Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 2, 2023

10,445 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $175.10/cwt ≈ $1,363/hd at 778 lb · 430 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $172.94/cwt +9.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,167/hd at 675 lb · 414 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $189.03/cwt +3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,190/hd at 629 lb · 393 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,445	2,463	6,240
Feeder cattle	9,581	1,621	5,167
Slaughter cattle	582	466	606
Replacement cattle	282	376	467

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded firm to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher on calves. Slaughter cows and 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
325–345	332	11	219.00–225.00	$221.79	$736	—
358–372	364	14	215.00–230.00	$223.43	$813	+1.43
400–449	427	92	209.00–240.00	$227.13	$970	+19.13
450–490	467	86	204.00–229.00	$218.88	$1,022	+14.48
504–548	528	230	193.00–229.00	$211.61	$1,117	—
553–599	577	331	186.00–211.00	$198.32	$1,144	+13.00
601–649	627	307	182.00–201.00	$189.60	$1,189	+3.60
626–639 value added	638	86	186.50–194.00	$187.01	$1,193	—
651–696	673	206	178.50–189.50	$183.11	$1,232	+5.96
700–745	721	313	169.00–185.00	$176.98	$1,276	—
761–772 value added	768	111	173.50–177.00	$174.91	$1,343	—
750–797	782	319	169.50–184.00	$175.17	$1,370	—
808–841	825	126	171.00–176.00	$174.87	$1,443	—
863–884	872	18	164.00–175.00	$170.05	$1,483	—
894 value added	894	7	168.00	$168.00	$1,502	—
907–948	918	38	165.00–173.00	$167.50	$1,538	-1.00
957	957	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–313	305	9	200.00–205.00	$203.08	$619	+3.08
359–396	376	51	191.00–218.00	$209.53	$788	+11.15
404–445	425	51	185.00–219.00	$201.47	$856	+13.03
432 thin fleshed	432	9	226.00	$226.00	$976	—
459–498	482	74	181.00–210.00	$199.27	$960	+11.06
500–549	529	277	177.50–202.50	$189.28	$1,001	+9.21
530 value added	530	4	187.50	$187.50	$994	—
551–599	574	352	167.50–191.00	$182.58	$1,048	+5.05
602–649	628	304	163.00–182.50	$179.16	$1,125	+8.78
662 value added	662	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,192	—
650–698	675	412	160.00–177.00	$172.91	$1,167	+9.92
700–745	718	136	160.00–174.00	$170.43	$1,224	+11.80
760–796	781	64	154.00–172.00	$164.03	$1,281	+3.67
807–848	832	38	158.00–169.50	$166.74	$1,387	+13.24
838 value added	838	5	168.00	$168.00	$1,408	—
881–888	883	36	156.50–161.50	$160.38	$1,416	-5.62
924–932	930	17	147.00–159.00	$153.88	$1,431	—
960–980	970	6	144.00–157.00	$150.57	$1,461	—
1050	1050	10	134.00	$134.00	$1,407	—
1160	1160	51	142.00	$142.00	$1,647	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–338	331	7	177.50–190.00	$182.71	$605	—
365–390	375	5	194.00–195.00	$194.42	$729	+22.67
487–497	490	65	165.00–183.00	$178.64	$875	—
525–548	533	19	156.00–176.00	$172.27	$918	+16.67
550–599	577	29	151.00–186.00	$170.44	$983	—
604–640	627	20	140.00–165.00	$155.48	$975	+2.98
669–672	670	56	130.00–158.00	$155.84	$1,044	—
703–740	719	9	145.00–150.00	$147.71	$1,062	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	141.00	$141.00	$430	-29.00
453–493	468	13	145.00–160.00	$153.93	$720	—
510–521	514	15	162.00–170.00	$164.70	$847	—
564	564	28	138.00	$138.00	$778	—
667	667	7	141.50	$141.50	$944	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–542	529	8	167.50–185.00	$176.03	$931	—
559–570	567	21	178.50–187.00	$180.89	$1,026	—
662–682	669	14	165.00–166.00	$165.64	$1,108	+5.64
756	756	8	175.00	$175.00	$1,323	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	14	217.00	$217.00	$1,007	—
560	560	17	204.00	$204.00	$1,142	—
679	679	19	175.00	$175.00	$1,188	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	5	200.00	$200.00	$788	—
447	447	5	182.50	$182.50	$816	—
470–492	480	25	177.50–197.50	$182.57	$876	—
586	586	15	183.00	$183.00	$1,072	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	200.00	$200.00	$852	—
696	696	7	172.50	$172.50	$1,201	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–347	335	6	187.50–192.50	$190.09	$637	+19.09
369–390	382	65	175.00–190.00	$185.55	$709	+11.85
407 value added	407	13	180.00	$180.00	$733	—
402–449	428	124	172.00–190.00	$183.30	$785	+15.52
454–498	471	138	170.00–188.00	$179.48	$845	+3.15
482 value added	482	21	185.00	$185.00	$892	—
503–549	527	226	168.00–186.50	$174.50	$920	+13.22
550–599	572	320	165.00–177.00	$171.62	$982	+12.77
572 value added	572	12	175.00	$175.00	$1,001	—
600–603 value added	601	51	167.00–170.00	$167.77	$1,008	—
603–647	623	309	161.50–175.00	$167.26	$1,042	—
650–690	667	237	162.25–168.00	$166.08	$1,108	—
704 value added	704	64	160.00–165.00	$164.45	$1,158	—
702–742	712	172	160.50–167.00	$166.12	$1,183	—
714–717	716	47	168.00–169.00	$168.42	$1,206	—
765	765	11	173.50	$173.50	$1,327	—
754–780	767	61	162.50–167.00	$164.00	$1,258	—
805–840	816	52	158.00–161.00	$160.32	$1,308	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	322	6	169.00–176.00	$174.84	$563	+11.69
350–395	369	37	159.00–179.00	$172.54	$637	+20.92
400–443	425	52	163.00–176.00	$168.08	$714	+15.96
427 thin fleshed	427	8	187.00	$187.00	$798	—
455–498	481	184	152.50–177.00	$166.82	$802	+18.84
502–548	532	80	153.00–168.00	$162.04	$862	+14.52
543 thin fleshed	543	3	177.00	$177.00	$961	—
560 thin fleshed	560	10	172.00	$172.00	$963	—
551–599	580	319	150.00–168.00	$164.31	$953	+19.25
602–648	628	197	152.00–165.00	$160.38	$1,007	+15.19
650–698	676	179	147.00–163.00	$158.69	$1,073	+13.69
702–732	721	74	145.00–162.50	$157.43	$1,135	—
752–779 value added	767	14	159.00–159.50	$159.29	$1,222	—
759–795	782	60	140.00–159.50	$152.58	$1,193	+9.58
784 thin fleshed	784	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,254	—
830–833	832	21	150.00–152.00	$150.86	$1,255	—
901	901	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,216	—
951–989	965	20	137.00–145.00	$142.77	$1,378	—
1035	1035	8	124.00	$124.00	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	343	9	160.00–163.00	$160.63	$551	—
368	368	4	141.00	$141.00	$519	+5.29
432–445	436	6	135.00–140.00	$138.30	$603	—
488–495	489	57	158.00–163.00	$159.29	$779	—
505–545	516	20	135.00–150.00	$148.67	$767	—
552–598	584	123	125.00–154.00	$147.51	$861	+17.51
628–648	634	23	130.00–145.00	$138.28	$877	+4.75
655–689	675	43	120.00–143.00	$131.21	$886	+8.66
705–718	713	10	120.00–141.00	$129.31	$922	+17.34
898	898	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,114	—
940	940	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,166	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	6	169.00	$169.00	$786	—
509–522	516	13	167.50–169.00	$168.32	$869	—
629	629	23	162.00	$162.00	$1,019	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	18	166.00	$166.00	$958	—
682	682	11	149.00–154.00	$151.27	$1,032	+11.27

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	8	160.00	$160.00	$506	—
351	351	6	162.50	$162.50	$570	—
563	563	9	164.00	$164.00	$923	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–522	518	19	162.00–177.00	$173.14	$897	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–489	487	9	125.00–140.00	$136.70	$666	-1.30
540	540	4	140.00	$140.00	$756	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	10	127.00	$127.00	$668	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	6	123.00	$123.00	$568	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	187.50	$187.50	$609	—
363–390	372	6	170.00–186.00	$176.40	$656	+26.40
445	445	22	176.00	$176.00	$783	—
460–480	473	10	142.50–197.00	$158.45	$749	—
521–535	528	10	161.00–166.00	$165.00	$871	—
554–555	554	7	135.00–145.00	$139.29	$772	-5.33
631–642	633	16	151.00–155.00	$154.24	$976	+5.35
659–695	672	16	142.50–155.00	$150.66	$1,012	+29.16
766–789	779	14	140.00–146.00	$145.14	$1,131	+7.14
1038	1038	13	107.00	$107.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	329	20	200.00–205.00	$200.48	$660	+12.06
419–426	424	15	197.00–208.00	$204.37	$867	+36.80
586	586	5	164.00	$164.00	$961	+6.80
636	636	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	165.00	$165.00	$647	—
618	618	3	145.50	$145.50	$899	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1150	887	85-90%	32	24.00–48.00	$38.33	$340	-22.75
745–1280	999	85-90%	70	40.00–59.00	$52.68	$526	—
915–1175	1072	85-90%	25	69.00–78.00	$73.55	$788	—
905–1317	1088	85-90%	86	57.50–70.00	$65.02	$707	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1390	1177	80-85%	96	65.00–79.50	$73.57	$866	+1.92
1010–1395	1187	80-85%	27	58.00–68.00	$64.94	$771	-6.71
1025–1370	1203	80-85%	48	77.00–87.50	$82.94	$998	+4.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1610	1416	75-80%	6	57.00–68.00	$64.44	$912	+0.77
1315–1705	1444	75-80%	53	68.50–81.00	$76.97	$1,111	+13.30
1275–1915	1490	75-80%	42	78.00–89.00	$83.03	$1,237	+9.10

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1785	1443	20	73.00–91.00	$84.04	$1,213	—
1205–2450	1637	31	85.00–105.00	$97.40	$1,594	—
1405–2195	1795	17	98.00–120.00	$111.42	$2,000	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1310	979	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	105.00–128.00	$115.38	$1,130
855–1440	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	78.00–107.00	$89.63	$975

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–985	834	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–135.00	$121.61	$1,014
825–1195	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	79.00–107.50	$97.20	$969

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1180	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	72.50–74.00	$72.68	$718

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–965	891	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	62.00–71.00	$66.78	$595

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1290	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,063.62
955–1420	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	835.00–1,400.00	$1,246.91
1135–1370	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,010.00	$911.49

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1020	894	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	500.00–950.00	$734.37

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1105	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	975.00–1,250.00	$1,122.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1285	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	875.00–1,075.00	$983.06

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–825	777	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	200.00–375.00	$305.10

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–878	874	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	800.00–925.00	$883.75
930–935	933	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,000.00	$916.52
885–1075	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	860.00–1,000.00	$936.79

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
786	786	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
823	823	21	115.00	$115.00	$946	—
945	945	11	96.00	$96.00	$907	—

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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.