Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

4,034 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.18/cwt +5.97 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 631 lb · 201 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $172.20/cwt +14.26 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 521 lb · 192 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.13/cwt +5.64 vs last sale · ≈ $880/hd at 567 lb · 151 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,034	5,717	4,344
Feeder cattle	3,499	4,800	3,656
Slaughter cattle	394	516	424
Replacement cattle	141	401	264

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots up to 8.00 higher on steer calves early week. Slaughter cows steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter 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
315–346	339	43	180.00–200.00	$195.38	$662	+7.31
413 fancy	413	61	202.00	$202.00	$834	—
402–448	425	55	162.50–176.00	$171.64	$729	-1.83
452–498	474	124	168.00–176.00	$174.37	$827	+6.21
512 fancy	512	74	186.00	$186.00	$952	—
500–549	527	118	150.00–167.50	$163.55	$862	+5.61
550–577 unweaned	567	14	143.00–145.00	$144.31	$818	—
550–596	567	137	148.00–168.00	$156.24	$886	+6.75
618–644	631	201	140.00–155.50	$149.18	$941	+5.97
651–698	671	123	134.00–148.50	$141.04	$946	+3.97
707–741	722	113	131.50–136.50	$134.79	$973	-1.95
754–792	776	62	129.00–135.50	$131.47	$1,020	+3.28
807–810	809	74	128.00–132.25	$130.54	$1,056	+3.55
879	879	20	121.50	$121.50	$1,068	-9.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343	332	19	160.00–166.00	$162.93	$541	-2.78
375–399	395	8	160.00–168.00	$163.89	$647	-1.82
422–449	434	60	150.00–167.00	$158.40	$687	-0.71
464–493	475	54	148.00–165.00	$156.26	$742	+1.16
502–549	535	50	138.00–155.00	$147.75	$790	-1.79
552–585	569	26	136.00–145.00	$140.44	$799	+3.81
618–644	633	62	130.00–142.00	$133.85	$847	+5.03
650–677	665	35	122.50–135.00	$131.25	$873	+4.06
700–747	728	60	123.00–130.00	$127.71	$930	+3.19
750–784	770	47	110.00–128.00	$120.72	$930	+1.38
861–892	870	32	119.50–124.00	$121.64	$1,058	+4.25
956–973	970	27	111.00–118.00	$116.72	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	4	140.00	$140.00	$573	+2.02
465	465	3	141.00	$141.00	$656	+1.28
525	525	4	135.00	$135.00	$709	+1.41
560–570	564	7	132.50–138.00	$134.88	$761	+10.75
635–645	643	26	118.00–127.00	$124.12	$798	+6.40

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–423	420	6	154.00–165.00	$159.54	$670	—
512–543	527	13	135.00–142.50	$136.68	$720	+1.68
662–694	685	11	119.00–125.00	$120.58	$826	—
715	715	5	126.00	$126.00	$901	—
756	756	6	120.00	$120.00	$907	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
614	614	14	153.00	$153.00	$939	+16.00
674	674	5	135.00	$135.00	$910	—
725	725	9	134.00	$134.00	$972	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	145.00	$145.00	$618	—
561	561	5	128.00	$128.00	$718	+0.87
658	658	6	126.00	$126.00	$829	+2.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	22	164.00	$164.00	$522	+12.79
351–398	376	46	148.00–160.00	$153.02	$575	+0.36
402–442	426	50	139.00–150.00	$144.22	$614	+3.89
461 unweaned	461	9	134.00	$134.00	$618	—
451–482	466	46	138.00–142.00	$140.25	$654	+1.51
510–548	529	97	129.00–139.00	$133.25	$705	-0.62
551 unweaned	551	5	124.00	$124.00	$683	—
550–589	569	110	128.00–138.00	$132.93	$756	+4.34
600–649	624	97	124.00–137.00	$131.37	$820	+4.62
660–697	686	10	127.00–129.00	$127.58	$875	+3.64
704–739	728	52	122.00–126.00	$124.68	$908	+3.68
900	900	39	114.75	$114.75	$1,033	—
961	961	27	114.75	$114.75	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	144.50	$144.50	$462	+5.21
355–382	370	7	136.00–145.00	$139.70	$517	+3.42
416–436	429	28	125.00–138.00	$132.60	$569	+3.98
452–498	483	54	125.00–135.00	$129.70	$626	+0.93
507–549	531	65	120.00–128.00	$125.56	$667	+2.01
568–599	583	33	122.50–129.00	$124.56	$726	+6.55
622–639	630	25	113.00–117.50	$115.09	$725	-1.78
653–695	675	68	113.00–120.00	$116.84	$789	+1.32
702–722	717	30	115.00–118.00	$115.86	$831	+1.86
752–792	760	67	112.00–120.00	$118.64	$902	+5.09
985–988	986	10	102.00–109.00	$106.90	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–343	330	7	137.00–140.00	$138.34	$457	—
497	497	3	124.00	$124.00	$616	+4.42
593	593	3	107.00	$107.00	$635	-0.77
642	642	8	115.00	$115.00	$738	+12.19
669	669	5	109.00	$109.00	$729	-0.68
708–731	720	10	100.00	$100.00	$720	-4.82
860	860	3	91.00	$91.00	$783	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	5	146.00	$146.00	$491	—
352	352	6	124.00	$124.00	$436	—
544	544	7	125.00	$125.00	$680	—
595	595	5	126.00	$126.00	$750	—
679	679	5	117.00	$117.00	$794	-1.00
707	707	5	107.00	$107.00	$756	-11.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	9	162.50	$162.50	$570	—
602	602	9	124.00	$124.00	$746	-4.00
658–664	660	10	120.00–131.00	$124.42	$821	+6.92

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–485	467	14	132.00–133.00	$132.22	$617	-0.78

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–474	465	8	124.00–126.00	$124.73	$580	—
905	905	5	112.00	$112.00	$1,014	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	5	103.00	$103.00	$581	-3.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	7	128.00	$128.00	$667	-7.43
580–598	589	18	110.00–122.00	$116.07	$684	-6.20
620	620	4	111.00	$111.00	$688	-5.97
650–695	667	16	114.00–120.00	$117.27	$782	+3.31
840	840	3	97.50	$97.50	$819	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	152.50	$152.50	$473	-15.00
460	460	3	150.00	$150.00	$690	-7.50
510	510	3	137.50	$137.50	$701	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1505–1565	1535	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,550.00–1,675.00	$1,613.72	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1240	1122	80-85%	12	44.00–49.00	$46.42	$521	—
990–1340	1149	80-85%	59	49.00–56.00	$53.76	$618	—
985–1430	1178	80-85%	43	57.00–66.00	$60.34	$711	+3.08

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–1225	931	85-90%	14	15.00–30.00	$19.83	$185	—
820–1365	1004	85-90%	25	28.00–40.00	$35.08	$352	-8.78
725–1350	1013	85-90%	18	50.00–61.00	$53.20	$539	+9.34
755–1495	1033	85-90%	36	40.00–52.00	$45.72	$472	+1.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1430	1342	75-80%	10	46.00–53.00	$50.52	$678	—
1200–1650	1398	75-80%	25	59.00–68.00	$61.60	$861	—
1125–1830	1406	75-80%	50	54.00–60.00	$57.03	$802	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1750	1484	7	50.00–79.00	$69.52	$1,032	-0.89
1050–2075	1659	30	78.00–90.00	$83.93	$1,392	—
1555–2360	1911	17	87.00–98.00	$92.14	$1,761	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1100	1013	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	82.50–100.00	$90.49	$917
1085–1325	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	65.00–77.00	$71.44	$878

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1105	901	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	45.00–60.00	$53.95	$486

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1040	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–71.00	$70.54	$683

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1075–1170	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	51.00–59.00	$55.17	$620

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–1145	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	400.00–775.00	$618.28
980–1160	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00–700.00	$585.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1400	1212	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	575.00–1,075.00	$901.26
1220–1225	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$924.95

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–850	771	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	180.00–400.00	$268.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1235	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	600.00–875.00	$759.81

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1065	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$849.75

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–975	933	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	525.00–900.00	$742.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–780	745	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	500.00–600.00	$547.65

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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.