Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 3, 2022

9,647 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.72/cwt ≈ $1,127/hd at 630 lb · 917 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $187.86/cwt ≈ $1,081/hd at 575 lb · 615 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.28/cwt ≈ $1,167/hd at 674 lb · 521 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,647	851	7,814
Feeder cattle	8,708	—	7,561
Slaughter cattle	284	—	253
Replacement cattle	655	851	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the previous feeder cattle sales, steers and heifers firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–399	393	43	214.00–226.00	$220.75	$868	—
420 unweaned	420	10	202.00	$202.00	$848	—
419–449	439	55	200.00–231.00	$218.21	$958	—
476 value added	476	15	222.50	$222.50	$1,059	—
454–498	479	261	204.50–229.50	$219.13	$1,050	—
500–542	521	294	185.00–219.00	$204.26	$1,064	—
536 value added	536	7	208.00	$208.00	$1,115	—
570 value added	570	24	194.50	$194.50	$1,109	—
550–596	574	543	176.50–206.00	$188.22	$1,080	—
594 unweaned	594	48	180.50	$180.50	$1,072	—
601–649	630	826	160.00–187.00	$177.96	$1,121	—
603–642 value added	634	91	185.00–188.00	$185.60	$1,177	—
651–699	673	479	165.00–179.50	$173.00	$1,164	—
660–699 value added	680	42	173.25–180.00	$176.53	$1,200	—
705–749	729	394	158.50–172.50	$167.65	$1,222	—
751–776	764	74	159.75–166.25	$164.30	$1,255	—
794 value added	794	66	171.35	$171.35	$1,361	—
811–845	826	116	161.25–163.00	$162.29	$1,341	—
859–879	867	435	158.00–162.50	$160.71	$1,393	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318 unweaned	318	7	173.00	$173.00	$550	—
366–395	384	29	191.00–211.50	$197.96	$760	—
418–449	428	34	180.00–208.00	$197.53	$845	—
470–496	481	31	180.00–203.00	$191.21	$920	—
535–548	545	69	163.00–187.00	$181.54	$989	—
556–595	585	91	165.00–184.50	$176.07	$1,030	—
605–639	634	88	155.00–167.50	$165.87	$1,052	—
673	673	5	148.25	$148.25	$998	—
650–690	679	133	151.50–170.00	$163.67	$1,111	—
700–743	715	64	147.50–162.00	$156.27	$1,117	—
750–795	773	71	142.00–157.00	$151.26	$1,169	—
780	780	14	156.25	$156.25	$1,219	—
815	815	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,182	—
918	918	6	137.50	$137.50	$1,262	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	7	180.00	$180.00	$886	—
588	588	17	179.50	$179.50	$1,055	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	12	161.00	$161.00	$1,132	—
776	776	10	162.50	$162.50	$1,261	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	184.50	$184.50	$895	—
519	519	5	171.00	$171.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	6	165.00	$165.00	$622	—
500	500	3	163.50	$163.50	$818	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–443	410	161	167.00–184.50	$172.32	$707	—
437 value added	437	17	164.50	$164.50	$719	—
450–495	480	143	161.00–177.50	$170.21	$817	—
515–523 unweaned	519	63	153.00–155.00	$153.99	$799	—
503–549	530	362	154.00–179.75	$165.07	$875	—
535 value added	535	22	162.00	$162.00	$867	—
568 value added	568	7	158.00	$158.00	$897	—
552–599	573	282	150.00–172.25	$164.30	$941	—
594 fancy	594	17	170.00	$170.00	$1,010	—
616 value added	616	5	158.00	$158.00	$973	—
601–648	622	387	144.50–165.00	$162.60	$1,011	—
629	629	18	172.00	$172.00	$1,082	—
651–688	664	227	146.50–165.00	$154.69	$1,027	—
670–688	682	30	162.00–167.50	$165.70	$1,130	—
702–722	710	74	147.50–164.50	$157.66	$1,119	—
704–743	723	75	167.50–176.50	$173.23	$1,252	—
750–764	756	17	137.00–145.50	$141.96	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336 unweaned	336	7	166.00	$166.00	$558	—
371–375	372	27	159.00–169.50	$164.59	$612	—
408 unweaned	408	6	154.00	$154.00	$628	—
403–423	412	42	150.00–158.00	$153.86	$634	—
451–495	481	110	150.00–166.50	$157.45	$757	—
514–547	532	65	147.50–157.00	$152.39	$811	—
550–596	570	111	148.00–165.00	$155.76	$888	—
600–646	618	56	142.50–165.00	$153.78	$950	—
641–647	644	8	130.00–135.25	$132.61	$854	—
657–674	668	19	136.25–142.00	$139.33	$931	—
694 unweaned	694	11	140.75	$140.75	$977	—
707–737	721	11	143.00–144.50	$143.70	$1,036	—
721	721	6	132.50	$132.50	$955	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	26	170.25	$170.25	$914	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	4	133.00	$133.00	$415	—
371–397	383	9	138.50–143.50	$140.81	$539	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	9	140.50	$140.50	$700	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651	651	4	135.50	$135.50	$882	—
708	708	4	134.25	$134.25	$950	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	7	141.75	$141.75	$1,029	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	4	161.00	$161.00	$720	—
663	663	5	126.50	$126.50	$839	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1495	1228	80-85%	69	49.50–60.50	$55.83	$686	—
1165–1345	1253	80-85%	8	48.00–54.00	$51.60	$647	—
1280–1350	1315	80-85%	2	65.00–67.00	$65.97	$868	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1585	1452	75-80%	8	52.00–58.00	$56.26	$817	—
1385–1570	1500	75-80%	3	69.50–72.50	$70.53	$1,058	—
1200–1827	1550	75-80%	57	50.00–67.50	$59.25	$918	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1220	1067	85-90%	31	47.00–59.00	$52.11	$556	—
1055–1095	1075	85-90%	2	37.50–40.00	$38.77	$417	—
1075–1110	1088	85-90%	3	45.50–49.00	$46.86	$510	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–2185	1883	10	71.00–89.00	$80.82	$1,522	—
1755–2375	2018	3	79.00–83.00	$81.52	$1,645	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,210.00	$1,210.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,735.00	$1,735.00
1200–1350	1239	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,100.00–1,385.00	$1,212.73
1300–1425	1378	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,010.00–1,175.00	$1,068.37
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,260.00	$1,260.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1375–1400	1389	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	1,175.00–1,310.00	$1,234.40
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1275	1007	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	69	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,631.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1135	1112	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	1,825.00	$1,825.00

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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
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1250–1400	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,375.00–1,485.00	$1,430.65	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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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.