Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

7,764 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.67/cwt +5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 530 lb · 308 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.16/cwt -3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $990/hd at 630 lb · 299 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $166.98/cwt +2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,135/hd at 680 lb · 295 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,764	6,240	9,266
Feeder cattle	6,721	5,167	8,249
Slaughter cattle	643	606	605
Replacement cattle	400	467	412

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except some steers early week spots 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, some high dressing cows as much as 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	5	222.50	$222.50	$621	—
305–348	337	26	193.00–213.00	$201.00	$677	—
361–390 thin fleshed	367	10	213.00–215.00	$214.11	$786	—
350–395	375	48	192.00–209.00	$198.61	$745	-7.69
408–419 thin fleshed	414	11	202.50–205.00	$203.40	$842	-0.10
400–447	428	89	180.00–200.00	$194.14	$831	-4.26
436 fancy	436	6	205.00	$205.00	$894	—
450–499	474	97	180.00–202.50	$190.98	$905	-14.27
495 value added	495	9	190.00	$190.00	$940	—
502–533 thin fleshed	512	32	190.00–207.00	$197.96	$1,014	-5.29
500–542	521	178	167.50–199.00	$185.51	$967	-12.00
550–578 value added	560	35	179.00–188.00	$184.55	$1,033	—
550–598	562	182	170.00–193.00	$182.55	$1,026	+0.37
601 fancy	601	83	175.50	$175.50	$1,055	—
605–640	623	137	157.00–180.00	$171.59	$1,069	-0.72
636 value added	636	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,126	+10.00
650–697	680	295	160.00–179.00	$166.98	$1,135	+2.95
714 value added	714	25	158.00	$158.00	$1,128	—
707–749	719	125	150.00–161.00	$158.04	$1,136	-1.44
755–763	761	4	152.00–162.50	$159.90	$1,217	-1.62
844	844	42	152.50	$152.50	$1,287	-3.23
850–871	866	52	146.00–154.00	$151.53	$1,312	-4.33
903	903	62	146.50	$146.50	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–325	325	12	180.00–195.00	$188.75	$613	+3.75
350–395	383	30	168.00–195.00	$183.35	$702	-0.91
405–442	428	52	162.50–187.00	$177.32	$759	-7.57
450–498	475	91	160.00–188.00	$176.85	$840	-0.43
500–548	531	95	145.00–183.00	$172.30	$915	-4.15
552–595	570	128	150.00–173.00	$161.20	$919	-2.95
600–648	630	299	142.00–164.00	$157.16	$990	-3.16
652 unweaned	652	3	135.00	$135.00	$880	—
655–699	683	144	142.50–160.00	$153.01	$1,045	-4.69
702–745	716	62	132.50–157.00	$150.07	$1,075	-5.17
750–799	776	99	130.00–153.00	$146.66	$1,138	-7.37
818–832	828	17	138.00–149.00	$145.49	$1,205	-6.29
850–897	879	12	135.00–146.00	$144.26	$1,268	-0.74
906	906	7	133.50	$133.50	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	360	3	160.00–162.00	$161.33	$581	—
421–433	426	8	167.00–168.00	$167.62	$714	+22.62
455–497	480	23	150.00–170.00	$165.70	$795	+6.81
503–542	519	66	135.00–166.00	$158.06	$820	+3.64
550–599	590	31	136.00–155.00	$151.22	$892	-0.40
615–642	638	14	130.00–145.00	$139.22	$888	-1.38
650–680	666	7	130.00–137.00	$135.17	$900	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–381	372	9	180.00	$180.00	$670	—
488–489	489	8	165.00–181.00	$172.99	$846	-3.33
500–542	519	18	156.00–170.00	$164.01	$851	-9.03
553–590	568	22	150.00–168.00	$156.50	$889	—
632–638	635	11	157.00	$157.00	$997	—
678	678	19	146.50	$146.50	$993	-11.66
738	738	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,100	-1.97
750–760	754	29	141.00–156.00	$149.23	$1,125	-0.77

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	5	192.50	$192.50	$578	—
370–396	385	14	180.00–186.00	$183.53	$707	—
412–447	430	6	185.00–190.00	$187.40	$806	—
489	489	13	181.00	$181.00	$885	—
575	575	10	159.00	$159.00	$914	+2.86
662	662	5	150.00	$150.00	$993	+2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	16	162.00–169.00	$166.51	$546	+0.74
358–395	377	93	162.00–178.00	$168.84	$637	—
402–449	429	94	157.50–169.00	$164.09	$704	+0.23
458–499	483	130	156.00–169.00	$162.34	$784	+2.13
486 unweaned	486	5	155.00	$155.00	$753	—
502–538 value added	529	29	157.00–162.00	$158.14	$837	—
500–548	530	279	150.00–165.00	$157.62	$835	+5.91
550–598	568	139	149.00–162.50	$154.46	$877	+5.36
630 value added	630	8	150.00	$150.00	$945	+1.00
600–648	631	159	145.00–156.00	$148.67	$938	-0.74
654–693	670	74	146.00–151.00	$148.27	$993	+1.01
705–714	712	14	143.50–146.00	$144.03	$1,025	-3.04
789	789	13	141.00	$141.00	$1,112	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	10	163.00	$163.00	$440	—
330–340	337	7	144.00–155.00	$149.41	$504	-2.34
352–395	374	41	144.00–160.00	$154.33	$577	+1.18
400–447	429	76	135.00–158.00	$150.32	$645	+0.57
450–498	476	130	137.00–156.00	$148.57	$707	+1.53
500–549	524	215	130.00–152.00	$143.38	$751	-2.02
550–599	572	146	130.00–148.00	$139.76	$799	-3.58
602–649	622	139	124.00–145.00	$137.88	$858	-2.42
650–695	667	82	127.50–145.00	$138.62	$925	-3.34
701–745	710	42	128.00–140.00	$135.83	$964	-3.06
773–779	776	14	128.00–137.00	$131.87	$1,023	+1.83
810	810	15	138.00	$138.00	$1,118	—
894	894	16	131.50	$131.50	$1,176	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	5	140.00	$140.00	$461	—
424–449	432	12	135.00–142.50	$139.90	$604	+4.41
470–490	479	11	125.00–135.00	$130.90	$627	-8.37
500–531	518	14	125.00–130.00	$126.77	$657	-3.09
562–595	573	29	125.00–132.50	$129.50	$742	+3.50
605–645	625	4	115.00–123.00	$120.16	$751	-9.84
680–695	691	4	120.00–123.00	$120.74	$834	—
703	703	6	120.00	$120.00	$844	—
880	880	5	113.00	$113.00	$994	—
916	916	7	117.00	$117.00	$1,072	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	150.00	$150.00	$524	—
411–432	415	31	147.00–157.00	$154.99	$643	—
483	483	6	135.00	$135.00	$652	—
520–546	540	22	135.00–138.00	$137.34	$742	-5.38
572–590	581	8	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$799	+3.72

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	23	134.00	$134.00	$812	—
758	758	7	136.00	$136.00	$1,031	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	27	155.00	$155.00	$749	+1.82

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495–498	496	17	150.00–168.00	$155.32	$770	+8.43
514–547	531	11	140.00–145.00	$141.41	$751	—
560–595	580	28	135.00–153.00	$142.59	$827	+0.79
600–645	615	33	135.00–147.00	$142.18	$874	+5.15
652–699	678	10	128.00–130.00	$128.89	$874	-4.47
870	870	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	5	165.00	$165.00	$686	—
450–490	481	25	160.00–180.00	$167.54	$806	-4.46
505–542	522	16	151.00–159.00	$155.47	$812	-1.03
560–597	587	18	150.00–167.00	$154.56	$907	—
613	613	5	148.00	$148.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1560	1397	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	7	1,450.00–2,000.00	$1,700.87	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1195	794	85-90%	17	25.00–38.00	$27.12	$215	—
810–1215	919	85-90%	96	35.00–49.00	$43.42	$399	+0.52
815–1260	1055	85-90%	104	49.00–61.00	$55.02	$580	—
960–1215	1078	85-90%	16	61.00–67.50	$63.83	$688	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1410	1163	80-85%	87	52.50–69.00	$63.94	$744	—
1035–1282	1218	80-85%	24	51.00–59.00	$54.93	$669	-6.00
1045–1330	1232	80-85%	58	64.00–88.00	$75.54	$931	+14.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1475	1369	75-80%	8	45.00–61.00	$53.16	$728	—
1240–1755	1433	75-80%	94	65.00–84.00	$74.49	$1,067	+17.73
1293–1765	1436	75-80%	65	59.00–70.00	$67.92	$975	+11.16

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1835	1688	65-75%	3	64.00–68.00	$65.76	$1,110	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1175	1147	3	68.00–85.00	$76.85	$881	—
1215–1905	1544	23	84.00–95.00	$90.48	$1,397	—
1290–1800	1555	3	71.00–78.00	$75.05	$1,167	—
1440–2170	1829	17	96.00–113.00	$102.69	$1,878	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1040	906	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	102.50–130.00	$117.52	$1,065
845–1465	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	71.00–98.00	$85.17	$950

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1285	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	54.00–70.00	$61.40	$620

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1180	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	70.00–95.00	$79.68	$750

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–970	846	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	45.00–60.00	$55.68	$471

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1175	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	950.00–975.00	$954.86
970–1384	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	925.00–1,400.00	$1,173.71
1314	1314	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1175	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	675.00–750.00	$729.07
1005–1270	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	30	675.00–900.00	$796.88
1180–1190	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1030	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	22	425.00–850.00	$661.97
810–1138	1024	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	450.00–800.00	$645.98

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1290	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	900.00–1,250.00	$1,081.05

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–890	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	275.00–300.00	$291.82
750–880	819	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	350.00–500.00	$390.27

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
803	803	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,085.00	$1,085.00
777–1015	831	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,000.00	$907.23

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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
1208–1240	1219	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,358.33	—
1150–1236	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,575.00–1,625.00	$1,583.33	—
1125–1450	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–975	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–950.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1155	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–975.00	$908.33	—
1145–1250	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,158.33	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1190	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	6	75.00	$75.00	$527	—
753	753	17	76.00	$76.00	$572	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	8	63.00	$63.00	$396	—

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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.