Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 2, 2023

5,902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $185.08/cwt +14.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,231/hd at 665 lb · 352 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $176.75/cwt -6.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,285/hd at 727 lb · 278 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $178.08/cwt +5.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,026/hd at 576 lb · 231 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,902	2,277	4,224
Feeder cattle	4,221	1,800	2,731
Slaughter cattle	546	477	452
Replacement cattle	1,135	—	1,041

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, feeders steady to firm undertone, few fancy steers 450-500 lbs higher undertone, except the 700-800 lbs weak to lower undertone. Slaughter cows firm to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	208.00	$208.00	$915	-9.44
450–491	470	27	200.00–207.00	$202.10	$950	-6.47
506–545	525	84	194.00–216.50	$206.64	$1,085	-0.64
560–595	573	112	185.00–196.50	$190.59	$1,092	-4.04
601–632	616	177	184.50–195.00	$189.46	$1,167	+2.92
651–658 fancy	655	151	191.50–196.50	$193.97	$1,271	—
650–688	672	187	176.00–189.50	$179.40	$1,206	+13.05
685	685	14	165.00	$165.00	$1,130	-1.35
708–739	727	278	173.50–180.50	$176.75	$1,285	—
750–790	774	121	174.75–175.50	$174.96	$1,354	—
805–846	826	198	176.00–183.50	$178.67	$1,476	—
863–866	863	65	170.00–176.00	$175.54	$1,515	—
900–937	923	231	175.00–177.10	$176.01	$1,625	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–387	370	11	207.00–216.00	$212.98	$788	+3.39
418–448	435	14	188.00–196.00	$192.29	$836	-7.93
450–492	480	42	185.00–197.00	$191.83	$921	-3.58
511–545	527	48	181.00–194.50	$188.82	$995	+3.61
568–589	583	54	172.00–185.00	$178.31	$1,040	-8.19
604–646	621	64	165.50–182.50	$176.38	$1,095	+11.38
638	638	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,046	-15.99
652–687	678	109	169.50–175.00	$172.92	$1,172	—
720	720	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,152	+2.75
702–745	721	19	165.00–172.50	$170.42	$1,229	+13.17
751	751	10	172.00	$172.00	$1,292	+22.00
806–810	808	8	145.00–157.50	$151.23	$1,222	—
909	909	20	168.00	$168.00	$1,527	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	196.00	$196.00	$753	—
443	443	10	172.50	$172.50	$764	—
481	481	4	176.00	$176.00	$847	—
532	532	8	159.00	$159.00	$846	—
584	584	4	168.50	$168.50	$984	+13.13
618–635	624	9	164.00–165.00	$164.66	$1,027	—
679–691	689	25	150.00–160.50	$152.07	$1,048	—
750	750	16	147.50	$147.50	$1,106	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1142–1420	1212	8	148.00–151.00	$150.12	$1,819	—
1342–1454	1424	35	163.00–166.00	$164.10	$2,337	—
1260–1580	1444	28	152.00–161.50	$158.56	$2,290	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	21	180.00	$180.00	$1,053	—
805	805	23	169.00	$169.00	$1,360	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	4	172.00	$172.00	$807	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	190.00	$190.00	$752	—
463–495	490	54	176.00–192.00	$187.07	$917	—
502–546	526	99	174.00–186.00	$181.67	$956	+4.50
554–597	576	231	171.00–187.00	$178.08	$1,026	+25.08
602–644	615	53	170.00–187.25	$181.65	$1,117	+4.90
650–652 fancy	651	24	183.00–186.50	$184.75	$1,203	—
654–675	667	77	170.00–184.00	$178.95	$1,194	—
673	673	28	184.50	$184.50	$1,242	—
734–737	736	21	172.50–175.00	$174.05	$1,281	—
764	764	15	164.50	$164.50	$1,257	—
788	788	9	170.00	$170.00	$1,340	—
831	831	40	157.75	$157.75	$1,311	—
873–878	876	124	164.00–164.75	$164.37	$1,440	—
952	952	58	157.75	$157.75	$1,502	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389–394	391	9	175.00–183.00	$179.42	$702	-5.58
450–493	477	36	168.00–178.00	$173.38	$827	+13.38
488	488	5	155.00	$155.00	$756	-5.00
505 unweaned	505	6	160.00	$160.00	$808	+15.00
504–548	534	27	164.00–170.00	$165.37	$883	-0.24
550–594	572	43	158.25–175.00	$167.01	$955	-2.57
600–644	628	40	155.00–173.00	$166.87	$1,048	+3.62
651–699	681	41	150.00–164.00	$155.96	$1,062	—
706–736	729	25	158.00–161.00	$159.33	$1,162	—
759	759	8	145.50	$145.50	$1,104	+6.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	73	158.75	$158.75	$1,065	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1232–1400	1333	10	158.50–159.00	$158.68	$2,115	—
1346–1372	1354	19	162.00–163.00	$162.79	$2,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	4	151.00	$151.00	$512	-10.00
498	498	6	160.00	$160.00	$797	—
586	586	4	155.00	$155.00	$908	—
646	646	4	148.50	$148.50	$959	+8.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479 unweaned	479	6	171.00	$171.00	$819	—
505–528	514	13	155.00–161.00	$157.95	$812	—
603–640	621	10	141.00–153.00	$146.57	$910	-4.43
960	960	4	122.50	$122.50	$1,176	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1350	1256	80-85%	14	63.00–69.00	$66.48	$835	+2.86
1130–1365	1259	80-85%	59	68.00–77.50	$73.48	$925	+9.86
1155–1380	1275	80-85%	31	77.00–88.00	$81.04	$1,033	+4.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1625	1458	75-80%	31	71.00–79.00	$74.85	$1,091	—
1400–1650	1481	75-80%	8	62.00–70.00	$67.08	$993	—
1345–1610	1491	75-80%	33	79.00–91.50	$82.80	$1,235	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1150	1021	85-90%	12	35.50–48.00	$43.60	$445	-11.26
875–1200	1029	85-90%	24	52.00–64.00	$59.07	$608	+4.21
930–1150	1065	85-90%	15	64.00–71.50	$68.29	$727	+3.97
980–1145	1067	85-90%	10	73.00–81.50	$76.15	$813	+11.83

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1805	1711	65-75%	12	83.00–91.50	$87.48	$1,497	—
1650–1965	1783	65-75%	6	75.00–80.00	$77.89	$1,389	-7.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1845	1562	3	78.00–88.00	$82.24	$1,285	—
1485–2375	1759	10	92.00–100.00	$96.87	$1,704	—
1540–2100	1888	13	104.00–117.00	$109.25	$2,063	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1116	1116	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1064–1287	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,117.92
1066–1367	1209	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	975.00–1,200.00	$1,086.87
985–1469	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,290.53
1266	1266	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1242–1440	1296	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,092.42
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	960.00	$960.00
1054–1600	1371	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,175.00–1,450.00	$1,334.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285–1442	1333	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,611.23
1267–1435	1351	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	1,650.00–1,735.00	$1,693.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1015–1147	1081	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	875.00	$875.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
813	813	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	950.00	$950.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
851	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1039–1246	1152	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,077.02
1114–1231	1196	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,101.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1190	1061	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,912.46
1230	1230	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1003	977	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,075.00–1,375.00	$1,219.00

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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
950–1100	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,038.89	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
950–1400	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,636.25	—
1150–1450	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,810.00–1,850.00	$1,830.83	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1100	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,396.15	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1250	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	2,325.00–2,350.00	$2,340.38	—

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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.