Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

5,160 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.59/cwt -6.02 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 532 lb · 180 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.35/cwt -6.80 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 479 lb · 170 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $182.46/cwt -1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,212/hd at 664 lb · 162 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,160	8,603	3,662
Feeder cattle	4,436	7,472	2,848
Slaughter cattle	413	703	534
Replacement cattle	311	428	280

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower, except some light calves steady to 4.00 higher early week. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–348	335	25	220.00–235.00	$226.75	$760	+6.38
353–398	382	77	215.00–232.50	$222.51	$850	-0.11
400–448	425	65	207.00–221.50	$215.06	$914	-6.80
452–490	472	116	206.00–220.00	$210.03	$991	-4.98
504–548	523	138	199.00–210.00	$203.86	$1,066	-6.24
551–592	564	71	189.00–203.00	$196.96	$1,111	-6.12
600–644	624	130	180.00–193.00	$184.79	$1,153	-4.09
651–684	664	162	176.00–186.50	$182.46	$1,212	-1.79
706–746	726	37	168.00–172.50	$170.08	$1,235	-6.32
757–793	768	103	167.00–170.00	$168.61	$1,295	-6.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–343	341	8	215.00	$215.00	$733	+8.59
380–396	389	11	207.50–210.00	$208.79	$812	+5.85
430–449	442	63	190.00–203.00	$195.30	$863	-7.96
451–493	474	64	183.00–202.50	$195.34	$926	+2.36
500–547	529	80	181.00–196.00	$189.71	$1,004	-2.83
551–596	580	130	171.00–187.50	$181.21	$1,051	-3.55
603–640	621	66	165.00–185.00	$173.75	$1,079	-3.76
652–698	667	95	159.00–183.00	$169.37	$1,130	+1.12
700–743	728	49	158.00–170.00	$165.34	$1,204	-1.66
759–774	766	32	150.00–166.00	$159.50	$1,222	-6.31
801–835	808	19	154.00–165.00	$161.56	$1,305	+5.62
855–894	865	30	150.00–158.50	$156.16	$1,351	-1.99
907	907	11	157.50	$157.50	$1,429	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	7	180.00	$180.00	$769	+6.08
456–490	469	20	180.00–184.00	$181.62	$852	+10.47
500–538	510	28	170.00–175.00	$173.90	$887	+1.79
558–598	578	17	156.00–166.00	$161.98	$936	-6.00
613–640	631	22	151.00–160.00	$156.04	$985	-3.78
677–692	684	19	150.00–155.00	$152.00	$1,040	+5.01
852	852	12	128.00	$128.00	$1,091	-22.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513–542	523	13	174.00–180.00	$177.28	$927	—
642	642	19	166.00	$166.00	$1,066	—
726	726	9	162.50	$162.50	$1,180	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552–598	578	12	160.00–177.50	$167.84	$970	-20.68
626–645	630	13	167.50–173.50	$172.08	$1,084	+7.08
812	812	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,259	—
995	995	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,473	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	5	210.00	$210.00	$674	—
410–434	424	14	200.00	$200.00	$848	—
641	641	12	177.50	$177.50	$1,138	+6.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–345	324	37	183.00–201.00	$190.93	$619	+4.16
358–398	378	58	176.00–191.00	$184.60	$698	+2.23
400–449	426	124	172.50–185.00	$178.58	$761	-1.66
454–494	479	170	169.00–180.00	$173.35	$830	-6.80
501–547	532	180	166.00–182.00	$169.59	$902	-6.02
552–596	571	65	164.00–176.00	$165.79	$947	-6.07
600–639	621	154	160.00–171.50	$165.69	$1,029	-4.25
657	657	36	160.50	$160.50	$1,054	-8.13
720–740	734	43	154.50–156.00	$154.94	$1,137	-10.92
752	752	11	160.00	$160.00	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–340	329	9	170.00–181.00	$178.07	$586	-2.10
382–395	389	7	170.00–175.00	$172.10	$669	+1.16
416–448	433	35	156.00–170.00	$166.69	$722	+0.75
450–495	471	92	155.00–172.50	$164.56	$775	-2.12
500–548	529	136	150.00–166.00	$161.09	$852	-2.74
551–598	576	132	154.00–163.00	$158.91	$915	-2.68
605–649	633	72	147.00–162.00	$156.34	$990	-0.89
650–695	672	81	145.00–161.00	$153.09	$1,029	-3.83
705–745	715	54	140.00–157.00	$153.37	$1,097	-2.08
755–793	778	47	144.00–158.50	$151.23	$1,177	-0.78
859–896	877	17	139.50–150.00	$146.38	$1,284	-2.55
917	917	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,247	+7.00
991	991	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–316	314	10	160.00	$160.00	$502	-7.02
390	390	3	157.00	$157.00	$612	-3.80
500–538	522	9	138.00–151.00	$144.62	$755	-0.62
565	565	4	149.00	$149.00	$842	+3.95
729–749	738	9	130.00–138.00	$134.39	$992	+8.33
800–838	822	16	113.00–137.00	$129.68	$1,066	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	5	150.00	$150.00	$726	-1.00
544	544	7	155.00	$155.00	$843	—
616	616	21	157.50	$157.50	$970	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	6	192.00	$192.00	$707	—
448	448	8	170.00	$170.00	$762	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	4	119.00	$119.00	$576	-16.31
500	500	3	119.00	$119.00	$595	-12.81

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	5	152.50	$152.50	$930	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	3	191.00–200.00	$193.79	$645	—
396–397	396	8	172.50–175.00	$174.06	$689	—
409	409	4	197.00	$197.00	$806	—
495	495	6	160.00–165.00	$162.50	$804	-18.11
505–545	528	27	157.00–184.00	$166.00	$876	+2.09
552–595	560	26	152.00–163.00	$159.61	$894	-2.94
624–641	633	8	155.00–156.00	$155.51	$984	+0.51
650–675	664	14	145.00–159.00	$150.18	$997	+2.64
715–738	722	29	137.00–150.00	$147.09	$1,062	—
776	776	11	138.00	$138.00	$1,071	+10.62
945–948	947	11	125.00–128.00	$126.64	$1,199	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397–399	398	14	212.50–214.00	$213.36	$849	—
435	435	4	202.00	$202.00	$879	+12.00
460–496	489	16	177.00–180.00	$177.53	$868	-26.47
502–548	516	24	160.00–172.50	$163.20	$842	+0.76
562–568	565	21	161.00–175.00	$168.13	$950	+4.14
603–617	612	9	164.00–165.00	$164.33	$1,006	-0.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1285–1575	1386	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,375.00–2,000.00	$1,622.25	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	117.50	$117.50	$593	-35.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1145	1001	85-90%	21	69.00–80.00	$72.59	$727	—
720–1075	1010	85-90%	13	35.00–48.00	$40.44	$408	-11.08
835–1295	1083	85-90%	40	49.00–59.00	$54.55	$591	-7.40
840–1245	1089	85-90%	47	57.00–68.00	$62.70	$683	+0.75

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1405	1215	80-85%	82	67.50–78.00	$72.68	$883	-6.99
1140–1320	1218	80-85%	12	59.00–68.00	$64.37	$784	-15.30
1095–1461	1295	80-85%	19	78.00–90.00	$80.36	$1,041	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1610	1438	75-80%	9	63.00–69.00	$66.55	$957	+0.44
1250–1790	1446	75-80%	68	69.00–80.00	$74.67	$1,080	—
1320–1720	1523	75-80%	22	77.50–86.00	$82.79	$1,261	+2.27

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1735	1564	14	70.00–89.00	$79.22	$1,239	—
1325–2035	1590	29	85.00–103.00	$97.92	$1,557	—
1405–2055	1778	24	105.00–120.00	$111.69	$1,986	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
772–1260	996	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	101.00–130.00	$119.34	$1,189
980–1220	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–81.00	$78.33	$862
975–1485	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	80.00–125.00	$95.07	$1,120

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1055	908	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	80.00–112.50	$91.03	$827

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065–1270	1166	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	57.50–77.00	$70.96	$827

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1030	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	65.00–75.00	$70.53	$672

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1175	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,154.05
1034–1374	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,229.63
1010–1490	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	57	900.00–1,400.00	$1,263.30

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
834–1025	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	950.00–1,050.00	$1,009.63
895–1100	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	950.00–1,250.00	$1,108.84

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360–1520	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,432.78

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1030	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	600.00–900.00	$771.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1012–1275	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	800.00–1,075.00	$1,006.80

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–930	776	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	200.00–450.00	$344.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–915	889	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	12	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,101.91

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	16	120.00	$120.00	$596	—

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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.