Missouri (South Central) Weekly Cattle Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 19, 2026

3,835 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $505.46/cwt +19.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,719/hd at 538 lb · 310 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $389.22/cwt -9.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,234/hd at 574 lb · 191 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $449.98/cwt -7.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,547/hd at 566 lb · 167 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,835	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–320	316	12	590.00–655.00	$609.29	$1,925	+4.29
360–394	372	41	570.00–595.00	$575.89	$2,142	-11.93
406–449	422	37	505.00–555.00	$544.62	$2,298	-38.04
469–492	480	63	486.00–545.00	$515.22	$2,473	-4.87
502–548	538	310	472.50–520.00	$505.46	$2,719	+19.15
551–589	566	167	420.00–470.00	$449.98	$2,547	-7.11
600–632	620	120	402.00–430.00	$417.67	$2,590	-10.16
654–694	669	53	387.50–405.00	$396.14	$2,650	-7.16
704–736	719	43	370.00–390.00	$378.06	$2,718	-4.96
835–847	841	79	335.00–336.50	$335.77	$2,824	-15.23
922	922	121	328.00–329.25	$328.62	$3,030	-0.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–348	343	13	565.00–575.00	$571.23	$1,959	+67.73
354–380	362	22	470.00–555.00	$521.77	$1,889	-5.84
405–438	420	43	455.00–540.00	$522.20	$2,193	+24.32
452–489	477	51	475.00–500.00	$485.48	$2,316	+4.26
502–547	528	118	400.00–470.00	$437.62	$2,311	-2.36
550–596	582	133	410.00–437.50	$424.73	$2,472	+0.57
600–636	627	78	380.00–410.00	$392.78	$2,463	-0.94
667–697	682	67	345.00–375.00	$364.03	$2,483	-16.29
705–748	731	53	340.00–366.00	$351.42	$2,569	-12.08
751–795	765	58	322.50–340.00	$335.05	$2,563	—
807–845	826	36	310.00–329.00	$320.14	$2,644	+10.14
855	855	5	302.50	$302.50	$2,586	-15.82
998	998	15	291.00	$291.00	$2,904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,336	-83.49
368	368	5	510.00	$510.00	$1,877	+36.00
416–449	432	11	475.00–490.00	$481.55	$2,080	+37.07
460–492	487	17	370.00–467.00	$451.42	$2,198	+25.38
569–595	590	19	395.00–405.00	$397.03	$2,342	+16.23

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,038	—
484–493	490	12	475.00–490.00	$482.06	$2,362	+42.06
590	590	9	395.00	$395.00	$2,330	-50.00
608–643	633	7	392.50	$392.50	$2,485	+6.79
688	688	12	350.00	$350.00	$2,408	—
869	869	7	315.00	$315.00	$2,737	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	490.00	$490.00	$2,112	—
459–494	477	8	455.00–465.00	$460.18	$2,195	—
566	566	10	430.00	$430.00	$2,434	—
653	653	12	375.00	$375.00	$2,449	-10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–488	486	13	365.00–410.00	$382.37	$1,858	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	5	502.50	$502.50	$2,578	-0.37
622	622	6	412.50	$412.50	$2,566	-7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–331	331	15	535.00–560.00	$541.65	$1,793	+57.88
367–390	377	13	495.00–525.00	$509.14	$1,919	-14.39
400–446	429	28	460.00–485.00	$467.55	$2,006	+3.24
450–484	472	99	435.00–460.00	$442.79	$2,090	-2.72
501–546	515	98	400.00–427.50	$416.83	$2,147	-7.27
550–596	574	191	376.00–402.50	$389.22	$2,234	-9.14
604–638	620	60	355.00–377.50	$366.82	$2,274	-0.02
651–698	681	27	340.00–352.50	$347.27	$2,365	-7.36
712–714	713	46	326.00–344.50	$331.62	$2,364	-23.31
844	844	50	334.50	$334.50	$2,823	—
850	850	60	335.00	$335.00	$2,848	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	322	9	425.00–470.00	$451.53	$1,454	-8.42
351–399	376	52	427.50–475.00	$460.02	$1,730	-15.59
402–449	434	70	415.00–455.00	$443.06	$1,923	+6.20
451–499	482	59	325.00–430.00	$405.05	$1,952	-13.92
500–548	526	82	355.00–390.00	$382.98	$2,014	+3.46
533 unweaned	533	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,945	—
551–594	580	125	345.00–375.00	$357.00	$2,071	-9.52
602–642	619	39	325.00–350.00	$338.63	$2,096	-15.78
660–690	678	35	302.50–345.00	$325.33	$2,206	-5.00
703–724	708	31	312.50–325.00	$315.51	$2,234	-0.73
812–818	813	17	290.00–300.00	$292.99	$2,382	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	5	500.00	$500.00	$1,530	+72.30
368–393	383	16	375.00–435.00	$421.82	$1,616	+5.13
425–448	434	12	350.00–410.00	$387.93	$1,684	+2.45
456–495	477	18	340.00–380.00	$364.69	$1,740	-6.84
521	521	17	325.00	$325.00	$1,693	-19.28
552–598	577	25	300.00–335.00	$324.27	$1,871	-11.34
622–632	627	4	285.00–317.00	$301.13	$1,888	—
670–675	671	4	275.00–300.00	$281.28	$1,887	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,654	+12.72
472	472	8	320.00	$320.00	$1,510	—
594	594	8	300.00	$300.00	$1,782	—
642	642	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,830	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644–649	646	13	340.00–345.00	$341.55	$2,206	—
693	693	7	315.00	$315.00	$2,183	-10.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
576	576	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,160	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	4	532.50	$532.50	$2,071	+92.50
418–425	421	5	455.00–460.00	$457.98	$1,928	+20.63
512–545	525	10	370.00–405.00	$387.06	$2,032	+12.33
618–649	641	15	345.00–360.00	$351.73	$2,255	—
652–695	660	13	307.50–352.50	$341.39	$2,253	—
663 unweaned	663	3	347.50	$347.50	$2,304	—
798	798	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,394	—
847	847	5	292.00	$292.00	$2,473	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–498	489	3	325.00–350.00	$341.98	$1,672	-69.10
505–530	518	2	327.50–360.00	$343.36	$1,779	-12.43
615	615	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,845	—
683	683	6	307.50	$307.50	$2,100	-32.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–462	461	5	450.00–455.00	$452.99	$2,088	+0.84
505 unweaned	505	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,070	—
664	664	4	368.00	$368.00	$2,444	+11.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1335	1290	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,758.72	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1210	911	85-90%	17	75.00–105.00	$96.90	$883	-4.85
855–1110	1013	85-90%	12	150.00–173.00	$156.86	$1,589	+13.85
765–1480	1075	85-90%	29	105.00–123.00	$116.60	$1,253	—
775–1675	1087	85-90%	54	124.50–148.00	$133.10	$1,447	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1370	1205	80-85%	37	141.50–164.00	$155.78	$1,877	+22.52
1060–1320	1219	80-85%	17	163.00–176.00	$169.15	$2,062	+35.89
1110–1315	1223	80-85%	13	126.00–151.00	$138.21	$1,690	+4.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1515	1436	75-80%	5	136.00–152.50	$147.21	$2,114	-8.83
1305–1690	1442	75-80%	21	150.00–164.00	$159.97	$2,307	+3.93
1330–1785	1519	75-80%	14	162.50–180.00	$168.08	$2,553	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1195	1170	2	181.00–190.00	$185.40	$2,169	—
1185–1700	1432	11	145.00–170.00	$160.87	$2,304	-1.67
1365–2340	1750	20	168.00–194.00	$182.57	$3,195	—
1735–2015	1884	4	198.00–213.00	$204.37	$3,850	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1075	935	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	250.00–310.00	$273.03	$2,553
830–1140	1019	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	172.50–227.50	$190.06	$1,937

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1135	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	129.00–167.50	$149.40	$1,458

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
868	868	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,604
1060–1275	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	160.00–187.50	$177.24	$2,109
1115–1350	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	187.50–207.50	$195.23	$2,370

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1190–1410	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	151.00–172.50	$161.18	$2,041

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1235	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,198.56
1160–1360	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,569.78
1020–1461	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	2,000.00–3,300.00	$2,849.62
1190–1645	1343	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,525.00	$2,266.19

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1075	1042	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,586.00
895–1140	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	27	1,600.00–2,450.00	$2,049.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–975	833	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,640.54
1190–1235	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,849.38
1195–1510	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,239.80

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1100	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,350.00–3,000.00	$2,591.44
925–1138	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	2,500.00–3,100.00	$2,806.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1325–1660	1493	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,000.00–3,450.00	$3,250.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–990	964	(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	2,100.00–2,900.00	$2,397.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–890	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,422.83
870	870	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1040–1140	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,650.00–2,800.00	$2,728.44

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1305	1243	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,500.00–3,750.00	$3,631.29

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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
1160–1250	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,000.00–4,200.00	$4,100.00	—
1150–1305	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	3,500.00–3,800.00	$3,666.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1125	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,600.00–4,500.00	$4,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1025	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,833.33	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–940	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–3,300.00	$3,000.00	+927.27

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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.