Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 23, 2023

1,906 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.65/cwt +6.06 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 528 lb · 99 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $191.91/cwt +2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 517 lb · 98 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $169.36/cwt +4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 474 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,906	5,160	5,696
Feeder cattle	1,524	4,436	4,778
Slaughter cattle	241	413	552
Replacement cattle	141	311	366

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–340	331	6	220.00–222.50	$221.64	$734	-5.11
355–397	382	11	215.00–222.50	$217.54	$831	-4.97
419–443	424	25	210.00–218.00	$215.86	$915	+0.80
462–499	480	26	209.00–217.00	$210.96	$1,013	+0.93
518–544	530	62	205.00–216.00	$210.28	$1,114	+6.42
552–591	565	37	195.00–205.00	$198.77	$1,123	+1.81
605–636	617	24	184.00–189.00	$187.41	$1,156	+2.62
673–685	676	23	175.00–177.00	$176.56	$1,194	-5.90
733	733	12	171.00	$171.00	$1,253	+0.92
765	765	69	176.00	$176.00	$1,346	+7.39
835	835	59	171.00	$171.00	$1,428	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–322	317	6	200.00–207.50	$202.43	$642	-12.57
373–397	390	10	203.00–210.00	$205.01	$800	-3.78
402–427	411	12	202.50–207.50	$205.11	$843	+9.81
460–498	470	30	191.00–206.00	$200.27	$941	+4.93
510–542	517	98	183.00–197.00	$191.91	$992	+2.20
556–595	577	31	173.00–186.00	$178.58	$1,030	-2.63
610–643	625	44	171.00–175.00	$173.90	$1,087	+0.15
650–687	661	10	162.50–172.00	$165.46	$1,094	-3.91
715–735	721	18	150.00–156.50	$154.66	$1,115	-10.68
750–761	757	13	166.00	$166.00	$1,257	+6.50
836–848	840	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,260	-11.56
938	938	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,379	-10.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	5	182.50	$182.50	$613	—
462	462	5	185.00	$185.00	$855	+3.38
531–549	542	21	177.00–181.00	$178.49	$967	+4.59
558–592	568	7	155.00–165.00	$157.98	$897	-4.00
623–638	631	6	150.00–160.00	$155.06	$978	-0.98

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	8	200.00	$200.00	$890	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–397	384	52	180.00–188.00	$183.02	$703	-1.58
461–494	477	56	177.00–187.50	$181.38	$865	+8.03
513–548	528	99	169.00–185.00	$175.65	$927	+6.06
555–562	556	27	168.00–171.00	$170.18	$946	+4.39
600–630	622	43	163.00–167.00	$164.47	$1,023	-1.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–448	423	28	169.00–175.00	$173.40	$733	+6.71
458–492	474	72	156.00–174.00	$169.36	$803	+4.80
504–542	517	37	155.00–167.00	$163.30	$844	+2.21
557	557	5	162.50	$162.50	$905	+3.59
614–642	632	24	150.00–157.50	$154.85	$979	-1.49
663–674	666	36	152.50–155.00	$153.20	$1,020	+0.11
722	722	18	157.50	$157.50	$1,137	+4.13
766–785	773	8	140.00–150.00	$146.19	$1,130	-5.04

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	18	165.50	$165.50	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	5	145.00	$145.00	$766	+0.38
734–746	742	13	125.00–135.00	$131.18	$973	-3.21

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	161.50	$161.50	$753	+11.50
600	600	5	150.00	$150.00	$900	-7.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574–579	577	10	150.00–157.50	$153.73	$887	-5.88
637–648	646	17	160.00	$160.00	$1,034	+4.49
681–692	683	10	140.00–145.00	$143.99	$983	-6.19
701–711	706	10	142.50–159.00	$150.69	$1,064	+3.60
810–843	834	21	115.00–130.00	$125.32	$1,045	—
956–960	958	13	114.00–129.00	$122.06	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–424	422	13	192.50–205.00	$202.11	$853	+0.11
508–520	517	12	180.00–182.50	$180.61	$934	+17.41

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1008	1008	11	115.00	$115.00	$1,159	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1710	1415	75-80%	43	75.00–85.00	$80.91	$1,145	+14.36
1300–1675	1460	75-80%	29	85.00–93.00	$88.24	$1,288	—
1295–1870	1579	75-80%	4	66.00–70.00	$68.26	$1,078	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1310	1185	80-85%	30	83.00–92.00	$87.22	$1,034	—
1035–1340	1192	80-85%	33	73.00–83.00	$79.00	$942	—
1100–1280	1224	80-85%	6	68.00–71.00	$68.77	$842	+4.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
918–935	921	85-90%	6	40.00–48.00	$46.65	$430	—
770–1215	971	85-90%	25	50.00–59.00	$54.53	$529	—
820–1185	1005	85-90%	16	73.00–83.00	$77.25	$776	+4.66
770–1205	1031	85-90%	20	60.00–72.00	$66.76	$688	+26.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1895	1522	11	73.00–97.00	$87.05	$1,325	—
1275–1790	1595	13	97.00–108.00	$103.42	$1,650	+5.50
1415–2025	1807	5	109.00–115.00	$112.36	$2,030	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1315	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	107.50–130.00	$119.19	$1,166
900–1520	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	78.00–114.00	$89.68	$1,118

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
888–1225	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	54.00–80.00	$72.02	$778

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1165	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	81.00–97.00	$87.05	$853

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1040	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	76.00–80.00	$77.42	$756

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
944–975	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	950.00–1,225.00	$1,010.92
986–995	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,349.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1199	1199	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1125–1280	1211	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,100.00–1,550.00	$1,324.98
1020–1442	1263	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,251.95

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1085	926	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	700.00–850.00	$757.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1045	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,025.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–825	802	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	700.00–900.00	$848.75

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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
1038–1287	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,400.00	$1,345.83	—

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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.