Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

5,717 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.59/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 573 lb · 242 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.21/cwt -0.40 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 617 lb · 202 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.07/cwt -6.76 vs last sale · ≈ $913/hd at 666 lb · 145 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,717	9,266	4,072
Feeder cattle	4,800	8,249	3,547
Slaughter cattle	516	605	298
Replacement cattle	401	412	227

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves steady to 5.00 lower, yearlings steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–325	322	6	182.00–194.00	$188.07	$606	+1.53
350–399	372	9	184.00–194.50	$189.49	$705	+5.28
408–438	425	41	167.50–182.00	$173.47	$737	-6.87
451–499	469	73	162.50–180.00	$168.16	$789	-5.25
503–540	521	104	150.00–163.50	$157.94	$823	-2.76
552–598	573	130	145.00–156.00	$149.49	$857	-2.30
600–641	617	202	134.00–150.00	$143.21	$884	-0.40
651–680	666	145	134.00–142.00	$137.07	$913	-6.76
701–730	710	93	133.50–142.00	$136.74	$971	+2.14
755–781	765	46	127.00–130.00	$128.19	$981	-3.07
805–848	840	89	126.75–128.00	$126.99	$1,067	-3.52
853–863	861	74	127.50–131.25	$130.65	$1,125	+0.18
929	929	57	123.75	$123.75	$1,150	-8.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	331	19	160.00–172.50	$165.71	$549	-1.78
350–390	382	22	160.00–178.00	$165.71	$633	-0.20
401–447	425	61	150.00–166.00	$159.11	$676	-4.78
454–493 thin fleshed	470	12	159.00	$159.00	$747	—
453–499	479	74	150.00–158.00	$155.10	$743	-3.01
500–549	521	62	140.00–155.00	$149.54	$779	-0.77
568–599	586	140	128.00–145.00	$136.63	$801	-4.71
605–642	621	74	120.00–135.00	$128.82	$800	-2.31
650–698	669	129	120.00–133.00	$127.19	$851	+0.23
700–749	729	104	118.00–127.50	$124.52	$908	-3.40
762–792	768	23	115.00–120.00	$119.34	$917	-3.55
805–845	817	58	115.00–125.00	$120.10	$981	+0.71
886–891	889	15	115.00–121.00	$117.39	$1,044	-2.32
912–943	931	8	118.00	$118.00	$1,099	-3.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	147.00	$147.00	$482	-9.09
410–430	422	9	135.00–140.00	$137.98	$582	-4.31
452–490	478	58	125.00–145.00	$139.72	$668	+1.87
493 thin fleshed	493	3	146.00	$146.00	$720	—
529–547	538	49	125.00–138.00	$133.59	$719	-0.35
550–588	571	39	112.50–136.00	$124.13	$709	-9.23
600–618	608	12	114.00–121.00	$117.72	$716	-0.52
650–675	659	9	100.00–117.50	$109.93	$724	-4.07
735	735	5	112.00	$112.00	$823	-0.50
872	872	3	90.00	$90.00	$785	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–488	479	6	140.00–144.00	$141.96	$680	-5.95
557–561	559	7	125.00–130.00	$127.13	$711	-11.92
602–642	625	9	125.00–130.00	$126.68	$792	-3.34
651–695	664	10	120.00–125.00	$123.43	$820	-7.44
735	735	7	126.00	$126.00	$926	+0.25

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	15	125.00	$125.00	$500	-13.00
460–465	463	6	126.00–130.00	$128.01	$593	—
594	594	4	122.50	$122.50	$728	—
826	826	7	100.00	$100.00	$826	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	6	155.00	$155.00	$722	—
526	526	4	140.00	$140.00	$736	-21.74
577–590	584	14	132.00–146.00	$140.08	$818	—
634	634	7	137.00	$137.00	$869	-2.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	18	137.50	$137.50	$870	-1.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–488	484	7	146.00–152.50	$148.81	$720	+0.27
540	540	10	135.00	$135.00	$729	-18.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	321	18	148.00–157.00	$151.21	$485	-3.06
350–392	369	55	148.00–156.50	$152.66	$563	+2.82
401–445	421	59	137.00–147.00	$140.33	$591	-1.74
453–496	474	105	132.00–146.00	$138.74	$658	-0.14
501–548	523	68	128.00–142.00	$133.87	$700	+2.84
551–599	573	242	125.00–133.00	$128.59	$737	-1.88
610–647	623	44	124.00–132.00	$126.75	$790	+2.27
655–698	679	110	122.00–129.00	$123.94	$842	+2.33
710	710	11	121.00	$121.00	$859	-3.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	332	20	132.50–145.00	$139.29	$462	+1.34
370–398	389	24	128.00–144.00	$136.28	$530	-1.28
400–449	429	36	123.00–136.00	$128.62	$552	-6.64
456–497	475	112	116.00–135.00	$128.77	$612	-0.08
502–545	526	103	115.00–130.00	$123.55	$650	+0.49
550–599	576	91	111.00–125.00	$118.01	$680	-3.23
606–647	628	51	110.00–121.00	$116.87	$734	+0.03
651–693	665	47	107.50–121.00	$115.52	$768	+0.23
705–745	722	36	105.00–119.00	$114.00	$823	+0.95
755–792	779	12	108.00–116.00	$113.55	$885	—
848	848	3	105.00	$105.00	$890	—
900–915	907	28	95.00–110.50	$106.58	$967	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	10	102.50	$102.50	$403	-20.10
418–433	425	10	100.00–125.00	$113.56	$483	+0.78
453–498	472	21	112.50–125.00	$119.58	$564	+6.48
509–547	534	19	114.00–120.00	$115.18	$615	+4.66
555–596	585	18	95.00–112.50	$107.77	$630	-0.16
609–640	628	34	100.00–107.00	$102.81	$646	-1.41
671–692	678	9	109.00–111.00	$109.68	$744	+4.75
715–717	715	17	104.00–105.00	$104.82	$749	-2.17
761	761	12	107.00	$107.00	$814	+2.20

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–465	459	17	125.00	$125.00	$574	+0.89
500	500	11	110.00	$110.00	$550	-15.34
634	634	5	112.00	$112.00	$710	—
650–693	679	9	118.00	$118.00	$801	+1.40
705	705	11	118.00	$118.00	$832	+9.00
828	828	5	100.00	$100.00	$828	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	131.00	$131.00	$605	—
531	531	8	128.00	$128.00	$680	—
580	580	4	127.00	$127.00	$737	+7.00
633	633	10	128.00	$128.00	$810	+3.96
650	650	3	117.50	$117.50	$764	—
739	739	7	116.00	$116.00	$857	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	5	110.00	$110.00	$573	—
568–580	576	16	105.00–108.00	$106.11	$611	+1.12
631	631	6	105.00	$105.00	$663	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	135.00	$135.00	$518	-2.00
401–430	409	20	130.00–131.00	$130.80	$535	-2.17

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	5	137.50	$137.50	$606	—
487	487	13	133.00	$133.00	$648	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	8	100.00	$100.00	$698	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–445	431	7	120.00–130.00	$124.42	$536	—
455	455	4	135.00	$135.00	$614	-4.22
513–530	522	6	131.00–140.00	$135.43	$707	+2.93
575–586	582	22	115.00–127.00	$122.27	$712	-0.26
610–630	622	9	110.00–122.00	$116.97	$728	-0.83
663–692	678	15	110.00–117.00	$113.96	$773	-2.54
953	953	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	167.50	$167.50	$561	—
456	456	4	157.50	$157.50	$718	—
519–520	519	8	131.00–135.00	$132.50	$688	-17.50
551–574	566	15	125.00–130.00	$126.62	$717	-7.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	115.00	$115.00	$682	-6.65
617–638	626	9	116.00–117.50	$116.82	$731	—
679	679	5	119.00	$119.00	$808	+2.94
756–770	762	7	101.00–106.00	$103.83	$791	+9.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1565	1358	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,250.00–1,550.00	$1,380.67	—
1655	1655	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1255	951	85-90%	45	30.00–39.00	$34.96	$332	—
650–1295	970	85-90%	12	18.00–28.00	$23.47	$228	—
755–1455	1036	85-90%	75	38.00–48.00	$43.86	$454	+11.06
845–1400	1057	85-90%	46	48.00–57.00	$50.98	$539	+7.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1910	1446	75-80%	77	49.50–57.00	$54.76	$792	+0.76
1250–1685	1460	75-80%	24	40.00–53.00	$49.60	$724	—
1255–1840	1514	75-80%	29	54.00–63.00	$58.49	$886	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1585	1187	80-85%	39	54.00–63.00	$57.26	$680	+12.10
1060–1430	1189	80-85%	14	41.50–49.00	$45.70	$543	+0.54
770–1665	1200	80-85%	68	49.00–57.00	$53.20	$638	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1705	1479	8	60.00–77.00	$70.41	$1,041	—
1215–2315	1607	30	77.00–87.00	$82.11	$1,320	—
1295–2135	1722	18	87.00–100.00	$90.16	$1,553	+11.61

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1115	939	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	85.00–113.00	$100.99	$948
900–1165	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	69.00–80.00	$72.62	$781

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1165	884	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	48.00–115.00	$71.78	$635

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1585	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	52.50–65.00	$55.94	$680

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
555–1050	798	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	62.50–87.50	$76.82	$613

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1331	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	950.00–1,000.00	$990.00
1015–1700	1276	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	56	800.00–1,275.00	$1,102.26
1015–1580	1419	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	875.00–1,175.00	$1,034.00
1290–1473	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	875.00–925.00	$920.57

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1000	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–775.00	$656.54
770–1215	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	475.00–850.00	$635.40
970–1165	1084	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	400.00–775.00	$621.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1590	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	650.00–925.00	$817.62
1125–1405	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	650.00–875.00	$759.70

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–840	716	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	17	250.00–475.00	$370.82

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1185	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	825.00–950.00	$892.00
980–1380	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	850.00–1,175.00	$939.72

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
897	897	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00

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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
1058–1375	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,235.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–850.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160–1515	1317	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.