Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 4, 2021

7,049 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $141.54/cwt -10.67 vs last sale · ≈ $956/hd at 676 lb · 368 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.22/cwt -7.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 729 lb · 316 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.44/cwt +1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 631 lb · 258 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,049	2,298	5,372
Feeder cattle	5,358	2,133	4,631
Slaughter cattle	590	165	741
Replacement cattle	1,101	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs fully steady to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs near steady, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409 fancy	409	8	202.00	$202.00	$826	—
423–447	438	8	183.00–189.00	$186.83	$818	+7.07
453–485	474	41	176.00–191.00	$185.86	$881	—
503–506 fancy	504	11	184.00–187.00	$185.63	$936	—
510–548	535	102	162.00–179.50	$167.04	$894	+5.04
550–589	566	169	153.00–168.00	$159.21	$901	+12.58
600–648	630	247	141.00–154.00	$144.79	$912	+1.79
645	645	11	136.50	$136.50	$880	-6.50
661	661	10	130.00	$130.00	$859	-23.41
650–694	676	358	136.25–146.00	$141.86	$959	-11.55
702–724	712	144	135.00–146.00	$140.77	$1,002	-7.53
700–739	718	26	120.00–130.00	$126.13	$906	-22.17
748 fancy	748	146	144.35	$144.35	$1,080	—
761–763	762	24	126.50–127.50	$126.83	$966	-14.20
750–789	771	130	130.00–138.75	$135.95	$1,048	-5.08
808–848	824	51	119.50–128.50	$124.84	$1,029	-21.03
850	850	120	136.10	$136.10	$1,157	—
876	876	30	125.50	$125.50	$1,099	-14.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	186.00	$186.00	$718	+6.00
435	435	4	168.00	$168.00	$731	-8.00
450–496	475	33	155.00–165.00	$162.64	$773	-2.63
500–547	532	28	151.00–161.00	$156.85	$834	—
554–594	579	36	140.00–150.50	$148.49	$860	+5.15
603–642	628	63	133.50–140.50	$138.24	$868	+6.24
634	634	4	135.50	$135.50	$859	+3.50
652–686	666	79	132.00–140.00	$135.71	$904	+2.25
711–743	721	97	125.00–143.00	$133.85	$965	-1.15
724–745	733	12	116.00–130.00	$124.07	$909	-10.93
751–790	774	45	123.25–131.00	$126.16	$976	-4.34
810	810	57	135.00	$135.00	$1,094	+1.45
841	841	4	117.00	$117.00	$984	-16.55
854–888	873	11	116.50–120.00	$118.44	$1,034	—
950	950	4	107.00	$107.00	$1,016	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1128	1084	3	103.00–105.00	$104.39	$1,132	—
1053–1248	1189	12	88.00–93.50	$92.36	$1,098	—
1395	1395	1	114.25	$114.25	$1,594	—
1104–1640	1405	62	107.00–112.50	$110.26	$1,549	—
1140–1652	1419	39	101.00–107.75	$104.85	$1,488	—
1160–1520	1441	7	100.00–102.00	$101.32	$1,460	—
1466	1466	8	115.00	$115.00	$1,686	—
1604	1604	7	107.50	$107.50	$1,724	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	4	140.50	$140.50	$688	—
575–598	584	13	135.00	$135.00	$788	+0.53
651–677	665	9	130.00–135.50	$132.39	$880	+2.39
715–719	717	24	120.00–129.00	$125.61	$901	—
809	809	15	113.50	$113.50	$918	—
880	880	5	114.00	$114.00	$1,003	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
741–744	743	25	113.00–128.50	$121.69	$904	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	12	119.00	$119.00	$639	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	3	115.00	$115.00	$768	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459–499	473	46	141.00–148.50	$146.09	$691	—
504–549	527	127	132.50–147.50	$139.91	$737	+3.91
540	540	12	123.00	$123.00	$664	-13.00
555–597	580	191	131.50–140.00	$136.08	$789	-5.67
608–645	635	139	125.00–142.50	$137.60	$874	-2.40
650–695	677	156	122.00–138.00	$133.47	$904	—
720	720	15	122.50	$122.50	$882	—
707–748	724	55	128.50–130.00	$129.12	$935	—
757	757	71	134.85	$134.85	$1,021	-0.15
981	981	106	117.10	$117.10	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	5	138.00	$138.00	$542	—
413–446	427	21	140.00–145.00	$143.41	$612	-5.89
456–488	473	22	134.00–145.50	$139.18	$658	-2.06
479 unweaned	479	5	123.00	$123.00	$589	—
507–549	535	85	125.00–143.75	$133.55	$714	-0.80
555	555	5	119.00	$119.00	$660	-2.00
568 unweaned	568	6	110.00	$110.00	$625	—
550–592	575	67	123.00–135.00	$128.84	$741	-1.16
616	616	5	111.00	$111.00	$684	-18.80
600–648	622	108	125.00–134.00	$129.57	$806	-0.23
652–697	678	69	120.00–136.50	$124.49	$844	-7.05
700 unweaned	700	6	90.00	$90.00	$630	—
704–723	715	91	121.00–131.50	$128.11	$916	—
708–742	725	10	110.00–115.00	$112.44	$815	—
760–783	765	38	112.00–124.50	$121.99	$933	-4.01
761–798	783	10	111.00–122.50	$115.47	$904	-10.53
806–839	821	13	108.50–110.50	$109.56	$899	—
944	944	4	103.00	$103.00	$972	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,139	—
1203	1203	4	91.00	$91.00	$1,095	—
1220	1220	2	100.50	$100.50	$1,226	—
1240	1240	3	109.00	$109.00	$1,352	—
1050–1535	1256	7	108.00–111.00	$109.83	$1,379	—
1378–1505	1406	16	100.00–102.00	$101.05	$1,421	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	141.00	$141.00	$526	—
435	435	12	131.00	$131.00	$570	—
582	582	6	116.00	$116.00	$675	—
605	605	3	120.00	$120.00	$726	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	7	129.00	$129.00	$574	—
462–484	473	11	131.00–139.00	$135.01	$639	—
626	626	4	120.00	$120.00	$751	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1137	1137	12	102.50	$102.50	$1,165	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	113.00	$113.00	$597	—
768	768	6	107.50	$107.50	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	9	161.00	$161.00	$675	—
475 unweaned	475	5	135.00	$135.00	$641	—
547	547	24	141.75	$141.75	$775	—
550–592	569	24	125.00–145.50	$133.77	$761	—
675–692	685	17	117.00–121.00	$119.44	$818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	7	154.00	$154.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	6	114.50	$114.50	$694	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1475	1263	80-85%	31	50.00–58.50	$54.15	$684	+8.37
1180–1405	1312	80-85%	5	57.00–60.50	$58.96	$774	—
1160–1745	1338	80-85%	26	42.00–53.50	$47.73	$639	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1920	1554	75-80%	27	51.50–60.25	$55.68	$865	-4.44
1417–1860	1566	75-80%	12	45.50–53.25	$48.82	$765	-6.15
1410–1815	1609	75-80%	22	60.00–69.00	$63.15	$1,016	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1275	1034	85-90%	21	44.00–54.50	$47.96	$496	+8.18
870–1210	1034	85-90%	7	10.00–35.00	$25.46	$263	-14.32
875–1250	1059	85-90%	11	35.00–44.50	$40.42	$428	—
1010–1150	1075	85-90%	4	53.00–58.25	$55.86	$600	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–2180	1816	5	70.50–74.00	$72.84	$1,323	—
1405–2270	1874	23	75.50–86.00	$80.01	$1,499	—
1995–2245	2120	2	85.50–87.00	$86.21	$1,828	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1098–1447	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	117	1,325.00–1,575.00	$1,438.11
1180–1363	1272	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	810.00–925.00	$871.64
1384	1384	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00	$850.00
1292–1506	1407	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	53	1,225.00–1,500.00	$1,332.83
1421	1421	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	875.00	$875.00
1486	1486	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173–1406	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	89	1,625.00–1,875.00	$1,755.14
1266–1413	1317	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,550.00–1,600.00	$1,579.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1284	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	1,125.00–1,285.00	$1,239.62
1257	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1338–1493	1412	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	725.00–910.00	$821.09

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1595	1595	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	925.00	$925.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1014	1014	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,350.00	$1,350.00
919–1368	1091	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	1,550.00–1,725.00	$1,652.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1039–1175	1114	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	1,750.00–1,885.00	$1,852.30

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
903–1040	985	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,410.84

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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
1000–1050	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	1,775.00–1,975.00	$1,911.54	—
1000–1450	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	1,425.00–1,700.00	$1,572.86	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1350–1450	1388	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,110.00–1,150.00	$1,125.00	—
1450–1500	1475	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,810.00–2,200.00	$2,005.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1400	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.