Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 5, 2024

7,198 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $257.02/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,858/hd at 723 lb · 355 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $277.40/cwt -0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,734/hd at 625 lb · 344 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $270.78/cwt +14.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,810/hd at 668 lb · 342 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,198	5,968	6,998
Feeder cattle	5,820	4,120	6,167
Slaughter cattle	1,078	803	831
Replacement cattle	300	1,045	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 400-600 lbs fully steady to firm, 600-750 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, over 750 lbs higher undertone. Heifers 450-600 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 3.00 to 9.00 higher, over 700 lbs higher undertone. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	317	6	332.50–372.50	$349.98	$1,109	+21.98
355–393	378	20	318.00–354.00	$341.48	$1,291	+11.59
400–440	428	35	316.00–336.00	$324.67	$1,390	+5.82
465–494	485	65	308.00–324.00	$317.50	$1,540	+6.06
500–548	528	166	299.00–332.00	$312.80	$1,652	+6.05
560 thin fleshed	560	12	310.00	$310.00	$1,736	±0.00
552–598	577	197	281.00–317.00	$294.21	$1,698	+3.39
596	596	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,699	-5.82
605–647	625	344	267.00–290.00	$277.40	$1,734	-0.06
655–671 thin fleshed	665	45	282.00–284.00	$282.79	$1,881	—
650–698	669	297	255.25–275.50	$268.96	$1,799	+9.76
704–705 fancy	704	33	268.00–271.75	$270.16	$1,902	+7.16
700–743	725	322	247.25–267.50	$255.67	$1,854	+2.85
753–795	779	110	237.50–251.00	$244.63	$1,906	+17.88
806–844	831	27	230.50–239.00	$236.01	$1,961	-0.10
853–866	858	18	219.00–220.75	$219.69	$1,885	-10.16
858–886	876	105	227.00–233.00	$229.25	$2,008	-0.60
977	977	9	214.50	$214.50	$2,096	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–448	430	17	290.00–310.00	$304.99	$1,311	+0.99
452–495	468	25	285.00–305.00	$296.51	$1,388	+12.16
489 unweaned	489	10	279.00	$279.00	$1,364	—
506–548	532	81	279.00–301.00	$290.82	$1,547	+0.82
561–590	574	80	262.00–291.00	$279.58	$1,605	+9.57
600–648	619	70	253.00–269.00	$261.65	$1,620	+7.75
653–698	679	69	246.00–259.00	$251.71	$1,709	+8.35
700–744	719	35	220.00–247.00	$239.33	$1,721	+7.24
758–798	764	48	230.00–237.00	$233.49	$1,784	+14.55
805–840	836	30	219.00–231.50	$222.30	$1,858	+3.80
891	891	34	209.50	$209.50	$1,867	+9.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503 unweaned	503	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,303	—
564 unweaned	564	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,399	—
611 unweaned	611	13	233.50	$233.50	$1,427	—
641	641	12	258.50	$258.50	$1,657	—
716	716	20	248.75	$248.75	$1,781	—
1015	1015	46	207.25	$207.25	$2,104	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1169–1613	1290	11	173.00–174.50	$173.99	$2,244	—
1260–1405	1316	19	168.00–172.00	$170.99	$2,250	+1.54
1400	1400	4	166.50	$166.50	$2,331	—
1320–1605	1412	12	175.00–179.50	$176.45	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–590	583	9	232.00–255.00	$247.51	$1,443	+17.51

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,117	—
594	594	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,360	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	348.00	$348.00	$1,148	+63.00
358–384	370	18	309.00–337.00	$328.50	$1,215	+42.25
400–448	433	40	277.00–312.00	$291.85	$1,264	+7.21
452–497 thin fleshed	475	55	299.00–315.00	$310.70	$1,476	—
454–498	479	78	276.00–305.00	$292.06	$1,399	+17.44
502–539 fancy	526	50	301.00–308.00	$303.35	$1,596	+11.35
502–549	529	133	263.00–292.00	$277.37	$1,467	+14.91
573–578 thin fleshed	577	48	283.00–289.00	$287.63	$1,660	—
550–598	584	273	256.50–279.50	$269.88	$1,576	+12.77
614–621 thin fleshed	619	61	266.00–269.50	$268.70	$1,663	—
605–644	620	100	250.00–267.00	$260.21	$1,613	+13.77
650–697	672	138	232.00–246.00	$239.63	$1,610	-1.03
702–749	710	111	228.00–237.50	$235.25	$1,670	+11.25
748	748	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,646	-4.00
765–791	785	89	220.10–226.50	$221.17	$1,736	+4.31
808–846	834	88	219.75–224.50	$222.07	$1,852	—
921	921	56	215.75	$215.75	$1,987	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	302.50	$302.50	$992	+18.50
373–396	390	11	279.00–288.00	$285.65	$1,114	+15.97
405–440	427	14	254.00–272.50	$260.32	$1,112	-10.90
464–496	478	38	255.00–267.50	$259.20	$1,239	+1.16
502–546	521	47	246.00–263.00	$255.11	$1,329	+5.49
553–598	578	116	236.00–261.00	$249.45	$1,442	+13.98
600–646	627	114	235.00–257.00	$245.33	$1,538	+12.70
650–698	677	115	220.00–232.50	$227.01	$1,537	+1.88
701–748	720	23	210.00–220.00	$216.57	$1,559	-7.76
750–758	754	9	190.00–197.00	$193.87	$1,462	-15.91
751–776	757	21	210.00–215.00	$213.78	$1,618	+4.00
800–825	813	27	186.00–212.50	$196.40	$1,597	-0.21
877–884	881	7	176.50–196.50	$185.03	$1,630	-22.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	424	16	245.00–251.00	$247.78	$1,051	—
468	468	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,123	+4.83
502–548	524	21	240.00–247.00	$244.48	$1,281	+19.48
575–598	590	12	228.00–237.00	$230.92	$1,362	+15.92
604–645	618	38	214.00–242.00	$237.54	$1,468	+17.54
663–671	666	11	210.00–220.00	$216.34	$1,441	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1053–1338	1198	28	174.50–177.00	$175.71	$2,105	—
1234	1234	8	173.00	$173.00	$2,135	+3.31
1153–1360	1262	10	167.00–172.00	$169.97	$2,145	—
1078–1382	1327	11	170.00–172.50	$170.37	$2,261	-0.04

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523 unweaned	523	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,250	—
552 unweaned	552	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,325	—
789	789	6	214.50	$214.50	$1,692	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,239	+6.30
432 thin fleshed	432	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,361	—
447 fancy	447	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,386	—
538–547	541	24	265.00–272.00	$269.35	$1,457	+5.33
635	635	10	242.00	$242.00	$1,537	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–335	332	12	283.00–291.00	$288.31	$957	—
386	386	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,081	—
468–494	481	8	261.00–263.00	$261.97	$1,260	—
527	527	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,375	+18.99
643	643	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,479	+12.00
655–666	661	7	223.00–231.00	$226.40	$1,497	+23.40
755	755	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,601	—
801	801	7	183.50	$183.50	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,017	—
464	464	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,076	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1345	1224	80-85%	69	92.00–107.00	$99.90	$1,223	+10.64
1150–1380	1241	80-85%	22	83.00–95.50	$90.02	$1,117	+0.76
1135–1360	1260	80-85%	72	103.00–117.00	$108.92	$1,372	-0.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1600	1464	75-80%	8	84.00–97.50	$92.31	$1,351	-9.31
1275–1675	1471	75-80%	61	105.00–120.00	$110.76	$1,629	+9.14
1360–1640	1481	75-80%	47	98.00–106.00	$103.05	$1,526	+1.43

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1200	940	85-90%	15	60.00–75.00	$70.06	$659	+1.14
800–1110	999	85-90%	19	74.00–84.00	$80.34	$803	—
820–1105	1013	85-90%	37	87.00–99.00	$93.61	$948	+12.27
855–1100	1021	85-90%	38	93.00–109.00	$99.99	$1,021	-3.57

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650–1845	1719	65-75%	9	111.00–117.00	$114.34	$1,966	-0.64
1590–2090	1770	65-75%	14	104.00–110.00	$106.68	$1,888	+1.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1790	1556	4	95.00–112.00	$105.95	$1,649	—
1375–2570	1811	28	118.00–129.00	$124.16	$2,249	-8.12
1350–2225	1942	11	131.00–137.00	$133.86	$2,600	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912–1138	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,272.71
1165–1320	1241	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	1,180.00–1,475.00	$1,342.73
1247	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1187–1608	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,757.32

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
959	959	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1275	1155	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,975.00–2,100.00	$2,031.01
1172–1308	1277	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	2,350.00–2,550.00	$2,435.85

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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	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1100–1350	1209	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	2,050.00–2,475.00	$2,182.81	+372.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.