Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

9,266 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $134.60/cwt -0.17 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 721 lb · 323 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.61/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 627 lb · 317 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.13/cwt -5.18 vs last sale · ≈ $822/hd at 627 lb · 267 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,266	9,526	5,424
Feeder cattle	8,249	8,366	4,544
Slaughter cattle	605	827	450
Replacement cattle	412	333	430

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves steady to 3.00 higher, yearlings mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–349	342	27	183.00–192.00	$186.54	$638	+0.60
364 thin fleshed	364	7	198.00	$198.00	$721	—
358–396	384	63	177.50–190.00	$184.21	$707	+4.00
400–445	429	130	169.00–187.00	$180.34	$774	+7.45
450–497	473	172	164.00–185.00	$173.41	$820	-0.28
501–545	519	251	146.00–174.00	$160.70	$834	-2.05
551–586	566	141	145.00–156.00	$151.79	$859	-4.01
600–647	627	317	134.00–153.00	$143.61	$900	-0.02
650–693	661	107	136.00–150.00	$143.83	$951	+4.82
702–739	721	323	131.00–141.00	$134.60	$970	-0.17
760–790	771	164	129.00–134.00	$131.26	$1,012	-1.27
809–837	826	186	124.00–131.75	$130.51	$1,078	-5.00
854–872	863	129	128.50–131.50	$130.47	$1,126	-2.54
913	913	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,205	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–310	305	7	164.00–172.00	$167.49	$511	-0.84
352–392	379	39	160.00–176.00	$165.91	$629	-2.60
400–448	426	72	149.00–171.00	$163.89	$698	-0.34
450–499	482	175	147.50–164.00	$158.11	$762	+0.30
502–548	527	213	139.00–158.00	$150.31	$792	-1.57
562 unweaned	562	10	135.00	$135.00	$759	—
550–599	578	202	132.00–150.00	$141.34	$817	-2.54
600–647	627	267	120.00–139.00	$131.13	$822	-5.18
650–698	676	157	118.00–135.00	$126.96	$858	-3.70
701–749	728	234	120.00–132.00	$127.92	$931	-1.40
755–784	766	44	116.00–129.00	$122.89	$941	-4.50
803–832	821	20	114.50–127.00	$119.39	$980	-5.79
851–896	870	126	110.00–122.50	$119.71	$1,041	-5.84
925–948	936	13	117.00–125.00	$121.25	$1,135	-4.69
1005–1017	1007	26	110.00–117.50	$116.04	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–349	344	10	150.00–160.00	$156.09	$537	—
375–382	379	8	143.00–157.00	$150.06	$569	-2.44
415–443	430	21	130.00–152.50	$142.29	$612	+0.29
455–495	481	22	134.00–142.50	$137.85	$663	—
505–549	529	49	128.00–140.00	$133.94	$709	-1.06
565–598	581	41	127.00–139.00	$133.36	$775	+3.56
618–639	629	28	111.00–126.00	$118.24	$744	-9.76
682	682	5	114.00	$114.00	$777	—
718	718	3	112.50	$112.50	$808	—
778–789	783	10	108.00–117.00	$113.72	$890	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459–499	471	13	144.00–156.00	$147.91	$697	-0.30
561–590	570	10	132.50–142.00	$139.05	$793	+2.79
601–635	618	17	125.00–134.00	$130.02	$804	—
654–683	666	49	129.00–133.00	$130.87	$872	+0.50
700–749	736	28	110.00–128.00	$125.75	$926	-2.75
803–838	818	20	115.00–120.00	$117.78	$963	-7.22

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	172.50	$172.50	$685	—
444	444	5	145.00	$145.00	$644	—
472–496	483	9	148.00–149.00	$148.54	$717	—
534	534	8	153.00	$153.00	$817	—
561–595	582	22	123.00–135.00	$129.80	$755	-9.89

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	10	170.00	$170.00	$831	+14.58
560–561	561	20	147.00–153.00	$150.00	$842	—
600	600	5	139.00	$139.00	$834	-4.50
770	770	12	128.00	$128.00	$986	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	7	175.00	$175.00	$749	—
505–532	524	10	160.00–166.00	$161.74	$848	—
610	610	4	139.00	$139.00	$848	-1.72
668	668	22	135.00	$135.00	$902	+1.03
710	710	3	120.00	$120.00	$852	-5.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568–585	578	10	124.00–131.00	$128.60	$743	+0.60

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	150.00	$150.00	$506	+30.00
429	429	5	138.00	$138.00	$592	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–342	326	31	149.00–162.00	$154.27	$503	+7.27
350–395	372	71	145.00–156.00	$149.84	$557	+0.28
408–446	427	147	136.00–148.00	$142.07	$607	-2.93
451–495	468	151	134.00–146.00	$138.88	$650	+1.18
502–549	523	199	124.00–137.00	$131.03	$685	-3.40
550–599	573	144	125.00–140.00	$130.47	$748	-0.09
600–644	622	119	122.00–127.50	$124.48	$774	-3.98
668–688	676	58	120.00–125.00	$121.61	$822	-3.71
712–732	714	140	118.00–126.50	$124.54	$889	-2.73
778	778	46	121.50	$121.50	$945	-3.71
821	821	32	121.00	$121.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–348	328	32	135.00–147.00	$137.95	$452	-3.83
368–392	381	46	125.00–143.00	$137.56	$524	-1.09
415–441	431	88	125.00–140.00	$135.26	$583	+0.74
455–495	475	145	120.00–135.00	$128.85	$612	-1.12
502–549	527	202	116.00–128.00	$123.06	$649	-3.23
549 unweaned	549	11	119.00	$119.00	$653	—
551–598	575	107	114.00–128.00	$121.24	$697	-0.03
602–640	618	124	111.00–122.00	$116.84	$722	-5.77
652–697	678	137	110.00–120.00	$115.29	$782	-0.14
702–742	723	67	109.00–117.00	$113.05	$817	-7.36
802	802	5	115.00	$115.00	$922	-2.30
853	853	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,007	+0.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	9	135.00	$135.00	$410	—
352–378	364	25	110.00–136.00	$122.60	$446	-5.70
428–445	439	13	102.50–126.00	$112.78	$495	-11.11
450–498	461	54	100.00–135.00	$113.10	$521	-8.33
503–530	512	20	100.00–119.50	$110.52	$566	—
550–598	578	63	100.00–115.00	$107.93	$624	-2.07
605–645	625	65	100.00–114.00	$104.22	$651	—
655–695	676	52	100.00–113.00	$104.93	$709	-1.08
706–727	715	12	106.00–110.00	$106.99	$765	—
768–786	777	31	104.00–107.00	$104.80	$814	—
884	884	7	104.00	$104.00	$919	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	5	137.00	$137.00	$522	+12.00
452–485	471	7	120.00–130.00	$124.11	$585	+4.11
513–540	525	19	122.50–127.00	$125.34	$658	—
568–575	572	6	111.00–120.00	$115.47	$660	-5.51
662–673	667	28	114.00–120.00	$116.60	$778	—
736	736	7	109.00	$109.00	$802	-8.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	9	138.00	$138.00	$443	—
387	387	5	137.00	$137.00	$530	+2.64
410–426	423	14	110.00–139.00	$132.97	$562	-2.03
548	548	5	119.00	$119.00	$652	—
563	563	5	120.00	$120.00	$676	—
807	807	7	103.00	$103.00	$831	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	5	120.00	$120.00	$677	-9.43
611–640	616	17	122.00–124.50	$124.04	$764	—
781	781	5	119.00	$119.00	$929	+11.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554–556	555	8	100.00–110.00	$104.99	$583	-3.01

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	6	100.00	$100.00	$601	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	6	70.00	$70.00	$284	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	367	9	140.00–145.00	$142.24	$522	-30.76
475–498	486	18	126.00–150.00	$139.22	$677	-21.78
510	510	3	132.50	$132.50	$676	+1.94
568–589	581	8	120.00–124.00	$122.53	$712	-8.47
609–647	631	20	110.00–126.00	$117.80	$743	-9.70
680–682	681	8	115.00–118.00	$116.50	$793	+4.14
877	877	5	85.00	$85.00	$745	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	13	155.00–175.00	$164.23	$593	—
447	447	3	165.00	$165.00	$738	—
521	521	8	150.00	$150.00	$782	—
568–588	575	19	133.00–135.00	$133.70	$769	—
623	623	5	126.00	$126.00	$785	—
724	724	7	122.00	$122.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–597	570	7	120.00–123.00	$121.65	$693	—
662–685	676	8	111.00–119.00	$116.06	$785	—
710–715	712	7	103.00–113.00	$108.70	$774	—
756	756	4	94.00	$94.00	$711	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1075	1073	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,166.46	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1380	945	85-90%	22	16.00–28.00	$22.68	$214	—
755–1440	1024	85-90%	70	28.00–38.00	$32.80	$336	-11.15
665–1525	1065	85-90%	147	38.00–48.00	$43.50	$463	-8.80
845–1485	1111	85-90%	44	47.00–57.00	$50.31	$559	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1360	1195	80-85%	30	42.00–48.00	$45.16	$540	—
1000–1495	1199	80-85%	103	46.00–55.00	$51.43	$617	—
1070–1355	1237	80-85%	7	56.00–60.00	$57.26	$708	-1.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1590	1380	75-80%	40	45.00–52.50	$49.23	$679	-0.79
1170–1900	1444	75-80%	50	48.00–57.00	$54.00	$780	-0.83
1510–1630	1590	75-80%	3	59.00–60.00	$59.68	$949	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1995	1502	19	53.00–73.00	$65.12	$978	—
1305–2385	1713	31	73.00–84.00	$78.55	$1,346	—
1610–2130	1907	13	80.00–90.00	$84.42	$1,610	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1290	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	45.00–65.00	$54.77	$585

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
510–1310	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	40.00–66.00	$54.97	$511

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1300	1007	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	71.00–95.50	$84.61	$852
715–1225	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	67.50–80.00	$73.74	$774

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560–1085	735	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	72.50–75.00	$73.73	$542
568–1145	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	60.00–85.00	$73.95	$674

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–1110	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	45	400.00–800.00	$594.78
835–1090	951	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–750.00	$635.12
910–1240	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	475.00–750.00	$643.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1375	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00–900.00	$880.82
1080–1545	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	900.00–1,100.00	$991.07
1180–1420	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	850.00	$850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1300	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	600.00–1,000.00	$810.77
1000–1150	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1200	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–875.00	$788.14
1000–1315	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	600.00–825.00	$758.70
1060–1222	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	525.00–750.00	$681.93

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
505–955	727	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	150.00–425.00	$328.78

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
812–1020	892	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	875.00–925.00	$896.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
667–1050	710	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	625.00–775.00	$647.85

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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
1166–1370	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,390.00	—
1269	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1205	1041	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–1,050.00	$837.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
953	953	14	60.00	$60.00	$572	—

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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.