Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 3, 2022

4,224 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.66/cwt ≈ $1,075/hd at 673 lb · 224 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $173.13/cwt +10.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,181/hd at 682 lb · 200 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $167.37/cwt +7.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,269/hd at 758 lb · 180 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,224	1,933	7,049
Feeder cattle	2,731	1,594	5,358
Slaughter cattle	452	339	590
Replacement cattle	1,041	—	1,101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs firm to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs higher undertone. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to firm with a light test over 600 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	204.00	$204.00	$724	—
453–498	475	40	193.00–208.00	$205.84	$978	+13.92
515 fancy	515	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,071	—
500–547	540	63	180.00–200.00	$188.44	$1,018	-0.29
557–590	579	52	174.50–188.00	$180.42	$1,045	+4.79
600–643	613	101	165.00–176.50	$170.57	$1,046	+9.07
652–698	682	200	168.00–178.50	$173.13	$1,181	+10.16
715–748	723	56	161.00–168.50	$167.15	$1,208	—
753–778	758	180	160.00–171.25	$167.37	$1,269	+7.36
842	842	46	146.00	$146.00	$1,229	—
843	843	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,298	—
854–897	891	159	151.00–162.35	$160.78	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–397	388	14	190.00–199.00	$196.63	$763	+14.63
428–441	438	25	184.00–191.00	$186.06	$815	-2.52
450–498	475	35	174.00–194.00	$184.93	$878	+6.68
513–541	530	30	165.00–184.00	$174.62	$925	+0.74
574–591	581	13	170.00–175.00	$173.04	$1,005	+5.93
608–636	626	25	156.00–166.00	$160.62	$1,005	—
658–691	681	10	154.50–164.50	$159.86	$1,089	-0.48
714–726	717	59	156.50–159.50	$159.18	$1,141	+14.68
726	726	4	147.50	$147.50	$1,071	+3.00
767	767	8	156.50	$156.50	$1,200	+11.89
793	793	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,190	+2.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	7	177.00	$177.00	$696	—
492	492	6	150.00	$150.00	$738	—
518–547	533	29	142.00–161.00	$150.32	$801	—
589–593	591	29	150.00–160.00	$153.78	$909	—
614	614	5	135.00	$135.00	$829	—
700	700	7	141.50	$141.50	$990	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,580	—
1230–1665	1400	34	131.00–140.00	$137.72	$1,928	—
1410–1539	1484	29	140.50–141.50	$141.27	$2,096	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
871	871	10	157.00	$157.00	$1,367	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	155.00	$155.00	$560	—
418	418	4	142.00	$142.00	$594	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	6	161.00	$161.00	$942	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	6	145.50	$145.50	$1,033	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–423	413	16	167.00–176.00	$172.31	$712	+1.91
485–486	486	25	161.00–169.00	$167.40	$814	-0.32
503–548	533	42	155.00–161.00	$158.09	$843	-2.30
581–596	588	41	153.50–162.00	$157.91	$929	-0.83
632–635	633	15	158.00–158.50	$158.37	$1,002	—
644	644	16	147.00	$147.00	$947	—
660–695	673	224	154.50–162.75	$159.66	$1,075	—
738	738	68	156.25	$156.25	$1,153	—
856	856	63	145.50	$145.50	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–385	367	16	158.50–169.00	$164.01	$602	+8.01
415–432	429	28	150.50–162.00	$153.40	$658	—
472–495	487	43	147.25–159.00	$151.89	$740	-4.85
506–545	523	25	150.00–156.00	$153.17	$801	-2.67
550–591	576	72	145.50–152.50	$149.53	$861	+1.53
604–645	625	81	140.00–155.00	$149.80	$936	-0.77
657–688	666	25	140.00–147.00	$142.23	$947	-1.81
714	714	7	133.50	$133.50	$953	—
736	736	5	140.50	$140.50	$1,034	—
777	777	7	143.25	$143.25	$1,113	—
813–828	817	11	139.75–140.25	$139.89	$1,143	—
854	854	4	139.25	$139.25	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	150.00	$150.00	$490	—
484	484	5	135.00	$135.00	$653	—
504–530	518	23	140.00–145.50	$142.61	$739	—
555–590	568	8	130.00–140.00	$136.11	$773	—
669	669	8	138.00	$138.00	$923	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1079–1091	1085	10	124.00–124.50	$124.25	$1,348	—
1105–1412	1311	26	136.00–140.00	$137.89	$1,808	+0.05

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459–486	470	12	162.00–171.00	$167.12	$785	—
511	511	4	143.00	$143.00	$731	—
582–598	588	14	142.00–145.50	$144.23	$848	—
728–746	739	10	130.00–130.50	$130.30	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	9	145.00	$145.00	$618	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1375	1254	80-85%	35	55.00–61.00	$57.80	$725	-0.36
1150–1350	1256	80-85%	8	45.00–53.00	$51.13	$642	-7.03
1145–1380	1267	80-85%	32	62.00–68.00	$64.57	$818	+6.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1175	1018	85-90%	20	51.50–58.00	$54.79	$558	—
815–1160	1024	85-90%	18	29.50–40.00	$35.54	$364	—
800–1365	1080	85-90%	23	41.00–49.00	$45.70	$494	-7.28
1060–1130	1098	85-90%	8	59.00–64.00	$60.51	$664	+14.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1690	1470	75-80%	29	60.00–67.00	$63.35	$931	+0.12
1370–1675	1490	75-80%	6	53.50–58.00	$56.54	$842	-6.69
1400–1705	1528	75-80%	16	68.00–75.50	$71.50	$1,093	+14.67

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–2130	1772	65-75%	11	74.00–80.50	$78.40	$1,389	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1870	1660	5	79.00–83.00	$80.78	$1,341	—
1350–2275	1760	17	84.00–95.00	$88.06	$1,550	—
1835–2205	1936	5	97.00–109.00	$101.46	$1,964	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1206–1290	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	750.00–810.00	$778.99
1125–1429	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,300.00–1,435.00	$1,383.70
1102–1519	1348	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	105	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,485.81
1383	1383	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	800.00–850.00	$830.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1352	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,060.77
1036–1432	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,174.77

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1083	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1043–1053	1048	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,153.10
974–1175	1063	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	152	1,525.00–1,775.00	$1,694.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1049	978	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	91	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,463.65

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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
1200–1400	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,600.00–1,760.00	$1,709.41	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1500	1500	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1300	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,442.19	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500–1550	1533	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,525.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1050	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,175.00–1,260.00	$1,217.50	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1150	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	1,775.00–2,025.00	$1,955.26	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—

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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.