Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

5,696 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.34/cwt -2.44 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 522 lb · 155 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.18/cwt -1.06 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 478 lb · 149 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.75/cwt -1.56 vs last sale · ≈ $741/hd at 476 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,696	3,662	4,034
Feeder cattle	4,778	2,848	3,499
Slaughter cattle	552	534	394
Replacement cattle	366	280	141

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder calves early week steady to 6.00 lower and yearlings steady to firm, late week feeders steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–348	322	26	175.00–193.00	$187.66	$604	+2.66
360–395	374	19	175.00–188.00	$180.60	$675	-3.03
405–447	424	71	166.00–188.00	$178.27	$756	-3.20
450–499	477	108	165.00–181.00	$174.63	$833	-0.50
500–549	524	103	156.00–181.00	$169.55	$888	-3.48
554–598	584	129	154.00–172.50	$161.50	$943	-1.77
600–648	624	110	139.00–159.00	$151.15	$943	-0.52
650–695	682	71	140.00–158.00	$151.41	$1,033	-0.44
702–740	725	82	139.00–149.00	$145.43	$1,054	-3.60
780–796	794	83	140.00–147.00	$144.13	$1,144	-2.95
800–849	833	57	132.00–148.00	$145.06	$1,208	—
874–895	893	66	135.00–140.00	$139.48	$1,246	+0.19

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	326	17	192.50–215.00	$207.83	$678	+3.02
350–392	371	43	191.00–212.00	$199.71	$741	+0.42
403–440	422	71	182.50–201.00	$193.20	$815	-8.05
450–497	476	76	182.00–201.00	$191.54	$912	-1.15
502–522 fancy	508	10	198.00–199.50	$199.04	$1,011	—
503–519 thin fleshed	513	12	205.00–212.00	$208.90	$1,072	—
500–546	525	91	175.00–197.00	$187.14	$982	-7.11
552–556 thin fleshed	554	7	198.00–202.00	$200.29	$1,110	—
550–583	572	74	172.00–188.00	$179.23	$1,025	+0.16
605–648	622	133	160.00–172.00	$166.06	$1,033	-1.97
662–698	692	60	155.00–167.00	$156.60	$1,084	-10.88
700–735	720	99	146.50–156.50	$153.30	$1,104	-0.56
784	784	5	161.00	$161.00	$1,262	+7.95
805–828	817	117	150.00–161.00	$152.67	$1,247	—
868	868	13	148.00	$148.00	$1,285	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–398	381	19	165.00–175.00	$167.86	$640	—
405–449	434	17	155.00–165.00	$159.63	$693	+4.63
458–495	479	36	141.00–161.00	$153.65	$736	-11.35
508–548	529	22	153.00–157.00	$155.16	$821	-4.41
550–598	575	47	145.00–155.00	$149.03	$857	+3.69
605–640	630	10	140.00–145.00	$141.11	$889	—
650–678	666	7	138.00–145.00	$141.70	$944	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–379	371	12	180.00	$180.00	$668	—
508	508	11	173.00	$173.00	$879	—
579	579	5	147.50	$147.50	$854	-20.50
632–633	633	8	144.00–145.00	$144.37	$914	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	6	155.00	$155.00	$690	—
536	536	5	147.50	$147.50	$791	—
581	581	11	145.00	$145.00	$842	—
846	846	8	118.00	$118.00	$998	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	5	145.00	$145.00	$934	-2.78

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–341	325	15	145.00–161.00	$150.49	$489	-0.83
353–398	374	42	144.00–161.00	$150.35	$562	+2.97
400–448	428	74	135.00–155.00	$146.73	$628	-3.23
450–498	478	149	135.00–154.00	$144.18	$689	-1.06
500–545	522	155	130.00–148.00	$141.34	$738	-2.44
550–598	575	76	130.00–148.00	$136.55	$785	-4.28
615 value added	615	6	135.00	$135.00	$830	—
600–643	622	93	126.00–144.00	$135.68	$844	-2.33
651–698	668	96	130.00–142.50	$137.70	$920	-3.28
703–749	731	37	125.00–137.00	$134.23	$981	+0.33
752–790	767	39	125.00–136.00	$130.07	$998	—
822–833	826	9	125.00–127.50	$125.84	$1,039	—
1102	1102	6	99.00	$99.00	$1,091	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–334	329	8	164.00–178.00	$169.11	$556	+2.11
350–396	381	66	160.00–171.00	$163.89	$624	-0.89
400–445	418	66	155.00–169.00	$162.39	$679	+0.32
450–494	476	138	150.00–169.00	$155.75	$741	-1.56
500–549	525	124	148.00–164.00	$153.12	$804	-3.03
550–594	569	121	141.00–151.50	$146.06	$831	-1.50
600–645	617	129	140.00–152.00	$146.41	$903	-0.14
657–692	676	56	140.00–147.00	$142.31	$962	-2.69
758–771	765	72	137.00–140.50	$139.42	$1,067	-0.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–322	309	9	145.00–150.00	$148.26	$458	—
379–388	382	8	138.00–140.00	$138.76	$530	—
410–438	430	16	121.00–138.00	$132.06	$568	—
462–470	465	9	130.00	$130.00	$604	—
510–549	538	9	121.00–132.50	$125.10	$673	—
664	664	5	110.00	$110.00	$730	—
717	717	6	111.00	$111.00	$796	—
755–795	780	3	120.00–125.00	$121.61	$949	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	6	152.00	$152.00	$541	—
444	444	5	154.00	$154.00	$684	+10.35
454–492	477	15	132.50–148.00	$141.22	$674	+0.57
509–535	523	17	135.00–149.00	$139.19	$728	—
616–635	622	19	130.00–136.00	$133.66	$831	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	8	130.00	$130.00	$699	-8.10
659	659	5	130.00	$130.00	$857	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	6	147.00	$147.00	$748	-8.00
581	581	5	140.00	$140.00	$813	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	436	5	169.00–170.00	$169.39	$739	—
457–495	470	13	147.00–165.00	$152.28	$716	—
502–545	526	37	149.00–166.00	$155.07	$816	+20.29
560–598	595	30	138.00–161.00	$143.25	$852	+1.25
603–640	619	16	136.00–147.00	$141.77	$878	—
650–698	669	29	125.00–142.00	$133.14	$891	—
769	769	5	117.00	$117.00	$900	—
838	838	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,014	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–389	389	8	179.00–180.00	$179.63	$699	—
401–412	405	8	173.00–185.00	$177.58	$719	—
462–486	482	12	170.00–181.00	$179.24	$864	—
502–531	523	16	150.00–168.00	$158.77	$830	-6.23
561	561	9	165.00	$165.00	$926	—
621	621	5	145.00	$145.00	$900	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1315	1167	80-85%	103	62.00–74.00	$69.13	$807	+13.21
1075–1395	1202	80-85%	45	70.00–85.00	$76.90	$924	+9.85
1035–1310	1204	80-85%	18	53.00–64.00	$58.90	$709	-8.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1065	845	85-90%	11	21.00–36.00	$31.17	$263	+1.16
770–1180	1001	85-90%	62	50.00–62.50	$57.81	$579	+13.55
765–1190	1014	85-90%	28	39.00–50.00	$45.05	$457	+0.79
865–1190	1064	85-90%	43	62.00–75.00	$66.94	$712	+13.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1620	1396	75-80%	19	51.00–65.00	$60.56	$845	—
1325–2005	1445	75-80%	66	64.50–75.00	$70.21	$1,015	-3.12
1205–2175	1483	75-80%	53	73.00–85.00	$77.27	$1,146	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1290	1142	9	80.00–95.00	$86.39	$987	—
1260–1725	1471	9	74.00–86.00	$81.58	$1,200	—
1235–2035	1636	32	88.00–103.00	$96.37	$1,577	—
1405–2240	1799	39	99.00–118.00	$108.98	$1,961	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–990	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	90.00–117.50	$105.73	$928
805–1275	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	69.00–92.50	$77.79	$867

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–990	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	72.00–87.00	$79.01	$682

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1080	856	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	50.00–70.00	$61.73	$528

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1120	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	55.00–69.00	$62.53	$630

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1120	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	750.00–850.00	$818.93
990–1370	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	885.00–1,350.00	$1,102.15

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1085	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	475.00–900.00	$728.73
850–1005	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	525.00–750.00	$610.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1220	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	450.00–950.00	$838.37

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
1002–1132	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	975.00–1,075.00	$1,026.38

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–865	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	300.00–350.00	$316.28

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–975	960	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	925.00–1,000.00	$931.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–752	732	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	500.00–725.00	$625.14

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1010	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	975.00–1,050.00	$1,003.57	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	-225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1178	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,416.67	—

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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.