Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 22, 2024

3,396 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $263.84/cwt +10.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,631/hd at 618 lb · 207 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.26/cwt -10.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,277/hd at 523 lb · 200 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $233.47/cwt ≈ $1,679/hd at 719 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,396	740	1,906
Feeder cattle	2,853	665	1,524
Slaughter cattle	284	75	241
Replacement cattle	259	—	141

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, spots up to 15.00 higher early week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–341	336	12	335.00–336.00	$335.85	$1,128	+14.25
361–398	371	24	315.00–327.50	$320.85	$1,190	—
401–444	437	77	300.00–320.00	$314.25	$1,373	—
450–492	469	53	300.00–325.00	$310.19	$1,455	-0.17
511–534 unweaned	526	24	280.00–285.00	$281.84	$1,482	—
510–542	527	72	280.00–313.00	$297.39	$1,567	+0.17
550–594	578	85	262.00–274.50	$266.31	$1,539	-8.21
600–648	618	207	248.00–270.00	$263.84	$1,631	+10.41
656–672	666	57	239.00–251.50	$243.48	$1,622	-11.08
700–734	719	125	225.00–240.00	$233.47	$1,679	—
758–786	777	23	220.00–223.00	$221.74	$1,723	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–448	420	20	275.00–295.00	$288.63	$1,212	-2.37
453–494	482	37	269.00–290.00	$277.42	$1,337	+12.42
504–548	524	89	259.00–282.00	$272.06	$1,426	—
550–598	580	48	250.00–272.50	$258.98	$1,502	—
601–646	620	33	240.00–247.50	$242.69	$1,505	+7.01
662–690	678	80	210.00–245.00	$235.23	$1,595	—
701–742	720	21	210.00–225.00	$216.41	$1,558	—
758–792	772	46	210.00–216.00	$212.58	$1,641	+3.08
802–847	819	57	199.00–208.00	$205.75	$1,685	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,297	—
588–592	591	11	247.50–248.00	$247.86	$1,465	—
631	631	19	232.50	$232.50	$1,467	—
738	738	15	220.00	$220.00	$1,624	—
784	784	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,568	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,004	—
520–542	538	10	235.00–246.00	$238.14	$1,281	—
568–570	569	8	220.00–237.00	$226.36	$1,288	—
681	681	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,362	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,071	—
590	590	16	255.00	$255.00	$1,504	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,555	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	15	280.00	$280.00	$960	—
426 fancy	426	16	284.00	$284.00	$1,210	—
410–448	434	91	252.00–277.00	$267.12	$1,159	—
459–485	478	61	242.50–267.00	$254.82	$1,218	-12.86
501–548	523	200	236.00–261.00	$244.26	$1,277	-10.60
558–593	577	97	229.00–255.50	$242.27	$1,398	+12.69
606–643	627	110	216.00–234.00	$225.37	$1,413	+2.70
650–690	671	42	213.00–223.00	$216.71	$1,454	—
704–733	721	55	200.00–212.50	$207.32	$1,495	—
781	781	88	197.25	$197.25	$1,541	—
924	924	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,709	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–341	336	14	235.00–280.00	$258.17	$867	—
410–443	434	27	225.00–247.50	$238.17	$1,034	-6.83
465–489	481	9	225.00–232.50	$227.42	$1,094	-7.03
508–542	531	34	220.00–236.00	$232.69	$1,236	+12.44
552–592	582	12	222.50–231.00	$224.52	$1,307	—
618–641	631	18	200.00–220.00	$208.71	$1,317	-8.72
659–698	684	71	200.00–215.00	$209.26	$1,431	+0.94
711–732	724	28	190.00–198.00	$192.76	$1,396	+6.46
764–797	776	8	185.00–195.00	$191.15	$1,483	—
812–839	824	18	187.00–191.00	$189.19	$1,559	—
1057	1057	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,733	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602–620	618	77	227.50–229.50	$229.32	$1,417	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	240.00	$240.00	$787	—
391	391	4	240.00	$240.00	$938	+33.88
524–529	527	8	200.00–203.00	$201.51	$1,062	—
588	588	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,176	—
631	631	6	186.00	$186.00	$1,174	—
673–691	684	8	185.00–186.00	$185.63	$1,270	+13.63
767	767	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,227	—
900	900	14	135.00	$135.00	$1,215	—
970–975	974	11	130.00–145.00	$140.92	$1,373	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–565	562	7	220.00–222.50	$221.08	$1,242	—
782	782	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,486	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	12	218.00	$218.00	$1,347	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	5	140.00	$140.00	$918	—
779	779	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,013	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,039	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	11	304.00	$304.00	$1,201	—
481	481	13	281.00	$281.00	$1,352	—
600–625	613	12	237.00–238.00	$237.51	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504–542	521	10	230.00–245.00	$236.69	$1,233	-22.31
655	655	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,382	—
748	748	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,496	—
808–828	815	9	160.00–165.00	$163.31	$1,331	—
1242	1242	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,220	+22.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1620	1620	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1650	1650	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772–1230	977	85-90%	5	73.00–78.00	$75.44	$737	—
850–1170	1002	85-90%	20	102.00–109.00	$104.44	$1,046	—
700–1245	1043	85-90%	62	85.00–100.00	$95.14	$992	—
715–1430	1050	85-90%	26	72.50–88.00	$83.42	$876	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1235	1155	80-85%	4	90.00–95.00	$92.74	$1,071	—
1010–1390	1201	80-85%	45	96.50–107.50	$102.51	$1,231	-2.30
1070–1370	1223	80-85%	26	107.00–120.00	$112.13	$1,371	+7.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1620	1429	75-80%	8	93.00–99.00	$96.48	$1,379	—
1340–1680	1455	75-80%	11	107.50–119.00	$111.31	$1,620	—
1340–1770	1508	75-80%	35	97.00–108.00	$103.25	$1,557	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1775	1377	6	94.00–112.00	$106.65	$1,469	—
1285–1915	1526	9	115.00–131.00	$123.26	$1,881	—
1270–2125	1795	14	125.00–158.00	$139.87	$2,511	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–915	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	147.50–177.50	$161.39	$1,307
700–1083	911	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	108.00–138.00	$118.33	$1,078

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1075	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	91.00–99.00	$96.09	$938

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1215	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	106.00–124.00	$119.43	$1,345

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1370	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	92.00–100.00	$97.59	$1,130

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1450	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,617.34

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
982–1045	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,200.00–1,600.00	$1,414.39
810–1096	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	1,225.00–1,700.00	$1,532.42

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–1060	939	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	13	750.00–1,200.00	$992.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1215	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,182.65

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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
1030–1455	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,816.67	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–938	906	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,366.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095–1100	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,525.00–1,700.00	$1,622.22	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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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.