Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 13, 2025

5,796 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $297.05/cwt ≈ $1,987/hd at 669 lb · 369 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $308.80/cwt +23.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,933/hd at 626 lb · 307 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $282.66/cwt +16.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,032/hd at 719 lb · 239 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,796	819	740
Feeder cattle	5,031	121	665
Slaughter cattle	423	376	75
Replacement cattle	342	322	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers under 700 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 higher, over 700 lbs 12.00 to 18.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 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
315–339	335	11	380.00–405.00	$400.72	$1,342	-9.23
350–394	378	36	386.00–420.00	$402.25	$1,521	+44.45
402–433	419	52	371.00–432.50	$394.51	$1,653	+37.53
452–497	475	89	350.00–370.00	$362.62	$1,722	—
503–548	522	198	331.00–370.00	$350.18	$1,828	+31.22
555–590	575	170	307.50–357.50	$327.68	$1,884	+19.68
600–649	626	307	297.00–328.00	$308.80	$1,933	+23.80
650–695	669	369	286.50–314.00	$297.05	$1,987	—
703–744	719	239	275.00–301.00	$282.66	$2,032	+16.92
755–785	764	55	260.00–272.50	$263.73	$2,015	—
800–816	810	36	254.50–267.00	$256.67	$2,079	—
852	852	5	250.00	$250.00	$2,130	+9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	378	17	345.00–375.00	$366.66	$1,386	—
400–445	430	36	325.00–365.00	$347.04	$1,492	—
455 unweaned	455	3	334.00	$334.00	$1,520	—
452–498	483	76	322.50–352.50	$334.66	$1,616	+18.56
500–545	531	107	310.00–334.00	$321.61	$1,708	+46.61
552–598	578	170	280.00–323.00	$303.64	$1,755	+36.14
605–648	620	90	262.50–295.00	$276.51	$1,714	-5.32
652–698	677	139	255.00–282.50	$274.27	$1,857	+4.27
720–747	742	76	257.00–272.50	$265.16	$1,967	—
753–797	777	59	245.00–268.50	$253.07	$1,966	+10.50
802–841	826	12	236.00–258.00	$251.01	$2,073	—
855–899	881	43	220.00–245.00	$238.59	$2,102	—
908	908	5	230.00	$230.00	$2,088	+24.00
1067	1067	17	190.00	$190.00	$2,027	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	380.00	$380.00	$1,330	—
438	438	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,555	—
521	521	17	331.00	$331.00	$1,725	—
555	555	12	300.00	$300.00	$1,665	—
602–646	618	28	270.00–285.00	$280.19	$1,732	—
700	700	14	270.00	$270.00	$1,890	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	14	298.00	$298.00	$1,794	—
679	679	29	292.50	$292.50	$1,986	—
728	728	15	269.00	$269.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–492	470	12	294.00–316.00	$301.34	$1,416	—
500–544	533	19	265.00–300.00	$282.25	$1,504	—
550–595	574	6	256.00–270.00	$263.92	$1,515	+3.92
611–645	628	10	225.00–250.00	$236.71	$1,487	—
694	694	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,700	—
715–730	727	5	226.00–247.00	$242.87	$1,766	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–481	476	7	310.00–330.00	$315.58	$1,502	—
550	550	5	307.50	$307.50	$1,691	—
734	734	19	265.00	$265.00	$1,945	—
862	862	9	241.00	$241.00	$2,077	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–488	472	4	262.50–285.00	$273.36	$1,290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	318	15	340.00–360.00	$349.88	$1,113	—
365–398	386	40	327.50–370.00	$351.48	$1,357	+31.48
405–449	428	55	320.00–357.50	$333.30	$1,427	+28.30
455–498	477	123	314.00–339.00	$327.97	$1,564	—
498 unweaned	498	7	298.00	$298.00	$1,484	—
520 unweaned	520	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,482	—
501–547	522	110	294.00–330.00	$315.33	$1,646	—
562 unweaned	562	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,489	—
550–598	573	139	280.00–305.00	$289.98	$1,662	—
610 unweaned	610	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,586	—
600–647	622	222	264.00–290.00	$274.65	$1,708	+10.53
652–694	669	70	262.50–277.50	$268.35	$1,795	—
757–784	768	19	243.00–250.00	$246.01	$1,889	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	300.00	$300.00	$975	—
355–390	373	26	297.50–328.00	$317.47	$1,184	+33.99
400–448	433	21	272.50–322.50	$301.29	$1,305	—
459–499	489	60	270.00–312.50	$294.62	$1,441	—
501–547	528	75	271.00–295.00	$285.08	$1,505	+24.97
552–598	579	93	257.50–287.00	$274.80	$1,591	+8.89
603 unweaned	603	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,453	—
600–645	631	33	250.00–265.00	$259.60	$1,638	+6.60
655–692	673	28	240.00–260.00	$255.39	$1,719	+4.37
708–735	718	28	227.00–245.00	$240.95	$1,730	—
752–782	773	15	220.00–231.00	$227.65	$1,760	—
805–820	811	5	223.00–225.00	$224.19	$1,818	—
977	977	37	215.50	$215.50	$2,105	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,080	—
470–498	474	16	275.00–282.50	$275.99	$1,308	—
500–543	533	41	240.00–267.50	$256.02	$1,365	+16.02
556–593	570	21	235.00–257.00	$248.42	$1,416	—
615	615	3	220.00–241.00	$234.00	$1,439	—
671–690	679	15	217.00–237.50	$228.12	$1,549	—
773	773	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,662	—
923	923	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,468	—
966–967	966	29	140.00–168.00	$150.63	$1,455	—
1028	1028	7	148.00	$148.00	$1,521	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561–570	567	36	273.00–277.50	$275.30	$1,561	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,299	—
417	417	5	337.50	$337.50	$1,407	—
485	485	12	312.50	$312.50	$1,516	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606–648	623	10	265.00–270.00	$267.08	$1,664	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–442	441	9	317.50–325.00	$321.66	$1,419	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	341.00	$341.00	$1,296	—
450–478	468	13	300.00–317.50	$311.38	$1,457	—
535	535	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,402	—
586–590	589	11	265.00–280.00	$274.57	$1,617	—
614–642	628	13	240.00–267.50	$252.98	$1,589	-0.10
737	737	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,761	+4.00
869	869	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,738	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–548	535	9	300.00–308.00	$305.46	$1,634	—
555–598	580	12	290.00–302.50	$296.70	$1,721	—
656–671	662	17	261.00–290.00	$270.90	$1,793	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1182–1405	1294	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,150.00–2,900.00	$2,588.91	—
1425–1720	1533	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,600.00–4,000.00	$3,392.34	-307.66

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1870	1484	75-80%	97	115.00–126.00	$122.33	$1,815	+5.41
1320–1760	1492	75-80%	25	126.00–140.00	$130.56	$1,948	+13.64
1345–1845	1529	75-80%	12	96.00–115.00	$109.47	$1,674	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1140	947	85-90%	9	50.00–75.00	$65.40	$619	—
775–1295	970	85-90%	55	94.50–116.00	$108.35	$1,051	+21.88
805–1205	971	85-90%	48	75.00–103.00	$90.30	$877	+3.83
955–1330	1068	85-90%	15	118.00–128.00	$121.23	$1,295	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1230	1155	80-85%	12	101.00–115.00	$109.31	$1,263	-15.89
1015–1435	1185	80-85%	70	113.00–125.00	$120.65	$1,430	-4.55
1135–1400	1249	80-85%	20	126.00–141.00	$131.18	$1,638	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–2150	1678	10	125.00–143.50	$135.39	$2,272	—
1375–2060	1722	7	168.00–185.00	$175.70	$3,026	+24.01
1175–2202	1728	38	144.50–165.00	$152.85	$2,641	+1.16

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778–1050	942	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	177.50–201.00	$186.90	$1,761
625–1225	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	135.00–195.00	$155.29	$1,567
882–1305	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	114.00–170.00	$138.05	$1,585

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–1090	912	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	175.00–230.00	$192.27	$1,754
700–1070	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	120.00–172.50	$139.02	$1,321

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1305	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,600.00	$1,471.88
1030–1245	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,555.39
1088–1310	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,300.00–1,925.00	$1,589.07
980–1800	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	1,750.00–2,800.00	$2,440.76

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–1095	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	21	1,100.00–1,900.00	$1,632.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1015	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1040–1305	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	15	1,225.00–1,850.00	$1,608.18

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–925	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	375.00–1,250.00	$938.69

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1065	1024	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,600.00	$2,419.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245–1520	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,150.00	$2,127.49
1280–1630	1455	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,625.00–2,850.00	$2,751.03

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
934–936	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	2,300.00–2,585.00	$2,517.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–870	838	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,525.00–1,725.00	$1,628.88
925–1025	995	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,737.69

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
721	721	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–1075	1012	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,694.44	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1335	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,666.67	-50.00
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1050	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–1,900.00	$1,766.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	7	181.00	$181.00	$905	—

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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.