Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

8,603 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $184.25/cwt +1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,233/hd at 669 lb · 372 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $188.88/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,190/hd at 630 lb · 357 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $203.08/cwt +4.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,158/hd at 570 lb · 292 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,603	10,445	7,764
Feeder cattle	7,472	9,581	6,721
Slaughter cattle	703	582	643
Replacement cattle	428	282	400

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 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
313–348	335	21	214.00–230.00	$220.37	$738	-1.42
355–399	374	50	214.00–235.00	$222.62	$833	-0.81
403–445	426	91	206.00–237.00	$221.86	$945	-5.27
450–487	463	118	205.00–227.50	$215.01	$995	-3.87
500–547	527	229	191.00–222.00	$210.10	$1,107	-1.51
551–598	570	292	193.00–212.00	$203.08	$1,158	+4.76
600–648	630	357	184.00–201.00	$188.88	$1,190	-0.72
655–699	669	372	176.00–194.25	$184.25	$1,233	+1.14
701–738	719	87	168.00–182.00	$176.40	$1,268	-0.58
759–785	779	50	167.00–177.00	$174.87	$1,362	-0.30
804–827	811	141	168.00–181.00	$176.28	$1,430	+1.41
862	862	30	172.00	$172.00	$1,483	+1.95
927	927	6	168.00	$168.00	$1,557	+0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	11	202.00–210.00	$206.41	$702	+3.33
365–399	381	13	189.00–212.50	$202.94	$773	-6.59
404–447	430	64	185.00–210.00	$203.26	$874	+1.79
450–498	482	99	174.00–204.00	$192.98	$930	-6.29
500–549	524	196	177.00–201.00	$192.54	$1,009	+3.26
550–598	578	223	172.50–190.00	$184.76	$1,068	+2.18
600–648	634	187	165.00–184.00	$177.51	$1,125	-1.65
650–692	677	79	155.00–177.00	$168.25	$1,139	-4.66
702–747	719	84	157.50–171.00	$167.00	$1,201	-3.43
750–798	771	32	164.00–169.00	$165.81	$1,278	+1.78
803–842	815	35	150.00–167.00	$155.94	$1,271	-10.80
851–895	862	24	157.50–160.00	$158.15	$1,363	-2.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–388	368	12	182.00–201.00	$188.45	$693	-5.97
419–425	420	14	170.00–175.00	$173.92	$730	—
460–480	470	19	163.00–177.50	$171.15	$804	-7.49
503–549	536	27	152.00–180.00	$172.11	$923	-0.16
557–592	573	25	166.00–171.00	$167.98	$963	-2.46
616–633	623	33	158.00–160.00	$159.82	$996	+4.34
670–672	671	13	141.00–161.00	$146.99	$986	-8.85
861	861	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,292	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581–598	585	30	187.00–189.00	$188.52	$1,103	+7.63
613	613	13	165.00	$165.00	$1,011	—
703	703	11	160.00	$160.00	$1,125	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–395	384	15	213.00–221.00	$216.92	$833	—
526	526	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,052	—
613	613	8	171.00	$171.00	$1,048	—
761	761	24	173.50	$173.50	$1,320	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,023	-3.00
521	521	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,042	—
635	635	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,175	—
733	733	12	176.00	$176.00	$1,290	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	11	172.00	$172.00	$968	-11.00
600	600	9	178.00	$178.00	$1,068	—
698	698	8	170.00	$170.00	$1,187	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	162.50	$162.50	$712	—
592	592	3	165.00	$165.00	$977	+27.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–348	346	34	184.00–192.00	$186.77	$646	-3.32
358–393	376	75	175.00–196.00	$182.37	$686	-3.18
400–448	430	150	174.00–187.00	$180.24	$775	-3.06
450–490	472	108	172.50–189.00	$180.15	$850	+0.67
501–548	525	214	164.00–182.00	$175.61	$922	+1.11
550–598	575	229	168.00–177.00	$171.86	$988	+0.24
607–642	624	282	160.00–177.00	$169.94	$1,060	+2.68
651–689	670	122	162.00–171.00	$168.63	$1,130	+2.55
704–725	718	90	165.00–167.00	$165.86	$1,191	-2.56
796	796	45	169.00	$169.00	$1,345	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	314	22	175.00–183.00	$180.17	$566	+5.33
352–395	373	22	155.00–185.00	$170.94	$638	-1.60
410–448	428	43	160.00–175.00	$165.94	$710	-2.14
451–496	472	112	157.50–173.00	$166.68	$787	-0.14
502–548	522	147	155.00–170.00	$163.83	$855	+1.79
551–597	574	211	154.00–168.00	$161.59	$928	-2.72
603–645	621	94	150.00–165.00	$157.23	$976	-3.15
652–692	665	62	145.00–160.00	$156.92	$1,044	-1.77
712–746	727	48	150.00–161.00	$155.45	$1,130	-1.98
751–796	763	90	144.00–157.50	$152.01	$1,160	-0.57
865–889	877	10	144.00–154.00	$148.93	$1,306	—
940	940	8	129.00	$129.00	$1,213	—
1095	1095	26	119.00	$119.00	$1,303	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339–342	340	11	164.00–175.00	$167.02	$568	+6.39
350–399	380	15	150.00–168.00	$160.80	$611	+19.80
410–440	425	2	142.00–149.00	$145.38	$618	+7.08
451–495	470	29	146.00–155.00	$150.67	$708	-8.62
503–523	516	18	135.00–151.00	$145.24	$749	-3.43
567–580	574	17	137.00–151.00	$145.05	$833	-2.46
600–640	627	18	140.00–144.00	$142.72	$895	+4.44
650–695	668	5	125.00–145.00	$133.32	$891	+2.11
703–731	715	16	115.00–135.00	$126.06	$901	-3.25
768–774	770	14	125.00–137.50	$129.47	$997	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517–531	522	18	176.00	$176.00	$919	+2.86
559–575	565	8	163.00–169.50	$167.02	$944	—
616–643	635	27	167.00–168.00	$167.71	$1,065	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	147.00	$147.00	$495	—
350–380	364	17	135.00–147.00	$143.56	$523	—
402	402	2	135.00	$135.00	$543	—
490–492	492	8	130.00–137.50	$135.31	$666	-1.39
505–536	524	8	130.00–135.00	$131.81	$691	-8.19
558	558	3	128.00	$128.00	$714	—
618	618	6	120.00	$120.00	$742	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511–546	538	30	150.00–160.00	$158.25	$851	—
577	577	18	157.50	$157.50	$909	-8.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516–539	526	12	169.00	$169.00	$889	+0.68
566	566	5	165.00	$165.00	$934	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	151.00	$151.00	$704	—
579	579	5	153.00	$153.00	$886	-11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	7	228.00	$228.00	$709	+27.52
432	432	5	190.00	$190.00	$821	-14.37
477	477	6	204.00	$204.00	$973	—
522–544	535	15	160.00–164.00	$162.44	$869	—
563–587	574	22	159.00–166.00	$163.99	$941	-0.01
606–631	617	21	159.00–169.00	$165.07	$1,018	+0.07
674	674	5	168.00	$168.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456–475	464	14	175.00–185.00	$180.61	$838	+22.16
502–519	514	7	160.00–174.00	$163.91	$842	-1.09
550–597	572	25	152.50–176.00	$162.55	$930	+23.26
637	637	3	155.00	$155.00	$987	+0.76
683–685	684	14	142.50–151.00	$147.54	$1,009	-3.12
757–773	765	10	116.00–139.00	$127.38	$974	-17.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	3	181.00	$181.00	$668	+16.00
446	446	10	167.50	$167.50	$747	—
528	528	17	153.00	$153.00	$808	—
595	595	3	154.00	$154.00	$916	—
622	622	3	148.00	$148.00	$921	+2.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	7	161.00	$161.00	$628	—
497	497	3	145.00	$145.00	$721	—
502	502	7	145.00	$145.00	$728	—
603	603	7	135.00	$135.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205–1250	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,530.04	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1250	807	85-90%	29	20.00–49.00	$37.57	$303	—
690–1295	1045	85-90%	88	38.50–59.00	$51.52	$538	—
805–1180	1057	85-90%	22	65.00–77.00	$69.67	$736	-3.88
705–1195	1081	85-90%	123	50.00–68.00	$61.95	$670	-3.07

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1340	1170	80-85%	31	54.50–68.00	$64.29	$752	-9.28
975–1525	1199	80-85%	137	63.50–77.00	$71.77	$861	+6.83
1100–1335	1210	80-85%	27	74.00–86.00	$79.67	$964	-3.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1610	1405	75-80%	20	59.00–70.00	$66.11	$929	+1.67
1260–1825	1456	75-80%	102	64.50–79.00	$74.06	$1,078	-8.97
1310–1820	1502	75-80%	30	75.00–89.00	$80.52	$1,209	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2010	1519	24	60.00–93.00	$84.08	$1,277	—
1295–2405	1746	31	93.00–104.00	$99.78	$1,742	—
1345–2440	1950	20	104.00–120.00	$110.79	$2,160	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1130	756	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	100.00–138.00	$117.04	$885
885–1660	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	80.00–109.00	$94.65	$1,056

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
726	726	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,031
870–1050	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	75.00–87.50	$80.26	$761

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
732–995	856	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	65.00–77.50	$74.03	$634

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1090	944	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	70.00–75.00	$72.77	$687

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1310	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,128.93
975–1590	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	79	850.00–1,550.00	$1,264.56
1138–1245	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	750.00–1,175.00	$1,084.74

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1075	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	35	525.00–1,000.00	$732.25
825–1105	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	625.00–825.00	$711.20

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
823–1090	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,163.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1345	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	700.00–1,050.00	$886.13

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–820	764	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	225.00–400.00	$323.24

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1010	900	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,048.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–810	793	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	600.00–725.00	$642.54

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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
1115–1252	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,625.00	$1,405.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–975	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	950.00–1,250.00	$1,116.67	—

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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.