Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 4, 2021

9,526 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.81/cwt ≈ $894/hd at 626 lb · 402 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.80/cwt +2.80 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 523 lb · 326 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.20/cwt +4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 563 lb · 323 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,526	3,249	11,845
Feeder cattle	8,366	1,002	10,368
Slaughter cattle	827	244	798
Replacement cattle	333	2,003	679

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to three weeks ago, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers uneven from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	325	11	182.50–200.00	$185.94	$604	—
350–396	383	27	172.00–189.00	$180.21	$690	+4.99
402–447	428	98	163.00–180.00	$172.89	$740	+3.04
450–498	478	239	162.00–183.00	$173.69	$830	+12.18
504 fancy	504	9	183.00	$183.00	$922	—
510–519 thin fleshed	514	26	165.00–168.00	$166.79	$857	—
501–548	519	176	153.00–178.00	$162.75	$845	+2.26
542 unweaned	542	13	150.00	$150.00	$813	—
557 unweaned	557	21	146.50	$146.50	$816	—
550–592	563	302	145.00–165.50	$155.80	$877	+4.80
600–647	624	366	137.00–150.50	$143.63	$896	—
647 unweaned	647	36	134.50	$134.50	$870	—
651–698	668	256	134.00–146.00	$139.01	$929	+6.01
700–742	717	292	128.00–144.00	$134.77	$966	—
752–798	785	88	126.00–137.00	$132.53	$1,040	—
822–838	830	73	126.00–138.00	$135.51	$1,125	—
850–865	851	43	120.00–134.00	$133.01	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	330	9	162.50–174.00	$168.33	$555	-3.69
358–398	374	21	161.00–175.00	$168.51	$630	+7.59
402–448	423	84	155.00–170.00	$164.23	$695	+4.28
450–499	478	110	146.00–164.00	$157.81	$754	+7.21
508–549	535	204	140.00–158.00	$151.88	$813	+2.57
550–595	578	171	136.00–151.00	$143.88	$832	+3.87
602–648	626	180	128.00–142.00	$136.31	$853	+3.70
655–698	686	215	126.00–135.00	$130.66	$896	+5.52
700–745	726	127	123.00–133.00	$129.32	$939	+7.70
757–797	782	68	119.00–130.00	$127.39	$996	—
801–849	837	153	121.00–131.00	$125.18	$1,048	—
854–889	876	45	122.00–127.00	$125.55	$1,100	+0.08
900–925	917	127	123.00–126.50	$125.94	$1,155	—
987–991	988	11	118.00	$118.00	$1,166	+0.69
1067	1067	29	109.50	$109.50	$1,168	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	177.00	$177.00	$666	—
486–488	487	16	147.50–159.00	$155.42	$757	—
535–545	544	33	152.50–164.00	$162.97	$887	—
630	630	20	143.50	$143.50	$904	—
680–694	686	22	134.50–135.00	$134.73	$924	—
803	803	16	130.00	$130.00	$1,044	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	11	155.00	$155.00	$922	—
606–644	625	42	138.00–143.00	$140.72	$880	—
660–683	676	18	126.00–138.00	$133.97	$906	—
738	738	6	125.00	$125.00	$922	—
753	753	26	137.50	$137.50	$1,035	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–490	471	7	146.00–150.00	$148.21	$698	—
510–536	517	26	144.00–147.00	$144.84	$749	-2.16
594–598	595	12	135.00–140.00	$136.26	$811	—
653–671	664	8	130.00–131.00	$130.37	$866	—
744	744	8	128.50	$128.50	$956	—
832–833	833	6	123.00–127.00	$125.00	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	6	152.50	$152.50	$590	+6.01
402	402	6	140.00–144.00	$142.00	$571	+1.43
502–513	505	11	135.00	$135.00	$682	+4.51
551–597	568	14	122.00–134.00	$129.80	$737	—
640	640	5	128.00	$128.00	$819	+4.69

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	9	120.00	$120.00	$384	—
469	469	6	130.00	$130.00	$610	—
556	556	9	120.00	$120.00	$667	—
724	724	6	102.00	$102.00	$738	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586–598	590	13	139.00–140.00	$139.69	$824	—
634	634	8	128.00	$128.00	$812	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	9	128.00	$128.00	$737	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	147.00	$147.00	$507	—
350–398	374	51	144.00–152.00	$149.56	$559	+2.94
402–442	425	114	140.00–152.50	$145.00	$616	+5.00
450–498	473	187	135.00–147.00	$137.70	$651	-0.27
503–545	523	300	130.00–141.00	$134.43	$703	+3.43
519–536 unweaned	529	26	120.00–128.00	$126.50	$669	—
550–592	570	255	120.00–139.00	$130.56	$744	-0.97
604	604	4	122.00	$122.00	$737	-5.00
600–642	628	207	123.00–133.00	$128.46	$807	+1.46
650–695	673	196	119.00–130.00	$125.32	$843	—
703–744	715	132	117.50–134.00	$127.27	$910	—
766–780	771	47	124.00–126.00	$125.21	$965	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	342	12	137.50–147.50	$141.78	$485	+6.42
364–395	386	35	128.00–143.00	$138.65	$535	+5.79
400–446	424	53	131.00–138.00	$134.52	$570	+6.29
455–499	478	119	125.00–135.00	$129.97	$621	+1.12
504–547	528	121	120.00–132.50	$126.29	$667	-1.13
551–599	583	167	114.00–127.00	$121.27	$707	+4.33
584 unweaned	584	5	120.00	$120.00	$701	—
602–649	630	151	110.00–125.00	$122.61	$772	+9.68
662–698	683	28	111.00–120.00	$115.43	$788	—
702–743	728	90	113.00–123.00	$120.41	$877	—
762–798	780	30	117.00–119.00	$117.73	$918	—
800–845	831	47	113.00–121.00	$117.30	$975	—
850–887	878	43	115.00–120.00	$117.06	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391–398	395	11	125.00–131.00	$128.30	$507	+10.75
405–428	423	13	120.00–125.00	$123.89	$524	+15.85
476–492	482	20	120.00–124.00	$121.43	$585	—
578–580	580	18	110.00	$110.00	$638	-0.29
651–696	670	65	100.00–112.00	$106.01	$710	+1.80
823	823	10	108.00	$108.00	$889	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427–442	435	13	139.00–142.50	$140.91	$613	+3.91
515–544	526	54	133.00–139.00	$137.11	$721	—
594	594	6	125.00	$125.00	$742	—
609–613	612	26	123.00–129.00	$127.39	$780	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	125.00	$125.00	$538	—
564–596	579	21	126.00–133.00	$129.43	$749	—
660	660	11	127.00	$127.00	$838	—
762	762	3	107.50	$107.50	$819	—
822	822	28	125.00	$125.00	$1,028	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	5	125.00	$125.00	$441	—
498	498	5	120.00	$120.00	$598	—
570–593	582	9	120.00–123.00	$120.98	$704	—
630–634	633	10	114.00–122.50	$116.54	$738	—
713	713	5	117.00	$117.00	$834	—
806	806	18	118.50	$118.50	$955	+18.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–383	374	9	130.00–138.00	$134.36	$503	—
421–422	422	16	132.00–136.00	$135.00	$570	+15.00
458–487	469	8	125.00–128.00	$126.83	$595	—
622	622	11	115.00	$115.00	$715	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	5	110.00	$110.00	$534	—
809	809	5	103.00	$103.00	$833	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	9	108.00	$108.00	$597	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	110.00	$110.00	$404	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	3	173.00	$173.00	$670	—
459	459	4	161.00	$161.00	$739	—
500–547	523	22	124.00–148.00	$130.56	$683	+5.36
567	567	5	131.00	$131.00	$743	+16.60
602	602	4	127.50	$127.50	$768	+8.01
662–680	672	19	110.00–120.00	$112.36	$755	-2.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486–492	489	17	143.00–145.00	$144.18	$705	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–1075	866	85-90%	24	14.00–28.00	$20.35	$176	-11.31
725–1245	969	85-90%	99	28.00–40.00	$33.94	$329	—
685–1415	1035	85-90%	159	39.00–49.00	$43.95	$455	—
825–1480	1085	85-90%	65	47.00–58.00	$52.30	$567	+1.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1545	1202	80-85%	26	42.00–47.50	$44.94	$540	-8.39
960–1570	1208	80-85%	151	46.00–57.00	$52.13	$630	-1.20
1065–1395	1240	80-85%	31	55.00–65.00	$58.28	$723	+0.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1580	1381	75-80%	40	42.00–53.00	$50.02	$691	-0.58
1165–1765	1414	75-80%	110	52.00–58.00	$54.83	$775	+0.32
1270–1745	1454	75-80%	21	58.00–65.00	$60.88	$885	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2120	1563	21	52.00–77.00	$69.23	$1,082	—
1325–2300	1659	42	73.00–86.00	$79.50	$1,319	—
1175–2055	1810	14	85.00–98.00	$91.42	$1,655	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–1335	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	84.00–103.00	$93.77	$938
915–1245	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	66.00–80.00	$71.85	$721

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–1115	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	45.00–68.00	$55.56	$528

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1510	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	51.00–64.00	$58.88	$709

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1085	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–95.00	$79.44	$730

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1590	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	900.00–1,200.00	$989.79
1205–1515	1367	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,150.00	$974.91

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1020	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	425.00–625.00	$522.67
860–1175	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	400.00–750.00	$645.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1305	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–800.00	$761.21
765–1525	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	650.00–875.00	$786.94

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–935	749	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	250.00–400.00	$336.77

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1225	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	650.00–950.00	$857.59

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1305	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	550.00–625.00	$595.59

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
796–835	812	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	700.00–775.00	$710.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–775	752	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	600.00	$600.00

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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
700–1225	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,300.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–950.00	$850.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645–750	680	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–950.00	$933.33	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–750	673	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–600.00	$558.33	—

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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.