	$142.25	$2,661	—
1625–2120	1886	18	106.00–139.00	$124.80	$2,354	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
957–1125	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	125.00–143.00	$137.18	$1,386

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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.