Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

6,250 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $232.71/cwt ≈ $1,692/hd at 727 lb · 310 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $258.03/cwt -8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,617/hd at 627 lb · 250 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $224.57/cwt ≈ $1,707/hd at 760 lb · 227 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,250	2,462	7,978
Feeder cattle	5,545	790	7,071
Slaughter cattle	705	360	907
Replacement cattle	—	1,312	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers weighing 400-800 lbs sold mostly 10.00-12.00 lower, with several pot loads of 8 weight steers trading with a higher undertone on Monday. Slaughter cows sold steady 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
318	318	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,018	—
350 value added	350	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,015	—
380	380	3	279.00	$279.00	$1,060	—
403–435 value added	416	5	267.00–284.00	$276.89	$1,152	—
400–432	423	16	281.00–305.00	$296.34	$1,254	-13.66
472 value added	472	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,274	—
462–497	478	52	269.00–299.00	$287.75	$1,375	-20.95
503–541	523	77	268.00–302.00	$286.19	$1,497	-16.77
515–537 value added	526	22	262.00–291.00	$276.45	$1,454	—
559 value added	559	9	271.00	$271.00	$1,515	—
551–585	569	160	260.00–271.00	$270.02	$1,536	-4.71
605–635	625	214	244.00–268.00	$260.20	$1,626	-6.60
616–649 value added	636	36	238.00–252.50	$245.11	$1,559	—
657–686	670	101	241.50–248.50	$246.94	$1,654	+11.94
653–683 value added	678	26	229.50–242.00	$231.09	$1,567	—
700–730	712	14	212.00–218.00	$215.29	$1,533	—
707–749 value added	724	25	221.00–231.25	$227.01	$1,644	—
702–742	728	271	228.50–238.75	$234.14	$1,705	—
759	759	7	211.00	$211.00	$1,601	—
752–780	760	216	220.00–228.00	$225.08	$1,711	—
763 value added	763	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,686	—
802–843	826	143	206.50–231.75	$228.83	$1,890	+33.43
860–888	881	87	198.25–229.10	$223.88	$1,972	—
900	900	11	201.50	$201.50	$1,814	—
902 value added	902	3	201.50	$201.50	$1,818	—
983	983	112	212.00	$212.00	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–438	422	25	260.00–269.00	$263.81	$1,113	+8.15
467–491	478	19	242.00–274.00	$258.10	$1,234	-18.90
504–533 unweaned	510	15	246.00–247.00	$246.79	$1,259	-4.21
503–545	529	92	218.00–274.00	$259.20	$1,371	-24.23
519–541 value added	533	17	258.50–262.00	$259.70	$1,384	—
566–593	579	79	220.00–255.00	$246.07	$1,425	-4.32
600–648	629	135	218.00–254.00	$241.43	$1,519	-3.57
668	668	6	217.00	$217.00	$1,450	-8.53
655–695	679	49	210.00–237.00	$218.48	$1,483	-7.05
700–733	725	109	196.50–228.00	$224.46	$1,627	+4.46
759–773	768	18	200.00–207.00	$204.31	$1,569	-8.74
822	822	6	198.00	$198.00	$1,628	—
815–837	825	40	190.00–223.00	$210.26	$1,735	—
935	935	3	178.50	$178.50	$1,669	—
961	961	11	194.00	$194.00	$1,864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–448	417	13	219.50–236.00	$224.96	$938	—
450–493	461	26	214.00–234.00	$221.71	$1,022	—
502–534	532	41	210.00–234.00	$217.09	$1,155	+7.09
564	564	18	234.00	$234.00	$1,320	—
638	638	6	213.00	$213.00	$1,359	-3.00
675	675	37	222.00	$222.00	$1,498	—
757	757	7	202.00	$202.00	$1,529	—
826	826	45	196.00	$196.00	$1,619	—
992	992	10	175.00	$175.00	$1,736	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1231	1231	5	161.50	$161.50	$1,988	—
1155–1550	1430	40	172.50–178.00	$175.20	$2,505	—
1385–1535	1457	5	164.00–172.00	$167.48	$2,440	—
1390–1547	1473	14	165.00–170.00	$167.98	$2,474	-9.02
1428–1608	1500	13	177.00–178.50	$177.86	$2,668	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	17	230.00	$230.00	$867	—
433	433	5	230.00	$230.00	$996	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	11	214.50	$214.50	$1,641	—
896	896	9	190.50	$190.50	$1,707	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	7	168.00	$168.00	$843	—
657	657	8	170.00	$170.00	$1,117	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	14	247.50	$247.50	$1,297	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317 value added	317	3	243.00	$243.00	$770	—
327 unweaned	327	5	225.00	$225.00	$736	—
375–395 value added	385	10	235.00–241.00	$237.92	$916	—
412–421 value added	417	7	246.00–249.00	$247.27	$1,031	—
453–484 value added	474	13	240.00–241.00	$240.71	$1,141	—
450–496	479	138	241.00–257.50	$251.92	$1,207	-5.11
509–535	523	38	242.00–251.00	$246.63	$1,290	-1.88
518–548 value added	535	14	233.00–238.00	$235.07	$1,258	—
552–597	578	161	221.50–253.00	$238.63	$1,379	+2.56
605–639	617	89	230.00–235.00	$232.93	$1,437	+6.60
652	652	14	232.00	$232.00	$1,513	+15.55
654–696	681	169	213.00–224.00	$217.35	$1,480	+0.90
701–704	701	88	211.25–213.00	$211.41	$1,482	—
713 value added	713	6	211.00	$211.00	$1,504	—
780–793	783	15	195.00–200.00	$198.65	$1,555	—
853–875	872	28	190.00–193.00	$190.42	$1,660	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	224.00	$224.00	$780	—
351–393 unweaned	373	14	202.00–211.00	$205.33	$766	-35.09
388	388	5	250.00	$250.00	$970	—
428–439	431	50	241.00–249.00	$247.07	$1,065	+10.01
460–493	473	42	218.00–233.00	$224.45	$1,062	-0.55
473–485 unweaned	481	17	176.00–197.00	$191.42	$921	-38.61
500–541	522	95	205.00–236.00	$222.86	$1,163	-8.29
516–547 value added	527	21	226.00–239.00	$231.55	$1,220	—
528 unweaned	528	4	180.00	$180.00	$950	-35.00
569 value added	569	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,286	—
559–595	580	129	205.00–235.00	$225.48	$1,308	—
602–645	615	52	202.00–229.50	$224.06	$1,378	+5.95
648 value added	648	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,413	—
659 value added	659	8	215.00	$215.00	$1,417	—
651–698	683	38	194.00–222.00	$206.45	$1,410	—
700–738	722	7	196.00–211.00	$202.24	$1,460	+14.24
750 value added	750	2	206.50	$206.50	$1,549	—
757–783	762	10	191.50–197.50	$196.27	$1,496	+1.27
802	802	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,436	—
903	903	4	189.00	$189.00	$1,707	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–377	374	17	217.00–217.50	$217.41	$813	—
410–436	426	8	210.00–225.00	$215.41	$918	-12.59
459–478	462	21	208.00–213.50	$212.69	$983	—
538	538	6	213.00	$213.00	$1,146	—
584	584	27	219.00	$219.00	$1,279	—
603	603	10	189.00	$189.00	$1,140	—
667	667	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,247	—
800	800	26	176.00	$176.00	$1,408	—
886	886	12	172.00	$172.00	$1,524	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1172	1155	5	167.00–169.00	$167.78	$1,938	—
1175–1440	1318	17	174.00–178.50	$176.88	$2,331	+1.53
1312–1455	1351	5	166.00–168.00	$166.62	$2,251	—
1498	1498	4	179.00	$179.00	$2,681	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	10	225.00	$225.00	$904	—
987	987	20	158.50	$158.50	$1,564	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	9	228.00	$228.00	$1,069	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	8	201.00	$201.00	$1,343	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337 unweaned	337	3	226.00	$226.00	$762	—
385	385	3	217.00	$217.00	$835	—
432	432	4	214.00	$214.00	$924	—
442 unweaned	442	8	217.00	$217.00	$959	—
470–482	477	13	227.00–259.00	$246.88	$1,178	—
529	529	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,063	—
552	552	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,148	—
579 unweaned	579	7	198.00	$198.00	$1,146	-25.66
605–607	606	6	208.00–210.00	$209.00	$1,267	—
618 unweaned	618	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,211	-3.00
653	653	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,378	—
747	747	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,449	—
783	783	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	8	217.00	$217.00	$1,092	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1385	1236	80-85%	50	89.00–109.00	$97.73	$1,208	—
1125–1370	1245	80-85%	5	72.50–84.00	$77.49	$965	—
1105–1480	1247	80-85%	55	82.00–95.00	$89.10	$1,111	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–990	881	85-90%	6	61.00–70.00	$64.78	$571	—
840–1134	1004	85-90%	29	77.00–89.00	$84.42	$848	+0.11
845–1140	1008	85-90%	21	86.00–100.00	$90.02	$907	+5.71
850–1170	1016	85-90%	17	66.00–80.00	$73.45	$746	-10.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1700	1464	75-80%	34	85.00–100.50	$93.78	$1,373	+8.56
1400–1650	1515	75-80%	11	81.50–91.00	$85.75	$1,299	-17.53
1350–1900	1534	75-80%	28	92.00–116.00	$103.40	$1,586	+0.12

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585–1880	1745	65-75%	5	108.50–120.00	$114.15	$1,992	+9.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–1640	1610	2	126.00–128.00	$127.02	$2,045	—
1485–2055	1695	7	112.00–119.00	$115.88	$1,964	+9.22
1775	1775	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,864	—

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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.