Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 29, 2024

9,064 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $230.34/cwt +5.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,343/hd at 583 lb · 405 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $251.36/cwt +7.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,692/hd at 673 lb · 373 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.03/cwt +7.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,435/hd at 616 lb · 319 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,064	3,396	3,883
Feeder cattle	8,272	2,853	2,502
Slaughter cattle	544	284	212
Replacement cattle	248	259	1,169

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher, spots 20.00 higher, and yearlings 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	7	320.00–345.00	$334.34	$1,127	-1.51
352–396	375	30	320.00–377.50	$341.53	$1,281	+20.68
401–448	424	77	317.50–360.00	$334.37	$1,418	+20.12
450–486	470	90	313.00–345.00	$327.42	$1,539	+17.23
500–522 thin fleshed	516	11	329.00–336.00	$330.85	$1,707	—
500–548	524	284	300.00–322.00	$311.03	$1,630	+13.64
550–599	571	142	279.00–314.50	$298.31	$1,703	+32.00
620 fancy	620	11	304.00	$304.00	$1,885	—
600–644	621	299	257.00–297.00	$271.29	$1,685	+7.45
652–696	673	373	242.00–274.00	$251.36	$1,692	+7.88
700–746	713	120	233.00–252.00	$241.17	$1,720	+7.70
754–799	772	137	221.00–235.00	$229.80	$1,774	+8.06
800–841	816	69	219.00–229.00	$227.43	$1,856	—
860–886	869	150	220.00–229.00	$226.25	$1,966	—
921	921	61	215.50	$215.50	$1,985	—
962–989	966	189	208.50–213.00	$212.34	$2,051	—
1010	1010	19	207.00	$207.00	$2,091	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	323	11	300.00–337.50	$332.59	$1,074	—
365–399	389	18	300.00–340.00	$320.55	$1,247	—
412–445	428	20	290.00–326.00	$312.94	$1,339	+24.31
444 unweaned	444	10	306.00	$306.00	$1,359	—
451–497	477	70	282.50–314.00	$297.83	$1,421	+20.41
502–548	531	86	268.00–297.50	$287.07	$1,524	+15.01
559 unweaned	559	14	268.00	$268.00	$1,498	—
554–597	577	301	250.00–283.00	$266.25	$1,536	+7.27
605–646	630	214	235.00–268.00	$251.35	$1,584	+8.66
632 value added	632	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,517	—
652–697	680	249	223.00–247.00	$240.84	$1,638	+5.61
712–748	725	79	213.00–237.00	$226.92	$1,645	+10.51
746 value added	746	12	227.00	$227.00	$1,693	—
755–793	781	115	204.00–231.00	$222.49	$1,738	+9.91
800–843	823	38	195.50–224.00	$209.52	$1,724	+3.77
851–877	855	77	204.00–214.00	$207.72	$1,776	—
915–935	920	8	200.00–211.50	$202.92	$1,867	—
975	975	13	194.00	$194.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,089	+15.00
408–438	418	6	235.00–270.00	$257.78	$1,078	—
458–485	475	15	241.00–275.00	$270.62	$1,285	—
505–545	533	57	239.00–266.00	$256.50	$1,367	+18.36
550–593	566	47	225.00–250.00	$243.09	$1,376	+16.73
600–648	620	36	212.50–235.00	$223.97	$1,389	—
696–697	696	22	205.00–218.50	$215.43	$1,499	+15.43
755–785	761	5	186.00–200.00	$188.89	$1,437	—
805–838	834	17	165.00–200.00	$168.97	$1,409	—
1004	1004	6	162.50	$162.50	$1,632	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642	642	9	263.00	$263.00	$1,688	+20.00
651	651	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,614	—
803	803	23	216.00–224.00	$221.91	$1,782	—
949	949	8	213.00	$213.00	$2,021	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	11	283.00	$283.00	$1,641	—
718	718	36	230.00	$230.00	$1,651	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519–544	529	30	215.00–239.00	$223.41	$1,182	—
570	570	14	215.00	$215.00	$1,226	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	14	270.00	$270.00	$1,185	+5.00
586	586	28	250.00	$250.00	$1,465	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	295.00	$295.00	$1,133	—
516	516	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,393	—
619	619	10	235.00–247.50	$242.50	$1,501	+10.00
1015 value added	1015	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,878	—
1097	1097	3	189.00	$189.00	$2,073	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	10	260.00	$260.00	$1,113	—
546	546	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,283	—
552–567	558	7	210.00–222.50	$217.06	$1,211	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	5	227.50	$227.50	$1,313	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–328	327	7	260.00–285.00	$281.50	$921	+23.33
355–398	388	22	260.00–282.50	$271.77	$1,054	—
405–440	421	20	242.50–271.00	$252.01	$1,061	+13.84
455–499	483	128	230.00–278.00	$249.21	$1,204	+21.79
502–549	530	195	230.00–255.00	$243.01	$1,288	+10.32
550–599	583	405	220.00–248.00	$230.34	$1,343	+5.82
603 value added	603	10	229.00	$229.00	$1,381	—
603–649	629	158	209.00–228.00	$221.44	$1,393	+12.73
650–684	670	201	205.00–219.00	$213.85	$1,433	+4.59
701 value added	701	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,472	—
700–738	732	151	201.00–210.00	$207.05	$1,516	+14.29
752–778	758	23	186.00–204.00	$194.68	$1,476	+3.53
807–820	811	37	184.50–186.00	$185.51	$1,504	-3.68
881	881	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,507	—
994	994	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,759	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–345	332	18	287.50–320.00	$293.13	$973	+13.13
358–395	377	17	280.00–317.50	$296.32	$1,117	—
400–448	426	70	270.00–310.00	$287.34	$1,224	+20.22
450 unweaned	450	23	278.00	$278.00	$1,251	—
450–492	469	65	257.50–300.00	$270.75	$1,270	+15.93
504–539	523	127	250.00–285.00	$270.29	$1,414	+26.03
550–592	570	237	240.00–263.00	$248.63	$1,417	+6.36
601–644	615	303	227.00–247.50	$233.32	$1,435	+7.95
631 value added	631	16	227.50	$227.50	$1,436	—
652–686	661	173	220.00–229.00	$223.78	$1,479	+7.07
702–737	717	144	209.00–227.00	$216.75	$1,554	+9.43
764	764	7	203.00	$203.00	$1,551	+5.75
825	825	11	205.00	$205.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	232.50	$232.50	$763	-7.50
352–395	373	14	217.50–246.00	$226.35	$844	-13.65
442	442	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,083	—
465–493	479	10	200.00–225.00	$211.39	$1,013	—
508–543	529	28	200.00–225.00	$213.82	$1,131	+12.31
551–590	573	17	207.50–220.00	$212.87	$1,220	+12.87
625–646	641	26	180.00–205.00	$201.06	$1,289	+15.06
741	741	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,334	—
813	813	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,293	—
908–939	917	36	140.00	$140.00	$1,284	+5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	10	248.00	$248.00	$1,037	—
578–593	589	11	232.00–232.50	$232.37	$1,369	+11.29
902	902	6	188.00	$188.00	$1,696	—
1167	1167	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,739	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–392	382	10	227.50–230.00	$228.72	$874	—
487	487	8	212.50	$212.50	$1,035	—
503	503	5	202.50	$202.50	$1,019	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	11	220.00	$220.00	$860	—
510	510	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,122	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	260.00	$260.00	$965	—
444	444	13	250.00	$250.00	$1,110	+15.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
801	801	11	193.00	$193.00	$1,546	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	6	263.00	$263.00	$1,110	—
462–493	488	21	242.50–282.50	$254.52	$1,242	—
505–548	531	22	232.50–259.00	$244.98	$1,301	+8.29
557–589	577	19	227.50–250.00	$239.81	$1,384	—
600–634	624	36	220.00–238.00	$226.05	$1,411	—
794	794	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
529	529	7	277.50	$277.50	$1,468	—
554–575	561	10	240.00–250.00	$246.17	$1,381	—
705	705	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1335–1685	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,800.00–2,800.00	$2,306.71	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1305	1193	80-85%	28	85.00–100.50	$94.39	$1,126	—
1040–1480	1204	80-85%	89	99.00–112.50	$103.61	$1,247	+1.10
1020–1415	1209	80-85%	49	106.00–120.00	$110.37	$1,334	+7.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1160	897	85-90%	10	50.00–69.00	$59.72	$536	—
720–1410	986	85-90%	49	70.00–90.00	$81.83	$807	+6.39
820–1175	999	85-90%	12	100.00–110.00	$103.73	$1,036	+28.29
785–1268	1064	85-90%	81	88.50–100.00	$94.41	$1,005	+10.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1585	1413	75-80%	14	80.00–99.00	$93.58	$1,322	-2.90
1265–1770	1417	75-80%	34	108.00–122.00	$111.30	$1,577	+14.82
1290–2100	1481	75-80%	76	100.00–112.00	$106.20	$1,573	-5.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2015	1527	18	91.00–113.00	$107.19	$1,637	-16.07
1285–2205	1697	35	114.00–131.00	$123.24	$2,091	—
1635–2535	2004	23	132.00–156.00	$142.64	$2,859	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1010	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	135.00–175.00	$144.93	$1,272
715–1060	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	105.00–130.00	$116.67	$1,094

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1030	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	122.00–152.00	$136.15	$1,327
890–1170	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00–150.00	$140.17	$1,472
875–1310	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	100.00–132.50	$116.47	$1,300

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–990	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	86.00–97.00	$92.53	$841

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1180–1220	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	97.00–99.00	$97.68	$1,165

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–1090	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–1,450.00	$1,198.75
1120–1270	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,282.85
925–1415	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,325.00–1,950.00	$1,663.23

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1005	902	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,377.17
950–1080	982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,375.00–1,675.00	$1,507.94

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–920	782	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	400.00–800.00	$647.06
825–1015	899	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	11	900.00–1,250.00	$1,066.61

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–830	726	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	400.00–875.00	$643.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–985	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1025	914	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	7	1,250.00–1,425.00	$1,321.21

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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
950–1312	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1050	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00–1,700.00	$1,533.33	—

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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.