Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 1, 2024

8,995 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $254.20/cwt +20.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,596/hd at 628 lb · 464 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $235.65/cwt +11.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,237/hd at 525 lb · 333 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $227.25/cwt +13.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,643/hd at 723 lb · 298 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,995	1,719	10,445
Feeder cattle	8,042	1,152	9,581
Slaughter cattle	692	370	582
Replacement cattle	261	197	282

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, spots 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	29	300.00–343.00	$321.69	$1,039	+4.19
352–398	377	43	300.00–339.50	$320.66	$1,209	+16.65
412–443	431	95	287.00–331.00	$313.76	$1,352	+9.16
451 thin fleshed	451	7	325.00	$325.00	$1,466	—
450–498	473	168	287.00–334.00	$307.18	$1,453	+24.87
473 value added	473	11	314.00	$314.00	$1,485	—
500–549	527	202	269.50–308.00	$290.54	$1,531	+23.04
550–597	572	222	257.00–285.50	$267.42	$1,530	+12.65
614 thin fleshed	614	10	275.00	$275.00	$1,688	—
604–649	628	454	241.50–264.00	$253.74	$1,593	+19.55
655 value added	655	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,579	—
654–695	678	165	232.50–275.00	$245.74	$1,666	+17.66
701–746	723	298	220.00–237.00	$227.25	$1,643	—
757–786	770	162	219.00–234.00	$224.44	$1,728	+15.26
775 value added	775	35	224.00	$224.00	$1,736	—
807–843	815	139	215.00–233.00	$220.13	$1,794	—
850–885	859	75	202.00–223.00	$218.92	$1,881	+13.92
945	945	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,890	—
958	958	11	208.00	$208.00	$1,993	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,038	+20.22
370 unweaned	370	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,092	—
403 unweaned	403	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,108	—
440–446	444	13	252.50–297.50	$285.85	$1,269	—
465–492	482	57	260.00–285.00	$271.30	$1,308	+7.95
507–546	525	110	250.00–275.00	$260.77	$1,369	+18.14
551–598	575	217	230.00–264.00	$245.56	$1,412	+13.12
619 value added	619	11	239.00	$239.00	$1,479	—
600–649	622	185	220.00–249.00	$236.78	$1,473	+12.65
676 value added	676	13	207.50	$207.50	$1,403	—
650–699	679	285	210.50–243.00	$225.77	$1,533	+11.71
700–749	729	130	200.00–220.00	$212.82	$1,551	—
761–794	781	152	205.00–216.00	$213.67	$1,669	+13.67
803–817	808	16	206.00–210.00	$207.50	$1,677	+8.79
866–899	887	51	203.00–205.00	$203.58	$1,806	—
905–917	911	15	194.00–195.00	$194.47	$1,772	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	20	240.00–255.00	$249.75	$1,046	—
499	499	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,048	—
502–549	532	35	205.00–247.50	$236.88	$1,260	+10.88
568 unweaned	568	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,272	—
582–599	591	43	213.00–234.00	$224.23	$1,325	—
603	603	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,266	+5.00
691–699	697	22	202.50–205.00	$204.44	$1,425	—
830–834	833	15	185.00	$185.00	$1,541	—
886	886	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,418	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,080	—
516	516	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,269	+35.00
564–570	565	14	245.00–254.00	$246.30	$1,392	—
609	609	52	214.00	$214.00	$1,303	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,067	—
436–446	440	13	190.00–200.00	$193.90	$853	—
451	451	8	220.00	$220.00	$992	—
559	559	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,118	—
609	609	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,248	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657	657	14	213.00	$213.00	$1,399	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	10	150.00	$150.00	$879	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646	646	9	246.00	$246.00	$1,589	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	185.00	$185.00	$814	—
673	673	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
769	769	6	195.00	$195.00	$1,500	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,127	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–326	320	10	265.00–282.50	$277.49	$888	+7.43
372–397	387	38	255.00–270.00	$265.01	$1,026	+13.37
399 value added	399	10	281.00	$281.00	$1,121	—
408–449	431	38	249.00–279.00	$266.59	$1,149	+25.08
450–493	472	168	242.50–271.50	$257.49	$1,215	+18.53
487 value added	487	28	244.00	$244.00	$1,188	—
500–547	525	333	224.00–265.00	$235.65	$1,237	+11.65
572 value added	572	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,258	—
551–599	583	224	217.50–250.50	$225.98	$1,317	—
600–648	612	223	213.00–228.00	$220.44	$1,349	+8.66
648 value added	648	16	215.00	$215.00	$1,393	—
656–699	675	280	211.00–241.50	$219.54	$1,482	+8.31
700–749	713	217	209.00–219.00	$212.35	$1,514	+20.35
793	793	9	202.00	$202.00	$1,602	—
820	820	16	198.00	$198.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–388	377	9	250.00–255.00	$253.04	$954	+14.79
419–438	426	50	235.00–255.00	$246.69	$1,051	+20.42
470–496	482	69	224.00–254.00	$236.16	$1,138	+23.85
493 unweaned	493	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,085	—
500–549	532	120	210.00–236.50	$222.79	$1,185	+16.97
555–598	581	169	195.00–225.00	$213.05	$1,238	+10.13
581 value added	581	6	212.50	$212.50	$1,235	—
587	587	12	224.50	$224.50	$1,318	+21.58
605–649	632	191	194.00–222.00	$210.34	$1,329	—
652–698	683	94	185.00–221.00	$205.64	$1,405	+13.50
704–706	705	22	200.00–213.50	$209.81	$1,479	—
754–788	769	84	185.00–200.00	$194.80	$1,498	—
792 value added	792	17	189.00	$189.00	$1,497	—
803–846	819	104	185.00–191.50	$188.77	$1,546	—
864–878	869	11	180.00–182.00	$180.73	$1,571	—
945	945	11	178.00	$178.00	$1,682	—
993	993	25	139.00	$139.00	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	7	210.00	$210.00	$855	—
455 unweaned	455	6	207.50	$207.50	$944	—
464	464	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,002	+36.68
510	510	10	200.00	$200.00	$1,020	—
551–570	557	10	208.00–212.50	$209.38	$1,166	+37.27
620–635	630	15	185.00–202.00	$194.84	$1,227	+29.66
663	663	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,366	+46.68
886	886	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,418	+25.08
939	939	17	140.00	$140.00	$1,315	—
1032	1032	25	132.50	$132.50	$1,367	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	7	213.00	$213.00	$1,238	—
778	778	40	207.50	$207.50	$1,614	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	6	185.00	$185.00	$657	—
404	404	5	150.00	$150.00	$606	—
483	483	3	185.00	$185.00	$894	+10.00
531–543	536	8	180.00–205.00	$195.49	$1,048	+45.49
620	620	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,147	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	20	216.00	$216.00	$1,344	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
761–780	765	10	138.00–149.00	$146.76	$1,123	—
820	820	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,066	—
870	870	3	152.00	$152.00	$1,322	—
970	970	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,242	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	13	200.00	$200.00	$1,120	—
1002	1002	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,503	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	6	220.00	$220.00	$953	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	6	240.00	$240.00	$830	—
418–446	436	8	220.00–240.00	$232.80	$1,015	-2.20
461–462	462	11	210.00–239.00	$225.83	$1,043	—
533 unweaned	533	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,125	—
557–584	570	15	216.00–225.00	$220.69	$1,258	+14.34
611–642	624	11	200.00–206.00	$201.98	$1,260	-0.57
679–696	690	14	180.00–204.00	$195.56	$1,349	+14.02
748	748	10	193.00	$193.00	$1,444	—
797	797	9	188.00	$188.00	$1,498	—
1172	1172	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,570	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	11	280.00	$280.00	$1,240	—
494	494	5	257.50	$257.50	$1,272	+10.10
504	504	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,260	+13.80

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1610	1472	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,675.00–1,950.00	$1,799.07	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1160	919	85-90%	15	43.00–62.00	$53.41	$491	-13.31
700–1410	967	85-90%	36	63.00–74.00	$68.45	$662	-20.19
700–1240	1057	85-90%	165	72.50–90.00	$79.93	$845	—
815–1215	1057	85-90%	39	86.00–100.00	$91.47	$967	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1520	1233	80-85%	27	70.00–83.00	$78.23	$965	-2.42
1010–1415	1259	80-85%	144	79.50–94.00	$88.14	$1,110	—
1050–1380	1275	80-85%	24	93.00–115.00	$97.39	$1,242	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1545	1410	75-80%	18	95.00–114.00	$104.38	$1,472	—
1305–1900	1470	75-80%	100	85.00–95.00	$90.21	$1,326	-8.07
1310–1790	1495	75-80%	12	73.00–85.00	$80.28	$1,200	-0.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1865	1538	10	84.00–104.00	$94.49	$1,453	—
1270–2075	1685	23	103.00–115.00	$110.84	$1,868	—
1255–2245	1833	19	116.00–129.00	$120.04	$2,200	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110–1305	1160	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	145.00–155.00	$147.39	$1,710
1095–1410	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	90.00–130.00	$111.54	$1,336

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–835	745	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	127.50–140.00	$132.95	$990
775–1080	934	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	97.00–125.00	$109.54	$1,023

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–955	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	85.00–96.00	$90.93	$762

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1125	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	79.00–96.00	$85.37	$909

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
903	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,410.00	$1,410.00
970–1315	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,235.00	$1,161.77
1125–1480	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,470.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1115	918	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	26	650.00–1,150.00	$1,004.46

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
818–1080	971	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,200.00–1,525.00	$1,347.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1255	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,119.21

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–945	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	400.00–650.00	$498.99

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–975	880	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	900.00–1,200.00	$1,110.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1100	1094	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,125.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–938	859	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,266.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1155	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	8	120.00	$120.00	$680	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	8	91.00	$91.00	$457	—

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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.