Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

5,178 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $175.64/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,113/hd at 634 lb · 502 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $190.34/cwt +2.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,077/hd at 566 lb · 265 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.68/cwt -1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 570 lb · 255 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,178	9,647	6,120
Feeder cattle	4,389	8,708	5,861
Slaughter cattle	302	284	259
Replacement cattle	487	655	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders mostly steady to 3.00 higher, except some mid-weights early week 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384–391	389	20	216.50–226.00	$223.19	$868	+2.44
430 unweaned	430	3	205.00	$205.00	$882	+3.00
447–448	447	9	211.00–212.00	$211.56	$946	-6.65
459–485	472	103	202.50–225.00	$212.55	$1,003	-6.58
472 fancy	472	4	217.00	$217.00	$1,024	—
491 value added	491	17	204.50	$204.50	$1,004	-18.00
510 fancy	510	9	211.00	$211.00	$1,076	—
505–547	531	131	192.50–214.50	$203.14	$1,079	-1.12
532 unweaned	532	14	182.00	$182.00	$968	—
563 unweaned	563	4	170.50	$170.50	$960	-10.00
552–584	566	227	179.00–200.50	$190.46	$1,078	+2.24
567 value added	567	34	190.00–192.50	$191.84	$1,088	-2.66
608 unweaned	608	11	169.00	$169.00	$1,028	—
603–648	634	441	168.25–186.50	$175.88	$1,115	-2.08
602–646 value added	636	50	173.00–182.00	$175.03	$1,113	-10.57
651 value added	651	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,139	-1.53
656–697	676	110	161.25–175.50	$168.79	$1,141	-4.21
710–729	717	221	158.75–172.00	$165.11	$1,184	-2.54
711–737 value added	720	30	165.00–167.50	$166.65	$1,200	—
755 unweaned	755	7	145.50	$145.50	$1,099	—
776–797	790	33	155.00–165.50	$158.44	$1,252	-5.86
805–808	807	85	148.25–154.75	$153.38	$1,238	-8.91
898	898	59	154.75	$154.75	$1,390	-5.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	8	208.00	$208.00	$670	—
385 thin fleshed	385	16	215.00	$215.00	$828	—
366–399	389	22	187.00–207.50	$193.14	$751	-4.82
406–425	417	10	182.00–185.00	$184.12	$768	-13.41
422 unweaned	422	5	171.00	$171.00	$722	—
438 value added	438	4	195.00	$195.00	$854	—
461–497	480	42	193.50–205.00	$197.71	$949	+6.50
510–512	512	60	168.50–186.50	$185.30	$949	+3.76
528	528	4	161.00	$161.00	$850	-20.54
556–596	578	59	161.50–188.00	$175.85	$1,016	-0.22
588–590 value added	589	12	167.00–181.00	$175.18	$1,032	—
610–621	614	11	153.50–156.50	$155.31	$954	-10.56
642 value added	642	7	168.00	$168.00	$1,079	—
651–668	656	40	165.50–169.50	$167.39	$1,098	+19.14
711	711	7	146.00	$146.00	$1,038	-10.27
737	737	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,142	-1.27
772	772	5	151.25	$151.25	$1,168	-0.01
885	885	11	136.50	$136.50	$1,208	—
907	907	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,288	+4.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	9	199.00	$199.00	$838	—
456	456	8	195.00	$195.00	$889	+10.50
531	531	5	174.00	$174.00	$924	+3.00
555	555	7	171.00	$171.00	$949	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	6	156.00	$156.00	$711	—
507–538	523	12	139.50–141.50	$140.53	$735	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	4	145.75	$145.75	$896	—
662	662	5	147.50	$147.50	$976	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	6	164.00	$164.00	$810	-16.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	5	136.50	$136.50	$782	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377 unweaned	377	2	155.00	$155.00	$584	—
408–438	416	39	169.50–179.75	$176.24	$733	+3.92
431 value added	431	11	162.50	$162.50	$700	-2.00
452–499	480	152	159.50–175.25	$171.59	$824	+1.38
499 unweaned	499	8	157.50	$157.50	$786	—
500–542	525	93	159.50–175.50	$166.41	$874	+1.34
550–590 value added	569	54	166.00–170.25	$168.21	$957	+10.21
551–588	569	189	154.00–171.00	$162.32	$924	-1.98
592 unweaned	592	12	143.50	$143.50	$850	—
608–635	618	47	146.00–161.00	$155.97	$964	-6.63
636	636	42	169.00	$169.00	$1,075	-3.00
653–673	661	163	142.00–161.00	$151.59	$1,002	-3.10
670 value added	670	4	160.50	$160.50	$1,075	—
705	705	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,008	-14.66
706–730	716	41	163.00–167.25	$164.90	$1,181	+7.24
736 unweaned	736	11	132.00	$132.00	$972	—
753–767	756	41	140.00–147.75	$146.02	$1,104	+4.06
824	824	30	152.50	$152.50	$1,257	—
987	987	14	129.00	$129.00	$1,273	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	8	163.50	$163.50	$446	—
305–315	313	13	155.00–164.50	$162.36	$508	—
350–390	373	30	155.00–168.00	$159.51	$595	-5.08
400–434	422	21	151.00–174.50	$159.43	$673	+5.57
448 unweaned	448	10	147.00	$147.00	$659	—
452–498	477	96	136.00–165.00	$156.28	$745	-1.17
526–546	538	13	165.00–166.50	$165.94	$893	+13.55
550–593	563	45	146.00–160.00	$150.50	$847	-5.26
580 value added	580	6	150.00	$150.00	$870	—
600–635	619	45	133.00–160.50	$149.29	$924	-4.49
651–695	662	31	151.00–156.00	$154.64	$1,024	+15.31
705–722	712	7	148.00–150.00	$149.13	$1,062	+5.43
835	835	5	133.75	$133.75	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	3	141.00	$141.00	$608	—
615	615	4	135.50	$135.50	$833	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	5	124.50	$124.50	$784	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453 unweaned	453	5	137.50	$137.50	$623	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1315	1258	80-85%	2	62.50–64.00	$63.22	$795	+11.62
1170–1350	1265	80-85%	22	47.50–53.50	$50.99	$645	-0.61
1150–1475	1287	80-85%	48	52.00–61.50	$56.50	$727	+4.90

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1515	1467	75-80%	7	52.50–58.50	$55.35	$812	-0.91
1280–1855	1504	75-80%	43	54.00–65.50	$58.83	$885	-11.70
1445–1750	1557	75-80%	6	62.00–69.00	$64.59	$1,006	+5.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1120	1047	85-90%	11	41.00–48.00	$43.77	$458	—
968–1375	1122	85-90%	38	44.00–56.00	$49.77	$558	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1720–1950	1791	65-75%	5	58.50–67.00	$64.74	$1,159	—
1710–1880	1795	65-75%	2	75.00–78.00	$76.43	$1,372	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685–2185	1943	9	74.00–92.00	$87.51	$1,700	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1400–1585	1503	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	1,950.00–2,025.00	$1,993.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275–1300	1286	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	1,525.00–1,600.00	$1,568.07
1250–1400	1329	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,630.69

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1050	978	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	98	1,585.00–1,735.00	$1,671.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1235	1120	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	68	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,828.57

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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.