Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

4,728 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $168.03/cwt -2.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,141/hd at 679 lb · 320 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.65/cwt -4.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,084/hd at 624 lb · 303 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.34/cwt -3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 619 lb · 294 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,728	4,858	2,434
Feeder cattle	4,027	4,653	1,665
Slaughter cattle	176	205	49
Replacement cattle	525	—	720

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven with spots 5.00 lower and spots 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 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
437 value added	437	13	220.00	$220.00	$961	—
415–444	440	32	195.00–224.00	$219.89	$968	+15.02
458–498	485	44	194.00–215.00	$203.80	$988	-2.65
507 fancy	507	8	216.00	$216.00	$1,095	—
508–549	530	161	190.00–212.00	$199.40	$1,057	-0.12
528–547 value added	538	34	195.00–205.00	$199.91	$1,076	—
550–596	569	179	183.50–196.75	$188.51	$1,073	+2.93
569 value added	569	9	187.50	$187.50	$1,067	—
584	584	6	172.00	$172.00	$1,004	-13.58
603–646	624	296	164.00–187.00	$173.63	$1,083	-4.97
627 value added	627	7	174.50	$174.50	$1,094	—
656–669 value added	665	34	168.00–169.00	$168.82	$1,123	—
656–698	681	286	162.50–172.25	$167.94	$1,144	-3.01
700–733	714	174	158.00–168.85	$164.45	$1,174	-0.06
721	721	9	146.00	$146.00	$1,053	-18.51
761	761	30	153.00	$153.00	$1,164	-6.86
751–791	785	57	154.75–157.00	$154.95	$1,216	-4.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392 value added	392	3	208.00	$208.00	$815	—
413–416	414	7	186.00–196.00	$191.70	$794	-3.71
461–497	482	22	176.00–190.00	$183.84	$886	-6.77
516–539	530	14	168.00–180.00	$175.08	$928	+1.06
573–599	581	48	168.00–186.25	$178.17	$1,035	+5.81
628	628	5	165.50	$165.50	$1,039	+0.79
675–696	686	52	154.00–168.50	$158.73	$1,089	-4.11
703–743	734	23	150.00–151.00	$150.12	$1,102	-5.53
775–787	785	73	142.50–157.00	$154.11	$1,210	-0.47
806	806	8	136.50	$136.50	$1,100	-18.75

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	200.00	$200.00	$722	—
424	424	9	180.00	$180.00	$763	—
460	460	11	192.00	$192.00	$883	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
733–746	741	8	149.50–150.00	$149.81	$1,110	—
809	809	5	146.50	$146.50	$1,185	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	5	162.50	$162.50	$525	—
398	398	3	172.00	$172.00	$685	—
676	676	5	130.50	$130.50	$882	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	11	164.00	$164.00	$725	—
455–498	472	30	158.75–164.00	$160.24	$756	-5.31
510–540	529	205	156.25–169.00	$161.98	$857	-8.83
563–578 value added	570	21	164.50–168.25	$166.44	$949	—
564–598	585	116	155.00–167.75	$163.53	$957	-3.36
600–637	619	294	152.00–160.00	$156.34	$968	-3.40
666–680	671	26	148.00–155.25	$152.71	$1,025	-3.75
677	677	12	156.00	$156.00	$1,056	-0.46
717–724	721	64	140.00–145.00	$142.10	$1,025	-8.90
792	792	4	143.00	$143.00	$1,133	-9.00
911	911	4	129.75	$129.75	$1,182	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	7	152.00	$152.00	$489	-11.27
388–396	392	9	156.50–163.00	$160.14	$628	+2.75
408–445	432	26	152.50–159.50	$154.90	$669	-5.03
456 value added	456	7	160.00	$160.00	$730	—
456–493	474	61	148.00–162.50	$155.49	$737	+1.64
500–540	519	77	145.50–164.50	$156.05	$810	+4.44
550–592	579	69	143.75–156.25	$150.13	$869	-2.88
604–640	618	110	136.00–155.00	$146.31	$904	-0.83
651–690	676	51	140.00–152.50	$146.97	$994	-1.62
698	698	13	131.75	$131.75	$920	+9.00
757–772	762	55	135.50–140.50	$138.90	$1,058	+6.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	139.00	$139.00	$762	—
566	566	4	137.25	$137.25	$777	—
611	611	4	127.50	$127.50	$779	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	6	143.50	$143.50	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	4	164.00	$164.00	$763	—
897	897	3	90.00	$90.00	$807	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1520	1236	80-85%	41	55.00–66.00	$61.68	$762	-5.31
1160–1355	1278	80-85%	7	63.50–69.50	$67.23	$859	+8.12
1330–1350	1340	80-85%	2	48.50–56.00	$52.22	$700	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1875	1472	75-80%	22	57.50–68.00	$62.47	$920	-6.26
1330–1745	1557	75-80%	7	62.50–72.00	$68.13	$1,061	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1130	1093	85-90%	2	43.00–46.00	$44.55	$487	—
905–1255	1117	85-90%	19	46.00–67.00	$54.39	$608	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–2145	1913	65-75%	2	68.00–74.00	$70.64	$1,351	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715–2285	1915	9	92.00–105.50	$96.57	$1,849	-2.42

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1233	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1223–1247	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	950.00–1,075.00	$1,025.58
1158–1350	1265	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	985.00–1,200.00	$1,112.50
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1160–1477	1371	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,472.59
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1297	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1309–1430	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,767.34
1426–1460	1442	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,390.44
1392–1535	1492	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,126.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1490	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,149.96

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1650	1650	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1040–1255	1158	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	94	1,850.00–2,300.00	$2,114.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1162	1147	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,450.00–1,550.00	$1,516.24

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1200–1450	1326	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,478.26	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1250–1400	1336	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,685.71	—

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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.