Missouri (Northeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 13, 2025

6,245 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $306.40/cwt +7.53 vs last sale · ≈ $2,068/hd at 675 lb · 371 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $320.81/cwt +3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,007/hd at 626 lb · 320 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $341.28/cwt +9.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,968/hd at 577 lb · 307 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,245	952	3,546
Feeder cattle	5,449	836	3,231
Slaughter cattle	671	116	315
Replacement cattle	125	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers 400-700 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 700 lbs firm to higher undertone. Heifers 400-600 lbs 15.00 to 30.00 higher, 600-650 lbs 8.00 to 15.00 higher, over 650 lbs higher undertone. Slaughter cows 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
332 value added	332	7	390.00	$390.00	$1,295	—
302–349	333	24	390.00–450.00	$428.26	$1,426	+15.82
333 unweaned	333	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,215	—
382 value added	382	6	387.00	$387.00	$1,478	—
388–399	395	9	367.50–395.00	$376.50	$1,487	—
402–438 value added	421	16	340.00–395.00	$356.13	$1,499	—
430 unweaned	430	3	327.00	$327.00	$1,406	—
406–447	433	71	362.50–414.00	$381.50	$1,652	+8.50
453–492	472	48	362.00–400.00	$379.64	$1,792	+15.31
479 unweaned	479	8	350.00	$350.00	$1,676	—
495 value added	495	5	347.50	$347.50	$1,720	—
513	513	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,565	-51.40
501–521 fancy	516	31	388.00–392.00	$391.12	$2,018	—
500–549	531	207	334.00–371.00	$354.91	$1,885	-1.49
523–544 value added	536	41	327.00–365.00	$348.32	$1,867	—
572 value added	572	15	327.00	$327.00	$1,870	—
553–597	577	292	316.00–360.00	$342.01	$1,973	+9.88
600–647	624	258	303.00–344.00	$324.03	$2,022	+7.07
605–649 value added	632	62	295.00–326.00	$307.40	$1,943	—
651–699	675	275	289.00–322.00	$308.61	$2,083	+9.74
658–696 value added	675	96	284.00–314.00	$300.08	$2,026	—
719–736 value added	725	19	278.00–301.50	$290.60	$2,107	—
726–744	735	48	275.00–306.75	$297.90	$2,190	+8.70
750–798	770	144	279.50–301.25	$290.29	$2,235	+19.33
766–785 value added	777	10	266.50–274.00	$269.46	$2,094	—
800 value added	800	11	267.50	$267.50	$2,140	—
831	831	5	248.00	$248.00	$2,061	-16.24
821–835	834	130	269.00–279.00	$273.88	$2,284	+9.64
867	867	43	264.00	$264.00	$2,289	—
921–944	934	180	243.00–260.25	$258.34	$2,413	—
971	971	112	256.50	$256.50	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–397	374	16	347.50–397.50	$366.49	$1,371	—
438	438	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,500	—
450–494	477	21	318.00–354.00	$336.87	$1,607	+6.87
513 unweaned	513	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,513	—
531–535	533	11	319.00–337.50	$329.13	$1,754	+8.13
576–590	583	6	307.00–315.00	$310.95	$1,813	+4.95
601–644	622	46	276.00–313.00	$298.39	$1,856	+4.71
647 unweaned	647	5	272.00	$272.00	$1,760	—
658 unweaned	658	7	256.00	$256.00	$1,684	—
654–695	679	32	258.00–294.00	$282.28	$1,917	-0.72
709	709	5	277.00	$277.00	$1,964	+9.00
700–737	728	63	255.00–287.00	$277.04	$2,017	+9.04
760–798	779	19	260.00–278.00	$271.48	$2,115	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1670	1215	7	192.50–196.50	$193.62	$2,352	—
1278–1595	1324	11	188.00–190.00	$189.78	$2,513	—
1260–1429	1350	21	189.00–193.00	$191.17	$2,581	—
1250–1670	1407	48	198.00–209.00	$201.40	$2,834	—
1662	1662	3	176.00	$176.00	$2,925	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	4	319.00	$319.00	$1,672	—
571–589	583	30	319.00–326.00	$321.29	$1,873	—
593 unweaned	593	23	314.00	$314.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	6	274.00	$274.00	$1,337	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	5	219.50	$219.50	$2,239	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,106	—
322–335 unweaned	327	11	340.00–352.50	$344.66	$1,127	—
350–391 value added	375	13	335.00–340.00	$337.68	$1,266	—
352–398	378	39	347.00–390.00	$360.56	$1,363	+7.56
406–448	429	110	323.00–377.50	$349.26	$1,498	+10.16
445–447 value added	446	7	341.00–343.00	$342.43	$1,527	—
450–496	471	98	312.50–359.00	$337.53	$1,590	+11.57
514 thin fleshed	514	10	351.00	$351.00	$1,804	+14.00
510–542 value added	526	22	301.00–312.00	$305.55	$1,607	—
500–547	530	133	309.00–346.00	$325.14	$1,723	+13.48
556–584	573	166	307.00–339.00	$328.23	$1,881	+41.94
552–597 value added	575	27	287.00–319.00	$302.73	$1,741	—
608 value added	608	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,733	—
619 thin fleshed	619	19	318.75	$318.75	$1,973	—
600–641	625	225	273.00–305.50	$289.87	$1,812	+14.50
650–693	675	88	265.50–280.00	$273.34	$1,845	+14.41
667–697 value added	684	37	259.00–279.50	$270.19	$1,848	—
715	715	8	253.00	$253.00	$1,809	-12.00
709–745	721	63	264.00–270.00	$268.65	$1,937	+3.65
750–762	760	86	266.00–272.00	$271.71	$2,065	+20.71
831–846	834	30	244.00–247.25	$246.70	$2,057	—
900	900	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,022	—
355–398	379	21	313.00–350.00	$333.65	$1,265	—
412–448	431	8	291.00–303.00	$297.64	$1,283	-20.36
450–493	473	35	288.00–318.00	$306.04	$1,448	—
510 value added	510	4	289.00	$289.00	$1,474	—
500–535	517	35	283.00–308.00	$292.53	$1,512	+23.88
535 unweaned	535	4	264.00	$264.00	$1,412	—
546	546	8	276.00	$276.00	$1,507	+7.35
570 value added	570	3	293.00	$293.00	$1,670	—
576	576	4	281.00	$281.00	$1,619	+3.31
550–593	581	64	268.00–296.00	$283.56	$1,647	+5.87
616–644	629	30	250.00–277.00	$267.60	$1,683	+3.55
656 value added	656	31	277.00	$277.00	$1,817	—
657–691	672	41	249.00–279.00	$264.12	$1,775	+3.12
705–747	727	38	237.00–266.00	$251.49	$1,828	+0.79
702–732	729	79	257.50–259.50	$259.33	$1,891	+8.63
762–770	768	15	225.00–254.50	$248.65	$1,910	—
770–787	778	15	246.00–248.50	$247.18	$1,923	—
816	816	13	241.50–246.00	$244.27	$1,993	—
843	843	60	250.25	$250.25	$2,110	—
955	955	3	217.00	$217.00	$2,072	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547 unweaned	547	23	300.00	$300.00	$1,641	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	1	198.50	$198.50	$2,352	—
1055–1465	1235	4	184.00–190.00	$188.08	$2,323	—
1240	1240	2	194.00	$194.00	$2,406	—
1111–1550	1255	12	201.50–205.00	$202.62	$2,543	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	3	266.00	$266.00	$1,269	—
670–672	671	6	233.00–236.00	$234.50	$1,573	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,520	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328 unweaned	328	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,312	—
419–440	428	7	320.00–335.00	$328.39	$1,406	—
465–487	476	15	286.00–312.00	$300.15	$1,429	—
512–528	520	6	289.00–296.00	$292.55	$1,521	-3.45
611	611	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,656	+1.00
670–690	675	13	225.00–266.00	$256.32	$1,730	-14.68
710	710	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,704	—
758	758	4	228.50	$228.50	$1,732	—
854	854	4	203.50	$203.50	$1,738	-19.50
918	918	12	202.00	$202.00	$1,854	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	4	402.50	$402.50	$1,216	—
565	565	3	304.00	$304.00	$1,718	—
600–635	621	10	269.00–280.00	$275.75	$1,712	—
678	678	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,776	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	263.00	$263.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1365	1242	80-85%	19	107.50–118.00	$111.82	$1,389	—
1110–1600	1276	80-85%	67	115.00–127.00	$121.63	$1,552	+0.55
1110–1475	1277	80-85%	74	122.50–138.00	$129.81	$1,658	+8.73

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1311–1740	1487	75-80%	57	115.00–127.00	$121.62	$1,808	—
1270–1865	1495	75-80%	68	123.00–140.00	$130.26	$1,947	—
1385–1640	1504	75-80%	11	109.00–118.00	$113.18	$1,702	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1150	1019	85-90%	10	65.00–92.00	$80.34	$819	—
925–1150	1036	85-90%	20	102.00–118.00	$112.86	$1,169	—
900–1150	1039	85-90%	13	95.00–106.00	$100.77	$1,047	—
995–1290	1085	85-90%	14	114.00–127.00	$119.12	$1,292	+29.34

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1720	1639	65-75%	5	125.50–129.50	$127.59	$2,091	—
1585–1905	1715	65-75%	14	130.00–138.00	$134.57	$2,308	+1.08

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1815	1518	5	149.00–160.00	$154.94	$2,352	—
1410–2120	1704	17	148.00–178.00	$165.31	$2,817	—
1435–2470	1850	21	169.00–186.00	$175.95	$3,255	+8.95

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1720–2165	1936	4	180.00–186.00	$183.90	$3,560	-1.10

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1168–1600	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,425.00–2,750.00	$2,488.89
1184–1650	1379	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,900.00–2,335.00	$2,179.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1022	989	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,150.00–2,200.00	$2,177.87

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1154–1330	1211	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	3,000.00–3,235.00	$3,166.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,775.00	$2,775.00

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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
1350–1450	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,500.00–2,850.00	$2,650.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,020.00	—

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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.