Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 6, 2023

5,516 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $187.91/cwt -2.92 vs last sale · ≈ $984/hd at 524 lb · 190 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $183.96/cwt -3.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,045/hd at 568 lb · 184 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $215.15/cwt +5.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 567 lb · 172 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,516	3,883	3,560
Feeder cattle	4,751	2,502	1,966
Slaughter cattle	492	212	529
Replacement cattle	273	1,169	1,065

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, with calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher early week. Slaughter cows and bulls uneven with early week 2.00 to 3.00 higher and late week cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower and 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
302–345	335	24	240.00–260.00	$252.10	$845	+17.06
350–392	374	74	230.00–246.00	$239.36	$895	+5.91
401–449	427	91	225.00–243.00	$237.82	$1,015	+10.57
450–485	466	103	221.00–244.00	$233.57	$1,088	+12.19
500–546	524	135	209.00–234.00	$221.94	$1,163	+0.79
551–597	567	172	203.50–227.00	$215.15	$1,220	+5.79
600–649	622	157	197.50–219.00	$205.84	$1,280	+6.11
650–696	670	163	190.00–212.00	$198.26	$1,328	+3.54
705–742	716	140	185.00–197.00	$188.60	$1,350	+1.48
767–798	780	25	180.00–187.00	$181.98	$1,419	-3.02
818–840	837	70	172.50–179.00	$173.48	$1,452	-0.33
916–930	922	31	167.00–174.50	$171.08	$1,577	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	221.00	$221.00	$685	+8.33
375–388	381	14	203.00–217.50	$209.65	$799	-2.63
418–448	433	38	200.00–220.00	$210.95	$913	+3.93
450–498	479	56	200.00–222.50	$211.07	$1,011	+9.09
505–547	527	95	185.00–214.00	$203.55	$1,073	+1.88
552–598	568	108	184.00–204.00	$195.78	$1,112	+6.42
600–646	624	59	180.00–196.00	$188.38	$1,175	+3.71
655–698	682	160	175.00–190.75	$187.30	$1,277	+1.94
700–749	727	78	166.00–183.00	$171.98	$1,250	-1.01
771–798	780	42	160.00–178.00	$171.41	$1,337	—
806–848	825	20	151.00–165.00	$158.94	$1,311	-3.95
887–891	887	69	164.00–170.00	$169.65	$1,505	+9.15
929–944	940	15	145.00–161.00	$156.78	$1,474	—
1179	1179	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,627	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
350–398	371	15	180.00–192.50	$186.57	$692	—
496	496	17	192.00	$192.00	$952	+16.73
506–548	520	19	175.00–187.00	$181.06	$942	+3.36
572–590	580	29	173.50–180.00	$175.32	$1,017	+6.76
600–638	612	30	163.00–178.00	$172.36	$1,055	+1.02
651–694	676	27	159.00–175.00	$167.93	$1,135	—
808–828	813	11	144.00–153.00	$146.50	$1,191	-5.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–499	483	28	195.00–213.00	$208.46	$1,007	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	155.00	$155.00	$592	—
465–493	483	11	152.50–160.00	$155.13	$749	—
674	674	5	140.00	$140.00	$944	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–492	465	9	200.00–213.00	$204.58	$951	—
720	720	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,289	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584–585	585	12	175.00–198.00	$186.49	$1,091	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	227.00	$227.00	$858	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	4	158.00	$158.00	$728	-22.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–347	323	28	207.50–227.50	$216.40	$699	—
355	355	3	199.00	$199.00	$706	+1.29
401–447	415	32	192.50–207.50	$196.31	$815	-1.23
451–474	461	110	190.00–211.00	$204.32	$942	+9.79
501–546	523	185	182.00–200.00	$188.29	$985	-2.54
542	542	5	174.00	$174.00	$943	-16.83
550–599	568	184	180.00–191.00	$183.96	$1,045	-3.36
602–647	629	122	177.00–185.00	$179.79	$1,131	-6.16
652–678	671	113	170.00–181.00	$176.36	$1,183	—
712–737	718	34	166.50–170.00	$169.01	$1,213	—
759–798	775	12	158.00–165.00	$161.00	$1,248	—
814	814	14	162.00	$162.00	$1,319	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–348	337	16	187.50–203.00	$199.91	$674	+12.00
359–385	371	13	175.00–185.00	$180.88	$671	-6.63
402–449	436	78	170.00–190.00	$183.24	$799	+12.76
450–499	469	132	177.50–190.00	$182.79	$857	+10.22
502–547	523	136	164.00–180.00	$174.68	$914	-0.34
550–594	570	124	160.00–178.00	$172.85	$985	+2.17
600–645	620	102	155.00–174.00	$167.72	$1,040	+1.98
650–695	672	153	155.00–175.00	$167.13	$1,123	+7.87
702–748	723	36	144.00–160.00	$155.61	$1,125	+5.20
765–785	775	6	146.00–150.00	$147.97	$1,147	—
856	856	18	150.50	$150.50	$1,288	+1.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	329	20	162.50–180.00	$168.03	$553	+8.03
372–395	390	25	172.50–180.00	$173.93	$678	—
464–495	477	14	160.00–170.00	$163.45	$780	+5.03
504–505	504	7	157.00–165.00	$161.57	$814	+8.14
608–612	610	9	145.00–149.00	$146.34	$893	—
655–695	667	10	143.50–145.00	$143.97	$960	+1.97
718–743	731	6	135.00–139.00	$137.03	$1,002	+0.10
789–792	791	13	130.00	$130.00	$1,028	—
950–970	968	24	122.00–134.00	$123.47	$1,195	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–363	357	23	175.00–185.00	$176.71	$631	—
414–445	427	7	170.00–177.50	$174.15	$744	—
578	578	11	172.00	$172.00	$994	+7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	9	180.00	$180.00	$828	—
559–582	568	8	165.00–171.00	$168.69	$958	—
682	682	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,091	+7.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	135.00	$135.00	$416	—
407	407	5	120.00	$120.00	$488	—
668	668	10	125.00	$125.00	$835	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	5	174.00	$174.00	$891	—
609	609	11	163.00	$163.00	$993	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	4	164.00	$164.00	$518	—
468	468	6	154.00	$154.00	$721	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	3	192.00	$192.00	$945	-3.87
505–548	534	12	165.00–185.00	$170.99	$913	—
617–630	620	16	154.00–169.00	$160.59	$996	+0.59
718–742	730	6	154.00–157.00	$155.52	$1,135	—
761–799	786	28	139.00–159.50	$145.08	$1,140	—
996	996	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,305	—
1014	1014	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–512	509	6	192.50–195.00	$193.76	$986	—
588	588	6	187.50	$187.50	$1,102	—
604–631	616	13	172.00–186.00	$179.39	$1,105	—
732–745	739	6	160.00–170.00	$165.04	$1,220	—
762	762	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,265	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	6	188.00	$188.00	$925	—
515–545	531	9	147.50–172.00	$156.50	$831	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1320–1615	1468	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,750.00–2,600.00	$2,217.72	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
696	696	85-90%	6	20.00	$20.00	$139	—
748–1155	866	85-90%	30	30.00–45.00	$37.94	$329	—
730–1270	977	85-90%	66	44.00–62.50	$54.32	$531	-10.66
855–1245	1034	85-90%	13	76.00–83.00	$79.03	$817	+5.45
780–1235	1061	85-90%	121	62.00–78.00	$68.30	$725	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1320	1138	80-85%	14	59.00–74.00	$70.07	$797	—
1065–1295	1193	80-85%	22	85.00–105.00	$91.60	$1,093	+7.17
1015–1345	1227	80-85%	55	75.00–86.00	$80.50	$988	-10.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1292–1710	1426	75-80%	18	68.00–79.00	$73.75	$1,052	-18.15
1330–1605	1441	75-80%	18	88.00–104.00	$91.37	$1,317	-0.53
1315–1775	1485	75-80%	37	77.00–88.50	$83.08	$1,234	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1700	1446	20	70.00–100.00	$85.69	$1,239	-0.26
1340–2285	1676	32	94.00–110.00	$104.07	$1,744	—
1430–2360	1853	18	108.50–130.00	$115.39	$2,138	+14.94

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–830	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–150.00	$124.70	$935
774–1090	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	80.00–105.00	$95.41	$834

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1285	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	83.00–115.00	$103.64	$1,117
772–1495	1146	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	115.00–132.00	$122.96	$1,409

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–965	822	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	68.00–79.00	$71.27	$586

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1140	1119	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,125.00–1,350.00	$1,257.82
1045–1555	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	1,000.00–1,550.00	$1,329.10

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–950	827	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	500.00–800.00	$679.06
818–1045	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	750.00–850.00	$785.43

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1025	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,125.00	$1,046.56
910–998	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,450.00	$1,317.77

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–970	726	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	200.00–475.00	$318.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1180	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	650.00–1,050.00	$841.30

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–955	871	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,170.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–848	800	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	825.00–925.00	$871.40

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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
1025–1150	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,337.50	—

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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.