Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 23, 2023

3,870 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $192.90/cwt -9.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,213/hd at 629 lb · 163 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $213.75/cwt -8.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,129/hd at 528 lb · 138 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $185.87/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,059/hd at 570 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,870	4,959	6,432
Feeder cattle	3,088	3,823	5,815
Slaughter cattle	692	786	617
Replacement cattle	90	350	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs sold uneven trading steady to 5.00 lower on last week's very active calf market, over 650 lbs sold steady to firm. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold steady with 650-750 lb trading steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 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
392–395	394	13	217.00–227.00	$223.17	$879	—
400–428	415	36	216.00–224.00	$220.18	$914	-1.06
450–498	480	81	205.00–227.00	$218.41	$1,048	-16.08
500–546	528	138	203.00–219.50	$213.75	$1,129	-6.69
550–585	568	85	196.00–212.00	$205.41	$1,167	-1.61
603–647	629	163	188.00–203.00	$192.90	$1,213	-9.24
653–690	675	126	175.75–193.00	$187.50	$1,266	-2.34
701–735	713	98	175.50–182.50	$177.46	$1,265	-1.56
757–780	761	25	178.00–181.00	$179.25	$1,364	—
809–845	831	32	168.75–174.00	$171.48	$1,425	+7.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	3	232.50	$232.50	$679	-40.00
340	340	4	207.00	$207.00	$704	—
377–395	384	5	209.00–211.00	$209.82	$806	—
403–440	419	16	200.00–210.00	$206.39	$865	-0.57
450 unweaned	450	4	195.00	$195.00	$878	+3.00
460–491	478	22	190.00–210.00	$201.17	$962	+12.17
505–540	520	31	187.00–197.00	$191.17	$994	-10.88
552–592	573	23	181.00–190.00	$188.60	$1,081	+0.45
603–641	632	21	169.00–175.50	$172.83	$1,092	-14.46
650–696	676	64	166.50–172.25	$171.08	$1,157	-4.70
701–727	709	17	167.00–170.00	$168.60	$1,195	+3.54
757–772	769	13	164.50–167.00	$165.07	$1,269	+1.74
808	808	5	157.50	$157.50	$1,273	-4.17
870	870	4	147.50	$147.50	$1,283	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1133	1133	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,462	—
1093–1415	1214	9	143.50–149.50	$147.46	$1,790	—
1325	1325	8	165.00	$165.00	$2,186	+6.04
1200–1441	1374	16	158.00–162.50	$159.83	$2,196	+7.36
1375	1375	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,994	-7.47
1318–1546	1464	9	151.00–152.50	$151.80	$2,222	—
1742	1742	5	144.00	$144.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463–473	471	13	177.00–185.00	$183.18	$863	—
518–530	524	6	170.00–176.00	$172.97	$906	—
590	590	9	168.50	$168.50	$994	+8.06
630–636	634	12	155.00–166.00	$162.36	$1,029	-10.64
710	710	4	158.50	$158.50	$1,125	+8.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	10	187.00	$187.00	$1,167	—
882	882	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,385	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	210.00	$210.00	$746	—
475–485	482	6	172.00–192.00	$178.57	$861	—
523	523	2	188.00	$188.00	$983	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343	326	5	200.00	$200.00	$652	+1.69
358–397	388	27	197.00–204.00	$201.98	$784	-3.14
400–447	432	55	190.00–202.00	$198.33	$857	+1.51
450–498	477	127	183.50–202.50	$193.39	$922	-1.24
503–511 fancy	507	15	200.00–201.25	$200.66	$1,017	—
500–545	522	60	180.00–196.00	$187.85	$981	-2.54
553–589	570	133	180.00–191.50	$185.87	$1,059	+3.84
603–648	617	124	167.00–183.25	$174.33	$1,076	-4.98
663	663	23	180.00	$180.00	$1,193	+2.50
652–684	672	33	167.00–170.00	$168.51	$1,132	-8.99
711–732	724	10	171.00–172.00	$171.61	$1,242	+3.00
775	775	16	161.75	$161.75	$1,254	-8.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	189.00	$189.00	$652	—
357–395	375	19	183.00–191.00	$187.76	$704	—
412–415	414	7	182.00–184.50	$183.43	$759	-2.90
450–473	462	34	170.00–188.00	$179.58	$830	-2.45
504–534	521	24	166.00–176.00	$172.97	$901	+0.11
578–593	588	23	165.00–178.50	$170.33	$1,002	+10.33
612–648	630	37	159.75–168.00	$164.40	$1,036	-5.59
690–694	692	16	150.00–159.75	$156.88	$1,086	-12.57
714–728	721	18	157.00–158.00	$157.50	$1,136	+2.61
755–756	755	13	146.25–160.00	$154.78	$1,169	-8.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381–390	384	8	176.00–177.50	$176.93	$679	+7.93
428–448	434	12	161.00–171.00	$165.46	$718	-0.54
481–498	487	8	155.00–165.00	$161.17	$785	—
520–537	527	13	158.00–165.00	$162.28	$855	—
584–587	586	16	158.50–159.00	$158.72	$930	—
639–645	641	10	155.00	$155.00	$994	—
781	781	9	142.25	$142.25	$1,111	—
875	875	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,225	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1300	1200	16	152.50–155.00	$154.05	$1,849	—
1140–1475	1325	15	140.00–150.00	$143.08	$1,896	-17.15
1523	1523	2	147.00	$147.00	$2,239	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	151.00	$151.00	$556	—
448	448	2	167.00	$167.00	$748	—
495	495	3	168.00	$168.00	$832	—
543–546	545	7	144.00–161.50	$151.48	$826	—
575	575	2	149.00	$149.00	$857	+3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
822	822	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,258	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	189.00	$189.00	$885	+11.93
521	521	8	170.00	$170.00	$886	-6.89
553–585	566	14	151.00–174.50	$162.48	$920	—
625	625	4	144.00	$144.00	$900	-18.00
655	655	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,015	—
704–733	714	9	139.00–146.00	$141.40	$1,010	-3.60
759	759	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,078	—
804	804	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	7	227.00	$227.00	$758	-3.00
416–435	424	10	205.50–209.50	$207.86	$881	—
524	524	10	184.00	$184.00	$964	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	4	168.00	$168.00	$816	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1400	1244	80-85%	92	72.00–80.00	$75.55	$940	—
1150–1435	1252	80-85%	42	78.50–89.50	$82.95	$1,039	+8.95
1125–1430	1277	80-85%	29	62.00–72.00	$67.57	$863	+0.81
1140–1670	1430	80-85%	4	64.00–65.00	$64.53	$923	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1140	979	85-90%	17	40.00–54.00	$47.51	$465	—
875–1240	1051	85-90%	33	65.00–73.00	$69.51	$731	-5.89
930–1180	1056	85-90%	30	73.00–82.00	$76.56	$808	+1.16
745–1245	1061	85-90%	37	55.00–65.00	$59.62	$633	-15.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1645	1478	75-80%	12	64.00–75.00	$71.90	$1,063	-12.05
1385–1705	1495	75-80%	27	81.00–92.00	$85.80	$1,283	+9.19
1245–1865	1497	75-80%	34	73.00–84.00	$78.41	$1,174	+1.80
1470–1700	1583	75-80%	3	64.00–67.50	$65.08	$1,030	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1695–1705	1700	65-75%	2	95.50–96.00	$95.75	$1,628	—
1700–1780	1748	65-75%	4	78.50–82.00	$80.11	$1,400	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1760	1542	6	80.00–98.00	$88.91	$1,371	—
1410–2290	1790	17	92.00–108.00	$97.63	$1,748	-1.17
1775–2170	1968	11	101.00–117.00	$108.93	$2,144	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2465	2465	1	93.00	$93.00	$2,292	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1540	1241	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,563.98
1194–1570	1419	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	961.00–1,200.00	$1,086.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
959	959	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,425.00	$1,425.00
923–1028	975	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,575.00–1,775.00	$1,704.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1717	1717	5	122.00	$122.00	$2,095	—

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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.