Missouri (Southeast) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

1,467 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.86/cwt +4.54 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 575 lb · 106 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $125.55/cwt +4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 765 lb · 71 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.48/cwt -0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $613/hd at 473 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,467	1,248	1,224
Feeder cattle	1,244	1,025	1,065
Slaughter cattle	147	190	119
Replacement cattle	76	33	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers uneven from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	7	159.00–178.00	$171.79	$447	+6.24
300–340	315	16	151.00–174.00	$163.52	$515	-4.31
353–393	375	24	153.00–176.00	$163.63	$614	+3.19
400–448	431	52	153.00–173.00	$163.08	$703	+2.93
450–495	471	25	150.00–166.00	$158.62	$747	-0.97
500–543	520	44	131.00–159.00	$149.84	$779	+2.83
552–597	575	106	127.00–152.00	$141.86	$816	+4.54
600–649	617	56	127.00–147.50	$141.73	$874	+9.80
650–698	674	61	123.00–140.00	$132.78	$895	+2.12
700–747	732	52	119.00–132.00	$127.93	$936	+3.43
750–798	765	71	122.00–130.00	$125.55	$960	+4.18
802	802	5	125.50	$125.50	$1,007	+2.01
903–939	919	24	112.50–115.00	$113.04	$1,039	—
959	959	4	115.50	$115.50	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	329	4	151.00–156.00	$152.29	$501	—
385	385	3	125.00–145.00	$138.33	$533	+5.36
405–445	437	14	120.00–148.00	$134.68	$589	-8.72
455–485	471	18	121.00–148.00	$138.38	$652	+3.04
505–540	530	12	110.00–140.00	$131.32	$696	-4.60
550–590	576	5	125.00–140.00	$130.51	$752	-0.16
615–620	618	2	120.00–130.00	$124.98	$772	+5.42
740	740	3	120.00	$120.00	$888	+2.00
895	895	3	110.00	$110.00	$984	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	3	104.00	$104.00	$879	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	157.00	$157.00	$416	+22.85
315–348	330	13	125.00–143.00	$131.94	$435	-1.45
357–398	379	19	125.00–143.00	$132.11	$501	+1.21
400–445	426	59	118.00–139.00	$129.33	$551	-0.27
450–496	472	59	120.00–140.00	$130.22	$615	-0.22
497	497	3	115.00	$115.00	$572	-15.44
500–547	537	37	119.00–132.00	$125.19	$672	-1.60
554–597	579	37	115.75–131.00	$123.22	$713	-0.33
600–648	626	44	115.00–126.50	$123.17	$771	+3.58
635	635	3	136.00	$136.00	$864	+16.41
650–699	673	22	110.00–126.50	$121.26	$816	+1.94
673	673	3	118.00	$118.00	$794	-1.32
714–740	723	15	105.00–120.00	$115.10	$832	+3.78
753–781	775	9	117.00–121.00	$117.86	$913	—
813	813	3	112.00	$112.00	$911	-3.00
864	864	8	101.50	$101.50	$877	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	128.00	$128.00	$435	+7.23
350	350	3	115.00	$115.00	$402	-9.84
400–430	415	16	116.00–125.00	$119.50	$496	-1.87
450–498	475	10	110.00–128.00	$122.30	$581	+3.00
505–540	527	16	110.00–122.00	$112.98	$595	-3.41
570–595	585	17	103.00–119.00	$112.48	$658	+1.20
600–640	616	11	102.00–110.00	$104.77	$645	-2.18
650–678	668	5	104.00–105.00	$104.61	$699	-7.99

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	3	118.00	$118.00	$629	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	6	153.00–165.00	$158.96	$601	+3.96
400–442	432	4	138.00–158.00	$153.37	$663	+10.86
450–495	470	20	125.00–160.00	$147.40	$693	-0.38
500–540	520	22	120.00–141.00	$133.01	$692	+1.33
557–585	567	18	122.00–132.00	$126.49	$717	-3.06
605–648	625	15	120.00–124.00	$121.40	$759	+1.15
650–695	681	12	108.00–119.00	$113.37	$772	-7.81
700–703	702	14	105.00–115.00	$111.79	$785	-0.24
780	780	3	108.00	$108.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	124.00	$124.00	$587	-2.68
560–563	562	4	110.00–111.00	$110.75	$622	-7.25

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1490	1175	80-85%	42	40.50–52.00	$46.73	$549	+9.23
1055–1695	1250	80-85%	16	49.50–58.50	$53.67	$671	+0.04

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1005	973	85-90%	3	45.50–48.50	$47.22	$459	+4.41
860–1275	1008	85-90%	13	31.00–44.00	$37.69	$380	—
1110	1110	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$222	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1200	1093	75-80%	4	45.00–50.50	$48.50	$530	—
1175–1685	1479	75-80%	9	53.50–61.50	$56.69	$838	+1.94

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1660	1473	6	62.00–73.50	$68.31	$1,006	+1.77
1650–2280	1918	11	74.00–89.00	$82.99	$1,592	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1215	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	685.00–850.00	$757.83
1075–1360	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	510.00–950.00	$729.38
1160–1265	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	575.00–775.00	$690.72
1055–1430	1257	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	810.00–1,125.00	$961.27
1010–1520	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	535.00–1,175.00	$829.03

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
733	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00
830	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1000–1250	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,100.00	—
1000–1200	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,120.00	—
1000–1300	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–925.00	$862.50	—
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–800	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–850.00	$812.50	—
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.