Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

3,715 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $139.25/cwt +0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,004/hd at 721 lb · 291 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.11/cwt +1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 681 lb · 128 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $131.17/cwt +1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 771 lb · 115 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,715	6,753	4,280
Feeder cattle	3,202	6,142	3,832
Slaughter cattle	513	611	448

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers mostly steady to firm, with 600 to 700 lb heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady 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
333–335	333	7	181.00–200.00	$197.27	$657	+13.09
390	390	2	185.00	$185.00	$722	-2.04
421–446	440	26	168.00–180.00	$174.03	$766	-3.51
468–494	487	25	156.00–180.00	$170.81	$832	-0.30
506–522	514	16	160.00–168.50	$165.39	$850	-1.71
567 fancy	567	10	160.75	$160.75	$911	—
550–589	570	71	140.00–154.00	$149.31	$851	-3.25
603–641	626	66	140.75–145.50	$143.43	$898	-0.81
630	630	16	140.50	$140.50	$885	-3.74
655–691	679	113	133.00–148.25	$141.13	$958	+2.71
681–696	692	15	130.00–133.25	$132.40	$916	-6.02
702–745	720	272	132.75–143.25	$139.81	$1,007	+0.56
733–740	737	19	128.00–135.50	$131.30	$968	-7.95
750–783	771	110	130.00–132.00	$131.51	$1,014	+1.77
782	782	5	123.75	$123.75	$968	-5.99
815	815	64	130.00	$130.00	$1,060	+4.57
822	822	35	126.50	$126.50	$1,040	+1.07
857–888	862	74	124.75–127.10	$126.71	$1,092	-0.15
903	903	62	127.25	$127.25	$1,149	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–386	375	18	171.00–189.00	$177.61	$666	-2.40
415	415	3	168.00	$168.00	$697	+3.18
460–490	473	12	151.00–156.00	$152.66	$722	-13.08
505–547	539	26	149.00–160.00	$154.63	$833	-1.12
545	545	3	145.00	$145.00	$790	-10.75
559–592	581	53	140.00–147.00	$142.89	$830	+6.89
583–587	585	6	138.00–141.00	$139.51	$816	+3.51
600–634	610	39	138.25–142.00	$139.67	$852	+2.00
660–695	666	20	130.50–132.50	$132.13	$880	-2.63
707–741	725	90	130.00–137.00	$134.55	$975	+2.47
744	744	5	115.50	$115.50	$859	-16.58
813–843	816	22	122.00–127.00	$125.65	$1,025	+7.96
858	858	12	121.75	$121.75	$1,045	+2.75

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	11	99.25	$99.25	$1,052	—
1070–1360	1218	3	103.50–104.50	$104.13	$1,268	+8.13
1260–1322	1307	4	100.00–101.50	$100.36	$1,312	—
1266–1488	1339	10	106.50–112.00	$108.04	$1,447	—
1084–1537	1342	72	101.50–107.50	$105.15	$1,411	—
1370–1616	1502	10	96.00–102.50	$100.53	$1,510	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
897	897	6	122.25	$122.25	$1,097	—
954	954	8	114.00	$114.00	$1,088	-7.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	9	91.00	$91.00	$437	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	7	139.00	$139.00	$708	-9.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	6	124.25	$124.25	$867	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	3	123.00	$123.00	$753	+2.00
725	725	3	124.00	$124.00	$899	+5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
862	862	3	106.00	$106.00	$914	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	150.00	$150.00	$585	-7.00
395 unweaned	395	5	135.00	$135.00	$533	—
405–448	423	22	139.50–150.00	$145.53	$616	+1.32
465 unweaned	465	5	137.50	$137.50	$639	—
462–497	482	12	127.00–145.00	$134.73	$649	-3.01
501–548	523	68	128.00–148.00	$135.36	$708	+3.02
535	535	6	123.00	$123.00	$658	+3.00
552–593	571	50	124.00–136.00	$132.50	$757	+17.94
600–642	622	79	120.50–133.00	$126.13	$785	-0.89
655–697	684	49	118.00–130.00	$126.19	$863	+6.75
713–732	727	20	119.00–126.50	$122.02	$887	-1.71
755	755	4	112.00	$112.00	$846	-4.08
762–799	786	91	120.50–127.10	$125.74	$988	+9.66
800–803	802	11	116.50–117.75	$117.07	$939	+9.27
896	896	55	126.00	$126.00	$1,129	+13.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	7	161.00	$161.00	$444	+6.00
341	341	7	160.00	$160.00	$546	-1.33
414–415	414	14	147.00–169.00	$164.28	$680	+9.49
468–498	489	45	148.00–153.00	$150.08	$734	+0.64
505–536	526	25	135.50–140.00	$136.79	$720	-3.43
558–584	568	52	125.00–136.50	$131.39	$746	-5.75
616–649	623	95	130.00–134.75	$132.27	$824	+0.93
662–686	673	114	125.50–138.50	$136.07	$916	+7.69
707	707	3	121.50	$121.50	$859	-3.56
717	717	75	130.00	$130.00	$932	+4.94
761	761	4	118.50	$118.50	$902	+2.06
800–812	808	25	117.25–118.00	$117.52	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–413	412	6	138.00	$138.00	$569	+15.00
460–477	471	9	108.00–127.00	$114.18	$538	—
614–636	626	9	111.00–120.00	$116.08	$727	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1284	1284	7	93.75	$93.75	$1,204	-11.55
1165–1489	1314	11	104.00–110.00	$108.25	$1,422	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	5	93.00	$93.00	$414	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	4	115.50	$115.50	$598	-13.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	175.00	$175.00	$644	+19.00
419 thin fleshed	419	7	168.00	$168.00	$704	—
438	438	3	154.00	$154.00	$675	-12.00
453	453	7	145.00	$145.00	$657	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	6	141.00	$141.00	$661	—
561	561	4	135.00	$135.00	$757	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1495	1255	80-85%	45	49.00–58.00	$53.58	$672	+0.78
1150–1435	1273	80-85%	19	39.00–51.00	$46.46	$591	-6.34
1135–1445	1281	80-85%	17	56.00–65.00	$60.44	$774	+14.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1155	976	85-90%	10	5.00–35.00	$26.22	$256	—
830–1195	1048	85-90%	36	41.00–52.00	$47.84	$501	+23.08
905–1200	1064	85-90%	13	38.00–44.00	$41.87	$445	—
995–1150	1093	85-90%	9	51.00–59.50	$55.00	$601	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1805	1532	75-80%	24	52.00–60.00	$56.03	$858	—
1370–1790	1548	75-80%	10	45.00–52.00	$49.32	$763	—
1285–1910	1619	75-80%	29	60.00–69.00	$63.91	$1,035	+0.11

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2000	2000	65-75%	1	67.50	$67.50	$1,350	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2580	1726	5	59.00–71.50	$66.44	$1,147	—
1355–2170	1808	19	75.00–88.00	$81.69	$1,477	—
1725–2160	1847	5	91.00–102.00	$96.18	$1,776	—

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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.