Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 17, 2022

3,662 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $168.03/cwt -5.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,047/hd at 623 lb · 200 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $194.25/cwt +6.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,031/hd at 531 lb · 172 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.55/cwt -2.18 vs last sale · ≈ $907/hd at 619 lb · 98 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,662	7,764	5,717
Feeder cattle	2,848	6,721	4,800
Slaughter cattle	534	643	516
Replacement cattle	280	400	401

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers calves steady to 5.00 higher, heavier weight steers and all heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	318	22	196.00–210.00	$204.81	$651	+3.81
372–396	387	19	193.00–206.00	$199.29	$771	+0.68
402–440	425	56	182.50–204.00	$201.25	$855	+7.11
457–487	470	15	187.50–196.00	$192.69	$906	+1.71
500–540	531	172	174.00–201.00	$194.25	$1,031	+8.74
555–596	576	77	174.00–186.00	$179.07	$1,031	-3.48
601–647	623	200	162.00–173.50	$168.03	$1,047	-3.56
655–695	664	92	160.00–172.00	$167.48	$1,112	+0.50
701–748	720	39	153.00–156.00	$153.86	$1,108	-4.18
750–785	779	23	152.00–153.50	$153.05	$1,192	-6.85
856	856	15	149.00	$149.00	$1,275	-2.53
936	936	15	140.75	$140.75	$1,317	-5.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–341	332	8	185.00	$185.00	$614	-3.75
360–388	385	9	175.00–186.00	$183.63	$707	+0.28
405–448	426	25	170.00–185.00	$181.47	$773	+4.15
450–499	469	54	170.00–180.00	$175.13	$821	-1.72
500–549	527	50	155.00–181.00	$173.03	$912	+0.73
555–588	576	48	154.00–170.00	$163.27	$940	+2.07
600–648	630	17	146.00–158.00	$151.67	$956	-5.49
653–694	682	57	144.00–156.00	$151.85	$1,036	-1.16
700–747	717	36	139.00–152.00	$149.03	$1,069	-1.04
750–790	776	75	140.00–150.00	$147.08	$1,141	+0.42
871–884	878	42	139.00–140.00	$139.29	$1,223	-4.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	14	172.50	$172.50	$873	—
574–595	580	26	150.00–166.00	$160.95	$934	—
622–628	625	12	150.00–156.00	$152.99	$956	—
726	726	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,060	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	145.00	$145.00	$557	—
547	547	5	135.00	$135.00	$738	—
613	613	35	146.00	$146.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	155.00	$155.00	$690	-12.62
493–494	494	8	165.00	$165.00	$815	-0.70
520–538	526	13	157.50–163.00	$159.57	$839	+1.51
580–591	586	7	139.00–150.00	$145.34	$852	-5.88
937	937	5	110.00	$110.00	$1,031	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559–580	567	8	151.00–160.00	$156.55	$888	+0.05
608–612	610	6	138.00–157.50	$147.78	$901	-9.22
652–691	671	18	150.00–154.00	$151.94	$1,020	+5.44

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–445	432	10	165.00–180.00	$175.35	$758	-12.05
578	578	10	168.00	$168.00	$971	+9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	329	6	150.00–152.50	$151.32	$498	+1.91
356–398	376	35	142.50–157.50	$147.38	$554	-6.95
408–447	438	31	147.00–151.00	$149.96	$657	-0.36
453–499	480	69	140.00–154.00	$145.24	$697	-3.33
502–548	526	37	130.00–153.00	$143.78	$756	+0.40
550–595	573	92	132.50–146.00	$140.83	$807	+1.07
604–643	625	68	126.00–142.50	$138.01	$863	+0.13
673–695	684	22	140.00–142.00	$140.98	$964	+2.36
702–745	721	56	130.00–140.00	$133.90	$965	-1.93
942	942	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	13	167.00	$167.00	$556	+0.49
364–392	381	24	160.00–175.00	$164.78	$628	-4.06
400–445	427	17	157.00–171.00	$162.07	$692	-2.02
450–497	473	51	154.00–168.00	$157.31	$744	-5.03
500–534	513	52	151.00–163.50	$156.15	$801	-1.47
558–598	585	60	142.50–153.00	$147.56	$863	-6.90
603–648	619	98	145.00–149.50	$146.55	$907	-2.12
654–655	655	16	145.00	$145.00	$950	-3.27
714–748	737	59	140.00–143.00	$141.83	$1,045	-2.20
756	756	8	139.50	$139.50	$1,055	-1.50
970	970	6	129.00	$129.00	$1,251	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–445	431	19	138.00–155.00	$143.65	$619	-11.34
472–490	480	39	138.00–152.00	$140.65	$675	+5.65

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472–490	486	14	142.00	$142.00	$690	—
512–532	525	8	137.00–140.00	$138.10	$725	—
572	572	7	143.00	$143.00	$818	—
610–613	613	19	130.00–142.00	$140.11	$859	+6.11

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–588	574	14	130.00	$130.00	$746	+0.50
897	897	34	116.00	$116.00	$1,041	+3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	4	160.00	$160.00	$662	—
488	488	10	156.50	$156.50	$764	—
550–586	566	27	148.25–149.00	$148.65	$841	—
658	658	3	135.00	$135.00	$888	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	13	155.00	$155.00	$794	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–538	535	7	125.00–142.00	$134.78	$721	-6.63
592	592	5	142.00	$142.00	$841	-0.59
725	725	5	134.00	$134.00	$972	—
1047	1047	13	100.00	$100.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1370	1107	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,230.58	—
1185–1730	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	7	1,270.00–1,850.00	$1,438.47	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	6	165.00	$165.00	$901	+9.53

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1325	1315	75-80%	3	57.00–59.00	$58.33	$767	—
1245–1755	1404	75-80%	131	75.00–81.00	$77.14	$1,083	+2.65
1245–1725	1416	75-80%	54	66.00–75.00	$73.33	$1,038	-1.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1095	837	85-90%	7	22.00–36.00	$30.01	$251	—
720–1240	1011	85-90%	59	35.00–48.00	$44.26	$447	—
780–1240	1072	85-90%	83	50.00–60.00	$53.42	$573	-10.41
875–1195	1092	85-90%	13	60.00–68.00	$64.46	$704	+0.63

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1275	1192	80-85%	11	52.50–60.00	$55.92	$667	-8.02
1060–1291	1209	80-85%	36	62.00–72.00	$67.05	$811	+12.12
1060–1301	1258	80-85%	38	73.00–79.00	$75.07	$944	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1302	1227	9	82.00–85.00	$83.64	$1,026	—
1265–1875	1656	30	85.00–95.00	$89.17	$1,477	—
1320–1995	1664	18	96.00–109.00	$103.73	$1,726	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1050	932	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	103.00–112.50	$108.77	$1,014
935–1815	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–88.00	$80.52	$995

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–925	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	57.00–58.00	$57.30	$503

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065–1350	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	62.00–68.00	$64.63	$752

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1378	1378	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1148–1695	1432	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	67	950.00–1,375.00	$1,282.06

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1095	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	18	500.00–850.00	$739.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1310	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	700.00–950.00	$873.70

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1030	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	900.00–1,150.00	$1,066.58

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–800	752	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	300.00–400.00	$365.82

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743–1090	919	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	800.00–1,050.00	$907.82

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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
1155–1215	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,283.33	—
1175–1265	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,350.00	-233.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–950	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,020.00	+145.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1039	1039	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+91.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
968–1050	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,425.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–810	782	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	350.00–600.00	$475.00	—

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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.