Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 12, 2026

5,611 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $354.63/cwt +5.76 vs last sale · ≈ $2,387/hd at 673 lb · 342 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $427.83/cwt +0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $2,644/hd at 618 lb · 296 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $398.36/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,299/hd at 577 lb · 255 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,611	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	9	605.00	$605.00	$1,863	-54.57
359 fancy	359	5	690.00	$690.00	$2,477	-10.00
355–396	378	58	562.50–617.50	$587.82	$2,222	-1.37
402–438	416	37	515.00–600.00	$582.66	$2,424	+3.42
468 fancy	468	5	600.00	$600.00	$2,808	—
452–498	479	184	500.00–542.50	$520.09	$2,491	+4.74
505–547	526	151	465.00–510.00	$486.31	$2,558	-9.26
550–598	577	213	433.50–500.00	$457.09	$2,637	-8.39
600–637	618	296	407.00–448.50	$427.83	$2,644	+0.13
652–696	676	173	395.00–417.50	$403.30	$2,726	-5.58
700–747	715	226	367.50–410.00	$383.02	$2,739	+2.13
755–784	766	76	363.00–375.00	$370.47	$2,838	+6.72
809	809	15	351.00	$351.00	$2,840	+11.00
858	858	2	341.00	$341.00	$2,926	—
902	902	6	329.00	$329.00	$2,968	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	3	490.00–520.00	$503.50	$1,677	-98.13
360–383	377	31	482.50–560.00	$527.61	$1,989	+10.32
414–447	432	91	455.00–535.00	$497.88	$2,151	-13.56
451–498	473	131	442.50–500.00	$481.22	$2,276	-3.08
500–548	521	107	400.00–470.00	$439.98	$2,292	-17.09
550–598	575	197	384.00–445.00	$424.16	$2,439	-3.62
605–648	627	84	355.00–417.50	$393.72	$2,469	-7.12
650–699	668	118	352.50–393.00	$380.32	$2,541	-1.19
702–743	722	65	337.50–372.50	$363.50	$2,624	+3.15
802	802	8	310.00	$310.00	$2,486	-16.66
884–897	886	19	318.00–320.00	$318.32	$2,820	-0.40
917	917	14	320.00	$320.00	$2,934	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	325	17	440.00–530.00	$503.49	$1,636	-6.71
353–395	365	62	450.00–505.00	$474.00	$1,730	+0.48
408–437	421	20	397.50–475.00	$444.48	$1,871	+33.34
455–492	484	8	415.00–437.50	$426.04	$2,062	+18.77
500–548	521	34	375.00–415.00	$395.85	$2,062	-8.68
560–595	579	19	370.00–400.00	$380.80	$2,205	+2.41
630–635	634	8	320.00–358.00	$348.56	$2,210	-46.24
652–690	663	10	325.00–357.50	$347.05	$2,301	-13.90
704–748	711	24	327.50–330.00	$329.56	$2,343	-13.57
766	766	14	310.00	$310.00	$2,375	—
840–842	842	8	310.00–312.50	$310.62	$2,615	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	9	440.00	$440.00	$2,116	—
535	535	6	437.50	$437.50	$2,341	-10.00
579	579	6	445.00	$445.00	$2,577	—
632–637	634	11	380.00–392.50	$385.71	$2,445	+2.07
728	728	6	350.00	$350.00	$2,548	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–534	525	19	500.00–511.00	$502.87	$2,640	—
605	605	9	420.00	$420.00	$2,541	—
651	651	5	407.50	$407.50	$2,653	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339–348	341	10	450.00–500.00	$460.21	$1,569	—
496	496	7	435.00	$435.00	$2,158	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683–684	683	16	385.00	$385.00	$2,630	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	10	370.00	$370.00	$2,176	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	332	8	470.00–500.00	$483.77	$1,606	-94.44
350–396	385	40	460.00–570.00	$523.53	$2,016	-8.18
405–448	430	86	440.00–495.00	$464.31	$1,997	-30.45
453 fancy	453	15	495.00	$495.00	$2,242	-5.00
452–496	478	120	420.00–465.00	$445.51	$2,130	-16.23
500–544	520	207	405.00–450.00	$424.10	$2,205	-10.65
553–598	577	255	377.50–417.00	$398.36	$2,299	+3.35
602–645	615	144	352.50–380.00	$366.84	$2,256	-3.55
653–695	673	342	332.50–367.50	$354.63	$2,387	+5.76
707–744	733	21	335.00–362.50	$354.93	$2,602	+3.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–349	330	20	432.50–505.00	$459.95	$1,518	+1.75
383–395	390	29	420.00–495.00	$475.61	$1,855	-9.11
400–448	430	70	375.00–450.00	$436.86	$1,878	-11.44
451–498	471	68	375.00–435.00	$418.97	$1,973	+1.72
504–545	521	117	355.00–395.00	$379.52	$1,977	-8.67
550–592	573	78	345.00–376.00	$366.52	$2,100	-0.24
600–640	615	57	330.00–366.00	$354.41	$2,180	+2.06
650–690	671	31	305.00–347.00	$330.33	$2,217	+4.93
700–749	732	27	300.00–322.50	$316.24	$2,315	-8.66
750–798	777	79	290.00–321.00	$313.29	$2,434	-4.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	313	9	405.00–445.00	$427.70	$1,339	—
372–395	384	37	405.00–435.00	$416.69	$1,600	+11.69
405–448	426	34	355.00–412.50	$385.48	$1,642	-2.82
452–493	478	43	340.00–385.00	$371.53	$1,776	-6.63
500–535	523	8	330.00–352.50	$344.28	$1,801	-0.18
560–585	571	17	320.00–345.00	$335.61	$1,916	-15.68

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–470	469	10	455.00–477.50	$466.27	$2,187	—
571	571	17	385.00	$385.00	$2,198	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–536	530	14	355.00–365.00	$359.33	$1,904	-20.67
589	589	5	332.50	$332.50	$1,958	-45.00
672	672	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,184	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–431	429	11	355.00–360.00	$357.28	$1,533	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	8	405.00	$405.00	$1,353	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
599	599	7	372.50	$372.50	$2,231	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–424	413	22	465.00–480.00	$474.94	$1,962	-12.56
452–494	469	19	445.00–465.00	$452.15	$2,121	-12.41
520–540	527	28	405.00–425.00	$416.05	$2,193	-5.85
567–590	574	10	380.00–415.00	$390.79	$2,243	-26.21
615–640	621	18	350.00–370.00	$356.18	$2,212	-3.82
658–662	659	16	345.00–370.00	$356.59	$2,350	—
722	722	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,646	—
402–446	427	16	407.50–450.00	$437.35	$1,867	—
464–496	483	20	400.00–440.00	$416.13	$2,010	-15.80
504–515	510	10	350.00–400.00	$374.73	$1,911	—
552–563	560	11	380.00–395.00	$390.97	$2,189	+46.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	11	375.00	$375.00	$1,598	—
470–488	478	7	390.00–427.50	$411.08	$1,965	+41.08
514–542	520	9	350.00–375.00	$355.79	$1,850	—
553	553	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,908	—
675	675	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,295	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–447	438	6	375.00–400.00	$387.77	$1,698	—
590	590	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,991	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1185	1170	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,800.00–3,000.00	$2,933.05	—
1135–1475	1324	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	3,600.00–4,150.00	$3,780.57	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,060	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1215	937	85-90%	23	82.50–110.00	$101.75	$953	—
850–1140	1014	85-90%	10	133.50–153.00	$143.01	$1,450	-5.36
700–1290	1038	85-90%	45	125.00–147.00	$132.40	$1,374	-15.97
725–1395	1038	85-90%	54	110.00–123.00	$117.54	$1,220	-30.83

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1330	1153	80-85%	15	156.00–172.00	$164.59	$1,898	—
1010–1320	1196	80-85%	54	140.50–163.00	$154.47	$1,847	—
1085–1310	1236	80-85%	13	119.00–149.00	$133.26	$1,647	-31.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1725	1444	75-80%	39	144.00–162.00	$156.04	$2,253	+8.47
1285–1740	1472	75-80%	13	137.00–151.00	$148.93	$2,192	-17.20
1330–1790	1480	75-80%	14	160.00–169.50	$164.26	$2,431	-1.87

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1152–1830	1440	10	150.00–170.00	$162.54	$2,341	—
1370–2250	1802	30	168.50–194.00	$181.06	$3,263	—
1445–2165	1919	9	183.50–212.00	$196.20	$3,765	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1045	903	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	232.50–307.50	$267.52	$2,416
830–1135	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	177.50–230.00	$216.46	$2,173

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1145	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	121.00–172.50	$155.20	$1,572

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1450	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	120.00–167.50	$155.10	$1,943

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150–1170	1160	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	232.50–235.00	$233.76	$2,712
1145–1355	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	180.00–210.00	$193.86	$2,429

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1440	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,900.00–2,750.00	$2,554.91
1120–1595	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	94	2,400.00–3,900.00	$2,991.81
1205–1468	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,504.54

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
988–1081	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,700.00–2,700.00	$2,388.32
965–1121	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,732.42
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1110	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,497.77
750–1145	1016	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	25	1,600.00–2,500.00	$1,979.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1048–1060	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,050.00–2,500.00	$2,140.82
1150–1292	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,602.20
1150–1245	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	8	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,266.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1190	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,000.00–3,500.00	$3,167.61
1240–1262	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	3,375.00–3,450.00	$3,399.71

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1020	796	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	6	825.00–1,500.00	$1,231.99

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1510–1695	1654	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,600.00–3,300.00	$3,066.93

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–870	787	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,700.00–2,600.00	$2,052.48
820–1075	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	2,100.00–2,900.00	$2,595.40

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740–1125	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,650.00–2,950.00	$2,072.73	-377.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1290	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,850.00–4,225.00	$4,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,125.00	$4,125.00	—

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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.