Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 17, 2022

8,798 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $172.24/cwt +1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,067/hd at 619 lb · 550 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $159.85/cwt -2.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,156/hd at 723 lb · 486 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.30/cwt -0.16 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 575 lb · 361 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,798	14,936	9,770
Feeder cattle	7,656	13,596	8,253
Slaughter cattle	910	1,063	681
Replacement cattle	232	277	836

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeders uneven this week with early week steers steady and heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher, late week steers and heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–388	380	79	190.00–212.00	$210.17	$799	-5.10
411–446	432	30	186.00–202.00	$197.27	$852	-5.52
453–495	468	50	175.00–203.00	$196.39	$919	-0.53
503–546	522	301	175.00–196.25	$191.96	$1,002	+6.19
556–586	568	106	163.00–186.00	$180.13	$1,023	-3.55
605–606 fancy	605	19	179.00–180.50	$179.87	$1,088	—
600–648	620	531	157.00–177.00	$171.97	$1,066	+1.08
652–695	664	228	153.00–172.00	$165.49	$1,099	-0.55
689 fancy	689	41	172.25	$172.25	$1,187	—
700–744	723	486	150.00–165.50	$159.85	$1,156	-2.16
758–798	775	240	144.50–161.00	$158.75	$1,230	-2.23
816 value added	816	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,216	-10.50
811–843	822	244	154.00–158.75	$157.12	$1,292	+1.75
852–861	855	36	157.00	$157.00	$1,342	+0.87
926–943	942	63	140.00–148.50	$147.84	$1,393	-1.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–347	341	24	174.00–202.00	$197.10	$672	-2.90
362–396	373	23	192.00–200.00	$198.52	$740	+6.80
402–446	419	37	160.00–190.00	$175.42	$735	-6.43
453–498	481	147	155.00–190.00	$181.81	$875	+3.28
501–548	526	94	150.00–181.00	$172.63	$908	+0.73
553–599	579	333	147.00–181.00	$171.38	$992	-0.68
605–646	630	106	151.00–163.00	$158.74	$1,000	+1.22
652–698	677	298	140.00–163.00	$157.70	$1,068	-2.84
700–747	732	175	140.00–157.50	$154.76	$1,133	+3.03
750–798	783	236	151.00–158.00	$155.13	$1,215	-0.11
801–835	817	53	148.00–152.00	$149.98	$1,225	+3.18
856–899	872	23	143.00–153.00	$148.58	$1,296	+0.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	389	6	130.00–150.00	$141.80	$552	-32.43
403–443	415	19	165.00–172.00	$168.92	$701	+27.79
453–493	469	22	140.00–172.00	$165.01	$774	+8.69
535–540	538	8	155.00–160.00	$156.86	$844	+11.38
550–590	570	31	120.00–163.00	$147.69	$842	-6.29
602	602	3	120.00	$120.00	$722	-23.33
788	788	17	134.00	$134.00	$1,056	+3.17

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–446	433	11	147.00–155.00	$151.26	$655	—
560	560	5	140.00	$140.00	$784	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	11	130.00	$130.00	$793	—
742	742	3	122.50	$122.50	$909	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319 thin fleshed	319	23	190.00	$190.00	$606	—
302–347	332	66	169.00–181.00	$175.90	$584	-4.26
356–397	375	82	160.00–180.00	$171.52	$643	+2.61
400–445	422	216	159.00–176.00	$166.27	$702	+4.99
459–498	474	137	152.00–174.00	$162.44	$770	+1.83
502–547	509	262	150.00–171.25	$166.25	$846	+10.33
551–598	575	361	145.50–164.00	$155.30	$893	-0.16
603–644	622	255	142.00–156.00	$151.34	$941	-0.85
641 value added	641	6	151.00	$151.00	$968	—
650–697	671	254	140.50–156.00	$151.23	$1,015	+0.90
704–743	725	207	138.00–150.25	$147.60	$1,070	-1.20
754–794	767	59	137.00–150.50	$146.21	$1,121	-1.89
850	850	22	144.00	$144.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	324	12	142.00–159.00	$156.20	$506	+2.10
350–396	382	17	150.00–158.50	$155.50	$594	+2.88
400–433	412	21	139.00–155.00	$149.50	$616	-1.32
450–497	475	95	140.00–158.00	$151.09	$718	+2.41
500–544	530	84	130.00–152.00	$143.02	$758	+1.45
550–592	563	141	127.00–152.00	$145.87	$821	+5.69
600–647	630	104	125.00–145.00	$139.09	$876	-3.63
653–696	675	259	120.00–147.00	$142.10	$959	+0.44
702–745	732	72	126.50–145.00	$142.25	$1,041	+1.75
755–798	770	10	134.00–143.00	$137.58	$1,059	-6.31
803	803	18	135.00	$135.00	$1,084	-6.00
897	897	5	111.00	$111.00	$996	-31.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–399	384	19	123.00–140.00	$136.83	$525	+0.27
575–598	590	3	105.00–125.00	$118.51	$699	-5.61
731–733	732	11	129.00–132.00	$129.82	$950	-0.07
764	764	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,008	+9.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	6	126.00	$126.00	$607	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	463	10	153.00–168.00	$162.01	$750	+1.23
518–536	532	8	148.00–151.00	$148.73	$791	-8.65
553–585	560	18	140.00–158.00	$151.81	$850	-4.08
655–685	669	13	140.00–144.00	$140.68	$941	-0.11
732	732	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,010	+7.31
756–788	765	7	130.00–133.50	$132.47	$1,013	+3.82
828–830	829	3	110.00–124.00	$114.67	$951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	185.00	$185.00	$664	+47.85
476	476	8	162.00	$162.00	$771	+44.77
884	884	7	108.00	$108.00	$955	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1450	1216	80-85%	192	59.50–71.50	$67.45	$820	+7.95
1101–1700	1242	80-85%	76	71.50–76.00	$73.04	$907	-1.49
1015–1485	1281	80-85%	26	51.50–63.00	$58.30	$747	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1140	932	85-90%	11	20.00–39.00	$30.67	$286	+1.73
750–1330	947	85-90%	51	40.00–50.00	$44.36	$420	+15.42
840–1245	1084	85-90%	41	63.00–75.00	$66.42	$720	+1.25
775–1410	1100	85-90%	130	47.00–62.50	$56.35	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1665	1437	75-80%	13	55.00–60.00	$56.92	$818	—
1320–1885	1469	75-80%	95	61.00–71.00	$66.93	$983	+0.64
1367–1712	1539	75-80%	27	72.00–78.00	$73.75	$1,135	-0.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1755	1445	13	70.00–86.00	$78.10	$1,129	—
1362–2125	1662	23	85.00–101.00	$91.23	$1,516	+15.07
1570–2105	1828	17	95.00–106.00	$101.48	$1,855	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1375	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	63.00–91.00	$78.10	$805

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1235	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00–735.00	$712.34
1000–1342	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	925.00–1,200.00	$1,050.02
1020–1400	1221	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	600.00–925.00	$851.00
1340 fancy	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–925	843	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–975.00	$820.50
815–1075	913	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	725.00–1,100.00	$915.82
915–1045	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00–860.00	$854.67
945–1215	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,035.00	$951.77

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	850.00	$850.00

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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.