Missouri (North Central) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

7,654 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $444.72/cwt ≈ $2,766/hd at 622 lb · 719 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $422.57/cwt ≈ $2,831/hd at 670 lb · 657 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $392.72/cwt ≈ $2,824/hd at 719 lb · 489 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	7,654	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,887	—
400–422 fancy	413	20	645.00–650.00	$646.53	$2,670	—
416 thin fleshed	416	5	627.50	$627.50	$2,610	—
400–449	424	94	500.00–615.00	$537.09	$2,277	—
460 fancy	460	7	602.50	$602.50	$2,772	—
456–496	483	130	500.00–577.50	$551.55	$2,664	—
500 thin fleshed	500	39	568.50	$568.50	$2,842	—
501–547	524	348	481.00–543.00	$520.20	$2,726	—
550–563 thin fleshed	558	34	506.00–515.00	$511.87	$2,856	—
550–599	572	386	430.00–505.00	$470.28	$2,690	—
610 unweaned	610	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,379	—
609–631	619	13	420.00–425.00	$422.35	$2,614	—
601–648	622	702	418.00–469.00	$445.45	$2,771	—
652	652	4	385.00	$385.00	$2,510	—
650–687	670	653	390.00–452.00	$422.80	$2,833	—
701–744	719	489	362.50–412.50	$392.72	$2,824	—
750–784	769	181	359.00–399.75	$371.19	$2,854	—
786	786	7	341.00	$341.00	$2,680	—
807–836	816	104	362.00–366.75	$364.99	$2,978	—
886–895	892	319	344.50–379.00	$374.98	$3,345	—
905	905	63	375.00	$375.00	$3,394	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–390	368	7	449.00–529.00	$485.36	$1,786	—
420	420	5	436.00	$436.00	$1,831	—
440 thin fleshed	440	4	562.00	$562.00	$2,473	—
458 unweaned	458	3	487.50	$487.50	$2,233	—
466–499	478	45	461.00–545.00	$486.66	$2,326	—
526–549	536	25	427.50–495.00	$466.65	$2,501	—
555–597	580	257	436.50–482.50	$465.28	$2,699	—
585	585	16	417.00	$417.00	$2,439	—
607–646	631	93	390.00–437.00	$416.32	$2,627	—
658–698	684	187	380.00–411.50	$395.08	$2,702	—
703–747	733	173	343.00–385.00	$374.21	$2,743	—
767–792	783	120	342.00–366.00	$362.78	$2,841	—
800–845	814	49	339.00–343.00	$341.79	$2,782	—
893–895	895	31	334.50–338.50	$335.27	$3,001	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	15	432.00	$432.00	$2,786	—
757	757	36	375.00	$375.00	$2,839	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	19	398.00	$398.00	$2,583	—
798	798	8	340.50	$340.50	$2,717	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343–349	346	10	487.00–488.00	$487.50	$1,687	—
352–399	373	14	462.00–500.00	$483.22	$1,802	—
405–449	432	64	440.00–480.00	$465.61	$2,011	—
460–498	476	89	429.00–487.00	$458.21	$2,181	—
500–546	524	303	400.00–463.00	$435.79	$2,284	—
551–593	572	341	373.00–458.00	$423.69	$2,424	—
600–634	618	60	396.00–410.50	$404.77	$2,501	—
602–648	625	401	349.00–410.00	$387.04	$2,419	—
651–664 thin fleshed	661	16	391.00–395.00	$391.99	$2,591	—
671	671	19	379.00	$379.00	$2,543	—
655–696	677	271	343.00–382.25	$368.64	$2,496	—
700–707	704	37	376.00–403.00	$386.15	$2,718	—
706–736	722	290	349.00–380.00	$359.05	$2,592	—
757–791	772	34	338.50–342.00	$340.42	$2,628	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395–399	398	10	402.50–425.00	$409.20	$1,629	—
431–432	432	18	442.00–462.50	$446.55	$1,929	—
478 thin fleshed	478	17	460.00	$460.00	$2,199	—
475–496	486	48	402.50–455.00	$443.66	$2,156	—
500–519	513	10	380.00–410.00	$388.77	$1,994	—
554–595	574	122	356.00–411.00	$381.47	$2,190	—
601–641	626	63	329.00–377.00	$355.76	$2,227	—
655–689	672	65	343.00–360.00	$349.21	$2,347	—
717–746	736	32	325.00–373.00	$340.86	$2,509	—
754–783	759	18	322.00–337.00	$334.42	$2,538	—
802–849	833	15	323.00–347.00	$339.30	$2,826	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	16	376.00	$376.00	$2,587	—
761	761	15	358.50	$358.50	$2,728	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	8	173.00	$173.00	$962	—
656	656	12	305.00	$305.00	$2,001	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	5	372.50	$372.50	$1,788	—
642	642	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,119	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	6	408.00	$408.00	$2,162	—
589	589	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,150	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1370	1240	80-85%	25	140.00–149.00	$144.97	$1,798	—
1025–1875	1251	80-85%	57	144.00–166.00	$154.88	$1,938	—
1245–1315	1279	80-85%	4	161.00–165.00	$163.25	$2,088	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	85-90%	1	102.50	$102.50	$943	—
910–1185	1025	85-90%	15	122.50–138.00	$131.68	$1,350	—
970–1200	1098	85-90%	44	134.00–152.00	$143.18	$1,572	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1640	1480	75-80%	41	149.00–165.00	$156.65	$2,318	—
1400–1595	1513	75-80%	4	143.00–149.00	$145.96	$2,208	—
1410–1680	1569	75-80%	14	160.00–167.00	$164.98	$2,589	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1725–1875	1793	4	155.00–163.50	$159.78	$2,865	—
1685–1895	1800	5	166.50–167.00	$166.91	$3,004	—
1810	1810	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,751	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2280	1813	23	182.00–209.00	$194.67	$3,529	—
1560–2480	1957	5	201.00–208.00	$205.55	$4,023	—
2375–2410	2393	2	175.00	$175.00	$4,188	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,700.00	$3,700.00
1100–1265	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	3,350.00–3,500.00	$3,433.23
1135–1440	1251	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	2,800.00–3,425.00	$3,177.56
1225–1320	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	3,700.00–3,825.00	$3,763.85
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1460–1515	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	4,200.00–4,400.00	$4,335.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1215–1225	1221	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,275.00–2,525.00	$2,436.18

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1080	1029	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	3,825.00–4,075.00	$3,880.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1210	1208	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	4,475.00–4,675.00	$4,524.69

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	3,700.00	$3,700.00
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,950.00	$2,950.00

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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
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	4,400.00	$4,400.00	+125.00
1350–1583	1467	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	3,050.00–3,775.00	$3,412.50	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	5,250.00	$5,250.00	—

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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.