Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 6, 2023

4,237 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $209.28/cwt -2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,318/hd at 630 lb · 292 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $181.09/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,603/hd at 885 lb · 246 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $190.76/cwt +2.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,366/hd at 716 lb · 234 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,237	4,802	3,483
Feeder cattle	3,351	4,658	2,149
Slaughter cattle	183	144	99
Replacement cattle	703	—	1,235

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers firm to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	11	250.00	$250.00	$848	—
391	391	14	248.00	$248.00	$970	—
417–444	438	28	240.00–240.50	$240.10	$1,052	-13.54
451–496	475	56	229.00–256.25	$244.43	$1,161	-3.50
506 thin fleshed	506	7	244.00	$244.00	$1,235	—
504–543	525	152	227.50–248.00	$233.91	$1,228	+0.91
558 thin fleshed	558	11	226.00	$226.00	$1,261	—
550–599	576	154	205.00–219.50	$212.45	$1,224	-6.95
601–647	630	292	199.00–217.00	$209.28	$1,318	-2.70
650–691	678	202	186.00–213.00	$194.64	$1,320	-5.48
704–728	716	234	183.00–197.00	$190.76	$1,366	+2.35
759–766	762	16	179.50–185.00	$182.58	$1,391	-0.42
841	841	32	184.00	$184.00	$1,547	+9.64
879–892	885	246	180.75–182.00	$181.09	$1,603	+1.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	9	234.50	$234.50	$816	-9.50
366	366	8	231.00	$231.00	$845	+36.33
455–472	465	11	201.00–217.50	$208.45	$969	-7.19
500–545	530	23	197.00–209.00	$200.12	$1,061	-10.36
546 thin fleshed	546	6	222.00	$222.00	$1,212	—
550	550	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,133	+1.47
608–638	633	29	190.00–200.00	$195.54	$1,238	+0.50
656–692	673	13	170.00–182.00	$174.88	$1,177	-8.93
700	700	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,239	—
769	769	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,277	-5.29
811	811	10	163.00	$163.00	$1,322	—
868	868	8	165.25	$165.25	$1,434	+3.75
932	932	6	154.75	$154.75	$1,442	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417 unweaned	417	8	224.00	$224.00	$934	—
474 unweaned	474	6	215.50	$215.50	$1,021	—
578 unweaned	578	5	192.00	$192.00	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	5	162.25	$162.25	$1,051	—
675	675	5	162.25	$162.25	$1,095	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
652–697	677	9	165.50–167.50	$166.14	$1,125	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	210.00	$210.00	$640	—
390	390	12	209.00	$209.00	$815	—
428–438	431	21	200.25–204.00	$202.91	$875	-7.57
450–496	472	93	188.50–202.50	$195.12	$921	-13.21
503–542	526	116	184.00–195.10	$189.80	$998	-11.59
553–598	573	191	179.00–189.60	$187.11	$1,072	-11.93
601–625	615	71	180.00–186.25	$182.75	$1,124	-4.85
653–699	661	145	173.00–186.00	$181.56	$1,200	+9.51
705–745	707	138	170.25–176.00	$175.57	$1,241	+0.60
766–768	767	38	171.50–173.75	$172.69	$1,325	+8.84
830–848	833	17	158.00–167.25	$165.59	$1,379	—
854–877	867	12	156.75–157.75	$157.16	$1,363	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	3	190.00	$190.00	$724	—
439	439	16	194.00	$194.00	$852	+1.35
498	498	5	172.00	$172.00	$857	-21.52
514–545	533	19	174.50–184.00	$176.48	$941	-10.95
577–594	585	41	173.00–178.00	$177.07	$1,036	-9.42
611–628	619	41	167.85–177.00	$170.59	$1,056	+2.39
653–681	672	11	158.00–167.00	$163.88	$1,101	-2.94
748	748	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,189	—
951	951	5	145.25	$145.25	$1,381	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–621	620	28	151.00–156.50	$151.98	$942	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373 unweaned	373	5	190.00	$190.00	$709	—
508 unweaned	508	6	186.00	$186.00	$945	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	10	170.50	$170.50	$1,125	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,074	—
816	816	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,322	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,094	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1370	1209	80-85%	37	71.00–85.50	$79.19	$957	—
1140–1335	1233	80-85%	8	65.50–75.00	$71.05	$876	—
1150–1370	1256	80-85%	4	81.50–91.00	$85.59	$1,075	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1065	1013	85-90%	10	64.00–73.00	$68.81	$697	—
910–1200	1054	85-90%	20	59.00–81.00	$72.09	$760	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1715	1451	75-80%	19	73.50–87.00	$80.38	$1,166	-7.49
1415–1560	1464	75-80%	5	74.00–79.50	$76.17	$1,115	-11.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630–2060	1855	5	95.50–110.00	$102.76	$1,906	—
1650–2080	1880	6	103.00–114.00	$109.79	$2,064	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1265	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	1,950.00–2,475.00	$2,127.75
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1200–1500	1362	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,775.00–1,900.00	$1,849.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1130–1200	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1200–1525	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	1,425.00–1,675.00	$1,500.54

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1371–1435	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1260	1208	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	68	1,825.00–1,875.00	$1,856.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1285	1208	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	65	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,167.31

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1200–1225	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	2,000.00–2,025.00	$2,015.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1150	1086	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	2,200.00–2,325.00	$2,244.64	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.